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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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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Was Jesus Asian?
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Why So Few Asians in Oregon?
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Tag Archives: disney
‘Interior Chinatown’ – Trailer – Hulu & Disney+ Streaming All Episodes on November 19th
I remember when the novel Interior Chinatown won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction because the author was an Taiwanese American ex-lawyer, Charles Yu. I recently read that the novel was being adapted into a television series, which will now … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Yu, chloe bennet, disney, Hulu, Interior Chinatown, Jimmy O Yang, Ronny Chieng, Streaming
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Disney+ cancels American Born Chinese TV Series
Despite good reviews, Disney+ is canceling any future seasons of American Born Chinese. Apparently viewership was not enough to warrant renewal. Not coincidentally, Disney+ and many other streaming services are cutting back on content spending. According to the cancellation article, … Continue reading
American Born Chinese Trailer Reveals Differences from the Graphic Novel
After I heard about the upcoming Disney+ series American Born Chinese, I purchased and read the graphic novel by Gene Yuen. Now that the trailer has been released, I did notice some noticeable differences. While some people really don’t like … Continue reading
“Turning Red” has some People Turning Red (Minor Spoilers)
When I saw Turning Red on the day of it’s premiere, there are were a few aspects of it that I didn’t like, but I didn’t expect that the movie would generate much controversy. It would seem to be generally … Continue reading
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Tagged disney, Pixar, Turning Red
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Turning Red: US Limited Theatre Release
While we relayed the news that the Pixar Movie Turning Red will only be released in on Disney’s Disney+ streaming platform on March 11, it turns out that Turning Red will have a very limited one week theatrical release. One … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California
Tagged disney, Pixar, Turning Red
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Pixar’s Asian-led ‘Turning Red’ Feature to be Released March 2022
While checking out the #GoldOpen for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Five Rings, another feature on the #GoldOpen list caught my eye. My niece’s husband works for Pixar and when I asked him about what he was working on, … Continue reading
Randall Park’s Jimmy Woo from Wandavision pitched as star of new Marvel Series
Randall Park’s Jimmy Woo from Disney’s Wandavision TV series has proven to be such an entertaining character that actor/director Stephen Ford has created a pitch to make Park the star of an X-File type show that investigates mysteries in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Agents of Atlas, disney, Dr. Darcy Lewis, Jimmy Woo, Kat Dennings, Marvel, MCU, Randall Park, Stephen Ford, Wandavision
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A Disney Filipino Christmas Ad is Making People Cry All Around the World
Disney Europe is probably the last organization that I’d expect to distribute a commercial that would become viral for Filipinos in the US and all over the world, but people ranging from The Wife to the head of the Filipino … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, disney, Filipino diaspora, Griff, Mickey Mouse
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Disney’s ‘Mulan’ – Official Trailer
Disney’s live action film trailer of Mulan dropped recently: “When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter … Continue reading
A Short Review: Float
Disney+ launched this week, and everyone is raving about the hundreds of movies and tv shows available for streaming. These are the same ones that we 90’s kids grew up watching. Who wouldn’t be excited? The Disney channel was a … Continue reading
Float: A Pixar Short Film Featuring Filipino American Characters Debuts November 12
After its short film Bao won an academy award for short films, Pixar is debuting another short featuring Asian Americans/Canadians. Float, by Bobby Rubio, is about a father who discovers that his son is different. In a first for Pixar … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Rubio, disney, Filipino-Americans, Float, Pixar, Sparkshorts
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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