la notte non aspetta

La notte può attendere si inserisce nel filone "polizia corrotta in un mondo corrotto", e lo fa abbastanza bene.

Un poliziotto dai metodi brutali (un Keanu Reeves bravo ed un po' invecchiato) entra nella squadra del capitano Wander (adoro Forest Whitaker) e riesce a risolvere un caso importante facendo una quantità industriale di morti; si ritrova contro un suo vecchio collega, che gli rinfaccia di muoversi al di fuori della legge.
La morte violenta di quest'ultimo, scoperchierà un enorme vaso di vermi all'interno del dipartimento di polizia.

Tanta azione (ben diretta) e violenza, ma anche un buon intreccio.
Dove pecca un po' è nell'eccessivo "spiegazionismo" finale, ed in alcuni dialoghi stucchevoli. L'ottimo cast copre comunque gran parte delle pecche.

Voto: 7-.
Tags: crimine, thriller, drammatico, polizia, Los Angeles, capitano, affari interni, poliziotto, criminalità, droga, corruzione, violenza, omicidio, mitragiatore, pistola, conflitto a fuoco, esecuzione, occultamento di cadavere, rapimento, potere, salvataggio, abuso di potere, tradimento, incidente, redenzione, cadavere, morte.

Whitaker, Forest

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Nome di battesimo: Whitaker, Forest Steven
Data di nascita: 15 July 1961
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Keisha Whitaker::(4 May 1996 - present) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• My Very Own Love Song (2009) .... (rumored) [attore]
• Repossession Mambo (2009) .... Jake [attore]
• Where the Wild Things Are (2009) .... Wild Thing (voice) [attore]
• Dewmocracy (2008) (VG) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Hurricane Season (2008/III) .... Al Collins [attore]
• Kassim the Dream (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Powder Blue (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Street Kings (2008) .... Captain Jack Wander [attore]
• Vantage Point (2008) .... Howard Lewis [attore]
• Winged Creatures (2008) .... Charlie Archenault [attore]

Biografia:
Forest Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb frame. The athletically-inclined Whitaker initially found his way into college via a football scholarship. Later, however, he transferred to USC where he set his concentration on music and earned two more scholarships training as an operatic tenor. This, in turn, led to another scholarship at Berkeley with a renewed focus on acting and the performing stage. Whitaker made his film debut at the age of 21 in the raucous comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) wherein he played, quite naturally, a footballer. He went on to play another student pigskin player in his second film Vision Quest (1985). He gain experience on TV as well with featured spots on such varied shows as "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978) and "Cagney & Lacey" (1982), not to mention the TV-movie Civil War epic "North and South" (1985) and its sequel, the movie that truly put him on the map The Color of Money (1986). His one big scene as a naive-looking pool player who out-hustles Paul Newman's Fast Eddie Felson was pure electricity. This led to more visible roles in the "A" class films Platoon (1986), Stakeout (1987), and Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), which culminated in his breakout lead portrayal of the tortured jazz icon 'Charlie "Bird' Parker' in Clint Eastwood's passion project Bird (1988), for which Whitaker won the Cannes Film Festival award for "best actor" and a Golden Globe nomination. While his "gentle giant" characters typically display innocence, indecision, and timidity along with a strong underlying humanity, he has certainly not shied away from the edgier, darker corners of life as his various hitmen and other menacing streetwise types can attest. Although in only the first section of the film, he was memorable as the IRA-captured British soldier whose bizarre relationship with a mysterious femme fatale serves as the catalyst for the critically-lauded drama The Crying Game (1992). Always a willing participant to push the envelope, he's gone on to enhance a number of lesser films. Among those was his plastic surgeon in Johnny Handsome (1989), gay clothing designer in Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter (1994), alien hunter in Species (1995), absentee father confronted by his estranged son in Smoke (1995), and Mafia hitman who models himself after the samurai warrior in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), among many others. As would be expected, he's also had his share of epic-sized bombs, notoriously the L. Ron Hubbard sci-fi disaster Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000). On the TV front, he was the consulting producer and host of a revamped Rod Serling's cult series classic "The Twilight Zone" (2002), which lasted a disappointing one season. In the early 1990s, Whitaker widened his horizons to include producing/directing and has since developed respect name behind the camera. He started things off co-producing the violent gangster film A Rage in Harlem (1991), in which he co-starred with Gregory Hines and Robin Givens, and then made his successful directorial debut with the soulful Waiting to Exhale (1995), showcasing a legion of distaff black stars. He also directed co-star Whitney Houston's music video of the movie's theme song ("Shoop Shoop"). Most recently, he scored with audiences helming the fluffy romantic comedy First Daughter (2004) with Katie Holmes and Michael Keaton. He is married to former model Keisha Whitaker and has three children with her. His younger brothers Kenn Whitaker and Damon Whitaker are both actors as well. Whitaker's multimedia company, Spirit Dance Entertainment, includes film, television and music production. Whitaker works closely with a number of charitable organizations. He has also given back to his community, serving as an Honorary Board Member for Penny Lane, an organization that provides assistance to abused teenagers, the Human Rights Watch and The Hope North organization.

Trivia random: Attended University of Southern California (USC) School of Theater.
Citazione random: (On choosing studio or independent films) "I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other. The only reason to make a decision like that is financial, you know, you can't live. That doesn't make my decision for me, I do what feels right for me. I'm not going to do a bad movie just because it's a studio movie or an indie film, and there are hordes of bad independent movies. People tend to think that indie movies are always good, but I've seen horrific ones, just as well as I've seen horrific studio films. So I just go by how I feel, it's the only way you can figure it out. Otherwise you get lost in the maze of trying to second guess the people, the studio, how you can make your career long or short. It's easy to get lost in this maze, called life, really, you know what I mean?"

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Reeves, Keanu

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Nome di battesimo: Reeves, Keanu Charles
Data di nascita: 2 September 1964
Altezza: 6' 1¼" (1.86 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) .... Chris [attore]
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) .... Klaatu [attore]
• Street Kings (2008) .... Detective Tom Ludlow [attore]
• The Lake House (2006) .... Alex Wyler [attore]
• A Scanner Darkly (2006) .... Bob Arctor [attore]
• Constantine (2005) .... John Constantine [attore]
• Ellie Parker (2005) .... Dogstar [attore]
• Thumbsucker (2005) .... Perry Lyman [attore]
• The Animatrix (2003) (V) .... Neo (voice) (segment "Kid's Story") [attore]
• Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG) .... Neo (voice) [attore]

Biografia:
One of the most inscrutable actors to ever hit it big, Keanu Reeves has been by turns adored, reviled, and grudgingly respected by the movie-going public. As the controversy over his talent rages on, his career choices and paychecks show him inching toward A-list status. Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1964. His mother, Patricia, was a showgirl; his father, Samuel Nowlin Reeves, a geologist. After their marriage dissolved, Keanu moved with his mother and younger sister Kim to New York City, then Toronto. Stepfather #1 was Paul Aaron, a stage and film director - he and Patricia divorced within a year, after which she went on to marry (and divorce) rock promoter Robert Miller and hair salon owner Jack Bond. Reeves never reconnected with his biological father, who is now in prison on charges of cocaine possession. In high school, Reeves was lukewarm toward academics but took a keen interest in ice hockey (as team goalie, he earned the nickname "The Wall") and drama. He eventually dropped out of school to pursue an acting career. After a few stage gigs and a handful of made-for-TV movies, he scored a supporting role in the Rob Lowe hockey flick Youngblood (1986), which was filmed in Canada. Shortly after the production wrapped, Reeves packed his bags and headed for Hollywood. Reeves popped up on critics' radar with his performance in the dark adolescent drama River's Edge (1986), but his first popular success was the role of totally rad dude Ted Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). The wacky time-travel movie became something of a cultural phenomenon, and audiences would forever confuse Reeves's real-life persona with that of his doofy on-screen counterpart. Over the next few years, Reeves tried to shake the Ted stigma with a series of highbrow projects. He played a slumming rich boy opposite River Phoenix's narcoleptic male hustler in My Own Private Idaho (1991), an unlucky lawyer who stumbles into the vampire's lair in Dracula (1992), and Shakespearean party-pooper Don Jon in Much Ado About Nothing (1993). In 1994, the understated actor became a big-budget action star with the release of Speed (1994/I). Its success heralded an era of five years in which Reeves would alternate between largely unwatched small films, like Feeling Minnesota (1996) and The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997), and unwatched big films like Johnny Mnemonic (1995) and Chain Reaction (1996). After all this Reeves did the unthinkable and passed on the Speed sequel, but he struck box-office gold again a few years later with the Wachowski brothers' cyberadventure The Matrix (1999). Despite his deadpan delivery style and reputation as an oaf, Reeves continues to reel in choice roles and fat paychecks. Whatever he knows, he's not telling the public--his self-deprecating interview tactics and mysterious private life provide little insight into his artistry. As far as Reeves is concerned, it seems, he's just a regular guy who rides a motorcycle, plays in a band (Dogstar), and shows up every now and then for a movie shoot.

Trivia random: Is very good friends with his Bill & Ted co-star, Alex Winter and has remained in contact with him. Keanu has also contributed cameo appearances and helped with a number of Winter's film projects.
Citazione random: [On River Phoenix] River was a remarkable artist and a rare human being. I miss him every day.
Salario massimo: $15,000,000 + 15% of the gross, per The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Street Kings (2008)

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Regista: David Ayer
Scrittore: James Ellroy, Kurt Wimmer
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Valutazione: 7.2/10 (12998 voti)
Durata: 109 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Turkish

Cast:

• Keanu Reeves .... Detective Tom Ludlow
• Forest Whitaker .... Captain Jack Wander
• Hugh Laurie .... Captain James Biggs
• Chris Evans .... Detective Paul Diskant
• Cedric the Entertainer .... Scribble (as Cedric 'The Entertainer' Kyles)
• Jay Mohr .... Sgt. Mike Clady
• Terry Crews .... Detective Terrence Washington
• Naomie Harris .... Linda Washington
• Common .... Coates
• The Game .... Grill

Trama:
Tom Ludlow is a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

Trivia random: James Ellroy wrote the screenplay in the mid-1990's inspired by the O.J. Simpson trial. Over the years, Spike Lee, David Fincher, and Oliver Stone were attached to direct the film at various stages of pre-production. Sean Penn was once attached to star. John Ridley contributed to an early version of the screenplay.
Citazione random: Tom Ludlow: [to Diskant] Hit me princess.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

l'isola del dottor Frankenstein

Oltre 400 voti ed una media di 1.6 su IMDb; questo è il significativo biglietto da visita de L'isola del dottor Frankenstein, film del 1981 con un tocco indiscutibilmente anni '50. E non in senso buono.

Cominciando dall'inizio - che tanto tutto il resto si confonde nelle allucinazioni provocate dalla visione di cotanto bel cinema - troviamo quattro stralunati pirla che precipitano con la loro mongolfiera su un'isola (fuori scena: effetto speciale troppo costoso...)
Con loro anche un cane che, memore di Napoleone, farà subito pipì e pure altro sulla spiaggia. Da qui in avanti la trama peggiora, e non di poco.
Verranno presto accolti da una tribù di più o meno affascinanti fanciulle (ma tanto i maschietti son dei gran scorfani, quindi non hanno da lamentarsi) che, come prevedibile, scopriremo essere mezzo-sangue aliene il cui rito di iniziazione a non-si-sa-bene-cosa consiste nel farsi appendere stile amache umane (buono anche per la sciatica, credo). Ho già detto dei peggioramenti della trama?
Pur vagamente allupati a causa delle discinte signorine, bramano anche il ritorno a casa, intralciato però dagli altri abitanti dell'isola: tale Sheila Frankenstein von Helsing (l'improbabile nome non l'ho scelto io), il suo bicentenario marito ed uno stuolo di fottutissimi scimuniti che ci vengono presentati come temibili macchine da guerra, ma che si limitano a ciondolare in giro senza costrutto.
I ben assortiti coniugi stanno conducendo esperimenti su questi (sub)umani con tanto di trasfusioni, elettrodi e sfere al plasma che fanno sempre scena e costano poco; il tutto sotto l'accorda guida del defunto e mi viene da dire buon-per-lui Dr. Frankenstein, che alla bisogna appare sovraimpresso per sproloquiare baggianate che si concludono sempre con "il potere! Il potere! Il potere! Il potere!" - del resto lo sanno tutti che se ripeti ossessivamente qualcosa prima o poi si avvera (bambini non fatelo a casa: "me-la-dai? Me-la-dai? Me-la-dai? Me-la-dai?" non ha mai funzionato a memoria d'uomo).
Inutile dire che il medico che fa parte della combriccola si fa temporaneamente traviare da tale eccesso di scienza, mentre gli altri dimostrano maschio nerbo ed impongono alle donninaliene di raccogliere tronchi per preparare una zattera. Che non vedremo: anche questo era un effetto speciale fuori dalle disponibilità economiche della produzione.
Credo di poter omettere la tedioscommovente parte col capitano incarcerato, quella col tizio nella vasca che va salato periodicamente, un paio di rapimenti, i combattimenti più osceni della storia, il cervello nella teca, apparizioni/sparizioni e pure l'intero finale col generale dell'esercito vestito come un giardiniere.
Mi sembra però giusto menzionare l'arma speciale contro i cattivi, trovata in seguito ad accurata descrizione: "sarà una cosa lunga più o meno così", detto allargando le braccia stile "ho preso un pesce...". Trattasi in realtà di un ben poco portatile mitragliatore da trincea della prima guerra mondiale, che viene usato a distanza da arma bianca e che smaterializza il bersaglio.
Ah sì, e appare pure Frankenstein, ma ci faceva più bella figura se se ne restava a casa, visto che pur presenziando alla scazzottata collettiva finale viene bellamente ignorato da tutti (e lui, cortesemente ricambia).

Delirante al limite del penalmente perseguibile, l'ultimo lavoro del leggendario Jerry Warren farà soffrire ed appagherà i cultori del trash come pochi altri filmacci di serie Z. Si sa: adoro i film che chiedono molto, ma che in cambio sanno anche dare molto.
Da segnalare, poi, una serie di caratteristi del filone zombie/vampiri/mostri-vari tra i quali Katherine Victor ed il sempre mentuto John Carradine.

Credo sia difficilmente reperibile: all'epoca passava sulle tv locali a tarda notte per spezzare un po' il ritmo delle pubblicità erotiche. Se vi capita a mano, però, fateci un pensierino (ma se ci spendete più di 20 centesimi vi rido in faccia ).


Voto: 1, di stima.
Trashometro^® 10/10: - solo per Veri Credenti del Brutto Cinema^®.
Tags: horror, fantascienza, branco di pirla, mongolfiera, alieni, zombie, Frankenstein, cervello (assenza di), rapimento, capitano, zattera, isola, fuga, casa, esperimento, trasfusione, il potere, il potere, il potere, il potere, e piantala vecchio rincoglionito che non sei altro, vasca, arma, guarda mamma c'è John Carradine in sovraimpressione, tribù, trash.

Warren, Jerry

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Data di nascita: 10 March 1925
Data di morte: 21 August 1988
Coniuge: Brianne Murphy::(? - ?) (divorced), Gloria::(? - 21 August 1988) (his death)

Ultimi lavori:

• Frankenstein Island (1981) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Wild World of Batwoman (1966) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Creature of the Walking Dead (1965) .... (producer) [produttore]
• House of the Black Death (1965) .... (last scenes) [regista]
• Attack of the Mayan Mummy (1964) (TV) .... (producer) (final American version) [produttore]
• Curse of the Stone Hand (1964) .... (producer) (English version) [produttore]
• Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1964) .... (producer) [produttore]
• A Bullet for Billy the Kid (1963) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Terror of the Bloodhunters (1962) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Rymdinvasion i Lappland (1959) .... (director: added American scenes) (producer: added American scenes) [misc]

Biografia:
With all due respect to the man himself, it is hard to think of any horror filmmaker who made movies that were as cheap or as ridiculed as Jerry Warren's. Whether making shoestring quickies like The Incredible Petrified World (1957) or Teenage Zombies (1959), or mangling Mexican imports, Warren could be counted on through the late '50s and early '60s to deliver the lowest common denominator in horror. Warren said that he grew up with the same natural inclination that every other kid growing up in Los Angeles had: He wanted to get into the movie business. He first pursued this ambition by playing small parts in such '40s films as Ghost Catchers (1944), Anchors Aweigh (1945) and Unconquered (1947). A producer made a big impression on Warren when he said, "In this town, producers are the ones that have it all". Warren subsequently took the producers' plunge in 1956 with the horror adventure Man Beast (1956).

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Carradine, John

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Nome di battesimo: Carradine, Richmond Reed
Data di nascita: 5 February 1906
Data di morte: 27 November 1988
Altezza: 6' 1¼" (1.86 m)
Coniuge: Emily Cisneros::(3 July 1975 - 27 November 1988) (his death), Doris Rich::(30 August 1957 - 10 December 1964) (divorced), Sonia Sorel::(13 August 1944 - 6 March 1957) (divorced) 3 children, Ardanelle McCool::(31 December 1935 - 14 March 1944) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Imps* (2009) .... Gentleman (segment "Great Moments") [attore]
• Buried Alive (1990) .... Jacob [attore]
• Evil Spawn (1987) .... Dr. Zeitman [attore]
• Prison Ship (1987) .... The Justice [attore]
• Monster in the Closet (1986) .... Old Joe Shempter [attore]
• Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) .... Leo [attore]
• Revenge (1986) (V) .... Senator Bradford [attore]
• The Tomb (1986) .... Mr. Andoheb [attore]
• Evils of the Night (1985) .... Dr. Kozmar [attore]
• The Ice Pirates (1984) .... Supreme Commander [attore]

Biografia:
Son of a reporter/artist and a surgeon. Grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. Attended Christ Church School, and Graphic Art School, studying sculpture. Roamed the South selling sketches. Made acting debut in Camille in a New Orleans theatre in 1925. Arrived in Los Angeles in 1927, worked in local theatre. Applied as scenic designer to Cecil B. DeMille, who rejected his designs but gave him voice work in several films. Debuted on film in Tol'able David (1930), billed as Peter Richmond. Protege and close friend of John Barrymore. Extremely prolific movie character actor, while simultaneously maintaining a stage career in classic leading roles such as Hamlet and Malvolio. Typed in later years as horror star. Member of the "John Ford Stock Company."

Trivia random: The Carradine family traces its ancestry back to an actual saint--St. Pedro Carradegna, patron saint of Barcelona.
Citazione random: [on John Ford] Oh, Ford was a peculiar man. You had to know how to handle him. Actors were terrified of him because he liked to terrify them. He was a sadist.
Salario massimo: $5,000, per Shock Waves (1977)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Victor, Katherine

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Nome di battesimo: Ktenavea, Katena
Data di nascita: 18 August 1923
Data di morte: 22 October 2004

Ultimi lavori:

• Superguy: Behind the Cape (2000) .... MaryJo Trent [attrice]
• The Tigger Movie (2000) .... (continuity checker) (as Kathrin Victor) [misc]
• Belle's Magical World (1998) (V) .... (continuity coordinator) (as Kathrin Victor) [misc]
• Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) (V) .... (continuity coordinator) (as Kathrin Victor) [misc]
• Fugitive Rage (1996) (V) .... Miss Prince [attrice]
• Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1995) (V) .... (continuity coordinator) (as Kathrin Victor) [misc]
• Bikini Summer (1991) .... Martha Patterson [attrice]
• Frankenstein Island (1981) .... Sheila Frankenstein von Helsing (as Kathrin Victor) [attrice]
• The Wild World of Batwoman (1966) .... Batwoman [attrice]
• Creature of the Walking Dead (1965) .... Mrs. Roger Vernon [attrice]

Biografia:
Born Katena Ktenavea in the Hell's Kitchen district of Manhattan, the future TV and movie actress grew up in L.A. and began her acting career on the stage and radio in the late '40s. She made her film debut in the campy sci-fi adventure _Mesa of Lost Women (1952)_; five years later she starred as the imperious Dr. Myra in director Jerry Warren's _Teenage Zombies (1957)_, which led to a series of roles in Warren's impoverished productions. Always busy outside of acting (in modeling, real estate and in various jobs in the animated cartoon business), Victor felt that the stigma of being a regular in Warren's movies stymied her mainstream acting career.

Salario massimo: $300, per Teenage Zombies (1959)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Frankenstein Island (1981)

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Regista: Jerry Warren
Scrittore: Jerry Warren
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 1.6/10 (402 voti)
Durata: 97 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Robert Clarke .... Dr. Paul Hadley
• Steve Brodie .... Jocko
• Cameron Mitchell .... Clay Jayson
• Robert Christopher .... Mark Eden
• Tain Bodkin .... Curtis
• Patrick O'Neil .... Dino
• Andrew Duggan .... The Colonel
• John Carradine .... Dr. Frankenstein
• Katherine Victor .... Sheila Frankenstein von Helsing (as Kathrin Victor)
• George Mitchell .... Dr. von Helsing

Trama:
When a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.

Trivia random: This would be the final film project for Jerry Warren.
Citazione random: Sheila Frankenstein von Helsing: The brain! It's going to be destroyed!

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

15 uomini e una bottiglia di rum!

Quando uscì, Pirati dei Caraibi: La Maledizione Della Prima Luna era di gran lunga il miglior film che fosse mai stato tratto da una giostra di un parco dei divertimenti.

Certo, il fatto di essere anche l'unico aiutava, e le sue due ore e rotte erano di sicuro troppo lunghe, ma alla fin fine si meritava la sufficienza per lo stile.
Pirati dei Caraibi: La maledizione del forziere fantasma allunga ulteriormente il brodo, solo con meno originalità e verve del precedente.

Il capitano Jack Sparrow deve saldare un debito con Davey Jones, il capitano dell'Olandese Volante, che non è esattamente un tipo simpatico. Come se non bastasse i suoi amici Will ed Elizabeth vengono incarcerati dagli inglesi poco prima del loro matrimonio; riusciranno a fuggire ed a raggiungere Jack, ma a quel punto i loro interessi saranno in conflitto.

Qualche momento simpatico non manca, ma per il resto si tratta di situazioni poco originali e molto prevedibili.
Johnny Depp è sempre buono quando si tratta di fare l'ubriaco e le facce strane, Orlando Bloom non riesce a togliersi l'espressione da "Guardate che culo! Sono diventato famoso senza saper fare niente! Che culo smisurato che ho avuto!" e l'inutile Keira Knightley fa l'inutile Keira Knightley.

Voto: 5. Si stava anche senza.
Tags: pirati dei caraibi, Johnny Depp, pirati, maledizione, L'Olandese Volante, commedia, fantasy, azione, avventura, forziere, tesoro, chiave, amore, caraibi, nave, Port Royale.

Bloom, Orlando

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Nome di battesimo: Bloom, Orlando Jonathan Blanchard
Data di nascita: 13 January 1977
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007) .... Will Turner [attore]



• Love and Other Disasters (2006) .... Hollywood Paolo [attore]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) .... Will Turner [attore]
• Elizabethtown (2005) .... Drew Baylor [attore]
• Kingdom of Heaven (2005) .... Balian [attore]
• The Calcium Kid (2004) .... Jimmy Connelly [attore]



• Haven (2004) .... (co-producer) [produttore]
• Troy (2004) .... Paris [attore]
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) .... Legolas [attore]
• Ned Kelly (2003) .... Joseph Byrne [attore]

Biografia:
Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, Kent, England on January 13, 1977. The man
he briefly knew as his father, Harry Bloom, was a legendary political activist who fought for civil rights in South Africa. But Harry died of a stroke when Orlando was only four years old. After that, Orlando and his older sister, Samantha Bloom, were raised by their mother, Sonia, and family friend, Colin Stone. When Orlando was 13, Sonia revealed to him that Colin was actually his biological father.Orlando attended St. Edmunds School in Canterbury but struggled in many courses because of dyslexia. He did embrace the arts, however, and enjoyed pottery, photography and sculpturing. He also participated in school plays and was active
at his local theater. As a teen, Orlando landed his first job: he was a clay trapper at a pigeon shooting range. Encouraged by his mother, he and his sister began studying poetry and prose, eventually giving readings at Kent Festival. Orlando and Samantha won many poetry and Bible reciting competitions. Then Orlando, who always idolized larger-than-life characters, gravitated towards serious acting. At the age of 16, he moved to London and joined the National Youth Theatre, spending two seasons there and gaining a scholarship to train with the British American Drama Academy. Like many young actors, he also auditioned for a number of television
roles to further his career, landing bit parts in British television shows "Casualty" (1986), "Midsomer Murders" (1997) and "Smack the Pony" (1999). He also appeared in the critically acclaimed movie Wilde (1997).He then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. It was there, in 1998, that Orlando fell three stories from a rooftop terrace and broke his back. Despite fears that he would be permanently paralyzed, he quickly recovered and returned to the stage. As fate would have it, seated in the audience one night in 1999 was a director named Peter Jackson. After the show, he met with Orlando and asked him
to audition for his new set of movies. After graduating from Guildhall, Orlando began work on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, spending 18 months in New Zealand bringing to life "Legolas", a part which made him a household name. Today, he is one of the busiest and most sought-after actors in
the industry.

Trivia random: First concert he attended was in Canterbery watching Jamiroquai.
Citazione random: "Elf Envy...they all had it."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Depp, Johnny

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Nome di battesimo: II, John Christopher Depp
Data di nascita:

9 June 1963
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Lori A. Depp::(24 December 1983 - 1986) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Rum Diary (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Shantaram (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007) .... Jack Sparrow [attore]
• href="http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0408236/" target="_blank">Sweeney Todd (2007) .... Sweeney Todd [attore]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) .... Jack Sparrow [attore]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (2006) (VG) .... Jack Sparrow (voice) [attore]
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) .... Willy Wonka [attore]



• Corpse Bride (2005) .... Victor Van Dort (voice) [attore]
• Finding Neverland (2004) .... Sir James Matthew Barrie [attore]
• Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants (2004) .... L'inconnu [attore]

Biografia:
Johnny Depp is perhaps one of the most versatile actors of his day and age in Hollywood,
who has recuperated his image greatly since his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in the acclaimed Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), with a supporting cast of Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and Geoffrey Rush.Though highly successful now, Depp's early life, strangely, was as a rebel, and he took
to vandalism and narcotics. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and he fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one named The Kids. However, it was when he married Lori Anne Allison that he took up the job of being a ballpoint-pen salesman to support himself and his wife. A visit to Los Angeles, California, with his wife, however, happened to be a blessing in disguise, when he met up with actor Nicolas Cage, who advised him to turn to acting, which culminated in Depp's film debut in the low-budget horror classic, _Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984)_ , where he
played a teenager who falls prey to dream-stalking demon Freddy Krueger. Three years later, Depp achieved fame as police cop Tom Hanson in the series "21 Jump Street" (1987) (1987-90), and in 1990, he was firmly established as a leading Hollywood actor with the Tim Burton movie Edward Scissorhands (1990), where he played a sad-faced, tragic hero who has scissors for hands.From then on, Depp was selective of his choice of roles in movies, and he more often than not played dark, sinister characters on-screen. He played an undercover FBI agent in Donnie Brasco (1997), in which he co-starred with Al Pacino; a druggie in
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); and in two more Tim Burton ventures, Ed Wood (1994) and Sleepy Hollow (1999), with Christina Ricci and Casper Van Dien. He is currently filming a fifth Tim Burton film, Corpse Bride (2005), as well as being committed for another Tim Burton production, where he plays Willy Wonka in the upcoming Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), based on the classic children's novel by Roald Dahl..During his career, Depp has, unfortunately, gotten himself under bad public scrutiny. He was accused of selling drugs at his own club, The Viper Room, in regard to the legendary celebrity, River
Phoenix, who died outside the club due to drug overdose in 1993. The following year, Depp was arrested for smashing and trashing a New York suite. And, in 1999, he was arrested in London for being in a fight with paparazzi outside a restaurant.Although he gained popularity since the success of Edward Scissorhands (1990), Depp wasn't hugely famous for many years until his portrayal of the suave, charming Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) in 2003. With the film's enormous success, it has opened several doors for his career and even included an Oscar nomination. He
appeared as the central character in the Stephen King-based movie, Secret Window (2004); as the kind-hearted novelist James Barrie in the factually-based Finding Neverland (2004), where he co-starred with Kate Winslet; and most recently as Rochester in the British film, The Libertine (2004).

Trivia random: Wrote the foreword to Mark Salisbury's
biography of Tim Burton, "Burton on Burton." He credits Burton's belief in him for rescuing him from being "a loser, an outcast, just another piece of expendable Hollywood meat."
Citazione random: [On reactions to his directorial debut] "You know what was traumatizing, what was very, very strange in terms of this film
I directed a few years back called The Brave. Well, I guess I wouldn't say traumatizing, but I would say weird: at the premiere of the film the reception of it was beyond any expectation that I had. I had no idea I'd be looking at Bertolucci or Antonioni sitting there watching my film. And then to receive the applause that my film got, it was so incredible. And then the next day the majority of the American press, just turn it into this horrible thing. Once again, everybody is entitled to their opinion, man. Maybe it's a bad film? Maybe it's a good film?
To me it's just a film. It's something I needed to make."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Knightley, Keira

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Nome di battesimo: Knightley, Keira Christina
Data di nascita: 26 March 1985
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)



Ultimi lavori:

• The Best Time of Our Lives (2008) .... Vera [attrice]
• Atonement (2007) .... Cecilia Tallis [attrice]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007) .... Elizabeth Swann [attrice]
• Silk (2007) .... Helene Joncour [attrice]
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  (2006) .... Elizabeth Swann [attrice]
• Domino (2005) .... Domino Harvey [attrice]
• The Jacket (2005) .... Jackie Price [attrice]
• Pride & Prejudice (2005) .... Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Bennet [attrice]
• Stories of Lost Souls (2005) .... Leah (segment New Year's Eve) [attrice]
• King Arthur (2004)
  
  .... Guinevere [attrice]

Biografia:
Keira Christina Knightley was born in the South London suburb of Richmond on March 26th 1985. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald. An older brother, Caleb, was born in 1979. Brought up immersed in the acting profession from both sides - writing
and performing - it is little wonder that the young Keira asked for her own agent at the age of three. She was granted one at the age of six and performed in her first TV role as Little Girl in Royal Celebration (1993) (TV), aged seven. It was discovered at an early age that Keira had severe difficulties in reading and writing. She was not officially dyslexic as she never sat the formal tests required of the British Dyslexia Association. Instead she worked incredibly hard, encouraged by her family, until the problem had been overcome by her early teens. Her first multi-scene performance
came in A Village Affair (1994), an adaptation of the lesbian love story by Joanna Trollope. This was followed by small parts in British crime series "The Bill" (1984), an exiled German princess in Treasure Seekers (1996) (TV) and a much more substantial role as the young Judith Dunbar in Giles Foster's adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's novel Coming Home (1998) (TV), alongside 'Peter O' Toole' , Penelope Keith and Joanna Lumley. The first time Keira's name was mentioned around the world was when it was revealed (in a plot twist kept secret by director George Lucas) that she played Natalie Portman's decoy Padme to Portman's
Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).It was several years before agreement was reached over which scenes featured Keira as the queen and which Natalie! Keira had no formal training as an actress and did it out of pure enjoyment. She went to an ordinary council-run school in nearby Teddington and had no idea what she wanted to do when she left. By now she was beginning to receive far more substantial roles and was starting to turn work down as one project and her schoolwork was enough to contend with. She reappeared on British television in 1999 as Rose
Fleming in Alan Bleasdale's faithful reworking of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" (1999) (mini), and travelled to Romania to film her first title role in Disney's Princess of Thieves (2001) (TV) in which she played Robin Hood's daughter Gwyn. Keira's first serious boyfriend was her Thieves co-star Del Synnott, and they later co-starred in Peter Hewitt' 's 'work of fart' Thunderpants (2002). Nick Hamm's dark thriller The Hole (2001) kept her busy during 2000, and featured her first nude scene (15 at the time, the film was not released until she was 16 years old). In the summer of 2001, while Keira studied and sat her
final school exams (she received six As) she filmed a movie about an Asian girl's (Parminder Nagra) love for football and the prejudices she has to overcome regarding both her culture and her religion.) Bend It Like Beckham (2002) was a smash hit in football-mad Britain but it had to wait until another of Keira's films propelled it to the top end of the US box office. Bend It cost just £3.5m to make, and nearly £1m of that came from the British Lottery. It took £11m in the UK and has since gone on to score more than US$76m worldwide. Meanwhile, Keira had
started A-levels at Esher College, studying Classics, English Literature and Political History, but continued to take acting roles which she thought would widen her experience as an actress. The story of a drug-addicted waitress and her friendship with the young son of a drug-addict, Pure (2002), occupied Keira from January to March 2002. Also at this time, Keira's first attempt at Shakespeare was filmed. She played Helena in a modern interpretation of a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream entitled The Seasons Alter (2002). This was commissioned by environmental organisation Futerra, of which Keira's mother is patron. Keira received no fee for this performance, or
for another short film, New Year's Eve (2002), by award-winning director Colin Spector. But it was a chance encounter with producer Andy Harries at the London premiere of Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) which forced Keira to leave her studies and pursue acting full-time. The meeting lead to an audition for the role of Larisa Feodorovna Guishar - the classic heroine of Boris Pasternak' 's novel "Doctor Zhivago" (2002) (mini), played famously in the David Lean movie by Julie Christie. This was to be a big-budget TV movie with a screenplay written by Andrew Davies. Keira won the part and the mini-series was filmed throughout
the Spring of 2002 in Slovakia, co-starring Sam Neill and Hans Matheson as Yuri Zhivago. Keira rounded off 2002 with a few scenes in the first movie to be directed by Blackadder and Vicar of Dibley writer Richard Curtis. Called Love Actually (2003), Keira played Juliet, a newlywed whose husband's Best Man is secretly besotted with her. A movie filmed after Love Actually but released before it was to make the world sit up and take notice of this beautiful fresh-faced young actress with a cute British accent. It was a movie which Keira very nearly missed out on altogether. Auditions were held in London
for a new blockbuster movie called Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), but heavy traffic in the city forced Keira to be tagged on to the end of the day's auditions list. It helped - she got the part. Filming took place in Los Angeles and the Caribbean from October 2002 to March 2003 and was released to massive box office success and almost universal acclaim in the July of that year. Meanwhile, a small British film called Bend It Like Beckham (2002) had sneaked onto a North American release slate and was hardly setting the box office alight.
But Keira's dominance in Pirates had set tongues wagging and questions being asked about the actress playing Elizabeth Swann. Almost too late, Bend It's distributors realised one of its two stars was the same girl whose name was on everyone's lips due to Pirates, and took the unusual step of re-releasing Bend It to 1,000 screens across the US, catapulting it from no. 26 back up to no. 12. Pirates, meanwhile, was fighting off all contenders at the top spot, and stayed in the Top 3 for an incredible 21 weeks. It was perhaps no surprise, then, that Keira was on producer Jerry Bruckheimer's wanted
list for the part of Guinevere in a planned accurate telling of the legend of King Arthur. Filming took place in Ireland and Wales from June to November 2003. In July Keira had become celebrity face of British jeweller and luxury goods retailer Asprey. At a photoshoot for the company on Long island New York in August Keira met and fell in love with Northern Irish model Jamie Dornan. King Arthur (2004) was released in July 2004 to lukewarm reviews. It seems audiences wanted the legend after all, and not necessarily the truth. Keira became the breakout star' and 'one to watch in 2004'
throughout the world's media at the end of 2003. Keira's 2004 started off in Scotland and Canada filming 'John Maybury 's time-travelling thriller The Jacket (2005) with Oscar-winner Adrien Brody. A planned movie of Deborah Moggach's novel, Tulip Fever, about forbidden love in 17th Century Amsterdam, was cancelled in February after the British government suddenly closed tax loopholes which allowed filmmakers to claw back a large proportion of their expenditure. Due to star Keira and Jude Law in the main roles, the film remains mothballed. Instead, Keira spent her time wisely, visiting Ethiopia on behalf of the Comic Relief charity, and spending summer at various
grandiose locations around the UK filming what promises to be a faithful adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel _Pride and Prejudice (2005)_ , alongside Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy, and with Donald Sutherland and Judi Dench in supporting roles. In October 2004, Keira received her first major accolade, the Hollywood Film Award for Best Breakthrough Actor - Female. The remainder of 2004 saw Keira once again trying a completely new genre, this time the part-fact, part-fiction life story of model turned bounty hunter Domino (2005). Her pre-contracted sequel clause from the original Pirates movie meant the production of not one, but two sequels were
already in the works. Pre-production started in February, and Keira started filming - again in Los Angeles and the Caribbean - from mid-March onwards. Filming is expected to wrap in January of 2006 with _Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest_ (2006) due for a Summer 2006 release and _Pirates of the Caribbean 3_ (2007) for Summer 2007.

Trivia random: Credits her dark looks to her mother's Black Scottish heritage, who were descendants of the Spanish Armada
Citazione random: Talking about her possibly being anorexic: "I've got a lot of experience with anorexia. It was in my family. My grandmother, and my great-grandmother suffered
from it and I had a lot of friends at school who suffer from it so I don't think it's anything to be taken lightly."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Pirati
dei Caraibi - La maledizione del forziere fantasma

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Regista: Gore Verbinski
Scrittore: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Genere:

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Valutazione: 7.3/10 (60888 voti)
Durata: 150 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: Turkish, English

Cast:

• Johnny Depp .... Jack Sparrow
• Orlando
  Bloom .... Will Turner
• Keira Knightley .... Elizabeth Swann
• Jack Davenport .... Norrington
• Bill Nighy .... Davy Jones
• target="_blank">Jonathan Pryce .... Governor Weatherby Swann
• Lee Arenberg .... Pintel
• Mackenzie Crook .... Ragetti
• Kevin McNally .... Gibbs (as Kevin
  R. McNally)
• David Bailie .... Cotton

Trama:
Jack Sparrow endeavors to settle a blood debt to Davey Jones, the infamous captain of the ghostly ship, the Flying Dutchman. Faced with a potential afterlife of servitude and damnation, Jack also has the upcoming wedding of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann to consider ...




Trivia random: For the film's release, the Walt Disney Company redesigned the Pirates of the Caribbean rides in Walt Disney World and Disneyland to feature captain Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, and an appearance by the films' supernatural character Davy Jones as part of the attraction and will be featured beginning on the film's opening day.
Citazione random: Gibbs: And mark my words, what bodes ill for Jack Sparrow
bodes ill for us all.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

style="font-size:70%">Maledizione della prima luna, La

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Regista: Gore Verbinski
Scrittore: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Valutazione: 8.0/10 (109288 voti) [#229 nella top250]
Durata:

143 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Johnny Depp .... Jack Sparrow
• Geoffrey Rush .... Barbossa
• Orlando Bloom .... Will Turner
• Keira Knightley .... Elizabeth Swann



• Jack Davenport .... Norrington
• Jonathan Pryce .... Governor Weatherby Swann
• Lee Arenberg .... Pintel
• Mackenzie Crook .... Ragetti
• Damian O'Hare .... Lt. Gillette
• href="http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm1099016/" target="_blank">Giles New .... Murtogg

Trama:
After Elizabeth Swann is kidnapped by the evil Captain Barbossa (Rush) and his crew, the blacksmith Will Turner and the pirate Jack Sparrow, who used to be captain of Barbossa's ship, team up to rescue Ms. Swann. But they soon discover that the pirates have their own secret, sinister purpose with Ms. Swann, and that there's much more going on that a simple kidnapping.




Trivia random: Part of the Caribbean Beach Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, is called "Port Royal".
Citazione random: [Elizabeth is being laced into a corset]::Governor Swann: Elizabeth, how's it coming?::Elizabeth: It's difficult to say.::Governor Swann: I'm told it's the latest fashion in London.::Elizabeth: Well, women in London must have learned not to breathe.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

serenity

Camminando diritto e fiero sulla mia via di peccato e perdizione, ho commesso un'altra empietà: ho visto Serenity senza aver visto Firefly e per giunta in italiano.

Si parte con una introduzione dei personaggi e della storia; se il contesto viene dipinto abbastanza bene lo stesso non si può dire dei protagonisti, in larga misura solo "figure abbozzate". Si salva il capitano e (in parte) River, mentre gli altri si limitano a svolgere il ruolo di comprimari attivi, ma troppo "piatti".

Lo scenario è molto (forse pure un po' troppo) classico del genere: da una parte i cattivi (nei metodi se non nelle intenzioni), dall'altra i buoni capitati nel ruolo un po' per caso, un po' per presa di coscienza (ma di certo non per nascita) e in mezzo di tutti gli altri: scagnozzi dei cattivi (con o senza crisi esistenziali), amici dei buoni, mercenari, figure sullo sfondo, i nemici di tutti (pazzi da legare, se possibile).
Insomma, un incrocio tra lo status quo di Star Trek: The Next Generation ed alcuni personaggi di Star Wars.

Come ha già detto qualcuno () questa è fantascienza classica, con astronavoni, astroporti malfamati, laser che fanno zzzap! nel vuoto, drammi umani e ogni tanto qualche sana scazzottata. A questo proposito devo dire che, pur apprezzando molto tutto il resto, le scazzottate sono molto whedoniane, ed è un genere a cui non sono mai riuscito ad abituarmi.

Concludendo: si lascia guardare, ma in due ore piene mi aspettavo sicuramente un migliore approfondimento dei personaggi e - se possibile - una trama un po' meno lineare.

Voto: 6.5 (ommioddio i mezzi voti sono tornati dall'oltretomba per obnubilarci la meeente! )

PS: mi sono accorto solo molto tardi che il capitano non era Adam Baldwin, pur essendo molto più Baldwin di quanto non lo fosse lo stesso Adam! Il che mi porta alla conclusione che essere Uno Dei Baldwin^® è più uno stato mentale, che non un diritto di nascita! Wow! Ho sempre voluto essere Uno Dei Baldwin^® ed ora so che, se mi applico con costanza ed impegno, un giorno forse - se ne sarò degno - lo diventerò!

Fillion, Nathan

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Data di nascita: 27 March 1971
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Slither (2006) .... Bill Pardy [attore]
• Waitress (2006) .... Dr. Pomatter [attore]
• White Noise 2: The Light (2006) .... Abe Dale (attached) [attore]
• Jade Empire (2005) (VG) .... Gao the Lesser (voice) [attore]
• Serenity (2005) .... Mal [attore]
• Outing Riley (2004) .... Luke [attore]
• Water's Edge (2003) .... Robert [attore]
• Dracula 2000 (2000) .... Father David [attore]
• Blast from the Past (1999) .... Cliff, Eve's Ex-Boyfriend [attore]
• Saving Private Ryan (1998) .... Minnesota Ryan [attore]

Biografia:
Canadian-born actor Nathan Fillion gained critical acclaim and a large cult of fans when he starred as Captain Malcolm Reynolds on the Joss Whedon TV series "Firefly" (2002/I), having previously been a regular on "One Life to Live" (1968) and "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place" (1998)_ . Fillion had also appeared in small roles in the films Blast from the Past (1999) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).Whedon gave Fillion a chance to display his range when he cast Fillion as the twisted preacher Caleb, a villain, in the seventh and final season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ .When "Firefly" (2002/I) was prematurely canceled in late 2002, the show's cast, crew, and fans were devastated. Whedon vowed to resurrect the series Fillion finally got a chance to play Captain Reynolds again in the feature-film Serenity (2005), followed by a role in the horror-comedy Slither (2006).

Trivia random: Had corrective surgery performed on his eyes when he was 12.
Citazione random: I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures ...

Star Wars (1977)

Guerre stellari

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Regista: George Lucas
Scrittore: George Lucas
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 8.8/10 (163374 voti) [#10 nella top250]
Durata: 121 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Mark Hamill .... Luke Skywalker
• Harrison Ford .... Han Solo
• Carrie Fisher .... Princess Leia Organa
• Peter Cushing .... Grand Moff Tarkin
• Alec Guinness .... Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Anthony Daniels .... C-3PO
• Kenny Baker .... R2-D2
• Peter Mayhew .... Chewbacca
• David Prowse .... Darth Vader
• James Earl Jones .... Darth Vader (voice)

Trama:
Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) is held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the Galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and dashing Captain Han Solo (Harrison Ford) team together with the lovable robotic duo, R2-D2 and C-3PO, to rescue the beautiful princess and restore justice in the Empire.

Trivia random: Jodie Foster was George Lucas's second option for Princess Leia.

Uno Dei Baldwin

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1. Baldwin, Alec
2. Baldwin, Adam
3. Baldwin, Stephen (I)
4. Baldwin, William
5. Baldwin, Peter (I)
6. Baldwin, Matthew
7. Baldwin, Howard (III)
8. Baldwin, Daniel (I)
9. Baldwin, David (II)
10. Baldwin, Neil (I)
11. Baldwin, Danny
12. Baldwin, Earl
13. Baldwin, John W.
14. Baldwin, Bob (II)
15. Richard-Baldwin, LeDiedra
16. Baldwin, Declan
17. Baldwin, Craig
18. Baldwin, Robert J.
19. Baldwin, Tammy (II)
20. Baldwin, Charles G.

Serenity (2005)

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Regista: Joss Whedon
Scrittore: Joss Whedon
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.0/10 (38958 voti)
Durata: 119 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Mandarin

Cast:

• Nathan Fillion .... Mal
• Gina Torres .... Zoe
• Alan Tudyk .... Wash
• Morena Baccarin .... Inara
• Adam Baldwin .... Jayne
• Jewel Staite .... Kaylee
• Sean Maher .... Simon
• Summer Glau .... River
• Ron Glass .... Shepherd Book
• Chiwetel Ejiofor .... The Operative

Trama:
Serenity follows the crew of the ship Serenity as it tries to evade an alliance assassin sent to recapture the telepath River, whose brother rescued her from an alliance facility. The crew must discover the mystery of the planet Miranda while avoiding alliance and reever ships. Eventually the crew must defend the entrance to a galaxy-wide broadcasting station while the captain, Mal, tries to tell the worlds the truth behind the mysterious deaths on planet Miranda.

Trivia random: The cannon the crew mounts to Serenity is a WW2 German 20mm Flak 38.

Whedon, Joss

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Nome di battesimo: Whedon, Joseph Hill
Data di nascita: 23 June 1964
Coniuge: Kai Cole::(? - present) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Goners (2007) .... [scrittore]
• Wonder Woman (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Serenity (2005) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• Angel & the Apocalypse (2004) (V) .... (creator: "Angel") [misc]
• Bandwagon (2004) .... Joss Whedon [attore]
• 'Angel': Season 2 Overview (2003) (V) .... (creator: "Angel") (uncredited) [misc]
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (2003) (VG) .... (creator "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") (uncredited) [scrittore]
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) .... (treatment) [scrittore]
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000) (VG) .... (creator "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") (uncredited) [scrittore]
• Titan A.E. (2000) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]

Trivia random: His wife, Kai Cole, gave birth to their son Arden on December 18, 2002.
Citazione random: "The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at ["Angel" (1999/I)] and gain strength by it. With everything that I do, I hope that they see people struggling to live decent, moral lives in a completely chaotic world. They see how hard it is, how often they fail, and how they get up and keep trying. That, to me, is the most important message I'm ever going to tell." [The Vancouver Sun, February 3, 2004]

"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)

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Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Durata: 45 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Klingon, French

Cast:

• Patrick Stewart .... Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes .... Commander William T. Riker
• LeVar Burton .... Lieutenant/Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
• Denise Crosby .... Lieutenant Tasha Yar (1987-1988)
• Michael Dorn .... Lieutenant Worf
• Gates McFadden .... Commander Dr. Beverly Crusher (1987-1988, 1989-1994)
• Marina Sirtis .... Lt. Commander/Commander Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner .... Lt. Commander Data
• Wil Wheaton .... Ensign Wesley Crusher (1987-1990)

Trama:
Settled in the 24th century and 78 years after the adventures of the original crew of the starship Enterprise this new series is the long awaited successor to the original Star Trek series from the 1960's. Under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard the all new Enterprise NCC 1701-D travels out to distant planets to seek out new life and to boldly go where no one has gone before.

Trivia random: Originally, Data was going to be the Chief Science Officer on the Enterprise (like Spock was on the original "Star Trek" (1966)) and wear a blue uniform. However, the color blue clashed with the android make-up and the idea was changed. Data was reassigned as the Chief Operations Officer and sported a gold uniform for all seven seasons (except for the two-part episode "Chain of Command" in which he's promoted to first officer and wears a red tunic).

"Firefly" (2002/I)

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Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Durata: 42 (15 episodes) min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Mandarin

Cast:

• Nathan Fillion .... Capt. Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds
• Gina Torres .... Zoe Washburne
• Alan Tudyk .... Hoban 'Wash' Washburne
• Morena Baccarin .... Inara Serra
• Adam Baldwin .... Jayne Cobb
• Jewel Staite .... Kaylee Frye
• Sean Maher .... Dr. Simon Tam
• Summer Glau .... River Tam
• Ron Glass .... Shepherd Book

Trama:
In the distant future, Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds is a renegade former interstellar officer now turned smuggler/rogue whom is the commander of a small spacecraft with a loyal hand-picked crew making up of first mate Zoe Warren; pilot Hoban 'Wash' Washburn; gung-ho grunt Jayne Cobb; engineer Kaylee Frye; fugitives Doctor Simon Tam and his psychic sister River, where they travel the far reaches of space in search of food, money, and anything to live off on.

Trivia random: The Alliance's full title is the "Anglo-Sino Alliance". Joss Whedon intended the Alliance to be the merger of the USA and China, the last of the world's superpowers. (This is why many characters on the show sometimes speak Chinese.) The Alliance flag, seen in the original pilot episode, is a blending of the US and Chinese flags.

Baldwin, Adam

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Data di nascita: 27 February 1962
Altezza: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
Coniuge: ?::(? - present) 3 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Day Break (2006) (TV) .... Chad Shelton [attore]
• The Thirst (2006/II) .... Lenny [attore]
• Molly & Roni's Dance Party (2005) (V) .... School principal [attore]
• The Poseidon Adventure (2005) (TV) .... Mike Rogo [attore]
• Serenity (2005) .... Jayne [attore]
• Evil Eyes (2004) .... Jeff Stenn [attore]
• The Freediver (2004) .... Dr. Viades [attore]
• Betrayal (2003) (TV) .... Det. Mark Winston [attore]
• Control Factor (2003) (TV) .... Lance Bishop [attore]
• Gacy (2003) (V) .... John Gacy, Sr. [attore]

Trivia random: Recorded his own version of the song "The Man They Call Jayne" for use as an easter-egg feature in the DVD collection of "Firefly".
Citazione random: It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.

Honda su Honda

Restare delusi da un film di Ishirô Honda è quasi impossibile; se poi i film sono due, la soddisfazione è garantita!
Tale è il godimento, che non mi sento neppure degno di dare voti a simili opere!

[Gli Eredi di King Kong]
Prima si comincia malissimo con la traduzione italiana del titolo che butta lì un King Kong di cui non sentiremo neanche la puzza, poi si peggiora con una sana visita all'Isola dei Mostri^®.
Nella suddetta isola, fumogeni dai più svariati colori tengono a bada i mostri che tanto male e tanto bene hanno fatto (a giorni alterni) all'umanità.
Questa politica del mettere tutte le uova in un solo paniere mostra i suoi limiti quando degli alieni incazzosi invadono l'isola ed assumono il controllo mentale dei mostri, liberandoli e mandandoli a distruggere le principali città del pianeta!
Mosca, Pechino, Londra, Parigi e New York non hanno scampo! Tokyo - si suppone lasciata per ultima in quanto popolata da gente ridicola - ha modo di organizzare l'usuale futile linea di difesa a base di modellini che nulla possono di fronte all'attacco combinato di tre mostri.
Fortunatamente, l'equipaggio di una nave spaziale delle Nazioni Unite (soldi da scialare, l'UN del futuro...) che fa la spola tra la Terra ed un insediamento lunare interviene liberando i mostri dal vile giogo mentale degli extracomunitari dello spazio!
Questi ultimi giocano la loro ultima carta: King Ghidorah, che gli alieni - come i peggiori piazzisti - pubblicizzano come "un mostro dello spazio! I mostri della Terra non possono vincere contro i mostri dello spazio!"
Viene quasi voglia di comprarsene uno, in effetti.
Grazie al cielo non hanno fatto i conti con la forza di volontà di zia Gojira (peraltro aiutata dal controllo mentale ora in mano agli pseudo-umani), che insieme ai suoi amichetti non-belli faranno un paiolo così ai cattivoni, prima di tornarsene placidamente alla loro isola.

Film di terrificante bellezza, con uno stuolo di mostri; oltre a quelli di forma umana si segnalano: Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, King Ghidorah, Anguirus, Minya, Spiega (o Kumonga), Baragon, Gorosaurus, Manda, e Varan. Ad onor del vero alcuni fanno poco e niente, ma suppongo che l'importante sia partecipare.

Trashometro^® 10/10: Da vedere ad ogni costo.
*tags::azione, horror, fantascienza, thriller, guerra, spazio, astronave, alieno, regina, morte, attacco, Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra, Gojira, Honda, Tokyo, distruzione, modellini, mostri, invasione, Luna, astronauta, controllo mentale, gente buffa, isola dei mostri, trash*

[Latitudine Zero]
Libera e sgangheratissima riedizione di 20.000 leghe sotto i mari, Latitudine Zero segue le vicende di tre pirla che stanno per fare la fine del tonno, chiusi in una scatoletta di batisfera che ha perso il collegamento con la nave-madre.
Vengono prontamente raccolti dal capitano Mackenzie, da circa 200 anni alla guida sportiva del suo pregiatissimo sottomarino; giunti alla base situata guarda caso a Latitudine Zero (all'equatore, sulla linea del cambiamento di data - chissà che casino per regolare calendari ed orologi ) scopriranno una città sommersa piena di meraviglie tecnologiche per le quali l'umanità non è ancora pronta perché no.
Questi paladini della pace e della conoscenza hanno però un acerrimo nemico nel dottor Malic (se dopo secoli non hai ancora avuto successo, forse è il caso di rivedere i tuoi obiettivi, caro...) deciso ad impadronirsi e/o a distruggere Latitudine Zero.
Oltre alle prevedibili battaglie sottomarine, il dottore ci delizia con le sue chimere genetiche, che gli consentono di disporre di un piccolo e per nulla agguerrito manipolo di grifoni e uomini-pipistrello (o qualunque cosa quel pessimo costume da carnevale volesse rappresentare).

Interamente girato in inglese con alcuni degli attori più ridicoli di tutti i tempi, Latitudine Zero è una vera pietra miliare del trash.
Dialoghi devastanti e personaggi surreali (Kobo che guida il sottomarino con levette e grugniti è stupendo), vi perseguiterà a vita nei vostri incubi per il finale spiazzante: tornato in superficie, uno dei tre protagonisti subirà uno shock terribile che lo farà dubitare di tutto ciò che ha visto (o forse no)!
Che altro dire? "Cancellare un sottomarino! Cancellare un'isola!" (ehu? what the hell??)

PS: inquietante la somiglianza tra i sottomarini dei cattivi ed i Garfish de Il Mistero della Pietra Azzurra. Caso o citazione?

Trashometro^® 10/10: Idem!
Tags: fantascienza, azione, avventura, fantasy, sottomarino, batisfera, fessi, città subacquea, nemici, distruzione, battaglia, nave, rapimento, sequestro, genetica, chimere, scienziato, utopia, diamanti, oro, ricchezza, reporter, dottore, capitano, scienziato pazzo, surreale, uomo-pipistrello, Honda, lava, 20000 leghe sotto i mari, isola, colpo di scena, trash.

Ido zero daisakusen (1969)

Latitudine zero

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Regista: Ishirô Honda
Scrittore: Warren Lewis, Shinichi Sekizawa
Genere: Family, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Family
Valutazione: 5.9/10 (169 voti)
Durata: Japan:89 min
Paese: USA, Japan
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Joseph Cotten .... Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
• Cesar Romero .... Dr. Malic / Lt. Hastings
• Akira Takarada .... Dr. Ken Tashiro
• Masumi Okada .... Dr. Jules Masson
• Richard Jaeckel .... Perry Lawton
• Patricia Medina .... Lucretia
• Tetsu Nakamura .... Dr. Okada
• Mari Nakayama .... Tsuruko Okada
• Akihiko Hirata .... Dr. Sugata
• Wataru Omae .... Advisor

Trivia random: After years of being dubbed, Akira Takarada and Akihiko Hirata are heard using their own voices to speak English in this film.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Honda, Ishirô

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Nome di battesimo: Honda, Ishiro
Data di nascita: 7 May 1911
Data di morte: 28 February 1993
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Coniuge: Kimi Honda::(1937 - 28 February 1993) (his death) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Madadayo (1993) .... (uncredited) [scrittore]
• Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu (1993) .... Grandfather [attore]
• Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku (1991) .... (uncredited) [scrittore]
• Dreams (1990) .... (segments "Tunnel, The" and "Mount Fuji in Red", prologue and epilogue of "Weeping Demon, The") (uncredited) [regista]
• Ijintachi tono natsu (1988) .... [attore]
• Yarutokya yaruze (1987) .... Priest [attore]
• Ran (1985) .... (director's counselling) [misc]
• Kagemusha (1980) .... (creative consultant) (uncredited) (directorial advisor) (production coordinator) [misc]
• Mekagojira no gyakushu (1975) .... [regista]
• "Kinkyû shirei 10-4 10-10" (1973) .... [regista]

Biografia:
Influential Japanese film director born May 7th, 1911, often credited as being the father of Godzilla. His name is a combination of "I" (or Ino), meaning "boar" and "shirô," meaning fourth boy in the family. Originally, the young Honda had aspirations of becoming an artist. However, as he moved into his teens, it was cinema that became his number-one interest. He attended Nippon University studying art, but was drafted by the Japanese military and spent nearly eight years in uniform. After a period of imprisonment in China as a POW, he returned to Japan to join Tôhô Studios, where, soon afterward, he became acquainted with SFX wizard Eiji Tsuburaya. The two worked on a handful of films before collaborating on the groundbreaking monster epic Gojira (1954) (aka "Godzilla"). Honda was also at the director's helm for Sora no daikaijû Radon (1956) (aka "Rodan"), Uchu daisenso (1959) (aka "Battle in Outer Space"), Mosura (1961) (aka "Mothra"), Matango (1963), and Kaijû sôshingeki (1968) (aka "Destroy All Monsters"). Although the Japanese monster films had been derided by some critics, Honda was especially proud of his contribution to this rather unique aspect of the fantasy and science-fiction genres. Honda was a lifelong friend of fellow Japanese director Akira Kurosawa and Honda worked on several of Kurosawa's landmark films including Nora inu (1949) (aka "Stray Dog"), Kagemusha (1980) (aka "Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior"), and Ran (1985). Honda passed away aged 81 on February 28th, 1993, with Akira Kurosawa delivering the eulogy at his funeral.

Trivia random: He was best friends with director Akira Kurosawa. In later years, when his health was failing, Kurosawa would call upon him to help him with his productions.
Citazione random: "Monsters are born too tall, too strong, too heavy, that is their tragedy."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Kaijû sôshingeki (1968)

Gli eredi di King Kong

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Regista: Ishirô Honda
Scrittore: Ishirô Honda, Takeshi Kimura
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War, Action
Valutazione: 6.2/10 (1000 voti)
Durata: Germany:89 min
Paese: Japan
Lingua: Japanese

Cast:

• Akira Kubo .... SY-3 Captain Katsuo Yamabe
• Jun Tazaki .... Dr. Yoshido
• Yukiko Kobayashi .... Kyoko Yamabe
• Yoshio Tsuchiya .... Dr. Otani
• Kyôko Ai .... Kilaak Queen
• Andrew Hughes .... Dr. Stevenson
• Chotaro Togin .... Ogata
• Yoshifumi Tajima .... Major Tada
• Kenji Sahara .... Commander Nishikawa
• Hisaya Ito .... Enraged Soldier

Trama:
Aliens have released all the giant monsters from their imprisonment on Monster Island and are using them to destroy all major cities on the planet. It is up to the daring crew of the super rocket ship X-2 to infiltrate the aliens' headquarters before the Earth monsters and King Ghidrah annihilate the planet.

Trivia random: Originally there were plans to have two other monsters in the movie as well as the eleven that were used. Those monsters were to have been Ebirah from Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: Nankai no daiketto (1966) and the giant walrus Maguma from Yôsei Gorasu (1962)
Citazione random: Kilaak Queen: Ghidorah is a space monster. The monsters from Earth cannot win. I will get in touch with you, when you feel like giving up.<br />Major Tada: Why that...

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.