Friday Features, Sept. 28, 2012
Hiatus who? What now? Dumpling is busy getting its dumplings in a row, but that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about the fans of Friday Features. In this week’s new release Hollywood movie lineup, we take a look at Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new film, Looper, and explore the animated realms of the ghosts and ghouls in Hotel Transylvania.
Will this week’s Asian-American grade register higher than usual? Find out, as we rate each film on its Asian-American presence, or lack thereof.
Studio: No. of AA: 0
Rating: F
Joseph Gordon-Levitt executes people sent blindfolded back in time for the mob, when he’s asked to off his older self. When the older self escapes, Gordon-Levitt is lead on a chase to uncover this strange occurrence. Asians exist in this world, but none who are American.
Studio: No. of AA: 0
Rating: F
What does the Count do when he’s not sipping neck juice? Why, run a resort hotel for the baddies and beasties of lore, of course. When a human boy stumbles upon the resort and courts Dracula’s daughter, things get scary. The most ghastly part? No Asian-Americans. 🙁
Studio: No. of AA: 2
Rating: C+
Sick and tired and tired and sick of a failing school system lost in a bureaucratic wasteland, a mother and a teacher set out to save their inner-city school system and the children caught in the middle. Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal star.
Studio: No. of AA: 4
Rating: A
Hana Mae Lee makes a worthy appearance in this free-spirited female comedy about a college girl who finds herself in a musical group full of misfits and social clique butterflies. Expect singing, dancing, Glee comparisons and Bridesmaids alumna Rebel Wilson.
Sony
Pictures
Sony
Pictures
Animation
Walden Media
Universal
Studios
Overall rating this week: B+
Tags: Bruce Willis, Dracula, Hana Mae Lee, Hotel Transylvania, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Pitch Perfect, Rebel Wilson, Viola Davis, Won't Back Down
