March 2009

Movie Review: Monsters vs. Aliens (3-D animation)

Published on: 27th March, 2009

Rating: PG, opening on Friday, March 27, 2009

Have you ever experienced feeling lonely and misunderstood? A girl from Modesto, California, named Susan Murphy, has felt it when she was accidentally hit on her wedding date by a meteor containing quantanium, the most powerful substance in the universe. The effect makes her grow to [...]

Movie Review: Coraline (rated PG) (Published on Del Mar Times, Carmel Valley Leader, Solana Beach Sun, and Rancho Santa Fe Record March 20, 2009)

Published on: 22nd March, 2009

(Published March 20, 2009:
http://www.carmelvalleyleader.com/life/255001-local-third-grader-tries-his-hand-at-movie-reviews)
Do you ever wish that you had two mothers, a Real Mother and an “Other” Mother? If you had an Other Mother, what would she be like?
A girl named Coraline is about to find out!
Coraline had just moved to The Pink Palace and finds her life thrown in turmoil when she [...]

I’m featured on Del Mar Times, Solana Beach Sun, Rancho Santa Fe Record, and Carmel Valley News TODAY for my movie reviews

Published on: 19th March, 2009

http://www.delmartimes.net/life/255001-local-third-grader-tries-his-hand-at-movie-reviews
Local third-grader tries his hand at movie reviews
March 19, 2009, 9:35 AM
By Jill Marr

Movie buff, Perry Chen

Carmel Valley resident Perry Chen, 8, recently met film director Michel Ocelot at a San Francisco screening for the movie, ‘Kirikou and the Sorceress.’ Ocelot signed an ‘Azur & Asmar’ movie poster for Perry.

Perry and his mother, Zhu [...]

I met and interviewed “Azur and Asmar” director Michel Ocelot in San Francisco March 4

Published on: 18th March, 2009

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Movie Review: Azur and Asmar (published on “We Chinese in America” Feb 20, 2009)

Published on: 16th March, 2009

Azur and Asmar is a visually stunning movie. The breathtaking colors capture the flair of the Arabian Nights. I especially liked the vibrant flowers. This movie is about courage, sacrifice, love, and brotherhood. It is one of my all time favorite movies!
Azur and Asmar are nursed under the loving care of Asmar’s mother, whom Azur [...]

Movie Review: Oscar-nominated Short Films (animated)

Published on: 10th March, 2009

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Movie Review: Ratatouille

Published on: 2nd March, 2009

“Ratatouille” is one of my favorite movies. It is a tale of rat and men, plus a few delicacies too! I love it because it showed about friendship and willpower. Yesterday I saw five rats in my garden, the same ones who ate my flowers and vegetables before. Usually you think of rats as miniature, [...]