Daily Archives: January 9, 2009

CS Lee in The Unborn

Look for CS Lee in the movie The Unborn. Casey (Odette Yustman)visits an ophthalmologist Dr. Lester Caldwell (C.S. LEE) after one of her eyes begins to change color. You can see part of that scene below. Look for CS Lee at the 36 second mark of the trailer. (You may remember CS Lee from the TV series Dexter).

Here’s the synopsis:

Sometimes the soul of a dead person has been so tainted with evil that it is denied entrance to heaven. It must endlessly wander the borderlands between worlds, desperately searching for a new body to inhabit.

And sometimes it actually succeeds.

Writer/director David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Invisible, Batman Begins) gives a terrifying glimpse into the life of the undead in The Unborn, a supernatural thriller that follows a young woman pulled into a world of nightmares when a demonic spirit haunts her and threatens everyone she loves.

Casey Bell (Odette Yustman) hated her mother for leaving her as a child. But when inexplicable things start to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only spirtual advisor, Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can make it stop.
With Sendak’s help, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany – a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything that is getting stronger with each possession. With the curse unleashed, her only chance at survival is to shut a doorway from beyond our world that has been pried open by someone who was never born.

The Unborn Trailer

Walking Chinatown – Chinatown Film Project

“Walking Chinatown” is part of The Chinatown Film Project, presented by Museum of Chinese in America. This short is about Honolulu’s Chinatown.

Same Small Boat Productions in partnership with Webfish Pacific present this video poem of Honolulu’s Chinatown where sidewalks, feet, languages, textures and rhythms reveal vibrant layers of community history. By focusing on the everyday life of Chinatown markets, the video reveals counterpoints of cultural and historical complexities to represent shifting understanding of “cultural diversity.

Walking Chinatown – Chinatown Film Project

More about the Chinatown Film Project

MOCA NY wants you to share your films, up to 7 minutes long, about your city’s Chinatown. They’re interested in large metropolitan Chinatowns as well as single strip mall Chinatowns! They want all formats, from camera phone video to Super 8mm film. This project is about re-seeing Chinatown through the eyes of filmmakers. And it’s about taking the art of filmmaking to Chinatowns the world over.