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Category: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

October 10, 2021 Jana J. Monji

‘Yakuza Princess’ Looks at Yakuza in Brazil ⭐︎

October 10, 2021 Jana J. Monji

‘Aloners’ Review ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ | TIFF 2021

October 10, 2021 Jana J. Monji

‘Encounter’ with Martians or Madness? ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ | TIFF 2021

October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 Jana J. Monji

‘The Rescue’ and the White Saviours ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

October 1, 2021October 8, 2021 Jana J. Monji

‘No Time to Die’: Double 007s and Adieu to Daniel Craig ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

September 26, 2021 Jana J. Monji

‘Wife of a Spy’: What Is Loyalty During War? ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

August 25, 2021 Jana J. Monji

‘A Rifle and a Bag’ Illustrates What a Real Caste System Is Like ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

August 25, 2021 Jana J. Monji

‘Wuhan Wuhan’: An Intimate Side of the Wuhan Tragedy ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

August 24, 2021August 25, 2021 Jana J. Monji

‘Lumpia with a Vengeance’ Is a Fumble in Fogtown ⭐︎⭐︎

August 23, 2021September 9, 2021 Jana J. Monji

‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’: MCU Diversifies into China ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

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    Were you ever that kid that had the lunch that you were ashamed of? Not because it was awful or tasted bad, but simply because it was a little bit weird? This is one of the touching details in the animated feature “Ron’s Gone Wrong” that took me back to a time when sushi was […]
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  • ‘Dune’ and Diversity and Dave Bautista October 19, 2021
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  • ‘Emptiness’ of China Dreams ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ October 17, 2021
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    I’m new to TikTok and, for the most part, find it a bit annoying except for a few dance and photo videos. This came up in my feed and I thought: Wonder why the comments are turned off? I looked at 24 of his videos and this was the only one which had the comments […]
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