Una società di moda assume uno stagista decisamente fuori dagli schemi: Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) un settantenne pensionato che ha scoperto che in fondo la pensione non è come immaginava e decide così di sfruttare la prima occasione utile per rimettersi in pista. Nonostante le diffidenze iniziali, Ben dimostrerà alla fondatrice della compagnia (Anne Hathaway) di essere una valida risorsa per l’azienda e tra i due nascerà un’inaspettata sintonia.
C'era una volta, nel lontano regno di Dor, una straordinaria magia nell'aria, risate in abbondanza e pinte di zuppa appetitosa. Ma, un giorno, accadde qualcosa che spezzò il cuore del Re, lasciando la principessa anelante e la cittadinanza senza zuppa. La luce del sole era sparita e il mondo era diventato grigio. Ogni speranza era svanita… fino al giorno in cui nacque Despereaux Tilling. Piccolo, aggraziato e con due orecchie fuori dalla norma, Despereaux è troppo grande per vivere in un mondo tanto piccolo. Rifiutandosi di abbassarsi al volere degli altri, va in aiuto a una principessa di nome Pea grazie alla quale impara a leggere (più che a mangiare) libri, divertendosi con storie di cavalieri, dragoni e dolci pulzelle.
Durante la Prima guerra mondiale, nella squadriglia più aristocratica dell’aviazione tedesca è fortissima la rivalità fra il tenente Bruno Stachel e Willi von Klugerman. Il primo aspira alla croce azzurra, l’altro, figlio di un generale, l’ha già ricevuta. I due si sfidano sia nelle questioni di cuore, sia nelle prodezze d’aviazione militare e acrobatica. La loro contesa, durante una battaglia con il nemico, giunge ad esiti tragici.
One Man's Hero racconta la storia poco conosciuta del "Battaglione di San Patrizio" o "San Patricios", un gruppo di immigrati principalmente irlandesi e di altra fede cattolica che hanno abbandonato il Messico dopo aver incontrato pregiudizi religiosi ed etnici negli Stati Uniti. Esercito durante la guerra messicano-statunitense. La trama è incentrata sulla storia personale di John Riley, un irlandese che era stato un sergente dell'esercito americano che viene nominato capitano dell'esercito messicano e comanda il battaglione, mentre guida i suoi uomini in battaglia e lotta con le autorità su entrambi lati del confine
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…
A righteous husband-and-wife swordfighting duo struggle to protect China from the machinations of Japanese pirates and corrupt officials.
A boy is raised by a village chieftain after his mother loses him in the woods. As time passes and he grows up, he falls in love with a princess who is under the spell of a witch and decides to save her
Senor Quexana has read so many books on chivalry that he believes that he is the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. So Don Quixote sets off on his horse, accompanied by his squire Sancho Panza on a mule, to perform valiant deeds. They mistakenly save the Lady Altisidora who is so amused that she invites them to visit the Duke to provide some merriment at court. Among other deeds, Don Quixote frees some prisoners, who then turn upon him, and Don Quixote attacks a windmill that he imagines is a monstrous wizard.
Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary urban life. Rachel is a young archivist living and working in Wellington, New Zealand. Feeling alone and disconnected from life, she projects her romantic fantasies onto the paintings she loves, until one day her song brings Reginald - a Knight of the Realm - to life. His carefree innocence and zest for life begin to open Rachel up to the beauty around her, but the fates have a way of making trouble when miracles occur...
Lui Yik-pang is reduced to his wits' end to rein the Golden Butterfly. Chong Tak-ming emerges as the suspect. The friendship and ties between former classmates Lui and Chong date back years ago. When the impoverished Chong turned to banditry, Lui abided by the law and arrested Chong. Chong repented and bore no grudges. Chong's daughter Ching-han and Lui's son Siu-man are lovers. Ching-han reinvents herself as a chivalrous bandit and robs the rich to help the poor after the imprisonment of her father and the death of her mother. Endowed with her father's gifts, Ching-han remains out of the law's reach, until she is tailed by the father enlisted in the police service. A bitter row ensues; the father's underling Sung Sing-biu snatches the stolen goods and activates the security system. Ching-han is prepared to turn herself in when Sung surrenders himself as a gesture of gratitude to his benefactor. Attending the wedding banquet, Lui brings his son and daughter-in-law a golden butterfly.
A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.
After an old soldier named Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) wrote the adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, the knight and his squire have become very popular. When he learns that the Turkish comes along the Mediterranean coast with a powerful army, Don Quixote will undertake, again opposed by his niece and his housekeeper, a new adventure that begins in La Mancha and ends on the coast.