December 23, 2005 ISSUE
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   COVER STORY
Geishas Gone Wild
There are few things worse than seeing your favorite Asian men and women be subjected to the drone of the Hollywood factory. Actually, there are at least ten. APA counts down the reasons why Memoirs of a Geisha is such an abysmal failure.
Column: Letter from Japan
Our beloved scrooge, I mean, columnist Bryan Hartzheim returns just in time for the holiday season. And he wishes to dole out lumps of coal for everyone responsible for "The Great Blackout Coming."
Wish Upon a Star
With the 4 Star Theatre's legal woes mounting, so is the urgency of saving the nation's last Chinese movie theater. APA's Brian Hu waxes nostalgic about the San Francisco treasure.


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December 23, 2005

 

I N T E R V I E W
Outsmarted by a Six Year Old Again: Hanging Out with Mr. Marc Yu
Easily the cutest interviewee APA's ever had, piano/cello prodigy Marc Yu makes us wonder why we were such slackers at six and three quarters.
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F I L M
It's A Family Affair
With breakneck action and uproarious antics, Lau Kar Leung's "My Young Auntie" is yet another triumph in the second installment of the Heroic Grace series at UCLA.
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Hola Marebito
A man hungry for horror meets a girl with an appetite for blood in Takashi Shimizu's disappointing Marebito.
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B O O K S
Domestic Disturbance
A look at Hwang Sok-young's "The Guest" and the rocky detour it took to achieve international acclaim.
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C L I P S
  
December 23, 2005: News Bites
Shinoda flies solo, Asians on ice, spoken word competitions and much more in this edition of News Bites.
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F O R E I G N
  
December 23, 2005: News From Abroad
Zhang Yimou returns with new film, Asian Golden Globe nominees announced, Jun Ji-hyun lands on Elle, and a whole lot more in this edition of News From Abroad.
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