New arrivals:

LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY is a valiant attempt at reinventing a horror yarn that was originally little more than a repackaged take on Dracula, only for all its promising groundwork - including some genuinely gnarly moments - to unravel in a woefully generic third act of repetitive demon-related tedium.

Tonight:

Review | Beef season 2: Netflix’s chaotic follow-up is more overcooked than well done Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny and Charles Melton star as two feuding couples in a follow-up lacking what made season one great.

BEEF is back and while season two provides plenty to cheer for - Song Kang-ho, anyone? - it never quite hits the giddy heights of its predecessor. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

New movies out today in Hong Kong: LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY, A FOGGY TALE, A PALE VIEW OF HILLS, A NEW DAWN, DEAR STRANGER, EPIC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT

Here's your first look at GODZILLA MINUS ZERO, in theatres & IMAX November 6.

VFX, Written, and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki. #FilmedForIMAX

Review | Jackie Chan’s hot streak continues with Panda Plan: The Magical Tribe Panda Plan: The Magical Tribe manages to overcome its previous instalment’s failings to become a fun, wholesome family adventure.

PANDA PLAN: THE MAGICAL TRIBE: Jackie Chan follows up his abysmal animal adventure movie with a sequel that defies the odds by being actually kinda halfway decent. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

Saw this being touted at HKFilmart last month and just figured it was old news and I was out of the loop

Tonight:

Getting my arse back to #HKIFF today for these two:

Will take a look

Within the last year or so I think. I only found out after the fact too. As a freelancer, I was always pretty out of the loop.

I lost a decade of film review shows

I encounter this a lot whenever I negatively review a historical/war movie. "But this was such an important event! So many people lost their lives doing this!"...uh huh. Movie still sucked though.

Gentle reminder:

Just because your movie is about something important, it doesn’t make your movie important…or good.

Playing a little catch-up today:

Review | Arco: Annecy winner is a charming Peter Pan-esque sci-fi fable for our times Featuring voices including Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo, Ugo Bienvenu’s directorial debut Arco delivers a powerful ecological message.

ARCO: beautiful Oscar-nominated scifi animation wields powerful environmental message: www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

Review | Pegasus 3: Shen Teng roars back in Han Han’s blockbuster racing sequel Shen Teng stars as a former rally champion who has fallen on hard times in Pegasus 3, which really takes off in its exhilarating third act.

PEGASUS 3: Han Han's blockbuster motor racing sequel roars into Hong Kong this week, and even for those unfamiliar with the franchise, the film delivers a nitrous-fuelled injection of pure unadulterated entertainment. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

New movies out today in Hong Kong: THE DRAMA, ARCO, PEGASUS 3

Review | Pegasus 3: Shen Teng roars back in Han Han’s blockbuster racing sequel Shen Teng stars as a former rally champion who has fallen on hard times in Pegasus 3, which really takes off in its exhilarating third act.

PEGASUS 3: Han Han's blockbuster motor racing sequel roars into Hong Kong this week, and even for those unfamiliar with the franchise, the film delivers a nitrous-fuelled injection of pure unadulterated entertainment. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

Back to #HKIFF today for an appointment with Little Tony

Back to #HKIFF today for a couple of Hong Kong oldies: THE SWORD (Patrick Tam, 1979) and CAGEMAN (Jacob Cheung, 1992)

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Coincidentally, I just revisited Russell’s ALTERED STATES last night and that is some glorious cosmic religious scifi right there

Why fierce mothers and violent monsters star in Joe Hsieh’s animations Taiwanese director Hsieh reflects on the strength of women, preferring hand-drawn animation over AI, and using violence in film.

Had the great pleasure of interviewing Taiwanese animator Joe Hsieh earlier this week ahead of #HKIFF about his love of horror, his collaborations with Yonfan, preference for hand-drawn animation over A.I. and how his mother became his biggest influence.
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Review | XO, Kitty season 3: To All the Boys spin-off picks up after season 2 dip Anna Cathcart’s Kitty Song Covey is back in South Korea for a chaotic parade of adolescent experimentation that improves on last season.

XO KITTY: Season 3 of Netflix’s Korean-set spin-off series from the TO ALL THE BOYS film franchise is a welcome improvement from last time, as Kitty continues to explore her Asian roots and get all up in her classmates’ business. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...

Kicking off my #HKIFF2026 today with these two:

Review | Humint: dynamic Korean spy thriller from Ryoo Seung-wan on Netflix Starring Zo In-sung, Park Jeong-min and Park Hae-joon, Humint rewards patient viewers with some of the best heroic bloodshed in recent times.

HUMINT: South Korea's "action kid" Ryoo Seung-wan returns with a blistering love letter to Hong Kong heroic bloodshed, as rival North and South Korean agents square off in Vladivostok in their efforts to crack an international human trafficking ring. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-...

Chuck Norris, Action Icon and ‘Walker Texas Ranger’ Star, Dies at 86 Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion who became an iconic action star and led the hit series "Walker, Texas Ranger," has died at 86.

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