John Lui

Senior Film Correspondent

John has worked in writing and editing since the 1990s. Now The Straits Times’ film correspondent, he writes reviews and feature articles about films and television.

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My Perfect Weekend with actor Lim Kay Tong

Lim Kay Tong, doing morning exercise on his stationary bicycle.

Japanese series Last Samurai Standing gives a stylish spin to the death tournament

jopicks20 - b. Junichi Okada and Hideaki Itô n Last Samurai Standing (2025)

source: PHOTO: NETFLIX

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo deliver a spectacular finale in Wicked: For Good

Ariana Grande (left) is Glinda and Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in Wicked: For Good.

In This City Is A Battlefield, friends and lovers become freedom fighters in Jakarta’s post-WWII era

From left: Ariel Tatum and Chicco Jerikho in the Indonesia historical epic This City Is A Battlefield.

Glen Powell stumbles in Edgar Wright’s uneven dystopia thriller The Running Man

jomovie12 - Glen Powell in the action thriller The Running Man.

Source: UIP

Singer Sam Smith got liposuction at 13 after school teasing over ‘growing chest’

Sam Smith said “there were all sorts of reasons why” the liposuction was performed.

Franchise villain becomes unlikely hero in bold sci-fi adventure Predator: Badlands

jomovie05 - From left: Elle Fanning as Thia and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as Dek in Predator: Badlands

Source: PHOTO: THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY

Emma Stone thrills in timely satire Bugonia, Kiss Of The Spider Woman remake still weaves a spell

jomovie05a - Emma Stone as Michell in Bugonia.

source: UIP

Film Picks: Oscar winner Chloe Zhao’s heart-rending Hamnet at S’pore International Film Festival

From left: Jessie Buckley stars as Agnes and Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare in director Chloe Zhao's Hamnet, screening at the Singapore International Film Festival 2025..

SG60 film Kopitiam Days to debut on Netflix and at Tokyo International Film Festival

Zaliha Hamid (seated, right) stars in the short film iZ-1, part of the Kopitiam Days anthology.

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