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WHILE BRAZIL TELENOVELAS SHRINK FAMILIES...
Is Japanese television trying to tell Japanese women something about having families?
INTERVIEW WITH AUTHORS OF GRAPHIC NOVEL 13 LEGENDS
Interview with San Francisco based authors Jon Eastman & Stuart Thomas, whose forthcoming graphic novel 13 Legends is currently in the midst of a fundraising campaign through crowdsourcing.
THE BANANA GUIDE TO ASIAN ENTERTAINMENT
Amy contributes a series of posts to our pal site GreenTeaGraffiti.com on her journey discovering Asian entertainment.
20 GREATEST LOVE SONGS I’VE EVER HEARD
Love is beautiful and easy. Those who’ve managed to discover that beauty have put it in song and given us even more reason to search for our heart’s mate in another.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEST PICTURE 2011-2012
This year’s edition of the Academy Awards has been met with some disdain from fellow film bloggers for obvious snubs, so YAM Magazine is even more late with this yearly tradition of Should Have Been Best Picture!YAM ON
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LATEST REVIEWS
Films/Descendants, The
The Descendants stars George Clooney as Matt King, a man who attempts to re-connect with his daughters after his wife had a boating accident.
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Films/Usagi Drop
Based on the josei manga by Yumi Unita, Usagi Drop tells the story of 27-year-old Daikichi, who ends up living with his grandfather’s 6-year-old illegitimate child, Rin, after his passing.
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Films/Blind (Korean Film)
A blind woman becomes the next target of a serial killer who is obsessed with her.
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Films/Iron Lady, The
The Iron Lady is a non-linear ‘biographical’ film on Margaret Roberts, the daughter of a grocery shop owner with a political knack, who would eventually become Margaret Thatcher, the first (and only) female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Films/My Week With Marilyn
My Week with Marilyn tells the story of Colin Clark, a young man who sets off with Marilyn Monroe for a week of fun.
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Music/Lamb of God – Resolution
Resolution is a well-crafted raw-sounding album with pretty good production values that allows the band to explore different song structures and feel creative.
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Music/Anthony David – As Above So Below
On the one hand, we have an album that’s what anyone would expect from any R&B artist trying to “break the mold”; however, it’s so much more when one scratches the painful sore of the surface.
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Music/MBLAQ – 100% Ver.
“100% Ver.” is a solid mini-album that is yet another great addition to MBLAQ’s discography.
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TV/Jin 2 (2011 Jdrama)
Jin 2 is the second series of the 2009 Japanese drama, Jin, about the brain surgeon who time-slips back to the Edo during the years of very important historical changes.
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TV/Jin (2009 Jdrama)
A brain surgeon time-slips back to the Edo period, where he will be in the middle of very important historical changes.
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TV/Shokuzai
Adako-san has just lost her daughter Emiri, yet she is unable to catch the man who raped and killed her because Emiri’s friends are unable to recall any detail to identify him. Fifteen years later, Emiri’s friends are young women who are still waiting to pay their debt.
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Books/Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Lincoln’s secret lifelong quest to free the United States from the vampire menace.
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Future Shorts Spring 2012 Program
Future Shorts Festival, now the biggest global pop-up film festival, unveils their Spring Season program and introduces the Future Shorts Audience Award.
[read more]Big Bang – Blue
The single that many Kpop fans have anticipated is finally out. “Blue” is the titletrack to Big Bang’s upcoming 5th minialbum ALIVE.
[read more]Nneka – Shining Star
Nneka releases the second single from her latest album, Soul Is Heavy.
[read more]Miss A – Touch
Miss A are ready to get back in to the Korean music scene with their single “Touch”.
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