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Why Slow Horses’ Kristin Scott Thomas no longer finds TV acting boring

Thomas, who has appeared in films from The English Patient to Random Hearts, talks about working with Gary Oldman and acting at 60 years old.

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5 movies and TV shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, October 11-13

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Review | Blitz, a Dickensian wartime drama, blends the intimate with the epic

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5 movies and TV shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, September 27-29

Inside Out 2, Wolfs and The Judge from Hell all hit streaming services while Stuntman and I, the Executioner open in Hong Kong cinemas today.

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Hwang Jung-min in a still from I, the Executioner, one of our five movies and TV show picks to watch in Hong Kong this weekend together with Inside Out 2, Wolfs, Stuntman and The Judge from Hell.

Pachinko’s stars on the importance of authenticity in the epic TV show

Based on the 2017 bestseller by Min Jin Lee, Pachinko shines a light on Japan’s Zainichi community – and season 2’s just returned

Alfonso Cuarón on new series Disclaimer, Cate Blanchett, why ‘it’s a movie’

How does Gravity and Roma director Alfonso Cuarón make a TV show? Look to Cate Blanchett vehicle Disclaimer, on Apple TV+, for the answer.

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5 movies or shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, September 6-8

Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice sequel hits cinemas, Nicole Kidman stars in a Netflix murder mystery and an Emmy-nominated British spy show returns.

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Michael Keaton in a still from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel to his fantasy comedy is sure to provide entertainment this weekend, as is new Netflix murder mystery The Perfect Couple, and a K-drama so bad it must be seen to be believed. Photo: Warner Bros/TNS

From dating bans to forced dieting, K-Pop Idols series is eye-opening

K-Pop Idols, an Apple TV+ docuseries, features Jessi and K-pop groups Cravity and Blackswan and highlights issues from oppressive management to the challenge of foreign artists in the industry.

Review | Wolfs: Brad Pitt, George Clooney in laid-back comic thriller

Playing no-name guys who dress and talk the same, Pitt and Clooney bring bonhomie to Wolfs, a slick crime story with a clever set-up where the story is secondary to the entertainment.

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5 movies or shows to watch this weekend, August 24-25, in Hong Kong

Blink Twice, a thriller with a message from actress Zoë Kravitz, has hit cinemas, as has an offbeat comedy. Otherwise there’s a Korean romcom series and season 2 of an acclaimed melodrama to stream.

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Jung Hae-in in a still from the K-drama series Love Next Door, now streaming on Netflix, and one of our picks of shows to stream and movies to see this weekend in Hong Kong.

Gen Z audiences are more interested in watching Friends than lovers

Gen Zers are more lonely than other generations, thanks to social media and Covid-19, and their viewing habits reflect this: Gen Zers prefer watching stories about platonic friends and friend groups.

Friends is popular with Gen Z viewers because it depicts friendship. Photo: NBC

Review | Pachinko season 2, Apple TV+ series, continues in 5-star form

Pachinko, the story of four generations of a Korean emigrant family in Japan, continues to offer the very best in top-tier melodrama as season two unfolds on Apple TV+.

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In Texas, Tim Jo felt invisible. A trip to Korea changed the actor’s life

Being an Asian-American actor is no walk in the park, says This is Us’ Tim Jo. The Korean-American recalls an introverted childhood and a life-changing church trip, and considers the popularity of K-culture.

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14 of the best new Korean drama series to watch in August 2024

Lee Min-ho returns in Pachinko season 2, Jung So-min and Jung Hae-in lead romcom Love Next Door, Kim Seon-ho stars in The Tyrant, and Kim Young-dae is a murder victim and a fake husband.

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Kim Seon-ho in a still from The Tyrant. Photo: Disney+

Taika Waititi, Lisa Kudrow on controversial Time Bandits TV adaptation

Team behind Apple TV+ remake made a big call by recasting the roles played by dwarf actors in 1981 film about time-travelling thieves. After protests, they added some parts for ‘smaller actors’.

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Cast members of the Apple TV+ series Time Bandits (from left) Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Lisa Kudrow, Kal-El Tuck, Kiera Thompson and Rune Temte. Photo: Apple TV+ via AP

Oscars 2024: predictions for Oppenheimer, best actor and screenplay and more

Our 2024 Academy Awards predictions, from why Oppenheimer should and will win best picture, to how Ryan Gosling may be pipped at the post for best supporting actor.

‘It feels terrifying’: The New Look’s Ben Mendelsohn talks acting, fitting in

As a child, The New Look’s Ben Mendelsohn found fitting in with his peers ‘terrifying’, as he was hopelessly shy. He explains why, as well as revealing why he was expelled from a US boarding school.

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Dior, Chanel, Balenciaga – fashion’s the word in Apple TV+’s The New Look

Costume designer Karen Muller Serreau explains how she used fashion to tell a story in Apple TV+’s The New Look, which follows the feud between Christian Dior and Coco Chanel in Nazi-occupied Paris.

Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel in The New Look. Credit: Apple TV+.

Who is Dua Lipa’s new boyfriend, Masters of the Air star Callum Turner?

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner seemed to finally confirm their romance with some PDA in Hollywood after a week of rumours – so who exactly is he?

2024 Emmy Awards: Succession, Beef and The Bear win best series honours

Succession, The Bear and Beef dominate the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards honouring the best of American television, and a star of The White Lotus gets a look-in.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – creators talk authenticity in Godzilla series

Two half siblings and a hacker look for their father, who studied Godzilla more than 50 years previously, in this Apple TV+ series that prides itself on its authentic depiction of Japanese culture.

Godzilla in a still from Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023). Photo: AppleTV+

Scoring ‘the biggest job of my career’: Christopher Chung on Slow Horses

Slow Horses star Christopher Chung tells Post Magazine about getting back in the saddle for the third-season return of his insufferable egomaniac hacker Roddy Ho.

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Gary Oldman and Christopher Chung in a still from “Slow Horses”. Photo: Apple TV+

What to expect from Hollywood in 2024: sequels galore, with the Joker back

What to expect from Hollywood in the year ahead? Few superhero films other than Deadpool 3, sequels galore – including Kung Fu Panda 4 and Paddington in Peru – and Lady Gaga in, ahem, a Joker musical.

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Review | A song and dance Christmas from Ted Lasso songstress and Ryan Reynolds

This Christmas, you can catch Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in Spirited, Eddie Murphy in Candy Cane Lane, sing along with West End star Hannah Waddingham, and lap up Jamie Oliver’s kitchen tips.

Review | Gary Oldman wows in greasy mac as spy in Slow Horses season 3 on Apple TV+

In Slow Horses season 3, Gary Oldman dons his flasher mac for another turn as flatulent spy master Jackson Lamb, while the pandemic’s social ruptures occupy Taiwan-set lockdown anthology At the Moment.

Gary Oldman in “Slow Horses”. Photo: Apple TV+

‘He’s us’: why Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ‘isn’t a superhero film’

On the back of Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, sequel Across the Spider-Verse had to be more than just original. The creators talk about making the film ‘a family drama with the stakes turned up’.

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Spider-Man (voiced by Shameik Moore) in a still from “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (2023). The sequel to box-office hit “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” had to do more than just be original to stand out. Photo: Sony Pictures

Review | Levitation, overturned chairs: docu-thriller on notorious poltergeist case

A house in suburban London was terror ground zero from 1977 when a poltergeist came calling. The Enfield Poltergeist on Apple TV+ investigates the most notorious haunting of its kind.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – must-see for any curious Godzilla fan

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters on Apple TV+ is an engaging look at Monarch, the shadowy group at the centre of MonsterVerse. Kurt Russell excels as a US military officer; his son Wyatt plays a younger him.

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9 September, 2024
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