Posts Tagged ‘buddhism’

Anna and the King (1999)

Monday, July 13th, 2009
Genres: Drama | History | Romance
Countries: USA
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This is the story of Anna Leonowens, the English schoolteacher who came to Siam in the 1860s to teach the children of King Mongkut. She becomes involved in his affairs, from the tragic plight of a young concubine to trying to forge an alliance with Britain to a war with Burma that is orchestrated by Britain. In the meantime, a subtle romance develops between them.

Baraka (1992)

Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Genres: Documentary | War
Countries: USA
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Directors: Ron Fricke
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Without words, cameras show us the world, with an emphasis not on “where,” but on “what’s there.” It begins with morning, natural landscapes and people at prayer: volcanoes, water falls, veldts, and forests; several hundred monks do a monkey chant. Indigenous peoples apply body paint; whole villages dance. The film moves to destruction of nature via logging, blasting, and strip mining. Images of poverty, rapid urban life, and factories give way to war, concentration camps, and mass graves. Ancient ruins come into view, and then a sacred river where pilgrims bathe and funeral pyres burn. Prayer and nature return. A monk rings a huge bell; stars wheel across the sky.

The Matrix (1999)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Keanu Reeves | Laurence Fishburne | Carrie-Anne Moss | Hugo Weaving | Gloria Foster | Joe Pantoliano | Marcus Chong | Julian Arahanga | Matt Doran | Belinda McClory | Anthony Ray Parker | Paul Goddard | Robert Taylor | David Aston | Marc Gray
Directors: Larry Wachowski | Andy Wachowski
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In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is “farmed” to fuel the Matrix’s campaign of domination in the “real” world. He joins like-minded Rebel warriors Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie Ann Moss) in their struggle to overthrow the Matrix.

Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Brad Pitt | David Thewlis | B. D. Wong | Mako | Danny Denzongpa | Victor Wong | Ingeborga Dapkunaite | Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk | Lhakpa Tsamchoe | Jetsun Pema | Ama Ashe Dongtse
Directors: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Heinrich Harrer runs from trouble at home in WWII Austria to climb Mt. Nanga Parbat. After meeting unforseen obstacles, he comes into contact with the forbidden city of Lhasa.

The Fountain (2006)

Friday, October 19th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Hugh Jackman | Rachel Weisz | Ellen Burstyn | Mark Margolis | Stephen McHattie | Fernando Hernandez | Cliff Curtis | Sean Patrick Thomas | Donna Murphy | Ethan Suplee | Richard McMillan | Lorne Brass | Abraham Aronofsky | Renee Asofsky | Anish Majumdar
Directors: Darren Aronofsky
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Three stories - one each from the past, present, and future - about men in pursuit of eternity with their love. A conquistador in Mayan country searches for the tree of life to free his captive queen; a medical researcher, working with various trees, looks for a cure that will save his dying wife; a space traveler, traveling with an aged tree encapsulated within a bubble, moves toward a dying star that’s wrapped in a nebula; he seeks eternity with his love. The stories intersect and parallel; the quests fail and succeed.

American Pie 2 (2001)

Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jason Biggs | Shannon Elizabeth | Alyson Hannigan | Chris Klein | Thomas Ian Nicholas | Natasha Lyonne | Tara Reid | Seann William Scott | Mena Suvari | Eddie Kaye Thomas | Chris Owen | Eugene Levy | Molly Cheek | Denise Faye | Lisa Arturo
Directors: James B. Rogers
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After their first year at college, the guys reunite for another summer of fun. Jim continues his quest for sexual independence by seeking the help of his old prom date, Michele, after an unexpected call from Nadia who plans to visit Jim. Meanwhile, Kev and Vicky find themselves in an awkward situation after having broken up for a year. Oz must deal with a long distance relationship when Heather heads off to France to study abroad. Old feuds die hard as the ever-so-horny Stifler harbors his hatred toward Finch, who is practicing the Hindu practice of Tantra.

The Golden Child (1986)

Friday, August 24th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: J.L. Reate | Eddie Murphy | Charles Dance | Charlotte Lewis | Victor Wong | Randall 'Tex' Cobb | James Hong | Shakti | Tau Logo | Tiger Chung Lee | Pons Maar | Peter Kwong | Wally Taylor | Eric Douglas | Charles Levin
Directors: Michael Ritchie
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Eddie Murphy plays a detective with a speciality of finding lost children. He is told he is the ‘Chosen one’ who will find and protect the Golden Child, a Bhuddist mystic who was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Murphy disbelieves the mysticism but finds more and more evidence of demon worship as he investigates.

I Heart Huckabees (2004)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Jason Schwartzman | Isabelle Huppert | Dustin Hoffman | Lily Tomlin | Jude Law | Mark Wahlberg | Naomi Watts | Angela Grillo | Ger Duany | Darlene Hunt | Kevin Dunn | Benny Hernandez | Richard Appel | Benjamin Nurick | Jake Muxworthy
Directors: David O. Russell
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Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe.

The Last Emperor (1987)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: China | France | Italy | UK
Actors: John Lone | Joan Chen | Peter O'Toole | Ruocheng Ying | | Dennis Dun | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Maggie Han | Ric Young | Vivian Wu | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Jade Go | Fumihiko Ikeda | Richard Vuu | Tsou Tijger
Directors: Bernardo Bertolucci
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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People’s Republic.

The Medallion (2003)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Thriller
Countries: Hong Kong | USA
Actors: Jackie Chan | Lee Evans | Claire Forlani | Julian Sands | John Rhys-Davies | Anthony Wong Chau-Sang | Christy Chung | Johann Myers | Alex Bao | Siu-Ming Lau | Diana C. Weng | Chow Pok Fu | Chan Tat Kwong | Wai Cheung Mak | Anthony Carpio
Directors: Gordon Chan
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Eddie, an indomitable Hong Kong cop, is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers after a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion. Eddie enlists the help of British Interpol agent Nicole to determine the secret of the medallion and face down the evil Snakehead who wants to use its magical powers for his own nefarious plans.