Curse Of The Golden Flower: China Later Tang Dynasty 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor returns unexpectedly with his second son Prince Jai. His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress this seems disingenuous. For many years the Empress and Crown Prince Wan her stepson have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile Prince Jai the faithful son grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Amazing martial arts fighting sequences (choreographed by Yuen wo Ping - The Matrix) stunning special effects action adventure and romance have made Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon the most talked about movie of the year. Martial arts masters Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) and Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) battle against evil forces to recover their stolen sword the legendary Green Destiny.
On July 7 1996 the Marley family enchanted a New York audience of over 30 000. All came to share in the spirit and feel the magic of this inspiring tribute to Bob Marley by his family. The stirring performances include many of Bob's greatest hits along with a righteous selection of current material. Songs Include: Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers: 'Stir It Up' 'Get Up Stand Up' 'Sun Is Shining' 'Natty Dread' 'Positive Vibration' 'Water And Oil' 'Free Like Me Want To
No Rules. After a deadly security breach in the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (JIATF) the FBI ask for help from the Miami authorities who are not part of the compromised group. This assignment goes to Detectives James 'Sonny' Crockett (Farrell) and Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs (Foxx). Going undercover as offshore boat racers and outlaw smugglers Sonny Burnett and Rico Cooper they take on the narcotrafficking network of the mysterious Archangel de Jesus Montoya-Londono and his Cuban Chinese banker Isabella (Gong Li) where the intensity of the case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge. Identity and fabrication become blurred cop and player become one... Writer/director Michael Mann returns to the iconic 1980s series which he co-created. While the white Ferrari Testarossa Jan Hammer synthesizer music and fashion excess may have been left behind with original duo Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas Colin Farrell and Mann regular Jamie Foxx are more than a match in the new bigger louder and just as thrilling big screen outing for Crockett and Tubbs!
An anthology of gems from the Classic Rock Legends vaults. Featuring: Asia Wishbone Ash Hawkwind Ian Gilllan Saxon Caravan The Strawbs Lindisfarne Sky Rick Wakeman Ronnie Montrose Steeleye Span Robin Trower Jan Akkermann Gong Dr. Feelgood Tom Robinson.
The title character a peasant sold as a concubine to a cruel old man is played by the beautiful Gong Li one of the great actresses of our time who followed this brilliant work with spectacular performances in The Story of Qiu Ju (1991) Raise the Red Lantern (1992) and Farewell My Concubine (1993). Li Wei plays her master the childless owner of a dye mill in the agrarian China of the 1920s. Li Wei's fine performance combines craftiness with iniquity. The third character in the tragic triangle is Jin-shan's nephew Yang Tianqing a modest man who does most of the work in the dye mill. Ju Dou falls in love with Tianqing almost by default and it is their ill-fated love that leads to tragedy.
Miami Vice: After a deadly security breach in the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (JIATF) the FBI ask for help from the Miami authorities who are not part of the compromised group. This assignment goes to Detectives James 'Sonny' Crockett (Farrell) and Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs (Foxx). Going undercover as offshore boat racers and outlaw smugglers Sonny Burnett and Rico Cooper they take on the narcotrafficking network of the mysterious Archangel de Jesus Montoya-Londono and his Cuban Chinese banker Isabella (Gong Li) where the intensity of the case pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge. Identity and fabrication become blurred cop and player become one... Writer/director Michael Mann returns to the iconic 1980s series which he co-created. While the white Ferrari Testarossa Jan Hammer synthesizer music and fashion excess may have been left behind with original duo Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas Colin Farrell and Mann regular Jamie Foxx are more than a match in the new bigger louder and just as thrilling big screen outing for Crockett and Tubbs! Scarface: Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film in this gripping crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. Scarface follows the violent career of a small-time Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire...
Arthur Golden's blockbuster bestseller Memoirs Of A Geisha has been brilliantly brought to the big screen by Oscar-nominated director Rob Marshall. The film opens in a remote Japanese fishing village in 1929 where two sisters Chiyo and Satsu are sold by their troubled father to people who place Chiyo in a classy geisha house known as an okiya in Gion and Satsu in a much more vulgar and dangerous district. Chiyo becomes a maid to Hatsumomo a cold controlling and calculating geisha who is instantly jealous of Chiyo's unusual beautiful eyes and childish innocence. Chiyo is befriended by Pumpkin another maid at the okiya but the two are soon driven apart. Chiyo is shown compassion by the Chairman and another more successful geisha Mameha who takes her under her wing as her little sister furthering the battle between Chiyo now called Sayuri and Hatsumomo. As Sayuri is trained in the art of being a geisha learning how to walk talk dance and serve (up to a point) in order to please and honor her distinguished male clients World War II looms on the horizon threatening to upend Japan and its old ways. Memoirs Of A Geisha is a lush sweeping historical and romantic Oscar-winning epic featuring gorgeous period costumes - primarily the exquisite kimono worn by the geisha. Featuring a fantastic cast of Ziyi Zhang (in her first English speaking role) Michelle Yeoh Ken Watanabe and Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa with an enchanting score from John Williams. Winner of 3 Oscars for Best Costume Design Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.
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