Category Archives: Movies

8$: Under the American Sun – Camp Roxas Film Project

Posted on December 15, 2013 by jozjozjoz

8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading →

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LINSANITY Available for DVD Pre-Order for January 7, 2014

Posted on December 13, 2013 by John

If you haven’t caught the documentary film LINSANITY about NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin, you can pre-order the DVD now on Amazon.com, with the DVD being released on January 7th, 2014. Otherwise, the documentary is also available via digital download … Continue reading →

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8$: ‘Talk To Her,’ Short Film by Leon Le

Posted on November 24, 2013 by jozjozjoz

8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading →

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How My Brother and I Reinforced Asian Stereotypes

Posted on November 19, 2013 by tinabot

Last spring, I went on a trip to North Cali to research for my book series about Chinese in the American Old West. For fun, my brother and I did a fight video with a filmmaker friend of ours iMakeDumbFilms, … Continue reading →

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Anime Review: Silver Spoon

Posted on November 2, 2013 by tinabot

The creator of the wildly popular manga and anime Full Metal Alchemist, author Hiromu Arakawa, recently released a new highly anticipated series called Silver Spoon. It could not be more different from his previous successful anime. Full Metal Alchemist is … Continue reading →

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Anime Review: Blue Exorcist

Posted on October 26, 2013 by tinabot

Sometimes Euro-centric anime can get pretty annoying to me, since I generally am not a fan of European art, architecture, or designs. Plus, Asian Europhilia unfortunately smells too much like rotting colonial imperialism leftovers. So when I see an anime … Continue reading →

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Totally Biased: Kevin Kataoka: Asian Evasion

Posted on October 22, 2013 by jozjozjoz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDLrMLFbl2U Here’s a topic we’ve never covered at 8Asians before: movies with Asian subject matter – that never star an Asian. Oh wait, my bad, we cover it all the time. Anyway, another good take on this never-ending topic, from … Continue reading →

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Anime Review: Time of Eve

Posted on October 19, 2013 by tinabot

Ever since my first Terminator movie in the 80s, I’ve always loved movies, books, TV shows, and, of course, even anime about robots. So when I discovered this anime, Time of Eve, on Crunchyroll, it immediately caught my interest. The … Continue reading →

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Anime Review: Hajime no Ippo

Posted on October 12, 2013 by tinabot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WebDMtitufk Umm, warning, this video is a super spoiler. Anyways, this summer, I was introduced to an old school style anime called Hajime no Ippo. It’s about a kid named Ippo who was always bullied happening upon the sport of … Continue reading →

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8$: Tested: Documentary about Students Preparing for the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT)

Posted on October 6, 2013 by jozjozjoz

UPDATE: This project successfully raised its funding goal on 10/25/2013 8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes … Continue reading →

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Mortal Kombat Cutest Fatality

Posted on October 4, 2013 by tinabot

Few games are as brutal and gut-wrenching as a the Mortal Kombat franchise and its infamous fatalities in which heads are sliced in half, spines are pulled out, and blood and guts are basically spewed everywhere. But what happens when … Continue reading →

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‘LINSANITY’ Premieres this Friday 10/4 in the U.S. & Taiwan

Posted on October 3, 2013 by John

http://youtu.be/q14ooGPJZBs LINSANITY, the movie about the roller coaster story of Jeremy Lin and his quest to make it in the NBA, debuts this Friday in these cities: Chicago Houston Los Angeles New York San Diego San Francisco San Francisco South … Continue reading →

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