Gamer

Se, dopo aver visto i trailer, vi volete ancora così male da andare a vedere Gamer, vi consiglio di portarvi dietro una ampia collezione di aghi da infilare sotto le unghie: ne avrete bisogno.

Gerard Butler di mestiere fa il carcerato nel braccio della morte - carriera breve ma non priva di soddisfazioni (e fa sempre curriculum).
Entra in scena Dexter - qui nel ruolo del genio del compiutter - che ha creato una serie di mondi virtuali nei quali gli utenti possono comandare delle persone in carne ed ossa (a dire il vero più "culi e tette" che altro, da quando viene mostrato ) grazie a solito artifizio narrativo impiantato nel cervello a suon di jibba-jabba hi-tech privo di senso.
Ultimo parto della sua geniale quanto empia testolina, un mondo dove i detenuti combattono a suon di armi fichissime, morendo a carriolate. Premio per chi sopravvive a 30 battaglie: la libertà ed un set di pentole in acciaio inox.
Butler ed il ragazzino che lo controlla sono quasi al traguardo, ma qual losco piano si dipana dinnanzi a loro! Ah, perché non ci è dato vivere in un mondo di oneste regole?! Perché?! Perché?! Boh, chissene...

Se avete una vaga sensazione come di "già visto un triliardo di volte", vi state sbagliando: questo non è come i mille film che hanno già sfruttato idee analoghe - è infatti scandalosamente peggio.
Girato dalla solita scimmia col parkinson, ha escogitato un affascinante stratagemma tecnico per nascondere le piccole imperfezioni: coprirle con una colossale esplosione. Il fondale fa schifo? Mettiamoci un'esplosione! Serve un stacco di scena tra due location separate? Esplosione! La trama ha un buco che sembra un cratere? Esplosione!
È bellissimo e molto facile, provateci anche voi: esplosione!

Sorvoliamo sui dialoghi, i concetti triti-e-ritriti, l'overacting costante ed una insultante supponenza che permea tutti i suoi 95 minuti.
Ha però anche alcuni meriti: oltre a settare un nuovo standard negativo per i filmacci d'azione (e non c'è neanche Jason Statham, incredibile), ha procurato una ciotola di cibo a Milo Ventimiglia e John Leguizamo. In tempi di crisi, non è poco.

Voto: 1 - fa intrattenimento quanto un'epidemia di vaiolo.
Trashometro^® 7/10:
Tags: azione, fantascienza, thriller, invereconda porcata, esplosione, esplosioni, esplosioni!, ancora esplosioni!, criminale, mondo virtuale, detenuto, fuga, armi, sparatoria, morte, combattimento, auto, resistenza, hacker, intrusione, Gerard Butler, John Leguizamo, moglie, prostituzione, vendetta, trash.

Statham, Jason

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Data di nascita: 12 September 1972
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) .... [attore]
• The Brazilian Job (2011) .... Handsome Rob [attore]
• 13 (2010) .... Jasper [attore]
• Blitz (2010) .... [attore]
• The Expendables (2010) .... Lee Christmas [attore]
• The Killer Elite (2010) .... [attore]
• The Mechanic (2010) .... [attore]
• Crank: High Voltage (2009) .... Chev Chelios [attore]
• Transporter 3 Special Delivery: Transporters in the Real World (2009) (V) .... Frank Martin [attore]
• Death Race (2008) .... Jensen Ames [attore]

Biografia:
Born in 1972, Jason Statham has done quite a lot in a short time. He has been an Olympic Diver on the British National Diving Team and finished 12th in the World Championships in 1992. He has also been a fashion model, black market salesman and finally of course, actor. He got the audition for his debut role as Bacon in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) through French Connection, for whom he was modeling. They became a major investor in the film and introduced Jason to Guy Ritchie, who invited him to audition for a part in the film by challenging him to impersonate an illegal street vendor and convince him to purchase fake jewelery. Jason must have been doing something right because after the success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) he teamed up again with Guy Ritchie for Snatch. (2000), with co-stars including Brad Pitt, Dennis Farina and Benicio Del Toro. After Snatch. (2000) came Turn It Up (2000) with US music star Ja Rule, followed by a supporting actor role in the Sci-Fi film Ghosts of Mars (2001), Jet Li's The One (2001) and another screen partnership with Vinnie Jones in Mean Machine (2001) under Guy Ritchie's and Matthew Vaughn's SKA Films. Finally in 2002 he was cast as the lead role of Frank Martin in The Transporter (2002). Jason is also in the summer 2003 blockbuster remake of The Italian Job (1969), The Italian Job (2003), playing Handsome Rob.

Trivia random: Offered the role of Agent 47 in Hitman (2007/I) after Vin Diesel was dropped from the project. Timothy Olyphant eventually took the role.
Citazione random: "You ain't ever gonna get an Academy Award for doing Crank (2006) and you certainly won't for doing all the other movies I've done."
Salario massimo: $750,000, per The Transporter (2002)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Gamer (2009)

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Regista: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Scrittore: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.7/10 (23986 voti)
Durata: 95 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Gerard Butler .... Kable / John Tillman
• Amber Valletta .... Angie
• Michael C. Hall .... Ken Castle
• Kyra Sedgwick .... Gina Parker Smith
• Logan Lerman .... Simon Silverton
• Alison Lohman .... Trace
• Terry Crews .... Hackman
• Ramsey Moore .... Gorge
• Ludacris .... Humanz Brother (as Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges)
• Aaron Yoo .... Humanz Dude

Trama:
Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind.

Trivia random: The opening montage of time-lapse shots and other scenes of the world where we see ads for Kable and/or graffiti of Ken Castle overlaid on buildings or walls are mostly taken from Ron Fricke's wordless film Baraka (1992), for example, the shots of the Giza Pyramids, India, homeless man sleeping under a bridge among others.
Citazione random: Simon: This is unbelievable. Kable, listen. This is the last game. You're gonna end up dead, and I'm going to look like a total asshole if you don't pull your balls together man!

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Leguizamo, John

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Data di nascita: 22 July 1960
Altezza: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Coniuge: Justine Maurer::(5 July 2003 - present) 2 children, Yelba Osorio::(27 August 1994 - November 1996) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Spanish Harlem Project (2011) .... Ray [attore]
• Tlatelolco: Mexico 68 (2011) .... Jesus (rumored) [attore]
• Vanishing on 7th Street (2010) .... Paul [attore]
• Gamer (2009) .... Freek [attore]
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) (VG) .... Sid (voice) [attore]
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) .... Sid (voice) [attore]
• Rage (2009/I) .... Jed [attore]
• The Ministers (2009) .... Dante/Perfecto [attore]
• Miracle at St. Anna (2008) .... Enrico [attore]
• Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) .... Mauricio Rodriguez [attore]

Biografia:
Fast-talking and feisty-looking John Leguizamo has continued to impress movie audiences with his versatility: he can play sensitive and naïve young men, such as Johnny in Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991); cold-blooded killers like Benny Blanco in Carlito's Way (1993); a heroic Navy SEAL, stopping aerial terrorists in Executive Decision (1996); and drag queen Chi-Chi Rodriguez in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995). Arguably, not since ill-fated actor and comedian Freddie Prinze starred in the smash TV series "Chico and the Man" (1974) has a youthful Latino personality had such a powerful impact on critics and fans alike. Born July 22, 1964, in Bogotá, Colombia, Leguizamo was four when his family emigrated to the United States. He was raised in Queens, New York, attended New York University and studied under legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg for only one day before Strasberg passed away. The extroverted Leguizamo started working the comedy club circuit in New York and first appeared in front of the cameras in an episode of "Miami Vice" (1984). His first film appearance was a small part in Mixed Blood (1985), and he had minor roles in Casualties of War (1989) and Die Hard 2 (1990) before playing a liquor store thief who shoots Harrison Ford in Regarding Henry (1991). His career really started to soar after his first-rate performance in the independent film Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991) as a nervous young teenager from the Bronx out for a night in brightly lit Manhattan with his buddies, facing the career choice of staying in a supermarket or heading off to college and finding out that the girl he loves from afar isn't quite what he thought she was. The year 1991 was also memorable for other reasons, as he hit the stage with his show Mambo Mouth (1991) (TV), in which he portrayed seven different Latino characters. The witty and incisive show was a smash hit and won the Obie and Outer Circle Critics Award, and later was filmed for HBO, where it picked up a CableACE Award. He returned to the stage two years later with another satirical production poking fun at Latino stereotypes titled Spic-O-Rama (1993) (TV). It played in Chicago and New York, and won the Drama Desk Award and four CableACE Awards. In 1995 he created and starred in the short-lived TV series "House of Buggin'" (1995), an all-Latino-cast comedy variety show featuring hilarious sketches and comedic routines. The show scored two Emmy nominations and received positive reviews from critics, but it was canceled after only one season. The gifted Leguizamo was still keeping busy in films, with key appearances in Super Mario Bros. (1993), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Spawn (1997). In 1998 he made his Broadway debut in Freak (1998) (TV), a "demi-semi-quasi-pseudo-autobiographical" one-man show, which was filmed for HBO by Spike Lee. Utilizing his distinctive vocal talents, he next voiced a pesky rat in Doctor Dolittle (1998) before appearing in the dynamic Spike Lee-directed Summer of Sam (1999) as a guilt-ridden womanizer, as the Genie of The Lamp in the exciting Arabian Nights (2000) (TV) and as Henri de Toulouse Lautrec in the visually spectacular Moulin Rouge! (2001). He also voiced Sid in the animated Ice Age (2002), co-starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Collateral Damage (2002) and directed and starred in the boxing film Undefeated (2003) (TV). Afterward, Leguizamo starred in the remake of the John Carpenter hit Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) and George A. Romero's long-awaited fourth "Dead" film, Land of the Dead (2005). There can be no doubt that the remarkably talented Leguizamo has been a breakthrough performer for the Latino community in mainstream Hollywood, in much the same way that Sidney Poitier crashed through celluloid barriers for African-Americans in the early 1960s. Among his many strengths lies his ability to not take his ethnic background too seriously but also to take pride in his Latino heritage. He has opened many doors for his countrymen. A masterly and accomplished performer, movie audiences await Leguizamo's next exciting performance.

Trivia random: Was voted "Most Talkative" in high school.
Citazione random: "Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time."
Salario massimo: $2,000,000, per Spawn (1997)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Hall, Michael C. (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Hall, Michael Carlyle
Data di nascita: 1 February 1971
Altezza: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Coniuge: Jennifer Carpenter::(31 December 2008 - present), Amy Spanger::(1 May 2002 - 2006) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• East Fifth Bliss (2010) .... Morris Bliss [attore]
• Peep World (2010) .... Jack [attore]
• Gamer (2009) .... Ken Castle [attore]
• The Edge of Things (2009) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Mysteries of the Freemasons (2006) (TV) .... Narrator [attore]
• "Hitler's War" (2005) TV series (narrator) (2005) .... [misc]
• Bereft (2004) (TV) .... Jonathan [attore]
• Paycheck (2003) .... Agent Klein [attore]

Biografia:
Michael C. Hall is a North Carolina native and graduate of NYU's Master of Fine Arts program in acting. His most recent performance was on Broadway as the emcee in "Cabaret." Hall has previously starred in nearly a dozen major off-Broadway plays, including "Macbeth" for the New York Shakespeare Festival, "Cymbeline" for the New York Shakespeare Festival at Central Park's Delacorte Theater, "Timon of Athens" and "Henry V" at the Public, "The English Teachers" for Manhattan Class Company, "Corpus Christi" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, and "Skylight" at the Mark Taper Forum.

Trivia random: Attended Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina, the same school attended by actress Emily Procter, actor William Joyner, and editor Hughes Winborne.
Citazione random: I think Dexter is a man who, a part of himself is very much frozen, or arrested in a place that is pre-memory, pre-conscious, pre-verbal. Something very traumatic happened to him, he doesn't know what that is. And I think on some level he wants to know. He denies his humanity, he describes himself as someone who is without feeling, and yet I think that he maybe suspects - in a way that maybe isn't even conscious yet when we first meet him - that he is in fact a human being.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Butler, Gerard

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Nome di battesimo: Butler, Gerard James
Data di nascita: 13 November 1969
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Burns (2010) .... Robert Burns [attore]
• Coriolanus (2010) .... Tullus Aufidius [attore]
• How to Train Your Dragon (2010) .... Stoick (voice) [attore]
• The Bounty Hunter (2010) .... Milo Boyd [attore]
• Untitled Comedy (2010) .... Chaun [attore]
• Gamer (2009) .... Kable / John Tillman [attore]
• Law Abiding Citizen (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Tales of the Black Freighter (2009) (V) .... The Sea Captain (voice) [attore]
• The Ugly Truth (2009) .... Mike Chadway [attore]
• Nim's Island (2008) .... Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover [attore]

Biografia:
Born in Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret and Edward Butler, Gerard Butler was raised along with his older brother and sister in his hometown of Paisley, Scotland. He also spent some of his youth in Canada. His parents divorced when he was a child, and he and his siblings were raised primarily by their mother, who later remarried. He had no contact with his father between the ages of two and 16 years old, after which time they became close. His father passed away when Gerard was in his early 20s. Butler went on to attend Glasgow University, where he studied to be a lawyer/solicitor. He was president of the school's law society thanks to his outgoing personality and great social skills. His acting career began when he was approached in a London coffee shop by actor Steven Berkoff, who later appeared alongside Butler in Attila (2001/I) (TV), who gave him a role in a stage production of Coriolanus. After that Butler decided to give up law for acting. He was cast as Ewan McGregor's character Renton in the stage adaptation of [i]Trainspotting[/i]. His film debut was as Billy Connolly's younger brother in _Mrs. Brown (1997)_. While filming the movie in Scotland, he was enjoying a picnic with his mother, near the River Tay, when they heard the shouts of a young boy who had been swimming with a friend who was in some trouble. Butler jumped in and saved the young boy from drowning. He received a Certificate of Bravery from the Royal Humane Society. He felt he only did what anyone in the situation would have done. His film career continued with small roles, first in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and then Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy (1998). In 2000, Butler was cast in two breakthrough roles, the first being Attila the Hun in the USA film Attila (2001/I) (TV). The film's producers wanted a known actor to play the part but kept coming back to Butler's screen tests and decided he was their man. He had to lose the thick Scottish accent, but managed well. Around the time Attila was being filmed, casting was in progress for Wes Craven's new take on the Dracula legacy. Also wanting a known name, Butler wasn't much of a consideration. His unending tenacity and drive drove him to hounding the producers. Eventually, he sent them a clip of his portrayal of Attila. Evidently they saw something because Dracula 2000 (2000) was cast in the form of Butler. Attila's producers, thinking that his big-screen role might help with their own film's ratings, finished shooting a little early so he could get to work on Dracula 2000 (2000). Attila ended up being the second highest-rated TV movie ever. Following these two roles, Butler developed quite a fan base, an Internet site and began appearing on lists everywhere. Since then he has appeared in Reign of Fire (2002) as Creedy and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) as Terry Sheridan, alongside Angelina Jolie. The role that garnered him most attention from both moviegoers and movie makers alike was that of Andre Marek in the big-screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Timeline (2003). Butler played an archaeologist who was sent back in time with a team of students to rescue a colleague. Last year he appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera (2004), playing the title character in the successful adaptation of the stage musical. It was a role that brought him much international attention. Other projects include Dear Frankie (2004), The Game of Their Lives (2005) and Beowulf & Grendel (2005). In 2007 he starred as Spartan King Leonidas in the Warner Bros. production 300 (2006), based on the Frank Miller graphic novel, and Butterfly on a Wheel (2007) co-starring Pierce Brosnan and Maria Bello, which aired on network TV under the title Shattered. He most recently starred in P.S. I Love You (2007) with Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank . In 2007, he appeared in Nim's Island (2008) and RocknRolla (2008), and recently completed the new Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor film Gamer (2009). His latest film The Ugly Truth (2009) co-starring Katherine Heigl began filming in April 2008.

Trivia random: Was once rumored to be the next James Bond (after Pierce Brosnan). [April 2001]
Citazione random: Sometimes I finish a movie and I get used to a certain lifestyle and when that stops I get a bit lost for about a week. 'No one is bringing me lunch anymore - I've got to go do that myself?' I lose the main point of my focus. Often all I want to do is travel and just get the hell out of there. But I'm actually boring really.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Ventimiglia, Milo

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Nome di battesimo: Ventimiglia, Milo Anthony
Data di nascita: 8 July 1977
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Order of Chaos (2010) .... Rick [attore]
• "Ultradome" (2010) .... (executive producer) (unknown episodes, 2010) [produttore]
• Armored (2009) .... Eckehart [attore]
• Dave Knoll Finds His Soul (2009) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Gamer (2009) .... Rick Rape [attore]
• High-Five Hollywood! (2008) (V) .... [attore]
• Pathology (2008) .... Ted Grey [attore]
• "It's a Mall World" (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• "Winter Tales" (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Intelligence (2006/I) .... Colin Mathers [attore]

Biografia:
Nurturing an impressive body of work that encompasses film and television, Milo Ventimiglia is positioning himself as one of Hollywood's most promising young talents as his career continues to evolve with exciting and challenging projects. Ventimiglia will next be seen starring in Tom Fontana's new WB Series "The Bedford Diaries" (2006), which focuses on a group of college students in a human sexuality class. Ventimiglia quickly garnered attention when he joined the cast of the critically acclaimed television drama "Gilmore Girls" (2000), as the quiet and complicated 'Jess.' Last year Ventimiglia joined the cast of another critically acclaimed show, NBC's "American Dreams" (2002). He portrayed a 60's war radical and helps bring the show into the 70's. He was also a recurring character on David. E. Kelley's drama "Boston Public" (2000). Before joining "Gilmore Girls" audiences became familiar with Ventimiglia when he starred in the Fox series "Opposite Sex" (2000) which secured him a holding deal with Warner Brothers. His other television credits include guest starring roles on prime time series such as "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) and "Promised Land" (1996). Segueing effortlessly between the big and small screen, Ventimiglia's passion for the art of acting keeps him drawn to both studio and independent features. Ventimiglia recently starred in the Wes Craven/Kevin Williamson thriller Cursed (2005) and next up is the indie film Dirty Deeds (2005). His other film credits include Winter Break (2003) and Massholes (2000). Additionally he starred in the short films Nice Guys Finish Last (2001) and Must Be the Music (1996), which debuted at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. Ventimiglia currently resides in Los Angeles and enjoys skateboarding, snowboarding and wake boarding. He also has a passion for restoring vintage muscle cars.

Trivia random: He has a great interest in directing.
Citazione random: On the WB holding deal: ... They said, 'Here's a lot of money and don't work for anybody else. We don't have anything for you, so you're going to be sitting for a while.' That was an interesting thing.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

tromb raider etciu!

Stasera, su rai 2, Tomb Raider 2.

Film assolutamente imperdibile per tutti gli amanti del trash! Memorabili il combattimento con lo squalo all'inizio, la setta di ladri più in mal arnese di tutta la Cina e almeno un paio di sparatorie con proiettili da buono e proiettili da cattivo.

Da vedere.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

Lara Croft tomb raider: La culla della vita

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Regista: Jan de Bont
Scrittore: Steven E. de Souza, James V. Hart
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.2/10 (10827 voti)
Durata: 117 min
Paese: USA, Germany, Japan, UK, Netherlands
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Angelina Jolie .... Lara Croft
• Gerard Butler .... Terry Sheridan
• Ciarán Hinds .... Jonathan Reiss
• Chris Barrie .... Hillary (as Christopher Barrie)
• Noah Taylor .... Bryce
• Djimon Hounsou .... Kosa
• Til Schweiger .... Sean
• Simon Yam .... Chen Lo
• Terence Yin .... Xien
• Daniel Caltagirone .... Nicholas Petraki

Trama:
Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) has made perhaps the most important archaeological discovery in history: an orb that leads to the mythical Pandora's Box. Unfortunately, the orb falls into the hands of Jonathan Reiss (Ciarán Hinds), an evil scientist who deals in killer viruses and hopes to sell the secrets of the box as the ultimate weapon. Recruited by British Intelligence to get the orb back from Reiss, Lara recruits Terry Sheridan (Gerard Butler), a British marine turned mercenary (and her former love interest) to help. The two embark on an adventure that spans continents in an attempt to regain the orb...

Trivia random: In the previous film, Angelina Jolie had to wear bra padding in order for her bust size to measure up to the videogame character's. Jolie wears considerably less (and possibly no) padding in this film, as the decision was made to give Lara more realistic dimensions.

musi-marchetta non pagata

Liquido subito RocknRolla con un 5 di stima, ma davvero non ci siamo: il Guy Ritchie degli inizi si è perso chissà dove.

Passando alla marchetta, i proverbiali amici degli amici (a cui non è mai saggio rifiutare favori ) e che incidentalmente frequentano pure questa rinomata casa del trashometro, mi chiedevano di commentare il loro primo lavoro musicale.
Trattasi dell'album Collettivo Dantzig dell'omonimo gruppo, che suppongo faccia riferimento ai troppi matematici con quel cognome o forse a qualcosa di completamente diverso.

Premesso che è certamente possibile che i miei gusti musicali facciano cagare e che io sia un ignorante puzzone che non capisce un cacchio di musica, devo dire che a me sono piaciuti e anche molto. E poi se non altro una o due persone scopriranno che esiste jamendo, che assieme a lastfm considero essere l'unico pseudo-a-social network degno di esistere.
Gli mp3 sono taggati come "blues" (e suppongo lo sia), anche se si usa pure il sintetizzatore. Di mio non mi formalizzo e faccio perennemente ricorso al jolly "jazz" (cfr: "quando non sai che cosa è, è jazz", che coi libri si traduce in "quando non sai che cosa è, è letteratura"... non mi sovviene il corrispettivo cinematografico, buffo).
Hanno un andamento molto soft, e come stile mi hanno ricordato alcune cose di Ani DiFranco (non so se ciò che ho detto corrisponda al vero e/o se loro gradiranno il paragone, ma non son poi mica fatti miei! )

Tanto per leccinvogliarmi, mi chiedevano anche a cosa si potesse associare, cinematograficamente; non sarà niente di eclatante, ma trovo che non avrebbero sfigurato come sottofondo in alcuni episodi di Firefly (fondamentalmente, un action-western-e-molto-altro di fantascienza) e considerato quanto amore provo per la serie, direi che è un complimento.

Versione breve: a prescindere da tutto, andate su jamendo e cercatevi un po' di musica, che male non può farvi.

RocknRolla (2008)

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Regista: Guy Ritchie
Scrittore: Guy Ritchie
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Action
Valutazione: 7.4/10 (29897 voti)
Durata: 114 min
Paese: UK
Lingua: English, Russian

Cast:

• Gerard Butler .... One Two
• Tom Wilkinson .... Lenny Cole
• Thandie Newton .... Stella
• Mark Strong .... Archy
• Idris Elba .... Mumbles
• Tom Hardy .... Handsome Bob
• Karel Roden .... Uri Omovich
• Toby Kebbell .... Johnny Quid
• Jeremy Piven .... Roman
• Ludacris .... Mickey (as Chris Bridges)

Trama:
Lenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions. For substantial fees, he's helping Uri Omovich, a Russian developer. As a sign of good faith, Omovich loans Cole a valuable painting, promptly stolen off Cole's wall. While Cole's men, led by the dependable Archie, look for the canvas, three local petty criminals, the Wild Bunch, steal money from the Russian using inside information from his accountant, the lovely Stella. Meanwhile, a local drug-addled rocker, Johnny Quid, is reported drowned, and his connection to Cole is the key to unraveling the deceits and double crosses of life in the underworld.

Trivia random: According to director Guy Ritchie, this is the first in a trilogy. Before the credits reads a title card, "The Wild Bunch will return in The Real RockNRolla". Hinting that this will be the next installment, "The Real RockNRolla".
Citazione random: Lenny Cole: I thought you lot drink vodka.<br />Uri: Whisky is the new vodka.<br />Lenny Cole: I thought you'd join me.<br />Uri: I don't drink.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Guy Ritchie

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La ricerca ha prodotto più di un risultato.

1. Snatch. (2000)
2. Revolver: The Concept - An Interview with Guy Ritchie and James Herbert (2005) (V)
3. Incredible Mrs. Ritchie, The (2003) (TV)
4. Ritchie Boys, The (2004)
5. "Guy Mitchell Show, The" (1957)
6. Jim Ritchie Sculptor (1971) (TV)
7. Ritchie, the Tramp Bicyclist (1899)
8. Awakening of Helena Ritchie, The (1916)
9. Ritchie Valens Story, The (2002) (TV)
10. Golden Boy: The Story of Richie Rich (2008) (V)
11. Hitchin' a Ride with 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005) (TV)
12. Richie Benaud's Greatest XI (2004) (V)
13. "Richie Brockelman, Private Eye" (1978)
14. Ritchie's Itch (2002)
15. Barbara Fritchie: The Story of a Patriotic American Woman (1908)
16. Grandpa, Mom, Dad and Richie (1974) (TV)
17. Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)
18. "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" (2003)
19. All Over the Guy (2001)
20. Ri¢hie Ri¢h's Christmas Wish (1998) (V)

Dracula Bis!

Non che si sia visto il primo, ma che importa? Questo Dracula II: Ascension risulta già sufficientemente trash di suo, anche senza scomodare la trilogia di cui fa parte.

Diretto da un tale e scritto da un altro tale che ha firmato alcune delle più recenti catastrofi horror, questa trilogia porta un inconfondibile marchio di qualità: "presentato da Wes Craven", che non ha mai presentato o prodotto nulla che fosse meno di atroce.

Uno SIENSIATO paraplegico si imbatte in un caso incredibile: la fidanzata/assistente topina trova, nell'obitorio in cui lavora, il corpo carbonizzato di un vampiro.
Trasportato in una catapecchia i due, con la collaborazione di un paio di allievi di Err Professor, lo resuscitano immergendolo nel sangue.
Il simpatico non-morto, che ricorda in maniera inquietante Billy Idol, verrà imprigionato ed usato per i loro esperimenti, nella speranza di curare il professorone e/o farci un sacco di baiocchi.
Sulle loro tracce niente meno che Jason Scott Lee, il più improbabile cacciatore di vampiri che la storia ricordi (qui in missione per conto di Roy Scheider, niente meno...)

La storia è di una stupidità disarmante ed i vampiri sono temibili quanto pacioccosi micetti, essendo vulnerabili a più o meno tutto: luce del sole, paletti, acqua santa, argento, pasta al pesto e chi più ne ha più ne metta.
Da segnalare la scena trash col vampiro che si libera e conta i granelli di sabbia (do not ask) ed in generale le situazioni improbabili e la dabbenaggine dei protagonisti.

Non tralasciando un po' fan-service, il film promette molto ma mostra poco, annoverando nel cast financo Brande Roderick, nota coniglietta di playboy e Baywatch-ara la cui biografia su IMDb inizia con "Beautiful and talented", azzeccandone quanto meno una su due.

Voto: 3. Trashometro^® 6/10: (trash moderno e patinato, che si crede pure d'essere!)
Tags: horror, vampiro, sangue, cadavere, immortalità, decapitazione, prigionia, obitorio, cacciatore, prete, sedia a rotelle, paraplegico, sequel, gore, sangue, trash.

"Baywatch" (1989)

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Genere: Drama, Action, Adventure
Valutazione: 4.4/10 (1100 voti)
Durata: 60::(241 episodes) min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• David Hasselhoff .... Lt. Mitch Buchannon (220 episodes, 1989-2000)
• Jeremy Jackson .... Hobie Buchannon / ... (178 episodes, 1991-1999)
• Pamela Anderson .... Casey Jean 'C.J.' Parker (111 episodes, 1992-1997)
• Michael Newman .... Mike 'Newmie' Newman / ... (110 episodes, 1989-2000)
• Chris Fiore .... Brad / ... (95 episodes, 1992-1999)

Trama:
This long-running series follows the adventures of a team of lifeguards on a crowded resort beach. Veteran lifeguard Mitch Buchannon watches over the younger lifeguards that come and go with each passing season as they keep the beaches safe for vacationers. Frequently he must take action to save them from the raging seas and from the raging tempers that sometimes flare up between the young guards in this stressful job.

Trivia random: Longest running show to never win an Emmy. (as of 2005)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Craven, Wes

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Nome di battesimo: Craven, Wesley Earl
Data di nascita: 2 August 1939
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Iya Labunka::(27 November 2004 - present), Mimi Craven::(25 July 1982 - 1987) (divorced), Bonnie Broecker::(1964 - 1969) (divorced) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Shocker (2009) .... (executive producer) (producer) [produttore]
• The People Under the Stairs 2 (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Hills Have Eyes II (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Breed (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Hills Have Eyes (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... (segment "Père-Lachaise") [scrittore]
• Pulse (2006) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Cursed (2005) .... [regista]
• Dracula III: Legacy (2005) (V) .... (presenter) [misc]
• Feast (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Wes was born in Cleveland in 1939. After an unhappy childhood (he was raised in a Baptist family) he left Cleveland to study for a degree in English Literature, at Wheaton College, Illinois. But after illness, he left the school for one year before returning to study psychology. In 1963 he took a degree in writing and psychology and in 1964 he took a Masters from J. Hopkins University. While he was a humanities college teacher, Wes married Bonnie Broecker, mother of both his children, Jonathan and Jessica. But after few years, they separated and the children stayed with Bonnie.Wes left his job as a teacher and after employment as taxi driver he became a sound editor for a post-production company in New York. And after the co-direction of Together (1971) with Sean S. Cunningham, Wes made the horror movie, The Last House on the Left (1972). The movie, released in August 1972, was a big success as was his second movie, The Hills Have Eyes (1977), winning the critic's prize at the Sitges Film Festival.Wes has gone onto win many more awards, including one for the best movie at the Avoriaz Film Festival for _Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984)_ . In 1999 he directed Music of the Heart (1999), a change of direction from the horror genre for which he is known.

Trivia random: Has a son, Jonathan Craven (1965) and a daughter, Jessica Craven (1968). Both from his marriage to his first wife, Bonnie Broecker.
Citazione random: On horror movies: "It's like boot camp for the psyche. In real life, human beings are packaged in the flimsiest of packages, threatened by real and sometimes horrifying dangers, events like Columbine. But the narrative form puts these fears into a manageable series of events. It gives us a way of thinking rationally about our fears."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Dracula II: Ascension (2003) (V)

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Regista: Patrick Lussier
Scrittore: Joel Soisson, Patrick Lussier
Genere: Horror
Valutazione: 4.4/10 (1080 voti)
Durata: 85 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Jennifer Kroll .... Twins of Evil
• Jason Scott Lee .... Father Uffizi
• Craig Sheffer .... Lowell
• Diane Neal .... Elizabeth Blaine
• Khary Payton .... Kenny
• Brande Roderick .... Tanya
• Jason London .... Luke
• Chris Hunter .... Corello
• Tom Kane .... Cartoon Voice of Doctor (voice)
• John Light .... Eric

Trama:
"Dracula II: Ascension" is a sequel to "Dracula 2000," with the ageless vampire again returning from apparent extinction. The twist is that Dracula's blood will be used by a researcher (baroque performance by Craig Sheffer) to reverse the effects of a crippling disease; Sheffer's assistants (read: vampire fodder) will help. Joining this scientific survey is long-haired vampire slayer Jason Scott Lee, who seems to have stalked in from another picture--but never mind Roy Scheider, whose wizened priest might be onscreen for all of 60 seconds. Citazione random: Luke: We had nothing to do with this!::Father Uffizi: You had everything to do with this.::[examines Elizabeth]::Father Uffizi: You're turning.::Elizabeth Blaine: [weakly] Leave me alone.::Father Uffizi: The infection must have been slight to begin with. There's still a way this can be reversed.::Luke: How?::Father Uffizi: Sunlight. Take her into the sunlight. Pray that there is enough of what's human to survive the destruction of what's not.::Luke: [helps Elizabeth up] Okay.::Father Uffizi: The agony will be unimaginable. No matter how strong her will, in the end, she will fight her way back to the dark side. You must not let her.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Roderick, Brande

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Nome di battesimo: Roderick, Brande Nicole
Data di nascita: 13 June 1974
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Nanny Diaries (2007) .... Tanya [attrice]
• Toxic (2007) .... Cherry [attrice]
• "What I Learned About... From the Movies" (2007) .... (2007) [attrice]
• Bunny Whipped (2006) .... Casey [attrice]
• Hood of Horror (2006) .... Tiffany [attrice]
• "The Daily Habit" (2005) .... Host (unknown episodes) [attrice]
• Lucky 13 (2005/I) .... Coolmint Girl [attrice]
• Miss Cast Away (2004) .... [attrice]
• Starsky & Hutch (2004) .... Heather [attrice]
• Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003) (TV) .... Leigh Dyer [attrice]

Biografia:
Beautiful and talented Brande Roderick joined the internationally renowned hit series "Baywatch" (1989) in the starring role as lifeguard Leigh Dyer. Winning the role over hundreds of hopefuls, Brande convinced veteran writer/producer Frank South ("Melrose Place" (1992)) that she was the best person for the job. Now in its 11th season, "Baywatch" (1989) executives brought on South to bring new depth to the show, which will showcase Brande as the lead. A native of Northern California, Brande attended Santa Rosa Junior College with aspirations towards acting. She was last seen in "Playboy"'s April issue as Miss April 2000. Brande has appeared on television shows such as "Jesse" (1998), "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998) and "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990), as well as in numerous commercials including Dr. Pepper and Snickers. Brande currently makes her home in Los Angeles, but she is looking forward to living in Hawaii while shooting the show.

Trivia random: Playboy Playmate of the Month April 2000

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Soisson, Joel

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Ultimi lavori:

• Buried (2008) .... [regista]
• The Tribe (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Hollow Man II (2006) (V) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Pulse (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Dracula III: Legacy (2005) (V) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Feast (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) (V) .... (story) [scrittore]
• The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005) (V) .... (teleplay) [scrittore]
• The Prophecy: Uprising (2005) (V) .... (teleplay) [scrittore]
• Trekkies 2 (2004) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Lee, Jason Scott

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Data di nascita: 19 November 1966
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Balls of Fury (2007) .... Siu-Foo [attore]
• Dance of the Dragon (2007) .... Cheng [attore]
• Dracula III: Legacy (2005) (V) .... Father Uffizi [attore]
• Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) (V) .... David Kawena (voice) [attore]
• Nomad (2005/II) .... Oraz [attore]
• Only the Brave (2005) .... Glenn "Tak" Takase [attore]
• The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005) (V) .... Dylan [attore]
• Dracula II: Ascension (2003) (V) .... Father Uffizi [attore]
• Timecop: The Berlin Decision (2003) (V) .... Ryan Chan [attore]
• Lilo & Stitch (2002) .... David Kawena (voice) [attore]

Biografia:
Of Hawaiian and Chinese descent, Jason Scott Lee was born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in Hawaii from the age of two. His interest in acting began while studying in high school. It blossomed further when he enrolled in Fullerton College, where he studied under acting coach Sal Romeo. His first film role was in Born in East L.A. (1987). After taking many supporting roles, he took his star turn in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993). His next starring role was in The Jungle Book (1994). Though he has not yet panned out as a leading man, Jason continues to work in supporting roles while pursuing his interest in live theater.

Trivia random: Auditioned for the role of Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat (1995), but lost out to Robin Shou.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Scheider, Roy

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Nome di battesimo: Scheider, Roy Richard
Data di nascita: 10 November 1932
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Brenda King::(11 February 1989 - present) 2 children, Cynthia Scheider::(8 November 1962 - 1989) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Dark Honeymoon (2007) .... Sam [attore]
• If I Didn't Care (2007) .... Linus [attore]
• Iron Cross (2007) .... Joseph [attore]
• The Poet (2007) .... Rabbi [attore]
• Last Chance (2006) .... Cumberland [attore]
• The Shark Is Still Working (2006) (V) .... (associate producer) [produttore]
• Dracula III: Legacy (2005) (V) .... Cardinal Siqueros [attore]
• The Punisher (2004) .... Frank Castle Sr. [attore]
• Citizen Verdict (2003) .... Bull Tyler [attore]
• Dracula II: Ascension (2003) (V) .... Cardinal Siqueros [attore]

Biografia:
Lean, angular-faced and authoritatively spoken lead / supporting actor Roy Scheider obviously never heard the old actor's axiom about "never appearing with kids or animals" lest they overshadow your performance. Breaking that rule did him no harm, though, as he achieved pop cult status by finding, fighting and blowing up a 25-foot-long Great White shark (nicknamed "Bruce") in the mega-hit Jaws (1975) and then electrocuting an even bigger Great White in the vastly inferior Jaws 2 (1978).Athletic Scheider was born in November 1932 in Orange, New Jersey, and was a keen sportsman from a young age, competing in baseball and boxing (his awkwardly mended broken nose is a result of his foray into Golden Gloves competitions). While at college, his pursuits turned from sports to theater and he studied drama at Rutgers and Franklin and Marshall. After a stint in the military, Scheider appeared with the New York Shakespeare Festival and won an "Obie Award" for his appearance in the play "Stephen D."His film career commenced with the campy Z-grade horror cheesefest The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964), and he then showed up in Star! (1968), Paper Lion (1968), Stiletto (1969) and Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970). In 1971 he really came to the attention of film audiences with his role in the Jane Fonda thriller Klute (1971) and then as Det. Buddy Russo (scoring his first Oscar nomination) alongside fiery Gene Hackman in the crime drama The French Connection (1971). His performance as a tough street cop in that film led him into another tough cop role as NYC Det. Buddy Manucci in the underappreciated The Seven-Ups (1973), which features one of the best car chase sequences ever put on film.In the early 1970s the Peter Benchley novel "Jaws" was a phenomenal best-seller, and young director Steven Spielberg was chosen by Universal Pictures to direct the film adaptation, Jaws (1975), in which Scheider played police chief Brody and shared lead billing with Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss in the tale of a New England seaside community terrorized by a hungry Great White shark. "Jaws" was a blockbuster, and for many years held the record as the highest-grossing film of all time. Scheider then turned up as the shady CIA agent brother of Dustin Hoffman in the unnerving Marathon Man (1976) and in the misfired William Friedkin-directed remake of Salaire de la peur, Le (1953) titled Sorcerer (1977), before again returning to Amity to battle another giant shark in Jaws 2 (1978). Seeking a change from tough cops and hungry sharks, he took the role of womanizing, drug-popping choreographer Joe Gideon, the lead character of the semi-autobiographical portrayal of director Bob Fosse in the sparkling All That Jazz (1979). It was another big hit for Scheider (and another Oscar nomination), with the film featuring a stunning opening sequence to the tune of the funky George Benson number "On Broadway", and breathtaking dance routines including the "Airotica" performance by the glamorous Sandahl Bergman.Returning to another law enforcement role, Scheider played a rebellious helicopter pilot in the John Badham conspiracy / action film Blue Thunder (1983), a scientist in the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) simply titled 2010 (1984), a cheating husband who turns the tables on his blackmailers in 52 Pick-Up (1986), a cold-blooded hit man in Cohen and Tate (1989) and a CIA operative in the muddled and slow-moving The Russia House (1990). The versatile Scheider was then cast as the captain of a futuristic submarine in the relatively popular TV series "SeaQuest DSV" (1993), which ran for three seasons.Inexplicably, however, Scheider had seemingly, and slowly, dropped out of favor with mainstream film audiences, and while he continued to remain busy, predominantly in supporting roles (generally as US presidents or military officers), most of the vehicles he appeared in were B-grade political thrillers such as The Peacekeeper (1997), Executive Target (1997), Chain of Command (2000) and Red Serpent (2002).One hopes that a really first-class role will re-emerge for this immensely entertaining actor--he's much too interesting and likable to be out of the public limelight!

Trivia random: On March 4, 2007, Scheider was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the SunDeis Film Festival at Brandeis University, following a screening of his classic film "All That Jazz." It was the sixth time that Scheider had seen the film, and the first time for his young daughter, Molly, who accompanied him.
Citazione random: "The important thing is to do good work, no matter what medium you do it in."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Lussier, Patrick (I)

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Ultimi lavori:

• Condition Dead (2008) .... [regista]
• Chain Mail (2007) .... (attached) [regista]
• The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Whisper (2007) .... (visual consultant) [misc]
• White Noise 2: The Light (2007) .... [regista]
• Dracula III: Legacy (2005) (V) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• Darkness Falls (2003) .... (visual consultant) [misc]
• Dracula II: Ascension (2003) (V) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• Dracula 2000 (2000) .... (story) [scrittore]
• The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000) (V) .... [regista]

Trivia random: Father of Devin C. Lussier

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Sheffer, Craig

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Nome di battesimo: Sheffer, Craig Eric
Data di nascita: 23 April 1960
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• While She Was Out (2008) .... [attore]
• American Crude (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Find Love (2006) .... Interviewer [attore]
• Long Lost Son (2006) (TV) .... Quinn [attore]
• "Into the West" (2005) (mini) .... Older Robert Wheeler [attore]
• The Second Front (2005) .... Frank Hossom [attore]
• Tom's Nu Heaven (2005) .... Tom Mitchell [attore]
• Prodigal Son (2004) .... [regista]
• Dracula II: Ascension (2003) (V) .... Lowell [attore]
• Save It for Later (2003) .... Marco [attore]

Trivia random: Is very interested in music and he enjoys writing songs and playing the guitar.
Citazione random: "I think it's real easy to look at what's out there and get discouraged. I was never the best-looking guy, I was never the Tom Cruise-looking guy. I think the biggest thing I can say is don't compare yourself. Focus on making you the best you you can be as an actor and follow your own path. You can't compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self-esteem issues." - On acting in films.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Dracula 2000 (2000)

Dracula's legacy - Il fascino del male

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Regista: Patrick Lussier
Scrittore: Joel Soisson, Patrick Lussier
Genere: Horror
Valutazione: 4.7/10 (8916 voti)
Durata: 99 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Gerard Butler .... Dracula
• Christopher Plummer .... Abraham/Matthew Van Helsing
• Jonny Lee Miller .... Simon Sheppard
• Justine Waddell .... Mary Heller
• Colleen Fitzpatrick .... Lucy Westerman (as Colleen Anne Fitzpatrick)
• Jennifer Esposito .... Solina
• Omar Epps .... Marcus
• Sean Patrick Thomas .... Trick
• Danny Masterson .... Nightshade
• Lochlyn Munro .... Eddie

Trama:
In the millenium version of this classic Gothic horror we find Abraham Van Helsing (Plummer), who has tangled with Count Dracula (Butler) in the past, working as an English antiques dealer. Simon (Miller) is a vampire hunter in training under his apprenticeship. Van Helsing and Simon travel from London to New Orleans to rescue Van Helsing's daughter Mary (Waddell) from the family's life long nemesis - Dracula.

Trivia random: Gerard Butler's Dracula says, "I never drink... coffee," in one scene. This is a spoof of Bela Lugosi's Dracula, who spouts his famous "I never drink... wine" in Universal's _Dracula (1931/I)_ .
Citazione random: Dracula: Blood has always been the coin of our realm.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.