Rental Pick: Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster (2013)

On December 12, 2013February 2, 2014 By ruthIn FlixChatter Reviews31 Comments

When I watched Ip Man earlier this Summer, someone recommended that I watch The Grandmaster, but unfortunately Netflix Streaming doesn't have it. But thanks to my dear friend Michael from It Rains ... You Get Wet for kindly lending me the dvd via mail. If you're curious which version, it's the Special Edition 2-Disc version …

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Musings on Asian directors… why so few of them thrive in Hollywood?

On March 14, 2013March 15, 2013 By ruthIn Featured Actor/Filmmaker47 Comments

I had just seen STOKER on Tuesday night, which inspires me to write about this post. Now, a lot of you know I was born in South East Asia but I moved to the US to go to college and has been staying here since. I feel like I need to preface this article by …

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