Lisa See’s bestselling novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is set in China in the 1800s. In her introduction to the novel, See writes that Lily, the narrator, was born in 1823 — “the third year of Emperor Daoguangs reign”
Plot summary
A language kept a secret for a thousand years forms the backdrop for an [...]
The End of the World?
2012 is a 2009 action film-disaster film based loosely on the 2012 phenomenon and directed by Roland Emmerich. The film has an ensemble cast, including John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Woody Harrelson. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Filming began in August [...]
Nodame Cantabile is an ongoing manga by Tomoko Ninomiya. It has been serialized in Japan by Kodansha in the magazine Kiss since 2001 and collected in 21 tankōbon volumes as of August 2008. It is licensed in North America by Del Rey Manga. The series depicts the relationship between two aspiring classical musicians, Megumi “Nodame” [...]
It Started with a Kiss a popular Taiwanese drama that aired on China Television and Gala Television from September 25, 2005, to February 12, 2006. It was based on the first 10 volumes of the Japanese manga series Itazura na Kiss
Summary
Yuan Xiang Qin (Ariel Lin) is a bumbling, naïve, but optimistic high school girl. [...]
Love Happens,formerly known as Brand New Day and Traveling, is an upcoming romantic drama film directed by Brandon Camp and starring Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston . Filming took place in in Vancouver, Canada. It is set to be released on September 18, 2009. It is rated PG-13 for “some language including sexual references” by [...]
10 Things I Hate About You is an American television sitcom that will be broadcast on ABC Family in 2009.
The show is a half-hour, single camera series based on the 1999 film of the same name, originally based on the Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew.
The Stratford sisters, Bianca (Meaghan Jette Martin) and Kat [...]
The Kingdom of The Winds drama is adapted from a manhwa by Kim Jin. The drama is about the life of the third King of Koguryeo, King Muhyul/Daemosin who was called the god of wars. The drama depicted Muhyul as a person who was born with a curse to kill his parents, siblings, son and [...]
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Nora Ephron. Based on a story by Jeff Arch, it stars Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin and Meg Ryan as Annie Reed.
The film was inspired by An Affair to Remember and used both its theme song and clips from the film [...]
The Secret of Moonacre is a film adaptation of the novel The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge. The film, which started filming on 1 October 2007, was released in February 2009. The World Premiere was held at Toronto International Film Festival in 2008.
It stars Dakota Blue Richards in the lead role as Maria. She [...]
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, both of whom star in the film.
Set in Boston, Massachusetts, it tells the story of Will Hunting (Damon), a troubled Irish-Catholic young man from South Boston who, although a prodigy, a polymath and an [...]
