While the move is indeed the first “mainstream” movie written, directed and starring Asian Americans, it was never intended to make it big. It was...
By Jennifer Fang | Yellowworld.org
May 01, 2003
Many people may assume that this is another Japan bashing book, which many Chinese and Koreans have vritten since the war, but Chang looks at...
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April 20, 2003
Recently, a new perspective has emerged. While it was touched upon by Gary Okihiro in his celebrated essay 'When and Where I Enter', the necessary...
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April 20, 2003
This is a little better than your typical Bond movie. As one of the few people who have seen each and every one of them...
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April 17, 2003
I have to admit, I was there for Jet Li. True, he had less dialogue than most of the scenery, but his new "bad-ass" persona...
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February 28, 2003
While this may seem extremely distasteful in its blatant stereotyping, it is nevertheless true to the era the movie was trying to portray. Although the...
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January 18, 2003
The cinematography of [Hero] was breathtaking due to Yimou’s use of imagery and color. Each scene and subtle gesture was infused with symbolism that may...
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December 19, 2002
In true to form Jackass cult fandom, this movie goes beyond the limits of what MTV would allow. This is almost a cult hit for...
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November 24, 2002
The first native-born Asian American movie star (she was preceded in the limelight by Japanese immigrants Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuru Aoki), Anna May Wong's Hollywood...
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November 07, 2002
Let's see, Statham did a bang-up job in Snatch, and watching the previews led me to believe that Shu Qi is hot. Its an action-packed...
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October 11, 2002
L2 plays Sever, a U.S. spy trained by the government from childhood and who started life as an abandoned baby girl in China. As the...
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September 27, 2002
E Street is on E St. (simple enough, eh?) and between 4th and 5th ave. It's known for it's higher asian population, younger, 'ghetto' crowd...
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August 31, 2002
There was some need for suspending a little disbelief, but for the most part -- it's a sweet action flick that gives you what you...
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August 20, 2002
The beginning of the movie takes us back in time when Anne Marie (the main gal) was surfing with the best of em until her...
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August 20, 2002
