I had to laugh at the first review I found of this latest installment of the “Ip Man” saga, available from Magnet Releasing on Dec. 11. The reviewer suggested that nobody in the film looked like a real fighter.
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Evergreen City Ballet’s Bennyroyce Royon: A new “Nutcracker”
Every dancer takes a slightly different path to the stage. For Bennyroyce Royon, artistic director of Seattle’s Evergreen City Ballet (ECB) and prime mover behind the Ballet’s “Nutcracker Suites” for the holidays, the path includes figure skating, and a jury-rigged audition outfit.
“I Hate New Year’s” unites music, moods, and meaning
The two stars of the new movie “I Hate New Year’s” grew up in America at the same time. Some of their experiences dovetailed. But others could not seem more different.
“Vanguard”: Sad Jackie Chan slips a few gears
My old cinematic friends called it “whupass.” You spell that either “whupass” or “whoopass.” A two-syllable brand for action films. They are often brainless action films, films that pushed the whupass, or the whoopass, in the absence of any strong elements of character development, nuance, or memorable dialogue past a few curt, comedic catchphrases.
“Coming Home Again”: “Coming Home Again”
A figure in running gear emerges into the film frame, panting hard as he jogs up a steep hill.
“Yellow Rose”: A breakthrough film for Filipino Americans
It’s the first Filipino-led film backed by a major American studio. It features award-winning Filipino stars from Broadway, hit movies, and music.
NWAW takes home a record 24 awards, including nine 1st place wins — 2 reporters win “News Writer of the Year”
Northwest Asian Weekly (NWAW) publisher Assunta Ng called it an “amazing night.” NWAW won 24 awards at the annual Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) 2020 Better Newspaper Contest—the winners were announced in a first-ever virtual awards ceremony on Oct. 9. “This is a record-breaking year in the number of awards and first place awards. Five […]
Man turns trauma into messages of love
By Andrew Hamlin NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY He was forced into making drugs. He was forced into selling drugs. He was forced into sexual slavery as a small child. He grew up through horrors many people couldn’t conceive of. Maikaru Douangluxay-Cloud, sometimes known as Michael, allows all the above. It’s all part of his story. But […]
“Driveways” — Three still figures, running deep
The most effective scenes in “Driveways” come quietly, which filmmaker Andrew Ahn understood, because he made most of the scenes come quietly.
Crazy Woke Asians fight racism with virtual comedy
“At the start of [the virus outbreak,] we were in California, in Indian Wells. A girl on the street saw my husband and I walking in the street, and was loudly wondering what ‘the Asians’ were doing out. That we should be staying locked in and we already spread it.
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