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About Dino-Ray

Dino-Ray Ramos is a movie hobbit, social media swaggerist, pop culture junkie, smart-mouthed Asian American warrior, and a well-rounded inhaler of all things entertainment. After uprooting from Texas, he migrated to San Francisco where he shares his irreverent take on high and low brow aspects of culture. In addition to feeding TheFinerDandy.com he writes for AfterElton.com, Hyphen Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. You can also boost his self-esteem by following his musings on Twitter

LGBT Media Convening 2017: Journalists Revisit Their Coverage of the Pulse Shooting in Orlando

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Dino-Ray

June 12 will mark the one year anniversary of the devastating shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. This year’s LGBT Media Convening, which appropriately took place in Orlando. Jeff Truesdell of People moderated a panel featuring Billy Manes with … Continue reading →

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Rinko Kikuchi Talks ‘Pacific Rim’, Working in the Kaiju Genre, and Beating Up Charlie Hunnam

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Dino-Ray

Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi successfully crossed over into the American market with The Brothers Bloom and even snagged an Academy Award nomination for her role in Babel. Things hit a little closer to home with her character in the Kaiju-centric … Continue reading →

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The Stoker Trailer Brings Park Chan-wook’s Eerie English Language Debut

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Dino-Ray

Without a doubt, Park Chan-wook definitely knows how to tell a good story via stunning and shocking visuals and not just make it look like revenge porn (see Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance). His signature … Continue reading →

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Having an Asian Moment: Hana Mae Lee in ‘Pitch Perfect’

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Dino-Ray

After watching the very first trailer for Pitch Perfect, I’ll admit, I immediately wrote it off as another irritating derivation of Glee. Even though it stars my beloved Anna Kendrick, I couldn’t wrap my head around this movie about university-level … Continue reading →

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Having an Asian Moment: Moon Bloodgood in ‘The Sessions’

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Dino-Ray

I am currently in Toronto for the Toronto International Film Festival (or “TIFF” as they call it in the biz). I have been here for over a week. I have seen almost 30 movies. The stadium-style seating movie chair has … Continue reading →

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Having an Asian Moment: Karen Maruyama In The Campaign

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Dino-Ray

Here is my brief review of The Campaign: If you like to watch Zach Galifianakis act like Zach Galifianakis and Will Ferrell act like Will Ferrell AND you are dying to see them do it in a political race, then … Continue reading →

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Having an Asian Moment: Sullivan and Son On TBS

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Dino-Ray

The new show Sullivan and Son premieres this week on TBS and I am sure everyone is excited about it. I’ve been seeing tons of ads for this show that seems to have appeared out of thin air and I … Continue reading →

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Having an Asian Moment: ‘White Frog’

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Dino-Ray

Please watch this trailer of Quentin Lee’s White Frog…and for the love of God will you please just try to hold back your tears? The movie looks great. It has a top notch cast including Glee homeboy (Harry Shum Jr.), … Continue reading →

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Listen to All of The Chinese Spoken in Firefly

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Dino-Ray

Whedonites and Firefly lovers rejoice! The beloved cult TV hit by Joss Whedon celebrates its 10th anniversary and will be doing a special panel at this year’s Comic-Con (which starts today) and I won’t be there (but Moye will)! I … Continue reading →

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Having An Asian Moment: ‘The Man With the Iron Fists’ Trailer

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Dino-Ray

http://youtu.be/a7l3okIqnCg First and foremost I would like to address the tag line for The Man With the Iron Fists: They put the F-U in KUNG FU. Now if that ain’t some cleverness right there, I don’t know what is.

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American Idol Announces Season 11 Winner And It’s Not Jessica Sanchez

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Dino-Ray

I haven’t really cared about American Idol since my homegirl Kelly Clarkson won in the show’s debut season. This season is no different. The contestants were talented, but lacking in charisma. Essentially they are singing robots ready to be programmed … Continue reading →

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Having An Asian Moment: Men in Black III, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, And The Rufio prequel

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Dino-Ray

I pride myself in patrolling movie and TV news and finding something relevant for our 8Asians readers — and I find TONS of news. Unfortunately I find SO much news that I get overwhelmed and have a nervous breakdown. I … Continue reading →

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