When I was a kid, I was committed to reading the most important part of the newspaper every single day: the comics.
Author Archives: Jessica Lum
A photographer in Thailand
I awoke to the sound of the overnight train chugging and whistling along the creaky rails between Bangkok and Chiang Mai.
When I finished washing up, none of the daytime seating had been set up yet, except for one empty seat facing a middle-aged Caucasian man.
Homes give HIV positive children a chance
Six-year-old Wik has spent most of his life in and out of hospitals. He suffers from chronic pneumonia, which causes his oxygen levels to drop to dangerously low levels.
Booty on the high-production seas
There’s nothing small about “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge.”
Gamer galaxy: “Bionic Commando Rearmed”
Skip-Its and He-Man action figures may have an expiration on their popularity, but Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC downloadable games such as Capcom’s “Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo” and, most recently, “Bionic Commando Rearmed” show that some toys of the 1980s never lose their charm.
After gangs, life goes on
B.K. had heard that the guy from Asian Boys was carrying a couple “boats” of Ecstasy.
Screen Scene: “Forbidden Kingdom”
What was meant to be a tribute to old-style Chinese cinema fails miserably in Rob Minkoff’s “The Forbidden Kingdom.”