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Looking thru beautifully brutal Asian action movies

“I’ve never really liked using these. They take away the rush. Squeezing a trigger, it’s like ...

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Exploring the taste of Asian drama movies

Amid the surge of Hollywood dramas, films coming from the Asian region can often tend to be overlooked but despite ...

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No more bad vibes with these Asian comedy movies

Thailand "What? The ATM is giving out free cash?" is where it all started. The scene is of two friends ...

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Beyond Hollywood: Asia's hidden gems on thriller movies

In the history of film thrillers, it is difficult to find an Asian name among filmmakers long dominated by the likes of ...

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When the ghost is in our mind

Watching scary movies arouses their own sensations and they can bring about mixed feelings such as surprise, stress, ...

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Valuable life lessons gleaned from animated movies

In the modern era, animation has metamorphosed owing to the emergence of computers that can create computer-generated ...

"Mariposa", a movie about the simplicity of teenage love

"Love is simple, but we sometimes make it so complicated". That is a quote from "Mariposa", a movie ...

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Struggle of classic authoresses writing under pseudonyms

"Any woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century would certainly have gone crazed, shot herself or ended ...

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Capturing the gender inequality through Asian writers' eyes

Sugar-coated it may be, but even when a teacher tells girl students how amazing they are on doing detailed work being ...

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Impact of female fictional characters as role models

The presence of role models is deemed an important aspect to ensure young women and girls feel empowered to pursue the ...

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Deciphering Indonesia in its myriad shades through its female writers

International Women's Day is celebrated worldwide to honor women and their accomplishments and acknowledge what ...

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Give us a chance, say people with disabilities

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and ...

Valentine's Day: Unique things to gift

Valentine’s Day is celebrated by people all over the world to express their love, and it is also a popular day ...

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The gift of self-love on Valentine's Day

As the day of love, February 14, approaches, lovers scramble to find gifts fit to express affection and endearment to ...

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Valentine's day: to celebrate or not to celebrate, it's a choice

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone -- we find it with another, stated ...