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Tune in to Oscars live to find out if Michael B. Jordan and his movie Sinners create history
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(From left) Michael B. Jordan and Miles Caton in Sinners (2025).
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The 98th Academy Awards
Disney+, mewatch and Channel 5
March 16, 7am
Hollywood’s biggest night will see the battle of two heavyweights: director Ryan Coogler’s vampire flick Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson’s action thriller One Battle After Another.
Sinners received a record-breaking 16 nominations, while One Battle After Another has 13 nods.
Both films are in contention for the biggest titles, including Best Picture and Best Director, as well as Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan for Sinners and Leonardo DiCaprio for One Battle After Another.
Sinners, which has been decorated with many laurels during this awards season, is gearing up to create history.
Only one horror movie (The Silence Of The Lambs, 1991) has won Best Picture in the Oscars’ nearly 100-year history. Sinners will be the second film in the genre if it hits the jackpot.
Additionally, Coogler could become the first black film-maker to win Best Director and Jordan may take home his first Oscar.
Netflix’s hit musical movie KPop Demon Hunters may also create history, being the front runner in the race in the Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song categories.
A Singapore Dementia Story
Our Tampines Hub, Festive Plaza
March 14, 1pm
A Singapore Dementia Story is an anthology of five short films that draw from real experiences, extensive research and conversations with caregivers and people living with dementia. Many of them are clients of social service agency Dementia Singapore.
Really?, starring Grace Chong and Andrew Lua, is one of the five short films in anthology A Singapore Dementia Story.
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One emotional tale is Really?, by local film-maker Jenny Ng, which explores the close-knit relationship between a mother and her adult son as they face changes in their lives because of dementia. The big reveal at the end will find you reaching out for tissue paper.
The other four films are local actor Andie Chen’s directorial debut What Day Is It?, a romantic comedy starring Alaric Tay and Oon Shu An; Another Go, a touching drama about a family navigating the challenges of early-onset dementia, starring Tan Kheng Hua, Peter Yu and Lim Shi-An; the animated short Two Ways To Forget, starring Suhaimi Yusof; and the thriller The Last Thread, starring veteran actor A. Panneeirchelvam.
Presented by philanthropic house Lien Foundation and Dementia Singapore, A Singapore Dementia Story will have a free public screening at Our Tampines Hub, Festive Plaza, on March 14 at 1pm.
From March 16, the anthology will be available online at dementia.org.sg/asingaporedementiastory and the Lien Foundation’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@LienFoundationSG.
Pursuit Of Jade (PG13)
Netflix and iQiyi
Popular Chinese actors Zhang Linghe and Tian Xiwei lead this period drama about Xie Zheng (Zhang), a fallen noble who enters into a contractual marriage with Fan Changyu (Tian), a butcher’s daughter.
Popular Chinese actors Zhang Linghe (left) and Tian Xiwei in Chinese drama Pursuit Of Jade.
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Playing to romance tropes, Fan and Xie go from strangers to lovers. When war tears the couple apart, Fan takes her butcher knife and heads to the battlefield to find her husband and fight for their future.
Based on Chinese web novel Zhu Yu by Tuan Zi Lai Xi, the 40-part series boasts amazing set designs and a gripping plot. Since its premiere on March 6, the show has made it to the Netflix list of Top 10 Series in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan, as well as Singapore, where it is currently sitting at the No. 2 spot.
Home-grown pop star JJ Lin sings the series’ theme song Careful With Fate.
