Popcorn Culture

To commemorate the Chinese New Year, we throwback to a beloved Hong Kong fantasy comedy starring Stephen Chow: A Chinese Odyssey. In this film inspired by Journey to the West, Chow plays a carefree bandit who slowly discovers his true identity as the Monkey King while navigating time travel. Later on Take Two, we discuss the best films to watch with your family during the holiday season.

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After dipping his toes into the MCU, Sam Raimi is back with the genre that made his name - horror (and corresponding squelchiness). In Send Help, Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien go head to head, as a mistreated employee and sexist boss respectively, who get stranded on a desert island together, and need to survive, whether by working together, or turning on one another and emerging victorious. We discuss whether this is a worthy entry into the canon of survival movies, before turning our attention to that genre in Take Two, and asking: What are the best depictions of survival, whether in movies or TV?

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In this episode, we take a look at a couple of Southeast Asian films currently available on streaming. First, we review Malaysia’s own Memori, a kinship drama about a father who’s diagnosed with Alzheimer's and his estranged son. After that, we discuss the Indonesian film that’s garnering a lot of attention on social media, Sore: A Wife From the Future, which as the title suggests, is a sci-fi romance. Then on Take Two, we discuss our favourite time travel movies and series.

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a direct sequel to last year’s installment in the franchise, and sees Alex Garland returning as screenwriter, and Nia DaCosta taking over as director. Filmed back to back with 28 Years Later, it picks up on the story of Ralph Fiennes’ Dr Ian Kelson, and expands on the cult of the Jimmys. We discuss the film (and whether it’s likely to lead to the promised third movie of this trilogy), before then turning our attention to the question of zombies on screen, and who’s done it well/badly.

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This week, we review The Voice of Hind Rajab, which recounts the harrowing true story of a young Palestinian girl trapped in Gaza, capturing the desperate phone call she made to emergency responders as her life hung in the balance. Following our reviews, on Take Two, we talk about the best movies and shows that are based on true stories.

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