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By Alleef Ashaari|March 16, 2021|0 Comment
The critics' reviews for Zack Snyder's Justice League are rolling in and they're mostly a mixed bag. Running four hours and two minutes, this movie restores director Zack Snyder's original vision to completion, since he left the original project back in 2017 due to the tragic death of his daughter, Autumn. Thanks to fan campaigns on social media wi...
By Alleef Ashaari|March 3, 2021|0 Comment
The key art for Zack Snyder’s Justice League has been revealed. The movie will be made available worldwide in all markets day and date with the US HBO Max exclusive debut on 18 March 2021. In Asia, the film will be available exclusively on HBO GO in territories including Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet...
By Alleef Ashaari|February 5, 2021|0 Comment
Created and executive produced by Joss Whedon (of The Avengers and Firefly fame), HBO’s new drama series The Nevers will debut in April 2021 with six-episodes on HBO GO and HBO (Astro Channel 411 HD). The Nevers takes place in a fictional Victorian London, where women start to suddenly manifest magical abilities. It sounds like Marvel's mut...
By Alleef Ashaari|January 29, 2021|0 Comment
Roald Dahl's The Witches is an iconic piece of pop culture, but did it really need another movie adaptation? Sure, director Robert Zemeckis is a legend, with movies like the Back To The Future franchise, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Forrest Gump under his belt. Still, can his version be more than just another unnecessary adaptation of the source mat...
By Alleef Ashaari|January 11, 2021|0 Comment
Two movies from HBO Max are coming to HBO GO Malaysia this week. Locked Down The brand-new HBO Max original feature film Locked Down from Warner Bros. Pictures and AGC Studios will premiere same time as the U.S. exclusively on HBO GO on Thursday, 14 January 2021. From director Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity; Mr & Mrs Smith), ...
By Alleef Ashaari|December 14, 2020|0 Comment
So far, we've heard little news about the upcoming HBO's Game Of Thrones prequel, House Of The Dragon, but the latest update has confirmed three new additions to the growing cast. https://twitter.com/GameOfThrones/status/1337498103197339649 HBO has cast Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One), and Emma D’Arcy (Hanna...
By Alleef Ashaari|December 1, 2020|0 Comment
WarnerMedia has announced the second season of the HBO Asia Original horror anthology series, Folklore. Principal photography for the seven-part hour-long series will commence early next year in seven Asian territories including Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. Each episode will be directed...
By Alleef Ashaari|November 9, 2020|0 Comment
The second season is finally here. While the first season was pretty impressive, it felt a bit bland and suffered from pacing issues, but most importantly, for a fantasy series, it lacked a certain amount of magical spark. His Dark Materials Season 2 opens up the series a little bit more, both literally and figuratively, as everyone now realize...
By Alleef Ashaari|October 13, 2020|0 Comment
HBO has unveiled the release date for His Dark Materials Season 2. Additional cast members joining the second season include legendary British actor Terence Stamp as Giacomo Paradisi, Jade Anouka as Ruta Skadi and Simone Kirby as Dr. Mary Malone. It will be based on the second book of Phillip Pullman’s fantasy series; The Subtle...
By Alleef Ashaari|September 12, 2020|0 Comment
We don't often get local period pieces here in Malaysia, but The Garden of Evening Mists is exactly that; a film adaptation from the 2012 English-language novel of the same name by Tan Twan Eng. The movie is set in three different timelines, each exploring a different stage in the life of protagonist Teoh Yun Ling. These different eras encompas...
By Alleef Ashaari|September 4, 2020|0 Comment
There's been a resurgence of the folk horror genre in the past several years. One of the most iconic movies in the genre remains 1973's The Wicker Man, and other subsequent movies have roughly followed the same template. including Netflix's The Ritual (2017) and 2019's Midsommar by Ari Aster. The less spoken about 2006's The Wicker Man starring...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 28, 2020|0 Comment
Ridley Scott is 83 years old in 2020. Let that sink in.The renowned and legendary director responsible for iconic science fiction and historical fiction movies like the 1979's Alien, 1982's Blade Runner, 2000's Gladiator, and more is widely regarded to be past his prime. While 2015's The Martian was a great movie, his other recent movies like 2014...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 25, 2020|0 Comment
(Updated on 17 March 2021) It's been officially confirmed. Zack Snyder's Justice League will also debut on HBO GO Asia in the following countries on the same day as HBO Max; on 18 March 2021 at 3.01pm: Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam Hong Kong Taiwan In the meantime, you can check out my own review ofÃ...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 22, 2020|0 Comment
We had the opportunity to interview Taiwanese actress Ellen Wu, one of the main leads from HBO Asia Original science fiction TV series Dream Raider, which recently debuted its first episode last Sunday on 16 August 2020. She spoke about everything from her role as the strong and independent Dr. Anya Cheng, what distinguishes from the show f...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 16, 2020|0 Comment
HBO Asia Original's Dream Raider is the network's first science-fiction series and it may seem like simply an Asian version of Christopher Nolan's Inception, but there's a lot more to it than that. You see, Dream Raider is set in the near future, featuring a misfit team of scientists and cops that are trying to get to the bottom of a criminal cons...
By Alleef Ashaari|August 6, 2020|0 Comment
The highly-anticipated HBO Max Original series Raised By Wolves will debut on 3 September 2020 on HBO GO. From legendary director Ridley Scott of Alien and Gladiator fame, Raised by Wolves centres on two androids tasked with raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet. As the burgeoning colony of humans threatens to be torn apart by re...
By Alleef Ashaari|February 26, 2020|0 Comment
In conjunction with the upcoming release of Westworld Season 3, HBO Asia has announced a contest for its viewers across Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. You stand a chance of winning exclusive Westworld premiums/merchandise and even a year's worth of HBO GO subscription. The Westworld contest is running from now until 28 February 2020. The r...
Guess that fabled Friends reunion is not stuck in second gear. According to a Variety report, the cast of the 90s groundbreaking TV sitcom will be reuniting for an exclusive untitled and unscripted special on HBO Max. That means for the first time in forever, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David "bes...
By Alleef Ashaari|April 25, 2019|0 Comment
HBO Asia has released the official pre-air images for Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3. Next week's episode will mark the halfway point of the series' final season, and will finally show us the long-awaited (fan-coined) Battle of Winterfell. Here are Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen overlooking the impending battlefield for the epic batt...
By Alleef Ashaari|April 23, 2019|1 Comment
HBO Asia has released the teaser trailer for Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3. While the first two episodes have been slower-paced normal-length episodes with almost zero action, next week's episode will feature the long-awaited Battle of Winterfell that's going to be a whopping 1 hour and 22 minutes long. In the trailer, we see the Nig...
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