Thursday Apr 24 | Hartford Courant
John Cho's Party-Boy Humor Starts Conversations On Race
“The 12-year-old me took heart from George's presence on my television, growing up. He was a great role model back in the '60s.”
'I've always felt like I've had to please the 12-year-old me,' says actor John Cho, the Korean-American 'Harold' half of the 'Harold & Kumar' stoner comedies. via Hartford Courant
Saturday Apr 19 | Canada.com
“And that's when you realize it fits nothing like your Halloween costume.”
Resting comfortably is John Cho's next assignment. He's been running at warp speed since November playing Helmsman Sulu in J.J. Abrams's updated Star Trek movie. via Canada.com
Mar 12, 2008 | Asian Week
The Korean-American Movie Wave
“Working on West 32nd with CJ was overall a great experience”
Is the future for Asian American filmmakers in the East? I wrote in this column a little over a year ago that Korean film companies were beginning to invest in Asian American projects and looking to the ... via Asian Week
Mar 6, 2008 | Hollywood Reporter
Sundance helmers direct shorts
"Little Miss Sunshine" directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are among the Sundance fest filmmakers behind five new short films now streaming online at Sundance.org . Others were directed by Justin Lin , ... via Hollywood Reporter
Nov 22, 2007 | Pittsburgh City Paper
Kung-fu spoofs better be damn good, because the source material is already pretty silly and has been endlessly mocked. via Pittsburgh City Paper
Nov 3, 2007 | Vancouver
Saturday, Nov. 3rd, 11am - The Irony of it All : a program of short films, including the winners of this summer's Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon competition - Saturday, Nov. via Vancouver
Oct 25, 2007 | Daily Trojan
“Asian-American cinema is in its infancy”
Media Credit: Photo courtesy of Jack Song/David Magdael & Associates Whitewashed "Finishing the Game." pokes fun at Hollywood's tendency to cast white actors in ostensibly Asian-American films. via Daily Trojan
Oct 25, 2007 | BlogTO
Bruce Lee Mockumentary Set to Open 'Reel Asian'
A crowd-pleaser when it played at Sundance last January, Justin Lin's comic satire Finishing the Game will be the Opening Night Gala for this year's Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival . via BlogTO
Oct 16, 2007 | The California Aggie
“The main focus of AAAFF is to provide alternative forms of media about Asian Americans. We want to deconstruct mainstream, popular media and stereotypes about Asian Americans and Asians.”
Issue date: 10/16/07 Section: Arts & Entertainment The ASUCD Entertainment Council's Campus Cinema has worked alongside the Asian American Association Film Festival to bring famed director Justin Lin to our own ... via The California Aggie
Oct 5, 2007 | New York Sun
Lin Learns How To Play the 'Game'
“I wish there was an ideal world, an ideal path that I'd love to take, but I don't live in that world and there is no guidebook”
It's been a wild ride for Justin Lin, and he's the first to concede the pun: that most filmmakers would never have been able to finish his new film, "Finishing the Game," a mockumentary about the making of ... via New York Sun







