May 2012
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James' 'Valley of Saints' Review
Friday night I went out to the 2012 LA Asia Pacific Film Festival with Byron and David (Charlie in BANG BANG) to see Valley of Saints, the festival’s Int’l Centerpiece Gala film. This thing won the World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic and split the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at Sundance, as well as appearing in a ton of world-class film festivals internationally. It takes...
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April 2012
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March 2012
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February 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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James' 'Anonymous' Review
The San Diego Asian Film Festival & Halloween weekend destroyed me. But still my roommate and I, sick as a dog, walked over to Arclight and watched Anonymous, directed by Roland Emmerich. Anonymous dramatizes the Prince Tudor Theory (Specifically Prince Tudor II Theory, more on that later), an alternate literary theory contending that the true source of William Shakespeare’s works...
Anonymous asked: is bang bang going to make it's way down to sd?
sincerely-vjcalk asked: How could I watch Bang Bang the movie if I'm in Florida?
I love the trailer btw :)
I love the trailer btw :)
October 2011
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James' 'The Thing' Review
After realizing you can watch the 1982 version streaming on Netflix, I went out and watched Matthiis Van Heiinigen, Jr.’s The Thing the other night. But first a quick history lesson:
First came The Thing from Another World, produced/directed by the legendary Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby in 1951, inspired by the novella, Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. Then in 1982 came the remake...
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September 2011
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James' 'Restless' Film Review
I went and saw Gus Van Sant’s newest, Restless, on Saturday. I’m not hugely knowledgeable on his body of work, but I remember Van Sant from his success in both indie/arthouse and mainstream venues (My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Elephant, Milk); so after a good burger and a couple of beers from down the street, I walked into the theatre with a belly full of high hopes.
Restless is a...
August 2011
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James' Rise of the Planet of the Apes Review
Rise of the Planet of the Apes. OK, first things first. So to be honest, I wasn’t expecting too much going into this, but I had heard some good things from random friends about this movie. As long as it isn’t related at all to the post 2000+ Tim Burton/Mark Wahlberg travesties, I thought. But good enough to watch while catching up with an old friend after grilling up some steaks,...
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June 2011
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James' 'Tree of Life' Review
I’m sure most of you have heard of Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, which opened at Cannes to extreme mixed reactions, even some boos, but on the whole, critics have been raving about it. Just read some reviews by some prominent critics: “sublime,” “poetic,” “extraordinary,” are just some of the adjectives that’ve been thrown around. Anyway, it...
May 2011
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April 2011
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Get Yo Tickets now!! →
Tickets are on sale for our May 3rd Premier of BANG BANG @ the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. And btw, we also got nominated as a finalist for the Grand Jury Award!! Hope to see everyone there!
March 2011
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Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2011 →
Look’s like our film ‘BANG BANG’ will be premiering at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival! This is one of the biggest asian film festivals and we are totally stoked!! : D
December 2010
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BANG BANG Official Trailer Up! →
Go to our Facebook page and click ‘Like’ go see the trailer!
October 2010
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September 2010
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August 2010
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Press for Kevin Boston
Check out our boy Kevin Boston getting some press! Click to see his article on SwaggNews.com and another one about him and his new music video for Jimmy Boi’s song “Million Dollar Dream” on The Outlet Magazine. Big Kevin doin big things!
July 2010
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jamesbak.NET →
James finally relaunched a his redesigned website. Go take a look.
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June 2010
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Jay Drose and 'Old Money' on SD City Beat, Friday...
Our good friend, filmmaker Jay Drose, and his short, ‘Old Money,’ were featured in an article in San Diego City Beat. If you’re in San Diego this Friday, he’s screening ‘Old Money’ on 4K projector(!!!) at Calit2 on the UCSD campus. Check out his website for more details. The trailer is below:
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Moving Parts Theatre at the Hollywood Fringe...
If you’re gonna be in LA this weekend, check out our friends, the Moving Parts Theatre Co at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, an annual festival celebrating underground and emerging art scenes, as they perform Pagan Play, their new work. Purchase tickets here.
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"The Beginning" - 454's Release Party
Last weekend we made a trip up to our old stomping grounds, San Jose, CA, to show some love to 454 Life Entertainment. Our boy Thai, lead in our movie Bang Bang, recently signed to them and they threw a HUGE release party. And you know supporters of our fam get our support too. We had a good ol time. Here’s some footage from the event!
May 2010
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
A HUGE THANKS goes out to all of our backers throughout this Kickstarter fundraiser. There’s less than an hour left, but I’ve been blown away at the support that our fam, network, and even strangers have shown us! As I write this, we’re at 122% of our goal. Thank you for being a part of making this dream come true. - PANDA
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Byron's DYSMD Interview →
Byron got interviewed by DYSMD about our movie, Bang Bang. Check out the article here.