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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The Violinist becomes first Singapore animated feature to compete at Annecy film festival

Image from The Violinist, a Singapore animated feature selected for the Annecy International Film Festival 2026.

Actor Ludi Lin made the first Mortal Kombat movie more Chinese with acupuncture scene

Ludi Lin was in town in March to promote the sequel Mortal Kombat II, which opens in Singapore cinemas on May 7.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 sparks racism backlash over Asian character

Videograb of the clip on YouTube, uploaded April 17, showing from left: Helen J. Shen as Jin Chao and Anne Hathaway as Andy.

Taecyeon from K-pop group 2PM marries in small-scale Seoul wedding

South Korean singer and actor Ok Taecyeon, a member of K-pop group 2PM, married his non-celebrity girlfriend of 10 years on April 24 in a private ceremony in Seoul.

With new film Ghost In The Cell, director Joko Anwar uses monsters to expose corruption

(From left) Indonesia film-maker Joko Anwar, during a Ghost In The Cell press stop at GV Suntec on April 23, lead actor Abimana Aryasatya (facing camera) in a movie still.

Joko Anwar’s supernatural prison film Ghost In The Cell turns corruption into a blood-soaked comedy

Abimana Aryasatya (foreground, second from left) in the Indonesian horror-comedy Ghost In The Cell.

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is a gory celebration of body horror

Natalie Grace in Lee Cronin's The Mummy.

Singapore producers take on microdrama boom with SupermodelMe, One Year Love and Spore Fall

(Clockwise from left) Stills from microdramas Spore Fall, SupermodelMe and One Year Love.

Keanu Reeves plays a damaged version of himself in toothless Hollywood satire Outcome

jomovie15 - From left: Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill in Outcome.

SOURCE: PHOTO: APPLE TV

Growing pains: How Shu Qi and other Asian first-time female directors capture girlhood on film

(Clockwise from top left) Kirana Pipityakorn and Fatima Dechawaleekul in Flat Girls; Bai Xiao-ying in Girl; Ranice Tay, Genevieve Tan, Lim Shi-An and Nicole Lee in Amoeba; and Nina Ye in Left-Handed Girl.

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