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LYFE WEDNESDAY | DEC 24, 2025

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CINEMA SPOTLIGHT

Mercy Director: Timur Bekmambetov Cast: Chris Pratt, Kali Reis, Rebecca Ferguson Release date : Jan 23, 2026

Back to the Past Director: Ng Yuen-fai, Jack Lai Cast: Louis Koo, Jessica Hsuan, Raymond Lam, Sonija Kwok,

Joyce Tang, Michelle Saram Release date: Jan 1, 2026

Set in 2029, Mercy follows an LAPD detective who wakes up strapped to an execution chair and must convince an advanced artificial intelligence judge that he did not murder his wife. Told in real time over 90 minutes, the film blends screen-life visuals with tense psychological drama as he races to prove his innocence.

Nineteen years after the original series, Hong Siu-lung and his allies return as a wrongfully imprisoned man travels back to the Qin dynasty to rewrite his fate. His attempt to usurp the throne sparks a crisis that reunites old warriors and threatens to alter history itself.

Avatar: Fire and Ash Director: James Cameron Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet Release date: Now showing Jake Sully, Neytiri and the Sully

family return to Pandora as a new threat reshapes their fight for survival. The third chapter expands the world of Avatar with a darker conflict that tests family, identity and the future of the Na’vi.

Project Hail Mary Director: Phil Lord and Chris Miller Cast: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Huller, Milana Vayntrub, Ken Leung, Lionel Boyce Release date: March 20, 2026 Ryland Grace wakes alone on a spaceship with no memory and must solve the cosmic mystery behind a substance that is killing the sun. His mission shifts when he befriends Rocky, an alien facing the same extinction. Together, they race against time across deep space to save their worlds.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Director: Nia DaCosta Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin

Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry Release date: Jan 15, 2026

Dr Kelson is drawn into a dangerous new alliance that threatens the fate of what remains of the world, while Spike’s run-in with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he cannot escape. In this darker evolution of the 28 Years universe, the infected are no longer the scariest threat – survivors are.

Crime 101 Director: Bart Layton

Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Monica Barbaro, Corey Hawkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, Halle Berry Release date: Feb 13, 2026 Set in sun-bleached Los Angeles, an elusive jewel thief plans the score of a lifetime while a relentless detective begins to crack his pattern. Their paths collide with a disillusioned insurance broker whose life is also unravelling, pulling all three toward a high-stakes crossroads with no turning back.

Don’t Follow Me Director:

building to fake paranormal videos, unaware a real malevolent entity lives there. As her online fame grows, the haunting tightens its grip, blurring the line between her staged scares and the terror consuming her.

Ximena Lecuona,

Eduardo Lecuona Cast: Karla Coronado, Yankel Stevan, Julia Maqueo Release date: Jan 1, 2026 A young content creator moves into a notorious haunted