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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Ronny Chieng & Old Spice’s “The Expert”
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Asians Behaving Badly: Edward Younghoon Shin Alledgedly Murders Business Partner & Blogs About It
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Hizashi no Naka no Rairu
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Category Archives: Movies
8Tracks Review: “Round and Round” Music Video by Alfa
I conjure up the colors in your eyes Alfa released a new music video April 12 for “Round and Round,” a track on June 2017’s album Spark & Fury, which you should totally check out if you haven’t already heard it. … Continue reading
Asian and Asian American influences in ‘Black Panther’ (minor spoilers)
One of the many impressive aspects of the Black Panther movie is its costume design. The look of the Dora Milaje, the elite Wakanda guard, is particularly striking. That said, I was surprised to found out from The Wife about … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Francisco, Black Panther, Dora Milaje, film, Ifugao, Igorot people, movie
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Is Snake Eyes (from G.I. Joe) Asian?
Growing up there just weren’t a lot of Asians—let alone Asian Americans—on television or in the movies. And when there were, they were very rarely people I actually looked up to. However, when it came to my day-to-day playing, I … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, TV
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Non-spoiler review of ‘STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI’ in 8 words: “Kelly Marie Tran as Rose Tico is awesome”
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. …Asians finally became a key part of the STAR WARS saga. TL;DR: The Tico Sisters rock my galaxy. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI opens in U.S. theaters on December 15, … Continue reading
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Tagged Asians in Hollywood, Hollywood, Kelly Marie Tran, Paige Tico, Rose Tico, star wars, Star Wars VIII, Tico Sisters, Veronica Ngo
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Comparing Chinese Death Beliefs with Disney/Pixar’s ‘Coco’
During opening weekend, I took my daughter to see the new Disney/Pixar movie, Coco. It’s a movie she’s been looking forward to seeing for almost a year, since the trailers for the new movie came out quite some time ago. I … Continue reading
Introducing CHOPSO, video streaming platform for English-language Asian content
Over the last year director/writer/producer Quentin Lee and I have been working hard on a new company, CHOPSO, the first video streaming platform featuring English-language Asian content in the world. As a filmmaker/writer and as a former Vice President at the … Continue reading
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Film Review: ‘The Big Sick’ starring Kumail Nanjiani
By Michael Aushenker Opening June 23 and going wide July 14, Kumail Nanjiani stars in The Big Sick, his autobiographical pet project—based on his real-life courtship with future wife Emily V. Gordon and their struggle after she is diagnosed with … Continue reading
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Tagged aidy briant, Aziz Ansari, holly hunter, judd apatow, Kumail Nanjiani, lionsgate, ray romano
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‘America ReFramed’ Honors #APAHM with New Documentary Films on WORLD Channel
This May, for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), WORLD Channel’s award-winning series, AMERICA REFRAMED partners with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), and Pacific Islanders in Communication (PIC) to celebrate the voices of Asian Pacific Americans with a … Continue reading
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LAAPFF 2017: ‘King of Peking’ (京城之王)
8Asians is proud to be a community co-presenter of this film at the 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF). As a reader of 8Asians, please enjoy a discount to this film using the code: 8AZN17. Or the code … Continue reading
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LAAPFF 2017: ‘Plastic China’
8Asians is proud to be a community co-presenter of this film at the 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF). As a reader of 8Asians, please enjoy a discount to this film using the code: 8AZN17 Screenings April 30 … Continue reading
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Executive Order 13800, A New Film by Koji Steven Sakai
I’m working on a new feature film called Executive Order 13800. It’s a film that asks the question, what if what happened to Japanese Americans seventy-five years ago during World War 2, happened today to Arab and Muslim Americans? I … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Ken Jeong, Nissan & ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: Going Rogue’
I’m eager to see the new Star Wars spin-off movie, ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, which takes place between the Episode III and Episode IV. It’s no surprise to see trailers for the movie, but it was a pleasant … Continue reading