“Good Fortune” is Aziz Ansari’s ambitious directorial debut for the big screen, a film he also wrote and stars in. It’s a story that mixes magical realism, comedy, and social commentary, following Arj (Ansari), a gig-economy worker in Los Angeles whose chaotic life catches the attention of Gabriel (Keanu Reeves), an angel who is very naive and thus bad at his job.
Halloween debate: Are Asian horror films scarier?
With Halloween just around the corner, we’re diving into a two-part series on Asian horror films. Are they scarier than their American counterparts? What makes them so chilling? And which ones should you check out this year—and every year?
OMG Dev Patel is sooo talented and shines in directorial debut “Monkey Man”
I watched “Monkey Man” based on my devotion to Dev Patel’s career alone, and thus came into the theater with no context on this movie at all. I wasn’t sure whether I was about to watch a fantasy epic, a Frankensteinian fable, or a frightening horror flick.
“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” in which the Atlanteans save the world
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Michelle Yeoh commands a harrowing “Haunting In Venice”
I haven’t read “Hallowe’en Party,” the 1969 Agatha Christie novel adapted by Kenneth Branagh into the new film “A Haunting In Venice.”
“Meg 2: The Trench,” a joint China-US endeavor, packed with thrills
I love the way “Meg 2: The Trench” starts out.
In new animated Monkey King movie, AAPI voice acting guarantees enjoyment
“I love it when people tell me what I can’t do.”
“In Between”: A striking, shifting look at migration
Yun Theatre’s new production, “In Between,” features seven short plays from seven different playwrights, all on the subject of migration. But the show’s director and Yun co-founder, Christie Zhao, affirms that the theme struck her close to home.
“M3GAN” — where Artificial Intelligence behaves like a dumb human
The entire time I’m watching “M3GAN” in the theater, I’m imagining not a brilliant computer mind scheming its next move, but a table of writers saying to each other, “Hey, how about she does this?”—and every single one of their ideas is a scary movie or robot movie cliché.
Review: A baby for sale in Korean drama ‘Broker’
The Korean drama “Broker” begins like a noir. A young woman walks slowly in the pouring rain in the middle of the night in Busan, her flimsy hood doing little to keep her dry.
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