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Damson Idris (left) and Brad Pitt in a still from F1: The Movie. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures
American cinema

Review | F1: The Movie – Brad Pitt in fun but clichéd motor-racing drama

Starring Brad Pitt, Kerry Condon and Javier Bardem, Joseph Kosinski’s F1 dazzles visually but is riddled with corny sporting movie tropes.

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American cinema

Review | Elio: Pixar’s take on E.T. is a rare misfire, despite looking great

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Asian cinema: Chinese films

Review | Pavane for an Infant: Fish Liew in absorbing Malaysian ‘baby hatch’ drama

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Netflix

Who is actor Felix Mallard, who plays Marcus on Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia?

These days, Felix Mallard is a star on the rise wearing Boss and Tiffany & Co – but before acting, his first loves were graphic design and music, and he was even in a punk band called Enemies Alike.

Meet Ginny & Georgia star –and Dior ambassador – Felix Mallard. Photo: @itsfelixwhat/Instagram
Asian cinema: Korean films

Review | Hi-Five: Korean superhero fantasy with Yoo Ah-in fails to meet its potential

Starring Yoo Ah-in, Ra Mi-ran, Lee Jae-in and with K-pop star Park Jin-young, Hi-Five features a promising premise that it never lives up to.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Hong Kong director Ringo Lam freshened up the crime genre with 2 films

Ringo Lam infused 1999’s Victim with notes of The Exorcist, and teamed up with Tsui Hark and Johnnie To for 2007’s ‘chaotic mess’ Triangle.

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American cinema

What’s next for Mark Hamill? Star Wars legend on movies, Maga and Malibu

Mark Hamill’s 2025 includes The Life of Chuck, The Long Walk and a SpongeBob sequel. But he really just wants a normal America again.

Mark Hamill attends the US premiere of The Life of Chuck at the Hollywood Legion Theatre in Los Angeles on June 2, 2025. The Star Wars legend’s upcoming movies include The Long Walk - another Stephen King adaptation - and The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. Photo: AFP
Asian cinema

Rising hopes of a revival in Filipino cinema

Increased representation at this year’s Cannes festival – from Lav Diaz to Kyla Danelle Romero – is sparking hopes that the country’s movies may finally get more widely distributed.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend June 13-15

From a music festival to a fashion pop-up to a sound therapy course to sipping wine paired with music, our picks for your Hong Kong weekend.

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European cinema

Poetic vision of Hong Kong in critically panned I Come with the Rain

Radiohead songs, visual poetry and Shawn Yue and Josh Hartnett in Vietnamese-French director’s art-house thriller shot mostly in Hong Kong.

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Josh Hartnett in a still from Tran Anh Hung’s art-house film I Come with the Rain, which was shot mostly in Hong Kong.
American cinema

15 Hollywood movies to watch in summer 2025, from Superman to F1: The Movie

Jurassic World Rebirth, The Fantastic Four and The Conjuring: Last Rites also make our list of the best Hollywood films to catch this summer.

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Scarlett Johansson as skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett in a still from Jurassic World Rebirth, one of our picks of the best Hollywood films to look forward to in summer 2025.
Sexual harassment and assault

Harvey Weinstein convicted of top charge in #MeToo sex crimes retrial

The film mogul was acquitted of another charge, while jurors in New York remained unable to reach a verdict on a third charge.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Behind the Shadows: Louis Koo plays detective in Malaysia-set thriller

The story of the hunt for a serial killer whose most riveting aspect is the marital woes of a detective (Louis Koo), this film misses a beat.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Why Hong Kong still feels like home for Jimmy O. Yang, actor and comedian

Actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang on making it in Hollywood, his Hong Kong childhood and amazement at how fast his shows in the city sold out.

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Jimmy O. Yang, who is preparing for his stand-up comedy shows in Hong Kong. Photo: Sun Yeung
American cinema

Review | How to Train Your Dragon: middling live-action makeover

A vivacious cast lifts this live-action remake of DreamWorks fantasy cartoon about Vikings battling dragons, but the film is much too long.

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Mason Thames (left) and Nico Parker in a still from How to Train Your Dragon. Photo; Handout
American cinema

Ana de Armas on co-starring with Keanu Reeves again after 10 years

Ana de Armas, starring in Ballerina with Keanu Reeves, looks back on her meteoric rise to fame since they co-starred in Knock Knock in 2015.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How Bond films were the spark for Aces Go Places action comedy

A happy-go-lucky hero was deemed the missing ingredient for an action comedy hit. Sam Hui was hired for Aces Go Places. 4 sequels followed.

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Egypt

This cinema offers a country’s indie directors ‘somewhere to be seen’

Born out of post-revolutionary artistic fervour, Zawya champions independent cinema in Egypt, where most filmmaking is commercial.

Since 2014, Zawya in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, has been “a cinema for films that don’t fit into traditional theatres”, its founder says. Photo: AFP
American cinema

Why so few Asian-Americans in the Karate Kid series? How Legends fixes this

A lack of Asian-American characters has long plagued the series, but Ben Wang’s casting in Karate Kid: Legends shows how times have changed.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | From best actress to banned in mainland China, Hong Kong star Deanie Ip

The acclaimed actress and singer who rose to screen fame playing Andy Lau’s mother is one of Hong Kong’s most outspoken entertainers.

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American cinema

They’re in The Matrix, sort of. Immersive cinema draws viewers

Pick a cocktail – blue or red, of course – sit back and watch and hear The Matrix unspool around and above you. This is cinema reinvented.

Attendees a an immersive The Matrix screening in Los Angeles. Photo: AFP
American cinema

‘A story without an ounce of cynicism’. Stephen King on The Life of Chuck

Author, 77, whose fiction has spawned over 50 movies enthuses about the latest one, and names the only film he didn’t finish sitting through.

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Author and screenwriter Stephen King appears at the premiere of The Life of Chuck, adapted from one of his novellas, during the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024. Photo: Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP
Hong Kong economy

Golden Harvest MegaBox latest cinema to close in Hong Kong, 4 left under chain

Cinema in largest shopping centre in eastern Kowloon will shut down for good on Sunday, the operator’s fifth venue to close since last April.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Valley of the Shadow of Death: Anthony Wong is a pastor in doubt

Young man who raped pastor’s daughter, leading to her death, ends up at his church. Will he avenge her or forgive him? Film ducks the issue.

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American cinema

Plea to find Marty McFly’s guitar from 1985’s Back to the Future

Cherry Red Gibson guitar Michael J. Fox’s character plays in Back to the Future vanished after filming. Movie’s stars join appeal to find it.

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Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) plays a Cherry Red Gibson ES-345 in the high-school dance scene from 1985’s Back to the Future. A search is on for the guitar as the film’s 40th anniversary nears. Photo: Facebook/Do You Remember?
American cinema

15 of the best female assassin movies as John Wick spin-off Ballerina lands

From Black Widow and Kill Bill to Red Sparrow, Hero and La Femme Nikita, these films showcase some of cinema’s most deadly femmes fatales.

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Ana de Armas as Eve in a still from Ballerina. Photo: Larry D. Horricks/Lionsgate
Luxury travel

Visiting Venice for the biennale? Here’s how to avoid the tourist traps

From dazzling displays of design, art and architecture, to the best cicchetti spots and a characterful boutique hotel with Venetian Lagoon views, this is how to do the Biennale in style.

Hong Kong economy

Fans bid fond farewell as curtain falls on Hong Kong’s Grand Ocean Cinema

Tsim Sha Tsui venue closes after 56 years as cinema numbers continue to dwindle across city.

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