Temptation 8

In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, HBO presents a collection of perspectives from a diverse group of Asian Americans.

Catch the spark after dark at Disneyland Park. And say farewell to one of the Magic Kingdom's most celebrated traditions - The Main Street Electrical Parade. Where else, but in The Main Street Electrical Parade, could you see an illuminated 40-foot-long fire-breathing dragon? And hear the energy of its legendary melody one last time? It's unforgettable after-dark magic that will glow in your heart long after the last float has disappeared.

Brent Weinbach is weird. In this show, Brent attempts to adjust his quirky personality so that he can fit in with the world around him, which would be valuable to his career as a comedian and entertainer. Through an absurd and abstract discourse, Brent explores the ways in which he can appeal to a broader, mainstream audience, so that ultimately, he can become successful in show business.

Statesman and poet Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee's eloquence and vision shaped India's destiny. A look at his remarkable life as he led his country through a challenging period of change and development as the 10th Prime Minister of India.

Die Handlung spielt im Zweiten Weltkrieg in der Slowakei und handelt von einem Handwerker namens Tono, der das Angebot bekommt, das Geschäft einer alten, jüdischen Frau übernehmen zu dürfen. Er geht darauf ein, die alte Frau jedoch denkt, er sei auf der Suche nach Arbeit und stellt ihm ein. Die beiden lernen sich besser kennen und mögen sich, doch dannkommt der Tag, an dem alle Juden – auch sie – aus der Stadt gebracht werden, und Tono bemerkt, daß er einen riesigen Fehler begangen hat.

A vengeful mother-in-law locks horns with her daughter-in-law in a twisted tale laced with dark comedy, political intrigue, and chilling thrills.

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish.

In answer to an orphan boy's prayers, the divine Lord Krishna comes to Earth, befriends the boy, and helps him find a loving family.

A man is painting a landscape. A woman is holding two cups. What can go wrong? A nightmare in pink.

Prem und Suman entstammen aus gänzlich unterschiedlichen Welten. Durch die Liebe finden die beiden zueinander und überbrücken damit auch die tiefen gesellschaftlichen Gräben zwischen ihren Familien.

Rahul (Imran Khan) befindet sich auf dem besten Wege, genauso zu werden wie seine Eltern: stets fleißig und brav, sprich langweilig. Als er unerwartet seinen Job als Architekt in Las Vegas verliert, trifft er auf die quirlige Riana (Kareena Kapoor), die sein Leben im Handumdrehen auf den Kopf stellt. Nach einer durchzechten Nacht wachen beide in Rahuls Bett auf und müssen feststellen, dass sie sich im betrunkenen Zustand das Ja-Wort gegeben haben. Wie soll er das bloß seinen Eltern beibringen? Die Bollywoodstars Kareena Kapoor (RA.ONE – SUPERHELD MIT HERZ) und Imran Khan (DU LIEBST MICH, DU LIEBST MICH NICHT – JAANE TU... YA JAANE NA) in einer erfrischenden romantischen Komödie über die Irrungen und Wirrungen einer Beziehung, die erst nach der Hochzeit so richtig beginnt.

Boy is the unsettling story of a young male prostitute, or Rent Boy, in a small rural town who learns the truth behind a hit and run accident which has killed a local girl. When the news of the girls death spreads through the community, the driver and his family decide that the boy must be silenced. The set out to scare him into silence. The pressure becomes more and more violent, but despite this, the boy battles to expose the truth.

The Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple had an opportunity to take part in an episode of East of Main Street, an HBO documentary series that has been produced for the past three years to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year’s episode, Milestones, focuses on how different groups of Asian Americans mark the milestones throughout their lives.

A small town in Spain, October 1955. Isabel, a 35-year-old dreamer who feels like a failure because she is not married yet, becomes the new target of a group of soulless pranksters.

Relive the magic of Thongchai "Bird" McIntyre's captivating performance at Bangkok Youth Center in 1988

Once known for his intellectual prowess, a retired professor (Anupam Kher) begins experiencing memory gaps and periods of forgetfulness. But while he tries to laugh it off, it soon becomes clear that the symptoms are a sign of a more serious illness, prompting his grown daughter (Urmila Matondkar) to move in as his caretaker. Meanwhile, as his mind regresses, he recalls a traumatic childhood memory involving the death of Mahatma Gandhi.

Photographer Grigory Yaroshenko gets a chance to visit Antarctica and learn about the life of polar explorers. But his wife is expecting their second child, and life changes. Gregory is faced with the question of male self-identification and acceptance of new family circumstances.

Kathleen Madigan drops in on Detroit to deliver material derived from time spent with her Irish Catholic Midwest family, eating random pills out of her mother's purse, touring Afghanistan, and her love of John Denver and the Lunesta butterfly.

Marineleutnant Horatio Hornblower wird auf das Schlachtschiff Renown versetzt und segelt unter dem Befehl des betagten Captain Sawyer gegen die Spanier in der Karibik. Sawyer ist ein Weggefährte des späten Lord Nelson, doch sind seine besten Tage längst gezählt, und aktuell herrschen schlimme Zustände unter seinem von Psychosen aller Preisklassen und Medikamentenmissbrauch gefärbten Kommando. Als krasse Fehlentscheidungen jedermanns Leben an Bord zu gefährden drohen, entheben ihn Hornblower und ein paar Gefährten des Amtes.

A young boy escapes his troubled home, finding solace I in boxing at an army hostel, where he channels his pain into strength to protect his family.