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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
The Mindy Project Makes Mindy Kaling Even More Hilarious
When I first heard that Mindy Kaling’s pilot, The Mindy Project, was picked up by Fox, I was cautiously optimistic — not because I don’t like Mindy. I mean, who DOESN’T like Mindy? She’s so girly without being SO GIRLY. She’s the gal pal that everyone wants to sit at a coffee shop with for hours and talk smack about everyone who passes by. In any case, I was cautiously optimistic because I wanted to [...] Continue »
Oldboy Remake Casts Sharlto Copley As Villain
It’s official! Sharlto Copley has been casted as the villain in Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake! That’s exciting, right? If you don’t recognize Mr. Copley, it’s probably because he isn’t transforming into a grotesque alien or acting like the lovably insane member of a team of mercenary soldiers of fortune. I am, of course, referring to his roles in the sci-fi film District 9 and the big-screen adaptation of The A-Team. Copley will fill the shoes [...] Continue »
Already Gone: Watch Harry Shum Jr. Shoot A Gun In New Short Film
Our friend, Harry Shum Jr. has a new project — and he isn’t dancing nor is he shirtless. (Blasphemous, I know.) There’s guns, blood, threats, an explosion, guys at a table playing poker and it’s kind of violent which means it’s fun!
RSVP For The Bay Area Screening Of ‘Detention’ With Joseph Kahn Q&A
Attention San Francisco Bay Area! There will be a FREE advanced screening of Detention on Thursday, April 13! As an added bonus, director Joseph Kahn will be there immediately after the screening for a Q&A moderated by yours truly! (That would be me, Dino-Ray Ramos). That said, if you’re in the Bay Area and you want to see actor Josh Hutcherson out of his Hunger Games element and then watch me awkwardly giggle my way [...] Continue »
Having An Asian Moment: John Cho In The Total Recall Trailer
I liked the 1990 movie adaptation of Total Recall (which, by the way, is based on the story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick). I wasn’t a HUGE fan, but I liked it because it was super cool and sci-fi — the elements that make fanboys squeal. It was during Arnold Schwarzenegger’s hey day so there were MANY films in his action star repertoire that competed to be number one [...] Continue »
Jamie Chung Talks About Her Game-Changing Role in ‘Eden’
The movie Eden made its world premiere at this year’s South by Southwest and it immediately made waves among the SXSW crowd. The movie snagged the Audience Award for Narrative Feature and director Megan Griffiths received the SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award. (I mentioned all this already, but it’s worth a repeat post.) In addition, Jamie Chung was praised with Special Jury Recognition for her performance as Hyun Jae (who is [...] Continue »
Sung Kang Talks ‘Sunset Stories’, Being an Asian American Actor and His Love of Comedy
In Sunset Stories, Sung Kang plays JP, a man who is unexpectedly reunited with his ex-girlfriend (Monique Curnen) who is now a nurse that just lost a cooler full of bone marrow that she was supposed deliver for a transplant. She has 24 hours to retrieve this lost marrow and JP, being the nice guy that he is, helps her find it. During their hunt through the streets of Los Angeles, they go through some [...] Continue »
Having An Asian Moment: The Movie “Single Asian Female”
Among all the Asian-centric films I saw at SXSW this year, Single Asian Female was probably the most disturbing…and in a weird, creepy way, it was one of the most heartfelt. Directed by San Francisco-based filmmaker Debbie Lum, the documentary puts “yellow fever” under the microscope, following a quirky white man named Steven and his search for an Asian wife. The thing is — Steven has had a thing for Asian women ever since his [...] Continue »
21 Jump Street Movie: Where Is Dustin Nguyen?
I had the opportunity to watch 21 Jump Street at its SXSW premiere. Stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller as well as other members of the cast and crew were on hand for a Q&A after the screening. I just thought I would share all that information with you so that it would make me sound like a humblebragging douche.
Having An Asian Moment: Eden with Jamie Chung Wins Big At SXSW
I’ve been at SXSW since March 8 and after enduring the rain, sitting through almost two dozen films, and randomly running into Ernie amidst the sea of hipsters, tech geeks, and movie buffs, I am still alive and going strong! I have managed to see some great Asian-centric films (which I will get into more later), but I wanted to put the spotlight on one of the best films I’ve seen at the SXSW: Eden [...] Continue »
Having An Asian Moment: Rihanna And Her Racist Rice Cakes
Last week, Rihanna tweeted this and, within a nanosecond (maybe less), the glorious world of the Interwebs got orgasmic with accusations. They thought the Instagram pic of a rice cake bag with sunglasses and big hoop earrings was a jab at Chris “Ike 2.0″ Brown’s half-Vietnamese canoodling buddy Karrueche Tran.
Elizabeth Olsen Offered Female Lead In “Oldboy” Remake
Spike Lee’s Oldboy remake only had 45 percent of my support — and that was because they cast Josh Brolin in the lead role. My support for this film increased to about 70 percent when I learned that Elizabeth Olsen is circling the female lead.
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