Victor Wong
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Who hasn't wished for a superpower? Maybe it's to be able to regenerate like Wolverine, or fly like Shazam? How about the ability to turn invisible like Violet Parr, or have superstrength like the Hulk? What about being able to control minds like the Scarlet Witch, or even be immortal like Klaus Hargreeves? Well, grab your cape and tights, because scientists are working to replicate many of the superpowers we see in comics and movies and on television....
2) 3 ninjas
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Three young brothers trained in the ways of the ninja battle an organized crime ring and outwit some very persistent kidnappers.
3) Dim sum
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A Chinese immigrant widow faces the New Year with apprehension after it is predicted that it would be the year she dies. Her list of things to do, which includes seeing her daughter get married and visiting China one last time, soon comes into focus.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1188
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
DVD edition.
Language
English
Description
Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her desires.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1188
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray edition.
Language
English
Description
Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her desires.
Series
Criterion collection volume 422
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The life of [Chinese] Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City"--Container
Language
English
Formats
Description
Heinrich Harrer is an Austrian national and a Nazi sympathizer. He leaves Austria in 1939 to climb a mountain in the Himalayas. Through a series of circumstances (including POW camp), he and fellow climber Peter Aufschnaiter become the only two foreigners in the Tibetan holy city of Lhasa. There, Heinrich's life changes forever as he becomes a close confidant to the Dalai Lama.
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
The 3 ninjas, Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum, are spending the summer with their martial artist grandfather when their friendship with a local Native American girl, Jo, pulls them into a modern-day battle between the local Native Americans and a corrupt businessman.
11) The last emperor
Series
Criterion collection volume 422
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
[Blu-ray version, Widescreen format], Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
Description
"The life of Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne in 1908 at the age of three, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City."--Container
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
[Full screen ed.].
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Inspired by the story of a real-life hero. When an ill-advised fight destroys the reputation of a renowned martial arts champion and his family, his difficult path to redemption will bring him face-to-face with the most ferocious fighters in the world.
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