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7 of the best TV shows from 2025, from Adolescence to The Pitt
Need a show or two to binge this Christmas season? Check out some of the best shows from 2025, such as the stand-out Adolescence on Netflix.
21 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
3 forgotten Hong Kong wuxia gems from director Chor Yuen
21 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM
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China’s soft power
From Labubu to blockbuster films, was 2025 the year of China’s soft power?
21 Dec 2025 - 11:00AM
K-drama news
Latest K-drama casting news about Lee Min-ho, Han Hyo-joo and more
Lee Min-ho may be joining Moon Ga-young in period drama Scent of the Night, while Han Hyo-joo has been confirmed to appear in Your Ground.
20 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM
Korean actor Lee Min-ho may take a leading role in the coming romantic period drama series Scent of the Night. Photo: Instagram/actorleeminho
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
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Pass and Goal: Gigi Leung leads football-themed Hong Kong family comedy
Pass and Goal, starring Gigi Leung and newcomer Chau Tsz-yuet, defies expectations with its feel-good story, good acting and funny dialogue.
19 Dec 2025 - 6:16PM
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Hong Kong celebrities and icons
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The bold reinvention of 1990s Hong Kong sex symbol Veronica Yip
Veronica Yip posed topless for a Hong Kong magazine and acted in erotic films before becoming a pop singer, TV fixture and a tycoon’s wife.
19 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM
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American cinema
12 new Hollywood movies to watch this winter, from Hamnet to Song Sung Blue
Project Hail Mary, Wuthering Heights, Anaconda and Scream 7 join Hamnet, Song Sung Blue and others on our list of anticipated upcoming films.
18 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM
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Ryan Gosling in a still from Project Hail Mary, coming to Hong Kong cinemas in early 2026. The sci-fi is among a bevvy of star-studded Hollywood movies being released this winter. Photo: Jonathan Olley
Fame and celebrity
Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving US network ABC
Landmark deal with Google’s video giant ends a 50-year TV broadcast era and takes Hollywood’s biggest night fully online.
18 Dec 2025 - 1:57PM
Art
Want to watch Tolkien illustrator John Howe as he works? Now you can
At Howe’s ‘Tower of Fantasy’ studio in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, visitors can watch him as he creates and view hundreds of his illustrations.
17 Dec 2025 - 9:15PM
TV shows and streaming video
‘Hollywood’s the dream’: how Korean actors are finally achieving it
Shows like Squid Game and KPop Demon Hunters are helping South Korean actors overcome barriers and find new opportunities in the US.
17 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM
Asian cinema: Chinese films
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Good Autumn, Mommy: Shu Qi anchors gritty Chinese rural drama
Shu Qi stars as an impoverished woman who believes her newborn was taken from her in Good Autumn, Mommy, set in rural Guangzhou in 1995.
17 Dec 2025 - 6:15PM
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Shu Qi (front) and Bai Ke in a still from Good Autumn, Mommy.
American cinema
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Avatar: Fire and Ash – stunning visuals carry breathless third instalment
Avatar: Fire and Ash sees the Na’vi again fighting for survival in an action-packed sequel that introduces Pandora’s menacing Mangkwan clan.
16 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
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TV shows and streaming video
How KPop Demon Hunters finally gave Arden Cho her golden moment
Years of failing to find decent acting roles nearly broke Arden Cho. Her role as Rumi in Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters has changed everything.
16 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM
Asian cinema: Japanese films
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Two Seasons, Two Strangers: a hypnotic ode to writing and travel
Starring Shim Eun-kyung and Yuumi Kawai, Japanese drama Two Seasons, Two Strangers is both fascinating and beautiful.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:15PM
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
3 female action stars who ruled Hong Kong cinema alongside Michelle Yeoh
Like Michelle Yeoh, female fighters Cynthia Rothrock, Kara Hui and Shih Szu starred in their own must-see Hong Kong action classics.
14 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM
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Kara Hui Ying-hung (left) and Hsiao Hou in a still from My Young Auntie (1981)
TV shows and streaming video
Why Imogen Poots is always ‘trust falling’, according to Kristen Stewart
Imogen Poots has put in some great performances in her career, not least in The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart’s directing debut.
13 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM
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K-drama news
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Who is Kim Woo-bin, star of K-dramas Our Blues and Genie, Make a Wish?
Kim Woo-bin, who is marrying fellow K-drama star Shin Min-a this month, has proved he has the acting chops to match his good looks.
13 Dec 2025 - 12:15PM
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American cinema
Why Spielberg’s black drama The Color Purple remains controversial 40 years on
The 1985 film, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey, was much criticised upon release but received 11 Oscar nominations.
12 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM
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Willard E. Pugh (left) and Oprah Winfrey in a still from The Color Purple (1985). Photo: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Art
Famous horse-related works of art as the Year of the Horse 2026 approaches
To celebrate the nearing Year of the Fire Horse, we look at paintings, books and plays that show how the use of horses in art has evolved.
16 Dec 2025 - 3:28PM
Korean drama reviews
Pro Bono: Jung Kyung-ho shines in another breezy legal K-drama
Jung Kyung-ho plays a judge aspiring to join the Supreme Court, but ends up working as a pro bono lawyer in a large law firm.
11 Dec 2025 - 8:15PM
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American cinema
In Hamnet, Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal went on an ‘epic journey’
Mescal and Buckley’s performances in Hamnet, nominated for six Golden Globe awards, have been hailed as among the best of the year.
11 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM
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Korean drama reviews
Surely Tomorrow: Park Seo-joon makes muted comeback in K-drama romcom
Park Seo-joon and rising actress Won Jin-ah lack chemistry in this Korean drama about a couple repeatedly thrown together and torn apart.
10 Dec 2025 - 7:15PM
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Park Seo-joon as journalist Lee Gyeong-do in a still from Surely Tomorrow, a new Korean drama on Prime Video that’s off to a lacklustre start.
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
‘We have this gift’: Hong Kong film shows healing power of city’s nature
Never Too Late shows how four Hongkongers found balance and freedom in the city’s natural spaces and why people should cherish its beauty.
8 Dec 2025 - 6:15PM
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
Was Chow Yun-fat’s mainland Chinese film career a success or a flop?
We look at five films that Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat made in mainland China, with roles including a sleazy con man and Confucius.
7 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM
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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film
Struggles of leaving Hong Kong and returning to it depicted in short film
Moving to another country is stressful, but returning home can be just as tough. Kristie Ko’s own experience inspired her short film.
7 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM
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