{"id":22313,"date":"2024-06-13T23:29:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T21:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=22313"},"modified":"2024-06-13T23:29:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T21:29:10","slug":"past-lives-best-reviewed-film-of-2023-now-on-showmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/06\/13\/past-lives-best-reviewed-film-of-2023-now-on-showmax\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Lives: Best-reviewed Film of 2023 Now on Showmax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Past Lives <\/strong>| First On Showmax | Stream from 13 June<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2514\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Past Lives<\/a><\/em>, MetaCritic\u2019s best-reviewed narrative film of 2023, is now streaming on Showmax.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/showmax.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/showmax.png?resize=450%2C159&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/showmax.png?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/showmax.png?resize=300%2C106&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are torn apart after Nora\u2019s family emigrates from South Korea to America. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winner of 79 international awards so far, <em>Past Lives <\/em>was nominated for Motion Picture of the Year and Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars this year, as well as for the Critics Choice Best Actress Award for Greta Lee and the BAFTA Best Actor Award for Teo Yoo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Past Live<\/em>s has a 94\/100 rating on MetaCritic &#8211; the highest of last year. <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> calls it, \u201cA stunning, pitch-perfect romance\u201d; <em>Variety<\/em> says, \u201cCeline Song\u2019s exceptional debut will have audiences swooning\u201d; and <em>The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>writes, \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to convey the multilayered beauty of <em>Past Lives <\/em>beyond just urging people to see it and lose themselves in its transfixing spell.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Past Lives | Official Trailer HD | A24\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kA244xewjcI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Showmax is also home to the three biggest box office hits of 2023: <em>Barbie<\/em>, <em>The Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/em>, and 2024\u2019s Motion Picture of the Year Oscar winner <em>Oppenheimer.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Past Lives | First On Showmax | Stream from 13 June Past Lives, MetaCritic\u2019s best-reviewed narrative film of 2023, is now streaming on Showmax. Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are torn apart after Nora\u2019s family emigrates from South Korea to America. 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