Friday Features, Sept. 28, 2012
Friday Features returns from hiatus, in an edition that sees more singing, foul-mouthed ladies and the resurrecting of a school in trouble.
Columns Archive
Friday Features, Sept. 14, 2012
Alice and Ada Wong save the world from kidnapped girls and faith-based religious cults in this week’s Friday Features.
Media Recaps: Week of 9/9/12
This week’s Media Recaps takes a look at violence perpetuated from within a family. Would you ever harm yours?
Friday Features, Sept. 7, 2012
Sometimes we know everything there is to know about a film before it premieres. Other times, we don’t. These are those films.
Five Racist Brands That Got Asian Wrong
We take a look at the five brands that blaringly berated Asian-Americans for profit and personal gain, and some that are still doing it.
Friday Features, Aug. 31, 2012
A possessed doctor runs a moonshine operation in this week’s Friday Features…or something.
Friday Features, Aug. 24, 2012
Tens of Asian-Americans invade this week’s Friday Features, even if Jamie Chung plays a submissive Engrish speaker…
Media Recaps: Week of 8/19/12
California congressional candidate Jay Chen opens a third office and raises excitement for Asian and minority voters, in this week’s Media Recaps.
Media Releases, Aug. 21, 2012
Teengirl Fantasy dreams up some DVDs in this week’s Asian-American-inspired new release CD and DVD department, Media Releases.
Friday Features, Aug. 17, 2012
It’s adventure time, in this week’s Friday Features, as old guys dust off their guns and children speak with dead people.
Media Recaps: Week of 8/12/12
A brash occurrence of violence against a mentally handicapped woman in Philadelphia leaves many questioning the motives of the three attackers.
Friday Features, Aug. 10, 2012
The CIA engineers a super soldier, as older folks rekindle their love, while two CEOs battle for N.C.’s governorship in this week’s Friday Features.
A Message to Tourists Visiting San Francisco’s Chinatown
Tourists are disrupting the quality of life of these tenants, like me, with their quirky behavior — a behavior making tourists look inconsiderate.
Media Releases, Aug. 7, 2012
It’s a musical bonanza (for this department), as albums from Tidelands and a new music video from Jhameel round out Media Releases.
Friday Features, Aug. 3, 2012
It’s a Hollywood miracle, as Friday Features awards an A grade to this week’s new release sci-fi, children’s and indie-comedy flicks.
Media Releases, July 31, 2012
It’s a drought of new release music and movies in this week’s Asian-American entertainment round up, Media Releases.
Media Recaps: Week of 7/29/12
This week’s Media Recaps takes a long look at the reactions from Seattle’s Safeco Field’s newest baseballer.
Friday Features, July 27, 2012
It’s abnormal aliens, displaced dancers and activist artists in this week’s Asian-American speckled new release film department, Friday Features.
Media Recaps: Week of 7/22/12
Check out this week’s edition of Media Recaps, featuring Linsanity, Linsanity and more Linsanity!
Friday Features, July 20, 2012
Batman, Catwoman, Bane. These aren’t zoo animal names, but characters in the final chapter of Christopher Nolan’s Batman saga in this week’s Friday Features.
Media Releases, July 17, 2012
It’s a great day in music history, as the Smashing Pumpkin’s ’94 “Pisces Iscariot” gets a reissue as Dumpling keeps you in shape in this week’s Media Releases.
Media Recaps: Week of 7/14/12
Check out this week’s edition of unique Asian-American news, and its media responses. You will be blown away!
Friday Features, July 13, 2012
Sometimes you feel like a nut. And sometimes that nut leads to shattering of a continent. Check out this week’s unlucky one-movie show in Friday Features.
Media Releases, July 10, 2012
It’s an adventure in this week’s Media Releases as a animated, human-dog brother duo look for good times and Christians prove their can rock.
API’s High Marks in Jeopardy
The future of Asian-American students is now, but this future raises questions of whether Asian Americans in this new era will still be exemplars of the “model minority” title.
Friday Features, July 6, 2012
I kissed a spider, and I liked it, in this week’s Friday Features, which grades Hollywood’s top releases on their Asian-American presence.
Media Releases, July 3, 2012
A lack of DVDs gave way to several new release CDs, including one from Nguzunguzu, in this week’s Media Releases.
Friday Features, June 29, 2012
Muscled men shake their groove thang, which isn’t something you should bring your teddy bear to, in this week’s Friday Features.
Media Releases, June 26, 2012
Linkin Park. Need we say more? Mike Shinoda, Mr. Hahn and the rest of the gang unleash their latest album in this week’s Media Releases.
Friday Features, June 22, 2012
It’s the end of the world for a few people, as a red-haired archer saves her kingdom from the peril that is vampires (…) in this week’s Friday Features.