J.B. Spins

It was like the Siege of Troy without the big wooden horse. Well-known to Chinese audiences from the Fourteenth Century novel, The Romance o...

These kids are made for each other. Let’s just say neither is particularly outgoing. One is a shut-in and the other is a homeless hermit. Ge...

Behold the power of publicity. On Christmas Eve, six of Korea’s most popular actresses endure each other’s catty company during the long hou...

Nostalgia—it’s a killer. Poor, hapless Aoyagi learns that the hard way. One minute he is listening to Beatles covers with an old college fri...

This is not a Japanese Sweet Valley High . However, it has murder, madness, revenge, peer pressure, and AIDS—all your basic middle school st...

In Fifteenth Century Japan, heroic masseurs roamed the land, living by their wits and hands. At least such is the case for Oguri, the protag...

South Korean attitudes towards the North are complex to say the least. Though they understand it is scary up there, the desire for unificati...

War is always hardest on the little guys, the men who fight not for glory, but the chance to return to their hardscrabble lives. Despite his...

They are called “chick flicks,” because guys supposedly do not enjoy relationship comedies written from a woman’s perspective. The real reas...

After much sacrifice, Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionary vision of a free democratic Mainland China remains unfulfilled. However, a long and so...

Dr. Sun Yat-sen is one of the few figures in Chinese history to be equally esteemed by both Chinas. However, despite tremendous sacrifices, ...

Ip Man is a peaceful warrior, but for some reason, people keep making him kick their butts. Not a good idea. After all, the Wing Chun master...