Opens Friday, Jun 14, 2013 Synopsis: Infernal Affairs co-director Andrew Lau takes the helm for this remake of the Shaw Brothers classic Master of the Flying Guillotine set during the fall of the Qing Dynasty, when a group of clandestine assassins are repurposed for a malevolent new cause. When Emperor Yong Zheng rules the land, he maintained his strength through the power of the Guillotines, an elite team of assassins tasked with eliminating all opposition. Though the Guillotines are deemed disposable when Emperor Qian Long comes into power, the new ruler attempts to consolidate his might by unleashing the gang of killers on the defeated Han Chinese, leading to a violent power struggle between the oppressed masses, and the malevolent monarch. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Huang Xiaoming, Ethan Juan, Shawn Yue, Li Yuchun, Jing Boran Movie Details
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Now Playing Synopsis: With the entire globe still in shock following World War II, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Tommy Lee Jones) and his aide Gen. Bonner Fellers (Matthew Fox) arrive in a devastated Japan on a sensitive mission to determine whether beloved Japanese emperor Hirohito should be tried and executed for war crimes in this historical drama from director Peter Webber (Girl With a Pearl Earring, Hannibal Rising). During his investigation, Gen. Fellers experiences an emotional reunion with his long-lost lover Aya (Eriko Hatsune), a former Japanese exchange student who taught him about her nation's culture and customs. When Aya goes missing over the course of his inquiry, he embarks on an arduous quest to find her that not only opens his eyes to the destruction that has befallen the once-proud country, but also helps to inform the monumental decision he must make. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune Movie Details Play Trailer
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...organizers planned to end on a lighter tone. Performing last, the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra will play lighter songs, such as "Emperor Waltz No. 1" by Johann Strauss, a light happy tune, and "Blue Tango" by Leroy Anderson, which Vollum-Matturro described...
In 1837 Hans Christian Andersen penned his classic tale, ?The Emperor?s New Suit.? A story about a politician so consumed about appearance, he attempts to persuade his constituents into believing...
...stilted and dull. Unfortunately, Disney's efforts aside from Pixar have been less than stellar. Atlantis ? Ho hum. The Emperor's New Groove ? Yikes. It's getting a little scary. Now, after delving into the worlds of bugs and toys, Disney and...
...thing they could do before they had any industry was make art.'' In 1867, the ruling Emperor Komei died and the last shogun resigned. The new Meiji emperor, Mutsuhito, made sweeping reforms to modernize the country. He patronized the nation's...
...direction. "I'm not going to buy all that B.S. If they purport something to be what it's not, I'm going to say the emperor has no clothes. That's what I do and that's what I will continue to do," Myers said. Myers works as an emergency mental...
...which is King's Day in Germany, and that is when the three Wisemen are put out. Bamberg, which used to be the court of an emperor, has the palace opened at Christmas and all kinds of Nativity scenes are on display to see. She also tells of the wonderful...
...ideological foundation upon which Japan's emperor-worshipping military machine was built...Under State Shinto, the divinity of the emperor and the special place of the Japanese...forces after the war, however, the late Emperor Hirohito publicly renounced the idea he...
...species of peeps, or ask the guides where the rare or most unusual birds have been seen that day. For instance, there were six emperor geese mixed in with a group of greater white-fronted geese in Beluga Slough on Tuesday, so you never know what may pop up...
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