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Director takes huge risk in casting a disabled star; the gamble pays off

April 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “Please set your volume high,” urges Japanese director Go Shibata in his introduction for the DVD release of his second feature film, “Late Bloomer.”

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: Andrew Hamlin, DVD, Go Shibata, Late Bloomer, Masakiyo Sumida, Northwest Asian Weekly, Though Japan, Tidepoint Pictures

‘Gran Torino’ falls short on depiction of Hmong

December 31, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Internet Movie Database, with listings for roughly 755,000 films and TV shows, lists only four movies featuring the Hmong language.

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, Actors Vang, Andrew Hamlin, Charlie Chan, China, Clint Eastwood, Ford Gran Torino, Hmong Americans, Korea, Laos, Northwest Asian Weekly, President Nixon, TV, Thao Vang Lor, United States, Vietnam War, Vol 28 No 2 | January 3 - January 9, Walt Kowalski, culture

Who doesn’t want to be millionaire?

November 22, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Slumdog Millionaire” opens with our hero, Jamal (Dev Patel), getting smoke blown into his face by a police interrogator. Then he gets his head slammed into a bucket of water, and electrical shock is applied to his feet. English director Danny Boyle always makes Jamal’s fast grin, quick mind and mischievous pranks fun to follow. However, he never reconciles this fun with the film’s often-devastating spin throughout India.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, Andrew Hamlin, Danny Boyle, East Roy Street, Harvard Exit Theatre, India, Mumbai, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Slumdog Millionaire, vol 27 no 48 | November 22 - November 28

‘Pool’ film hypnotic and deep

November 2, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A languorous meditation on free will versus destiny, Chris Smith’s fine film “The Pool” traces a few weeks in the life of Venkatesh, a teenager who labors at a modest hotel in the dusty city of Panjim, Goa.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, Chris Smith, Northwest Asian Weekly, Randy Russell, Shiv Dani, Venkatesh Chavan, WTO, vol 27 no 45 | November 1 - November 7

Animator the new Miyazaki?

November 2, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Thirty-five-year-old Japanese animator Makoto Shinkai often gets called “the new Miyazaki.” Having learned this, you should forget it. Hayao Miyazaki represents the gold standard of Japanese anime to the West.

Filed Under: Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, Admittedly Shinkai, Andrew Hamlin, Centimeters Per Second, DVD, Hayao Miyazaki, Makoto Shinkai, Northwest Asian Weekly, Overall Shinkai, Praise Shinkai, Rating Pretty, Thirty-five-year-old Japanese, USA, attention, vol 27 no 45 | November 1 - November 7

Director fights hatred with martial arts

October 25, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Diana Lee Inosanto describes herself as a multi-tasker. The Filipino American stuntwoman, martial arts instructor, actress and mother of two is also the writer and director of a new independent movie, “The Sensei.” Screened in packed theatres at numerous film festivals, “The Sensei” will be playing in the upcoming Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival on Oct. 24.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, Admiral Theater, Asian American, Bruce Lee, California Ave, Chinese, Dan Inosanto, Diana Lee Inosanto, Gilbert Johnson, HBO, Jane Mee Wong, Matthew Shepard, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Uncle Bruce, vol 27 no 44 | October 25 - October 31

‘Flowers’ not very good

October 25, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Taiwanese lesbian drama “Drifting Flowers,” written and directed by Zero Chou, isn’t intended to be a horror movie — but it certainly could be.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: 2008, Drifting Flowers, King Cat Theatre, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Sixth Ave, Spider Lilies, Zero Chou, vol 27 no 44 | October 25 - October 31

Cinderella gets X-rated Chinatown makeover

September 27, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Having traveled alone to New York City, Ye Xian (An Nguyen) hopes to earn money to send home to her ailing father by working in a beauty salon run by Mrs. Su (Tsai Chin), her father’s distant cousin. But the bitter and manipulative Mrs. Su doesn’t actually run a beauty salon. She runs an X-rated massage parlor.

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: Auntie Yaga, Chinese New Year, David Kaplan, Edward Norton, Ken Leung, Kung Fu Panda, New York Chinatown, New York City Chinatown, Queen Anne Ave, Randal Duk Kim, Seattle, Steve Clare, Tsai Chin, Ye Xian, Zhou Xinfang, vol 27 no 40 | September 27 - October 3

Cage film has too much bang and little else

September 20, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Pang brothers turned in a credible grimy thriller with 1999’s original “Bangkok Dangerous.” Eight years later, only the brothers and the city remain the same. Western screenwriter Jason Richman took the Pangs’ original and pumped up the volume, the budget and the violence, losing most of the pathos in the stampede.

Filed Under: Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: Andrew Hamlin, Aom Panward Hemmanee, Aom Patharawarin Timkul, Bangkok Dangerous, Club Med, Jason Richman, John Kennedy, Nicholas Cage, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Thailand, language, vol 27 no 39 | September 20 - September 26

Communication goes beyond language in Wang film

September 20, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Filmed in Spokane, Wash., Wayne Wang’s new film “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers” marks the director’s return both to independent filmmaking and to telling stories about the Chinese experience in America.

Filed Under: Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: Amy Tan, Asian American, Best Actor, Chinese, Ghahremani Madam, Joseph Smith, Last Holiday, Northwest Asian Weekly, Patrick Lindenmaier, Queen Latifah, San Francisco Chinatown, Seattle, Wayne Wang, Yilan Faye Yu, Yiyun Li, vol 27 no 39 | September 20 - September 26

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