Non sono un gran fan del kung-fu-kaos, ma immagino che Tokyo Riders possa risultare gradevole agli amanti del genere che mischia arti marziali, azione, commedia ed un po' di romanticismo.
Ken non si presenta all'altare e la notevole (benché inetta) quasi-mogliettina Macy parte sulle sue tracce, affiancata da un sedicente arredatore che deve riscuotere un credito.
Per la prima metà è tutto un susseguirsi di occasioni più o meno sensate per menare le mani in maniera coreografica, aggiungendo battutine a go go. Nella seconda parte la trama si complica con l'entrata in scena di altri malavitosi e persino dei servizi segreti, tutti alla ricerca di Ken.
Non del tutta azzeccata e troppo ripetitiva la colonna sonora; come il genere richiede, tutto si risolve con improbabili scazzottate dal tono leggero.
Voto: 6.
Tags: arti marziali, tokyo, hong-kong, kung-fu, scazzottate, azione, commedia, amore.
martedì 30 maggio 2006
sabato 27 maggio 2006
cry_wolf
Wow! Le malvagie menti dei distributori italiani hanno dato fondo alla loro perversa fantasia e, in combutta con la gang dei doppiatori, hanno utilizzato avanzate tecniche chirurgiche per tramutare Cry_Wolf in Nickname: L'Enigmista.
Cambiare nome al cattivo e sostituire un paio di inquadrature di schermi di computer: tanto basta per sfruttare il traino dell'uscita di Saw II.
Il film in sé è un agghiacciante semi-horror semi-thriller adolescenziale con Jon Bon Jovi. Che altro chiedere all'industria cinematografica?
Una studentessa viene uccisa in un parco; alcuni ricchi studenti della sua scuola, dediti ad un gioco sovranamente imbecille ed incomprensibile in cui ci si accusa a vicenda (da quando sesso e droga sono out nei licei americani? ), colgono l'occasione per diffondere la falsa notizia di un serial killer che avrebbe preso di mira l'istituto.
Iniziato come uno scherzo, la temuta serie di omicidi sembra avverarsi, gettando nel panico gli studenti e nella noia gli spettatori.
Finalone col colpo di scena più prevedibile e meno credibile che mente umana ricordi.
Un po' Generazione perfetta, un po' The Hole, un po' Gossip, questo film difetta di quel briciolo di logica (e di capacità di mantenere la suspense) che lo avrebbero reso un thriller quasi decente, benché prevedibilissimo.
Trash adolescenziale: un genere sempreverde!
Voto: 4. Trashometro® 5/10:
Tags: horror, thriller, adolescenziale, trash, saw, l'enigmista, sciacallaggio, Jon Bon Jovi.
Nome di battesimo: Bongiovi, John Francis
Data di nascita: 2 March 1962
Altezza: 5' 9½" (1.77 m)
Coniuge: Dorothea Hurley::(29 April 1989 - present) 4 children
Ultimi lavori:
Trivia random: Is co-owner of the Arena Football League team the Philidelphia Soul.
Citazione random: It is really a great thing when you get to inspire others with your words on such a universal level. I will never forget meeting these two girls, Dee and MJ. When they told me all that my music had done for them, it was just such a great feeling. They are two very wonderful, and beautiful girls and I am glad I got a chance to meet them. They were very lovely girls.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: Jeff Wadlow
Scrittore: Beau Bauman, Jeff Wadlow
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.7/10 (3374 voti)
Durata: 90 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:
After a local townie is murdered, a group of teenage liars create a warning e-mail of a serial killer named the Wolf, coming on the next full moon. The teens describe each death method the Wolf uses, but when their wish begins to come true, the teens must find their way out of their own death methods before its too late. Citazione random: Mercedes: Congratulations, baby. Tonight you could've gotten laid, but instead you got fucked.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: Darren Lynn Bousman
Scrittore: Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.9/10 (22034 voti)
Durata: 93 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:
Jigsaw is terug. Hij sluit een groep ongelukkige mensen op in een huis vol booby traps. Ze moeten een weg uit het huis zien te vinden, voordat ze teveel van een giftig gas inademen en sterven. In het huis zijn spuiten verstopt met het tegengif, maar ze moeten oppassen, want het is nooit makkelijk om aan zo'n spuit te komen.. Wie overleeft er?
Trivia random: Jigsaw's puppet was originally controlled by fishing line (in Saw (2004)). This time around, the crew had a slightly larger budget and decided to completely redo the puppet and make it mechanically controlled.
Citazione random: Jonas: You remind me of me, always need to find yourself an enemy. I got enemies, outside of these motherfucking walls, man and they looking for me and if they don't find me, they are going after the people who are the closest to me, my family. So you and I can go at each other like we're back at the yard or we can figure out who the fuck is doing this to us.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: David Nutter
Scrittore: Scott Rosenberg
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.0/10 (5620 voti)
Durata: 84 min
Paese: Australia, USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:
A man moves to a new town and gets harassed by these annoyingly perfect "good kids". He makes friends with the local rejects, one of which is a conspiracy theorist, another who is an albino, and a third who soon becomes a romantic interest. Together they discover that the jocks are actually lobotomized zombies and that they're next in line.
Trivia random: Dorian Newberry has a copy of "Slaughterhouse 5" by Kurt Vonnegut in his pocket. In Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron", the plot involves mind control in the form of head bands to obtain equality.
Citazione random: Steve Clark: I had no idea the evil was this pervasive.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: Nick Hamm
Scrittore: Guy Burt, Ben Court
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.4/10 (7028 voti)
Durata: 102 min
Paese: UK
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:
A modern thriller set in a British private school. Based on the best selling cult novel by Guy Burt, 'After The Hole' takes us on a disturbing roller coaster ride where "truth" and "fiction" become commodities in a bizarre adolescent prank which goes wrong. Citazione random: Frankie: I hate beaches. All that sand up your crack and nowhere to pee apart from the ocean.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: Davis Guggenheim
Scrittore: Gregory Poirier, Gregory Poirier
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.5/10 (4113 voti)
Durata: 90 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Italian
Cast:
Trama:
On a beautiful college campus, something ugly is about to be spread around. A bit of gossip that was told is starting to take a frightening turn. Who could it have offended and how far will the person on the other side of the gossip handle the embarrassing situation.
Trivia random: The brunette that Derrick gets together with at the party has her voice dubbed by the director's wife, Elisabeth Shue, because the original actress's voice was not deemed sexy enough
Citazione random: Travis: I'm just kind of having a little dialogue with gravity.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Cambiare nome al cattivo e sostituire un paio di inquadrature di schermi di computer: tanto basta per sfruttare il traino dell'uscita di Saw II.
Il film in sé è un agghiacciante semi-horror semi-thriller adolescenziale con Jon Bon Jovi. Che altro chiedere all'industria cinematografica?
Una studentessa viene uccisa in un parco; alcuni ricchi studenti della sua scuola, dediti ad un gioco sovranamente imbecille ed incomprensibile in cui ci si accusa a vicenda (da quando sesso e droga sono out nei licei americani? ), colgono l'occasione per diffondere la falsa notizia di un serial killer che avrebbe preso di mira l'istituto.
Iniziato come uno scherzo, la temuta serie di omicidi sembra avverarsi, gettando nel panico gli studenti e nella noia gli spettatori.
Finalone col colpo di scena più prevedibile e meno credibile che mente umana ricordi.
Un po' Generazione perfetta, un po' The Hole, un po' Gossip, questo film difetta di quel briciolo di logica (e di capacità di mantenere la suspense) che lo avrebbero reso un thriller quasi decente, benché prevedibilissimo.
Trash adolescenziale: un genere sempreverde!
Voto: 4. Trashometro® 5/10:
Tags: horror, thriller, adolescenziale, trash, saw, l'enigmista, sciacallaggio, Jon Bon Jovi.
Jovi, Jon Bon
Nome di battesimo: Bongiovi, John Francis
Data di nascita: 2 March 1962
Altezza: 5' 9½" (1.77 m)
Coniuge: Dorothea Hurley::(29 April 1989 - present) 4 children
Ultimi lavori:
- Pucked (2006) .... Frank [attore]
- Cry_Wolf (2005) .... Rich Walker [attore]
- One Wild Night (2004) .... (story) [scrittore]
- Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) .... Derek Bliss [attore]
- Pay It Forward (2000) .... Ricky McKinney [attore]
- Row Your Boat (2000) .... Jamey Meadows [attore]
- U-571 (2000) .... Lt. Pete Emmett, Chief Engineer [attore]
- Homegrown (1998) .... Danny [attore]
- No Looking Back (1998) .... Michael [attore]
- Destination Anywhere (1997) (V) .... Jon [attore]
Trivia random: Is co-owner of the Arena Football League team the Philidelphia Soul.
Citazione random: It is really a great thing when you get to inspire others with your words on such a universal level. I will never forget meeting these two girls, Dee and MJ. When they told me all that my music had done for them, it was just such a great feeling. They are two very wonderful, and beautiful girls and I am glad I got a chance to meet them. They were very lovely girls.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Cry_Wolf (2005)
Regista: Jeff Wadlow
Scrittore: Beau Bauman, Jeff Wadlow
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.7/10 (3374 voti)
Durata: 90 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Julian Morris .... Owen
- Lindy Booth .... Dodger
- Jared Padalecki .... Tom
- Jesse Janzen .... Randall
- Paul James .... Lewis
- Sandra McCoy .... Mercedes
- Ethan Cohn .... Graham
- Kristy Wu .... Regina
- Anna Deavere Smith .... Headmaster Tinsley
- Gary Cole .... Mr. Matthews
Trama:
After a local townie is murdered, a group of teenage liars create a warning e-mail of a serial killer named the Wolf, coming on the next full moon. The teens describe each death method the Wolf uses, but when their wish begins to come true, the teens must find their way out of their own death methods before its too late. Citazione random: Mercedes: Congratulations, baby. Tonight you could've gotten laid, but instead you got fucked.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Saw II (2005)
Regista: Darren Lynn Bousman
Scrittore: Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.9/10 (22034 voti)
Durata: 93 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Tobin Bell .... Jigsaw
- Shawnee Smith .... Amanda
- Donnie Wahlberg .... Eric Matthews
- Erik Knudsen .... Daniel Matthews
- Franky G .... Xavier
- Glenn Plummer .... Captain Jonas
- Emmanuelle Vaugier .... Addison
- Beverley Mitchell .... Laura
- Tim Burd .... Obi
- Dina Meyer .... Kerry
Trama:
Jigsaw is terug. Hij sluit een groep ongelukkige mensen op in een huis vol booby traps. Ze moeten een weg uit het huis zien te vinden, voordat ze teveel van een giftig gas inademen en sterven. In het huis zijn spuiten verstopt met het tegengif, maar ze moeten oppassen, want het is nooit makkelijk om aan zo'n spuit te komen.. Wie overleeft er?
Trivia random: Jigsaw's puppet was originally controlled by fishing line (in Saw (2004)). This time around, the crew had a slightly larger budget and decided to completely redo the puppet and make it mechanically controlled.
Citazione random: Jonas: You remind me of me, always need to find yourself an enemy. I got enemies, outside of these motherfucking walls, man and they looking for me and if they don't find me, they are going after the people who are the closest to me, my family. So you and I can go at each other like we're back at the yard or we can figure out who the fuck is doing this to us.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Disturbing Behavior (1998)
Generazione perfetta
Regista: David Nutter
Scrittore: Scott Rosenberg
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.0/10 (5620 voti)
Durata: 84 min
Paese: Australia, USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- James Marsden .... Steve Clark
- Katie Holmes .... Rachel Wagner
- Nick Stahl .... Gavin Strick
- Steve Railsback .... Officer Cox
- Bruce Greenwood .... Dr. Edgar Caldicott
- William Sadler .... Dorian Newberry
- Chad Donella .... U.V. (as Chad E. Donella)
- Ethan Embry .... Allen Clark
- Katharine Isabelle .... Lindsay Clark
- A.J. Buckley .... Charles 'Chug' Roman
Trama:
A man moves to a new town and gets harassed by these annoyingly perfect "good kids". He makes friends with the local rejects, one of which is a conspiracy theorist, another who is an albino, and a third who soon becomes a romantic interest. Together they discover that the jocks are actually lobotomized zombies and that they're next in line.
Trivia random: Dorian Newberry has a copy of "Slaughterhouse 5" by Kurt Vonnegut in his pocket. In Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron", the plot involves mind control in the form of head bands to obtain equality.
Citazione random: Steve Clark: I had no idea the evil was this pervasive.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Hole, The (2001)
Regista: Nick Hamm
Scrittore: Guy Burt, Ben Court
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.4/10 (7028 voti)
Durata: 102 min
Paese: UK
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Thora Birch .... Liz Dunn
- Desmond Harrington .... Mike Steel
- Daniel Brocklebank .... Martyn Taylor
- Laurence Fox .... Geoff Bingham
- Keira Knightley .... Frances 'Frankie' Almond Smith
- Embeth Davidtz .... Dr. Philippa Horwood
- Steven Waddington .... DCS Tom Howard
- Emma Griffiths Malin .... Daisy
- Jemma Powell .... Minnie (as Gemma Powell)
- Gemma Craven .... Mrs. Dunn
Trama:
A modern thriller set in a British private school. Based on the best selling cult novel by Guy Burt, 'After The Hole' takes us on a disturbing roller coaster ride where "truth" and "fiction" become commodities in a bizarre adolescent prank which goes wrong. Citazione random: Frankie: I hate beaches. All that sand up your crack and nowhere to pee apart from the ocean.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Gossip (2000/I)
Regista: Davis Guggenheim
Scrittore: Gregory Poirier, Gregory Poirier
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.5/10 (4113 voti)
Durata: 90 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Italian
Cast:
- James Marsden .... Derrick Webb
- Lena Headey .... Cathy Jones
- Norman Reedus .... Travis
- Kate Hudson .... Naomi Preston
- Eric Bogosian .... Professor Goodwin
- Edward James Olmos .... Detective Curtis
- Joshua Jackson .... Beau Edson
- Sharon Lawrence .... Detective Kelly
- Marisa Coughlan .... Sheila
- Kwok-Wing Leung .... Chinese Man
Trama:
On a beautiful college campus, something ugly is about to be spread around. A bit of gossip that was told is starting to take a frightening turn. Who could it have offended and how far will the person on the other side of the gossip handle the embarrassing situation.
Trivia random: The brunette that Derrick gets together with at the party has her voice dubbed by the director's wife, Elisabeth Shue, because the original actress's voice was not deemed sexy enough
Citazione random: Travis: I'm just kind of having a little dialogue with gravity.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
venerdì 26 maggio 2006
primo contatto
Star Trek: Primo Contatto è uno dei migliori film della serie; certo, pur con tutto l'amore che ho per la saga di Star Trek, non posso proprio dire che sia un capolavoro del cinema, ma ha il merito di inserirsi molto bene nelle vicende di Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Ai Borg gli gira parecchio il cubo e decidono di attaccare la Terra; avvicinatisi al pianeta mandano una navetta indietro nel tempo, nel tentativo di impedire il primo contatto di Zefram Cochrane coi vulcaniani. L'Enterprise li insegue, per rimettere le cose a posto. Non mancheranno momenti per proseguire ed approfondire il rapporto non proprio amichevole di Jean-Luc Picard coi Borg, come già visto nella serie negli episodi The Best of Both Worlds parte 1 e parte 2 (eccezionali, forse il momento più alto di tutta la serie).
Voto: 7.5
Tags: star trek, borg, Jean-Luc Picard, enterprise, vulcaniani, data, Zefram Cochrane, primo contatto, assimilazione.
La ricerca ha prodotto più di un risultato.
Regista: Jonathan Frakes
Scrittore: Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman
Genere: Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.4/10 (28332 voti)
Durata: 106 (approx.) min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:
If Chocran (Inventor of warp drive) does not make his flight (in the mid 21st century), a routine Vulcan mapping mission would not detect the warp signature, and first contact would not be made. Borg go back in time to destroy the ship, once an American nuclear missile left over from World War 3.
Trivia random: The Norway-class starship is seen for the first (and only) time in this film; the CGI "model" of the ship was subsequently lost due to a computer glitch, and so the class never appeared again in any other Trek show or film.
Citazione random: Lt. Commander Worf: The Defiant?::Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Adrift but salvageable.::Cmdr. William Riker: Tough little ship.::Lt. Commander Worf: Little?
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 8.9/10 (357 voti)
Durata: 45 min (178 episodes)
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Klingon, French
Cast:
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: Tim Russ, later to play Tuvok on Voyager, was a candidate for the role of Geordi.
Citazione random: [opening monologue]::Capt. Picard: Space... The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It's continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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La ricerca ha prodotto più di un risultato.
Ai Borg gli gira parecchio il cubo e decidono di attaccare la Terra; avvicinatisi al pianeta mandano una navetta indietro nel tempo, nel tentativo di impedire il primo contatto di Zefram Cochrane coi vulcaniani. L'Enterprise li insegue, per rimettere le cose a posto. Non mancheranno momenti per proseguire ed approfondire il rapporto non proprio amichevole di Jean-Luc Picard coi Borg, come già visto nella serie negli episodi The Best of Both Worlds parte 1 e parte 2 (eccezionali, forse il momento più alto di tutta la serie).
Voto: 7.5
Tags: star trek, borg, Jean-Luc Picard, enterprise, vulcaniani, data, Zefram Cochrane, primo contatto, assimilazione.
parte 2
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- Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek - The Next Generation (1994) (TV)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (1994) (TV)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Interactive VCR Board Game - A Klingon Challenge (1995) (VG)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity (1995) (VG)
- "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)
- Star Trek: Generations (1994)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (1999) (VG)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual (1994) (VG)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Primo contatto
Regista: Jonathan Frakes
Scrittore: Gene Roddenberry, Rick Berman
Genere: Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.4/10 (28332 voti)
Durata: 106 (approx.) min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Patrick Stewart .... Captain Jean-Luc Picard
- Jonathan Frakes .... Commander William Riker/Holodeck Musician
- Brent Spiner .... Lt. Commander Data
- LeVar Burton .... Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
- Michael Dorn .... Lt. Commander Worf
- Gates McFadden .... Commander/Dr. Beverly Crusher
- Marina Sirtis .... Commander Deanna Troi
- Alfre Woodard .... Lily Sloane
- James Cromwell .... Dr. Zefram Cochrane
- Alice Krige .... Borg Queen
Trama:
If Chocran (Inventor of warp drive) does not make his flight (in the mid 21st century), a routine Vulcan mapping mission would not detect the warp signature, and first contact would not be made. Borg go back in time to destroy the ship, once an American nuclear missile left over from World War 3.
Trivia random: The Norway-class starship is seen for the first (and only) time in this film; the CGI "model" of the ship was subsequently lost due to a computer glitch, and so the class never appeared again in any other Trek show or film.
Citazione random: Lt. Commander Worf: The Defiant?::Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Adrift but salvageable.::Cmdr. William Riker: Tough little ship.::Lt. Commander Worf: Little?
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 8.9/10 (357 voti)
Durata: 45 min (178 episodes)
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: Tim Russ, later to play Tuvok on Voyager, was a candidate for the role of Geordi.
Citazione random: [opening monologue]::Capt. Picard: Space... The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It's continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Jean-Luc Picard
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- Stewart, Patrick (I)
- Stuart, James Patrick
- Stewart, Patrick Alexander
- Stewart, Patrick B.
- Stewart, Patrick (IV)
- Stewart, Patrick (V)
- Stewart, Patrick (VII)
- Stewart, Patrick (X)
- Stewart, Patrick (II)
- Stewart, Patrick (XII)
- Stewart, Patrick (IX)
- Stewart, Patrick (VIII)
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- Stewart, Patrice
- Stewart, Trish
- Stewart, Patricia
- Stewart, Patricia Ann
- Stuart, Patrick (I)
- Stuart, Patrick (II)
- Stuart, Patrick (III)
parte 1
La ricerca ha prodotto più di un risultato.
- Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek - The Next Generation (1994) (TV)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (1994) (TV)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Interactive VCR Board Game - A Klingon Challenge (1995) (VG)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity (1995) (VG)
- "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)
- Star Trek: Generations (1994)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (1999) (VG)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual (1994) (VG)
martedì 23 maggio 2006
GitS:SAC
Ho finito i 26 episodi della prima stagione (1st GiG) di Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (l'intero cofanetto di 7 dvd è costato meno di 30 sterline, alla faccia dei 24.90 euro del singolo dvd dell'edizione italiana )
Superbo: non mi appassionavo tanto ad una serie dai tempi di Cowboy Bebop. Per la maggior parte si tratta di episodi autoconclusivi, in gran parte di genere poliziesco/spionaggio/azione; spesso le trame non sono niente di mai visto, ma sono sempre narrate incredibilmente bene. Non mancano comunque episodi più intricati, che tirano avanti la trama principale ed un buon numero di vere perle (The Movie Director's Dream, gli episodi sui Tachikoma e tutti quelli finali).
Breve sunto: in un futuro prossimo la quasi totalità degli esseri umani possiede impianti cerebrali che connettono tutti in una immensa rete; in uno scenario politico-militare interno ed estero molto complesso e fluido, la sezione 9 rappresenta una unità d'elite di prevenzione antiterroristica altamente specializzata nella gestione delle informazioni. Tra molte, la minaccia principale è rappresentata da uno sfuggente criminale identificato con il nome di Laughing Man, che sembra accanirsi contro alcune compagnie specializzate in nano-tecnologie. In un ambiente tanto complesso, le distinzioni tra giusto e sbagliato, buono e cattivo, vivo ed inanimato sembrano sfumare fino a confondersi.
Intrattiene, diverte (i Tachikoma Days!), lascia col cuore in gola e commuove (e riesce a farlo persino coi Tachikoma!)
Da non perdere.
Voto: 10 (i dvd dell'edizione anglosassone contengono un po' di extra - interviste con gli autori -, un ottimo sonoro ed una qualità video di norma discreta, anche se alcuni episodi presentano evidenti difetti di interlacciamento; voto tecnico: 8)
Tags: ghost in the shell, stand alone complex, fantascienza, rete, impianti neurali, terrorismo, tachikoma, robot, section 9, Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, azione, spionaggio, Ishikawa, Daisuke Aramaki, Laughing Man, cyberpunk, futuro, cyber-terrorismo, nano-tecnologia, Masamune Shirow, Kenji Kamiyama, Production I.G.
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 9.4/10 (213 voti)
Durata: 25 min (26 episodes)
Paese: Japan
Lingua: English, Japanese
Cast:
Trama:
Spike Spiegel is a regular, laid-back cowboy (popularly called bounty hunters) living with 3 others on the Bebop. Ed, the underage whiz hacker. Jet Black, level-headed ex-cop and Faye Valentine, a girl who loves spending her share of the bounties gambling. Spike and co. troll the universe for good pay-offs as Spike tries to cope with his dark past.
Trivia random: Session #21: Boogie Woogie Feng Shui = Boogie Woogie
Citazione random: Spike Spiegel: Uh, listen Jet. You said "bell peppers and beef." There's no beef in here. So you wouldn't really call it "bell peppers and beef," now would you?::Jet Black: Yes, I would.::Spike Spiegel: Well, it's *not*!::Jet Black: It is when you're broke!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: Kenji Kamiyama
Scrittore: Mary Claypool, Junichi Fujisaku
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.7/10 (63 voti)
Durata: USA:25 min (52 episodes)
Paese: Japan
Lingua: English, Japanese
Cast:
Trama:
In a future Japan, Major Motoko Kusanagi operates as a key agent of Section 9 of internal security under Chief Aramaki. Together with her support crew and a group of quadraped enforcement droids who operate with childlike enthusiasim, they confront the numerous threats facing Japan. However, their opponents are predominately capable of using the advanced technology around them to their considerable advantage and it will take all the talents of Section 9 to stop them.
Trivia random: In the first episode, "Section 9," during the scene where the foreign minister tries unsuccessfully to read the stolen report, the camera zooms in on one of his cybernetic eyes. Amongst all of the usual symbols and jargon you'd expect on a camera lens, the words "Directed by K.K." can be seen. This is a reference to Kenji Kamiyama, the director of the series.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Superbo: non mi appassionavo tanto ad una serie dai tempi di Cowboy Bebop. Per la maggior parte si tratta di episodi autoconclusivi, in gran parte di genere poliziesco/spionaggio/azione; spesso le trame non sono niente di mai visto, ma sono sempre narrate incredibilmente bene. Non mancano comunque episodi più intricati, che tirano avanti la trama principale ed un buon numero di vere perle (The Movie Director's Dream, gli episodi sui Tachikoma e tutti quelli finali).
Breve sunto: in un futuro prossimo la quasi totalità degli esseri umani possiede impianti cerebrali che connettono tutti in una immensa rete; in uno scenario politico-militare interno ed estero molto complesso e fluido, la sezione 9 rappresenta una unità d'elite di prevenzione antiterroristica altamente specializzata nella gestione delle informazioni. Tra molte, la minaccia principale è rappresentata da uno sfuggente criminale identificato con il nome di Laughing Man, che sembra accanirsi contro alcune compagnie specializzate in nano-tecnologie. In un ambiente tanto complesso, le distinzioni tra giusto e sbagliato, buono e cattivo, vivo ed inanimato sembrano sfumare fino a confondersi.
Intrattiene, diverte (i Tachikoma Days!), lascia col cuore in gola e commuove (e riesce a farlo persino coi Tachikoma!)
Da non perdere.
Voto: 10 (i dvd dell'edizione anglosassone contengono un po' di extra - interviste con gli autori -, un ottimo sonoro ed una qualità video di norma discreta, anche se alcuni episodi presentano evidenti difetti di interlacciamento; voto tecnico: 8)
Tags: ghost in the shell, stand alone complex, fantascienza, rete, impianti neurali, terrorismo, tachikoma, robot, section 9, Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, azione, spionaggio, Ishikawa, Daisuke Aramaki, Laughing Man, cyberpunk, futuro, cyber-terrorismo, nano-tecnologia, Masamune Shirow, Kenji Kamiyama, Production I.G.
"Kaubôi bibappu" (1998)
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 9.4/10 (213 voti)
Durata: 25 min (26 episodes)
Paese: Japan
Lingua: English, Japanese
Cast:
- Kôichi Yamadera .... Spike Spiegel (voice: Japanese version)
- Unshô Ishizuka .... Jet Black (voice: Japanese version)
- Megumi Hayashibara .... Faye Valentine (voice: Japanese version)
- Aoi Tada .... Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV (Ed) (voice: Japanese version)
- Gara Takashima .... Julia (voice: Japanese version)
- Norio Wakamoto .... Vicious (voice: Japanese version)
- Miki Nagasawa .... Judy (voice: Japanese version)
- Tsutomu Tareki .... Punch (voice: Japanese version)
- Takehiro Koyama .... Laughing Bull (voice: Japanese version)
- Hitoshi Hirao .... Antonio (voice: Japanese version)
Trama:
Spike Spiegel is a regular, laid-back cowboy (popularly called bounty hunters) living with 3 others on the Bebop. Ed, the underage whiz hacker. Jet Black, level-headed ex-cop and Faye Valentine, a girl who loves spending her share of the bounties gambling. Spike and co. troll the universe for good pay-offs as Spike tries to cope with his dark past.
Trivia random: Session #21: Boogie Woogie Feng Shui = Boogie Woogie
Citazione random: Spike Spiegel: Uh, listen Jet. You said "bell peppers and beef." There's no beef in here. So you wouldn't really call it "bell peppers and beef," now would you?::Jet Black: Yes, I would.::Spike Spiegel: Well, it's *not*!::Jet Black: It is when you're broke!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
"Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex" (2002)
Regista: Kenji Kamiyama
Scrittore: Mary Claypool, Junichi Fujisaku
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.7/10 (63 voti)
Durata: USA:25 min (52 episodes)
Paese: Japan
Lingua: English, Japanese
Cast:
- Atsuko Tanaka .... Major Motoko Kusanagi/Kuroma (voice: Japanese version)
- Osamu Saka .... Chief Daisuke Aramaki (voice: Japanese version) (as Osamu Tanaka Ep. 1-5)
- Akio Ôtsuka .... Batô (voice: Japanese version) (as Akio Ohtsuka)
- Kôichi Yamadera .... Togusa/Bebî Rûsu (voice: Japanese version) (as Kohichi Yamadera)
- Yutaka Nakano .... Ishikawa (voice: Japanese version)
- Toru Ôkawa .... Saito (voice: Japanese version)
- Takashi Onozuka .... Paz/Secretary (voice: Japanese version)
- Taro Yamaguchi .... Borma (voice: Japanese version)
- Sakiko Tamagawa .... Tachikoma/Togusa no okusan (voice: Japanese version)
- Eri Oono .... Operator/Policeman (voice: Japanese version) (as Eri Ohno)
Trama:
In a future Japan, Major Motoko Kusanagi operates as a key agent of Section 9 of internal security under Chief Aramaki. Together with her support crew and a group of quadraped enforcement droids who operate with childlike enthusiasim, they confront the numerous threats facing Japan. However, their opponents are predominately capable of using the advanced technology around them to their considerable advantage and it will take all the talents of Section 9 to stop them.
Trivia random: In the first episode, "Section 9," during the scene where the foreign minister tries unsuccessfully to read the stolen report, the camera zooms in on one of his cybernetic eyes. Amongst all of the usual symbols and jargon you'd expect on a camera lens, the words "Directed by K.K." can be seen. This is a reference to Kenji Kamiyama, the director of the series.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
domenica 21 maggio 2006
pensate ai bambini!
Che meraviglia i vecchi horror fatti con pochi soldi ed altrettante idee!
La Casa Degli Zombi (The Child, del 1977) ha quelle belle trovate registiche, quelle qualità tecniche e quelle abilità recitative che vien da pensare sia stato prodotto da una compagnia itinerante di attori porno shakespeare-iani cecoslovacchi. Menzione di merito alla colonna sonora: il compositore pare stia pulendo con una mazza ferrata ed un lanciafiamme il pianoforte su cui ha appena vomitato.
Non è che sia brutto, è che devi abituartici (per prepararsi consiglio la visione del classico dei classici, La Corazzata Potemkin, montato al contrario ed usando l'intera discografia di Paola e Chiara come colonna sonora).
Una signorina si trasferisce in una vecchia casa di campagna, dove dovrà accudire una bambina traumatizzata dalla morte della madre pazza. Nei paraggi abbiamo: il babbo un po' rincoglionito, un bel giovinotto con una pettinatura così anni '70 da far ribrezzo, una vicina di casa che ha capito che c'è qualcosa che non va, un bosco infestato da mostri ululanti ed un cimitero sempre buono per delle scampagnate notturne.
La bambozza, cioccata come la mamma, ha come amici una gang di zombie che non si fa scrupolo di aizzare contro i propri nemici.
Dopo aver sterminato un po' di gente, tutto finisce per il meglio (ovvero: il film finisce )
Voto: 1 (potrei dire che si tratta di un film invecchiato male, ma la verità è che era una schifezza già 30 anni fa)
Trashometro® 3/10:
Tags: horror, pazzia, bambina, zombie, gore, trash.
Regista: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Scrittore: Nina Agadzhanova, Nikolai Aseyev
Genere: Drama, History, War
Valutazione: 8.0/10 (8056 voti)
Durata: 75 min
Paese: SovietUnion
Lingua: Russian
Cast:
Trama:
Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home port Odessa.
Trivia random: The Battleship used during the filming was not the Kniaz Potemkin-Tavricheski, but an older battleship called Dvienadstat Apostolov (The Twelve Apostles), as the original battleship Potemkin had been broken up in 1922.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: Robert Voskanian
Scrittore: Ralph Lucas
Genere: Horror
Valutazione: 4.2/10 (128 voti)
Durata: 82 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:
A newly-hired housekeeper in a remote area is alarmed to discover that her boss's eleven-year-old daughter is using her supernatural powers to take revenge on the people she holds responsible for her mother's death, with the aid of her flesh-eating zombie 'friends'...
Trivia random: The film was shot mostly on short ends.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
La Casa Degli Zombi (The Child, del 1977) ha quelle belle trovate registiche, quelle qualità tecniche e quelle abilità recitative che vien da pensare sia stato prodotto da una compagnia itinerante di attori porno shakespeare-iani cecoslovacchi. Menzione di merito alla colonna sonora: il compositore pare stia pulendo con una mazza ferrata ed un lanciafiamme il pianoforte su cui ha appena vomitato.
Non è che sia brutto, è che devi abituartici (per prepararsi consiglio la visione del classico dei classici, La Corazzata Potemkin, montato al contrario ed usando l'intera discografia di Paola e Chiara come colonna sonora).
Una signorina si trasferisce in una vecchia casa di campagna, dove dovrà accudire una bambina traumatizzata dalla morte della madre pazza. Nei paraggi abbiamo: il babbo un po' rincoglionito, un bel giovinotto con una pettinatura così anni '70 da far ribrezzo, una vicina di casa che ha capito che c'è qualcosa che non va, un bosco infestato da mostri ululanti ed un cimitero sempre buono per delle scampagnate notturne.
La bambozza, cioccata come la mamma, ha come amici una gang di zombie che non si fa scrupolo di aizzare contro i propri nemici.
Dopo aver sterminato un po' di gente, tutto finisce per il meglio (ovvero: il film finisce )
Voto: 1 (potrei dire che si tratta di un film invecchiato male, ma la verità è che era una schifezza già 30 anni fa)
Trashometro® 3/10:
Tags: horror, pazzia, bambina, zombie, gore, trash.
Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
Corazzata Potemkin, La
Regista: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Scrittore: Nina Agadzhanova, Nikolai Aseyev
Genere: Drama, History, War
Valutazione: 8.0/10 (8056 voti)
Durata: 75 min
Paese: SovietUnion
Lingua: Russian
Cast:
- Aleksandr Antonov .... Grigory Vakulinchuk, Bolshevik Sailor
- Vladimir Barsky .... Commander Golikov
- Grigori Aleksandrov .... Chief Officer Giliarovsky
- Ivan Bobrov .... Young Sailor, flogged while sleeping (as I. Bobrov)
- Mikhail Gomorov .... Militant Sailor
- Aleksandr Levshin .... Petty Officer
- N. Poltavseva .... Woman With Pince-nez
- Konstantin Feldman .... Student Agitator
- Prokopenko .... Mother Carrying Wounded Boy
- A. Glauberman .... Wounded Boy
Trama:
Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home port Odessa.
Trivia random: The Battleship used during the filming was not the Kniaz Potemkin-Tavricheski, but an older battleship called Dvienadstat Apostolov (The Twelve Apostles), as the original battleship Potemkin had been broken up in 1922.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Child, The (1977)
Casa degli zombi, La
Regista: Robert Voskanian
Scrittore: Ralph Lucas
Genere: Horror
Valutazione: 4.2/10 (128 voti)
Durata: 82 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Laurel Barnett .... Alicianne Del Mar
- Rosalie Cole .... Rosalie Nordon
- Frank Janson .... Mr.Nordon
- Richard Hanners .... Len Nordon
- Ruth Ballan .... Mrs.Whitfield (as Ruth Ballen)
- Slosson Bing Jong .... Gardener
- Rod Medigovich .... Priest/Creature
- Wendell Hudiburg .... Pall Bearer
- Chris Tieken .... Jefferson
- Ralph Lucas .... Creature
Trama:
A newly-hired housekeeper in a remote area is alarmed to discover that her boss's eleven-year-old daughter is using her supernatural powers to take revenge on the people she holds responsible for her mother's death, with the aid of her flesh-eating zombie 'friends'...
Trivia random: The film was shot mostly on short ends.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
sabato 20 maggio 2006
Ops, I did it again!
No, non parlo della nuova gravidanza di Briteney che spero, per lei e per tutti noi, duri meno dei 27 mesi della precedente.
Il fatto è che ho visto La Casa Del Diavolo (The Devil's Rejects) e posso quindi vantarmi con gli amici di aver visto l'intera filmografia da regista di Rob Zombie.
Il precedente (La Casa dei 1000 corpi) difettava un tantino in trama, tecnica registica ed in quasi tutti ciò che noi non-non-morti identifichiamo col cinema. A parte questo tutto ok.
In questo sequel lo zio Rob si mette d'impegno e cerca una trama più lineare, una gestione della regia meno delirante ed un approcio molto meno video-clippistico in generale. C'è perfino una eccellente scelta musicale e tanto tanto meta-cinema, tra citazioni ed omaggi vari (per certi aspetti siamo al limite del plagio di Non Aprite Quella Porta, ma Rob Zombie può permettersi questo ed altro )
I protagonisti sono sempre quelli: l'allegra e spensierata famiglia Firefly trascorre le sue giornate tra un omicidio ed una tortura fintanto la polizia non decide che è ora di fare piazza pulita ed assalta la casa; mamma-Firefly viene catturata, mentre il resto della famiglia si dà alla fuga.
Inizia quindi un doppio inseguimento: la polizia alla caccia dei fuggiaschi, ed i nostri eroi alla caccia di nuove vittime innocenti per soddisfare i propri insani appetiti.
I malvagi sono veramente tali, e neanche i buoni scherzano. Un horror che punta sull'ultraviolenza e sul sadismo insensato e fine a se stesso; non c'è giustificazione, non c'è redenzione e non c'è nemmeno la sconfitta dei cattivi (o quanto meno: nessuno che viva la propria sorte come una sconfitta, anzi: tutti allegri in marcia verso la distruzione altrui e propria).
Da segnalare: quell'adorabile creaturina di Sheri Moon Zombie e l'inattesa comparsa del leggendario Danny Trejo.
Voto: 6.5 (al netto del fatto che è un film di Rob Zombie!
Tags: rob zombie, horror, firefly, clown, violenza, sadismo, alabama, vendettasesso, perversione, serial-killer, tortura, sparatoria, fratelli marx.
Regista: Tobe Hooper
Scrittore: Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.2/10 (13671 voti)
Durata: 83 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:
Five friends visiting their grandpa's old house are hunted down and terrorized by a chainsaw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Trivia random: Tobe Hooper intended to make the movie for a "PG" rating, by keeping violence moderate and language mild, but despite cutting and repeated submissions, the Ratings Board insisted on the "R" rating for the effectiveness of what is onscreen and what is implied offscreen. Hooper had a similar ratings problem with the sequel.
Citazione random: Franklin: They just shoot a bullet in their head, and then retract it. It's just BOOM-shht-BOOM-shht.::Sally: Franklin, I like meat, please change the subject!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Nome di battesimo: Cummings, Robert
Data di nascita: 12 January 1966
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Sheri Moon::(31 October 2002 - present)
Ultimi lavori:
Trivia random: Draws most of the illustrations on White Zombie's and his solo CD Booklets.
Citazione random: [On directing and working for film studios] They hire you and suddenly they don't trust you. And you say "Well, why did you hire me?" and they say "We can't tell you."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Nome di battesimo: Skurkis, Sheri Lyn
Data di nascita: 26 September 1970
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Rob Zombie::(31 October 2002 - present)
Ultimi lavori:
Trivia random: Was a dancer and model before meeting husband Rob Zombie.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: Rob Zombie
Scrittore: Rob Zombie, Rob Zombie
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.0/10 (9556 voti)
Durata: 109 min
Paese: USA, Germany
Lingua: Spanish, English
Cast:
Trama:
This is the sequel to Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses, set some time after the original films plot line it opens with a raid on the murderous Firefly home by Ruggsville County Sheriff John Wydell, brother of Firefly victim Deputy George Wydell (from the first film). After a shootout in which several deputies are killed , with one son killed, Mother Firefly is captured , Baby,and Otis escape and rendezvous later with the Firefly patriarch, the mad clown Capt Spaulding. After a mind blowing murder escapade at a dusty desert motel they retreat to a frontier town whorehouse run by Spaulding's adopted "brother" Charlie, while Sheriff Wydell slowly loses his mind in his quest for revenge. He enlists the help of two equally disgusting bounty hunters and tracks the the trio, now dubbed the "Devil'Rejects" by the media to their location and sets the stage for the final showdown.
Trivia random: Bela Lugosi can be seen on TV pulling a lever. This is a scene from Edward D. Wood Jr.'s Bride of the Monster (1955).
Citazione random: Sheriff John Wydell: From delusion lead me to truth, from darkness lead me to light, from death lead me to eternal life. Hallelujah! Are you feeling it brother?
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Data di nascita: 16 May 1944
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Debbie Trejo::(? - present) 2 children
Ultimi lavori:
Biografia:
A child drug addict and criminal, Danny Trejo was in and out of jail for 11 years. While serving time in San Quentin, he won the lightweight and welterweight boxing titles. Imprisoned for armed robbery and drug offenses, he successfully completed a 12-step rehabilitation program that changed his life. While speaking at a Cocaine Anonymous meeting in 1985, Trejo met a young man who later called him for support. Trejo went to meet him at what turned out to be the set of Runaway Train (1985). Trejo was immediately offered a role as a convict extra, probably because of his tough tattooed appearance. Also on the set was a screenwriter who did time with Trejo in San Quentin. Remembering Trejo's boxing skills, the screenwriter offered him $350 per day to train the actors for a boxing match. Director Andrei Konchalovsky saw Trejo training Eric Roberts and immediately offered him a featured role as Roberts' opponent in the film. Trejo has subsequently appeared in many other films, usually as a tough criminal or villain.
Trivia random: Is the only actor to appear in all three 'From Dusk Till Dawn' movies.
Citazione random: [After being told the actor might hit back:] "For $350 a day, give him a bat. I used to get beat up for free."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: Rob Zombie
Scrittore: Rob Zombie
Genere: Horror
Valutazione: 5.2/10 (9831 voti)
Durata: 89 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:
In "House of 1000 Corpses", two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism and satanic rituals are just a few of the 1000+ horrors that await.
Trivia random: Dedicated to Dennis Fimple.
Citazione random: Mother: Otis! There's cops outside!::Grandpa Hugo: What? How many?::Otis: Oh, don't worry about it! How many were there?::Mother: I only saw one.::Otis: Fucking pigs always come in packs. Here take this go down stairs and play nice, I'll go around back and take control like I always fuckin' do!::[Grandpa Hugo flips Otis off]
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Il fatto è che ho visto La Casa Del Diavolo (The Devil's Rejects) e posso quindi vantarmi con gli amici di aver visto l'intera filmografia da regista di Rob Zombie.
Il precedente (La Casa dei 1000 corpi) difettava un tantino in trama, tecnica registica ed in quasi tutti ciò che noi non-non-morti identifichiamo col cinema. A parte questo tutto ok.
In questo sequel lo zio Rob si mette d'impegno e cerca una trama più lineare, una gestione della regia meno delirante ed un approcio molto meno video-clippistico in generale. C'è perfino una eccellente scelta musicale e tanto tanto meta-cinema, tra citazioni ed omaggi vari (per certi aspetti siamo al limite del plagio di Non Aprite Quella Porta, ma Rob Zombie può permettersi questo ed altro )
I protagonisti sono sempre quelli: l'allegra e spensierata famiglia Firefly trascorre le sue giornate tra un omicidio ed una tortura fintanto la polizia non decide che è ora di fare piazza pulita ed assalta la casa; mamma-Firefly viene catturata, mentre il resto della famiglia si dà alla fuga.
Inizia quindi un doppio inseguimento: la polizia alla caccia dei fuggiaschi, ed i nostri eroi alla caccia di nuove vittime innocenti per soddisfare i propri insani appetiti.
I malvagi sono veramente tali, e neanche i buoni scherzano. Un horror che punta sull'ultraviolenza e sul sadismo insensato e fine a se stesso; non c'è giustificazione, non c'è redenzione e non c'è nemmeno la sconfitta dei cattivi (o quanto meno: nessuno che viva la propria sorte come una sconfitta, anzi: tutti allegri in marcia verso la distruzione altrui e propria).
Da segnalare: quell'adorabile creaturina di Sheri Moon Zombie e l'inattesa comparsa del leggendario Danny Trejo.
Voto: 6.5 (al netto del fatto che è un film di Rob Zombie!
Tags: rob zombie, horror, firefly, clown, violenza, sadismo, alabama, vendettasesso, perversione, serial-killer, tortura, sparatoria, fratelli marx.
Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974)
Non aprite quella porta
Regista: Tobe Hooper
Scrittore: Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.2/10 (13671 voti)
Durata: 83 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Marilyn Burns .... Sally Hardesty
- Allen Danziger .... Jerry
- Paul A. Partain .... Franklin Hardesty
- William Vail .... Kirk
- Teri McMinn .... Pam
- Edwin Neal .... The Hitchhiker/Chop Top
- Jim Siedow .... Old Man
- Gunnar Hansen .... Leatherface/Bubba Sawyer Jr.
- John Dugan .... Grandfather Sawyer
- Robert Courtin .... Window Washer
Trama:
Five friends visiting their grandpa's old house are hunted down and terrorized by a chainsaw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Trivia random: Tobe Hooper intended to make the movie for a "PG" rating, by keeping violence moderate and language mild, but despite cutting and repeated submissions, the Ratings Board insisted on the "R" rating for the effectiveness of what is onscreen and what is implied offscreen. Hooper had a similar ratings problem with the sequel.
Citazione random: Franklin: They just shoot a bullet in their head, and then retract it. It's just BOOM-shht-BOOM-shht.::Sally: Franklin, I like meat, please change the subject!
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Zombie, Rob
Nome di battesimo: Cummings, Robert
Data di nascita: 12 January 1966
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Sheri Moon::(31 October 2002 - present)
Ultimi lavori:
- The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Slither (2006) .... Dr. Karl (voice) [attore]
- The Devil's Rejects (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
- House of 1000 Corpses (2003) .... (written by) [scrittore]
- Hollywood Ending (2002) .... (lyricist: "Grindhouse (A Go-Go) ") [misc]
- Bride of Chucky (1998) .... (opening title song) [misc]
- MTV Sports & Music Festival 2 (1998) (TV) .... Host [attore]
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) .... (animator: hallucination scene) (uncredited) [misc]
- Judge Dredd (1995) .... (lyricist: "Supercharger Heaven") [misc]
- "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (1986) .... (production assistant) [misc]
Trivia random: Draws most of the illustrations on White Zombie's and his solo CD Booklets.
Citazione random: [On directing and working for film studios] They hire you and suddenly they don't trust you. And you say "Well, why did you hire me?" and they say "We can't tell you."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Moon, Sheri
Nome di battesimo: Skurkis, Sheri Lyn
Data di nascita: 26 September 1970
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Rob Zombie::(31 October 2002 - present)
Ultimi lavori:
- The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2006) .... Susie-X (voice) [attrice]
- The Devil's Rejects (2005) .... Baby Firefly/Vera-Ellen (as Sheri Moon Zombie) [attrice]
- Toolbox Murders (2004) .... Daisy Rain [attrice]
- House of 1000 Corpses (2003) .... Baby Firefly [attrice]
Trivia random: Was a dancer and model before meeting husband Rob Zombie.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Devil's Rejects, The (2005)
Regista: Rob Zombie
Scrittore: Rob Zombie, Rob Zombie
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.0/10 (9556 voti)
Durata: 109 min
Paese: USA, Germany
Lingua: Spanish, English
Cast:
- Sid Haig .... Captain Spaulding/James Cutter
- Bill Moseley .... Otis B. Driftwood
- Sheri Moon .... Baby Firefly/Vera-Ellen (as Sheri Moon Zombie)
- William Forsythe .... Sheriff John Quincy Wydell
- Ken Foree .... Charlie Altamont
- Matthew McGrory .... Tiny
- Leslie Easterbrook .... Mother Firefly
- Geoffrey Lewis .... Roy Sullivan
- Priscilla Barnes .... Gloria Sullivan
- Dave Sheridan .... Officer Ray Dobson
Trama:
This is the sequel to Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses, set some time after the original films plot line it opens with a raid on the murderous Firefly home by Ruggsville County Sheriff John Wydell, brother of Firefly victim Deputy George Wydell (from the first film). After a shootout in which several deputies are killed , with one son killed, Mother Firefly is captured , Baby,and Otis escape and rendezvous later with the Firefly patriarch, the mad clown Capt Spaulding. After a mind blowing murder escapade at a dusty desert motel they retreat to a frontier town whorehouse run by Spaulding's adopted "brother" Charlie, while Sheriff Wydell slowly loses his mind in his quest for revenge. He enlists the help of two equally disgusting bounty hunters and tracks the the trio, now dubbed the "Devil'Rejects" by the media to their location and sets the stage for the final showdown.
Trivia random: Bela Lugosi can be seen on TV pulling a lever. This is a scene from Edward D. Wood Jr.'s Bride of the Monster (1955).
Citazione random: Sheriff John Wydell: From delusion lead me to truth, from darkness lead me to light, from death lead me to eternal life. Hallelujah! Are you feeling it brother?
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Trejo, Danny
Data di nascita: 16 May 1944
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Debbie Trejo::(? - present) 2 children
Ultimi lavori:
- Death Row (2007) .... Priest [attore]
- Sin City 2 (2007) .... [attore]
- Smiley Face (2007) .... Albert (attached) [attore]
- El Camino del diablo (2006) .... El Negro [attore]
- Chinaman's Chance (2006) .... Manolo [attore]
- Danny Roane: First Time Director (2006) .... Hector [attore]
- The Furnace (2006) .... Fury [attore]
- Grind House (2006) .... [attore]
- Hood of Horror (2006) .... Derelict [attore]
- Jack's Law (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
Biografia:
A child drug addict and criminal, Danny Trejo was in and out of jail for 11 years. While serving time in San Quentin, he won the lightweight and welterweight boxing titles. Imprisoned for armed robbery and drug offenses, he successfully completed a 12-step rehabilitation program that changed his life. While speaking at a Cocaine Anonymous meeting in 1985, Trejo met a young man who later called him for support. Trejo went to meet him at what turned out to be the set of Runaway Train (1985). Trejo was immediately offered a role as a convict extra, probably because of his tough tattooed appearance. Also on the set was a screenwriter who did time with Trejo in San Quentin. Remembering Trejo's boxing skills, the screenwriter offered him $350 per day to train the actors for a boxing match. Director Andrei Konchalovsky saw Trejo training Eric Roberts and immediately offered him a featured role as Roberts' opponent in the film. Trejo has subsequently appeared in many other films, usually as a tough criminal or villain.
Trivia random: Is the only actor to appear in all three 'From Dusk Till Dawn' movies.
Citazione random: [After being told the actor might hit back:] "For $350 a day, give him a bat. I used to get beat up for free."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Casa dei 1000 corpi, La
Regista: Rob Zombie
Scrittore: Rob Zombie
Genere: Horror
Valutazione: 5.2/10 (9831 voti)
Durata: 89 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Sid Haig .... Captain Spaulding
- Bill Moseley .... Otis Driftwood
- Sheri Moon .... Baby Firefly
- Karen Black .... Mother Firefly
- Chris Hardwick .... Jerry Goldsmith
- Erin Daniels .... Denise Willis
- Jennifer Jostyn .... Mary Knowles
- Rainn Wilson .... Bill Hudley
- Walton Goggins .... Deputy Steve Naish
- Tom Towles .... Lieutenant George Wydell
Trama:
In "House of 1000 Corpses", two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism and satanic rituals are just a few of the 1000+ horrors that await.
Trivia random: Dedicated to Dennis Fimple.
Citazione random: Mother: Otis! There's cops outside!::Grandpa Hugo: What? How many?::Otis: Oh, don't worry about it! How many were there?::Mother: I only saw one.::Otis: Fucking pigs always come in packs. Here take this go down stairs and play nice, I'll go around back and take control like I always fuckin' do!::[Grandpa Hugo flips Otis off]
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
martedì 16 maggio 2006
IMDbPY 2.5
Denaro! Donne! Potere! Perché mirare a queste cose, quando potete avere una nuova versione di IMDbPY?!?!
Nella versione 2.5: pieno supporto per gli episodi di serie TV; indipendenza dal server di database (più o meno); molti bug risolti. Forse.
Nella versione 2.5: pieno supporto per gli episodi di serie TV; indipendenza dal server di database (più o meno); molti bug risolti. Forse.
domenica 14 maggio 2006
[ninja] ninja thunderbolt
Ninja Thunderbolt ha proprio una bella trama, che inizia informandoci che L'Impero Ninja® è supremo, grande e giusto. E fin qui tutto ok. Per motivi tutti suoi l'impero si dà al traffico di droga ed al furto di orripilanti cavalli di giada (mercato di nicchia, ma redditizio); il proprietario del suddetto cavallo, però, è un malavitoso - noto ai più con il nome di Presidente - che ha assoldato un ninja per (credo) simulare il furto e frodare la compagnia di assicurazione, la quale manda ad investigare la sua donna migliore, grande esperta di arti marziali che inizia a menare le mani senza motivo già nell'ufficio del Presidente.
Nel mentre l'inatteso Richard Harrison (che - colpo di scena! - qui si fa chiamare Richard e non come più spesso accade Gordon o Henry o Harry) arresta un po' di narcotrafficanti (tra i quali giurerei di aver visto Paulo) stordendoli con le sue camicione allucinanti.
Fatto ciò il buon Richard, utilizzando diapositive e abili salti di inquadrature, invia il proprio uomo ad Hong-Kong (ha un uomo in ogni porto, si sa) per investigare sul caso del cavallo rubato.
O almeno credo.
Sia come sia, il fortissimo Harry Wong si fa accoppare la moglie: ora è una questione personale!
Giù botte finché non finiscono i rulli del film originale e/o l'effetto degli allucinogeni sul nostro paladino del bel cinema, Godfrey Ho; ci vuol del genio e l'ausilio della chimica, per mischiare un pessimo poliziesco ad una storia che coinvolge l'impero ninja!
Scontro finale tra Richard e una giovane allieva plagiata dall'impero ninja - pazza! Non hai speranze!
Momenti imperdibili: le scene porno-soft; gli inseguimenti tra auto identiche; i ninja sui pattini che inseguono Harry Wong nel suo sulky della polizia; Richard che scala l'Everest e grida "NINJA!"; il giovanissimo Jackie Chan coinvolto suo malgrado (era nel girato hong-kongese).
Lezione imparata: rubare un cavallo di giada porta rogna.
Voto: 2. Trashometro® 10/10:
Tags: ninja, cavallo di giada, droga, assicuarazione, truffa, polizia, hong-kong, omicidio, vendetta.
Ho, Godfrey
Nome di battesimo: Ho, Chi Kueng
Data di nascita: 1948
Ultimi lavori:
- Manhattan Chase (2000) .... [regista]
- Cui hua kuang mo (1994) .... (producer) (as Godfrey Hall) [produttore]
- Hei tai yang 731 si wang lie che (1994) .... [regista]
- Hong tian mi ling (1994) .... [regista]
- Ninja Fist of Fire (1994) .... [regista]
- Catman in Boxer's Blow (1993) .... (as Alton Cheung) [regista]
- Lethal Extortion (1993) .... (as Godfrey Hall) [regista]
- Hei tai yang 731 xu ji zhi sha ren gong chang (1992) .... [regista]
- Kickboxer Against the Odds (1992) .... [regista]
- Kickboxer from Hell (1992) .... (as Elton Chong) [regista]
Trivia random: He is considered a master of B-movie Hong-Kong actioners. However, a number of his movies are Z-grade movies made with a "cut-and-paste" technique. He would shoot footage for one movie, often using caucasian actors for exportation, then edit the scenes into several other movies, mixing them with footages from old, unfinished or unreleased Asian movies (using Thailandese as well as Chinese or Philippino footage), then trying to make the story somewhat coherent through dubbing and voice-overs. He would then have four or five movies (of rock-bottom quality, of course) while having spent the budget of one.
Citazione random: "I used to be a movie maker. Now I am teaching people to make movies. It really makes me glad when my students are happily showing me their works. Only if you've been through the whole process, can you understand how satisfactory and delightful it is."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Ninja Thunderbolt (1985)
Regista: Godfrey Ho
Scrittore: Godfrey Ho
Genere: Action
Valutazione: 3.0/10 (35 voti)
Durata: Norway:90 min
Paese: HongKong
Lingua: Cantonese
Cast:
- Richard Harrison
- Don Wong .... (as Wang Tao)
- Yasuaki Kurata .... Li Chieh
- Kulada Yasuaki
- Barbara Yuen
- Randy To
- Anna Jewis
- Sidney Pang
- Tracey Yeh
- Mohammed Abel
Trama:
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Chan, Jackie (I)
Nome di battesimo: Chan, Kong-sang
Data di nascita: 7 April 1954
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Feng-Jiao Lin::(1 December 1982 - present) 1 child
Ultimi lavori:
- Kung Fu Panda (2008) .... Master Monkey (voice) [attore]
- Rush Hour 3 (2007) .... Chief Inspector Lee [attore]
- The Wind (2007) .... (co-producer) [produttore]
- 90 Mins (2006) .... [attore]
- Rob-B-Hood (2006) .... [scrittore]
- Changhen ge (2005) .... (chief producer) [produttore]
- Jing mo gaa ting (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- San wa (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Around the World in 80 Days (2004) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Daai lo oi mei lai (2004) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
Biografia:
Apprenticed to the China Drama Academy (or "opera school") by his parents at the age of 6, Jackie Chan was rigorously trained in music, dance, and traditional martial arts. A visiting filmmaker offered Chan his first (tiny) role as a stunt player. Chan took the part, and soon left the Opera to pursue the world of film. Fellow Opera students Biao Yuen and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo would also have careers in film, and the three would star in several films together in the following years. Chan's talent and enthusiasm soon saw him taking larger and more important roles, graduating first to stunt coordinator, and then to director.Following the death of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, the search was on for an actor who could inspire audiences to the same degree; every young martial artist was given a chance. Chan decided that rather than emulating Lee (and thus living forever in his shadow), he would develop his own style of filmmaking. His directorial debut Shi di chu ma (1980) was a milestone in martial arts films, being one of the first to effectively combine comedy with action. This set the tone for many of his future films, which combined slapstick humor with high-energy martial arts action. A self-confessed fan of Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, Chan performs all his own stunts, quite often at his own peril. His later films include outtakes of his on-set injuries run under the closing credits. He is understandably number one on the insurance blacklist.
Trivia random: Supporter of The Salvation Army's work in China.
Citazione random: "I don't want to be an action star, action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Harrison, Richard (II)
Data di nascita: 26 May 1935
Coniuge: Francesca::(1978 - present) 1 child, Loretta Nicholson::(1961 - ?) (divorced) 3 children
Ultimi lavori:
- Jerks (2000) .... [attore]
- Angel Eyes (1993) .... Vince [attore]
- Lies of the Twins (1991) (TV) .... Jack Roth [attore]
- Paid to Kill (1991) .... James Burton [attore]
- Empire of the Dark (1990) .... [attore]
- Rescue Force (1989) (V) .... Chief CIA Agent [attore]
- Terminal Force (1989) .... Nick Tyree [attore]
- Dark Mission (Operación cocaína) (1988) .... [attore]
- Ninja Powerforce (1988) .... Ninja Master Gordon [attore]
- Ninja Strike Force (1988) .... Gordon [attore]
Biografia:
Muscular actor Richard Harrison was one of many handsome young American hunks whose career in Hollywood amounted to little more than brawny bits until being lured to Italy and churning out the sword-and-sandal pictures that were the early 60s craze. He would end up making over 100 films due to this lucky trek abroad. Born on May 26, 1936 in Salt Lake City, he relocated to sunny Southern California in his late teens where his blond, tanned, chiseled good looks (he was sometimes mistaken for handsome actor Guy Madison) landed him modeling work both on runways and in beefcake magazines. He was quickly noticed by casting agents and cast in small film roles, usually as a man in uniform. He can be obscurely seen in Jeanne Eagles (1957), his film debut which starred Kim Novak, Kronos (1957) with Jeff Morrow, Too Much, Too Soon (1958) starring Dorothy Malone, South Pacific (1958), in which he briefly appeared as a co-pilot, and Battle Flame (1959) with Scott Brady. While filming another minor role in Master of the World (1961) he met producer James H. Nicholson's daughter, Loretta, and married her within six months. They produced three sons. Frustrated at not being able to secure meatier roles in Hollywood, Richard jumped at the chance when offered a lead role in The Invincible Gladiator (1961) which was filming in Europe. He would end up settling in Italy for the next two decades. His first role immediately typed him as another Steve ("Hercules") Reeves and to avoid being penned in too much as a mythological muscle man, Richard also sought roles in routine spaghetti westerns and spy intrigue. Once Italy closed down it's film production and he, like others, found himself unemployed, he managed to scrape up work in Hong Kong with mostly bottom-of-the-barrel Ninja movies. Remarried in 1978, he had already begun acting less and less and delving into producing and directing. He has retired fully now except for an occasional script writing assignment.
Trivia random: In the mid-eighties, he worked in Hong Kong with director Godfrey Ho and producer Joseph Lai, making several "ninja" b-actioners. However, without his knowledge, the film-makers edited Harrison's scenes into several more movies, which were released with him as the star. Harrison found himself the unwitting and unwilling star of more than a dozen of z-grade actioners, which strongly tarnished his reputation.
Citazione random: "In my opinion, it is a death wish for an actor to be in too many B or should I say C movies. Maybe my greatest contribution to cinema was not doing Fistful of Dollars, and recommending Clint for the part."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
venerdì 12 maggio 2006
zio alan
Alan Moore torna per la milionesima volta a sproloquiare di quanto faccia ribrezzo il cinema tutto, ed in particolare i film tratti dalle sue opere. Opinione legittima ma che suona un poco singolare, se si considera che per sua stessa ammissione non vede film (né tratti da sui fumetti né altri, mi risulta).
Nel merito: From Hell non era un filmaccio orrendo, anche se è verissimo che il fumetto era un'altra cosa e che il 99% di quel che Alan voleva dire è andato perso (inclusi buoni pezzi di trama); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen era mediocre anche se non tragico e, detto per inciso, non mi sognerei di chiamare il fumetto capolavoro sotto nessun aspetto: discreto e godibile sì, ma zio Alan non è certo l'unico sul pianeta in grado di scrivere cose al livello de la lega (ben distante da Watchmen, V for Vendetta e From Hell). Non ho visto V for Vendetta, ma non mi pare sia considerato un film di serie Z.
In generale: mi pare lapalissiano il ripetere ossessivamente che un film non potrà essere uguale al fumetto; e per fortuna, mi sento di aggiungere. Personalmente un film di Watchmen con la sceneggiatura (ottima a detta dello stesso Moore) di Hayter - se dato in mano ad un bravo regista e ad una produzione adeguata - lo vedrei più che volentieri. Non sarà come il fumetto??? Beh grazie per l'informazione, credo me ne sarei reso conto da solo prima della quarta di copertina...
Trovo in generale incomprensibile la necessità di assoluta fedeltà all'opera originale che alcuni cercano nelle trasposizioni cinematografiche: mi sembra il voler cercare di proposito qualcosa che per definizione si sa che non si troverà. Accettando la fedeltà all'originale come valore di qualità, quasi tutti i film di un certo signor Kubrick (per dirne uno tra mille) sarebbero delle merdate; inoltre non vedo perché limitarsi al cinema: 300 di Miller una sonora schifezza? Non direi proprio...
Se fossi davvero acido direi che lo zio assuma simili posizioni anche per ripicca, in seguito alle vicende legate ai diritti di sfruttamento delle proprie opere (e sì che in quanto seguace del divino Otelma avrebbe dovuto prevederle, queste cose... )
/me attende Watchmen - il film.
/me attende "Lost Girls" - il fumetto.
Data di nascita: 18 November 1953
Coniuge: Phyllis::(1974 - 1989) (divorced) 2 children
Ultimi lavori:
Trivia random: Has his own publishing company, America's Best Comics (ABC). He publishes: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Promethea, Tom Strong, Tomorrow Stories and Top 10 among others.
Citazione random: "It is important to me that I should be able to do whatever I want. I was kind of a selfish child, who always wanted things his way, and I've kind of taken that over into my relationship with the world."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Data di nascita: 27 January 1957
Altezza: 6' 3½" (1.92 m)
Coniuge: Lynn Varley::(? - ?)
Ultimi lavori:
Biografia:
Frank Miller was a big comics writer/artist in the 70s and 80s. He wrote and penciled the Marvel series "Daredevil" for a long time. Friend Klaus Janson inked. He also wrote two spinoffs about the character Electra and did a miniseries about the "X-Men" character Wolverine. His hit miniseries "Ronin" was published by DC in the mid-eighties. His greatest success came with DC's character Batman. In 1980, he wrote the acclaimed "Batman" story "Wanted - Santa Claus - Dead or Alive!" for DC Comics. In 1986, his most notable comic-book work, the groundbreaking "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," an alternate history story about Batman in a grim future, was published by DC. Miller wrote and penciled, In 1988, he wrote the acclaimed "Batman: Year One," about Batman's first year on the job, for DC. In 1996, he wrote "Spawn versus Batman," a one-shot issue published by DC and Image Comics. Miller also co-created the Robocop character. He wrote the major motion pictures _Robocop 2 (1990)_ and RoboCop 3 (1993) and did the "Robocop" comic series for a little while.
Trivia random: Has worked for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
Citazione random: [about his inspirations] I'm a comic book artist. So I think too myself, what do I like to draw? I like to draw hot chicks, fast cars and cool guys in trench coat. So that's what I write about.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Scrittore: Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.8/10 (22645 voti)
Durata: 122 min
Paese: USA, UK, CzechRepublic
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:
Allen and Albert Hugheses movie From Hell (2001) is a portrayal of the infamous Jack the Ripper case set in London of 1888 starring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, and Robbie Coltrane. The notorious Jack the Ripper has been running amuck in the Whitechapel district murdering and dissecting prostitutes. Scotland Yard Inspector Fred Abberline (Depp), aided by his partner, Peter Godley (Coltrane), are on the case to figure out who this serial killer is and why he is killing these women in such a brutal manner. Abberline is an opium addict and when "chasing the dragon" he is able to have visions of the future, a certain psychic ability that allows him to solve cases. As Abberline and Godley investigate the crimes, they become acquainted with the prostitutes who were friends and colleagues of the victims. Abberline begins to fall in love with Mary Kelly (Graham), one of the prostitutes, or as the nobles called them "unfortunates", being hunted down by Jack the Ripper. Abberline digs deeper and deeper into the conspiracy and attempts to solve the case before Mary Kelly is the next victim.
Trivia random: The title refers to a letter sent to George Lusk, the president of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee from an unknown man who claimed to be the murderer. Instead of a sender's name and address "from hell" was written on top of the letter, and apparently a piece of victims kidney was enclosed.
Citazione random: [From Trailer]::Sir William Gull: One day, men will look back and say that I gave birth to the Twentieth Century.::Abberline: You're not going to see the Twentieth Century.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: James McTeigue
Scrittore: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.2/10 (40387 voti) [#184 nella top250]
Durata: 132 min
Paese: USA, Germany
Lingua: English
Cast:
Trama:
The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that's a fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman) from the secret police, and she becomes his unlikely ally.
Trivia random: The film is dedicated to its cinematographer, Adrian Biddle, who died in December 2005.
Citazione random: Valerie: It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Data di nascita: 26 July 1928
Data di morte: 7 March 1999
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Christiane Kubrick::(1958 - 7 March 1999) (his death) 3 children, Ruth Sobotka::(1954 - 1957) (divorced), Toba Kubrick::(28 May 1948 - 1951) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori:
Biografia:
Stanley Kubrick was born in New York, and was considered intelligent despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would produce better academic performance, Kubrick's father Jack (a physician) sent him in 1940 to Pasadena, California, to stay with his uncle Martin Perveler. Returning to the Bronx in 1941 for his last year of grammar school, there seemed to be little change in his attitude or his results. Hoping to find something to interest his son, Jack introduced Stanley to chess, with the desired result. Kubrick took to the game passionately, and quickly became a skilled player. Chess would become an important device for Kubrick in later years, often as tool for for dealing with recalcitrant actors, but also as an artistic motif in his films.Jack Kubrick's decision to give his son a camera for his thirteenth birthday would be an even wiser move: Kubrick became an avid photographer, and would often make trips around New York taking photographs which he would develop in a friend's darkroom. After selling an unsolicited photograph to Look Magazine, Kubrick began to associate with their staff photographers, and at the age of seventeen was offered a job as an apprentice photographer.In the next few years, Kubrick had regular assignments for "Look", and would become a voracious movie-goer. Together with friend Alexander Singer, Kubrick planned a move into film, and in 1950 sank his savings into making the documentary Day of the Fight (1951). This was followed by several short commissioned documentaries (Flying Padre (1951), and _Seafarers, The (1952)_ ), but by attracting investors and hustling chess games in Central Park, Kubrick was able to make Fear and Desire (1953) in California.Filming this movie was not a happy experience; Kubrick's marriage to high school sweetheart Toba Metz did not survive the shooting. Despite mixed reviews for the film itself, Kubrick received good notices for his obvious directorial talents. Kubrick's next two films Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956) brought him to the attention of Hollywood, and in 1957 directed Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory (1957). Douglas later called upon Kubrick to take over the production of Spartacus (1960), by some accounts hoping that Kubrick would be daunted by the scale of the project and would thus be accommodating. This was not the case, however: Kubrick took charge of the project, imposing his ideas and standards on the film. Many crewmembers were upset by his style: cinematographer Russell Metty complained to producers that Kubrick was taking over his job. Kubrick's response was to tell him to sit there and do nothing. Metty complied, and ironically was awarded the Academy Award for his cinematography.Kubrick's next project was to direct Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jacks (1961), but negotiations broke down and Brando himself ended up directing the film himself. Disenchanted with Hollywood and after another failed marriage, Kubrick moved permanently to England, from where he would make all of his subsequent films. Despite having obtained a pilot's license, Kubrick is rumored to be afraid of flying.Kubrick's first UK film was Lolita (1962), which was carefully constructed and guided so as to not offend the censorship boards which at the time had the power to severely damage the commercial success of a film. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) was a big risk for Kubrick; before this, "nuclear" was not considered a subject for comedy. Originally written as a drama, Kubrick decided that too many of the ideas he had written were just too funny to be taken seriously. The film's critical and commercial success allowed Kubrick the financial and artistic freedom to work on any project he desired. Around this time, Kubrick's focus diversified and he would always have several projects in various stages of development: "Blue Moon" (a story about Hollywood's first pornographic feature film), "Napoleon" (an epic historical biography, abandoned after studio losses on similar projects), "Wartime Lies" (based on the novel by Louis Begley), and "Rhapsody" (a psycho-sexual thriller).The next film he completed was a collaboration with sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is hailed by many as the best ever made; an instant cult favorite, it has set the standard and tone for many science fiction films that followed. Kubrick followed this with A Clockwork Orange (1971), which rivaled Lolita (1962) for the controversy it generated - this time not for only for its portrayal of sex, but also of violence. Barry Lyndon (1975) would prove a turning point in both his professional and private lives. His unrelenting demands of commitment and perfection of cast and crew had by now become legendary. Actors would be required to perform dozens of takes with no breaks. Filming a story in Ireland involving military, Kubrick received reports that the IRA had declared him a possible target. Production was promptly moved out of the country, and Kubrick's desire for privacy and security have resulted in him being considered a recluse ever since.Having turned down directing a sequel to The Exorcist (1973), Kubrick made his own horror film: The Shining (1980). Again, rumors circulated of demands made upon actors and crew. Stephen King (whose novel the film was based upon) reportedly didn't like Kubrick's adaptation (indeed, he would later write his own screenplay which was filmed as "The Shining" (1997) (mini).)Kubrick's subsequent work has been well spaced: it was seven years before Full Metal Jacket (1987) was released. By this time, Kubrick was married with children and had extensively remodeled his house. Seen by one critic as the dark side to the humanist story of Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987) continued Kubrick's legacy of solid critical acclaim, and profit at the box office.In the 1990s, Kubrick began an on-again/off-again collaboration with Brian Aldiss on a new science fiction film called "Artificial Intelligence (AI)", but progress was very slow, and was backgrounded until special effects technology was up to the standard the Kubrick wanted.Kubrick returned to his in-development projects, but encountered a number of problems: "Napoleon" was completely dead, and "Wartime Lies" (now called "The Aryan Papers") was abandoned when Steven Spielberg announced he would direct Schindler's List (1993), which covered much of the same material.While pre-production work on "AI" crawled along, Kubrick combined "Rhapsody" and "Blue Movie" and officially announced his next project as Eyes Wide Shut (1999), starring the then-married Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. After two years of production under unprecedented security and privacy, the film was released to a typically polarized critical and public reception; Kubrick claimed it was his best film to date.Special effects technology had matured rapidly in the meantime, and Kubrick immediately begain active work on Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001), but tragically suffered a fatal heart attack in his sleep on March 7th, 1999.After Kubrick's death, Spielberg revealed that the two of them were friends that frequently communicated discretely about the art of filmmaking; both had a large degree of mutual respect for each other's work. "AI" was frequently discussed; Kubrick even suggested that Spielberg should direct it as it was more his type of project. Based on this relationship, Spielberg took over as the film's director and completed the last Kubrick project.How much of Kubrick's vision remains in the finished project -- and what he would think of the film as eventually released -- will be the final great unanswerable mysteries in the life of this talented and private filmmaker.
Trivia random: According to his wife Christine, he would screen every movie he could get hold of. One of his favorites was The Jerk (1979). He considered making Eyes Wide Shut (1999) a dark sex comedy with Steve Martin in the lead. He even met with Martin to discuss the project.
Citazione random: "The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale"
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Regista: Stephen Norrington
Scrittore: Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 5.4/10 (20622 voti)
Durata: 110 min
Paese: USA, Germany, CzechRepublic, UK
Lingua: English, German
Cast:
Trama:
Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain (Connery) leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo (Shah), vampiress Mina Harker (Wilson), an invisible man named Rodney Skinner (Curran), American secret service agent Tom Sawyer (West), the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray (Townsend), and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (Flemyng).
Trivia random: A poster in the background of one scene displays "Volcanic eruptions on Mars". This is an inside joke to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume 2 comic in which the League battle the Martians from H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. this is also a hint of a possible sequel to the film.
Citazione random: Captain Nemo: Contain your evil, Doctor. I'll not have the brute free upon my ship. Must I take drastic steps?::Dr. Henry Jekyll: I am in control.::Captain Nemo: I very much doubt it.::Dr. Henry Jekyll: Your talk is all well and good, sir... but your own past is far from laudable.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Nome di battesimo: Hayter, David Bryan
Data di nascita: 6 February 1969
Ultimi lavori:
Trivia random: His parents are Canadian, and he holds dual US and Canadian citizenship.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Nel merito: From Hell non era un filmaccio orrendo, anche se è verissimo che il fumetto era un'altra cosa e che il 99% di quel che Alan voleva dire è andato perso (inclusi buoni pezzi di trama); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen era mediocre anche se non tragico e, detto per inciso, non mi sognerei di chiamare il fumetto capolavoro sotto nessun aspetto: discreto e godibile sì, ma zio Alan non è certo l'unico sul pianeta in grado di scrivere cose al livello de la lega (ben distante da Watchmen, V for Vendetta e From Hell). Non ho visto V for Vendetta, ma non mi pare sia considerato un film di serie Z.
In generale: mi pare lapalissiano il ripetere ossessivamente che un film non potrà essere uguale al fumetto; e per fortuna, mi sento di aggiungere. Personalmente un film di Watchmen con la sceneggiatura (ottima a detta dello stesso Moore) di Hayter - se dato in mano ad un bravo regista e ad una produzione adeguata - lo vedrei più che volentieri. Non sarà come il fumetto??? Beh grazie per l'informazione, credo me ne sarei reso conto da solo prima della quarta di copertina...
Trovo in generale incomprensibile la necessità di assoluta fedeltà all'opera originale che alcuni cercano nelle trasposizioni cinematografiche: mi sembra il voler cercare di proposito qualcosa che per definizione si sa che non si troverà. Accettando la fedeltà all'originale come valore di qualità, quasi tutti i film di un certo signor Kubrick (per dirne uno tra mille) sarebbero delle merdate; inoltre non vedo perché limitarsi al cinema: 300 di Miller una sonora schifezza? Non direi proprio...
Se fossi davvero acido direi che lo zio assuma simili posizioni anche per ripicca, in seguito alle vicende legate ai diritti di sfruttamento delle proprie opere (e sì che in quanto seguace del divino Otelma avrebbe dovuto prevederle, queste cose... )
/me attende Watchmen - il film.
/me attende "Lost Girls" - il fumetto.
Moore, Alan (III)
Data di nascita: 18 November 1953
Coniuge: Phyllis::(1974 - 1989) (divorced) 2 children
Ultimi lavori:
- Watchmen (2006) .... (graphic novel) [scrittore]
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) .... (comic books) [scrittore]
- From Hell (2001) .... (graphic novel) [scrittore]
- Dogma (1999) .... (special thanks) [misc]
Trivia random: Has his own publishing company, America's Best Comics (ABC). He publishes: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Promethea, Tom Strong, Tomorrow Stories and Top 10 among others.
Citazione random: "It is important to me that I should be able to do whatever I want. I was kind of a selfish child, who always wanted things his way, and I've kind of taken that over into my relationship with the world."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Miller, Frank (II)
Data di nascita: 27 January 1957
Altezza: 6' 3½" (1.92 m)
Coniuge: Lynn Varley::(? - ?)
Ultimi lavori:
- Sin City 3 (2008) .... (graphic novels) [scrittore]
- 300 (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Sin City 2 (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Elektra (2005) .... (comic book characters) [scrittore]
- Sin City (2005) .... (graphic novels) [scrittore]
- Rats: A Sin City Yarn (2004) .... (graphic novel) [scrittore]
- Daredevil (2003) .... Man with Pen in Head [attore]
- The Men Without Fear: Creating 'Daredevil' (2003) (V) .... (special thanks) [misc]
- "Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot" (1999) .... (creator) [scrittore]
- "The New Batman Superman Adventures" (1997) .... (acknowledgment) (episode "Tales of the Dark Knight") [misc]
Biografia:
Frank Miller was a big comics writer/artist in the 70s and 80s. He wrote and penciled the Marvel series "Daredevil" for a long time. Friend Klaus Janson inked. He also wrote two spinoffs about the character Electra and did a miniseries about the "X-Men" character Wolverine. His hit miniseries "Ronin" was published by DC in the mid-eighties. His greatest success came with DC's character Batman. In 1980, he wrote the acclaimed "Batman" story "Wanted - Santa Claus - Dead or Alive!" for DC Comics. In 1986, his most notable comic-book work, the groundbreaking "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," an alternate history story about Batman in a grim future, was published by DC. Miller wrote and penciled, In 1988, he wrote the acclaimed "Batman: Year One," about Batman's first year on the job, for DC. In 1996, he wrote "Spawn versus Batman," a one-shot issue published by DC and Image Comics. Miller also co-created the Robocop character. He wrote the major motion pictures _Robocop 2 (1990)_ and RoboCop 3 (1993) and did the "Robocop" comic series for a little while.
Trivia random: Has worked for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
Citazione random: [about his inspirations] I'm a comic book artist. So I think too myself, what do I like to draw? I like to draw hot chicks, fast cars and cool guys in trench coat. So that's what I write about.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
From Hell (2001)
Vera storia di Jack lo squartatore, La
Regista: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Scrittore: Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.8/10 (22645 voti)
Durata: 122 min
Paese: USA, UK, CzechRepublic
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Johnny Depp .... Inspector Fred Abberline
- Heather Graham .... Mary Kelly
- Ian Holm .... Sir William Gull
- Robbie Coltrane .... Sergeant Peter Godley
- Ian Richardson .... Sir Charles Warren
- Jason Flemyng .... Netley, the Coachman
- Katrin Cartlidge .... Dark Annie Chapman
- Terence Harvey .... Benjamin 'Ben' Kidney
- Susan Lynch .... Liz Stride
- Paul Rhys .... Dr. Ferral
Trama:
Allen and Albert Hugheses movie From Hell (2001) is a portrayal of the infamous Jack the Ripper case set in London of 1888 starring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, and Robbie Coltrane. The notorious Jack the Ripper has been running amuck in the Whitechapel district murdering and dissecting prostitutes. Scotland Yard Inspector Fred Abberline (Depp), aided by his partner, Peter Godley (Coltrane), are on the case to figure out who this serial killer is and why he is killing these women in such a brutal manner. Abberline is an opium addict and when "chasing the dragon" he is able to have visions of the future, a certain psychic ability that allows him to solve cases. As Abberline and Godley investigate the crimes, they become acquainted with the prostitutes who were friends and colleagues of the victims. Abberline begins to fall in love with Mary Kelly (Graham), one of the prostitutes, or as the nobles called them "unfortunates", being hunted down by Jack the Ripper. Abberline digs deeper and deeper into the conspiracy and attempts to solve the case before Mary Kelly is the next victim.
Trivia random: The title refers to a letter sent to George Lusk, the president of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee from an unknown man who claimed to be the murderer. Instead of a sender's name and address "from hell" was written on top of the letter, and apparently a piece of victims kidney was enclosed.
Citazione random: [From Trailer]::Sir William Gull: One day, men will look back and say that I gave birth to the Twentieth Century.::Abberline: You're not going to see the Twentieth Century.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
V for Vendetta (2005)
Regista: James McTeigue
Scrittore: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.2/10 (40387 voti) [#184 nella top250]
Durata: 132 min
Paese: USA, Germany
Lingua: English
Cast:
- Natalie Portman .... Evey Hammond
- Hugo Weaving .... V
- Stephen Rea .... Inspector Eric Finch
- Stephen Fry .... Gordon Dietrich
- John Hurt .... Chancellor Adam Sutler
- Tim Pigott-Smith .... Creedy
- Rupert Graves .... Dominic
- Roger Allam .... Lewis Prothero
- Ben Miles .... Dascomb
- Sinéad Cusack .... Delia Surridge
Trama:
The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that's a fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman) from the secret police, and she becomes his unlikely ally.
Trivia random: The film is dedicated to its cinematographer, Adrian Biddle, who died in December 2005.
Citazione random: Valerie: It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Kubrick, Stanley
Data di nascita: 26 July 1928
Data di morte: 7 March 1999
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Christiane Kubrick::(1958 - 7 March 1999) (his death) 3 children, Ruth Sobotka::(1954 - 1957) (divorced), Toba Kubrick::(28 May 1948 - 1951) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori:
- One Among Us (2005) .... (special thanks) [misc]
- Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) .... (concept) (uncredited) (dedicatee) [misc]
- The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000) (V) .... (subject) [misc]
- A Clockwork Maury (2000) .... (special thanks) [misc]
- Inside the Making of 'Dr. Strangelove' (2000) (V) .... (subject) [misc]
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Soccer Dog: The Movie (1999) .... (special thanks) [misc]
- Stanley and Us (1999) .... (subject) [misc]
- As Long As He Lives (1998) .... (dedicatee) [misc]
- StarCraft (1998) (VG) .... (thanks) [misc]
Biografia:
Stanley Kubrick was born in New York, and was considered intelligent despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would produce better academic performance, Kubrick's father Jack (a physician) sent him in 1940 to Pasadena, California, to stay with his uncle Martin Perveler. Returning to the Bronx in 1941 for his last year of grammar school, there seemed to be little change in his attitude or his results. Hoping to find something to interest his son, Jack introduced Stanley to chess, with the desired result. Kubrick took to the game passionately, and quickly became a skilled player. Chess would become an important device for Kubrick in later years, often as tool for for dealing with recalcitrant actors, but also as an artistic motif in his films.Jack Kubrick's decision to give his son a camera for his thirteenth birthday would be an even wiser move: Kubrick became an avid photographer, and would often make trips around New York taking photographs which he would develop in a friend's darkroom. After selling an unsolicited photograph to Look Magazine, Kubrick began to associate with their staff photographers, and at the age of seventeen was offered a job as an apprentice photographer.In the next few years, Kubrick had regular assignments for "Look", and would become a voracious movie-goer. Together with friend Alexander Singer, Kubrick planned a move into film, and in 1950 sank his savings into making the documentary Day of the Fight (1951). This was followed by several short commissioned documentaries (Flying Padre (1951), and _Seafarers, The (1952)_ ), but by attracting investors and hustling chess games in Central Park, Kubrick was able to make Fear and Desire (1953) in California.Filming this movie was not a happy experience; Kubrick's marriage to high school sweetheart Toba Metz did not survive the shooting. Despite mixed reviews for the film itself, Kubrick received good notices for his obvious directorial talents. Kubrick's next two films Killer's Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956) brought him to the attention of Hollywood, and in 1957 directed Kirk Douglas in Paths of Glory (1957). Douglas later called upon Kubrick to take over the production of Spartacus (1960), by some accounts hoping that Kubrick would be daunted by the scale of the project and would thus be accommodating. This was not the case, however: Kubrick took charge of the project, imposing his ideas and standards on the film. Many crewmembers were upset by his style: cinematographer Russell Metty complained to producers that Kubrick was taking over his job. Kubrick's response was to tell him to sit there and do nothing. Metty complied, and ironically was awarded the Academy Award for his cinematography.Kubrick's next project was to direct Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jacks (1961), but negotiations broke down and Brando himself ended up directing the film himself. Disenchanted with Hollywood and after another failed marriage, Kubrick moved permanently to England, from where he would make all of his subsequent films. Despite having obtained a pilot's license, Kubrick is rumored to be afraid of flying.Kubrick's first UK film was Lolita (1962), which was carefully constructed and guided so as to not offend the censorship boards which at the time had the power to severely damage the commercial success of a film. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) was a big risk for Kubrick; before this, "nuclear" was not considered a subject for comedy. Originally written as a drama, Kubrick decided that too many of the ideas he had written were just too funny to be taken seriously. The film's critical and commercial success allowed Kubrick the financial and artistic freedom to work on any project he desired. Around this time, Kubrick's focus diversified and he would always have several projects in various stages of development: "Blue Moon" (a story about Hollywood's first pornographic feature film), "Napoleon" (an epic historical biography, abandoned after studio losses on similar projects), "Wartime Lies" (based on the novel by Louis Begley), and "Rhapsody" (a psycho-sexual thriller).The next film he completed was a collaboration with sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is hailed by many as the best ever made; an instant cult favorite, it has set the standard and tone for many science fiction films that followed. Kubrick followed this with A Clockwork Orange (1971), which rivaled Lolita (1962) for the controversy it generated - this time not for only for its portrayal of sex, but also of violence. Barry Lyndon (1975) would prove a turning point in both his professional and private lives. His unrelenting demands of commitment and perfection of cast and crew had by now become legendary. Actors would be required to perform dozens of takes with no breaks. Filming a story in Ireland involving military, Kubrick received reports that the IRA had declared him a possible target. Production was promptly moved out of the country, and Kubrick's desire for privacy and security have resulted in him being considered a recluse ever since.Having turned down directing a sequel to The Exorcist (1973), Kubrick made his own horror film: The Shining (1980). Again, rumors circulated of demands made upon actors and crew. Stephen King (whose novel the film was based upon) reportedly didn't like Kubrick's adaptation (indeed, he would later write his own screenplay which was filmed as "The Shining" (1997) (mini).)Kubrick's subsequent work has been well spaced: it was seven years before Full Metal Jacket (1987) was released. By this time, Kubrick was married with children and had extensively remodeled his house. Seen by one critic as the dark side to the humanist story of Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987) continued Kubrick's legacy of solid critical acclaim, and profit at the box office.In the 1990s, Kubrick began an on-again/off-again collaboration with Brian Aldiss on a new science fiction film called "Artificial Intelligence (AI)", but progress was very slow, and was backgrounded until special effects technology was up to the standard the Kubrick wanted.Kubrick returned to his in-development projects, but encountered a number of problems: "Napoleon" was completely dead, and "Wartime Lies" (now called "The Aryan Papers") was abandoned when Steven Spielberg announced he would direct Schindler's List (1993), which covered much of the same material.While pre-production work on "AI" crawled along, Kubrick combined "Rhapsody" and "Blue Movie" and officially announced his next project as Eyes Wide Shut (1999), starring the then-married Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. After two years of production under unprecedented security and privacy, the film was released to a typically polarized critical and public reception; Kubrick claimed it was his best film to date.Special effects technology had matured rapidly in the meantime, and Kubrick immediately begain active work on Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001), but tragically suffered a fatal heart attack in his sleep on March 7th, 1999.After Kubrick's death, Spielberg revealed that the two of them were friends that frequently communicated discretely about the art of filmmaking; both had a large degree of mutual respect for each other's work. "AI" was frequently discussed; Kubrick even suggested that Spielberg should direct it as it was more his type of project. Based on this relationship, Spielberg took over as the film's director and completed the last Kubrick project.How much of Kubrick's vision remains in the finished project -- and what he would think of the film as eventually released -- will be the final great unanswerable mysteries in the life of this talented and private filmmaker.
Trivia random: According to his wife Christine, he would screen every movie he could get hold of. One of his favorites was The Jerk (1979). He considered making Eyes Wide Shut (1999) a dark sex comedy with Steve Martin in the lead. He even met with Martin to discuss the project.
Citazione random: "The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale"
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The (2003)
Leggenda degli uomini straordinari, La
Regista: Stephen Norrington
Scrittore: Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Valutazione: 5.4/10 (20622 voti)
Durata: 110 min
Paese: USA, Germany, CzechRepublic, UK
Lingua: English, German
Cast:
- Sean Connery .... Allan Quatermain
- Naseeruddin Shah .... Captain Nemo
- Peta Wilson .... Mina Harker
- Tony Curran .... Rodney Skinner (The Invisible Man)
- Stuart Townsend .... Dorian Gray
- Shane West .... Tom Sawyer
- Jason Flemyng .... Dr. Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde
- Richard Roxburgh .... M
- Max Ryan .... Dante
- Tom Goodman-Hill .... Sanderson Reed
Trama:
Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain (Connery) leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo (Shah), vampiress Mina Harker (Wilson), an invisible man named Rodney Skinner (Curran), American secret service agent Tom Sawyer (West), the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray (Townsend), and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (Flemyng).
Trivia random: A poster in the background of one scene displays "Volcanic eruptions on Mars". This is an inside joke to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume 2 comic in which the League battle the Martians from H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. this is also a hint of a possible sequel to the film.
Citazione random: Captain Nemo: Contain your evil, Doctor. I'll not have the brute free upon my ship. Must I take drastic steps?::Dr. Henry Jekyll: I am in control.::Captain Nemo: I very much doubt it.::Dr. Henry Jekyll: Your talk is all well and good, sir... but your own past is far from laudable.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Hayter, David
Nome di battesimo: Hayter, David Bryan
Data di nascita: 6 February 1969
Ultimi lavori:
- The Black Widow (2006) .... [scrittore]
- Watchmen (2006) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005) (VG) .... Snake (voice: English version) [attore]
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) (VG) .... Naked Snake (voice: English version) [attore]
- Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004) (VG) .... Solid Snake (voice) [attore]
- X2 (2003) .... (screenplay) (story) [scrittore]
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002) (VG) .... Roman Legionnaire I/Roman Legionnaire II/Angkor Thom guard (voice) [attore]
- Lost in Oz (2002) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002) (VG) .... Solid Snake (voice) [attore]
- The Scorpion King (2002) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
Trivia random: His parents are Canadian, and he holds dual US and Canadian citizenship.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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