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From Quentin Tarantino’s violent blockbusters to Steven Spielberg’s family entertainment, and from indie gems premiering at Sundance film festival to popular Hollywood franchises making waves at Comic-Con, this is the place to go for features, interviews and reviews about movies both classic and new from the United States.

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Donnie Yen’s stand-out appearance in John Wick: Chapter 4 is an excellent opportunity to raise Hong Kong’s global prominence, and the city’s government must step up to take it.

The film Shang-Chi, starring Simu Liu, Awkwafina and Tony Leung, showcases how Asian filmmakers and actors are moving ever further away from racist stereotypes. The cultural diversity now visible on screen is the result of larger demographic trends that the US far right cannot hold back even if it tried.

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  • All of Us Strangers dares to explore love and loneliness at their most raw, a film that becomes an increasingly devastating experience in the final act
  • Mescal displays a beguiling combination of warmth and sadness, but really this is Scott’s film – he delivers a commanding, emotionally rich performance
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Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt team up in this retread of the hit 1980s US TV series. Gosling plays an injured stuntman who is searching for the missing star of a sci-fi series directed by his ex (Blunt).

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In 1998, Rush Hour shot Jackie Chan to international fame. But after making the film with Chris Tucker, Chan ultimately decided not to abandon Hong Kong, and continued to make films in both places.

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From starring in Guy Ritchie’s anticipated new flick to news that he’s about to become a dad, we think this is going to be the year of Henry Cavill – but what do you know about his talented family?

Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, on Netflix, rounds off Zack Snyder’s instantly forgettable sci-fi series, with even less depth, humour and emotional complexity than the first movie.

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Maya Hawke’s brother recently starred in her music video for ‘Dark’, is set to act in Zoë Kravitz’s film, and attends Dior and Prada events with his Kill Bill actress mum

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If Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver holds little appeal to you, try these five related movies instead - they’re all amazing.

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Actress Zoe Saldaña and Marco Perego-Saldaña’s love story gets cuter the more we learn about it – here’s what you need to know about the Guardians of the Galaxy star’s Italian husband

Abigail stars Alisha Weir as the titular 12-year-old daughter of a crime lord, who is kidnapped for a US$50 million ransom. Abigail is, however, a vampire, and takes her revenge on the extorters.

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Hannah Gutierrez, the armourer who loaded the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie ‘Rust’ is headed to prison.

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Flower Drum Song (1961), the first Hollywood film with a mostly Asian cast, was a rare box-office dud for Rodgers and Hammerstein. Was it a coincidence? We look back at the groundbreaking musical.

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Andrew Scott is making waves with his mesmerising performance in Netflix’s neo-noir Ripley – so what else has the actor been in, and how much do we know about his personal life?

Zendaya plays a young tennis prodigy, while Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor play doubles partners who are both infatuated with her, in this romantic drama from Bones and All director Luca Guadagnino.

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The biographical film, starring Marvel actor Sebastian Stan as young property tycoon Donald Trump, was announced on Thursday as part of the festival being held in France in May.

Amy Winehouse’s parents just made a rare public appearance together, attending the world premiere of Back to Black in London on Monday – but why is the film controversial?

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Alex Garland, the director of Civil War, about a near-future America at war with itself, talks about making a film that foreshadows the breakdown of society while avoiding tying it to current events.

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Finding Her Beat is a documentary feature film about a historic women’s taiko drumming performance in the US, with many involved in the project from the Asian-American and LGBTQ communities.

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The producer-director of Amazon Prime series Fallout, Jonathan Nolan, who also co-produced Westworld, talks about how video games could increasingly become an inspiration for films and TV.

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Stellan Skarsgård describes his only daughter Eija as ‘stronger than the boys’ in the family, while Sam Skarsgård is a literal lifesaver – here’s what we know about them

‘Shark Lady’ Andrea Richey from the Hong Kong Shark Foundation shares her top five must-see films – documentaries that will encourage viewers to become active on environmental and animal rights issues.

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James Cameron is known for his films’ use of computer-generated imagery, but the director says we need to unplug sometimes in the digital age. He’s wary of AI, but says it makes human artists more vital.

Horror classic The Omen, the story of the birth of the Antichrist, started a long-running franchise, including newly released prequel The First Omen, starring Nell Tiger Free, Bill Nighy and Charles Dance.

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The 2004 film by Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufmann, starring the unlikely pairing of Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, puts a deliciously surreal twist on the love story.

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The low-profile actress keeps her family out of the limelight – here’s what we know about Adam Shulman and their two children, Jack and Jonathan