Nerdotopia

The film, adapted from Kevin Kwan’s bestselling novel, is insightful in its depiction of cultural and class clashes that spring up when a man takes his New York girlfriend to meet his affluent, disapproving Singapore family. And yet, director Jon M. Chu undercuts his modern-day Cinderella story’s poignancy and warmth by badgering us with a nonstop materialistic worldview, sending mixed messages about whether love or money matters more. Chinese-American New Yorker Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), a NYU economics professor who has been dating the handsome, sensitive Nick Young (Henry Golding) for more than a year, will be traveling with him, to his Singapore hometown to be at his friend’s wedding, and he wants to take the opportunity to introduce his family to Rachel — a big step in their relationship. But when they land, Rachel hastily discovers he comes from one of Asia's most wealthy, prominent families. A commoner among the social e...

The Perks of being a Wallflower, directed by Stephen Chbosky was released in 2012. Adapted from Stephen Chbosky’s novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the film takes place in the late 90‘s revolving around the teenage impulse to be pretentious and the central theme of the struggle to understand the terrible things that inevitably happen to those who we love. A world where teens can say “We are infinite” is unfolded by the narrative of a series of letters written by Charlie (Logan Lerman), addressed to you; the reader, they detail his alternatively painful and joyous highschool freshman year,   with hopes that you will understand him because he’s heard good things about you.   Socially awkward teen Charlie (Logan Lerman) is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two charismatic students become his mentors. Free-spirited Sam (Emma Watson) and her stepbrother Patrick (Ezra Miller) help Charlie discove...