Tag Archives: chinese

Shanghai Kiss

IMDB Rating: 7.20
1233 votes

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A struggling Chinese-American actor, who unwittingly finds himself involved with a high school girl, learns he has inherited his grandmother's home in Shanghai. The American-raised character moves to China in an attempt to connect with his ancestry, leaving behind quite possibly the only girl who has ever loved him.
Actors
Liam LiuKen Leung
Adelaide BourbonHayden Panettiere
Micki YangKelly Hu
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

Seven Years in Tibet

IMDB Rating: 6.60
17243 votes

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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.
Actors
Heinrich HarrerBrad Pitt
Peter AufschnaiterDavid Thewlis
Ngawang JigmeB. D. Wong
Also posted in 1997, Adventure, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Norbit

IMDB Rating: 3.00
5609 votes

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Norbit (Murphy) is a normal person, who after being adopted by Mr. Wong (Murphy), ends up being married to the very large, Rasputia (Murphy). Norbit's childhood love, Kate Thomas (Newton) arrives back in town to buy the orphanage. Norbit sees this as his chance to get back together with Kate, until he discovers that she is in fact engaged to Deion Hughes (Gooding, Jr.). Norbit isn't going to lay this to rest, whilst he tries to survive life with Rasputia, and it looks like Deion also has something he would like to keep secret.
Actors
Norbit/Rasputia/Mr. WongEddie Murphy
Kate ThomasThandie Newton
Big Jack LatimoreTerry Crews
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Romance | Comments (0)

The Pink Panther

IMDB Rating: 4.90
11747 votes

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When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Insp. Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) assigns the worst police inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) to the case. His intention is to give a diversion to the press, while he uses his best men to chase the killer and thief. He assigns Gendarme Gilbert Ponton (Jean Reno) to work with Closeau and inform each step of the investigation. When Clouseau is nominated with honor to the highest prize in France, Dreyfus decides to humiliate Clouseau and take him out of the case. However Clouseau has already solved the mystery.
Actors
ClouseauSteve Martin
DreyfusKevin Kline
PontonJean Reno
Also posted in 2006, Comedy, Crime, Mystery | Comments (1)

The Legend of Zorro

IMDB Rating: 5.70
9048 votes

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The Legendary Zorro goes off on another adventure to protect the future of California and its citizens. This time, he fights against evil-doers with the help of his beautiful wife, Elena, and their precocious young son, Joaquin. Alejandro De LaVega is torn between two worlds: his life as Zorro and his life as a family man. After Alejandro once again breaks his promise to stop wearing the mask, Elena leaves him, and soon begins seeing Armand, a haughty French Count. But a mysterious explosion in the desert leads Zorro to believe that there's more to Armand than meets the eye, and our hero is intent on finding out what that is. Little does he know, there are others working to uncover certain truths as well.
Actors
Brother IgnacioAlberto Reyes
Frey FelipeJulio Oscar Mechoso
CortezGustavo Sanchez-Parra
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Western | Comments (0)

Kung fu

IMDB Rating: 7.80
22959 votes

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Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves around a hapless wannabe gangster who aspires to become a member of the notorious "Axe Gang." Other characters include an obnoxious landlady and her apparently frail husband who exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
Actors
SingStephen Chow
Crocodile Gang BossXiaogang Feng
LandlordWah Yuen
Also posted in 2004, Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Shanghai Noon

IMDB Rating: 6.50
18331 votes

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A 19th century Western. Chon Wang is a clumsy Imperial Guard to the Emperor of China. When Princess Pei Pei is kidnapped from the Forbidden City, Wang feels personally responsible and insists on joining the guards sent to rescue the Princess, who has been whisked away to the United States. In Nevada and hot on the trail of the kidnappers, Wang is separated from the group and soon finds himself an unlikely partner with Roy O'Bannon, a small time robber with delusions of grandeur. Together, the two forge onto one misadventure after another.
Actors
Curtis Armstrong
Chon WangJackie Chan
Roy O'BannonOwen Wilson
Also posted in 2000, Action, Adventure, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Western | Comments (16)

Empire of the Sun

IMDB Rating: 7.50
12089 votes

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An aristocratic British youth is seperated from his family at the start of World War II after the Japanese Army invades British controlled areas of China. Reduced to living on the street and fighting for food, the youth is eventually interned in a Japanese POW camp for British civilians. Here, admiration quickly develops both for captured American pilots and the Japanese themselves. When the war ends, the boy torn from everything he knew attempts to again find his parents.
Actors
Jim 'Jamie' GrahamChristian Bale
BasieJohn Malkovich
Mrs. VictorMiranda Richardson
Also posted in 1987, Drama, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (1)

Fist of Fury

IMDB Rating: 6.90
2163 votes

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Chen Chen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher's death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on with his mastery of martial arts while investigating his teacher's murder.
Actors
Chen ZhenBruce Lee
Yuan Le-erhNora Miao
Chang Chun-hsiaJames Tien
Also posted in 1972, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

007 Goldfinger

IMDB Rating: 7.80
22340 votes

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The powerful tycoon Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) has initiated "Operation Grand Slam," a cataclysmic scheme to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. James Bond, armed with his specially equipped Aston Martin (its accessory package includes built-in machine guns, a smoke screen and an ejector seat), must stop the plan by overcoming several outrageous adversaries. First there's Oddjob (Harold Sakata), the mute servant who kills at the toss of a lethal hat; next, the beautiful Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton), who gives new meaning to the phrase "golden girl"; and finally, sexy pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), whose romantic feelings for Bond complicate her involvement in Goldfinger's high-flying scheme.
Actors
James BondSean Connery
Pussy GaloreHonor Blackman
Auric GoldfingerGert Fröbe
Also posted in 1964, Action, Adventure, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)