By Dr. Craig D. Reid It’s the time of the season, when cinema runs high, it’s SDAFF 2013 and it slides on in easy, so let me try with visual hands, to take your minds to the promise lands, to show all of you, that it’s the time of the season for Asian films. If […]
The Grandmaster: Martial Arts Secrecy
By Dr. Craig D. Reid Since Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s dynamic epicpiece The Grandmaster was released in January 2013, reviews on both sides of the Pacific and Atlantic rims have been a plenty and it’s quite obvious, especially from Western critics, that they just didn’t get it and certainly missed out on the many […]
SHIN KOYAMADA/SPROUSE TWINS: Ground Breaking US-Japan Tour of Goodwill
By Dr. Craig D. Reid Famous Disney Channel twins Dylan and Cole Sprouse, two of Hollywood’s hottest teen stars, were recently officially appointed by Nia Lyte, co-founder and president of the Shin Koyamada Foundation (SKF) as SKF’sInternational Ambassadors. Their task is to promote the understanding of peace, friendship, education and cultural diversity within international youth […]
PACIFIC RIM: GODZILLA VS. POWER RANGERS
By Dr. Craig D. Reid Yes, I hear you, most of you will undoubtedly want to say, “Pacific Rim, it looks like the Transformers.” Oh yee little minds being held at bay (Michael Bay, that is). But once you realize that the leather, space-suited human warriors are operating the robots inside their metallic shells, there […]
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY: aka HUNGER MUPPET GAMES
By Dr. Craig D. Reid What’s cute, fuzzy, makes you feel warm inside, and you just want to take them home and hug them? Elmo? Oscar? Fozzie Bear? Noo…or I should say boo. That’s right, it’s the harum scarum diddle dum darum, Whipsee diddledee dandy dee dee, delightful frosh Mike (the hammy Billy Crystal) , […]
MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER @ 2013 Pacific Arts Spring Showcase
By Dr. Craig D. Reid Those of us from the real “first” American generation of kung fu cinema watchers, you know who you are, will remember tuning in every Saturday 1:00 pm or 7:00 pm Eastern time to Kung Fu Theater on the fledgling USA network to watch those poorly English-dubbed, cheaply made kung fu […]