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Michelle Dockery (Laurie Barber), Jaeden Martell (Jacob Barber) and Chris Evans (Andy Barber) in Apple TV+'s Defending Jacob

‘Defending Jacob’ miniseries review: An absorbing legal and family drama

Defending Jacob is a moody legal and domestic drama full of twists, turns and secrets that keep you hooked and guessing, with solid performances by its cast.

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Read more about the article ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ review: A Singaporean’s take
Henry Golding (Nick Young), Constance Wu (Rachel Chu) and Sonoya Mizuno (Araminta Lee) in Crazy Rich Asians

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ review: A Singaporean’s take

Buckle up, because this is going to be a long one. Like many Singaporeans last week, I watched Crazy Rich Asians to see how well Singapore comes off in the movie. I'll try to corral my many thoughts into a manageable puddle here, rather than an uncontrolled torrent of words.

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Read more about the article ‘The Dark Tower’ review: As a person who didn’t read the books, I enjoyed it
Idris Elba as Roland Deschain and Tom Taylor as Jake Chambers in The Dark Tower

‘The Dark Tower’ review: As a person who didn’t read the books, I enjoyed it

Stephen King's magnum opus, The Dark Tower, a long book series with a sprawling mythology and epic battle of good against evil, has finally been made into a movie. I've heard it being talked about for years as this practically unfilmable book series -- kind of like The Lord of the Rings -- that Hollywood has been trying so hard to adapt for at least the last decade, but hasn't been able to succeed until now.

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Read more about the article Books to Film: ‘And Then There Were None’ book review
The cast of the 2015 BBC miniseries adaptation of And Then There Were None

Books to Film: ‘And Then There Were None’ book review

I recently finished And Then There Were None, a thriller by Agatha Christie. I haven't read an Agatha Christie book in ages, but I picked it up on the recommendation of Anne Bogel from Modern Mrs Darcy in one of her "What Should I Read Next" podcast episodes. Her son also read the book and said it was the best book he ever read, which intrigued me to see what about this book could cause a teenager to love it. I ended up agreeing it is great too. What a baffling mystery and chilling thriller!

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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Photo credit: NPR.org)

Books to Film: ‘Dark Matter’ book review

I just finished this book called Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, and it is mind-blowing. I'll avoid spoilers, so you can enjoy it yourself, but basically, it's a story of a college physics professor who gets abducted one night, taken to an abandoned location and drugged. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a different world where he's a genius atomic physicist living a successful but career-oriented life, his wife never married him and his son was never born.

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Read more about the article ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ review: As always, the book is better than the movie
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ review: As always, the book is better than the movie

'Mockingjay - Part 2' follows the book pretty much faithfully -- except for all the subtext that they could not (dare not?) translate to screen, which Darren Franich from Entertainment Weekly explains in a brilliant analysis.

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Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ review: A faithful but lacking adaptation

'Mockingjay - Part 1' is as true to the book as it can possibly be, even with the addition of Effie in District 13, but it feels a little bland without Katniss' internal monologues and all the other details that brought flavour to the story.

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