TV & Film Picks: Kian's Bizarre B&B, Bjork: Cornucopia, The Accountant 2
(From left) BTS' Jin with cartoonist-host Kian84 and actress Ji Ye-eun in Netflix's South Korean variety series Kian's Bizarre B&B. PHOTO: NETFLIX
Kian's Bizarre B&B
Netflix
The nine-episode South Korean variety series is the brainchild of popular South Korean webtoonist-TV host Kim Hee-min. Better known by his pen name Kian84, he designed a quirky guesthouse set on a floating barge in the ocean off Ulleungdo Island, a popular holiday destination in South Korea.
Together with boy band BTS' Jin and South Korean actress Ji Ye-eun, the trio host holidaymakers in a space where guests have to climb a rock wall to enter and go down a slide to exit.
Sleeping arrangements are bunk beds suspended on the external walls, where guests must brave the elements. The dining area is on a lower level accessible only via a fireman's pole and guests are asked to eat with their hands to be 'one with the food'.
While the series lives up to its 'bizarre' title, it should also be called The Jin Show as the K-pop global star is the anchor of the show. Not only does he cook and clean, but he is also the voice of reason in chaotic situations. His disarming appeal and natural comic timing keep the otherwise ridiculous show afloat.
Kian's Bizarre B&B is one of Netflix's global top 10 non-English shows since its premiere on April 8. The trio have since teased their return with a second season.
Bjork: Cornucopia
99 minutes, exclusively at The Projector on May 7
Concert film Bjork: Cornucopia will be released in 500 cinemas in more than 25 countries on May 7.
PHOTO: SANTIAGO FELIPE
Bjork's theatrical concert film Cornucopia will be released in 500 cinemas in more than 25 countries on May 7, and fans of the Icelandic singer can watch the film exclusively at The Projector on the same day.
Cornucopia is taken from Bjork's eponymous concert in Lisbon, Portugal, as part of her concert world tour, which debuted in 2019 in New York City and ended in Bordeaux, France, in 2023.
Known for her avant-garde live performances and groundbreaking music, Bjork told music publication Rolling Stone in 2023 that the concert tour was the most ambitious project she had travelled with.
The film features three new music videos and includes 25 minutes of extra content not found in the version released on Apple TV+ in January.
Featuring material from her 2017 album Utopia and 2022's Fossora, the film also incorporates instruments such as a magnetic harp, a circular flute and an aluphone .
Where: 05-01 Cineleisure, 8 Grange Road
MRT: Somerset
When: May 7, 8pm
Admission: $16
Info: str.sg/wZnKx
The Accountant 2 (NC16)
132 minutes, now showing
★★★☆☆
(From left) Jon Bernthal and Ben Affleck in The Accountant 2.
PHOTO: WBEI
The actioner picks up eight years after the events of The Accountant (2016) and, this time, Ben Affleck's Christian, an accountant who is autistic , is joined by brother Braxton (Jon Bernthal) to take down a criminal organisation.
The Accountant was among the first Hollywood movies to view autism as something akin to a comic-book superpower. It also showed that Christian was trained by his strict military father to suppress the 'bad' traits while letting the 'good' ones through, like his ability to memorise and regurgitate the United States tax code.
The film is fairly decent in delivering competent action and suspense, as one would expect from action film franchises such as The Equalizer (2014 to 2023) or Jack Reacher (2012 and 2016).
Perhaps realising that Affleck's character works best when placed against a foil, the story brings in Braxton early on, so the two can spend the rest of the movie swopping bro banter and working out their issues while mowing down waves of henchmen. – John Lui
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