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Foreign language films, that is “non-English” to westerners, are generally ignored by American audiences. Many friends complain to me that “I don’t want to read subtitles”. It can be a little distracting to look away from the visual image, especially if it’s a well shot film. Unfortunately, the alternative is usually some pretty bad dubbing, [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 1:26 am
Filed under All, Movies · Tagged Actors, bad dubbing, bernardo bertolucci, carlos suara, carmen, chungking express, cinema paradiso, city of god, fallen angels, film, films, foreign films, Foreign language films, foreign movies, France, Hero, Hong Kong, India, jan sverak, jean de florette, katia lund, kolya, mira nair, movie, Movies, Oscar, salaam bombay, Spain, The conformist, The Seven Samurai, western films, wong kar-wai, youtube, Zhang Yimou
If you are looking to travel and want to go back in time here are ten great historic travel destinations for the history buff on the go. From Castles to Great Walls to Pyramids here you will find 10 Historical destinations that everyone should visit. Do you have any places in mind that are both [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 1:00 am
Filed under All, Engineering, Travel · Tagged abu simbel, Al Khazneh, angko wat, architecture, athena, baroque, blarney castle, building, castle, castles, china, coliseum, egypt, england, France, great wall of china, India, Lost City of the Incas, Louvre, machu picchu, Museum, Neuschwanstein Castle, parthenon, petra, prague castle, pyramids, rome, seven wonders, stonehenge, taj mahal, Travel
No visit to a new country would be complete without trying the native moonshine. Just as culinary tastes differ throughout the world, as do beverages. Most countries share the old favorites of beer and wine, but here’s a list of poisons solely unique to particular regions – for good reasons.
10. Argentinean Maté
Although not alcoholic, this [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under All, Food · Tagged absinthe, alcohol, Argentina, banned, beer, brand, cachaca, calabash gourd, cocktail caipirinha, concoction, crimes, culinary tastes, France, guinness, liquor, list of poisons, mate, moonshine, ouzo, pisco, poison, rakia, Russia, russian vodka, sake, vodka, water, wine
The diamond has been called a girl’s best friend, but in many cases these diamonds were their worst enemy. Throughout the ages diamonds have symbolized beauty and the women who wore them were some of the most beautiful and powerful women to grace this earth. Unfortunately these diamonds also carry with them death, sorrow and [...]
Posted by Heather Matthews on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 1:15 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, Nature · Tagged Burton Diamond, death, Debbie Reynolds, diamond, diamonds, Elizabeth Taylor, fabulous gems, France, Henry IV, hope diamond, Hortense, Hortensia, India, infamy, jewelry, Josephine, la peregrina pearl, London, Louvre, museum in paris, Paris, Regent, Richard Burton, romance, Russia, Sancy