October 2009

Movie Review “My Beijing Birthday” Join me to meet the director on Oct 23, 4 pm in a free screening!

Published on: 21st October, 2009

Movie Review "My Beijing Birthday" Join me to meet the director on Oct 23, 4 pm in a free screening!  | read this item

Movie Review: My Beijing Birthday
(Out of five starfish)
By Perry S. Chen
Can a relationship form between a middle-aged New Yorker and a group of Chinese school kids?  After 12 years, would they still remember one another?  You will find all the answers in the moving documentary “My Beijing Birthday.”
In 1996, New Yorker Howie Snyder went [...]

Perry Chen interviews Lee Ann Kim, San Diego Asian Film Festival Director

Published on: 15th October, 2009

Perry Chen interviews Lee Ann Kim, San Diego Asian Film Festival Director  | read this item

Perry Chen’s Interview of Lee Ann Kim, San Diego Asian Film Festival Executive Director
October 10, 2009
Perry: Thank you, Lee Ann, for inviting me to see the movies and interview the filmmakers at the festival.
Lee Ann: Oh, I think that would be lovely.
Perry: What inspired you to create the San Diego Asian Film Festival?
Lee Ann: I [...]

Perry Chen’s Review of San Diego Asian Film Festival Opening Night Film “Children of Invention”

Published on: 13th October, 2009

Award-winning independent film Children of Invention by Tze Chun  | read this item

Movie Review – Children of Invention                        October 10, 2009
By Perry S. Chen
(out of 5 starfish )
Can you imagine two young kids being abandoned in a house for days without knowing where their mom went?  In the award-winning independent film “Children of Invention,” Raymond and his younger sister Tina were facing [...]

9-year old prodigy film critic and national radio talk show host Perry Chen has his first art exhibit in San Diego City Hall in October 2009

Published on: 8th October, 2009

Perry Chen the artist at work July 2009  | read this item

9 year old Perry Chen, the youngest nationally-recognized film critic and radio talk show host has his first art exhibit at the San Diego City Hall in October 2009. Perry started drawing at three and has created over 1,000 piece of artworks since.

Oct 09 San Diego Family Magazine: Perry Chen Explores the World of Film

Published on: 4th October, 2009

Perry Chen featured on Oct 09 San Diego Family Magazine  | read this item

October 2009 (page 94-95)
http://trendmag2.trendoffset.com/publication/?i=23206
Perry Chen Explores the World of Film
By Mary Hay Davis
Most kids go to a movie, order some popcorn and sit back for a relaxing but passive two hours.
Not Perry Chen.  This 9-year-old from the Torrey Hills neighborhood of San Diego is a budding film critic.  Perry is only in the 4th grade, [...]