Imagine “Star Wars” if a city-sized tank with a Union Jack was the Death Star and everybody was trying to be Han Solo, and you get the gist of the post-post-apocalyptic epic “Mortal Engines.”  Philip Reeve’s young-adult book gets an expansive world-building adaptation courtesy of a master. Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings”) co-writes and produces while his protégé Christian Rivers […]

With the 2019 Grammy nominations being announced on Friday, Dec. 7, there are a lot of questions about whether BTS’ success this past year will factor heavily into how the nominations play out. While BTS is still pretty new to American audiences, they’re not necessarily new internationally, and that calls into question which awards they may (or may not) be […]

SINGAPORE – Fans of Sanrio’s My Melody waited in line at McDonald’s outlets islandwide from the wee hours of Thursday (Dec 6) for a chance to snag a limited-edition food holder featuring the adorable bunny. Photos posted by social media users on Thursday show snaking queues at outlets in Seletar Mall, Waterway Point in Punggol, Bukit Batok, Hougang and Bendemeer, among […]

I saw Suspiria in early October, and now, nearly two months later, I’m still recovering. Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the 1977 horror classic is a mind-bending, beautifully choreographed spookfest that elevates gore to an art form, and sees Fifty Shades Freed‘s Dakota Johnson delivering an intense performance as dancer Susie Bannion. Despite preparing her body for the film for a […]