by Dino-Ray Ramos | Feb 1, 2024 | Commentary, Film
A couple of things about this year’s Sundance Film Festival… First off, shout out to Eugene Hernandez on being thee man in charge. The newly minted Director and Head of Public Programming headed the 40th edition of the Park City fest. Secondly, this year’s fest was...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Jan 29, 2024 | Film, Interviews
It’s January 19, 2024, in Park City, Utah. It’s the Sundance Film Festival. It’s seven hours before the world premiere of Sean Wang’s feature directorial, Dìdi (弟弟). In four days, Wang’s short Nai Nai & Wài Pó will be nominated for an...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Jan 25, 2024 | Culture, Interviews, TV
Brian Tee has been doing the work. Ever since he took an acting class for non-majors at UC Berkeley with a friend, the SoCal native got hooked on the craft. “I said, ‘Let’s just take this class… it’s gonna be it’s gonna be...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Jan 11, 2024 | Commentary, Film
The Mean Girls movie musical is out today and it is… fine. It’s been 20 years since the original; 6 years since the musical opened on Broadway; 22 years since Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees and Wannabes (the book on which it was based) was released; and 13 years since...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Jan 8, 2024 | Culture, Film
With the HFPA-less Golden Globes behind us (and Jokoy taking the stage as host and getting a landslide of criticism in one of the most thankless jobs in Hollywood), I guess you can say that awards season has kicked off and we are barely two weeks into 2024. As I look...