19/09/2025

LYFE FRIDAY | SEPT 19, 2025

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CINEMA SPOTLIGHT

BoBoiBoy The Movie and BoBoiBoy Movie 2 Director: Nizam Razak Cast: Nur Fathiah Diaz Release date: Streaming on Netflix In celebration of this year’s Independence Month, Malaysia’s beloved homegrown hero BoBoiBoy returns to on-demand platforms in his two blockbuster films.

The Shadow’s Edge Director: Larry Yang

Cast: Jackie Chan, Zhang Zifeng, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Ci Sha, Wen Junhu, Release date: Now showing A covert tracking team led by Jackie Chan’s Huang Dezhong goes head-to-head with Tony Leung’s Fu Longsheng’s wolfpack-style villain gang in a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse.

Thunderbolts* Director: Jake Schreier Cast: Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Release date: Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes with Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission. Bebefinn Sing-Along Movie: Into the Pinkfong World Director: Heesun Byeon, Sunyoung Moon, Sujeong Han Cast: Jo Kyoung-i, Brooke Kim Emmerson, Lee Hyoun-kyoung, Kim Hae-na, Gang Eun-ae Release date: Now showing Finn vanishes into a tablet during a game with Baby Shark. With the battery running low, his siblings Bora and Brody team up with Pinkfong to rescue him from a magical world full of imagination and surprises.

731 Director: Zhao Linshan Cast: Jiang Wu, Wang Zhiwen, Li Naiwen, Sun Qian, Feng Wenjuan, Lin Ziye, Irene Wan Release date: Sept 25 Based on shocking true events, 731 uncovers the atrocities committed by the Japanese Kwantung Army’s Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department, or Unit 731, in Harbin, China during World War 2. Through the lens of ordinary civilians, the film exposes the horrific biological warfare experiments and inhumane human trials that were carried out in secrecy.

Host Director: Pokpong-Pairach Khumwan Cast: Baipor-Thitiya Jirapornsilp, Perth-Veerinsara Tungkitsuvanich, Jump-Pisitpol Ekaphongpisit Release date: Late 2025 Host follows Ing, a young woman sent to a reform school on a remote island where obedience is the only rule. The school operates under a strict hierarchy with the principal’s favoured student at the top and Ing at the bottom. Shortly after her arrival, a series of disturbing incidents begin to unfold.

– PIC COURTESY OF PINKFONG

Sisu: Road to Revenge Director: Jalmari Helander Cast: Jorma Tommila, Stephen

Atonement Director: Ronald Cheng, Mark Wu Cast: Ronald Cheng, Chrissie Chau, Fu Shun Ying, Philip Keung, Jiang Chao Release date: Now showing After losing his daughter in Thailand, Lung spends years gathering information on the gang responsible before finally embarking on a trail of revenge for justice.

Lang, Richard Brake Release date: Nov 26

Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” dismantles it, loads it on a truck and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honour. When the Red Army commander who killed his family comes back hellbent to finish the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues.