Category Archives: Movies

First clip from the Disney•Pixar short film “Sanjay’s Super Team”

Posted on October 16, 2015 by jozjozjoz

In “Sanjay’s Super Team,” the new short film from Pixar Animation Studios to be released on November 25, 2015 as the short playing in front of The Good Dinosaur. Accomplished artist Sanjay Patel uses his own experience to tell the … Continue reading →

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‘The Martian’ Slammed Over ‘White-Washing’ Asian-American Roles

Posted on October 14, 2015 by John

I saw ‘The Martian’ opening weekend and loved the movie. I only learned of the movie a few months ago when I started to see the movie trailer on TV. I never read the the original book, but recently I … Continue reading →

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Randall Park on CONAN: Magical Kiss with James Franco + Baby Mentalist and Chinese Liver Pills

Posted on October 6, 2015 by jozjozjoz

I’m really enjoying seeing Randall Park do the talk show rounds. Here he is on CONAN, talking about what it was like to kiss James Franco. Also, check out clips of Randall talking about his daughter Ruby as Baby Mentalist … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – JJ Abrams, “There are Asians in this film”

Posted on July 12, 2015 by John

Every year, the annual Comic-Con convention invades San Diego, California in July. In probably the most anticipated panel of the convention was for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which kicks off the new trilogy of Star Wars films … Continue reading →

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‘Twinsters’ to be released in theaters in July 2015; + L.A. premiere & afterparty info

Posted on July 10, 2015 by jozjozjoz

We have been following the Twinsters story since last year when they were still crowdfunding for the film, and our some of our L.A. readers even got to see the film at the 2015 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival … Continue reading →

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8Asians News: Lee Byung-hun Plays T-1000 in “Terminator Genysis”

Posted on July 3, 2015 by 8AsiansNews

South Korean heart throb star and martial artist Lee Byung-hun takes on the role of T-1000 in the newest Terminator franchise installment “Terminator Genysis“. Lee is familiar to American viewers from previous role as Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe: The … Continue reading →

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8Asians News: Carrie Fisher Undresses Ming Na Wen @ Dallas Comiccon

Posted on June 19, 2015 by 8AsiansNews

Howdy Dallas! Who's kickin' it with me tomorrow at @dallascomiccon? I brought the LA sunshine & my cowgirl boots! A photo posted by Ming-Na Wen (@mingna_wen) on May 29, 2015 at 4:43pm PDT At the Dallas Comicon, both Carrie Fisher … Continue reading →

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Traveling Japan: Studio Ghibli Museum

Posted on June 15, 2015 by tinabot

#robotsoldier #castleinthesky #ghibli #GhibliMuseum #HayaoMiyazaki A photo posted by Carlomus Prime (@carlomusprime) on Dec 23, 2014 at 9:41pm PST Having been a Hayao Miyazaki fan for a long time, I just had to finally visit the Studio Ghibli Museum. The … Continue reading →

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What would the Aloha movie look like with an actual quarter Chinese quarter Islander half White person in the Emma Stone role?

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Jeff

By now, you probably heard about the controversy over actress Emma Stone playing a quarter Chinese quarter Islander half White character named Allison Ng and the whitewashing of Hawaii in the movie Aloha.  But what would the movie looking like … Continue reading →

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2015 Austin Asian American Film Fest Early Submission Deadline on June 1st

Posted on May 29, 2015 by 8AsiansNews

The Austin Asian American Film Festival (AAAFF) is one of the premiere Asian American festivals in the American Southwest. The festival is committed to bringing the best in Asian and Asian American cinema to the vibrant city of Austin. It … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Kung Fu Killer

Posted on May 28, 2015 by tinabot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI9ldJQr7cc The title of this movie sounds pretty standard as kung fu movies come. You’d expect that there’s a really strong kung fu guy who kills a lot of people. Well, that is actually the case, but there is a … Continue reading →

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CAAM: The Golden Spike

Posted on May 27, 2015 by John

2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad by Chinese immigrants.Often, the immigrant Chinese’s role in this historic accomplishment has been literally white washed. As part of celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, the Center … Continue reading →

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