Henry Wong

1 week ago | esquire.com | Henry Wong

It’s all change over at MI6. The Bond franchise has new owners (Amazon: the people who used to deliver books), new producers (farewell to longtime custodians, Barbara Broccoli) and one hell of a big role to fill (Tom Hardy? Matthew Goode? Write in with suggestions). And while there is no new actor in that role just yet — though rumours have not stopped flying since Craig left the role in No Time To Die — there’s another role that we are also thinking about: the director.

1 week ago | esquire.com | Henry Wong

Netflix’s latest smash hit, Dept. Q, is about a governmental department that gets to the bottom of unsolved mysteries. The series, about a brilliant but troubled detective (such an unusual combination), has been a huge hit for the streamer: nobody, it turns out, can resist a crime drama with strong performances and delicious twists. Well, allow Dept.

1 week ago | esquire.com | Henry Wong

Pivot! Jonathan Bailey, who was last seen tapping his way through Oz in Wicked, is about to enter a brand new — or should we say old? — world in another sure-to-be blockbuster: Jurassic World Rebirth. In the latest instalment to the world-beating franchise, Bailey plays Dr Henry Loomis, a palaeontologist who teams up with a pharmaceutical company on a top-secret mission. Hmm, sure nothing could go wrong there! But something that went very right at last night’s London premiere?

1 week ago | esquire.com | Henry Wong

It is not an overstatement to say that Danny Boyle is instrumental to British culture. The writer-director has brought us films that cross genre and create movie stars, all the while maintaining a witty, inventive flair. He also directed the opening ceremony of London’s 2012 Summer Olympics, which was, according to very scientific research (conversations you overhear at the pub), the last time everyone was happy in this country.

2 weeks ago | esquire.com | Henry Wong

Last summer, my friend Louisa and I attempted, in vain, to swerve destiny. It started with a wedding invitation, printed definitively on thick card: our mutual pal was planning to marry a very nice man in a very nice church in a county ending with “shire”. Why not, Louisa suggested, make a weekend of this thing? We could rent an adorable Airbnb, ask a friend or two to join and enjoy a few days outside of the big smoke.