http://culture.iflove.com Culture Express - Chinese and Western Civilization Mingled, Show of Chinese Traditional Culture and World Cultural Heritages Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:17:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Directed by Scott Stewart, Legion is an Apocalyptic film with a high concept biblical premise. Story: In a diner in the middle of the Mojave Desert, the locals are joined by a group of stranded passers-by, caught in the middle of the Apocalypse as they're surrounded by the demonic once-human army of ... http://culture.iflove.com/legion-movie-apocalyptic-thriller/ "Tooth Fairy", a comic movie, is clearly 20th Century Fox's attempt at replicating the success of Disney family comedies. Story: Hockey player Derek "Tooth Fairy" Thompson (Dwayne Johnson) is the most violent player in the minor leagues, but when he tells his girlfriend's young daughter the truth that there is no tooth fairy, he's ... http://culture.iflove.com/movie-tooth-fairy-a-family-comedy/ M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender will open in theaters on July 2nd. Recently, new banners for The Last Airbender have been released, attracting great attention. Based on Nickelodeon's animated TV series, the fantasy action adventure stars Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Jessica Jade Andres, Aasif Mandvi, Shaun ... http://culture.iflove.com/movie-last-airbender-posters-released/ Robert De Niro has been attached to play Alabama Governor George Wallace in the Civil Rights movie Selma, which is likely to be the next movie from Lee Daniels, director of Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire. Deadline Hollywood mentions a few of De Niro's projects including "a showy ... http://culture.iflove.com/robert-de-niro-to-play-role-of-a-governor-in-movie-selma/ Artists can play beautiful music with different kinds of instruments. Instruments are very importment for them. In traditional Japanese music, there are three general types of instruments - percussion instruments, stringed instruments and wind instruments, mostly flutes. In the last few years, there have been a growing number of artists who ... http://culture.iflove.com/japanese-musical-instruments-types-percussion-instruments-stringed-instruments-and-wind-instruments/ Japanese Ikebana (literally 'flowers kept alive') is a lot more complex than one of  the other countries. There are many schools, of which the most popular are Ikenobo, Sogetsu and Ohara. There are also different styles depending on the school and the plants and vase used. Ikenobo is the oldest school of ... http://culture.iflove.com/japanese-ikebana-schools-ikenobo-sogetsu-ohara/ Buddhism is one of religions. It is popular in China, especially in Japan. Buddhism originated in India and travelled through Korea and China to Japan in the mid-6th century AD. At first, there was some dispute among ruling families over whether to accept Buddhist teaching. It was adopted by the ... http://culture.iflove.com/japanese-buddhism-origin-and-development/ If you go to Japan during the festivals, you will have a happy experience. In Japan, matsuri fall into two broad categories - smaller matsuri in rural areas, usually held in spring or autumn and based around the rice-growing cycle; and extravagant matsuri held in large towns or cities, often ... http://culture.iflove.com/japanese-festivals-categories-smaller-matsuri-and-extravagant-matsuri/ DreamWorks will film the Shawn Levy-directed Real Steel in Michigan this June. The sci-fi action-adventure, starring Hugh Jackman, is targeted for a November 18, 2011 release. "The movie will be filmed primarily in Michigan at locations in metro Detroit and across the state," said the Detroit Free Press. In the film, based ... http://culture.iflove.com/movie-real-steel-be-filmed-michigan/ Avatar is one of the hottest movie recently. It almost dominates the whole film market. For the sixth week straight, the box office is all about James Cameron's Avatar, as it added another $36 million to set a new record for a movie's sixth weekend gross. It has now grossed ... http://culture.iflove.com/avatar-box-office-set-new-record-movie-sixth-weekend-gross/