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Heavenly Ever After: new Netflix K-drama tugs at the heartstrings
Starring Kim Hye-ja, Son Suk-ku and Han Ji-min, Heavenly Ever After sees a husband and wife reunite in the afterlife – with a twist.
21 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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SCMP Highlights
Russian tourists in China, non-nuclear hydrogen bomb test: 5 weekend reads
21 Apr 2025 - 12:15PM
American cinema
Sinners director Ryan Coogler on how Metallica inspired new horror film
20 Apr 2025 - 5:15PM
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
How Lust, Caution made waves for its sex scenes but overdid the caution
Although beautifully staged, this Hong Kong-US-China production starring Tony Leung and Tang Wei had a muddled story and misguided messages.
20 Apr 2025 - 3:15PM
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Tang Wei (left) and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in a still from Lust, Caution. Photo: Edko Films
YouTube and YouTubers
The slam dunk rise of YouTube’s Dude Perfect, rocking 61 million subscribers
With videos racking up over 18.5 billion views, the five friends who make up the US sports-comedy group are hailed as ‘content trailblazers’.
19 Apr 2025 - 7:15PM
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Music
Senegalese ‘Seven Seconds’ star back on the road at 65 with new album
Youssou N’Dour talks about his new album Eclairer Le Monde – Light The World, using African instruments, and his 45 years as a singer.
19 Apr 2025 - 3:15PM
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Korean drama reviews
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Way Back Love: Kim Min-ha, Gong Myung shine in fantasy K-drama
This Korean drama mixes tragedy and humour in a tale of a Grim Reaper figure (Gong Myung) saving a guilt-ridden girl (Kim Min-ha).
18 Apr 2025 - 7:15PM
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Kim Min-ha (left) and Gong Myung in a still from Way Back Love.
What to do in Hong Kong
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, April 18-20
From a fun toy festival and thrilling circus escapade to a yoga session with your dog, there is plenty to look forward to this long weekend.
18 Apr 2025 - 5:45PM
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Asian cinema: Chinese films
How Australian-Chinese movie Guardians of the Tomb reached new lows
This 2018 co-production starring Li Bingbing about deadly spiders in China was poorly made and scripted, earning well below its budget.
18 Apr 2025 - 5:15PM
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Smashing Frank: Hedwig Tam robs the rich and powerful in slick drama
Director Trevor Choi tries to explore Hong Kong’s generational and class divide with a film that sees the poor and young steal from the rich.
17 Apr 2025 - 5:50PM
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Asian cinema: Japanese films
How Sakura Ando defied traditions to become one of Japan’s top actresses
The Godzilla Minus One and Shoplifters actress reflects on her career, juggling parenting, and future aspirations as she visits Hong Kong.
17 Apr 2025 - 12:15PM
Sakura Ando is photographed in Hong Kong during her visit to attend the 2025 Hong Kong International Film Festival, which opened on April 10. The acclaimed Japanese actress reflects on her eclectic career, from indie films to Godzilla Minus One, and her future aspirations. Photo: Dickson Lee
TV shows and streaming video
Jon Hamm talks about robbing the ultrarich in Your Friends & Neighbors
Hamm talks about playing an ex-hedge fund manager drowning in debt who breaks into his wealthy neighbours’ homes to steal luxury items.
17 Apr 2025 - 4:15AM
Korean drama reviews
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Friendly Rivalry: Lee Hye-ri shines in Netflix high school mystery K-drama
Starring Lee Hye-ri, Chung Su-bin, Kang Hye-won and Oh Woo-ri, this new Korean drama has much to offer – if you don’t mind the bumpy ride.
16 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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American cinema
Youn Yuh-jung on channelling her past in The Wedding Banquet
The Oscar-winning 78-year-old talks about her son coming out and bringing intense emotion to Andrew Ahn’s new remake of the 1993 romcom.
16 Apr 2025 - 6:15PM
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
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Once Upon a Lie: Irene Wan chases much younger man in unconvincing romance
Irene Wan plays a lovesick divorcee catfishing a much younger man, played by Bruce Hung, in a superficial film that lacks any chemistry.
16 Apr 2025 - 5:45PM
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Irene Wan in a still from Once Upon a Lie.
TV shows and streaming video
Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey on their growth filming The Last of Us season 2
The two stars reveal what they are proud of from filming season two, how they ignore misogynistic comments and more.
16 Apr 2025 - 4:15AM
Korean drama reviews
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Buried Hearts: Park Hyung-sik seeks revenge in second-rate K-drama
This corporate revenge thriller Korean drama tries to juggle too many moving parts and twists, and ends up a confusing mess.
15 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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Resident Playbook: Go Youn-jung leads Hospital Playlist spin-off
Go plays one of a group of new hospital resident doctors learning the ropes as this K-drama gets off to a chaotic start.
15 Apr 2025 - 5:15PM
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Go Youn-jung as debt-saddled resident doctor Oh Yi-young in a still from Resident Playbook. After a chaotic start, the Hospital Playlist spin-off should focus on turning its caricatures into characters.
K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop
K-pop songs with a ‘French touch’? Korean precision meets French flair
Korean and French music professionals collaborated in Seoul’s first Atelier K-pop songwriting camp, creating K-pop tracks with a French vibe.
15 Apr 2025 - 4:15PM
TV shows and streaming video
Aimee Lou Wood says SNL apologised for White Lotus skit that parodied her looks
Wood, whose ‘big gap teeth’ and White Lotus character were mocked, said earlier via Instagram that she found SNL’s sketch ‘mean and unfunny’.
15 Apr 2025 - 5:59AM
Korean drama reviews
Crushology 101: vapid youth romance K-drama wallows in cliché
Between its nauseating visuals, its shallow characters and its uninspired K-drama tropes, Crushology 101 fails to entertain on any level.
14 Apr 2025 - 7:45PM
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K-drama news
Park Hae-soo says he’s never played such an ‘extreme’ character as in Karma
Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo says it was strange but also exciting to play the mysterious ‘Eyewitness’ in Netflix’s new Korean drama Karma.
14 Apr 2025 - 7:15AM
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Park Hae-soo as “Eyewitness” in a still from the new Netflix Korean drama Karma. Photo: Jihyeong Seo/Netflix
Asian cinema: Japanese films
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Bullet Train Explosion, nail-biting remake of Japanese disaster thriller
Shinji Higuchi’s new Netflix movie Bullet Train Explosion is a white-knuckle ride across Japan starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Non.
14 Apr 2025 - 10:27AM
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
The Gordon Chan film series that reshaped Hong Kong police movies
1994’s The Final Option, starring Michael Wong, was such a hit it spawned a prequel and sequels. We recall them and how they were received.
13 Apr 2025 - 2:45PM
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Meet Lee Kwang-soo, star of K-dramas Karma and The Divorce Insurance
Lee Kwang-soo, currently on screens in two Korean drama series, has enjoyed a long career, his credits including Confession and Running Man.
12 Apr 2025 - 7:15PM
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