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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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Chen Rui, known online as @trumpbyryan and by his English name Ryan, is a content creator from Chongqing, China known for imitating Donald Trump. Photo: @trumpbyryan/ Instagram

The influencer from China who speaks exactly like Donald Trump

Chen Rui, a Chinese marketer who went viral for his spot on Trump impressions, teaches English through his social media.

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There was little festive cheer 75 years ago, as the Battle of Hong Kong raged to a bloody conclusion. Some of the people who lived through the invasion recall how they suddenly found themselves in a war zone

The Battle of Hong Kong: eyewitness accounts

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André Fu in his office in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Bangkok’s landmark Dusit Thani hotel reimagined by André Fu

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The good, bad and ugly sides to a holiday in Kathmandu, Nepal

The good, bad and ugly sides to being a tourist in Kathmandu

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View from the Patan Museum looking onto Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Getty Images

Insiders’ guide to Kathmandu, 3 city states that became the Nepalese capital

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Hong Kong artist Chow Chun-fai’s Interview the Interviewer II series of paintings will be on display at Art Basel Hong Kong’s Insights sector. Photo: SC Gallery

The best inspiration is found at home, this artist finds

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Gael García Bernal in the title role in a still from Magellan, directed by Lav Diaz and co-starring Angela Azevedo and Amado Arjay Babon. Photo: Handout

Review | Magellan, conqueror of Philippines, as we’ve never seen him before

Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s epic, visually stunning film presents its subject not as a daring explorer but as desperate and despotic.

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European cinema

Review | The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson’s exquisite espionage caper

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European cinema

Review | Die, My Love: Jennifer Lawrence gives searing turn as unstable mother

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Review | Eddington: Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal in Ari Aster’s modern western

Joaquin Phoenix puts himself through the wringer as sheriff of a town gripped by Covid-19 and gradually enveloped by violence.

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Joaquin Phoenix (left) as Sheriff Joe Cross and Pedro Pascal as Mayor Ted Garcia in a still from Eddington, directed by Ari Aster. Emma Stone co-stars

Fame and celebrity

Who is Gwyneth Paltrow’s director brother Jake, who didn’t want to cast her?

Jake has followed in the footsteps of the siblings’ famous father, director Bruce Paltrow; his most recent movie, June Zero, was named one of the best films of 2024.

16 May 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

TV shows and streaming video

In quilting they ‘make beautiful things’. They’re also US prison inmates

Discover how inmates in a US maximum security prison find healing and community through quilting in Netflix documentary The Quilters.

16 May 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

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What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend May 16-18

A gin extravaganza at PMQ, a talk about ageing well followed by a run or walk, opera, and a luxury handbag pop-up await you this weekend.

16 May 2025 - 12:45PMvideocam

Ginsanity is back at PMQ. Photo: Handout

Asian cinema: Chinese films

How disaster struck for Air Strike, a Chinese film with Bruce Willis

Rated 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, 2018 film Air Strike with Bruce Willis, Liu Ye and Fan Wei is a mishmash of genres and underwhelming action.

16 May 2025 - 7:15AMvideocam

Endurance swim attempt around Martha’s Vineyard to mark Jaws anniversary

Lewis Pugh braves cold, sharks as he begins 12-day attempt at first swim around island, and urges an end to mass slaughter of the creatures.

16 May 2025 - 7:48PMvideocam

Review | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is fun but no masterpiece

Tom Cruise plays agent Ethan Hunt, out to save the world, this time from a rogue AI, in an instalment that neatly wraps up the franchise.

15 May 2025 - 4:00AMvideocam

Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in a still from Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Photo: Paramount Pictures and Skydance

Review | Final Destination: Bloodlines – horror franchise back after 14-year break

MRI scanners and vending machines are used to kill characters in creative ways in long-awaited gorefest that follows the franchise formula.

14 May 2025 - 12:00AMvideocam

Brec Bassinger as Iris in a still from Final Destination: Bloodlines. Photo: Eric Milner

European cinema

10 best Steven Soderbergh films ranked, from Black Bag to Traffic

As Soderbergh returns with spy thriller Black Bag, starring Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, we count down his 10 best films to date.

13 May 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Fame and celebrity

Who were Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay’s parents?

Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield were married for 6 years and welcomed 3 children, including Mariska, but Mansfield died in a car crash when Mariska was just 3 years old.

13 May 2025 - 6:00AM

Fame and celebrity

Taylor Swift reportedly subpoenaed in Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni lawsuit

The legal drama erupted after the ‘It Ends with Us’ actress says she was targeted by a smear campaign for reporting sex harassment on set.

11 May 2025 - 5:47AM

Taylor Swift arrives on the red carpet at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles in February 2024. Photo: TNS

Fame and celebrity

Who is Alexander Skarsgård’s Swedish actress GF and baby mama, Tuva Novotny?

Thanks to shows like Succession and Big Little Lies, Alexander Skarsgård has become as much of a household name as his famous father Stellan – but what do we know about his girlfriend, Tuva Novotny?

11 May 2025 - 4:00AM

Alexander Skarsgård’s partner Tuva Novotny also works in film and TV. Photos: Getty Images, Fotoscenen/Facebook

US-China trade war

Will Trump’s film tariffs mean lights, camera, inaction for the world’s studios?

While it is unclear how film tariffs would be enforced, suggestion of new duties on non-US productions has put industry in panic mode.

10 May 2025 - 6:36PMvideocam

How far has Hollywood fallen? Entry-level screenwriter jobs dry up

‘It shouldn’t be this hard’ for rookie screenwriters to get work in Hollywood, where effects of pandemic, actor and writer strikes linger.

11 May 2025 - 9:41AM

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Fame and celebrity

7 of the richest The Devil Wears Prada stars – net worths, ranked

From Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway to Stanley Tucci and Gisele Bündchen, these are 7 of the richest alumni of The Devil Wears Prada, adapted by Elton John into a West End musical

12 May 2025 - 3:42PM

The Devil Wears Prada stars Emily Blunt (left), Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. Photos: @ebluntbrasil, @merylstreep, @annehathaway/Instagram

2 men found guilty of ‘moronic mission’ of felling UK’s famous tree

The tree, estimated to be almost 200 years old, had featured in a 1991 Hollywood film. The men will be sentenced on July 15.

9 May 2025 - 6:32PM

Fame and celebrity

Who is Billy Crudup and Mary-Louise Parker’s son, William Atticus Parker?

Incredibly, William Atticus Parker directed his first film, Forty Winks, at just 17 years old, starring John Turturro and his godmother Susan Sarandon – here’s what else you need to know.

8 May 2025 - 6:00AM

Materialists’ Dakota Johnson and Celine Song talk modern love

Actress and director talk about exploring romance and materialism in film about a New York matchmaker with Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans.

6 May 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Dakota Johnson in a still from Materialists. Photo: A24 via AP

Trump thinks foreign-film tariffs help Hollywood. It’s not so sure

Tariffs on foreign-made films shake industries in UK, Canada, and seen in Hollywood as impractical and likely to push up costs, lower output.

6 May 2025 - 9:45AMvideocam

Hollywood struggled to make sense of US President Donald Trump’s announcement on social media of a 100 per cent tariff on foreign films, intended to revive movie production in the United States. Photo: AP

Trump tariff on overseas films too late for Georgia as Marvel heads to UK

Marvel joins Universal in switching filming from state of Georgia, with producers drawn overseas by tax credits and rebates and lower costs.

5 May 2025 - 3:32PMvideocam

Celebrity children

Who is Working Girl star Melanie Griffith’s son Alexander Griffith Bauer?

The son and grandson of Hollywood greats, Alexander has some big shoes to fill – but he recently seems to be making his own way, as a grip on independent films.

4 May 2025 - 6:00PM

Crimson Tide at 30: why submarine-set thriller is as timely as ever

Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington play officers at odds aboard a US submarine in a countdown to nuclear Armageddon in Tony Scott’s film.

2 May 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

Denzel Washington (left) and Gene Hackman in a still from Crimson Tide. Photo: Online

Fame and celebrity

Meet Laurie Feig, wife of Another Simple Favor director Paul Feig

Paul and Laurie Feig have been married for over 30 years after bonding over their shared love of England; and Laurie has reportedly rushed to Lively’s defence on social media.

2 May 2025 - 4:00AMvideocam

A Simple Favour director Paul Feig’s wife Laurie, is said to be a staunch supporter of Blake Lively. Photo: @paulfeig/Instagram

Celebrity Families

Meet Blake Lively’s sister Lori Lively, who also works in Hollywood

Blake Lively was joined by her family at the premiere of her new film Another Simple Favor over the weekend, which is set to be released on Prime Video on May 1.

30 Apr 2025 - 6:00AM

Fame and celebrity

Meet Cooper Koch’s Emmy-nominated editor twin brother, Payton

Payton Koch prefers to stay behind the camera in Hollywood and just picked up his first Emmy nomination – like his brother, he’s open about his sexuality, often referring to it on social media.

30 Apr 2025 - 5:00AM

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