M:I-3

L'agente Ethan Hunt scopre che Truman Capote ha rubato Il Grande Romanzo Americano^® al sublime potente magnifico retro-illuminato Ron Hubbard; riuscirà a risolvere la situazione dopo aver sconfitto un paio di covi di infedeli (il Vaticano e la Cina). Nel mentre, in una sotto-trama, Morpheus deve aver sbagliato pillola, a giudicare dalla faccia che ha.

Diretto da Mr. Alias, Mission: Impossible III non è nulla più di quanto promesso: uno spericolato esercizio muscolare (pochi i muscoli della faccia coinvolti, tranquilli) per Il Tappo Più Padre Del Mondo^®. La ricetta è la solita e non è neanche cucinata particolarmente male, solo che alla fin fine non c'è maschera di gomma o alteratore della voce che lo spettatore non riesca a prevedere con 20 minuti di anticipo.

Voto: 6.

Abrams, J.J.

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Nome di battesimo: Abrams, Jeffrey Jacob
Data di nascita: 27 June 1966
Coniuge: McGrath, Katie::(? - present) 3 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Star Trek XI (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Good Sailor (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• Six Degrees (2006) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Catch (2005) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Alias (2004) (VG) .... (creator) [scrittore]
• The Animated Alias: Tribunal (2004) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Joy Ride (2001/I) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Shrek (2001) .... (propellerhead: Los Angeles pre-production) (as Jeffrey Abrams) [misc]
• The Suburbans (1999) .... (producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: Has three children with wife Katie: Henry (b. 1998), Gracie (1999) and August (11th of January, 2006).

Cruise, Tom

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Nome di battesimo: IV, Thomas Cruise Mapother
Data di nascita: 3 July 1962
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Coniuge: Nicole Kidman::(24 December 1990 - 8 August 2001) (divorced) 2 (adopted) children, Mimi Rogers::(9 May 1987 - 4 February 1990) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Few (2008) .... Billy Fiske (attached) [attore]
• 3:10 to Yuma (2007) .... Ben Wade (rumored) [attore]
• Ask the Dust (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Deathrace 3000 (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Eye (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• I Married a Witch (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Untitled Sam Jones/Motocross Project (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• War Magician (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Blown (2005) (V) .... (special thanks) [misc]

Biografia:
In 1976, if you had told 14 year old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be considered one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to become a priest. Nonetheless, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster who was born in 1962 in Syracuse, New York, was destined to become Tom Cruise, one of the highest paid and most sought after actors in screen history. The only son (among four children) of nomadic parents young Tom spent his boyhood eternally on the move and by the time he was 14 he had attended 15 different schools in the US and Canada. He finally settled in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his mother and her new husband. While in high school, he developed an interest in acting and abandoned his plans of becoming a priest, dropped out of school, and at age 18 headed for New York and a possible acting career. The next 15 years of his life are the stuff of legends. He made his film debut with a small part in Endless Love (1981) and from the outset exhibited an undeniable box office appeal to both male and female audiences.Though below average height and not particularly handsome in the traditional sense, within 5 years Tom Cruise was starring in some of the top grossing films of the 1980s including Top Gun (1986); The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). By the 1990s he was one of the highest paid actors in the world earning an average 15 million dollars a picture in such blockbuster hits as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jerry Maguire (1996) - for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for best actor. In 1990 he renounced his devout Catholic beliefs and embraced The Church Of Scientology claiming that Scientology teachings had cured him of the dyslexia that had plagued him all of his life. A kind and thoughful man well known for his compassion and generosity, Tom Cruise is one of the best liked members of the movie community. He was married to actress Nicole Kidman until 2001. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV has indeed come a long way from the lonely wanderings of his youth.

Trivia random: Was named the #1 top money-making star at the box office in Quigley Publications annual poll of movie exhibitors a record six between 1986 and 2001. Bing Crosby and Burt Reynolds both were named #1 for five consecutive years, and Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks also have been #1 five times, but non-consecutively.
Citazione random: "Personally, I don't have all the information President Bush has. But I believe Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and his own people." [On the Iraq War]

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

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Regista: J.J. Abrams
Scrittore: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.0/10 (4467 voti)
Durata: 126 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Italian, Mandarin

Cast:

• Tom Cruise .... Ethan Hunt
• Ving Rhames .... Luther Strickell
• Keri Russell .... Lindsey Ferris
• Philip Seymour Hoffman .... Owen Davian
• Bahar Soomekh .... Ms. Kari
• Laurence Fishburne .... John Brassel
• Billy Crudup .... John Musgrave
• Simon Pegg .... Benji Dunn
• Michelle Monaghan .... Julia
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers .... Declan

Trama:
Super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from active duty to trains new IMF agents. But he is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he's ever faced - Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team - his old friend Luther Strickell (Ving Rhames), transportation expert Declan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), background operative Zhen (Maggie Q), and fresh recruit Lindsey (Keri Russell) - to travel the globe pursuing Davian and rescue Hunt's love, Julia (Michelle Monaghan).

Trivia random: While the producers signed on J.J. Abrams as director in August 2004 after Joe Carnahan's departure, the film was abruptly delayed for at least a year due to Tom Cruise's commitment to the abruptly green-lit War of the Worlds (2005). The production was delayed until Summer 2005, causing the film to be released in 2006. Abrams was hired after Cruise saw episodes of the Abrams series "Alias" (2001) on DVD and was impressed.

Hubbard, L. Ron

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Nome di battesimo: Hubbard, Lafayette Ronald
Data di nascita: 13 March 1911
Data di morte: 24 January 1986
Coniuge: Mary Sue Whipp::(30 October 1952 - 24 January 1986) (his death) 4 children, Sara Northrup::(10 August 1946 - 13 June 1951) (divorced), Margaret Louise Grubb::(13 April 1933 - 24 December 1947) (divorced) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000) .... (novel) [scrittore]
• The Different TR Courses and Their Criticism (1998) .... [scrittore]
• The Auditor's Code (1997) .... [scrittore]
• Body Motion Reads (1997) .... [scrittore]
• The Cycle of Communication (1996) .... [scrittore]
• Orientation: A Scientology Information Film (1996) .... (uncredited) [scrittore]
• The Art of Communication (1995) .... [scrittore]
• Assists (1995) .... [scrittore]
• Confessional TRs (1995) .... [scrittore]
• How to Use Dianetics: A Visual Guidebook to the Human Mind (1992) (V) .... (book Dianetics) [scrittore]

Trivia random: He founded the Church of Scientology in 1954.

Hoffman, Philip Seymour

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Data di nascita: 23 July 1967
Altezza: 5' 9½" (1.77 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Savages (2007) .... [attore]
• Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... Owen Davian [attore]
• Capote (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Empire Falls (2005) (TV) .... Charlie Mayne [attore]
• Flat (2005) .... (super special thanks) [misc]
• Strangers with Candy (2005) .... Henry, Board Of Education [attore]
• Along Came Polly (2004) .... Sandy Lyle [attore]
• Cold Mountain (2003) .... Reverend Veasey [attore]
• Mattress Man Commercial (2003) (V) .... Dean Trumbell [attore]
• Owning Mahowny (2003) .... Dan Mahowny [attore]

Biografia:
Film and stage actor and theater director Philip Seymour Hoffman was born in the Rochester, New York, suburb of Fairport on July 23, 1967. After becoming involved in high school theatrics, he attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with a B.F.A. degree in Drama in 1989. He made his feature film debut in the indie production Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole (1991) as Phil Hoffman, and his first role in a major release came the next year in My New Gun (1992). While he had supporting roles in some other major productions, his breakthrough role came in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997). He quickly became an icon of indie cinema, establishing a reputation as one of the screen's finest actors, in a variety of supporting and second leads in indie and major features, including Todd Solondz's Happiness (1998), Flawless (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Anderson's Magnolia (1999), Almost Famous (2000) and State and Main (2000). He also appeared in supporting roles in such mainstream, big-budget features as Red Dragon (2002), Cold Mountain (2003) and the upcoming Mission: Impossible III (2006).Hoffman is also quite active on the stage. On Broadway he has earned two Tony nominations, as Best Actor (Play) in 2000 for a revival of Sam Shepard's "True West" and as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) in 2003 for a revival of Eugene O'Neill (I)'s "Long Day's Journey into Night." His other acting credits in the New York theater include "The Seagull" (directed by Mike Nichols for The New York Shakespeare Festival), "Defying Gravity," "The Merchant of Venice" (directed by Peter Sellars), "Shopping and F*@%ing" and "The Author's Voice" (Drama Desk nomination). He is the Co-Artistic Director of the LAByrinth Theater Company in New York, for which he directed "Our Lady of 121st Street" by Stephen Adly Guirgis. He also has directed "In Arabia, We'd All Be Kings" and "Jesus Hopped the A Train" by Guirgis for LAByrinth, and "The Glory of Living" by Rebecca Gilman at the Manhattan Class Company.Hoffman consolidated his reputation as one of the finest actors under the age of 40 with his turn in the title role of Capote (2005), for which he won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award as Best Actor.

Trivia random: Taught an advanced "Directing the Actor" class for one semester at Columbia University School of the Arts Graduate Film Division during 2003.
Citazione random: "Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the expectations I have of myself, I'm unhappy. Then it's a miserable existence. I'm putting a piece of myself out there. If it doesn't do anything, I feel so ashamed. I'm afraid I'll be the kind of actor who thought he would make a difference and didn't. Right now, though, I feel like I made a little bit of difference."

Fishburne, Laurence

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Data di nascita: 30 July 1961
Altezza: 6' 0½" (1.84 m)
Coniuge: Gina Torres::(20 September 2002 - present), Hajna O. Moss::(1985 - 199?) (divorced) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• A Landlord's Tale (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Akeelah and the Bee (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2006) .... Tad Gruzsa [attore]
• Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... John Brassel [attore]
• Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) .... Marion Bishop [attore]
• The Beltway (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Five Fingers (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Matrix Online (2005) (VG) .... Morpheus (voice) [attore]
• True Crime: New York City (2005) (VG) .... Isaiah Reed (voice) [attore]
• Biker Boyz (2003) .... Smoke [attore]

Biografia:
An excellent, underused actor who finally started getting good roles in the early 1990s, Fishburne caught the acting bug at age 10, and made his film debut in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975). Four years later he appeared as "Clean," one of the PT-boat crew members accompanying Martin Sheen on his odyssey in Francis Coppola's epic Vietnam saga Apocalypse Now (1979), an experience that Fishburne says had a profound effect on him. He also worked in Coppola's Rumble Fish (1983) and The Cotton Club (1984), Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple (1985), and Spike Lee's School Daze (1986), among others, but started making an impact on audiences as a vice lord in King of New York (1990), Gene Hackman's legal assistant in Class Action (1991), and especially, as Furious Styles, the father (and soul) of John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood (1991). Fishburne finally achieved leading-man status as an undercover narcotics agent in Deep Cover (1992), and received a Tony Award that same year for his Broadway debut in August Wilson's acclaimed play, "Two Trains Running." In 1993 Fishburne doffed the name "Larry" in favor of Laurence, and scored an Oscar-nominated knockout as selfish soul singer Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It then turned in a typically strong supporting performance in Searching for Bobby Fischer That same year he won an Emmy for an episode of the short-lived TV series "Tribeca." Since then, he has appeared in Bad Company, Higher Learning and Just Cause (all 1995). Fishburne is also known to many kids as Cowboy Curtis from the TV series "Pee-wee's Playhouse." Copyright © 1994 Leonard Maltin, used by arrangement with Signet, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc.

Trivia random: He changed his name from Larry to Laurence in his films in 1991.
Citazione random: "I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'."

viulenze

Lo dico subito: A History of Violence mi ha deluso. Non è che sia una catastrofe: i suoi meno di 100 minuti trascorrono senza infamia e senza lode, ma è proprio questo il punto; da un tizio che si chiama David Cronenberg e che considero uno dei grandissimi del cinema mi aspettavo molto di più.

Un tranquillo ed insospettabile padre di famiglia viene d'improvviso travolto da un passato che credeva morto e sepolto; un passato di violenze e omicidi, che si era lasciato alle spalle per iniziare una nuova vita in una piccola cittadina di provincia. Farà i conti con i suoi vecchi "colleghi", e la sua famiglia dovrà fare i conti lui, scoprendo di avere un "mostro" in casa.

Diretto bene (gli scoppi di violenza sono ben costruiti), ma carente per quanto riguarda la sceneggiatura (alcune cose non dette, altre non proprio credibili), lascia nel complesso una sensazione di opera dotata di un buon scheletro ma sul quale ci si è dimenticati di aggiungere la carne.

Brava (e discreta ) la moglie, bravino Ed Harris (uno dei miei attori-feticcio!) mentre le prove attoriali di tutti gli altri sono abbastanza mediocri.
Viggo Mortensen è uno degli attori meno dotati del creato, ma sorvoliamo. In compenso è fooortissimo: né Ed Harris né William Hurt riescono a tenergli testa, e non sono certo dei deboli! Secondo me è forte come La Cosa, quasi quanto Hulk!

Voto: 5.

Spero che Cronenberg torni presto a lavorare con parassiti e schifezze varie, che gli riesce molto meglio!

Mortensen, Viggo

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Nome di battesimo: Jr., Viggo Peter Mortensen
Data di nascita: 20 October 1958
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Coniuge: Exene Cervenka::(8 July 1987 - 13 March 1998) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Alatriste (2006) .... Capitán Diego Alatriste [attore]
• A History of Violence (2005) .... Tom Stall [attore]
• Wild Horse Preservation (2005) .... Narrator (voice) [attore]
• Hidalgo (2004) .... Frank Hopkins [attore]
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) .... Aragorn [attore]
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) .... Aragorn [attore]
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) .... Aragorn [attore]
• 28 Days (2000) .... Eddie Boone [attore]
• A Walk on the Moon (1999) .... Walker Jerome [attore]
• A Perfect Murder (1998) .... David Shaw [attore]

Biografia:
Viggo is the eldest son of Grace and Viggo P. Mortensen. His father, who farmed in Denmark, met his mother, a New Yorker, in Norway. They wed and moved to New York where Viggo Jr. was born, before moving to South America where Viggo Sr. managed chicken farms and ranches in Venezuela and Argentina. Two more sons were born, Charles and Walter, before the marriage grew increasingly unhappy. When Viggo was seven, his parents sent him to a a strict boarding school, isolated in the foothills of the mountains of Argentina. Then, at age eleven, his parents divorced. His mother moved herself and the children back to her home state of New York. Viggo attended Watertown High School and became a very good student and athlete. He graduated in 1976 and went on to St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. After graduation, he moved to Denmark - driven by the need for a defining purpose in life. He began writing poetry and short stories while working many odd jobs, from dock worker to flower seller. But, in 1982, he fell in love and followed his girlfriend back to New York City, hoping for a long romance and a writing career. He got neither.In New York, Viggo found work waiting tables and bar tending and began taking acting classes. Three years later, he made his film debut with a small part in Witness (1985). Moving to Los Angeles in 1987, he appeared in Salvation! (1987) and married his co-star, Exene Cervenka. The two had a son, Henry Mortensen. But after ten years of marriage, the couple divorced. In 1999, Viggo got a phone call about a movie he didn't know anything about: The Lord of the Rings. At first, he didn't want to do it, because it would mean time away from his son. But Henry, a big fan of the books, told his father he shouldn't turn down the role. Viggo accepted the part and immediately began work on the project, which was already underway. Eventually, the success of Lord of the Rings made him a household name - a difficult consequence for the ever private and introspective Viggo.

Trivia random: Is a photographer.
Citazione random: I'm the one who said yes to these movies, and now I'm having to pay the price for it. I mean if I had my druthers, I wouldn't do any movies anymore, frankly.

History of Violence, A (2005)

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Regista: David Cronenberg
Scrittore: John Wagner, Vince Locke
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.5/10 (11937 voti)
Durata: 96 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Viggo Mortensen .... Tom Stall
• Maria Bello .... Edie Stall
• Ed Harris .... Carl Fogarty
• William Hurt .... Richie Cusack
• Ashton Holmes .... Jack Stall
• Peter MacNeill .... Sheriff Sam Carney
• Stephen McHattie .... Leland Jones
• Greg Bryk .... William Orser
• Sumela Kay .... Judy Danvers
• Kyle Schmid .... Bobby Jordan

Trama:
Viggo Mortensen stars as Tim Stall, a humble family man and owner of a popular neighborhood restaurant who lives a quiet but fulfilling existence in the Midwest. One night Tim foils a crime at his place of business and, to his chagrin, is plastered all over the news for his heroics. Following this, mysterious people follow the Stalls' every move, concerning Tim more than anyone else. As this situation is confronted, more lurks out over where all these occurrences have stemmed from compromising his marriage, family relationship and the main characters' former relations in the process.

Trivia random: The surnames given to the bad guys at the beginning of the film (Leland and Orser) are a reference to character actor Leland Orser (perpetrator of "Lust" in Se7en (1995)).

Harris, Ed (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Harris, Edward Allen
Data di nascita: 28 November 1950
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Amy Madigan::(1983 - present) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Copying Beethoven (2006) .... Ludwig van Beethoven [attore]
• Dirt Nap (2005) .... Melville [attore]
• Empire Falls (2005) (TV) .... Miles Roby [attore]
• A History of Violence (2005) .... Carl Fogarty [attore]
• Winter Passing (2005) .... Don Holden [attore]
• The Human Stain (2003) .... Lester Farley [attore]
• Masked and Anonymous (2003) .... Oscar Vogel [attore]
• Radio (2003) .... Coach Jones [attore]
• T-20 Years and Counting (2003) (V) .... (footage provided by) [misc]
• The Hours (2002) .... Richard Brown [attore]

Biografia:
By transforming into his characters and pulling the audience in, Ed Harris has earned the reputation as one of the most talented actors of our time. Born in Tenafly, New Jersey, Harris grew up as the middle child. After graduating high school, he attended New York's Columbia University, where he played football. After viewing local theater productions, Harris took a sudden interest in acting. He left Columbia, headed to Oklahoma, where his parents were living, and enrolled in the University of Oklahoma's theater department. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to find work. He started acting in theater and television guest spots. Harris landed his first leading role in a film in cult-favorite George A. Romero's Knightriders (1981). Two years later, he got his first taste of critical acclaim, playing astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff (1983). Also that year, he made his New York stage debut in Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love", a performance that earned him an Obie for Outstanding Actor. Harris' career gathered momentum after that. In 2000, he made his debut as a director in the Oscar-winning film Pollock (2000).

Trivia random: Credits acting for helping him get over his shyness as a young man.
Citazione random: "As soon as I went on stage, I wanted to do nothing else with my life but act. I always liked the attention that playing sports had brought, but acting fulfilled that need even better."

Cronenberg, David

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Nome di battesimo: Cronenberg, David Paul
Data di nascita: 15 March 1943
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Caroline Zeifman::(1979 - present) 2 children, Cassandra::(? - ?) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• London Fields (2006) .... [regista]
• Sisters (2006) .... [attore]
• Fear of the Flesh: The Making of 'The Fly' (2005) (V) .... (very special thanks) [misc]
• A History of Violence (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Spider (2002) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Imagining 'Total Recall' (2001) (V) .... (special thanks) [misc]
• Jason X (2001) .... Dr. Wimmer [attore]
• The Judge (2001/I) (TV) .... Det. Stobel [attore]
• Camera (2000/I) .... [scrittore]
• Resurrection (1999/I) .... Father Rousell [attore]

Biografia:
David "Deprave" Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father was a journalist, and his mother was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early age (he wrote and published eerie short stories, thus following his father's path) and for music (playing classical guitar until he was 12), Cronenberg graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Literature after switching from the science department. He reached the cult status of horror-meister with the gore-filled, modern-vampire variations of Shivers (1975) and Rabid (1977), following an experimental apprenticeship in independent filmmaking and in Canadian television programs.Cronenberg gained popularity with the head-exploding, telepathy-based Scanners (1981) after the release of the much underrated, controversial, and autobiographical The Brood (1979). Cronenberg become a sort of a mass media guru with Videodrome (1983), a shocking investigation of the hazards of reality-morphing television and a prophetic critique of contemporary aesthetics. The issues of tech-induced mutation of the human body and topics of the prominent dichotomy between body and mind were back again in The Dead Zone (1983) and The Fly (1986), both bright examples of a personal filmmaking identity, even if both films are based on mass-entertainment materials: the first being a rendition of a Stephen King best-seller, the latter a remake of famous American horror movie.With Dead Ringers (1988) and Naked Lunch (1991), the Canadian director, no more a mere genre movie-maker but a fully realized auteur, got the acclaim of international critics. Such profound statements on modern humanity and ever-changing society are prominent in the provocative Crash (1996/I) and in the virtual reality essay of eXistenZ (1999), both of which well fared at the Cannes and Berlin Film Festivals. Cronenberg continues to be an active filmmaker today.

Trivia random: Father died at age 61.
Citazione random: "Drugs and creativity don't go together for me. Like everybody in the '60s, I had one acid trip and some cocaine and hash, you know, the stuff everyone did. But it's been 30 or 40 years since I bothered to do that. What I need is clarity. Even not having enough sleep is a problem for me, never mind doing any kind of drugs."

Bello, Maria (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Bello, Maria Elaina
Data di nascita: 18 April 1967
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Butterfly on a Wheel (2007) .... [attrice]
• Flicka (2006) .... [attrice]
• Untitled Oliver Stone/September 11 Project (2006) .... Mrs. McLoughlin [attrice]
• Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) .... Alex Sabian [attrice]
• The Dark (2005) .... Adèle [attrice]
• A History of Violence (2005) .... Edie Stall [attrice]
• The Sisters (2005) .... Marcia Prior Glass [attrice]
• Thank You for Smoking (2005) .... Polly Bailey [attrice]
• Nobody's Perfect (2004) .... [attrice]
• Secret Window (2004) .... Amy Rainey [attrice]

Biografia:
Maria Bello was born on 18 April, 1967 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. She went to Villanova University, majoring in political science. She had every intention of becoming a lawyer, but she took an acting class during her senior year, just for fun. She discovered she was very good at it, and she was soon cast in small off-Broadway plays, such as "The Killer Inside Me", "Small Town Gals With Big Problems" and "Urban Planning". She later guest-starred on episodes of "The Commish" (1991), "Nowhere Man" (1995), "Misery Loves Company" (1995) and "Due South" (1994). She got her big break when producers Kenny Lenhart and John J. Sakmar cast her in the spy show "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (1996) as Mrs. Smith (they remembered her from her performance in a failed pilot that was a remake of the classic TV series "77 Sunset Strip" (1958/I)). The show was canceled after eight weeks on the air. Then came a spot on "ER" (1994) as Dr. Anna DelAmico, in which she guest-starred on the final three episodes of the third season. The show's producers were so impressed with her that they asked her back as a regular on the series.

Trivia random: Became good friends with Mariska Hargitay when Hargitay had a recurring role as Cynthia Hooper on "ER" (1994) from 1997-1998.
Citazione random: "I think I take a film because I'm in the process of discovering something about myself."

Hurt, William (I)

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Data di nascita: 20 March 1950
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Heidi Henderson::(5 March 1989 - 1992) (divorced) 2 children, Mary Beth Hurt::(1971 - 1981) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Beautiful Ohio (2006) .... Simon Messerman [attore]
• The Good Shepherd (2006) .... [attore]
• "Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" (2006) (mini) .... John Renshaw (segment "Battleground") [attore]
• Downloading Nancy (2005) .... Albert [attore]
• A History of Violence (2005) .... Richie Cusack [attore]
• Hunt for Justice (2005) (TV) .... General Mortimer [attore]
• The King (2005) .... David [attore]
• A License to Steal (2005) .... Walter L. Shaw Sr. [attore]
• Neverwas (2005) .... Dr. Peter Reed [attore]
• Syriana (2005) .... Stan [attore]

Biografia:
This handsome, cerebral, WASPy-looking actor has amassed an amazingly diverse gallery of performances, and is perhaps the most talented of the generation of actors that came to prominence during the 1980s. After studying theology in London and Boston (and acting at Juilliard), he performed in many stage productions and made his film debut as the intense, obsessed scientist in Altered States (1980). Movie audiences found him more accessible as the mildmannered janitor in the thriller Eyewitness (1981), which led to two star-making leading roles for writer-director Lawrence Kasdan: the manipulated Southern lawyer in Body Heat (also 1981) and the impotent drug dealer in The Big Chill (1983).Hurt established himself as an actor unafraid to assume totally different personas from film to film, and cemented that reputation as an imprisoned homosexual in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), winning a Best Actor Oscar (as well as honors at the Cannes Film Festival) for his chores. He also snared Oscar nominations as a teacher of deaf students in Children of a Lesser God (1986, opposite Marlee Matlin) and as a not-so-bright TV anchorman in Broadcast News (1987). He has continued to choose surprising and challenging roles, among them a Russian police inspector in Gorky Park (1983), the melancholy travel-book author in The Accidental Tourist (1988, directed by Kasdan), a comic would-be assassin in Kasdan's I Love You to Death (1990), Mia Farrow's wealthy and aloof husband in Woody Allen's Alice (also 1990, a wonderfully knowing performance in essenti ally a cameo role), a wisecracking, irreverent medico who is humanized by his own illness in The Doctor (1991), and the world traveler working on a machine to benefit blind people in Until the End of the World (also 1991). Hurt frequently returns to the stage; other film credits in- clude The Plague (1992), Mr. Wonderful (1993), Trial by Jury (1994), and Smoke (1995). Copyright © 1994 Leonard Maltin, used by arrangement with Signet, a division of Penguin Putnam, Inc.

Trivia random: Speaks French quite fluently.
Citazione random: "I'm still not comfortable with all this. I'm not comfortable with walking the red carpet in a tuxedo and seeing all the women with their boobs pushed up and all the men dressed as penguins - particularly when the subject of your film is the nature of violence and humanity. But that's the nature of Cannes. That's the process that we are both dealing with today."

pa-pa-pa-PANDEMONIUM!

L'esordiente presunto regista Christian Alvart deve avere un sacco di parenti che gli vogliono bene, se con oltre 28.000 voti su IMDb è riuscito ad assestarsi su una media di 6.9, per il suo Pandorum.

Nata come grande idea (?) post-peperonata nella testolina dello stesso regista, inizialmente venne tentata la via della produzione a basso costo.
A dimostrazione che di ubriachi è pieno il mondo, finì invece nelle mani di un capace produttore che vi investì 33 dannatissimi milioni di dollari (non suoi) e fu così che come per ogni block-buster che si rispetti venne chiamato il grande nome che ti attira frotte di pubblico in sala: Dennis Quaid.
Tom Cruise quella sera era impegnato...
La grande idea, peraltro partorita come primo capitolo di una trilogia, incassò circa un terzo di quanto venne a costare.
C'è sicuramente una morale in tutto ciò, ma preferisco non soffermarmi troppo a pensarci...

Trama davvero innovativa: due tizi - tra cui Quaid, mica pippe - si risvegliano su un'astronave prossima al collasso. Sono dell'equipaggio, ma non ricordano quasi nulla della missione (col senno di poi, lasciare un block notes con un paio di istruzioni poteva essere una idea).
Andando a zonzo scopriranno la verità sulla loro missione (non ci crederete: la Terra era andata in mona), perché non c'è quasi nessuno vivo a bordo (viaggereste voi su un'astronave guidata da Dennis Quaid?), cosa cavolo sono i soliti mostroidi semi-umani che ammazzano tutto ciò che incontrano (spettatori scontenti?) e dove mai sono capitati.

Girato vergognosamente male, specie nelle innumerevoli scene di lotta, ciò che davvero contraddistingue il film è l'ennesima grande prova attoriale di Dennis Quaid, capace qui di mettere in imbarazzo l'intera umanità smentendo l'ultimo milione di anni di evoluzione.
Ah già: anche la signorina dai prosperosi seni anti-gravitazionali ha il suo perché.
Per il resto, solo noia, stupidità e sofferenza.
Complimenti al sottotitolo italiano - "l'universo parallelo" - composto durante una partita a Scarabeo, immagino.

Prossimamente, l'unica cosa per cui valga la pena andare al cinema in questi giorni: Splice. Numi, che bello.

Voto: 2 Trashometro^® 5/10: Fai più male che bene.
Tags: guarda mamma un film con Dennis Quaid, ehi ma quello è Dennis Quaid, fantascienza, horror, thriller, azione, combattimento, lotta, astronave, spazio, missione, ibernazione, risveglio, capsula di salvataggio, motore, esplosione, mostro, mutante, tettona, trash.

Traue, Antje

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Data di nascita: 18 January 1981
Altezza: 5' 6½" (1.69 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Georgia (2010) .... Zoe [attrice]
• Wave (2010) .... Kate [attrice]
• Pandorum (2009) .... Nadia [attrice]
• Phantomschmerz (2009) .... Anja (uncredited) [attrice]
• Berlin am Meer (2008) .... Estelle [attrice]
• Goldjunge (2006) .... Manuela [attrice]
• Kleinruppin forever (2004) .... Ramona [attrice]
• Die Nacht davor (2003) .... Franziska Teenstätten [attrice]
• Verlorene Kinder (2000) (TV) .... [attrice]

Biografia:
Antje Traue was born on January 18, 1981 in Mittweida/Saxony. While still a pupil, she discovered her stage fever and portrayed "Jeanne d'Arc" in school's theatre. At the age of sixteen, Antje attended a music theatre casting at the International Munich Art Lab for the Hip Hop Musical "West End Opera" and was rewarded with the lead role. For four years she was on stage with the ensemble, touring Germany, Europe and New York City. In 2002 Antje moved to Berlin and played in various films and TV movies such as "Kleinruppin Forever", "Berlin am Meer" and "Phantomschmerz". In 2008 she was invited to audition for the female lead role in the international science fiction film "Pandorum", directed by Christian Alvart. After several auditions and test shootings Antje finally got the part and played her first lead opposite Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Splice (2009)

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Regista: Vincenzo Natali
Scrittore: Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.5/10 (8502 voti)
Durata: 104 min
Paese: Canada, France, USA
Lingua: English, French

Cast:

• Adrien Brody .... Clive Nicoli
• Sarah Polley .... Elsa Kast
• Delphine Chanéac .... Dren
• Brandon McGibbon .... Gavin Nicoli
• Simona Maicanescu .... Joan Chorot
• David Hewlett .... William Barlow
• Abigail Chu .... Child Dren

Trama:
Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.

Trivia random: The main scientist characters, Clive and Elsa, are named as an homage to Bride of Frankenstein (1935), a similarly themed movie. Colin Clive played Dr. Henry Frankenstein while Elsa Lanchester played Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley/The Bride.
Citazione random: Elsa Kast: [crying] What do you want? What do you want?
Dren: Inside... you...

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Cruise, Tom

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Nome di battesimo: IV, Thomas Cruise Mapother
Data di nascita: 3 July 1962
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Coniuge: Katie Holmes::(18 November 2006 - present) 1 child, Nicole Kidman::(24 December 1990 - 8 August 2001) (divorced) 2 (adopted) children, Mimi Rogers::(9 May 1987 - 4 February 1990) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Hardy Men (2013) .... [attore]
• Mission: Impossible IV (2011) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Knight and Day (2010) .... Roy Miller [attore]
• Tropic Thunder (2008) .... Les Grossman - Grossman's Office [attore]
• Valkyrie (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Lions for Lambs (2007) .... Senator Jasper Irving [attore]
• Ask the Dust (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Mission: Impossible III (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Elizabethtown (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• War of the Worlds (2005) .... Ray Ferrier [attore]

Biografia:
If you had told 14 year old Franciscan seminary student Thomas Cruise Mapother IV that one day in the not too distant future he would be considered one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to become a priest. Nonetheless, this sensitive, deeply religious youngster who was born in July 1962 in Syracuse, New York, was destined to become Tom Cruise, one of the highest paid and most sought after actors in screen history. The only son (among four children) of nomadic parents young Tom spent his boyhood eternally on the move and by the time he was 14 he had attended 15 different schools in the US and Canada. He finally settled in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his mother and her new husband. While in high school, he developed an interest in acting and abandoned his plans of becoming a priest, dropped out of school, and at age 18 headed for New York and a possible acting career. The next 15 years of his life are the stuff of legends. He made his film debut with a small part in Endless Love (1981) and from the outset exhibited an undeniable box office appeal to both male and female audiences. Though below average height and not particularly handsome in the traditional sense, within 5 years Tom Cruise was starring in some of the top grossing films of the decade including Top Gun (1986); The Color of Money (1986), Rain Man (1988) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). By the 1990s and 2000s he was one of the highest paid actors in the world earning an average 15 million dollars a picture in such blockbuster hits as Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996), Mission: Impossible II (2000), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), and Jerry Maguire (1996) - for which he received an Academy Award Nomination for best actor. In 1990 he renounced his devout Catholic beliefs and embraced The Church Of Scientology claiming that Scientology teachings had cured him of the dyslexia that had plagued him all of his life. A kind and thoughtful man well known for his compassion and generosity, Tom Cruise is one of the best liked members of the movie community. He was married to actress Nicole Kidman until 2001. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV has indeed come a long way from the lonely wanderings of his youth.

Trivia random: Was named the #1 top money-making star at the box office in Quigley Publications annual poll of movie exhibitors a record seven times between 1986 and 2005. Being crowned the top box office champ in 2005 put Cruise one title ahead of Tom Hanks, who has been named #1 at the B.O. six times. Bing Crosby and Burt Reynolds both were named #1 for five consecutive years, and Clint Eastwood also has been #1 five times, but non-consecutively.
Citazione random: I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.
Salario massimo: $20,000,000 against 15%, per Jerry Maguire (1996)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Pandorum (2009)

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Regista: Christian Alvart
Scrittore: Travis Milloy, Travis Milloy
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.9/10 (28154 voti)
Durata: 108 min
Paese: USA, Germany
Lingua: English, Vietnamese, German

Cast:

• Dennis Quaid .... Payton
• Ben Foster .... Bower
• Cam Gigandet .... Gallo
• Antje Traue .... Nadia
• Cung Le .... Manh
• Eddie Rouse .... Leland
• Norman Reedus .... Shepard
• André Hennicke .... Hunter Leader
• Friederike Kempter .... Evalon
• Niels-Bruno Schmidt .... Insane Officer 'Eden'

Trama:
Two crew members are stranded on a spacecraft and quickly - and horrifically - realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can't remember anything: Who are they? What is their mission? With Lt. Payton staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking, deadly secrets are revealed...and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined.

Trivia random: Pandorum (2009) is the first in a proposed trilogy. But its doubtful the sequels will ever see the light of day due to the first film's low box-office performance.
Citazione random: Nadia: Where's your Lieutenant?
Bower: He's not my Lieutenant.

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Alvart, Christian

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Data di nascita: 28 May 1974

Ultimi lavori:

• 8 Uhr 28 (2010) .... [regista]
• Case 39 (2009) .... [regista]
• Pandorum (2009) .... (story) [scrittore]
• Antikörper (2005) .... (co-producer) [produttore]
• Curiosity & the Cat (1999) .... (writer) [scrittore]

Biografia:
Christian Alvart was born in 1974 near Frankfurt, Germany. His strict Christian background frowned upon films and television and in his childhood he was rarely allowed to see a movie. He developed a fascination and love for the forbidden subject matter and quickly became an "expert" in his circle of friends, successfully hiding that he hadn't seen most of the films they were talking about. Instead, he read about films, their making, the novels or the source material they were based on. When he finally was able to get his hands on films he couldn't stop watching, often going to the cinema six times a week. In 1990 he started making small video and Super-8 films with his friends. The group became part of a network of hobby-filmmakers and geeks. Most of his peers were professionally working in lower positions on movies, creating their own projects in their free time. At the age of 19 Alvart became an editor and layout designer with the X-TRO Filmmagazin, soon working his way up to editor-in-chief and eventually even owning the special interest publication. In 1997, he decided to make his own films again and moved with his company Syrreal Entertainment to Berlin. To get a glance at the world of "professional filmmaking" he started as a runner, soon working his way up again to 1st AD on two features within the same year. In 1998, he wrote, produced and directed Curiosity & The Cat, his first 35mm feature film - a low budget thriller which cost only $30K. Many of his friends from the Frankfurt days were part of the project. The film was nominated for the Max-Ophüls-Award and the Prize of the Minister President of the State Saarland. Alvart then worked as a writer for several German features and TV shows. In 2005, he debuted Antibodies, his second work as a director. When it premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival he was named as one of "Five Directors To Watch" as well as the "German New Face of Cinema" at The AFI Festival. Antibodies was also invited to the Edinburgh Film Festival as well as many others, winning numerous awards.

Trivia random: Wrote the script of "Killer Queen" at the age of sixteen.

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Quaid, Dennis

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Nome di battesimo: Quaid, Dennis William
Data di nascita: 9 April 1954
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Kimberly Quaid::(4 July 2004 - present) 2 children, Meg Ryan::(14 February 1991 - 16 July 2001) (divorced) 1 child, P.J. Soles::(23 November 1978 - 23 January 1983) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Footloose (2011) .... Rev. Shaw Moore (rumored) [attore]
• Soul Surfer (2011) .... Tom Hamilton [attore]
• The Tent (2011) .... Corey [attore]
• Legion (2010) .... Bob Hanson [attore]
• The Special Relationship (2010) (TV) .... Bill Clinton [attore]
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) .... General Abernathy / Hawk [attore]
• Horsemen (2009) .... Det. Aidan J. Breslin [attore]
• Pandorum (2009) .... Payton [attore]
• Smart People (2008) .... Lawrence Wetherhold [attore]
• The Express (2008) .... Ben Schwartzwalder [attore]

Biografia:
Dennis Quaid was born in Houston, Texas, the son of an electrician. He studied drama in high school and in college, but dropped out before completing his studies, moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career. His brother, Randy Quaid, had already began to build a successful career, but Dennis initially had trouble finding work. He began to gain notice when he appeared in Breaking Away (1979) and earned strong reviews for his role in The Right Stuff (1983). Aside from acting, Quaid is also a musician, and plays with his band, the Sharks.

Trivia random: He was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in march 2005 in Austin, Texas.
Citazione random: [On The Express (2008)] At its core, it's about living your life with grace. If God bestows grace upon you, that you should live your life to its full effect. You know, Ernie Davis embodied that in his short life. He touched everybody around him.
Salario massimo: $60,000, per Playing by Heart (1998)

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untraceable

Avrei voluto spendere due parole su The Horsemen, film da evitare per tutta una serie di motivi, ma poi m'è capitato tra capo e collo un Nella Rete del Serial Killer, il cui 6.1 su IMDb grida vendetta...

Un agentessa dell'FBI, specializzata in crimini informatici (i.e.: sputtana i soldi dei contribuenti per arrestare rivenditori di orologi-patacca su Internet ), si imbatte in un nuovo shock-site dove la vittima viene torturata ed uccisa in diretta, mentre tutto il mondo - o almeno la parte di mondo che non ha di meglio da fare - segue la cosa via streaming. Onde dimostrare che Internet è malvagia, più spettatori si connettono al sito e più in fretta la vittima muore (perdendosi, se vogliamo, pure il gusto della tortura lenta e straziante...)
Ben presto il caso diventerà una questione personale - e ti pareva - e la suddetta agentessa dovrà temere per la propria stessa vita (si nota invece un malcelato disinteresse verso quella dei colleghi).

Regia pietosa e sceneggiatura scritta a quattro mani e zero cervelli, il film propone una serie di dialoghi eminentemente idioti.
Vero punto di forza - specie per chi sa accendere un computer - è però l'ossessivo ricorso al jibba-jabba hi-tech, con tanti termini tecnici messi insieme alla rinfusa e nessun contatto con la realtà.
Commovente la spiegazione sul perché il sito non è rintraccibile, con termini come "botnet", "indirizzo IP" e "DNS" buttati lì a caso. Ha persino un che dell'instant-movie, quando accenna senza alcuna connessione logica al dibattito sulla "net neutrality".

Per farla breve: il sito viene seguito contemporaneamente anche da decine di milioni di persone, fintanto che il cattivo di turno - che qui aveva anche eccellenti motivazioni - non viene fermato da Diane Lane.
Nota surreale, il fatto che se vogliamo una buona metà dei contatti del sito sembrano provenire dall'FBI stessa, tutta intenta a guardarsi i filmati su internette piuttosto che a risolvere il caso.

Non meno doloroso del già recensito FeardotCom.

Voto: 1. Trashometro^® 4/10: Ma magari sono io particolarmente sensibile al jibba-jabba hi-tech.
Tags: crimine, thriller, horror, Internet, sito, shock-site, streaming, tortura, omicidio, vendetta, voyeur, serial-killer, suicidio, media, indirizzo IP, DNS, FBI, trash, acido, sparatoria, videocamera, utenti, blog, chat, auto, insensato jibba-jabba hi-tech.

Horsemen, The (2009)

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Regista: Jonas Åkerlund
Scrittore: Dave Callaham
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Valutazione: 7.5/10 (46 voti)
Durata: 110 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Dennis Quaid .... Aidan Breslin
• Ziyi Zhang .... Kristen
• Lou Taylor Pucci .... Alex Breslin
• Clifton Collins Jr. .... Stingray
• Patrick Fugit .... Cory
• Eric Balfour .... Taylor
• Peter Stormare .... Mr. Spitz
• Chelcie Ross .... Krupa
• Liam James .... Sean Breslin
• Onalee Ames .... Maryanne Spitz

Trama:
Aidan Breslin is a bitter detective emotionally distanced from his two young sons following the untimely death of his devoted wife. While investigating a series of murders of rare violence, he discovers a terrifying link between himself and the suspects in a chain of murders that seem to be based on the Biblical prophecies concerning the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death.

Trivia random: Neal McDonough was originally cast as Krupa and shot all of his scenes. After almost a year there were reshoots in Chicago which involved all McDonough's scenes; he was not available so Chelcie Ross replaced him.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Lane, Diane (I)

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Data di nascita: 22 January 1965
Altezza: 5' 5¼" (1.66 m)
Coniuge: Josh Brolin::(14 August 2004 - present), Christopher Lambert::(29 October 1988 - 1 March 1994) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Jumper (2008) .... Mary Rice [attrice]
• Killshot (2008) .... Carmen Colson [attrice]
• Nights in Rodanthe (2008) .... Adrienne Willis [attrice]
• Untraceable (2008) .... Jennifer Marsh [attrice]
• Hollywoodland (2006) .... Toni Mannix [attrice]
• Fierce People (2005) .... Liz Earl [attrice]
• Must Love Dogs (2005) .... Sarah Nolan [attrice]
• Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) .... Frances [attrice]
• Unfaithful (2002) .... Connie Sumner [attrice]
• The Glass House (2001) .... Erin Glass [attrice]

Biografia:
Diane Lane was born on January 22, 1965, in New York. Her parents are acting coach Burt Lane and nightclub singer/centerfold Colleen Farrington. Diane was acting from a very young age and made her stage debut at the age of six. Her work in such acclaimed theater productions as "The Cherry Orchard" and "Medea" led to her being called to Hollywood. She was 13 when she was cast by director George Roy Hill in his wonderful 1979 film A Little Romance (1979), opposite Sir Laurence Olivier. The film only did so-so commercially, but Olivier praised his young co-star, calling her the new Grace Kelly. After her well-received debut, Diane found herself on magazine covers all over the world, including "Time", which declared her the "new young acting sensation". However, things quietened down a bit when she found herself in such critical and financial flops as Touched by Love (1980), Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981), National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982), Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1981) and, most unmemorably, Six Pack (1982), all of which failed to set her career on fire. She also made several TV movies during this period, but it was in 1983 that she finally began to fulfill the promise of stardom that had earlier been predicted for her. Acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola took note of Diane's appeal and cast her in two "youth"-oriented films based on S.E. Hinton novels. Indeed, Rumble Fish (1983) and The Outsiders (1983) have become cult classics and resulted in her getting a loyal fan base. The industry was now taking notice of Diane Lane, and she soon secured lead roles in three big-budget studio epics. She turned down the first, Splash (1984) (which was a surprise hit for Daryl Hannah). Unfortunately, the other two were critical and box-office bombs: Walter Hill's glossy rock 'n' roll fable Streets of Fire (1984) was not the huge summer success that many had thought it would be, and the massively troubled Coppola epic The Cotton Club (1984) co-starring Richard Gere was also a high-profile flop. The back-to-back failure of both of these films could have ended her career there and then -- but thankfully it didn't. Possibly "burned out" by the lambasting these films received and unhappy with the direction her career was taking, she "retired" from the film business at age 19, saying that she had forgotten what she had started acting for. She stayed away from the screen for the next three years. Ironically, the two films that were the main causes of her "retirement" have since grown in popularity, and "Streets of Fire" especially seems to have found the kind of audience it couldn't get when it was first released. The process of rebuilding her career was a slow and gradual one. First came the obscure and very sexy straight-to-video thriller Lady Beware (1987), followed by the critically acclaimed but little seen The Big Town (1987) with Matt Dillon and Tommy Lee Jones. In the former, Diane plays a very mysterious and sexy stripper and her memorable strip sequence is a highlight of the film. Despite her sexy new on-screen image, it wasn't until 1989's smash hit TV mini-series "Lonesome Dove" (1989) that Diane made another big impression on a sizable audience. Her performance in the hugely popular and critically acclaimed western epic as a vulnerable "whore with a heart" won her an Emmy nomination and much praise. Film producers were interested in her again. Another well-received TV production, Descending Angel (1990) (TV), was followed by smaller roles in major films like Richard Attenborough's Chaplin (1992) and Mike Binder's Indian Summer (1993), and larger parts in small independent films like My New Gun (1992), Vital Signs (1990) and Knight Moves (1992). Indeed, the latter two films co-starred her then-husband, Christopher Lambert, with whom she had a daughter named Eleanor. Diane was now re-established in Hollywood and started to appear in higher-profile co-starring roles in some big-budget, major movies like Walter Hill's Wild Bill (1995), the Sylvester Stallone actioner Judge Dredd (1995), the Robin Williams's comedy Jack (1996) and Murder at 1600 (1997) co-starring Wesley Snipes. However, all of these still did not quite make Diane a "big-name star" and, by 1997, she found herself, possibly by choice, back in smaller, personal projects. Her next role as a frustrated 1960s housewife in the independent hit A Walk on the Moon (1999) deservedly won her rave notices and, at last, gave her career the big lift it needed. The cute but tear-jerking comedy My Dog Skip (2000) also proved to be a small-scale success. However, it was the £330-million worldwide grossing blockbuster hit The Perfect Storm (2000) that finally made Diane Lane the household name that she always should have been. After the worldwide success of "The Perfect Storm", she was more in demand than ever. She played Leelee Sobieski's sinister junkie guardian in the slick thriller The Glass House (2001), and co-starred with Keanu Reeves in the #1 smash hit Hard Ball (2001). However, her greatest career moment was still to come with her lead role in the enormous critical and commercial hit Unfaithful (2002), in which she superbly portrayed Richard Gere's adulterous wife. Her performance won the respect of critics and audiences alike. She is very well regarded within the industry, adored by film fans, and has a credibility and quality that is all too rare today. Her immense talent at playing human and real characters, her "drop dead gorgeous" beauty and down-to-earth grittiness guarantees that she will stay on top, and she guarantee has already shown the kind of resilience that will keep her working for a long, long time.

Trivia random: Her father passed away shortly before Unfaithful (2002), in which she gave an Academy Award-nominated performance, was released. He did see a rough cut of the film three weeks before his death.
Citazione random: Even the short men I know appreciate a woman in heels.
Salario massimo: $6,000,000, per Must Love Dogs (2005)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Untraceable (2008)

Nella rete del serial killer

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Regista: Gregory Hoblit
Scrittore: Robert Fyvolent, Mark Brinker
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Crime
Valutazione: 6.1/10 (16267 voti)
Durata: 101 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Diane Lane .... Jennifer Marsh
• Billy Burke .... Detective Eric Box
• Colin Hanks .... Griffin Dowd
• Joseph Cross .... Owen Reilly
• Mary Beth Hurt .... Stella Marsh
• Peter Lewis .... Richard Brooks
• Tyrone Giordano .... Tim Wilks
• Perla Haney-Jardine .... Annie Haskins
• Tim De Zarn .... Herbert Miller (as Tim deZarn)
• Christopher Cousins .... David Williams (as Chris Cousins)

Trama:
A secret service agent, Jennifer Marsh, gets caught in a very personal and deadly cat-and-mouse game with a serial killer who knows that people (being what they are - both curious and drawn to the dark side of things) will log onto an "untraceable" website where he conducts violent and painful murders LIVE on the net. The more people who log on and enter the website, the quicker and more violently the victim dies.

Trivia random: SPOILER: Body Count: 4
Citazione random: Annie Haskins: Mom, there's a video of our house on the computer!

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

chuckino

A sei anni dal mitico La Sposa di Chucky, che segnò una svolta nella serie della Bambola Assassina, il solito Don Mancini scrive e dirige Il Seme di Chucky, ad oggi ultimo capitolo della serie.

Il figlio delle due bambole malvage Chucky e Tiffany protagoniste del precedente episodio è in piena crisi di identità; per capire chi è veramente va alla ricerca dei propri genitori, che trova impegnati nella riedizione cinematografica del precedente episodio, con la mitica Jennifer Tilly nel ruolo di se stessa!
Il piccolo non sa che i propri genitori sono bambole possedute, e questo non gioverà al suo già precario equilibrio mentale: ben presto viene coinvolto nei sanguinosi piani delle due bambole, che si ritrovano impacciati nell'inaspettato ruolo di genitori.

Metacinematografico fino al midollo, mantiene lo stile del precedente, pur virando più sul rapporto comico-psicologico tra genitori e figlio ed inserendo un po' meno violenza (beh, insomma... non è che la gente non venga decapitata/arsa/accoltellata/sventrata/etcetcetcata )

Da recuperare, almeno per gli amanti della serie.

Voto: 6.5
Tags: chucky, horror, commedia, bambola assassina, Jennifer Tilly, rapporto genitori-figli, omicidi, possessione, gore.

Bride of Chucky (1998)

Sposa di Chucky, La

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Regista: Ronny Yu
Scrittore: Don Mancini, Don Mancini
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.1/10 (6261 voti)
Durata: 89 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Jennifer Tilly .... Tiffany
• Brad Dourif .... Chucky (voice)
• Katherine Heigl .... Jade
• Nick Stabile .... Jesse
• Alexis Arquette .... Howard Fitzwater/Damien Baylock
• Gordon Michael Woolvett .... David 'Dave' Collins
• John Ritter .... Police Chief Warren Kincaid
• Lawrence Dane .... Lt. Preston
• Michael Johnson .... Officer Norton
• James Gallanders .... Russ

Trama:
Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts, two eloping high-school graduates.

Trivia random: There is a character in the film named Damien Baylock. In The Omen, the satanic child is called Damien, while his evil nanny is called Mrs. Baylock.
Citazione random: Tiffany: You know, Chucky, I still have the ring.::Chucky: What ring?::Tiffany: You know, the one you left on the mantle?::Chucky: Oh, that. The one I got from Vivian VanPelt.::Tiffany: Vivian who?::Chucky: Vivian VanPelt. That ring is worth five or six grand easy.::Tiffany: You mean you weren't gonna ask me to marry you?::Chucky: What, are you fuckin' nuts?::[Laughs hysterically]

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Mancini, Don (I)

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Ultimi lavori:

• Seed of Chucky: Storyboard to Final Feature Comparison (2005) (V) .... [regista]
• Seed of Chucky (2004) .... (characters) (written by) [scrittore]
• Bride of Chucky (1998) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Child's Play 3 (1991) .... (characters) (written by) [scrittore]
• Child's Play 2 (1990) .... (characters) (written by) [scrittore]
• Cellar Dweller (1988) .... (as Kit Du Bois) [scrittore]
• Child's Play (1988) .... (screenplay) (story) [scrittore]

Trivia random: Has written or co-written every movie in the "Child's Play" series to date.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Bambola Assassina

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La ricerca ha prodotto più di un risultato.

1. Child's Play (1988)
2. Kinderspiele (1992)
3. Child's Play (1980)
4. Child's Play (1972)
5. Child's Play (1953)
6. Juego de niños (2002)
7. Child's Play (1996)
8. Childs Play (2003)
9. "Child's Play" (1982)
10. Child's Play (1994)
11. Bride of Chucky (1998)
12. Seed of Chucky (2004)
13. Child's Play 3 (1991)
14. Child's Play 2 (1990)
15. ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (1976)
16. Child's play - kinderspel (1992)
17. Enfant aimé ou je joue à être une femme mariée, L' (1971)
18. Jeffries and a Child at Play (1899)
19. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
20. Latchkey (2004)

Seed of Chucky (2004)

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Regista: Don Mancini
Scrittore: Don Mancini, Don Mancini
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Valutazione: 5.2/10 (4014 voti)
Durata: 87 min
Paese: Romania, USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Brad Dourif .... Chucky (voice)
• Jennifer Tilly .... Herself & Tiffany
• Billy Boyd .... Glen/Glenda (voice)
• Redman .... Himself
• Hannah Spearritt .... Joan
• John Waters .... Pete Peters
• Keith-Lee Castle .... Psychs
• Steve Lawton .... Stan
• Tony Gardner .... Himself
• Jason Flemyng .... Santa

Trama:
The killer doll is back! The all-new film is the fifth in the popular series of Chucky ("Child's Play") horror comedies. Making his directorial debut is the franchise creator and writer of all five films, Don Mancini. The film introduces Glen (voiced by "The Lord of the Rings" star Billy Boyd), the orphan doll offspring of the irrepressible devilish-doll-come-to-life Chucky (again voiced by series star Brad Dourif) and his equally twisted bride Tiffany (again voiced by Jennifer Tilly). When production starts on a movie detailing the urban legend of his parents' lethal exploits, Glen heads for Hollywood where he brings his bloodthirsty parents back from the dead. The family dynamics are far from perfect as Chucky and Tiffany go Hollywood and get rolling on a new spree of murderous mayhem; much to gentle Glen's horror. Chucky can't believe that his child doesn't want to walk in his murdering footsteps, and star-struck Tiffany can't believe that the movie will star her favorite actress, Jennifer Tilly (playing herself), who soon becomes an unwitting hostess to this new family in more ways than one...

Trivia random: When the floor manager at the beginning of the film shouts "Hey, Tiffany's left arm is loose again" and then the arm grabs his crotch, this is an in-joke as revealed on the DVD commentary for "Bride of Chucky". Jennifer Tilly explains that Chucky's left arm kept grabbing her breasts during shoots.
Citazione random: Pete Peters: [watching Chucky masturbate through his camera] That's right, work it, Mini-me.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Tilly, Jennifer

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Nome di battesimo: E Chan, Jennifer
Data di nascita: 16 September 1958
Altezza: 5' 5½" (1.66 m)
Coniuge: Sam Simon::(1984 - 1991) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Family Guy (2006) (VG) .... Bonnie Swanson [attrice]
• Initiation of Sarah (2006) (TV) .... Dr. Hunter [attrice]
• Intervention (2006) .... [attrice]
• Bailey's Billion$ (2005) .... Dolores Pennington [attrice]
• The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005) .... Dr. O'Shannon [attrice]
• Lil' Pimp (2005) (V) .... Miss De La Croix (voice) [attrice]
• Tideland (2005) .... Queen Gunhilda [attrice]
• A Dairy Tale (2004) (V) .... Grace (voice) [attrice]
• Home on the Range (2004) .... Grace (voice) [attrice]
• Love on the Side (2004) .... Alma Kerns [attrice]

Biografia:
An actress who always attracts audiences' attention, Jennifer Tilly is by turns funny, sexy, compassionate, compelling and often all at once.Her breakthrough movie role tapped into all of those qualities failing singer Blanche "Monica" Moran in Steven Kloves' The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) opposite brothers Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges. A few years later, Jennifer earned an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of the aspiring but hopelessly untalented actress Olive Neal in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994). She has become well-known to filmgoers for both major studio and independent films. In Tom Shadyac's blockbuster Liar Liar (1997) she kept pace with Jim Carrey. Her steamy performance opposite Gina Gershon helped make Larry Wachowski's and Andy Wachowski's Bound (1996) a breakout indie success at the Sundance Film Festival and then in theatrical release. It also expanded Jennifer's already significant gay and lesbian following.She successfully cultivated another fan base with the revitalization of the "Child's Play" horror comedy franchise. For Ronny Yu's Bride of Chucky (1998), the filmmakers turned to Jennifer to create the character who would spark the series in a new direction. She met the challenge and established a new horror icon in Tiffany. This Halloween, in Rogue Pictures' all-new Seed of Chucky (2004), written and directed by series creator Don Mancini, Jennifer again takes the popular series to the next level; she stars as Tiffany and as herself, the deadly doll's favorite actress, who soon becomes an unwitting hostess in more ways than one.Jennifer's pitch-perfect voiceover work as Tiffany is not the only instance of her being able to incarnate a character from the vocal chords out. Families know her distinctive cadences from the recent Disney hits Home on the Range (2004) (in which Jennifer voiced a new-age bovine), directed by Will Finn and John Sanford; The Haunted Mansion (2003) (in which Jennifer acted from the neck up only), directed by Rob Minkoff; and the Pixar blockbuster Monsters, Inc. (2001) (voicing Mike's love interest Celia), directed by Pete Docter, David Silverman and Lee Unkrich.She began her acting career as a teenager, putting herself through the theater program at Stephens College in Missouri by winning writing competitions. She then headed to Los Angeles. While she continued to act on the stage (earning a Dramalogue Award for her performance in "Vanities"), movies and television immediately came calling for the actress with the unique voice and visage.Over the years Jennifer has made memorable appearances on some of television's best series, including "Hill Street Blues" (1981) (in a recurring dramatic role), "Cheers" (1982), "Moonlighting" (1985), "It's Garry Shandling's Show." (1986) and "Frasier" (1993). In addition, she has been a favored guest on a number of talk shows, from "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) to "The Arsenio Hall Show" (1989) to (currently) "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992). Those interview segments have encouraged viewers to expect the unexpected from her interplay with the host and the studio audience.Her many films over a two-decade span include Neil Jordan's High Spirits (1988), Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), Richard Benjamin's Made in America (1993), Roger Donaldson's The Getaway (1994), Joe Pytka's Let It Ride (1989), P.J. Castellaneta's Relax... It's Just Sex (1998), Michael Radford's Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000), Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow (2001) (in which she played Louella Parsons).Jennifer has also continued to act on the stage. She won a Theater World Award for her performance in off-Broadway's "One Shoe Off" and starred on Broadway in the 2001 revival of "The Women" (which was later taped for, and broadcast on, PBS).

Trivia random: She ranked #23 in Celebrity Sleuth 25 Sexiest Women of 1995
Citazione random: "I still haven't made a film that defines who I am."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.