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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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“Potechi (Chips)” – 2012 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 15, 2012 | No CommentsWith topics as diverse as house burglary, suicide, mother-son relationships, baseball fandom and, of course, potato chips peppered across a brisk 68-minute work, director Yoshihiro Nakamura somehow connects the dots to deliver a knockout revelation. -
“Scabbard Samurai” – 2012 NYAFF & Japan Cuts Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 14, 2012 | No CommentsA disgraced samurai can avoid seppuku if he can make his captor’s little prince smile, something that he has not done since the death of his mother. The catch? He has 30 days to do it. -
![The famous final scene of Bruce Lee’s film Enter the Dragon features the martial-arts master battling his foe in a house of mirrors, as the shattering glass reveals his presence […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Finishing-the-Game-115x115.jpg "Review: Justin Lin’s “Finishing the Game”")
Review: Justin Lin’s “Finishing the Game”
Christopher BournePosted on July 13, 2012 | No CommentsThe famous final scene of Bruce Lee’s film Enter the Dragon features the martial-arts master battling his foe in a house of mirrors, as the shattering glass reveals his presence […] -
The New York Mets’ Ron Swoboda and his Chinese American roots
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 11, 2012 | No CommentsThe quarterly invitation-only, technology tradeshows run by event production firm Pepcom typically attract hungry journalists. Rarely, though, do they result in celebrity appearances. -
Donnie Yen “Iron Monkey” Q&A – 2012 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 10, 2012 | No CommentsA noticeably tired Donnie Yen decided to make a late screening of "Iron Monkey" his third appearance of four during the festival. -
Donnie Yen: “Dragon (Wu Xia)” Q&A – 2012 New York Asian Film Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 10, 2012 | No CommentsDonnie Yen answers questions about Peter Chan's "Dragon (Wu Xia)" - addressing the rumor that it was a remake of "The One-Armed Swordsman" - and other topics. -
Masayuki Suo’s “Shall We Dance?” – 2012 Japan Cuts Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 9, 2012 | No Comments“Shall We Dance?” (Shall we ダンス?), the 1996 film that won 14 Japan Academy Prizes, was famously remade into a flick eight years later starring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez. -
Donnie Yen: “The Lost Bladesman” Q&A – 2012 NYAFF
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 8, 2012 | No CommentsDonnie Yen addresses the crowd at the screening of THE LOST BLADESMAN (關雲長) on July 7, 2012, at the Film Society at Lincoln Center. -
WNBA 2012: San Antonio 78, Washington 73
Kwai ChanPosted on July 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe San Antonio Silver Stars improved to 10-5 for the season, while the Washington Mystics dropped to 3-11. -
Review: Liew Seng Tat’s “Flower in the Pocket”
Christopher BournePosted on July 6, 2012 | No CommentsLiew Seng Tat’s debut feature, "Flower in the Pocket," is yet another great example of the fecundity of cinematic talent currently coming out of Malaysia.