Who Are You Gonna Believe–Me or Your Lying Eyes: Narrative Dominance in Johnnie To’s PTU
Monday, 15 July 2019
Johnnie To's PTU tells us about the dangers of a single story
- Published in Essays
Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Mr. Six
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Mr. Six does not go gentle into that good night.
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series
Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Beelzebub, plus Lone Wolf and Cub
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Lone Wolf and Cub created the template for the tough guy assassin with a little child in tow, and Beelzebub makes fun of it.
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series
Of Things That will Bite
Friday, 10 August 2018
The story of how I was almost arrested for arson at a Metallica concert.
- Published in Essays
Adventures in Saving Money
Friday, 25 May 2018
M. Paramita Lin's mom provides a lesson in frugal living.
- Published in Daily Life
Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Sex and Fury
Friday, 18 May 2018
Blood, boobs, and badasses in Sex and Fury.
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series
Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Exiled
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
The coolest Johnnie To film ever.
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series
Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: 13 Assassins
Sunday, 11 March 2018
Total massacre awaits in 13 Assassins.
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series
Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents in Asian Pop Culture: Mr. Vampire
Wednesday, 27 December 2017
You need to be a tough guy if you're going to take on the undead.
- Published in Tough Guys, Gangsters, and Delinquents Series