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Irregulars

Netflix TELEVISION

‘The Irregulars’: Sherlock Holmes’ Multicultural Street Helpers

April 5, 2021April 9, 2021 Frank Wu 0 Comments A Study In Scarlet, Be Water, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Wick, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Scooby Doo, Sherlock Holmes, The Irregulars

Netflix’s dark adult-themed paranormal mystery series expands the Holmesverse again

Lucky Grandma

‘Lucky Grandma’ Deserves Your Respect

October 7, 2020October 12, 2020 Frank Wu 0 Comments John Lone, Lucky Grandma, The Joy Luck Club, The Year of the Dragon, Tsai Chin

Support this video-on-demand Chinatown heist comedy

Enola Holmes

FICTION FILM Netflix TELEVISION

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Sister

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Frank Wu 1 Comment Arthur Conan Doyle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Enola Holmes, Helena Bonham Carter, Henry Cavill, Jonny Lee Miller, Millie Bobby Brown, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes

‘Enola Holmes’ is a welcome addition to the Sherlock multiverse

Biography NON-FICTION

‘Ching Ling Foo: America’s First Chinese Superstar’

September 9, 2020September 11, 2020 Frank Wu 0 Comments Ching Ling Foo, Harry Houdini, Samuel Porteous

A magician more famous (and better-compensated) than Harry Houdini

Bruce Lee

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Bruce Lee: American Hero

June 7, 2020June 9, 2020 Frank Wu 0 Comments Be Water, Bruce Lee, ESPN

‘Be Water’: a magnificent ESPN documentary that puts the dragon in the context of his times

Asian American

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Asian American History Gets its Due in Epic PBS Documentary

June 5, 2020 Frank Wu 0 Comments

Comprehensive, hopeful, and profoundly patriotic

MovieLens

My Life as a MovieLens Test Subject

March 4, 2020 Frank Wu 0 Comments Dumb and Dumber, Hot Tub Time Machine, MovieLens, Pauline Kael, Pixar, Six Million Dollar Man, Spaceballs, We're The Millers

The artificial intelligence of film criticism

Asian American

Actors CREATORS FILM TELEVISION

The Golden Age of Asian-American Comedy

February 19, 2020February 22, 2020 Frank Wu 1 Comment Ali Wong, Asian-Americans, Awkwafina, Bowen Yang, Constance Wu, Gedde Watanabe, Harold and Kumar, Jackie Chan, Jimmy O. Wang, John Cho, Kal Penn, Ken Jeong, Kumail Nanjiani, Margaret Cho

Asians dominate the funny