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The film's protagonist is Allan, a professional bodyguard based in Beijing whose tactical and martial arts skills and quick thinking have protected several statesmen from assassination. He is hired by James, a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, to protect his beautiful girlfriend Michelle Leung, who is the only surviving witness to a murder, after ...
The film was met with critical acclaim. The film has a score of 60% from Rotten Tomatoes based on ten reviews. [1]Roger Ebert from the Chicago-Sun Times awarded the film three out of four, and wrote, "A Great Wall is a human comedy about a Chinese-American family that goes to visit relatives in Peking, and within that simple premise are so many inspirations that the movie is interesting even ...
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Shop Small & Local. Katie Lynn Reynolds, travel advisor with KLR Travels, shares that skipping the chain stores in favor of small, locally-owned businesses is an excellent way to support the ...
The film is set during the Battle of Peking (1900) (modern day Beijing). Starvation, widespread in China, is affecting more than 100 million peasants by the summer of 1900. Approximately a thousand foreigners from various western industrialized countries have exploited their positions inside Beijing's legations, seeking control of the weakened ...
A movie poster for The Mummy was auctioned off for $453,000 in 1997, [67] making it the fifth most valuable poster. [66] Scripts: Casablanca (1942) Producer Hal B. Wallis's "working copy of the shooting script" sold for $68,750, including buyer's premium, on November 25, 2013. [68] Citizen Kane (1941)
Finding Mr. Right (simplified Chinese: 北京遇上西雅图; traditional Chinese: 北京遇上西雅圖; pinyin: Běijīng yùshàng Xiyǎtú) is a 2013 romantic comedy film written and directed by Xue Xiaolu. [5]
The Gate of Heavenly Peace is a three-hour documentary film about the 1989 protests at Tiananmen Square, which culminated in the violent government crackdown on June 4.The film uses archival footage and contemporary interviews with a wide range of Chinese citizens, including workers, students, intellectuals, and government officials, to revisit the events of "Beijing Spring."