domenica 20 giugno 2010
IMDbPY 4.6
Tonico per la mente, rinvigorente per il corpo! Provate IMDbPY 4.6 ed anche il vicino di casa del nipote del sosia del vostro partner noterà in voi la differenza!
In questa nuova versione, numerosi bug risolti ed alcune nuove features.
IMDbPY è un package Python per l'accesso e la gestione dei dati provenienti dal database di IMDb (sia via rete che in copia locale) e può accedere alle informazioni riguardanti film, persone, personaggi e compagnie.
Sono disponibili numerosi programmi basati su di esso.
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domenica 16 dicembre 2007
turistas!
Un gruppetto di turisti americani ed europei in Brasile si danno alla bella vita: alcol, sesso e feste sulla spiaggia.
Ma qual orrendo contrappasso dovrà subire Amerika: voi che con le vostre pelli bianche ed i vostri cazzoni mosci venite nel terzo mondo per divertirvi e quando vi serve ci usate come banca d'organi, state per subire la giusta punizione!!!
La trama non ha senso alcuno, l'originalità è sotto terra e tutto il resto fa pena. C'è "del valido", ma non mostra abbastanza. Di far paura, non se ne parla neanche.
Più un brutto film che un "filmbrutto", purtroppo.
Voto: 3.5. Trashometro® 4/10:
Tags: horror, Brasile, spiaggia, sesso, morte, chirurgo, ferita, organi, trapianto, espianto, banda, violenza, giungla, inseguimento, sparatoria, nuoto, grotta, fiume, avventura, drammatico, mistero, thriller, incidente, autobus, turista, bambini.
Turistas (2006)
Regista: John Stockwell
Scrittore: Michael Ross
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Adventure
Valutazione: 4.6/10 (7484 voti)
Durata: 93 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Portuguese
Cast:
- Josh Duhamel .... Alex
- Melissa George .... Pru
- Olivia Wilde .... Bea
- Desmond Askew .... Finn
- Beau Garrett .... Amy
- Max Brown .... Liam
- Agles Steib .... Kiko
- Miguel Lunardi .... Zamora
- Jorge Só .... Bus Driver
- Cristiani Aparecida .... Native Beauty
Trama:
While traveling on vacation through the country of Northeastern of Brazil by bus, the American Alex Trubituan, his sister Bea Tribituan and their friend Amy Harrington meet the also foreigners Pru Stagler, Finn Davies and Liam Kuller after an accident with their bus. They follow a track through the woods and find a hidden paradisiacal beach. They decide to stay in the place drinking beer and dancing funk and parting with the locals and they meet the amicable Brazilian teenager Kiko. They are drugged with "Bom Dia, Cinderela" (translation: Good Morning, Cinderella - a trick used by smalltime crooks to steal naive people) and when they wake up, they are practically naked, with all their belongings, clothes, money, jewels, passports, backpacks etc. stolen. They walk to a small village trying to find a police station, they get into trouble with the dwellers and they are helped by their acquaintance Kiko, who leads them to his uncle's isolated well-equipped cabin in the woods to wait for the next bus two days later. Along the night, Kiko's "uncle" arrives with his friends and the group discloses the sinister intentions of the newcomers.
Trivia random: When Pru reads the names on the medicine bottles in the house, one of the names she mentions is Gustav Roth, the actor that plays Svend.
Citazione random: Bea Trubituan: [playing soccer] You suck, Amy!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Hostel (2005)
Regista: Eli Roth
Scrittore: Eli Roth
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Horror
Valutazione: 5.7/10 (40576 voti)
Durata: 94 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Czech, German, Dutch, Slovak, Japanese, Icelandic, Russian, Spanish
Cast:
- Jay Hernandez .... Paxton
- Derek Richardson .... Josh
- Eythor Gudjonsson .... Oli
- Barbara Nedeljakova .... Natalya
- Jan Vlasák .... The Dutch Businessman
- Jana Kaderabkova .... Svetlana
- Jennifer Lim .... Kana
- Keiko Seiko .... Yuki
- Lubomir Bukovy .... Alex
- Jana Havlickova .... Vala
Trama:
3 backpackers are in Amsterdam where they get locked out of their youth hostel. They are invited into a man's house where he tells them of a hostel somewhere in eastern Europe where the women are all incredibly hot and have a taste for American men. When they get there, everything is too good to be true - the hostel is "to die for"
Trivia random: In the Unrated DVD version of the film, the word "fuck" is spoken 128 times.
Citazione random: The American Client: I've been all over the world. You know, I've been everywhere and the bottom line is: Pussy is pussy. You know, every strip club, every whore house, every... It's all the same shit. You know, I just fucked a girl two days ago and I don't even remember the color of her tits. But this... This is something you never forget, right? RIGHT?::Paxton: Never...::The American Client: Never, right.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
lunedì 3 aprile 2006
WORST MOVIE EVER!!!
WORST MOVIE EVER!!!
Destino beffardo: l'umanità si attrezza per sopravvivere ad una guerra termonucleare, all'impatto di un meteorite, al secondo avvento e al ritorno del vaiolo e poi - inaspettata - ti piomba tra capo e collo Melissa P..
Sapevamo che sta arrivando a noleggio. Credevamo di conoscere cosa ci aspettava, grazie ai servizi di Studio Aperto. "In fondo" - ci si diceva con quel misto di isterica spavalderia e angoscia che ti coglie prima delle grandi battaglie - "siamo sopravvissuti a Le età di Lulù, Guardami e Baise-moi". Pensavamo di essere pronti, ma non lo eravamo.
La quindicenne Melissa se ne va a zonzo per la Sicilia con la sua amica chiatta quando tutto d'un botto le vengono delle voglie che (giustamente) non si fa scrupolo di togliersi e - stupore! primo caso documentato nella storia!
Dopo un ehhh... uhhh... "consesso orale" con un bel giovine che non è che l'avesse costretta, stabilisce che non si farà più sfruttare dai maschietti ma anzi sarà lei a dominarli. Inizia quindi una serie di avventure più noiose che estreme che la gentil pulzella avrà l'accortezza di riportare fedelmente con tanto di supporti audiovisivi nel proprio diario, che ovviamente viene lasciato a disposizione dei compagni di classe e pure di mammà.
A ristabilire (?) l'equilibrio mentale della cinnozza sarà il rapporto con la nonna, che a colpi di spazzolate le svela che in gioventù aveva un hobby analogo.
Disconosciuto dall'autrice del libro (parole grosse) per la redenzione finale e prodotto da Francesca Neri e Claudio Amendola (qui insieme per soldi, e credo gli sia andata parecchio male), il film risulterebbe noioso se non fosse oltremodo ridicolo. Erotico ed espicito quanto la tipica pubblicità dei cereali, si fa apprezzare anche per la vigliaccheria di regista e sceneggiatori.
Voto: 1. Trashometro® 10/10:
Baise-moi (2000)
Regista: Virginie Despentes, Coralie
Scrittore: Coralie, Virginie Despentes
Genere: Adult, Drama, Thriller
Valutazione: 4.6/10 (4270 voti)
Durata: 77 min
Paese: France
Lingua: French
Cast:
- Karen Lancaume .... Nadine (as Karen Bach)
- Raffaëla Anderson .... Manu
- Céline Beugnot .... Blonde at Billiards
- Adama Niane .... Boy at Billiards
- Christophe Claudy Landry .... Guy at Counter
- Tewfik Saad .... Server
- Delphine MacCarty .... Severine (as Delphine McCarty)
- Ouassini Embarek .... Radouan
- Patrick Kodjo Topou .... Big Thug (as Patrick-Kodjo Topou)
- Lisa Marshall .... Karla
Trama:
Based on the novel by Virginie Despentes of the same title. Manu and Nadine lose their last tenuous relationship with main-stream society when Manu gets raped and Nadine sees her only friend being shot. After a chance encounter, they embark on an explosive journey of sex and murder. Perhaps as a revenge against men, perhaps as a revolt against bourgeois society, but certainly in a negation - almost joyful in its senseless violence - of all the codes of a society which has excluded, raped and humiliated them. Controversial for its violence and real sex scenes: a vividly nihilist road movie set in France.
Trivia random: In Canada the movie went before the Ontario review board and was originally banned because it was too pornographic. The film was then re-submited to the review board under a pornographic license but it was refused because there was too much violence. But the film had received the right to be shown at the Toronto film festival and was available in the provinces of British-Columbia and Québec. Finally on 8 March 2001 the review board gave the movie an 18A license.
Amendola, Claudio
Data di nascita: 12 February 1963
Ultimi lavori:
- ""48 ore"" (2006) .... Diego Montagna [attore]
- ""Serrano, I"" (2005) .... [attore]
- La Caccia (2005) (TV) .... Pietro [attore]
- Cefalonia (2005) (TV) .... Mikis [attore]
- Melissa P. (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Il Ritorno del Monnezza (2005) .... Rocky Giraldi [attore]
- Caterina va in città (2003) .... Manlio Germano [attore]
- Ho visto le stelle (2003) .... Renato [attore]
- Marcinelle (2003) (TV) .... Antonino [attore]
- ""Napoléon"" (2002) (mini) .... Maréchal Joachim Murat [attore]
Trivia random: One son, Rocco, with Francesca Neri
Guardami (1999)
Regista: Davide Ferrario
Scrittore: Davide Ferrario
Genere: Biography, Drama
Valutazione: 5.8/10 (84 voti)
Durata: 95 min
Paese: Italy
Lingua: Italian
Cast:
- Elisabetta Cavallotti .... Nina
- Stefania Orsola Garello .... Cristiana
- Flavio Insinna .... Flavio
- Gianluca Gobbi .... Dario
- Claudio Spadaro .... Baroni
- Luis Molteni .... Max Bernabei
- Augusto Zucchi .... Il produttore
- Antonio Luigi Grimaldi .... Joe, the director
- Luigi Diberti .... Castellani
- Angelica Ippolito .... Nina's mother
Trivia random: Based on the life of porn star Moana Pozzi.
Neri, Francesca
Data di nascita: 10 February 1964
Ultimi lavori:
- Melissa P. (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
- La Signora delle camelie (2005) (TV) .... [attrice]
- Il Siero della vanità (2004) .... Sonia Norton [attrice]
- La Felicità non costa niente (2003) .... Sara [attrice]
- Per sempre (2003) .... Sara [attrice]
- Collateral Damage (2002) .... Selena Perrini [attrice]
- Ginostra (2002) .... Elena Gigli [attrice]
- Hannibal (2001) .... Allegra Pazzi [attrice]
- Io amo Andrea (2000) .... Andrea [attrice]
- Il Dolce rumore della vita (1999) .... Sofia [attrice]
Trivia random: Daughter of Rosalba Neri.
Edades de Lulú, Las (1990)
Regista: Bigas Luna
Scrittore: Almudena Grandes, Bigas Luna
Genere: Drama
Valutazione: 6.1/10 (395 voti)
Durata: 95 min
Paese: Spain
Lingua: Spanish
Cast:
- Francesca Neri .... Lulú
- Óscar Ladoire .... Pablo (as Oscar Ladoire)
- María Barranco .... Ely
- Fernando Guillén Cuervo .... Marcelo
- Rosana Pastor .... Chelo
- Javier Bardem .... Jimmy
- Juan Graell .... Remy
- Rodrigo Valverde .... Pablito
- Pilar Bardem .... Encarna
- Marta May .... Madre de Lulú
Trama:
Melissa P. (2005)
Regista: Luca Guadagnino
Scrittore: Barbara Alberti, Cristiana Farina
Genere: Drama
Valutazione: 3.6/10 (91 voti)
Durata: 100 min
Paese: Italy, Spain, USA
Lingua: Italian
Cast:
- Carlo Antonelli .... Prof. Italiano
- Maria Teresa Bagardo .... Signora Adele
- Pier Giorgio Bellocchio .... Istruttore di nuoto
- Giulio Berruti .... Roberto
- Vania Cadura .... Vecchina
- Geraldine Chaplin .... Nonna Elvira
- Letizia Ciampa .... Manuela
- Elio Germano .... Arnaldo
- Francesca Madaro .... Livia
- Marcello Mazzarella .... Chiunque
Trama:
domenica 16 ottobre 2005
la cosa
Altro merito del film è l'aver lanciato, assieme a Fuga Da New York del 1981, Kurt Russell - uno dei miei attori-feticcio. ;-D
Voto: 10, da proiettare nelle scuole per mostrare cosa davvero si rende la tensione al cinema.
PS: Carpenter, dove sei? Perché non torni? L'ultimo lavoro è Ghosts of Mars del 2001 e, con tutto il rispetto, faceva schifo.
Regista: John Carpenter
Scrittore: Larry Sulkis, John Carpenter
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 4.6/10 (7217 voti)
Durata: 98 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Natasha Henstridge .... Melanie Ballard
- Ice Cube .... James 'Desolation' Williams
- Jason Statham .... Jericho Butler
- Clea DuVall .... Bashira Kincaid
- Pam Grier .... Commander Helena Braddock
- Joanna Cassidy .... Dr. Arlene Whitlock
- Richard Cetrone .... Big Daddy Mars
- Rosemary Forsyth .... Inquisitor
- Liam Waite .... Michael Descanso
- Duane Davis .... Uno
Trama:
200 years in the future a Martian police unit is dispatched to transport a dangerous prisoner from a mining outpost back to justice. But when the team arrives they find the town deserted and some of the inhabitants possessed by the former inhabitants of the planet.
Nome di battesimo: Kurt Vogel Russell
Data di nascita: 17 March 1951
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Season Hubley::(1979 - 1984) (divorced) 1 son
Ultimi lavori:
- "60 Minutes" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "The Arsenio Hall Show" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "Cinema mil" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "Daniel Boone" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "The Eleventh Hour" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "The F.B.I." (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "The Fugitive" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "Gilligan's Island" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "Gunsmoke" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "Harry O" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
Biografia:
Kurt Russell landed a part in the Elvis movie, "It Happened at the World's Fair", when he was 10 years old. In 1960, Walt Disney himself signed Russell to a 10 year contract. Once his stint as a child actor ended, he spent the early 1970s playing minor league baseball. In 1979, he gave a classic performance as Elvis Presley in John Carpenter's ABC-TV movie. He followed with roles in a string of well-received films: "Used Cars", "Escape from New York", "The Thing" and "Silkwood". In 1983 he met Goldie Hawn when they worked together on "Swing Shift". The two have lived together ever since. The movie was a failure - as was their next one together, "Overboard". During the 1980's, Russell starred in a rash of disappointments: "The Best of Times", "Big Trouble in Little China" and "Winter People". Finally, his career seemed to be seriously stalled. He only landed "Tango and Cash" after Patrick Swayze dropped out; Dennis Quaid was the first choice for the part in "Backdraft". In the end, these two roles were key in re-establishing him as a box-office draw. Russell and Hawn live on a 72-acre retreat, Home Run Ranch, outside of Aspen. He has two sons, Boston (from a brief marriage to actress Season Hubley) and Wyatt with Hawn).
Trivia random: Brother-in-law of Larry J. Franco.
Data di nascita: c. 1959
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Ultimi lavori:
- The Howling (1981) .... (associate producer) [produttore]
- The Fog (1980) .... Blake [attore]
- Humanoids from the Deep (1980) .... Humanoid (uncredited) [attore]
Trivia random: During the making of The Thing (1982), Rob lived on the set in Los Angeles. He worked 7 days a week for over a year. He slept on set and in laboratories. When the project was completed, John Carpenter sent him to hospital where he was diagnosed with extreme exhaustion. Rob vowed never to work so hard again.
Regista: John Carpenter
Scrittore: John W. Campbell Jr., Bill Lancaster
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.9/10 (19425 voti)
Durata: 109 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Norwegian
Cast:
- Kurt Russell .... R.J. MacReady
- Wilford Brimley .... Dr. Blair (as A. Wilford Brimley)
- T.K. Carter .... Nauls
- David Clennon .... Palmer
- Keith David .... Childs
- Richard A. Dysart .... Dr. Copper (as Richard Dysart)
- Charles Hallahan .... Vance Norris
- Peter Maloney .... George Bennings
- Richard Masur .... Clark
- Donald Moffat .... Garry
Trama:
Members of an American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. They soon discover that this task will be harder than they thought, as they don't know which members of the team have already been assimilated and their paranoia threatens to tear them apart.
Nome di battesimo: John Howard Carpenter
Data di nascita: 16 January 1948
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Sandy King::(1990 - present), Adrienne Barbeau::(1 January 1979 - 1984) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori:
- "Carrie on Hollywood" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "The Daily Show" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "Durch die Nacht mit..." (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- "Movie Magic" (????) .... [ospite/guest]
- The 13th Apostle (2006) .... [regista]
- Halloween: Retribution (2006) .... (characters) [scrittore]
- Psychopath (2006) .... [scrittore]
- ""Masters of Horror"" (2005) .... (episode "Cigarette Burns") [regista]
- Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) .... (earlier film) [scrittore]
- The Fog (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
Biografia:
John Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father was the head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky University and then USC film school in Los Angeles, not the University of South Carolina. While there, he did "The Resurrection of Bronco Billy" and started "Dark Star". "The Coupe de Villes" included directors Tommy Lee Wallace and Nick Castle.
Trivia random: Is a major NBA fan and has a satellite dish installed on his location trailer to keep up with the games. Always has a portable basketball hoop on location.
Regista: John Carpenter
Scrittore: John Carpenter, Nick Castle
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.9/10 (10965 voti)
Durata: 99 min
Paese: UK, USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Kurt Russell .... Snake Plissken
- Lee Van Cleef .... Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
- Ernest Borgnine .... Cabbie
- Donald Pleasence .... President of the United States
- Isaac Hayes .... The Duke of New York
- Season Hubley .... Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
- Harry Dean Stanton .... Harold 'Brain' Helman
- Adrienne Barbeau .... Maggie
- Tom Atkins .... Rehme
- Charles Cyphers .... Secretary of State
Trama:
A condemned criminal and former war hero is offered his freedom if he can rescue the President of the United States from the walled prison island of Manhattan after a terrorist brings down the President's plane in this futuristic adventure.
martedì 27 novembre 2007
micio-micetto...
Neo-famigliola non proprio felice in vacanza in Africa; la nuova moglie si ritrova con i due figli del marituccio a fare un safari fotografico a 100 metri dalla civiltà, eppure la guida riesce a farsi sbranare da un leone durante una pausa-piscio.
Seguono 90 insulsi minuti di clamorose vaccate, durante le quali non si può non fare il tifo per le bestie.
Stuuu-pi-do.
Si segnalano gli effetti speciali alla Predator per la visione degli animali, Bridget Moynahan che non si spoglia abbastanza, il bracconiere più imbecille della storia, una jeep di cartone pressato ed un Peter Weller che non si apre la coscia per estrarne la Beretta.
Voto: 3 Trashometro® 7/10:
Tags: horror, thriller, safari, Africa, leone, leonessa, attacco, fucile, non posso neanche fermarmi a pisciare che vengo sbranato da un leone, tracce, salvataggio, bracconiere, iena, sbranato, guida, jeep, pioggia, acqua, diga, elicottero, noia, moglie, trash.
Moynahan, Bridget
Nome di battesimo: Moynahan, Kathryn Bridget
Data di nascita: 21 September 1970
Altezza: 5' 9½" (1.77 m)
Ultimi lavori:
- Noise (2007/II) .... Helen Owen [attrice]
- Prey (2007) .... Amy Newman [attrice]
- Gray Matters (2006) .... Charlie [attrice]
- Unknown (2006) .... Eliza Coles [attrice]
- Lord of War (2005) .... Ava Fontaine Orlov [attrice]
- I, Robot (2004) .... Susan Calvin [attrice]
- The Recruit (2003) .... Layla Moore [attrice]
- The Sum of All Fears (2002) .... Dr. Cathy Muller [attrice]
- Serendipity (2001) .... Halley Buchanan [attrice]
- Coyote Ugly (2000) .... Rachel [attrice]
Trivia random: Dad Brad is an administrator at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Weller, Peter (I)
Nome di battesimo: Weller, Peter Frederick
Data di nascita: 24 June 1947
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Sheri Stowe::(24 June 2006 - present)
Ultimi lavori:
- Prey (2007) .... Tom Newman [attore]
- Codename: Panzers, Phase Two (2005) (VG) .... Jeffrey S. Wilson (voice) [attore]
- The Hard Easy (2005) .... Ed Koster [attore]
- Man of God (2005) .... Rabbi [attore]
- The Poseidon Adventure (2005) (TV) .... Captain Paul Gallico [attore]
- Undiscovered (2005) .... Wick Treadway [attore]
- The Order (2003) .... Driscoll [attore]
- Styx (2001) .... Nelson [attore]
- Contaminated Man (2000) .... Joseph Müller [attore]
- Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) (TV) .... Father Stefan [attore]
Biografia:
Peter Weller is the youngest son of a career Army helicopter pilot. He was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin but traveled extensively as his father literally flew around the world. Before he was out of his teens, he had attended high schools in Heidelberg, Germany and San Antonio, Texas, then enrolled the University of North Texas -- attracted by the chance of playing trumpet in one of the college's celebrated jazz bands. Music is in his family. Three generations on his mother's side were piano players and jazz is still his overriding interest. Ask him who his favorite performer in any art form is and he'll say Miles Davis. It was with a B.A. in Theatre and a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts that he left Texas for New York. Two weeks after graduating, he made his first appearance on Broadway as David in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production of David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones", a role he repeated on the London stage. While a student of legendary actress and drama coach, Uta Hagen, Weller appeared on and off Broadway in works like William Inge's "Summer Brave", Thomas Babe's "Rebel Women" and "Full Circle", one of the last plays directed by Otto Preminger. He began garnering critical acclaim with his portrayal of Billie Wilson in "Streamers", directed by Mike Nichols for Joseph Papp at Lincoln Center. He continued that success with his performances as Cliff in "The Woolgatherer" and as Nick in the first American production of David Mamet's "The Woods". During this period, he became a member of the highly respected Actor's Studio, under the aegis of Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg. Weller's film debut was in Richard Lester's Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979). He then co-starred with Alan King and Ali MacGraw in Sidney Lumet's Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) and, with Albert Finney and Diane Keaton, in Alan Parker's Shoot the Moon (1982). Other film credits include Firstborn (1984) with Teri Garr, the HBO made-for-TV Apology (1986) (TV), co-starring Lesley Ann Warren, and Of Unknown Origin (1983), the film which won Weller the Best Actor award at the Paris International Film Festival for his performance as an upwardly mobile bachelor with a serious rat problem. That same film also marked his first association with Leviathan (1989) director George P. Cosmatos.
Trivia random: He teaches a literature and fine arts class at Syracuse University. He can be seen on The History Channel's new documentary on Roman engineering.
Citazione random: [On turning down the third Robocop film]: "I have to say it didn't quite have the third great act that Robocop 1 had, and by the time I was into the second one I knew I was tired of it, plus David Cronenberg had asked me to do Naked Lunch with him, so I was happy to do it, and was happy to be gone."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Predator (1987)
Regista: John McTiernan
Scrittore: Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.6/10 (48859 voti)
Durata: 107 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Spanish
Cast:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger .... Dutch
- Carl Weathers .... Dillon
- Elpidia Carrillo .... Anna
- Bill Duke .... Mac
- Jesse Ventura .... Blain
- Sonny Landham .... Billy
- Richard Chaves .... Poncho
- R.G. Armstrong .... General Phillips
- Shane Black .... Hawkins
- Kevin Peter Hall .... The Predator / Helicopter Pilot
Trama:
Dutch (Schwarzenegger) and a small group of commandos and sent by the CIA to a Central American Jungle, to rescue capture airmen from Guerillas. But it's not the armed terrorists which are the problem. Something hidden in the jungle, something invisible to the naked eye, something not of this earth is the problem. As Dutch and his men had back to transport, they are slowly targeted one by one.
Trivia random: Due to health and safety regulations, Arnold Schwarzenegger was not allowed to light his cigar inside the helicopter near the beginning of the film. As a result the glow was added optically in post-production.
Citazione random: Poncho: [Seeing the body of the pig that almost killed Mac] Jesus, you killed a pig... think you could found somthing bigger?::Sergeant Mac Eliot: [Billy laughs loudly] Fuck you Poncho! Fuck you!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Roodt, Darrell
Data di nascita: 1963
Coniuge: Ashley Hayden::(? - present)
Ultimi lavori:
- Zimbabwe (2008) .... [regista]
- Lullaby (2007/I) .... [regista]
- Prey (2007) .... [scrittore]
- Number 10 (2006) .... [regista]
- "Charlie Jade" (2005) .... (unknown episodes) [regista]
- Faith's Corner (2005) .... [scrittore]
- Dracula 3000 (2004) (TV) .... (as Darrell James Roodt) [scrittore]
- Yesterday (2004) .... [scrittore]
- Sumuru (2003) .... (as Darrell James Roodt) [regista]
- Pavement (2002) .... [regista]
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Prey (2007)
Regista: Darrell Roodt
Scrittore: Beau Bauman, Darrell Roodt
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 4.6/10 (1171 voti)
Durata: 92 min
Paese: USA, South Africa
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Bridget Moynahan .... Amy Newman
- Peter Weller .... Tom Newman
- Carly Schroeder .... Jessica Newman
- Jamie Bartlett .... Crawford
- Conner Dowds .... David Newman
- Marius Roberts .... Brian
- Mary-Ann Barlow .... Ranger in Radio Room
- Louis Heering .... King Air Pilot 2
- Jacob Makgoba .... Local Hunter
- Tumisho Masha .... Ranger at Airstrip
Trama:
An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
giovedì 24 agosto 2006
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Come dite? Le Iene di Quentin Tarantino?
Ma siamo impazziti?!?!
Io parlo di Demonic Toys di Peter Manoogian!
Una agente di polizia che si ritrova incinta del suo amato collega non trova momento migliore di dirglielo degli attimi precedenti l'arresto di alcuni trafficanti di armi. Purtroppo la loro copertura salta, e nella sparatoria che ne segue il futuro papà viene ucciso assieme ad un malavitoso.
La donna insegue il superstite in un vecchio magazzino pieno di orripilanti pupazzi satanici che - ahiloro - si animano a contatto col sangue.
Assieme al custode, all'uomo-pollo e ad una bimbetta fuggita di casa dovranno combattere i peluche per aver salva la vita!
Solo alla fine verrà loro svelato l'inquietante segreto dietro ai Giocattoli Infernali (che casualmente è pure il titolo italiano di questo filmone)!
Un'idea risibile, pupazzi animati un po' come marionette ed un po' in stop-motion ed una gran voglia di produrre il proprio filmaccio horror: è questo il vero cinema di serie B (se non C) che amiamo!
Si salva il grande pupazzo malvagio Baby Oopsy Daisy, cattivo e cinico al punto giusto.
A questa grande produzione hanno lavorato alcuni componenti della famiglia Band (figli e (pro-)nipoti di Albert Band), da sempre invischiati in simili B-movies; altra cosa da segnalare è l'improbabile cross-over con la serie iniziata con Dollman di quella purulenta pustola di Albert Pyun: Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (anche Giocattoli Assassini) contiene numerose scene rubate dai film precedenti e promette d'essere un vero gioiello del trash.
Voto: 3. Trashometro® 7/10:
Tags: horror, giocattoli, demonio, gravidanza, trash.
Demonic Toys (1992)
Regista: Peter Manoogian
Scrittore: David S. Goyer
Genere: Horror
Valutazione: 3.6/10 (335 voti)
Durata: 86 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Tracy Scoggins .... Judith Gray
- Bentley Mitchum .... Mark Wayne
- Daniel Cerny .... The Kid
- Michael Russo .... Lincoln
- Barry Lynch .... Hesse
- Ellen Dunning .... Anne
- Jeff Celentano .... Matt Cable (as Jeff Weston)
- Peter Schrum .... Charnetski
- William Thorne .... Fair-Haired Boy
- Richard Speight Jr. .... Andy
Trama:
A botched bust on a pair of arms dealers inadvertantly leads to the raising of a sixty-six-year-old demon with the power to bring toys to life as his personal minions. The demon is looking for a body to inhabit so he can increase his powers, and it just so happens that one of the police officers is pregnant with the ideal host. As the murderous toys close in on their victims, the officer must not only fight for her life, but for the soul of her unborn child.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Pyun, Albert
Nome di battesimo: Pyun, Albert F.
Ultimi lavori:
- Cool Air (2006) (V) .... [regista]
- Infection (2005) .... [regista]
- Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004) .... [regista]
- Final Examination (2003) (V) .... (producer) [produttore]
- More Mercy (2003) (V) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Ticker (2001) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Corrupt (1999) .... [regista]
- Urban Menace (1999) .... [regista]
- The Wrecking Crew (1999) .... [regista]
- Crazy Six (1998) .... [regista]
Biografia:
No other film director has been so much vituperated against as Albert Pyun. Frequently compared with Edward D. Wood Jr., they both share a fascination for the bizarre. Pyun has a feel for the stylistic and hypnotic, changing the conventions of fiction, and makes each of his movies extreme experiences.Unintentionally born in San Diego, he was later brought up in Hawaii, and his Hawaiian childhood was illuminated by an unending movie consumption that would turn him into a guest of the cinemas regularly used by the marines from the Kaneohe military base, where awful horror movies and tacky action films were massively projected. And at the age of nine, Pyun started shooting short films with an 8mm camera borrowed from his parents. At sixteen he embarked his mates into gang movies that he later revealed underground, while working at night as editor, sound technician or electrician for local laboratories.Following his graduation, at eighteen he traveled to Japan. Once there, supported by Toshirô Mifune, he succeeded in getting hired as a trainee of the great Akira Kurosawa. Back in the Estates, he shot over three hundred adverts. Taking advantage on the revival of the sword & sandal gender fostered by John Milius' Conan the Barbarian (1982), he obtained funding for The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982). Probably one of his less loathed films, a visual fest, extremely pulp, although with a touch of gore not suitable for all. Its unexpected success would raise the interest of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, the owners of Cannon Films, a flashy producing company.Under the Cannon seal, Pyum would complete some of his most widespread films such as Cyborg (1989), a vehicle for the up-and-coming martial arts actor Jean-Claude Van Damme, it was initially conceived as a heavy opera without dialogue, shot in granulated black and white, but the proposal encountered the refusal of producers, opposed to this kind of avant-garde displays.In 1993, Pyun made another movie on cyborgs, Nemesis (1993), where scenes of gunfests prevail over martial arts, compared to his previous movies. It has a great cast of brute actors (and actresses), and is pre-empting the cyberpunk aesthetics of later movies. Its success would give way for three sequels, progressively vast, jointly shot in a flicker with an imaginary budget.He usually has to overcome budget shortages, re-editing and other kind of damage caused by producers and distributors intendingto bury his authorship. The swiftness of his shooting of movies gives way for an avant-garde exploration, and Albert Pyun belongs to that lineage of film makers not appreciated as it should. To define Pyun, we could call him a sort of Jean-Luc Godard from the B (or Z) series. Albert Pyun has completed more than forty films over the worst circumstances.Pyun's creative restraints has frequently pushed him to shoot two films at once. While completing a project with a more or less assured budget (never generous though), he takes advantage from locations and technical teams to shoot undercover an "author's fancy", sometimes in just two or three days.Pyun has hardly ever controlled the final editing of his films, but he always shoots in scope format, with anamorphic and wide-angle lenses, in an attempt to emulate the shot compositions and usage of framing of his master, Sergio Leone. Re-edited by producers and re-framed to satisfy the television and video market requests, a large part of Pyun films magic has gone missing. Eager to preserve the originality of his work, Pyun created the production company Filmwerks in 1994, through which he will finance a handful of titles representing an illustrative summary of his unique and captivating art.Despite some reverses and bashes, Pyun has manage to complete Infection (2005), a film where he finally has been able to exert full control, and recovers his avant-garde impulse along with his hectic creativity. Once more, Pyun leaves the spectator in a shock following a display of his technical skill: this time, the focus is on the shooting of a definitively psychotronic plot in real time and on one sequence-shot.Albert Pyun is already working on new projects that he describes with his characteristic enthusiasm: "Cool Air", an adaptation of Lovecraft currently in an editing stage; a remake of Mean Guns on a Faustian tone; he is even considering the making of a surrealistic western, "Left for Dead", that he is to shoot simultaneously with "War Zone", a bellicose nightmare.
Trivia random: Writers trademark: The character 'Brick Bardo' was used by Pyun in 7 of his earlier films (Radioactive Dreams (1985), Alien from L.A. (1988), Deceit (1989), Cyborg (1989), Bloodmatch (1991), Dollman (1991) and Nemesis III: Prey Harder (1996) (V)), and also in his more recent film, Infection (2005). The character is played twice by Tim Thomerson, Scott Paulin and Christian Andrews, and once by Thom Mathews and Ralph Moeller.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993) (V)
Regista: Charles Band
Scrittore: Charles Band, Jackson Barr
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 3.0/10 (222 voti)
Durata: USA:64 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Tim Thomerson .... Brick Bardo
- Melissa Behr .... Nurse Ginger rest of cast listed alphabetically: R.C. Bates
- Phil Brock .... Collins
- Willie C. Carpenter .... Police Officer
- Peter Chen .... Cab Driver
- Phil Fondacaro .... Ray Vernon
- Tracy Scoggins .... Judith Gray
- Frank Welker .... Baby Oopsy-Daisy (voice)
Trama:
The Demonic Toys are back, so policewoman Judith Grey seeks the help of 12 inch tall Dollman and his 12 inch tall girlfriend, Nurse Ginger. The Toys hole up in an evil deserted toy factory and it's up to Dollman to keep the Toys from summoning the powers of darkness to the Earth.
Trivia random: A large portion of the footage used is recycled from the films Dollman (1991) , Bad Channels (1992) , and Demonic Toys (1992) .
Citazione random: Brick Bardo: Pop goes the weasel.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Tarantino, Quentin
Nome di battesimo: Tarantino, Quentin Jerome
Data di nascita: 27 March 1963
Altezza: 6' 2½" (1.89 m)
Ultimi lavori:
- Grind House (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Hell Ride (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Hostel: Part II (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Freedom's Fury (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Inglorious Bastards (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Killshot (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Reservoir Dogs (2006) (VG) .... (screenplay) (story) [scrittore]
- Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV) .... (special thanks) [misc]
- Daltry Calhoun (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Hostel (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
Biografia:
In January of 1991 a film titled Reservoir Dogs (1992) hit the Sundance Film festival. The writer-director was a first-timer by the name of Quentin Tarantino. The film garnered critical acclaim and the director became a legend in the England, UK and the cult film circuit. Three years later he followed up 'Dogs' with the film Pulp Fiction (1994). 'Pulp' premiered at the Cannes film festival, where it won the coveted 'Palme D'Or' the virtual equal of the Best Picture at the Academy Awards. At the '93 Academy Awards, 'Pulp' was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, in addition Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, among others. Tarantino and writing partner Roger Avary came away with the award only for Best Original Screenplay. (Where Roger uttered his now famous line, "I've gotta go pee".) In 1995, Tarantino directed one fourth of the Anthology Four Rooms (1995) with friends and fellow auteurs Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Allison Anders. That film was released on December 25th in the United States to very weak reviews. This is mainly due to the heavy cutting of the first two segments and the introduction which make much of the plotline unintelligible, and creates a complete mess out of the second segment, directed by Alexandre Rockwell. The best two segments of the film are Robert Rodriguez's and Tarantino's. Tarantino's next film was From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), a crime/vampire film which he wrote and co-starred with George Clooney. The film did fairly well theatrically.
Trivia random: Ranked #81 on Premiere's 2004 annual Power 100 List. He was unranked in 2003.
Citazione random: (at MTV Movie Awards 1994) as he won Best Picture for Pulp Fiction (1994)) "Pop quiz, hotshot: you go to the awards ceremonies all year long; you keep losing to Forrest Gump (1994)! It's really annoying the hell out of you - what do you do? You go to the MTV Awards!"
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Band, Albert
Nome di battesimo: Antonini, Alfredo
Data di nascita: 7 May 1924
Data di morte: 14 June 2002
Ultimi lavori:
- Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996) .... (co-producer) [produttore]
- Zarkorr! The Invader (1996) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Castle Freak (1995) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Dragonworld (1994) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Oblivion (1994) .... (co-producer) [produttore]
- Pet Shop (1994) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Prehysteria! 2 (1994) (V) .... [regista]
- Prehysteria! (1993) .... [regista]
- Remote (1993) (V) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Robot Wars (1993) .... [regista]
Biografia:
A veteran filmmaker, Albert Band is one of Hollywood's most prolific filmmakers who started his career in the early 50s. He began financing a number of motion pictures through the seventies and eighties and helped his son, Charles Band, bring together his own production company, 'Empire Pictures', in the early eighties. Upon the collapse of Empire Pictures in the early nineties, Band continued to work with his son and help bring a number of low-budget and medium budget films to the Hollywood screen and sopme direct to video releases. Albert Band died in June of 2002 of stomach and lung cancer. His other son, Richard Band, is a film music composer for a number of motion pictures.
Trivia random: Returned to the USA in the early 1970s.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Manoogian, Peter
Ultimi lavori:
- Good Time Max (2006) .... (co-producer) [produttore]
- Fool's Gold (2005) .... (line producer) [produttore]
- Piccadilly Cowboy (2005) .... (line producer) [produttore]
- From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door' (2004) (V) .... (special thanks) [misc]
- The Painting (2001) .... [regista]
- Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back (2000) (TV) .... (line producer) [produttore]
- The Midas Touch (1997) .... [regista]
- Favorite Deadly Sins (1995) (TV) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994) (TV) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Sex, Shock & Censorship (1993) (TV) .... (producer) [produttore]
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Dollman (1991)
Regista: Albert Pyun
Scrittore: Charles Band, David Pabian
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Crime, Thriller
Valutazione: 4.6/10 (295 voti)
Durata: UK:79 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Tim Thomerson .... Brick Bardo
- Jackie Earle Haley .... Braxton Red
- Kamala Lopez-Dawson .... Debi Alejandro
- Humberto Ortiz .... Kevin Alejandro
- Nicholas Guest .... Skyresh
- Judd Omen .... Mayor
- Michael Halsey .... Cally
- Frank Doubleday .... Cloy
- Frank Collison .... Sprug
- Vincent Klyn .... Hector
Trama:
Brick Bardo (Tim Thomerson) is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized here on Earth, as are the enemy forces who have landed as well. While Brick enlists the help of an impoverished girl and her son, the bad guys enlist the help of a local gang. When word leaks out as to his location, and all hell breaks loose. Brick is besieged by an onslaught of curious kids, angry gang members, and his own doll-sized enemies, and he must protect the family who has helped him and get off the planet alive. Citazione random: Brick: I hate fucking giants.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Regista: Quentin Tarantino
Scrittore: Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.4/10 (92777 voti) [#61 nella top250]
Durata: 99 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Harvey Keitel .... Mr. White/Larry Dimmick
- Tim Roth .... Mr. Orange/Freddy Newandyke
- Michael Madsen .... Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega
- Chris Penn .... Nice Guy Eddie Cabot
- Steve Buscemi .... Mr. Pink
- Lawrence Tierney .... Joe Cabot
- Randy Brooks .... Holdaway
- Kirk Baltz .... Marvin Nash
- Edward Bunker .... Mr. Blue (as Eddie Bunker)
- Quentin Tarantino .... Mr. Brown
Trama:
Joe Cabot, a small-time crime boss, assembles five strangers with reputations as good thieves to steal a lot diamonds. When the police arrive at the scene before the burglars can even make their getaway, it becomes apparent that one of them is an undercover police officer.
Trivia random: A box of Fruit Brute cereal is visible in Mr. Orange's apartment. The box later appears in Pulp Fiction (1994).
Citazione random: Mr. White: If you shoot this man, you die next. Repeat. If you shoot this man, you die next.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.