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The Truman Show

Author: Anonymous

April 1, 2014

Director: Peter Weir Screenplay: Andrew Niccol Producers: Paramount Pictures. Scott Rudin Productions Cast: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor, Brian Delate, Blair Slater, Peter Krause, Heidi Schanz, Ron Taylor, Don Taylor, Ted Raymond, Judy Clayton, Fritz Dominique, Angel Schmiedt “The Truman Show” is a 1998 North American movie directed by [...]

Pay it forward

Author: Anonymous

April 1, 2014

Release year: 2000 Duration: 123 minutes Movie category: Drama, Romance Director: Mimi Leder Writers: Catherine Ryan Hyde (book), Leslie Dixon (screenplay) Main actors: Kevin Spacey, Haley Joel Osment and Helen Hunt Life lessons from an 11-year old boy! At the beginning of the school year, a teacher writes an exercise on the blackboard. “Think of [...]

The Monkey King and the Mangoes

Author: Anonymous

March 21, 2014

Once upon a time, the Buddha came into the world as a Monkey King and ruled over 80,000 monkeys. He was very tall and strong and had wisdom like the sun. In his kingdom on the banks of the Ganges River, there was a mango tree as big as the moon. The 80,000 monkeys jumped [...]

The Man in the Moon

Author: Anonymous

March 21, 2014

There was a blacksmith once who complained: “I am not well, and my work is too warm. I want to be a stone on the mountain. There it must be cool, for the wind blows and the trees give a shade.” A wise man who had power over all things replied: “Go you, be a [...]

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Author: Anonymous

March 1, 2014

Release year: 2009 Duration: 162 minutes Movie category: Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director: James Cameron Writers:  James Cameron Main actors:  Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver In a future not so far away, people discover a new planet, Pandora. This planet contains a mineral which people use as fuel. The People try first to civilize [...]

The Symbolism of the Scarab

Author: M.A. Carrillo de Albornoz & M.A. Fernández

February 22, 2014

The scarab is the most venerated, the most common and the most familiar of the Egyptian symbols. Its symbolism is twofold: with its folded wings, it represents the disciple, life that has not yet come into existence, that starts its journey trying slowly to unfold its wings until it can flap them quickly. Then, this [...]