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Alain Chabat, director of the Netflix TV animated series Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight, poses in Paris ahead of its premiere. Photo: Reuters
TV shows and streaming video

Asterix and Obelix court new fans with Netflix animated miniseries

The plucky Gauls return to the small screen in Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight, a five-part miniseries streaming globally on Netflix.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | ‎The Dumpling Queen: founding of a Hong Kong food brand

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K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Is IU dropping new music? New photo teases possible comeback

TV shows and streaming video

Why Ridley Scott chose ‘magnetic’ Philadelphia to film Dope Thief

Dennis Tafoya, on whose Philadelphia-set book the Apple TV+ series is based, shares how executive producer Scott fell in love with the city.

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Wagner Moura and Brian Tyree Henry in a still from Dope Thief. Photo: Apple TV+/TNS
Wagner Moura and Brian Tyree Henry in a still from Dope Thief. Photo: Apple TV+/TNS
K-drama news

Weak Hero Class 2’s Park Ji-hoon on finding comfort in Netflix school drama

The K-pop idol turned actor talks about making his character more complex in new season of the school drama and why he cried when it wrapped.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Vital Signs: Louis Koo, Neo Yau play ambulance paramedics in wistful drama

Polar opposites come together and have changes of heart in Cheuk Wan-chi’s film. Seeing Koo without a gun in his hand is refreshing.

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Fame and celebrity

Why Korean actress ‘broke down sobbing’ during egg freezing procedure

Go Joon-hee, 39, took to YouTube, with her mother to reflect on the toll the Korean entertainment industry had taken on her body.

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Song Sae-byeok (left) and Go Joon-hee in a still from K-drama Possessed. The Korean actress, 39, recently took to YouTube to talk about her egg freezing procedure. Photo: JINstudio
Song Sae-byeok (left) and Go Joon-hee in a still from K-drama Possessed. The Korean actress, 39, recently took to YouTube to talk about her egg freezing procedure. Photo: JINstudio
American cinema

Review | Thunderbolts*: Marvel’s new team-up movie lacks a real sense of danger

Despite some good fight scenes and a great performance from Florence Pugh, Thunderbolts* just feels like a set-up for Avengers: Doomsday.

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K-drama news

9 of the best new K-drama series to watch in May 2025

From Spring of Youth to Tastefully Yours to Nine Puzzles, here’s our pick of the best Korean dramas coming to screens in May.

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Asian cinema

Move over Bollywood, Indian art-house cinema is on the rise

Films such as All We Imagine as Light, Sister Midnight and Santosh are showing a different side to Indian cinema and attracting global fans.

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Kani Kusruti (left) and Divya Prabha in a still from All We Imagine as Light.
US-China trade war

Hollywood faces defining moment in China as Disney prepares new releases

Beijing appears to be holding off on a drastic curb of American film imports – for now, at least – as US-China tensions simmer, analysts said.

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Hollywood has struggled to compete with domestic productions such as “Ne Zha 2” in China over the past few years. Photo: Xinhua
Hollywood has struggled to compete with domestic productions such as “Ne Zha 2” in China over the past few years. Photo: Xinhua
American cinema

10 of the best Vietnam war movies, from The Deer Hunter to Platoon

The fall of Saigon 50 years ago ended the Vietnam war that inspired films from Platoon to The Post and documentaries such as The Fog of War.

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Korean drama reviews

The Haunted Palace: Bona, Yook Sung-jae in spirited period K-drama

A shaman’s granddaughter and an official whose body a vengeful spirit has taken over end up in the royal palace. Will romance follow?

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Asian cinema: Korean films

Holy Night: Demon Hunters star Ma Dong-seok on film’s dark-hero energy

Korean actor-producer talks about drawing on dark-hero Marvel comics and manga for new film, and bringing variation to the roles he plays.

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Ma Dong-seok aka Don Lee and Holy Night: Demon Hunters co-star Seohyun. The Korean actor and producer says his latest film is made for the big screen. Photo: Instagram/kimchidaily
TV shows and streaming video

What is ‘the sisterhood of ill repute’? Ask Amanda Knox

Knox reveals why she felt ‘seen and understood’ by Monica Lewinsky, her co-producer on a TV series about her wrongful conviction for murder.

Monica Lewinsky in 1998 (left) and Amanda Know in 2011. They are collaborating as producers on a coming Hulu series about Knox’s experience being wrongfully accused and convicted. Photo: Reuters
Monica Lewinsky in 1998 (left) and Amanda Know in 2011. They are collaborating as producers on a coming Hulu series about Knox’s experience being wrongfully accused and convicted. Photo: Reuters
American cinema

How Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie celebrates the silver stoners

Cheech and Chong return with a documentary about their stoner comedy and film careers since the 60s, including their split in 1985.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

From a ‘Chinese RoboCop’ to Shu Qi sex scenes, Hong Kong exploitation films

Hong Kong cinema was late to the exploitation genre, but made up for lost time. We recall three 90s classics full of sex, violence and gore.

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TV shows and streaming video

How was Black Mirror’s Hotel Reverie made? Director on AI, love of old films

Haolu Wang, a lifelong cinephile, explains why she hopes ‘people will realise AI is terrible for creativity’ after watching Hotel Reverie.

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Haolu Wang directs Issa Rae on the Hotel Reverie set. Wang, a lifelong cinephile, explains why she hopes “people will realise AI is terrible for creativity” after watching the Black Mirror episode. Photo: Netflix
Haolu Wang directs Issa Rae on the Hotel Reverie set. Wang, a lifelong cinephile, explains why she hopes “people will realise AI is terrible for creativity” after watching the Black Mirror episode. Photo: Netflix
K-drama news

K-drama casting news about Lee Jae-wook, Go Youn-jung and more

Chae Soo-bin has been approached for fantasy romance Charge Me Up, while Lee Jae-wook is set to lead horror fantasy Honey Jar Project.

TV shows and streaming video

20 years of YouTube, and how it brought us Justin Bieber and MrBeast

From modest beginnings 20 years ago, YouTube has become a rival to streamers and broadcasters. It recently saw its 20th billion video upload.

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Tourism

Inspiration for The Shining, the Stanley Hotel to get refit and expansion

Stephen King’s horror story was inspired by a stay at the empty Stanley Hotel in Colorado, which will undergo a US$300 million renovation.

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Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance in a still from The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick.The hotel that inspired the film, and the Stephen King novel it is based on, is to undergo a major renovation aimed at attracting horror-movie fans. Photo: AP
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Hong Kong actor Nick Cheung rolled with the punches to emerge on top

A punch bag in Danny Lee films, roles in comedies and TV dramas before being taken seriously as a dramatic actor, Cheung is directing now.

Actor Nick Cheung Ka-fai. Photo: Edward Wong
Actor Nick Cheung Ka-fai. Photo: Edward Wong
Korean drama reviews

Review | Weak Hero Class 2: school action K-drama sequel moves to Netflix

Reluctant fighter Yeon Si-eun (Park Ji-hoon) is in another new school, where he tries in vain to avoid trouble, in this Netflix drama.

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Asian cinema: Japanese films

Bullet Train Explosion director on examining evil in the Netflix film

Shinji Higuchi talks about exploring wrongdoing and judgment in film starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and why bullet trains are a symbol of Japan.

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European cinema

Havoc director on how Tom Hardy thriller is ode to Hong Kong action films

Gareth Evans talks about cribbing ‘rhythms and movement’ from ‘heroic bloodshed’ films for his action movie starring Tom Hardy as a bent cop.

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Tom Hardy in a still from Havoc. Photo: Netflix
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