Disney+ Sets May 24 Premiere Date For Highly Anticipated Original Series "American Born Chinese"

Today, Disney+ revealed the May 24 premiere date for the Disney+ Original series “American Born Chinese,” a genre-hopping action-comedy from Disney Branded Television series produced by 20th Television.

Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang, "American Born Chinese" tells the story of Jin Wang, an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.

Skyscraper - Brings Thrills To Super Elevated Heights

We usually feel afraid of heights because of the feeling of falling. If just a few meters is scary, what if you are in the tallest building in the world with 220 floors high, now that is a Skyscraper. Starring Dwayne Johnson, this may be another lead role for him this year, but this one is probably my favorite. 

Skyscraper brings the thrill of heights into a cinematic experience. With modern fascination of building taller buildings, we look for more things that makes its unique. I just love how intricate they had with details, which is very important. With designing a fictional building is already amazing, which would also inspire future real projects. 

The story revolves on Will Ford (Johnson) who works on the facility assessment of the Pearl, the tallest building in the world with over 220 floors. But a covert group planned to target the owner of the building Zhao Min Zhi (Chin Han). The group blows up floors and invokes fire that endangered Ford's family and also pressures Zhao who lives at the penthouse of the building.

REEL DEAL: Ghost In The Shell REVIEW

The story of Ghost In The Shell has been loved by anime fans from the manga to the anime incarnations. It was also hard to view the film due to its violent and nudity content back then when I was a wee child. Now that I am all grown up now, this should never be an issue. But how well does the new Ghost In The Shell fair as Scarlett Johansson plays the role of Major in this film.

When the movie was first announced, many were excited and scared of the casting. When Johansson was tasked to play the role of Major, there was a divided reaction from fans and movie critics. The issue of whitewashing was in the table for discussion since the original series was Japanese in terms of characters and location.

However, it is not a guarantee that when Asian actors come to play their roles will merit a good movie. So I did reserve all doubts until I saw the movie itself. It did proved to be not disappoint from my opinion as it was able to deliver the story with some tweaks and visual candies. Given the frequency of ScarJo in Hollywood movies, particularly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, her image will definitely clash with her taking the role of Major. It did went beyond my expectations and was able to answer the issue of casting with a scene in the film. So if you're maybe a old or new fan, it is the most visual rich action film of the year and worth watching indeed.