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Apparently ‘The Karate Kid’ is NOT a remake
Chan and Smith get jiggy with it in “The Karate Kid” Harald Zwart, the director of The Karate Kid (out in theaters June 11) said the following to ComingSoon.net: To me, it was never a remake; it’s a retelling of a story. So despite what people are writing about this movie, it isn’t a remake....
Fist Pumping to Lyrics Born and Joyo Velarde at SXSW
South by Southwest is one of the most prominent indie music extravaganza in the nation – maybe even the world. Actually, Austin is considered “The Live Music Capital of the World” so the latter is probably more accurate. Having lived there before, I do miss the easy access to live music, so going back to...
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Why Asians shouldn’t be mad at ‘Cook Poo’
In this week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) tries to have the “Perfect Week” (hence the title of the show) by sleeping with a different lady every night – but his danger of genital wart-infused promiscuity isn’t the focus of this episode. The focus (for me at least) was...
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American Idol: Asians go to Hollywood!
John Park only hinted at the “I’m-in-an-Asian-family-therefore-my-parents-want-to-be-an-engineer/doctor-excuse” so that doesn’t make him the annoying typical reality show competition Asian boy. With his emo/preppy Pete Wentz bangs and his bellowing baritone, Park made waves in his audition in Chicago a couple weeks ago – and he made Shania Twain get all hot and bothered with her...
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SPOTTED: Asian in ‘The Lovely Bones’
Remember when I did that whole Asians in pop culture tally thing? Well if you didn’t notice, I lost track – but that doesn’t mean I lost love for my fellow Asians. I was delighted to see Nikki Soohoo representing in The Lovely Bones. I love her name because it rhymes with Yoo-hoo.
Rain is a nice ‘Ninja Assassin’
Rain is ready to slice and dice as Raizo in ‘Ninja Assasin’ (Photo credit: Warner Bros. Pictures) When I meet with Rain, he is all smiles. You would never think that this guy would be the lead in Ninja Assassin, a gory, slice and dice joyride produced by Andy and Larry Wachowski (the Matrix trilogy)...
Ang Lee finds the ‘Woodstock’ connection
Ang Lee has seamlessly jumped from Jane Austen fare (Sense and Sensibility) to gracefully flying martial artists (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) to giant green comic book superheroes (Hulk) to lovelorn cowboys (Brokeback Mountain) to a film called Lust, Caution (which is basically self-explanatory). With his latest film, Taking Woodstock, Lee shows that his directing chops...
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Park Chan Wook has an irresistible ‘Thirst’
If you’re expecting to see some angsty teen vampire love a la Edward Cullen or some racy vampiric hotness a la Bill Compton and Sookie in Park Chan Wook’s new film Thirst, the you might get more than you bargained for. In fact, you might get all that lovelorn raciness, but with a lot more...
