Douglas Tseng

6 days ago | 8days.sg | Douglas Tseng

The Spirit Hunter (mewatch, June 23) Hong Ling plays the title character who wields a possessed sword that grants her the power to destroy demons — one of whom is played by Elvin Ng (in his first villain role... congrats?). The 20-part series also stars Ferlyn G, Qi Yuwu, Roy Li, Herman Keh, and Tyler Ten.  Head over Heels (Prime Video, June 23)Supernatural rom-com starring All of Us Are Dead’s Cho Yi-hyun as a high schooler leading a double life as a shaman.

1 week ago | 8days.sg | Douglas Tseng

Plus: reviews of Dangerous Animals, and Titan: The OceanGate Disaster. Movie Review 28 Years Later Dangerous Animals Titan: The OceanGate Disaster 28 Years Later (M18)Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Alfie WilliamsDirected by Danny BoyleZombies are scary, but they’re even scarier in Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later.

2 weeks ago | 8days.sg | Douglas Tseng

The Indigenous (mewatch & Channel 8, June 19, 8pm)This week, Chef and Star Awards Top 10 nominee Melvyn Lee is in Ecuador to hang with the Waorani tribe aka Hunters of the Forest. Somebody Feed Phil, Season 8 (Netflix, June 18)Season 8 (already?!) of the award-winning foodie travelogue sees host Phil Rosenthal travelling to Amsterdam, Boston, Basque Country, Tbilisi, Sydney and Adelaide, Las Vegas, Manila, and Guatemala.

2 weeks ago | 8days.sg | Douglas Tseng

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (M18)Starring Ana de Armas, Norman Reedus, Gabriel BryneDirected by Len WisemanA few years ago, David Leitch and 87Eleven, the folks behind the John Wick franchise, made Atomic Blonde — the vastly underrated, female-led bruiser starring Charlize Theron as a Cold War spy. Ballerina is the closest thing it has to a spiritual sequel. In No Time to Die and Ghosted, Ana de Armas proved she could handle action.

2 weeks ago | 8days.sg | Douglas Tseng

The Indigenous (mewatch & Channel 8, June 12, 8pm)This week, Chen Ning is in Ninh Thuan, south-central Vietnam. There, she explores the unique world of the Cham Brahims, and partake in their grandest traditional festival of the year, Mbang Kate, a three-day event celebrating the Cham people’s ancestors, heroes and kings. Watch the first ep here: Disney’s Snow White (Disney+, June 11)Bad press aside, is Disney’s live-action version of the 1937 animated classic any good?