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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

‘Playa’ toes line between hilarious and offensive

September 6, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Christopher “C-dub” Wang, a fast-talking, 20-something ne’er-do-well still living at home with his parents in suburban LA, is played by Jimmy Tsai.

Filed Under: Reviews, At the Movies Tagged With: Bellevue Meridian Regal, Charlie Chan, Chinese, Christopher C-dub Wang, Fumihiko Sori, Jessica Yu, Jimmy Tsai, Jonathan Oliver, Lincoln Square Cinemas, Miss Chinatown, Ping Pong Playa, Roger Fan, Seattle, So C-dub, vol 27 no 37 | September 6 - September 12

“Beautiful Country” actor an unlikely star

July 1, 2005 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tiffany Wan For the Northwest Asian Weekly People rely on certainties in life, especially when thrust into unfamiliar territory. Actor Damien Nguyen, the freshly minted star of the new film “The Beautiful Country,” is firmly aware of that fact. His family left Vietnam in 1975 on a boat that carried him, six siblings, his […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, At the Movies Tagged With: Actor Damien Nguyen, Asian Americans Ruthann Kurose, Bai Ling, Binh Nguyen, Camp Pendleton, Dolores Sibonga, Hans Petter Moland, Howard Dean, July 2005, Nick Nolte, Northwest Asian Weekly, Tim Roth, United States, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, language

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