from reappropriateVia Angry Asian Man, rumours have it (here's the article in Yahoo! News) that a relatively unknown Filipina actress named Meiling Melancon will be portraying a villainous Psylocke in the upcoming X3 film. Psylocke was one of the earliest X-men characters that I became familiar with, she being one of Rain's earliest obsessions ( ( Read more... )

underworld: evolution

so far in terms of reviews this film is not doing so well. the nytimes hasn't even deigned to do a review on it while on rottentomatoes it's got a 2/5 for freshness so far. i still want to see it though, critics be damned!

why we fight

the nytimes review gives it a decent amount of credit, but like the onion av club review ( Read more... )

Chinese map may alter world history17 January 2006 ( Read more... )

Movies With a Message and Their Money Trail, nytimes ( Read more... )

Five things we hate about you, ''Fight Club'' Mark Harris takes on Brad Pitt, misguided ''feminism,'' and Ikea-bashing, mark harris (Posted:10/22/99 ( Read more... )

i really liked it. i'm not saying it's an awesome, wonderful movie but i enjoyed watching it and i enjoyed the ideas it brought up and where it went with them. i can't speak for the acting but i didn't notice anyone acting particularly poorly ( Read more... )

so the girl and i went to see crash this weekend as part of our general ABD (all but dissertation) celebration. and really, what better movie to celebrate with than one about the capacity for general wretchedness and beauty, and the complexity of good and evil each human being has inside them (except for asians). apart from being not quite the ( Read more... )

i'll lj-cut this for the people who want to watch the movie with a blissfully unbiased (okay, fine, less biased) view. for those who care just enough about the movie to be interested in someone else's take on the movie and greater overarching racial themes, but not enough to avoid spoilers, read on, mes amis:

( interesting blurb i steal from flickyoucrew. yeah, i lurk fyc. wanna make something of it? ::waggles fists:: )

i love grey, overcast days. when there's the tiniest stir of misty wind in the air. it reminds me of the bay area. oh.

that's not what this post is about though. this is a public service announcement post:

go see kung fu hustle. now.

if you don't see kung fu hustle then years from now (many years, god willing) when you're lying in your ( Read more... )

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