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[Weekly Update] Why Chinese People Love Fast & Furious

Here is what's in theater near me right now: Fast X, The Little Mermaid, Guardian of the Galaxy 3, Across the Spider-Verse, Castle in the Sky.

So if you are wondering how Chinese cinema is do...

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[Weekly Update] Hong Kong Film Archive is Amazing!!

Two explanation marks!! That's how amazing it is!!

Channel update

First thing first: Patreon has enabled a new service: Free Trial. One enabled, patrons will have the...

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[Weekly Update] I went to the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars

Currently updating you from Hong Kong!

CHANNEL UPDATE

Since I'm away from office, I will not be able to work for the next couple of weeks. However, I have already uploaded the bonus v...

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[Weekly Update] Fashion in movies

Last update before I fly my butt to Hong Kong and scavenge for obscure movies in Portland Street! Update will continue, but it'll be sharing more of my journey rather than just general movie talks!...

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[Episode] The Silly American Sequel to Journey to the West

Watch out, this one might be hard on the eyes.

Okay, it's actually not THAT bad if you are familiar with effects driven TV shows of the 2000s. A strange fever dream of a product with some ins...

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[Weekly Update] Adaptations that don't follow the source materials

Just finished the Xenoblade 3 DLC. I thought I'd be the target audience for the story, since I followed the series since the days of Operation Rainfall.

But nope, it expects me to follow it f...

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[Weekly Update] Video Game Movies: High Effort & Bad

Last day of April! Hope your year is going well!

CHANNEL UPDATE

I'm stunned by how well received our last video on Porco Rosso is, and how much attention it is getting. For one thing,...

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[Episode] Better a Pig than a Fascist | Video Essay

It's been a while, huh?

This April was a difficult month to get through due to various personal stuff that's happening. But I'm glad I still get another video out for the month. Hope the vide...

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[Weekly Update] My most "pretentious" hobby

So, I finished playing Yakuza Kiwami. That means I can start working on my next video: The 2007 live action adaption of the game, directed by Miike.

You know what's the most frustrating part ...

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[Weekly Update] When is a bad movie not the director's fault?

Watched a whole bunch of movies recently! You can see my reviews for them on our social media pages.

The only good one is Missing. I didn't like the style it was striving for, but it won me o...

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[Weekly Update] Movies that I can't make a video on

Currently in a writer's block. Been playing a lot of Yakuza 0 to distract myself. Got into the game because commenters say they (fail to) learn Mahjong from playing this game. Stayed because of a c...

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[Weekly Update] Hard sci-fi round-up

Hope you had a great April Fool's, and didn't use it as an excuse to confess your true love.

CHANNEL UPDATE

Our silly little video on Vtuber is gaining a lot of attention, which surpr...

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[Episode] The Philosophy of Vtubers

So many Vtubers, so little time.

This year, we decided not to go too crazy with April Fool's, and just do a proper and maybe a little funny video on Vtubers. Hope you enjoy!

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[Weekly Update] I can't turn my neck

So, due to chronic stress and also sleeping weird, I managed to train my neck to or point where I have to move like Tim Burton's Batman, turning my whole body instead of my neck.

For this rea...

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[Weekly Update] Cocaine Bear is surprisingly disappointing.

I beat Persona 3.

I didn't like it.

I blame it on how truncated the "Portable" version is.

CHANNEL UPDATE:

As stated in previous updates, we'll take the rest of March off,...

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[Episode] The Desexualization of Asian Men in Hollywood

The funniest thing is, I'm very close to your typical Asian nerd who can talk to girls stereotype, yet even I receive compliment from my peers, including my straight-male white friends. The desexua...

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[Weekly Update] Oh, it was Oscar night.

Yeah I totally forgot it was a thing last night. That's how much I pay attention to Award shows these days.

CHANNEL UPDATE

Our next video is gonna be one I didn't announce ahead of ti...

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[Weekly Update] Copycat and Trend-chasing

Sorry! Sorry! I uploaded our new episode on Saturday and it completely messed up my sense of schedule. I thought today is Monday.

CHANNEL UPDATE

Hope you enjoy our last video on the I...

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[Episode] The Other Ip Man Movies (Are Kinda Good)

Don't you hate it when you were expecting some schlocky mess, but got some good movies instead?

By the way, this video doesn't include Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster, because as far as I know...

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[Weekly Update] Murder Mysteries

Alright, movie season is finally beginning. Cocaine Bear, Creed 3, Shazam 2, John Wick 4.

I'm also odd interested in 65, as well as Dungeons & Dragons. Yeah they look bad, but they look f...

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[Weekly Update] There's a Birdemic 3

Sorry for the late update! Been busy for the past 2 days.

CHANNEL UPDATE

Hope you enjoy our last video on Crazy Rich Asians and Mahjong. It's a bit of a different video than our usual...

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[Weekly Update] Let's talk movie effects

I watched Megan. It was fun.

For the most part, I think this kind of movies movies are better campy than self-serious. But there exist a magical golden zone in which a movie is just campy eno...

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[Weekly Update] Let's review Three-body

Been playing some Persona 4 lately. While the story and presentation is not as good as Persona 5, the characters are so much more interesting: The most gung ho girl in the party is also the one who...

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[Weekly Update] First day back to work

This half month long break has been wonderful.

Thanks to shows like Three-Body (good influence) and Junji Ito Maniac (bad influence), I find myself begin writing fiction again. I'm currently ...

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[Weekly Update] I Saw Avatar 2: Water Boogablue

Here in Canada, our largest cinema chain Cineplex implemented online booking fee for buying tickets online without a membership. It's an additional 1.5 dollars PER TICKET, on top of 12.5 dollars fo...

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[Weekly Update] Currently on break

How has 2023 treating everyone? For some reason, I'm feeling more optimistic than usual. Maybe it's because I'm on break and no longer under pressure.

Anyway, I've been playing Sifu. That gam...

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[Weekly Update] I'm taking a break!

Everyday I wake up, my body cracks. That's how you know I'm old and need to take breaks.

CHANNEL UPDATE

Hope you enjoy our last video on the Train to Busan sequels. While Seoul Statio...

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[Episode] The Other Train to Busan Movies | Video Essay

Been a while since we talk about Korean cinema, so let's return to it and explore it with some... salt.

I really wanted to love these two movies, that's why I talk about their strengths in ad...

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[Weekly Update] Movie I Missed Out On

Happy 2023! Let's hope this will be a good year!

CHANNEL UPDATE

Work on our next video has begun. It'll be about Seoul Station and Peninsula, the two other movies in the Train to Busa...

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[Weekly Update] Last Update of 2022

I'm back! Took an impromptu Christmas break for two days. Let's face it, the festivity makes people not want to work.

Oh and, I decided to give these updates titles. Probably more useful than...

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