Film and TV picks: K-dramas How To Be Thirty and Love Alarm, 1996 film Fargo

Frances McDormand in Fargo. PHOTO: PARK CIRCUS/MGM

FARGO (M18)

98 minutes/Showing at select Golden Village theatres until March 24

This black comedy classic is back in theatres for a limited time to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

The 1996 film is the defining work of its directors, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, who won Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. It has also inspired a television spin-off of the same name (2014 to present).

Frances McDormand, who clinched a Best Actress Oscar, stars as a pregnant police chief who investigate a series of homicides that ensue after a small-time car salesman hires two thugs to kidnap his wife and extract a ransom from his rich father-in-law.

The film is brought back to theatres through a collaboration among Singapore Film Society, distribution company Park Circus and cinema chain Golden Village to showcase classic films.

Upcoming titles include Jaws (1975), The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) and West Side Story (1961).


HOW TO BE THIRTY (PG13)

New episodes every Tuesday and Saturday at 4pm on iQiyi

4 stars

Actress Jung In-sun and singer-actor Kang Min-hyuk in the series How To Be Thirty. PHOTO: IQIYI

This South Korean female-led web series centres on three 30-year-old best friends.

Jung In-sun (Psychopath Diary, 2019) is a Web comic author who unexpectedly reunites with her first love from middle school - played by pop rock band CNBlue's drummer Kang Min-hyuk - when he shows up as her new editor.

Girl group Exid's Hani and Cha Min-ji (Priest, 2018 to 2019) play the other two female leads.

The chemistry between the romancing couples sizzles from the first episode. Jung and Kang have an easy, flirtatious attraction. Newcomer and model-actor Baek Sung-chul, who romances Hani, is adorable.

The bite-sized episodes - at around 20 minutes each - makes the show a fun and digestible watch.


LOVE ALARM 2 (PG13)

Available from Friday (March 12) on Netflix

Love Alarm Season 2 starring Kim So-hyun (left) and Song Kang. PHOTO: NETFLIX

The second season of this K-drama romance reunites its leads - played by Kim So-hyun, Song Kang and Jung Ga-ram.

The series takes place in a world where an app called Love Alarm alerts users to whether someone in their vicinity likes them romantically.

In season two, the app is updated with a new feature that shows users a list of people who are likely to like them in the future.

The main characters are no longer in high-school and are four years older. But like in the first season, their love triangle is still a main story line.

Sun-oh (Song) and Hye-young (Jung) both still harbour feelings for Kim's character Jo-jo, while she continues to hide hers.

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