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FIVE THINGS WE FOUND OUT FROM THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR SINGAPORE JUNKET

Posted on 17 Apr 2018

It is without a doubt that Avengers: Infinity War will be a huge box office hit. But how impressive will its opening weekend be? Will it beat 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which currently boasts the biggest opening weekend haul with $248 million? The 2012 Avengers movie opened with $207 million, while the culturally significant Black Panther scored a $202 million opening. With ...

HEADSHOT - INTERVIEW WITH IKO UWAIS & SUNNY PANG

Posted on 11 Dec 2016

Headshot (read our review here) is an Indonesian martial arts action movie directed by Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto, better known as The Mo Brothers. Fans of The Raid (2011) and its 2014 sequel would love this knockout film which provides two hours of adrenaline-pumping action sequences. In the movie, famed Indonesian actor Iko Uwais (the 33-year-old is also a stuntman, fight choreograp ...

IT'S ALL ABOUT TELLING A GOOD STORY - INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKERS & CAST OF DEAR EX

Posted on 03 Dec 2018

When first-time Taiwanese directors Mag Hsu and Hsu Chih-yen embarked on the journey to make Dear Ex, their only wish was to have it screened theatrically. Little did they expect their work to become a hit at home and travel to international film festivals. Mag Hsu, who is a veteran television writer, said: “We just wanted audiences to be moved by a good story. The word of mouth ...

KOKUHO CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF SINGAPORE-JAPAN FRIENDSHIP

Posted on 19 Jul 2026

As part of the SJ60 celebrations marking 60 years of Singapore–Japan diplomatic relations and the 100th edition of JCC Cinema, Shaw Theatres, together with the Singapore Film Society and Japan Creative Centre, presented a special screening of Kokuho on 18 July. Held at the newly renovated Lido 1, the event welcomed more than 20 ambassadors and diplomatic representatives from ...

KUNG FU YOGA Singapore Press Conference

Posted on 19 Jan 2017

One day, he was lying in a London hospital after an unexpected five-hour operation; the next, he was in Iceland with 60 pounds of weight around his waist plunged into the ice-cold waters of Iceland. Even at the age of 62 and being the worldwide celebrity he is who had just received an honorary Academy Award last year, Jackie Chan was the consummate professional and ‘Big Brother’ ...

MOANA Singapore Press Conference

Posted on 27 Nov 2016

Just so you know, 16-year-old Auli’I Cravalho is single. The Native Hawaiian, who was in Singapore earlier this month to promote Disney’s 56th animated feature film, revealed that fact to the media. When asked whether there is any significance wearing the Vanda ‘Miss Joaquim’ (fondly known as the Singapore Orchid) behind her right ear, Cravalho giggled: “It mea ...

SAMUI SONG - INTERVIEW WITH PEN-EK RATANARUANG

Posted on 21 Nov 2017

Considered to be one of Thai cinema’s leading “new wave” auteurs, filmmaker Pen-Ek Ratanaruang is no stranger to the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF). The 55-year-old Thai director, who helmed arthouse films like LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE (2003),INVISIBLE WAVES (2005) and PLOY (2009), will be bringing his long-awaited film noir SAMUI SONG (R21) to the 28th edi ...

STRANGE MAGIC Singapore Press Conference

Posted on 21 Jan 2015

George Lucas wanted to make a fairy tale for adolescent girls. That was how the latest animation from his Lucasfilm Animation began. “Star Wars was a mythological adventure for 12-year-old boys and I wanted it to appeal to everyone from 8 months to 80,” he said at a press conference in Lucasfilm Animation Singapore’s Sandcrawler building. “But I thought well maybe I& ...

THE MOBFATHERS - INTERVIEW WITH HERMAN YAU

Posted on 17 Dec 2016

Hong Kong director Herman Yau does not regard himself as an artist. “Such titles are given by people,” explained the 55-year-old humbly when he was in Singapore earlier this month to grace the 27th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF). “After I direct a movie, it’s in the hands of the audiences. What they want to think of me is out of my control.&rd ...

TO THE FORE Singapore Press Conference

Posted on 11 Aug 2015

Hearing from director Dante Lam about the training that he put his young actors through to prepare for their roles in ‘To The Fore’, one can’t quite help but wonder if he had gone overboard in his quest for realism. Even before the cameras started rolling, each one of his actors had to endure 8 hours of training every day, which consisted of at least 100 km of cycling, followe ...

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