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In what turns out to be Son’s Tottenham farewell tour, Spurs beat Arsenal in Hong Kong
05 August 2025 4:59 AM | No CommentsSon Heung-min leaves Tottenham Hotspur having made 333 appearances for the club over 10 seasons.
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“A Samurai in Time” – 2025 Japan Cuts Film Review
16 July 2025 12:42 PM | No CommentsTime travel is a well-worn trope, but there is a reason that the low-budget “A Samurai in Time” managed to win Best Film honors at the Japan Academy Film Prize.
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Takashi Murakami was everywhere at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
29 June 2025 11:58 AM | No CommentsThe Japanese artist, both in physical presence and in spirit, seamlessly crossed over to the worlds of art, fashion, sports and even food.
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Paris 2024: Gymnastics – U.S. women victorious in “Redemption Tour”
29 June 2025 2:46 AM | No CommentsThere should have been no doubt: the U.S. women were the favorites to win the Olympic gold. And yet there was, stemming from what happened in Tokyo.
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Paris 2024: U.S. women hang on to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold
23 June 2025 11:54 AM | No CommentsThe U.S. women's team held off France, 67-66, at Bercy Arena.
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About Author: Rex Baylon
Posts by Rex Baylon
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FACTO Spring 2018 – New York Fashion Week Men’s
Rex BaylonPosted on July 19, 2017 | No CommentsCreated by a Chinese American who resides in Tokyo, FACTO is a luxury sneaker label that has quickly made waves. The shoes are manufactured in Italy. -
Feng Chen Wang Spring 2018 – New York Fashion Week Men’s
Rex BaylonPosted on July 17, 2017 | No CommentsFeaturing the "Made in China" tagline, the Feng Chen Wang Spring 2018 collection is an interesting fusion of old world and a modernist aesthetic. -
David Hart Spring 2018 – New York Fashion Week Men’s
Rex BaylonPosted on July 11, 2017 | No CommentsHart's collection may save us from the folly of the banal juxtaposition of t-shirt and shorts as being the only outfit men can don during summer climes. -
“Ordinary Person” – 2017 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 30, 2017 | No CommentsKim Bong-han's picture unabashedly shows that a mass of ordinary people can rewrite an entire nation’s narrative, from tyranny to democracy. -
“Fabricated City” – 2017 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Rex BaylonPosted on June 30, 2017 | No CommentsPark Kwang-hyun’s “Fabricated City” is a mishmash of genres and narrative clichés all wrapped into one convoluted conspiracy narrative. -
Graphic Novel Review: Paper Girls, Vols. 1-2
Rex BaylonPosted on June 17, 2017 | No CommentsPaper Girls is a work of unparalleled beauty that plumbs the depths of teenage ennui to present us with a story of four girls. -
Graphic Novel Review: Monstress, Vol. 1
Rex BaylonPosted on June 17, 2017 | No CommentsMonstress, Vol. 1, is a mature work of fantasy and the steampunk genre. It takes the historical and makes it mythic. -
Film Review: Johnnie To’s “Election”
Rex BaylonPosted on June 14, 2017 | No Comments"Election” takes the skeleton structure of a gangster flick to tell a very human tale about power and its corrupting effect. -
Film Review: Erik Matti’s “On the Job”
Rex BaylonPosted on June 11, 2017 | No CommentsWithout Matti’s 2013 film, the renaissance of crime and action films popping up in Philippine theaters and TV screens lately would never have existed. -
Film Review: Konrad Aderer’s “Resistance at Tule Lake”
Rex BaylonPosted on June 7, 2017 | No CommentsThe documentary sheds some light on a somewhat unknown chapter in American history: its treatment of the Japanese population stateside during World War II.