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“White on Rice” is a winning Asian American movie
Hiroshi Watanabe as Jimmy and Nae as his sister Aiko in director Dave Boyle’s independent film “White on Rice.” Erin and I attended a screening tonight of a new movie, “White on Rice,” sponsored by Denver’s Asian Avenue Magazine at the Starz Film Center, and thoroughly enjoyed the film. It’s a sweet romantic comedy about […]
Ang Lee’s take on Woodstock doesn’t compare to the original movie on DVD. Bummer, man.
I’m a big fan of Ang Lee, the Taiwan-born director of such terrific films as “The Wedding Banquet,” “Eat Drink Man Woman,” “Sense and Sensibility,” “The Ice Storm,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain.” He glides effortlessly between cultures, putting Chinese values to celluloid in one movie and reflecting America in the next. He […]
Does comedy excuse racism? Trailer for “The Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard”
The Minority Militant blog posted this (R-rated) trailer for the new Jeremy Piven comedy about car salesmen, “The Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard.” Towards the end of the trailer are two segments showing an Asian character played by Ken Jeong. In the first scene, which we’ve seen in the G-rated TV version of the trailer, […]
“Slumdog Millionaire” opens in India, nominated for 10 Oscars
On the eve of its release today in India, the British independent film “Slumdog Millionaire” was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. It’s already won four Golden Globes: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Score. The movie’s up for all of those categories at the Oscars, and may well win some if not all […]
Keanu Reeves as a samurai: Is it still ‘yellowface’ if the actor is hapa?
The Hollywood news source Variety reported yesterday that Keanu Reeves, everyone’s favorite hapa actor (his father is Hawai’ian-Chinese) is going to play the lead role in a samurai epic, “47 Ronin.” The 47 Ronin is the celebrated 18th century story from Japanese history, of a group of masterless samurai who avenged the death of their […]
