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Relativity Media is remaking the cult classic film The Crow (1994). Although this iconic story is being brought back to the silver screen, the breakthrough progress made by The Crow in terms of minority representation will not be brought back. Brandon Lee plays The Crow in the 1994 film. As part of development for the film, the studio appears to be throwing upcoming (affordable) young white male...

Today is the release date of Olympus Has Fallen, an action movie that unfortunately reflects the Hollywood (and American) stereotype of white nativism: the assumption that American automatically means white. “In this country, American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.” – Toni Morrison Synopsis of the movie: Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning (Gerard Bu...

Racebending.com was invited to attend a red carpet screening of the new Warner Bros film, Bullet to the Head. The screening was sponsored by Warner Bros, KoreAm Journal, and Audrey Magazine in Koreatown in Los Angeles for the Asian American publicity and blogger community. Bullet to the Head stars Sylvester Stallone as a New Orleans-based hitman who decides to aid a straight-laced young cop from...

Next Christmas, Keanu Reeves stars in 47 Ronin, a fantasy film based on the historical event known as Chushingura. In the early 1700s, a group of forty-seven Japanese samurai avenged the murder of their master. 47 Ronin is a major tentpole film and does provide an opportunity for actors of Japanese descent to be featured in a film that will be distributed in America (even if most of the actor...

Ben Affleck’s Oscar nomination for Argo, announced this week, reignited what CNN calls a “controversy” surrounding the film. As we reported back when the film was announced in June 2011, director Ben Affleck decided that he would be the best actor to portray legendary American CIA agent Antonio “Tony” Mendez. The missed opportunity? Tony Mendez is part Mexican Am...

The man standing on stage looks like George Takei, but when he speaks, it’s not with the mellifluous, warm voice of a famous actor and advocate. His voice is coarse, ragged and grizzled. Instead of a golden Starfleet uniform, he is wearing a drab olive green World War II uniform, with old insignia and medals scattered across his chest. His name is Sam Kimura, and he is a Japanese Americ...

At ComicCon 2012, I was able to get into and attend the preview panel for CBS’s new TV show, Elementary, which premieres this Thursday on September 27th, 2012. We were screened the full pilot, and near the end of the panel the stars and producers were brought onto the stage for a Q&A session. [Image: A clip from a promotional poster of "Elementary", depicting the show's two stars, John...

This year, Dark Horse Comics began publishing a new series of Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel comics, The Promise, written by Gene Yang (American Born Chinese) and illustrated by Gurihiru. Racebending.com was given the opportunity to preview the entire series. Here is our review and commentary. (NOTE: Our review does not contain major spoilers from part 3, but does contain info that might b...

On September 5th, 2012, Asian American stem cell and marrow donor registry advocate Janet Liang received her first transplant from a volunteer donor. It was a last ditch effort in her three year battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. On September 11th, just a week after the transplant, Janet passed away due to complications from leukemia, before the new stem cells could engraft. Janet learne...

On August 3rd, 2012, Angry Asian Man leaked a casting breakdown for the Oldboy American remake. Mandate Films (a division of Lionsgate) is producing, Spike Lee is set to direct, and Josh Brolin is set to star. This was a casting breakdown for some of the supporting roles, and it’s pretty horrendous. Above: Promotional image of the original Oldboy (2003) OLDBOY Feature Film SAG-AFTRA Direct...