Actresses

Friday the 13th Victim, Jenna

Friday, May 13, 2011 Chris Charles 0

Just when it looked like Jenna, played by Danielle Panabaker, was going to get away from Jason toward the end of the 2009 Friday the 13th remake, she gets skewed and added to his list of kills. As for Danielle,

Miranda (Korean Stage Play)

Sunday, December 12, 2010 Chris Charles 0

(Author’s Note: This article is for the very few expats and English-speaking Koreans, who were in South Korea in the mid-2000s, during this play’s run at the Top Art Hall theater in Seoul’s Deahangno theater district, and remember catching this

Whatever Happened to Chieko Shiratori?

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Chris Charles 3

Not having heard or seen anything from the former V-Cinema Queen since her 90’s heyday, the author I did a bit of research to see what the Miss Shiratori, who was billed early in her career as “Tieko Shiroto,” is up to these days.

Gemma Chan for Bing

Sunday, November 7, 2010 Chris Charles 0

Unless you’ve been living without television for the past year and a half, you’re familiar with the Bing commercials where the person rattles off the results he or she found after performing an Internet search, in a robot-like manner. The

Science Fiction Double Feature – Park Eun-sook

Monday, October 11, 2010 Chris Charles 3

In the spirit of the Halloween season, here’s the Usherette with the opening number from the 2001 Korean version of The Rocky Horror Show, “Science Fiction Double Feature.”

Friday the 13th Victim, Mrs. Voorhees

Friday, August 13, 2010 Chris Charles 0

Going back to the original, here we have the climatic scene in 1980’s Friday the 13th which the original killer, Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer), attacks camp counselor Alice (Adrienne King) in a fit of psychotic rage to avenge her

Reno 911! dispatcher, Cindy

Sunday, July 25, 2010 Chris Charles 0

Police dispatcher and former sex slave Cindy (a comedic stereotype winningly played by Taiwanese-American actress Wanru Tseng) is one of the most popular characters on the hit Comedy Central show, Reno 911!

Nikkatsu Queens NSFW

Tuesday, July 6, 2010 Chris Charles 0

When Nikkatsu movies began centering on bondage and S&M themes, several starred Noami Tani, a young actresses who savored her roles and looked great in rope. Naomi was one of the three actresses who became known as the first “Nikkatsu Queens.”

Zero Woman POLL

Sunday, June 20, 2010 Chris Charles 7

The main character of the “Zero Woman” series is Special Undercover Agent Rei, who works for “Section Zero” of the Tokyo Police Department. Rei has been played by 10 different actresses over the years, the first being 70s pink film queen Miki Sugimoto.