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Chinese Anime - It's Official
Chinese Anime - It's Official
This will work about as well as grandpa taking an involved interest in junior’s keg party. -
James Bond 007 Skyfall: It's Set in Shanghai
James Bond 007 Skyfall: It's Set in Shanghai
The new James Bond film Skyfall, starring Daniel Craig, is to be mainly set in Shanghai and Macau. -
Classic Hong Kong Smut
Classic Hong Kong Smut
You want some dirty Asian movies? Keep movin’ buster, this is a respectable site. -
Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer
The film’s impact lies in its ability to both engage and inhabit the heart of the viewer. -
Who Re-educated Who? Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Who Re-educated Who? Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Luo wants to teach the little seamstress to read, and so begins a new type of “re-education.” -
Kung Fu Panda 2 - It's Biblical
Kung Fu Panda 2 - It's Biblical
Rather than expanding upon the film’s Buddhist premise of attaining “inner peace” we are instead, rather absurdly, treated to a quick series of Biblical references.
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