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Indiana Jones Movies 2: Temple of Doom
The first Indiana Jones movie is often considered up there with the greatest adventure movies of all-time. Its prequel, The Temple of Doom, has its own unique impact on the cinematic industry. It’s one of two movies largely responsible for … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure movie, amrish puri, china, george lucas, gloria katz, hindu, india, indiana jones, indiana jones and the temple of doom, kali, kate capshaw, ke huy quan, mola ram, movie review, movies, pat roach, roger ebert, short round, slavery, steven spielberg, temple of doom, thuggee, willard huyck, willie scott
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Disney Animated Movies 36 – Mulan
Mulan and its predecessor, Pocahontas, share a number of striking similarities. Traditional Disney Animated features mostly focus on either famous European folklore and fairytale myths, or novels written in either Western Europe or North America. There are a couple exceptions, … Continue reading
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Tagged animated, animated movies, animation, china, chinese legend, disney, disney studios, eddie murphy, emperor of china, forbidden city, huns, kung-fu, li shang, ming dynasty, morthern wei dynasty, movies, mulan, mushu, qing dynasty, xiongnu
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Novel review – South China Morning Blues
As someone hoping to get a novel published, it’s only right that I occasionally read a book from a writing friend, blogger or an otherwise beginning author who’s in a similar boat as myself. The book I’m talking about today … Continue reading
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Tagged china, drama, hong kong, novel reading, novel review, novel writing, novels, ray hecht, south china, writing
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Monstress 1 review
Most new comic titles begin with an issue that’s slightly longer than usual, for the normal price of between $3 and $4. Others open with a double-sized issue for an extra dollar. It makes sense; it’s a good way to … Continue reading
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Tagged china, chinese fantasy, comic review, comics, creator owned comics, fantasy, image comics, marjorie liu, monsters, mythology, sana takeda, steampunk
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