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HOLLYWOOD ASIAN: PHILIP AHN AND THE POLITICS OF CROSS-ETHNIC PERFORMANCEThe Evening Class Interview With Hye Seung Chung

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2008-06-10 13:31:00 by Maya in The Evening Class
...campy." There was the rumor that Ahn was homosexual andas an asideHye Seung recounted that she received a couple of hate mails from the gay community for not establishing that Ahn was homosexual in her book. But how could you, I asked her, when there was no direct evidence or admission on his part Exactly, Hye Seung agreed. Maybe he was...
 
Tags: asian, hollywood, hollywood asian, actor, hollywood actor, images, mainstream hollywood images, asian american students, cinema studies
 
 
 
 
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Shoot 'Em Up

2007-09-11 17:05:00 by Danielle Ni Dhighe in Scan and Pan
 
...campy one liners and some of the best lines are reserved for Hertz Cinematographer Peter Pau ( Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Woo's The Killer ) gives the film a gritty look, but it's his background in Asian action films that allows him to do some crazy things with the camera to fully realize Davis' vision of a violent live action...
 
Tags: action films, action, top action film, asian action films, mayhem, delivers ultraviolent mayhem, action scenes, film, ultraviolet mayhem
 
 
 
 
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Review of 881 - Singapore

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2007-10-16 22:39:00 by Brian in Asian Cinema - While on the Road
...campy outlandish outfits in hope that they can get a chance to sing. The most famous of these male singers was Chen Jin Lang, who had over 1,000 costumes and who passed away in 2006 at the age of forty-five. Tan was finishing off his script at the time and in part made the film a tribute to this singer by using his songs lovely ballads of...
 
Tags: getai musical scene, scene, musical, getai, film, film festival circuit, beautiful songs, songs, papaya sisters
 
 
 
 
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Adaptation Anticipation: Dark Shadows

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2008-03-20 08:07:00 by SusanP in Film Experience Blog
...campy television classic The Film: Dark Shadows , currently slated for 2010 and listed as In Development over at IMDB The Source: The popular supernatural soap that ran from 1966 to 1971, and inspired devoted fandom (from pop songs to conventions), two earlier films, a short-lived television resurrection in the early 1990s, and a 2004 WB...
 
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Escape From New York (1981)

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2008-05-03 22:42:55 by admin in FilmFanatic.org
...campy scenarios and dialogue (I heard you were dead Redeeming Qualities and Moments An intriguing premise Impressive sets on a low budget Many campy lines and images such as the Dukes chandelier-bedecked vehicle Must See Yes, but only for its status as a cult favorite Categories Cult Movie Links IMDb entry MRQE (Movie Review Query Engine NY...
 
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Hellstrom Chronicle, The (1971)

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2008-05-20 16:36:35 by admin in FilmFanatic.org
...campy voice of doom narration, one which frames the tenacious lives of insects in counterpart with humans ultimate frailty, and posits that insects will inevitably take over the Earth one day. At the time of the films release, marketers exploited this doomsday perspective so heavily that many viewers expected to see either a science fiction...
 
Tags: insect world borders, insect, hellstrom, times original review, times, review, ultimately, insect domination viewers, capsule review
 
 
 
 
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CULT TV FLASHBACK # 52: Batman "Hot off the Griddle"/"Cat on the Fiddle" (1966-1967)

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2008-07-01 18:16:00 by John Kenneth Muir in John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
 
...campy 1966-1968 Batman TV series has fallen into disfavor with superhero fans today; a precipitous fall that coincides, not surprisingly, with the national shift in entertainment preferences from the theatrical and artificial to the naturalistic, gritty and "realistic I thought this might be a good time to remember the original Batman TV...
 
Tags: batman, 1960s, 1960s superhero, batman tv series, 1960s batman, batman costume, batman begins remains, batman faithful, batman series
 
 
 
 
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MIND MELD: The Best Superhero Movie and TV Show

2008-07-10 00:55:03 by JP in SF Signal
 
...campy feel to them. I think many movies since have refined and built upon that but haven't made that same mark on the genre. Plus it helped lay the groundwork for my choice for best superhero TV show I was sorely tempted to just say Bruce Timm's and Paul Dini's Batman the Animated Series from the early 1990s which sprung out of the success...
 
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Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976)

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2008-09-13 19:10:58 by dfordoom in Cult Movie Reviews
...campy, I personally would have preferred it to be more campy still. But it is an experience. I thought Francos Ilsa, the Wicked Warden was more entertaining. Its much more perverse and brutal, but Franco at least does perverse and brutal with a certain amount of relish and a good deal of style
 
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DVD Reviews -- Noir Classics and Campy Crap

2007-07-09 17:36:13 by Edi