#asian american film

[cinemacentral666]

American Fusion (2005)

Movie #1,041 • WELL, HONG? CH. 3

Welcome to WELL, HONG? my A-Z filmography series focusing on the complete works of actor JAMES HONG...

[ Ed. Note: This is the first WELL, HONG? installment on CC666 - for the first two chapters, visit moviejeff.com: Adventures of Johnny Tao (2007) and Airplane! (1980) ]

Well, there it is in all its wackadoodle glory: Hong's only scene in this hard to find '05 comedy (I had to rent it on Amazon for $4.25 lol). In and out (and stoned out of his mind) in under 90 seconds. American Fusion had to crawl so that Crazy Rich Asians could walk? No can't print that…

Moving on.

I actually was mildly into this one for the first act or so. The humor was pretty broad and weird (as you can see from the above "sea otter nipples" riff + look at that movie poster!). But it descended into sappy schlock unfortunately.

Some highlights include:

An early Randall Park appearance as the son of the lead actress who wishes he was black (he's legit funny doing AAVE)

All the family's interactions with the black doctor (played by character actor de jour Tom Wright), especially when they bring him gifts which include a basketball and Popeye's chicken. (The commentary is obvious but effective: minorities stereotype other minorities just as often)

Fabio cameo

Weirdly, character actor Joel McKinnon Miller had a fairly significant scene as a plumber but he is not listed anywhere in the IMDB cast? Hmm.

And the great Pat Morita, who looks like this for some reason…

It was competent and fairly funny for a little bit... I swear! Oh well.

SCORE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️¼

[imanisays]

Dante Basco and Tatyana Ali in Fakin Da Funk (1997)

[artfilmfan]

Past Lives (Celine Song, 2023)

[selfieignite]

Representation matters. #StarringJohnCho posters by William Yu started in 2016. This began a discussion about Asian Americans in leading roles in Hollywood, which inspired others to create their own stories and will continue to inspire future generations.

Jon M. Chu: #StarringJohnCho Movement Pushed Me To Make 'Crazy Rich Asians'

‘Everything Everywhere’ Star Ke Huy Quan on How ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Gave Him FOMO and Inspired His Return to Movies

Oscar Wins By Film: ‘EEAAO’ Leads With 7 Statues (11 Oscar nominations)

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[splinteredsoul]

Past Lives (2023)

dir. Celine Song

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Anna May Wong

Art by Alejandro Mogollo

[misspeppermint2003]

⭐️ Weekly Fandom Vote (Round 21) ⭐️

[rickchung]

Dìdi (弟弟, dir. Sean Wang).

Set in the recent past of the summer of 2008 in the Bay Area, [the] Oscar-nominated Taiwanese-American first-time filmmaker [...] takes his own experiences growing up to tell a tender coming-of-age story. Wang's small-scale, semi-autobiographical indie drama is rich with details of its time period featuring juvenile humour about friendship, crushes, and fitting as the son of an immigrant mother.

[lalacarmiexo]

digi film🎞️🎞️🎞️

[cinemaronin]

[veravictorialee]

[lejazznik]

I am a featured artist in the New York City exhibit NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL: ART INSPIRED BY ANNA MAY WONG curated by Katie Gee Salisbury, author of the new biography, “Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong.” Come see my ink and charcoal art during the entire month of May in celebration of AANHPI Heritage Month! Presented by Pearl River Mart, Chelsea Market and the Meatpacking District 🎥✨

On view May 1 to May 31 • Chelsea Market: the corridor gallery across from Amy’s Bread • 75 9th Ave

You can follow me on Instagram  / Twitter / Substack / Official Site

Buy prints: Shop

[selfieignite]

John Cho at 25 years old in 1997. Short film by Anna Kang at USC starring John and his girlfriend, Kerri Higuchi (now wife).

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[8cfc00]

a couple days ago i was having lunch w my mother and there was this guy sitting next to us talking to his three sons about social media addiction referencing us having our headphones in while eating... never felt more embarrassed but also angry (i was on pinterest looking at images of old hollywood actresses and 1930s fashion) (also i could hear him cuz i literally was not listening to anything cuz i was reading the wikipedia page for anna may wong, chinese american actress considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood) (also he sounded very condescending) (in my defence when i hang w mother we usually dont talk that much)

[misspeppermint2003]

⭐️ Weekly Fandom Vote (Round 28) ⭐️

[jynjackets]

I finally watched The Creator and holy shit why didn’t any of you tell me it was going to be that beautiful