Tag: history

Daily del.icio.us bookmarks

I was reading up on the subject of kung fu. History of Shaolin monastery makes a good part of it. As does Beijing Opera which created lots of kung fu movie stars (Jackie Chan as an example).

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Voting anniversary

I’ve just noticed that in my voting history at IMDb I have exactly 300 movies. Not so bad for a couple of years, if you ask me. In fact, I’ve watched a bit more than 300 movies technically. Some of the movies aren’t at IMDB, some I’ve seen but didn’t remember the title or didn’t vote at all, and some I’ve watched more than once.

Anyway, 300 is a round number. And it is a big one too. So I thought I’d post about it and acknoledge the fact.

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers (2001)Olga and I finally finished watching “Band of Brothers” series. We partially saw it before on TV and it was so good that I bought the DVD set and we watched all of them.

Directed by: David Frankel, Tom Hanks
Genres: War, Drama
Cast: Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg, Ron Livingston, Matthew Settle, Rick Warden, Frank John Hughes, Scott Grimes, Neal McDonough, Rick Gomez, Eion Bailey, James Madio, Kirk Acevedo, Michael Cudlitz, Richard Speight Jr., Dexter Fletcher
IMDB raintg: 9.6
My rating: 10.0 [rate 10.0]

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Kingdom of Heaven

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)Even if slowly, I do get there. I mean I’m going to catch up with all the movies that I am missing now. Today I watched “Kingdom of Heaven“.

Directed by: Ridley Scott
Genres: Drama, War, Action
Cast: Martin Hancock, Michael Sheen, Nathalie Cox, Eriq Ebouaney, Jouko Ahola, David Thewlis, Liam Neeson, Philip Glenister, Orlando Bloom, Bronson Webb, Kevin McKidd, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Steven Robertson, Marton Csokas, Alexander Siddig
IMDB raintg: 6.9
My rating: 5.5 [rate 5.5]

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Maya Ruins

TowerCastleI think that I don’t know anyone who is not interested in Maya. Maybe it is just my impression. Anyway. Here is an excellent website about Maya Ruins. There is a lot of information and pictures gathered from four countries: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Excellent navigation and extended bibliography with links to Amazon add to credibility and browsing satisfaction.

Enjoy.