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Set in Hong Kong during the early days of the pandemic, Lam Sum’s tender drama pictures a city haunted by economic and political uncertainty. Storefronts are plastered with foreclosure and bankruptcy notices, while talk of moving abroad hovers amid everyday conversations. Plagued by faulty equipment, the one-man sanitary service operated by world-weary Chak (played by Cantopop star Louis Cheung) is on the verge of breaking down. When asked by his ailing mother if God is telling him to give up the business, Chak…

via Warner Bros. Pictures The DCEU is a bit messy. As one of the world’s biggest comic brands, DC has long been in fierce competition with Marvel. Their rivalry only intensified once both made their way into cinemas, and spawned a pair of on-screen universes that have persisted for years. Despite Marvel’s recent downtick in quality, with releases like Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder failing to impress as much as other Marvel flicks, the MCU is inarguably several tiers above its DC competitor. DC…

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday said that investors should search for buying opportunities among stocks being hammered by the turbulent stock market. "You could argue that for many groups, this bear market's simply about working off the excesses of the past two years. … However, for some stocks, the sell-off has even been worse than that," the "Mad Money" host said."The hardest-hit names are now trading below where they were at the start of the pandemic — in some cases, well below. These are what I call total giveback…