Crazy Rich Asians (2018)Director: Jon M. ChuScreenwriters: Peter Chiarelli, Adele LimStarring: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, Sonoya Mizuno, Chris Pang, Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng, Remy Hii, Nico Santos Five years ago today, as the much-anticipated adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s New York Times bestseller Crazy Rich Asians packed […]
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The Little Mermaid (2023)Director: Rob MarshallScreenwriter: David MageeStarring: Halle Bailey, Johan Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy For months leading up to the release of The Little Mermaid, Disney promoted their 2023 iteration as being a bold, feminist update of its 1989 animated classic. This tactic is
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The film works pretty well when it’s riffing on old monster movies or leaning into the victim support group therapy angle, but it’s much less successful when it has to be a more generic crime movie. The criminal underworld subplot gives Awkwafina’s cop her reason for being – to bring her father’s killer to justice
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Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Directors: Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Paul Briggs, John Ripa Screenwriters: Qui Nguyen, Adele Lim Starring: Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Izaac Wang, Gemma Chan, Benedict Wong, Daniel Dae Kim, Sandra Oh, Alan Tudyk With the release of Raya and the Last Dragon comes a sigh of relief. A breath
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