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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

Having An Asian Moment: The FP Trailer

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Dino-Ray

The FP is a revelation in film — and it’s too bad that I had to wait until now to see it. Before I get into why I had an Asian moment with this film, let us explore the wonder … Continue reading →

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SXSW 2012 Has a Nice Handful of Asian Movies

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Dino-Ray

This year, SXSW (a.k.a. South by Southwest) film festival has a very hearty helping of Asian-ness — and I’LL BE THERE! YAY! Sure, the music and interactive portions of the popular festival are big draws, but when it comes to … Continue reading →

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Australian Comedian Plays Overbearing Asian Mom in HBO’s Angry Boys

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Dino-Ray

With his new HBO show, Angry Boys, Australian comedian Chris Lilley is following the grand politically incorrect tradition of Chapelle’s Show and Da Ali G Show by skewering pop culture and testing audience’s offensive threshold when it comes to tackling … Continue reading →

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John Chu’s G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation Trailer Is Asian Enough

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dino-Ray

http://youtu.be/bSX2oxLdcWA The first full trailer for John Chu’s kind of anticipated G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation flooded blogs and websites. The follow-up to the first million dollar installment worthy of B-movie acclaim, looks promising. It has lots of explosions, guns, Asian … Continue reading →

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Jason Statham Protects Little Asian Girl In “Safe”

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Dino-Ray

Jason Statham continues his sexy, raspy-voiced action anti-hero in Safe. Check out the trailer above. The movie has everything one needs for a high-octane action movie: Asian gangsters, Eastern European hooligans, guns, explosions, car chases, and of course, Jason Statham … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games Trailer Is Out And There Are Asians In It!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Dino-Ray

So as many of you know, I have this unhealthy obsession for The Hunger Games. I actually think it’s a true story and I think the characters of Katniss, Peeta, and Gale are real people — just like Bella, Edward … Continue reading →

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John Cho Talks A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas And His Christmas Wishlist

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dino-Ray

If you haven’t noticed, 8Asians has nothing but love for A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (and the entire Harold & Kumar franchise for that matter) — and why shouldn’t we? The movie has two Asian leads in off-beat … Continue reading →

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Brenda Song is NOT pregnant by but engaged to Trace Cyrus

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Dino-Ray

Last week it was announced that Brenda Song and Trace Cyrus will enter the world of matrimony — and to that, I have to say “YAY!” What better way to announce the engage than via social media. Trace tweeted the … Continue reading →

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HBO Develops China Doll, New Show About Interracial Family, A Robot & China

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Dino-Ray

HBO has a new show in the works! The title of the show is China Doll (that’s ALMOST racist, right?). As much as I want it to be about Asian drag queens, it’s not. Apparently it’s “about an interracial family … Continue reading →

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Real Steel Review: Boxing Robots, an Asian and an Asian Boxing Robot

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Dino-Ray

Real Steel is the current movie that is building the trend of board games as movies. Actually, this movie isn’t “officially” based on the popular Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot game. It is based on “Steel” a short story from … Continue reading →

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2 Broke Girls’ Matthew Moy Plays a Typical Asian

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Dino-Ray

On Monday night, 2 Broke Girls premiered on CBS and, I must say, that it is one of my favorite shows of the fall TV season so far — mainly because it’s a comedic jab on rich and overprivileged people. … Continue reading →

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Brenda Song is NOT Pregnant with Trace Cyrus’s Baby, Unfortunately

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Dino-Ray

When a Disney teenybopper alum gets knocked up, it’s like discovering a unicorn has been living in your backyard grazing on your snozzberry bushes. So when word got out in August that Brenda Song was pregnant with Trace Cyrus’s (a.k.a. … Continue reading →

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