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3 days ago |
straitstimes.com | John Lui
The Phoenician Scheme (NC16)110 minutes, opens on June 5★★☆☆☆The story: In 1950, the corrupt and internationally reviled millionaire Anatole “Zsa-zsa” Korda (Benicio del Toro) is looking to cement his legacy with a massive construction project in the nation of Greater Independent Phoenicia. However, the tycoon is beset by those seeking his downfall, among them various governments, members of his family and business partners he has betrayed.
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3 days ago |
straitstimes.com | John Lui
From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina (M18)125 minutes, opens on June 5★★★★☆The story: In the John Wick world of shadowy syndicates and the assassins who work for them, young Eve’s father (David Castaneda) is murdered by an unknown clan. Winston (Ian McShane), manager of the haven for hired killers, the Continental Hotel, takes the girl under his wing. He sends her to Ruska Roma, an organisation that runs a ballet school training students to be graceful as they are deadly.
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5 days ago |
straitstimes.com | John Lui
SINGAPORE – Actress Ana de Armas was making all the right moves when it came to the fight scenes in the movie From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina, but something was missing. “I would do the stunts, but it felt too choreographed. The stunt team said, ‘Come on, you have to start getting into character, to feel her rage and passion,’” she tells The Straits Times in a Zoom interview. The team offered a suggestion: screaming. “They taught me how to scream myself ready. We screamed at one another.
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1 week ago |
straitstimes.com | John Lui
23rd Italian Film Festival The 2025 slate of films marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Singapore, and covers the genres of fiction, documentary and animation. The Italian Film Festival is organised by the Embassy of Italy in Singapore in collaboration with The Projector and the Singapore Film Society. The historical drama Vermiglio (2024, NC16, 119 minutes, screens on June 15, 4.30pm) is set in 1944.
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | John Lui
SINGAPORE – Local director Anthony Chen has almost completed filming his latest movie We Are All Strangers, which began in Singapore at the end of March 2025. “We are in the last week of the film shoot and it’s the longest I have embarked on,” the 41-year-old tells The Straits Times. “It is set in contemporary Singapore as we have shot it entirely here.” Chen’s most recent movies, Drift (2023) and The Breaking Ice (2023), were shot in Greece and China respectively.
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