Follow South China Morning Post - Culture, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp49 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 23:32:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanjvIHnPQAV-pVjH6qdYdAk In Korean drama series Bloodhounds, Woo Do-hwan and Lee Sang-yi play Kim Gun-woo and Wong Hoo-jin, amateur boxers who meet in the ring, then team up to fight a loan shark persecuting the former’s mother.]]> Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:15:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanjvIHnPQAV-pVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakhbYFFqXr_teT5HJgy6HUf From Margot Robbie-led Barbie and Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan to sequels for Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible and Insidious, here are 14 of the best new Hollywood films of summer 2023.]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2023 22:15:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakhbYFFqXr_teT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamk5gWyT_mXIiejEQ2Mq9rY Once ‘kind of blacklisted’ from the K-pop industry, Korean-American rapper Jay Park has made his hard-earned comeback – now he is one of South Korea’s most recognisable entertainers.]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:45:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamk5gWyT_mXIiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakogNBccP-_tcb1naedg1wr Nigerian poet Ijeoma Umebinyuo talks about women’s experiences and being away from home. Manisha Wijesinghe cried the first time she read the collection, and often returns to the book.]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:15:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakogNBccP-_tcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGal0O_AQ_WSDUeT5HJgy6HUf Transformers: Rise of the Beasts features the voice of Michelle Yeoh and a change in scenery from the usual cityscape alien robot battles – but do not expect this sequel to be any less tedious.]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2023 06:52:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGal0O_AQ_WSDUeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalcdDZ4k-oASXn9ye8UNv30 Ezra Miller puts in an erratic return performance as The Flash, who this time has a younger double. There is a welcome cameo from Michael Keaton as an ageing Batman, but this crossover film lacks emotion.]]> Tue, 06 Jun 2023 21:00:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalcdDZ4k-oASXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakGAISWzPEjdZs0ohxaO6Yr Director King Hu’s influence on Chinese wuxia martial arts cinema is examined in the first of a two-part documentary that features interviews with filmmakers from John Woo to Ang Lee.]]> Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:36:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakGAISWzPEjdZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGan2WV7Mlb4gTuT5HJgy6HUf Lily-Rose Depp plays a troubled pop star in The Weeknd’s shallow celebrity satire The Idol, a tacky, tactless drama that wastes the casting of Jennie from K-pop group Blackpink.]]> Tue, 06 Jun 2023 10:45:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGan2WV7Mlb4gTuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamQF_V_sa1ApMb1naedg1wr This Amazon Prime Korean drama starring Lee El focuses on social media addiction among a group of mothers who endlessly hunt for likes.]]> Tue, 06 Jun 2023 05:15:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamQF_V_sa1ApMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalw09nJXE9wpaCY3L745TL_ Doctor Cha, Netflix’s hit K-drama about a 40-something doctor’s love and work life, may have rocketed to success in its first weeks, but narrative stagnation after a mid-series climax leaves it ultimately disappointing.]]> Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:15:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalw09nJXE9wpaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanit-I6r_lJzezdsCmHakzH Netflix documentary Arnold follows Schwarzenegger’s story as a bodybuilder, movie star and US politician, with interviews with James Cameron, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sylvester Stallone, and more.]]> Mon, 05 Jun 2023 09:00:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanit-I6r_lJzezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanTRMRXlOAwxuT5HJgy6HUf Can you tell the difference between an AI-generated short story and one written by an award-winning author? Two writers take on ChatGPT at writing flash fiction.]]> Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:15:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGanTRMRXlOAwxuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakgkHGFMrYzBaCY3L745TL_ For a foreigner to have a mistress was common in 19th century Hong Kong, and many of these relationships played a part in moulding the city’s personality, an excerpt from Vaudine England’s latest book reveals.]]> Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:15:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakgkHGFMrYzBaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakSv5Tt17T805VjH6qdYdAk Former Variety critic Derek Elley explains why Tony Au Ting-ping was one of the great Hong Kong filmmakers of the 1980s and early ’90s. Considered a maker of romantic dramas, his work in fact spans the genres.]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2023 22:15:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGakSv5Tt17T805VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGak4AaiL65oW5Zs0ohxaO6Yr From Squid Game’s Lee Byung-hun to Train to Busan’s Gong Yoo to heartthrob Hyun Bin, the 10 greatest male K-drama actors of all time ranked.]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2023 13:15:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGak4AaiL65oW5Zs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalSnnsEprp11uzdsCmHakzH How did a small-town dermatologist in Taiwan amass the most historically important record collection in Greater China, one so vast he doesn’t know its size? Post Magazine finds out.]]> Sat, 03 Jun 2023 04:45:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalSnnsEprp11uzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGam6e_Ic7N3rpF1cWWor9YPv French-Japanese production Drops of God is a taut tale of wine world drama, while comedians just about escape dying – in both senses of the word – on camera in World’s Most Dangerous Roads.]]> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:15:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGam6e_Ic7N3rpF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamKzmH65mgbNSejEQ2Mq9rY From a Japanese pop star to Hong Kong libraries, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.]]> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 07:03:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGamKzmH65mgbNSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalM9tU6P859KqCY3L745TL_ Bait 3D, an Australia-Singapore co-production, is a basic shark-attack film that flopped at the Australian box office but was a huge success in China, helped by its action, 3D shots and lack of politics.]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:15:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalM9tU6P859KqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalJDZ4ELBGDspVjH6qdYdAk Japanese group Babymetal get fans jumping, and fists pumping, on their Hong Kong debut, but some at the back of the AsiaWorld-Expo hall could barely see them because of the venue’s shortcomings.]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:59:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/TS-LhImZGalJDZ4ELBGDspVjH6qdYdAk