If anyone doesn't know about this movie, they're crazy. With all the advertising, Ninja Assassin has been appearing everywhere! What would catch anyone's attention better than the title Ninja Assassin? Of course there's more to it than that. There's Korean pop sensation, Rain, who stars as the assassin Raizo. Also, Lee Joon, member of Rain's newest boyband MBLAQ, plays the younger Raizo. The action scenes are fantastic but with action scenes comes blood and there was tons of it. This movie was definitely rated R for a reason.
Raizo is a ninja on the run after he escapes from the Ozunu Clan who trained him from a young age to be an assassin. His sole mission is to finally take the Ozunu Clan down. Raizo meets Mika Coretti (played by Naomi Harris), a Europol agent, who is investigating the clan, after she is targeted to be killed. Together, Mike and Raizo cooperate to take down the Ozunu Clan.
The plot itself was fairly simple and expected but if you want to see action, this is the movie for you. Of course, who doesn't want to see a half naked Rain training in his apartment with pants that seem like they'll fall of any second? And like any good half naked ninja, he has been thoroughly greased up for your enjoyment. Don't forget the massive blood baths Rain gets to drench himself in as well. For fangirls, this is definitely not a disappointment. It's a whole different side of Rain you've never seen before.
Watch the trailer to Ninja Assassin!
The B Here campaign is having a contest to help raise awareness about hepatitis B that is affecting many Asian Americans. One in ten Asian Americans are chronically infected with hepatitis B. Over half of the 1.3 to 1.5 million known hepatitis B carriers in the U.S. are Asian Americans.
Every year the SFIAAFF- San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival holds a program called the Student Delegate Program whose goal is to get students involved with Asian and Asian American film. The students will be able to go to movie screenings, various events in relation to the film festival, attend meetings and panel discussions with speical guests, and go to parties. Students will also be able to create content that will be displayed on SFIAAFF's website. [hidepost]
Bollywood's well known actor Akshay Kumar and star of the new Bollywood film "De Dana Dan" reveals his sporty side. The "De Dana Dan" star is to represent India for the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada. [hidepost]
Of course, what else is new? [hidepost] Known as the main vocalist/dancer of the boy band Big Bang, Tae Yang once again goes solo. Last year, he made all the girls feel hot over his mini album, HOT. He sang us an R&B song telling all the girls only to look at him and of course, no one was complaining. Now, Tae Yang is back with two songs, "Where U At" and his lead single from his upcoming solo album "Wedding Dress." The music video "Where U At" was released as a teaser for all of the fans out there. Only yesterday, Tae Yang teases us again with the music video for "Wedding Dress." Now we all have to live with the fact that his solo album won't come out until 2010. After seeing "Wedding Dress," I'm sure fans are full of anticipation for the album. These two songs reassure everyone that the album will be amazing. Then again, it is Tae Yang and we all know he cannot disappoint.
(Ohitorisama/Single). Also, G-Dragon recently released his last music video for the track "소년이여 (A Boy)." Now that G-Dragon has stopped his solo album promotions, he has been hard at work preparing for his concert titled G-DRAGON 1st CONCERT Shine A Light. The concert's first performance is December 5th at Seoul Olympic Stadium. If you live in Korea, good luck. The concert sold out in 10 minutes. Once again, as long as it's from Big Bang, they cannot disappoint.
Chinese pop singer Jane Zhang, also know as Zhang Liangying, has signed a worldwide deal with Universal Music Group. [hidepost] Zhang began shooting to stardom after singing on the Mongolian Cow Sour Yogurt Supergirl Concert in 2005 that aired all across China. UMG plans to market her to Greater China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States. Zhang made her first appearance on American television on The Oprah Winfrey Show May 11 earlier this year.[/hidepost]
This year has been a fulfilling and interesting one for Asian American film festivals. What I like about Asian American film festivals is that they produce many cutting-edge films and after viewing them you have a chance to meet with directors, producers, and actors. The 6th Annual Austin Asian American Film Festival takes place on November 12-15th of this year at the Alamo, South Lamar in Texas. Here's some information about what will be going on at this festival: [hidepost]
The 5 members of the Korean band F.T Island released a new single in Japan on October 21st called "Raining." This will be the band's 3rd Japanese single and to get things started they will be held special in-store events to promote the new single and yours truly was there to catch a glimpse of the action! [hidepost]
