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Focus Features presents a film written and directed by Eddie Huang. Rated R (for language throughout including sexual references, and some drug use). Running time: 90 minutes. Opens Friday at local theaters. The second offense: basketball sequences supposedly depicting New York City high school hoops at the highest level, but nobody appears to be taller than about 6-foot-1 and the games move at a relatively slow pace, with the players appearing to be average at best. Another problem is the title character is borderline likable. He’s a basically decent kid, but he can be rude and crude and even more damning, he’s not all that interesting. Compared to Ray Allen’s Jesus Shuttlesworth in “He Got Game,” Penny Hardaway’s Butch McRae in “Blue Chips” or Duane Martin’s Kyle Lee Watson in “Above the Rim” (all real-life hoopsters playing fictional characters), Taylor Takahashi as Boogie is solid but just doesn’t have the same level of game, on
The Costumes in Eddie Huang s Boogie Include Sandy Liang, YanYan and More Asian-American Labels I really tried to look for these very edgy and niche brands that only people in the know will know, says costume designer Vera Chow.
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Restauranteur, chef, author, television host, producer and general provocateur: Throughout his multi-faceted career, Eddie Huang has worn many hats. That includes fashion arbiter, as captured on the big screen in his directorial debut, Boogie. He s extremely fashionable. Listen,
I m fashionable, but he s extremely fashionable,” says the movie s costume designer Vera Chow, calling from Atlanta, where she s filming season 10 of The Walking Dead.
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