8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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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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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Category Archives: Entertainment
Love in Taipei Coming to Nextflix on August 9th
I’m a little late to this posting, but the film Love in Taipei is now available on Netflix: “On a summer trip to Taipei, a pre-med student must balance parental expectations, romance and a passion for dance. Based on a … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Abigail Hing Wen, Entertainment, Love Boat, Love in Taipei, Movies, tv
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Plot Twists of Attack on Titan (Spoilers)
By Wesley Wang Plot twists are a big part of the success of anime. Some do it well, while others try too hard to create a shock factor, making the twist unreasonable and not plausible. Popular Japanese manga and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Entertainment, TV
Tagged anime, armin arlert, Attack on Titan, eren jaeger, horror, japanese, levi ackerman, manga, mikasa ackerman
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The Bachelorette with Jenn Tran, its First Asian American Woman, Premieres Monday July 8
This Monday, July 8th, is the premiere of the new season of The Bachelorette (on ABC), starring Jenn Tran, the first ever Asian American woman to lead the franchise. Just a week before the premiere, Jenn is already calling out … Continue reading
Measuring Inclusive Casting: Hulu tops for AAPI with a 32.2% share of Cast
Media representation has long been an issue for Asian Americans, to the point where 8Asians has a series dedicated toward representation in commercials. So exactly how are Asian Americans doing? Nielson’s Gracenote division has announced that they have released a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, TV
Tagged Gracenote, Hulu, Jacob Batalon, Nielsen, Reginald the Vampire, Shogun
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Opinions on Asian and Asian Men Representation in American Movies and TV
When Crazy Rich Asians came out, some people declared that there was a new narrative on the attractiveness of Asian and Asian American men. But did Henry Golding and this movie make make a difference? Has it affected your life … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Movies, TV
Tagged AMWF, Crazy Rich Asians, henry golding, New York Times
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CAAMFest 2024: And So It Begins – Review and Q&A with Maria Ressa and Filmmakers
If you’ve been following me on 8Asians, you will know that I follow politics worldwide and not just in the United States. So when I came across this CAAMFest closing night film, the documentary And So It Begins, I had … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Movies, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged And So It Begins, CAAMFest, CAMMFest 2024, documentary, Maria Ressa, Philippines, Politics
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CAAMFest 2024: Smoking Tigers
I wasn’t able to see an in person screening of Smoking Tigers at CAAMFest but given the topic, I thought I would be interested in the film and thought I’d watch the screener: “Hayoung, a Korean American teenager dealing with her … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Abin Andrews, CAAM, CAAMFest, Jeong Jun-ho, Ji-young Yoo, Smoking Tigers, So Young Shelly Yo
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CAAMFest 2024: A Great Divide – Post Screening Q & A
I had seen A Great Divide last fall at the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest (SVAPFF). I enjoyed the film and would at least see it again at CAAMFest if only to see director Jean Shim to say hi. As … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged A Great Divide, CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Jean Shim
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CAAMFest 2024: Light of the Setting Sun
Going into this film, I didn’t know much about Light of the Setting Sun except from the CAAMFest program description: “Candid conversations meet photographic scenes, as the details of violence begin to take shape, and we witness how deep the … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2024: “Home Court” – The Basketball Journey of Ashley Chea
Director Erica Tanamachi, Producer Jenn Lee Smith, Executive Producer Diane Quon, and Writer/Editor Jean Kawahara Home Court was one of the CAAMFest 2024 films I was most excited to screen: “Ashley Chea is a Cambodian American basketball phenom. Home Court, … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged Ashley Chea, basketball, CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Cambodian Americans, Princeton
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DÌDI (弟弟) Official Trailer Released
It seemed funny that we talked about Sean Wang and his movie DÌDI (弟弟) but we never included a trailer. We can remedy that as the official trailer from Focus Features has just come out. Like the main character in … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Dìdi (弟弟), Fremont, Fremont California, Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Sean Wang
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SF Film Festival Talk: Filmmaking Bay Area and “Dìdi (弟弟)” – with Sean Wang
One of the things I love about film festivals is that you can learn more about the film or filmmaker, usually during a post-screening Q&A. With the SF Film Festival, they also had talks with the filmmaker separate from the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Dìdi, Dìdi (弟弟), Sean Wang, SF Film Festival
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