Category Archives: Reviews

“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” Review with Some Simian Swagger

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Dino-Ray

I am not really familiar with the O.G. Planet of the Apes franchise starring Charlton Heston and laden with retro special effects. I do know that the 1968 film spawned an avalanche of sequels which, according to Ape aficionados (or … Continue reading →

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Jane Lui Seen Through the Eyes of a Music Snob

Posted on June 23, 2011 by tinabot

Back in 2005, I was dragged by a friend into a large conference hall where some girl named Jane Lui was performing. I had somewhere else I wanted to be, but since my friend was one of the organizers for … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Green Lantern Isn’t the Brightest Light of Summer Blockbusters

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dino-Ray

Green Lantern is the Fantastic Four for summer 2011. You can look at that in a good way or a bad way. I am going to take the middle road on this one — but leaning more towards the latter. … Continue reading →

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3 Pandas Storybook iOS Application Review

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Tim

When I was offered the chance to review a complimentary copy of the new iOS application (for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch), the 3 Pandas Animated Storybook from See Here Studios, I had high expectations for this children’s story book … Continue reading →

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Fast Five Review: Fast But Not That Furious

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Dino-Ray

This week, the fifth installment of the automobile frenzy franchise Fast and the Furious opens in theaters. Supposedly, it is so cool that they dropped the “furious” and simply called it Fast Five. The movie brings us back to the original … Continue reading →

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Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Kicks Off April 28th!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Xxxtine

The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival sweeps through Toronto once again from now till May 8th to showcase the best in international documentary filmmaking. It is the largest documentary festival, conference and market for documentary filmmakers in North America. … Continue reading →

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Cindy Pon Returns With ‘Fury of the Phoenix’

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Moye

Cindy Pon makes a triumphant return to the literary world with Fury of the Phoenix, the sequel to her first young adult fantasy novel, Silver Phoenix. Her second book continues the adventures of heroine Ai Ling where she follows Chen … Continue reading →

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Jackie Chan Presents: Wushu Review

Posted on April 19, 2011 by tinabot

By Tina Tsai I admit it: I have a very high tolerance for bad martial arts films. So when I saw a DVD copy of the movie Wushu sitting on the shelf in Best Buy, I bought it right away. … Continue reading →

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Insidious Review: Scary Enough to Make You Piss Your Pants

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Dino-Ray

When the creators of Saw and Paranormal Activity are attached to a movie, you can’t help but have a certain level of skepticism (please reference any movie by M. Night Shyamalan after The Sixth Sense). But with Insidious, director James … Continue reading →

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Goh Nakamura’s Surrogate Valentine Review

Posted on March 21, 2011 by minjung

Surrogate Valentine Trailer HD from goh nakamura on Vimeo. Have you read enough already about Goh Nakamura from us fanboys and fangirls over at 8Asians? Then tough boned-choadmuffins if you feel so! (I don’t actually know what that means either … Continue reading →

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Ip Man 2: The New Age of Kung Fu

Posted on February 2, 2011 by tinabot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHAh36XUDrA&feature=related By Tina Bruce Lee. Jacky Chan. Jet Li. Each one of those names marks an era in martial arts film legend. As a supreme grandmaster of martial arts film geekdom, I’ve watched every kung fu film I could get … Continue reading →

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Jay Chou: More Than a Sidekick in ‘The Green Hornet’

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Dino-Ray

If an overprivileged trust fund frat boy became a superhero and recruited the foreign exchange Asian student that he paid to do his homework the result would be The Green Hornet. Like many movies in Hollywood, Hornet has been playing … Continue reading →

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