9 Asian American Coming-of-Age Movies That Aren’t the Joy Luck Club
Last week, Colorlines published a list of 9 coming-of-age movies starring (and focusing on) people of colour. While I usually…
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Why I’m refusing to consume the news from the #Sonyhack — and you should, too.
This is going to be an unpopular opinion: I believe that consuming news obtained through the recent hack of Sony…
Review: “Interstellar” Captures the Essence of Science Fiction
While parents across the country took their kids to see Big Hero 6 (#1 in box office sales this weekend at $56.2M) this…
12 life lessons I learned from the incredible Robin Williams
By now, you’ve heard the news: yesterday, Robin Williams died of apparent suicide at the age of 63. Depression has…
Justin Lin to direct next “Bourne” installment
Justin Lin, the director famous in Hollywood for resurrecting the Fast & Furious franchise when he helmed the third installment Tokyo…
Why I’m glad Jubilee wasn’t in X-Men: Days of Future Past
Earlier last week, Phillip Bouette Jr. — costume concept illustrator for several major blockbuster films including X-Men: Days of Future Past — set…
The Time Travel and Ending of “Edge of Tomorrow” Explained
Last night, I went to see the new Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt science-fiction film Edge of Tomorrow, which is based…
9-Man: A bad-ass 80-year-old Chinese American version of volleyball!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YumoQVJdK4U You’ve probably never heard of Nine-Man. I know I never have. But Ursula Liang, a sports journalist turned filmmaker,…
Why I didn’t watch the Oscars. | #WhereisFruitvale
Regular readers of the blog will remember my occasional stories of my desperately Americanized childhood: those brief years when my…
The 8 Ingredients They Stitched Together to Make “I, Frankenstein”: a pictorial movie review
… and it was awesome. Terrible, but awesome.
Quentin Tarentino and the RZA: The Men with the Orientalist Fetishes
Last night, I did a really dumb thing. I watched The Man With the Iron Fists, directed by and starring…
NOC: “Gravity” Aims for the Stars, but Falls A Little Flat
This post originally appeared at The Nerds of Color The critics have been salivating over Alfonso Cuaron’s latest effort, the…