Cosplay Corner Episode #8: Ejen Chuang
Cosplay is "costume-play" where folks pay tribute to their favorite characters by creating and transforming a 2D character into 3D. Cosplay in America" is author Ejen Chuang's tribute to cosplayers here in the United States. A 272 page hardcover photography book filled with 260 cosplayers from around the country. Click to read the full interview...
Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Tony Leung Chiu Wai is regarded as one of the biggest actors in Hong Kong and one of the few who may be recognized internationally. An intense and emotional actor, Leung has gone on to receive huge popular and critical success both in Hong Kong and abroad.
Bullets Over Summer – Review
Plainclothes policemen Brian and Mike use an elderly woman's apartment for surveillance, hoping to catch a fugitive gangster. They develop a warm relationship with their hostess, whom they call "granny." Meanwhile, each man develops a romantic relationship, but when the gangster returns to his flat, Brian and Mike are forced into an explosive confrontation. Click for the full review...
Creative Spotlight: Episode #46 – Liang Shi
Creative Spotlight Episode 46 shines the bright lights on International photographer extraordinaire & globetrotter, Liang Shi. Working down the street from my Austin, TX offices, I thought it would be great to feature some local talent on the site. Click to WATCH her full video interview...
Top 10 Worst Asian Movie Sequels Of All Time
No one ever sets out to make a bad movie. But it happens. Generally speaking, Asian films don't usually tread into Sequel territory, and when they do they are generally solid. But some are so ill-conceived, so cynically calculated, and so aggressively inept that they need to be called out and held accountable in the public square. Click to read the full top 10 list...
Karate Girl – Review
Off the heels of High Kick Girls' success back in 2009, comes Karate Girl! A mysterious group kidnap a girl's sister. Years later, the group reappears and she is determined to get her sister back. Click for the full review...
The Matrimony – Review
A woman finds the key to a room in the attic that her husband forbids her from entering. When she opens the door, she is confronted with the haunting existence of the woman her husband refuses to forget. Click for the full review...
Creative Spotlight: Episode #45 – Kero One
Kero One is a Korean-American hip hop MC and producer from San Francisco, California. Kero One's style, "has been compared to Common, Q-tip, and Kanye West, but Kero One's music is very positive and upbeat..." and we would have to agree. Creative Spotlight Episode #45 explores his musical journey, his hustle and more. Click for the full interview...
Silent Möbius: The Motion Picture 1 & 2 – Review
Magic! Christian symbology! Monsters! Passable dialogue! (Ok at least in the first one) Let’s throw it all in the pot and stir with a laser gun and pagan star and get ready for the future. Silent Möbius is a distant planet unto itself. Click for the full anime review...
Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror – Review
Haruka lost her mother at a young age. While her mother was still alive, she received a hand mirror from her. After her mother's death, she forgot about the mirror and eventually lost it. One day, she decides to go to a local shrine and pray for the hand mirror to be returned to her. It is there that she accidentally encounters a small masked creature which she secretly follows to the land of forgotten items. Click for the full anime review...
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