8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Hizashi no Naka no Rairu
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Author Archives: John
8Books Review: End Credits – How I Broke Up With Hollywood, A Memoir by Patty Lin
I’m not sure how I first came across End Credits – How I Broke Up With Hollywood, A Memoir by Patty Lin. I think I saw a post on Facebook and then became excited once I knew that Lin was … Continue reading
SVAPFF 2023: ‘A Great Divide’ – Q&A and Review (Spoilers)
A few weeks ago, I attended my first screening at the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest (SVAPFF), the 9th and most recent edition of the festival. I was eager to see the independent film A Great Divide, as I had … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Discrimination, Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged A Great Divide, Emerson Min, Jean Shim, Ken Jeong
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Ronny Chieng & Old Spice’s “The Expert”
This Old Spice commercial has been on YouTube for four months now, but I only recently saw it as an online commercial. I was blown away! It made me wonder if the commercial was airing on TV as well, and … Continue reading
Mill Valley Film Festival: ‘Invisible Nation’ [Taiwan] – Intro, Q&A & Review
I’m not sure how I became aware of the independent documentary Invisible Nation, screening at the Mill Valley Film Festival, but I am glad I did. I was able to make the second, Saturday morning screening a few weekends ago … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Entertainment, Local, Movies, Reviews, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Invisible Nation, Taiwan, Ted Hope, Tsai Ing-wen, Vanessa Hope
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8Books Review: The Last Election by Andrew Yang
I met the former presidential candidate and founder/co-chair of the Forward Party back in July at a political event, and one of the first things he did was hand me this book, The Last Election – a political thriller he … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, 8Series, Books, Entertainment, Politics
Tagged Andrew Yang, The Last Election
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Love in Taipei: Review, Paramount+ Promo code, and SF Q&A
Earlier this month, Love in Taipei premiered on Paramount+ on August 10th. I’ve been behind on my blogging, but wanted to let everyone know about some things about the movie, including a free promo code to see it, a review, … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Entertainment, Movies, TV
Tagged Abigail Hing Wen, Andrew Yang, Love Boat, Love in Taipei
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8Asians Exclusive: Interview with Randall Park on His Directorial Debut of ‘Shortcomings’ & Review – Opens August 4th
I had the great honor and pleasure of interviewing Randall Park as he visited San Francisco as part of his directorial debut to promote his upcoming film, Shortcomings, released by Sony Picture Classics and coming to a theater near you on Friday, … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Asian American Commercial Watch, Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Ally Maki, Justin Min, Randall Park, Sherry Cola, Shortcomings
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Paramount+: Official Trailer: Love in Taipei – Streaming August 10th
https://youtu.be/uBGTJqYuV_w I first met author Abigail Hing Wen at her book launch event of her Young Adult novel “Loveboat, Taipei” in Menlo Park, California. As a producer (one of many), on the documentary “Love Boat: Taiwan,” I had a great … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Entertainment, Movies, TV
Tagged Abigail Hing Wen, Love Boat, Love in Taipei, Taiwan
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American Born Chinese: Jin & Amelia
Posted in Dating, Entertainment, Lifestyles, Observations, TV
Tagged American Born Chinese, Ben Wang, Sydney Taylor
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Asian American Frozen Foods: MìLà’s “Soup Dumplings” found at Costco
I saw a friend of mine post this photo on Facebook after she went shopping at the same Costco in Silicon Valley where I shop. I’ve been aware of MìLà‘s (formerly known as Xiao Chi Jie) Xiao Long Bao (“XLB”) … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Asian American Frozen Foods, Food & Drink
Tagged Costco, Mila, Simu Liu, Synear, xiao long bao, XLB
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Randall Park’s UCLA 2023 Commencement Address
This past week, actor, comedian, writer, director, and UCLA Alumnus Randall Park delivered the keynote speech at all three UCLA 2023 college commencements. In this speech, he walks through his career ups and downs and how they shaped himself to … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Education, Entertainment, Local, Southern California
Tagged Randall Park, ucla
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SF DocFest: How to Have an American Baby
I had first heard of ‘birth tourism’ from a former co-worker/friend of mine more than a decade ago. When I heard that Chinese women were coming Southern California to give birth so that their kids could get U.S. citizenship, I … Continue reading