by Dino-Ray Ramos | Sep 5, 2026 | Commentary, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Movies, Reviews, TV
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! We recently took down the paywall and have made DIASPORA a free newsletter as we continue our nonprofit journey, but please consider donating to help us continue raise funds help launch a journalism mentorship program and to rebuild the...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Sep 1, 2026 | Commentary, Community, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Media, Movies, TV
A moral audit (of sorts): How AAPI advocacy organizations use resources, money, and power to give back to the communities they claim to serve. During a post-movie dinner with a group of fellow Filipinos, the conversation turned to a film little known beyond the...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Aug 31, 2026 | Commentary, Entertainment, Featured, Film, Movies, Music, Reviews, TV
SPOILER ALERT: This article includes details about It Ends, Passenger, and Camp Rock 3. It Ends… or does it? Following the success of Backrooms and Obsession, director Alex Ullom is the latest to jump on the horror auteur train with It Ends. It Ends premiered at SXSW...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Aug 31, 2026 | Art, Calendar, Community, Entertainment, Film, Local, Los Angeles, Movies, Music
FILM The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – 7:30 PM, August 31: The movie musical starring the late, great, and legendary Doly Parton follows a town sheriff and a regular patron of a historical whorehouse that fights to keep it running when a television reporter...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Aug 24, 2026 | Art, Calendar, Community, Entertainment, Film, Local, Los Angeles, Movies, Music
BOOKS FalconINK Presents: Hard Ball and Wild Game: Open Season – 5 PM, August 29, 2026: Join Booksoup for a special evening in celebration of FalconINK’s first two novellas! Featuring appearances by Derek Kage, Eddie Burke, co-author Ben Rush, and some of your...
Shorty Reviews: ‘By Any Means’, ‘Coyote vs. Acme’, ‘Forgotten Island’ Preview, ‘The Great Food Truck Race’, and Revisiting ‘9 to 5’
The Business of Belonging, Part 1: Finding Community, Doing the Work, and Feeling (Un)Welcomed
Shorty Reviews: The Existential Road Trip From Hell in ‘It Ends’; My Thots on ‘Passenger’ and ‘Camp Rock 3’
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