A Crazy Rich Asians sequel is in the works at Warner Bros.
[Note: This story contains plot details of the film Crazy Rich Asians.]
Constance Wu to star in Crazy Rich Asians
Variety reports that Fresh Off The Boat star Constance Wu is in talks to star in a film adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s book C…
Constance Wu speaks out against Casey Affleck’s Oscar nomination
One of the bigger controversies of this year’s awards season has been the way Birth Of A Nation completely collapsed…
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Fresh Off The Boat makes the most of Taiwan, but falls victim to American sitcom tropes
Even though the season-two finale of Fresh Off The Boat made it almost certain that the Huangs would be traveling to…
Constance Wu has no fucking time for Matt Damon’s China-saving antics
After its trailer popped up online yesterday, it took roughly zero seconds for people to start pointing out the…
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Ken Jeong guest-stars on a Fresh Off The Boat finale that covers familiar ground
Since their seasons tend to be so long, most network sitcoms end up recycling plot devices at a certain point in their…
#StarringConstanceWu is a thing and it is glorious
Earlier this month, a 25-year-old digital media strategist named William Yu launched a site called Starring John Cho.…
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Eddie’s too reactive on a one-note episode of Fresh Off The Boat
“The Manchurian Dinner Date” sets up an explosive confrontation between Eddie and Jessica, only to resolve their…
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Fresh Off The Boat does its thing sucka free and without settling for less
While convincing “Corey the video rental guy” that he’s a connoisseur of fine films au cinéma, Louis learns someone…
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Everyone lies and pays for it on Fresh Off The Boat
I’ve heard several people complain that, in its second season, Fresh Off The Boat hasn’t explored the Huangs’ Chinese…
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“That which we call a rose by any other name would totally freak out,” posits Fresh Off The Boat
Juliet (you know the one) once asked “What’s in a name?” Of course, she then also immediately asks Romeo to change his…
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Orlando becomes Melrose Place in a pitch-perfect parody episode of Fresh Off The Boat
All the way back in “The Shunning,” Fresh Off the Boat cherrypicked a handful of Stephen King motifs to elevate its…
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The kids get treated like adults on a lice-infested episode of Fresh Off The Boat
A running theme this season on Fresh Off The Boat has been the Huang children wanting to be taken more seriously by…
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FOTB takes two to make a thing go right: One person to give orders, one to take them
I believe it was Mark Twain who wrote, in the twilight years of his long life, “The meter of a truly great TV episode…
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It’s game, set, Billie Jean King for Fresh Off The Boat
Absurdly specific in 90s detail, “Michael Change Fever,” is a simple and delightful episode. Forgive me, for being…
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A Chinese F from Phil earns FOTB an AV Club A-
Like the mixtapes Eddie erroneously crafts, this weeks Fresh Off The Boat plays like a smooth, greatest hits playlist…
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Only one character learns about love on Fresh Off The Boat’s Valentine’s Day episode
Of any network sitcom currently on the air, Fresh Off The Boat may have produced the most holiday episodes this season.…
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Fresh Off The Boat returns with a lukewarm start to Year Of The Rat
It’s February, and we all know what that means: President’s Day has finally arrived! Oh, and also the Chinese New Yea–…
Let’s remember all of 2015’s “12th questions”
For the past year or so, The A.V. Club has used its 11 Questions feature to ask celebrities about their first jobs and…
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Jessica shows Santa who’s lao ban in Fresh Off The Boat Christmas episode
Fresh Off The Boat presents (heyoo!) us with a perfectly packaged (heyoox2!) Christmas episode. I won’t lie: When it…