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[Weekly Update] March 28, 2022

Waited for the Oscar so I can make this update. Didn't expect to be using this update image, though. But I mean, it is the only news people seem to care about. And it's probably the only thing people remember from this year's Oscar.

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Next video is coming along slowly but surely. I do wish I h...
  2022-03-28 19:03:34 +0000 UTC View Post

[Polls] Monster Movie Summer!

Alright, it's time to decide what monster movies we'll cover this summer! Instead of the usual Godzilla fair, however, we'll take a look at some of the more unknown Kaiju and Tokusatsu. If you have anything to suggest, leave it in the comment!

This is a multiple choice poll, so vote ALL the options you like!

[Weekly Update] March 21, 2022

New MonsterVerse movie is reportedly in production. Looks like we'll have an encore!

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Sorry for the lack of update for last week. We are working on a big project, and you'll get to see it soon! It want to keep everything a surprise, so I won't go into detail now. For that reason, we'll put th...
  2022-03-21 04:52:12 +0000 UTC View Post

[Episode] Chinese Canadian Critic Reviews Turning Red | Video Essay

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I've been busy working on a rather complicated project, and you'll get to see it pretty soon. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this quick and simple video, in which I explain my thoughts on the much anticipated Pixar movie: Turning Red.

Things will be back to normal this Sunday! 2022-03-17 14:45:23 +0000 UTC View Post

[Episode] Leslie Cheung & Hong Kong LGBT Cinema

18 minutes, this is one of the longest video on our channel, and it still feels like it barely scratched the surface. Maybe in the future, we can do an encore and take a look at his singing career and his other film roles, as well.

Hopefully, this video is a good introduction for Leslie to those of you who are unfamilia...

[Weekly Update] March 6, 2022

Welcome to March! Movies are getting fun again. Uncharted is apparently pretty enjoyable, can't say I see that coming. The Batman is getting some buzz. But the film is kinda a hit or miss among my snobby filmmaker friends. Turning Red is coming out in a few days. A lot of movies to catch up, a lot of fun to be had.

CHA...

2022-03-07 02:18:12 +0000 UTC View Post

[Weekly Update] February 27, 2022

Spring is starting for many of us. Hopefully the change of season treats you well. As for me, I have to endure two more months of snow. Oh, Montreal.

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Our next video is getting pretty big. I've been spending the past week watching Leslie Cheung movies and other Hong Kong LGBT films non-stop, ...
  2022-02-28 03:19:03 +0000 UTC View Post

[Weekly Update] February 20, 2022

Is anyone following the Oscar? I used to watch it with my filmmaking friends and make a drinking game out of it. I supposed we mostly enjoy it ironically. But then Covid happened and  we don't hang out much anymore.

Maybe I'll watch the Razzies this year. They have an entire category dedicated only to Bruce Willis....

[Episode] Big Trouble in Little China: Offensive or Not? | Video Essay

It may seem like a clickbait title, but I'm asking this question for real. If this movie were to come out today, people would've been very offended. But, we all love the movie! What makes us approach this film, and so many similar movies differently than recent films like... Raya?

[Weekly Update] February 13, 2022

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone. If you have a significant other, I hope you have a fun night together. If you don't, we can still enjoy some discounted chocolate!

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Due to difficulty in acquiring Malaysian films, we have to postpone the video to a later date. So the video will probably be in ...
  2022-02-14 01:46:47 +0000 UTC View Post

[Weekly Update] February 6th, 2022

Happy Lunar New Year! Hope you had a good time if you were celebrating. I had a pretty good meal. So good, in fact, I can start to feel my belly. But if you weren't celebrating, I still hope 2022 has been treating you well.

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Hope you enjoyed our latest video on Hi, Mom. This video idea was ac...
  2022-02-07 04:38:20 +0000 UTC View Post

[Episode] Hi, Mom & Chinese Nostalgia | Video Essay

Happy Lunar New Year!

I want to cover something light and heartfelt for new year, and I suppose there is no better choice than last year's new year hit, and one of my favourite films from 2021: Hi, Mom.

To put it simply, Hi, Mom is a movie about a time-traveling daughter befriending her mom in 1981. It's a fun lit...

[Weekly Updates] January 30, 2022

One month later, I'm kinda enjoying the way I type 2022. There's a nice rhythm to it.

Look, we all have to take solace somewhere. Anyway, happy Lunar New Year!

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Our new year video is currently being edited. In case you are curious, we'll be talking about Hi, Mom (2021). It's a film I hi...
  2022-01-31 05:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post

[Weekly Update] January 23, 2022

Lunar New Year is this February 1st!

If you are celebrating it, happy new year! It's definitely difficult to celebrate a reunion festival in the pandemic. Hopefully many of you still get to visit your loved ones. And if you can't, I hope you still treat yourself to a nice celebratory meal.

And if you don't celebra...

[Episode] Learning From Ireland's Bad Kung Fu Movie | Video Essay

Fatal Deviation has become a cult classic over the past decade or so. It's frequently made fun of on YouTube, by various comedy channels. But few has ever acknowledge the good side of the film: Lead actor and director, James Bennett, actually pulled off some pretty impressive moves.

But all those moves went unnoticed, b...

[Weekly Update] January 17, 2022

We are entering the dead month of cinema, when nothing interesting is coming out in the west.

It's also in between New Year and Chinese New Year, so almost everything interesting is coming out in China, soon. Although looking through the movie forecast, it's almost all war movies and cartoons.

Still looking forwar...

[Weekly Update] January 10, 2022

Happy New Year, everyone!

Sorry I didn't post an update last week. I got no excuse. I think I was too caught up watching clips with terrible Chinese that I forgot it was even Sunday. Time kinda loses all meaning around here, as Quebec is entering another lockdown.

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Hope you enjoy our vi...
  2022-01-10 08:58:11 +0000 UTC View Post

[Episode] When Hollywood Speaks Chinese, I Cringe | Video Essay

Ever since I brought up this topic on social media, the subject has been bubbling in the back of my mind. It's a topic few have discussed. Hopefully, I've made it interesting for you.

On this topic, I can only offer my limited perspective as a Chinese speaker. But I know Hollywood treats almost everything non-English eq...

[Weekly Update] December 27, 2021

And so we come to the end of yet another difficult year. Thank you all for the continuing support. It is because of you that this channel is not only thriving, but looking into expanding.

This year, I've been put in contact with industry veterans working in Hollywood. I have my video essay put on Criterion, and Time Mag...

[Episode] Beginner Filmmaker Shopping List (And Free Alternatives)

As our channel inches towards making our own short film, we decided to take a break from our usual film analysis, and take a look at some filmmaking tools for beginner filmmakers.

For the next few days, I'll be sharing a few stories I have with cameras I've used in the past on social media, all in video form. If you wan...

[Weekly Update] December 19, 2021

The pandemic is flaring up again over where I am, which puts a bit of a damper on our short film production. Hopefully things will work out eventually. In the mean time, stay safe, everyone!

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Our next video is already completed, and it should be up by Thursday next week! There will also be co...
  2021-12-20 03:06:08 +0000 UTC View Post

[Weekly Update] December 13, 2021

If you are wondering why sometimes updates come on Sunday and sometimes come on Monday... Well, I usually have to work at least one of the two days, and it's never up to me to decide which day I have to work.

It's the end of the year, and many of you are probably also busy with work. Hopefully the holidays have been tre...

[Episode] Stand by Me Doraemon: A Loser's Guide to Life | Video Essay

Finally, we are talking about Doraemon, a cornerstone of anime in Asia, childhood to billions of young children over the past 50+ years. And somehow, it remains relatively unknown in the west.

Since the two films highlighted don't have a strong through line (it's more like small vignettes connected together), it's prett...

[Weekly Update] December 5, 2021

It's December, which means it is holiday season. I hope you are having a good festive time! With so much hardship happening in the last few years, we all deserve a bit of warmth in this winter.

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Script for our next video is complete! I'll be recording it tonight, and hopefully publish it befo...
  2021-12-05 21:56:54 +0000 UTC View Post

[Weekly Update] November 28, 2021

Happy Hanukkah! It's getting pretty cold outside, so remember to stay warm and stay safe!

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Not much to update about the channel. It seems with the holiday season approaching, sponsorship agencies also slow down in response, thus delaying some of the smaller videos I have planned.
• Our...
  2021-11-29 01:28:29 +0000 UTC View Post

[Weekly Update] November 22, 2021

Currently stuck in between a gap. In case you haven't heard, I'm directing a kung fu short film this winter, and I'm slowing down the channel so I have more time to work on the project. Right now, the bulk of the filmmaking work has yet to begin, and I'm also not in a time crunch to make the next video.

It should've bee...

[Episode] Filmmaking Without a Camera | Video Essay

We take a break from our usual discussion on Asian and world cinema, and take a look at filmmaking as a craft. I want you and everyone to know that filmmaking may be hard, but it doesn't have to be expensive. Directors big and small have challenged themselves with making films on all sorts of crazy cameras and camera angles, ...

[Weekly Update] November 15th, 2021

Sometimes, it's just strange to realize how long I've been doing this. Apparently this is the 115th weekly update. I'm happy everyone is still here, but also feel kinda old lol.

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Our next video is complete and already uploaded. Once the sponsor gives the go-ahead, it'll be published around We...
  2021-11-15 08:49:32 +0000 UTC View Post

[Weekly Update] November 8th, 2021

Don't let the thumbnail scares you. The real scary monster is daylight saving time. #AbolishDaylightSaving

CHANNEL UPDATE

• Shang-Chi is coming to Disney Plus in a few days. Would you want me to make another video on Shang-Chi? I can probably do a fight analysis, and point out to good and ba...
  2021-11-08 09:39:44 +0000 UTC View Post

[Weekly Update] October 31, 2021

Happy Halloween! Although knowing our audience, by the time you are reading this it's already November.

Oh, how I wish I can grow a bear so I can participate.

CHANNEL UPDATE

• As stated before, our channel will slow time for this winter. Upload will go from bi-weekly to once a month. But Patreon update...
  2021-11-01 00:05:28 +0000 UTC View Post