Entertainment
The Ghost Bride may just be the most exciting thing to hit Netflix for Malaysians – here’s why
Netflix is taking things up a notch as they’re going to be filming their next six-episode Chinese-language drama series dubbed the Ghost Bride based on Malaysian author Choo Yangsze in – you guessed it – Malaysia. The series has already started production and is Netflix’s first Mandarin-language series shot in Malaysia at familiar locations in…
Read MoreThe Void hyper-reality Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire experience debuts at Resorts World Genting – firsthand experience report
I’ve experienced quite a few virtual reality experiences courtesy of the usual HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets where reality is defined within the borders of a small room with your only means of interacting with anything being a pair of controllers. The Void hyper-reality experience at Resorts World Genting which will be officially opening…
Read MoreTickets to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at Resorts World Genting up for preorders this week
If you are a Star Wars fan, rejoice, as Resorts World Genting and The VOID will be bringing in their their Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire VR experience this coming 6 December 2018 at the Skytropolis Funland located at the resort. The VR experience has you and three other aspiring fans donning VR goggles…
Read MoreNetflix unveils 17 new original shows for Asia
Things are getting a bit more interesting with Netflix. Fresh off their recent experimental release of an RM17 per month tier for mobile-only subscribers in Malaysia, they have just serendipitously announced 17 original productions from Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, India and South Korea across multiple genres from anime to side-splitting comedies to whet the appetite of…
Read MoreL-Acoustics K2 sound system brings the music to Genting Arena of Stars
The Genting Arena of Stars has hosted some of the most famous names in music over the years and has become recognised as one of the premier locations for musical performances in Malaysia. Sennheiser, the representative for the renowned L-Acoustics brand of sound systems in Singapore and Malaysia is taking things up a notch as…
Read MoreWin an OPPO F9 by voting for your favourite team at the OPPO HaVOOC concert
The OPPO HaVOOC concert is happening tomorrow night on 26 August 2018 at 10.00PM at Plaza Alam Sentral, Shah Alam and will feature a selection of Malaysia’s most popular artistes, divided into two teams – Team VOOC and Team Color, representing the two most unique aspects of the newly launched OPPO F9 phone. Officiating the…
Read MoreSamsung wants you to Sing TogethAR for Malaysia
If you fancy yourself a singer or are in some fashion able to hold a tune, you can do your bit for the nation and have fun while doing it too as Samsung is launching their #singtogethAR programme that involves Malaysians contributing and uploading AR emoji video. With each successful AR Emoji video featured, Samsung…
Read MoreEvan Rachel Wood speaks about Westworld season 2
If you’ve been keeping an eye on events transpiring in sci-fi drama Westworld, you’ll notice that things are going to hell in a handbasket since the first episode of season 2 onwards with a host rebellion in full swing within the park and the series’ signature multiple timelines blending in to create a delicious puzzle…
Read MoreThe Westworld VR Experience Review – The closest way you’re getting to Westworld without paying USD40,000 a day
The second season Westworld, Nolan and Lisa Joy’s epic magnum opus that reimagines Michael Crichton’s venerable 1973 movie is now live and on HBO (Astro Channel 411/ HD 431). For the uninitiated, Westworld talks about a theme park populated with lifelike androids called hosts in a Western-like setting. Visitors, called guests, can come to Westworld…
Read MoreCupid Co. may just be iFlix’s most promising series yet
Streaming content purveyor iflix today announced the premiere of a somewhat quaint but charming local production dubbed Cupid Co. by Studio2:15. The short-form six-parter Cupid Co. is the sum efforts of a pitch earlier this year where iflix opened up tenders from local content creators for an original mini series. Macam Yes Studios’ novel proposal,…
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