* Movies: In the Heart of the Sea * Books: Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz * Music: A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay * Wine: The Quintessence of Japan * Food: Southeast Asian
Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea” is a curious beast. The ambitions are as big as a whale; the results are an earnest wreck. It could possibly work
Dean Koontz outdoes himself with his latest journey, which solidifies his reputation as one of the best storytellers in the book business. Koontz’s stories get labeled as horror, but the lyrical
Get out your disco ball. Coldplay has dabbled with dance music before but on the band’s new set, “A Head Full of Dreams,” Chris Martin and co. have gone full
It was only two months ago that Iong’s Magic & Co Macau found its place on a street near St. Lawrence’s Church. At the time, the institution had just been
It is widely accepted that cereal wine originated from East Asia, and subsequently reached Southeast Asia and South Asia. The umbrella term “cereal wine”, referring to a wide variety of
The classic Hakka dish galangal sesame roasted chicken is a must-try. Zhanjiang chicken meat is first brushed with a layer of egg-white and coated with roasted sesame seeds then left
* Movies: Chi-Raq * Books: The Girl in the Ice by Lotte and Soren Hammer * Music: Songs in the Dark by The Wainwright Sisters * Wine: The Russian Emblem * Food: Variations Of
More alive than most of the year’s films put together, Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” is urgent agitprop that pulsates with unalloyed rage for the “self-inflicted genocide” of South Chicago and explodes
As Simonsen briefs his team on the facts, each detective develops leads and speculations. Some prove fruitful; others prove dangerous. One detective visits a clairvoyant woman whose skills can only
There can be something magical about the voices of siblings singing together, as a listen to the Beach Boys or the Everly Brothers shows. More proof comes in this subtly haunting
The European Space Agency yesterday launched a rocket carrying two cubes of gold and platinum almost a million miles from Earth so that scientists can see how they'll behave in
By far the single largest country in the world, Russia spans from 41st to 82nd parallels north. Barring its limitrophe regions bordering Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine as well as along
In 1986, Viña Concha Y Toro set out to produce Don Melchor, a “terrior” wine of world stature, faithfully expressing Carbernet Sauvignon from one of the world’s best terroirs for
Yuechao (Read Zone) is on the third floor of the city’s biggest and newest shopping centre, Huafa Shangdu (the Mall of Huafa), which opened on 30th May 2014. Huafa is
Admit it. When you heard another "Rocky" movie was coming out — a seventh — you thought, really? How many "Rocky" movies do we need? Well, it turns out we needed
In the spirit of "Unbroken" and "The Boys in the Boat" comes "Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice" by journalist Adam Makos. This time the setting is the
Chris Isaak's latest album, "First Comes the Night," delivers a full flight of songs directly in his Roy Orbison-esque wheelhouse, featuring Isaak's smooth voice, twangy guitar work and surf-rock-tinged melancholy. And
On 30th May this year, Zhuhai’s largest and most modern bookshop celebrated its first birthday with six cultural events that attracted hundreds of people to share the anniversary. Yuechao (Read Zone)
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