Daily Archives: May 29, 2008

6th Annual Asianweek Comedy Night

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The 6th Annual AsianweekComedy Night 2008 takes place on Friday, May 30 with two different shows at 7 – 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. – 12 midnight. The venue is The Purple Onion (140 Columbus Ave., San Francisco, Calif.), which has the world-renowned reputation as one America’s birthplace of stand-up comedy. This year, AsianWeek is proud to return to this storied venue and again feature already established and up-and-coming Asian American comics during the Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage month celebrations. Comics on board include Tessie Chua, Leah Eva, Nitin Kant, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Edwin Li, Duat Mai, and Joe Nguyen. Space limited, R.S.V.P. at comedynight@asianweek.com

Attendees of Comedy Night will receive free admission to the after-party at Suite 181(181 Eddy St., San Francisco, Calif.)

Here a taste of what to expect from Nitin Kant:

Comic Joe Nguyen pokes fun at himself as a Vietamese Jew

Justin Lin directing The Fast and Furious 4

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Justin Lin is currently shooting “The Fast and Furious 4”. Here’s a picture of him with Vin Diesel.

With the success of The Fast and Furious:Tokyo Drift, Justin Lin was able to reassemble the original crew from the first “The Fast and Furious”. He’s got Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster. (Wow, that’s quite an accomplishment from Tokyo Drift). Also returning from Tokyo Drift is Sung Kang. Hmmm… We wonder what Sung Kang’s role will be.

Here’s an early trailer for The Fast and Furious 4

Behind the scene footage of a race in “The Fast and Furious 4”. This was for the trailer above.

Look at all the cars the Justin Lin had to choose from for The Fast and Furious 4.

Lost Season Finale

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Season 4 was planned (prior to the Writers Guild of America strike) to feature 16 episodes, to be broadcast beginning in the U.S. and Canada on January 31, 2008.[13] Due to the writers’ strike, the season will instead last only 14 episodes, consisting of the 8 pre-strike episodes already filmed and aired, and 6 post-strike hours airing beginning April 24 in the United States. This includes a 3-hour finale airing in three parts entitled “There’s No Place Like Home.” The first part will aired on Thursday, May 15 10 pm ET, and parts 2 and 3 will air in a 2-hour special airing on May 29, from 9-11 pm ET.

The face-off between the survivors and the freighter people continues, and the Oceanic Six find themselves closer to rescue, on the two-hour Season Finale!
Look for Ken Leung as Miles, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, and Naveen Andrews as Sayid.

Lost Season 4 finale teaser

Johnnie To film series in San Francisco Bay Area

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The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley is putting together a Johnnie To film series. If you have ever wanted to check out Johnnie To’s films, here’s your chance. Here’s the schedule for the film series over the next month.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

6:30 p.m. The Mission

Five gunmen must unite to keep a triad boss alive. A neon-lit tribute to Hawks, Mann, and Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

8:15 p.m. Fulltime Killer

Two killers battle for supremacy in this comic-book montage of film tributes and pulp-novel conceits that makes Tarantino look like Bresson.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

7:30 p.m. Running on Karma

Andy Lau is a Buddhist monk turned male stripper who can see past lives and predict the future in To’s crazed superhero genre mash-up. Like Spider-Man rewritten by the Dalai Lama.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

7:30 p.m. Throw Down

Aaron Kwon seeks judo guidance from ex-champion, now-drunkard Louis Koo in To’s sweet-natured remake of Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata. “The absolute best neo-samurai judo farce in town.”—Village Voice

Thursday, June 12, 2008

7:00 p.m. Breaking News

A police-versus-gunmen showdown turns into media warfare in this Cannes-selected thriller, a Dog Day Afternoon on the streets of Hong Kong.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

6:30 p.m. Election

Two gangsters campaign (and kill) to win a triad election in this gunless thriller with “a Shakespearean hue, and a rich political and moral subtext.”—N.Y. Times

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

8:30 p.m. Triad Election

An over-educated, money-obsessed hoodlum gets sucked into triad (and governmental) deceits in this Darwinian-capitalist satire and “exemplary gangster thriller.”—N.Y. Times

Saturday, June 21, 2008

8:45 p.m. Exiled

Nattily attired hitmen square off in scenic Macao in this “enjoyable action thriller with a bracing touch of political satire.”—Manchester Guardian

Friday, June 27, 2008

8:40 p.m. Mad Detective

Lau Ching-wan is a cop who can sense the paranormal in a “wild, hilarious, and thoroughly disturbing entertainment.”—Vancouver Film Festival

Watch the trailer for Johnnie To’s Exiled.