January 2, 2009 ISSUE
Best of 2008: Asian American Films
APA recaps the year in Asian American cinema with its third annual top ten.
Best of 2008: (Not so) Guilty Pleasures
Our innocent tastes are sometime so, so guilty. But in a year when such luminaries as Vanessa Hudgens, BoA, and Edison Chen make headlines, can you really blame us?
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Best of 2008: Things We're Looking Forward to in 2009
Stephen Chow in the Green Hornet (pending), and Hou Hsiou-hsien's Ninja Assasin, we're going to have to wait until 2010 for. But here are some things that might make 2009 a little more special.
10. Powder Blue, new film by Timothy Bui
9. Karyn Kusama directing Diablo Cody's script, Jennifer's Body
8. Miyazaki's Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (US release)
7. John Cho in Star Trek (and possibly in Iron Man 2)
6. Wachowski brothers-produced Ninja Assassin, starring Rain
5. H.P. Mendoza's directorial debut, Fruit Fly
4. Red Cliff (part 2 in Asia) and Red Cliff (the two-hour version) released internationally
3. Takeshi Kaneshiro's Armani underwear campaign
2. Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock
1. Reunion of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in My Name is Khan
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Date Posted: 1/2/2009