Samuel Porteous

Nov 4, 2024 | scmp.com | Samuel Porteous

Delicious fusions of Belgian and Cantonese cuisine, genre-blending musical events and the occasional Smurf are all on the menu for this year’s Belgian Days. The eclectic celebration runs from November 9 to 17, with events in both Hong Kong and Macau.

Sep 6, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Stephen Garrett |Paula Shaffer |Samuel Porteous |Jake Harris

36 years later, a sequel has twice the plot and about half the originality

Sep 3, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Samuel Porteous

The randy, amoral, gender-fluid gods of Greek mythology get a modern Charlie Covell of ‘The End of the F***ing World’ reimagining in Netflix’s new dark comedy Kaos. It’s an unwieldy ambitious effort–a sort of a mash up of The Boys, Succession, and The Good Place with lots of interfamilial intrigue, rebellious moody mere mortals and ample nods to hot-button issues of the day, like inequality, authoritarianism, transitioning for Amazons, and the pros and cons of feeding your enemies to a Minotaur.

Sep 3, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Samuel Porteous

Netflix show starring Jeff Goldblum as Zeus, the king of the gods, will test the tolerance of Greek-mythology lovers

Jul 31, 2024 | bookandfilmglobe.com | Samuel Porteous

Robert Downey Jr. just proved, contrary to much current opinion, that movie stars still matter. Even for superhero franchises. After a hiatus of five years and an Academy Award for best supporting actor last year for his role as Admiral Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer, Downey, with much fanfare, has returned to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.