Halloween II

Non riesco a spiegarmi, neppure ricorrendo al mio indubbio masochismo, perché mi tenga in pari con la fulgida carriera registica di Rob Zombie.
Davvero, è alquanto sconcertante pensare che gli unici due registi al mondo di cui ho visto proprio tutto sono Rob Zombie e Stanley Kubrick...
Suppongo di poter sempre dare la colpa alle pregiatissime natiche della consorte Sheri Moon Zombie, ed il fatto che in questo ultra-fetente Halloween II compaia solo allampanata e vestitissima in una manciata di visioni non credo abbia aiutato a migliorare il giudizio del film.

Diciamo le cose come stanno: Michael Myers inizia presto, finisce presto, fa un gran macello e di solito non pulisce il water. Ha inoltre la pessima abitudine di non riuscire a finire un lavoro che sia uno: lo ritroviamo infatti nuovamente intendo a dare la caccia alla sorella per un po' di sano ricongiungimento famigliare a suon di machete.
A contrastarlo, il solito branco di inetti e carne da macello, buoni giusto per allungare un po' il brodo.
Altro da segnalare? Proprio nulla, se non un colpo di schiena finale piuttosto prevedibile e che verosimilmente verrà presto cestinato dagli inevitabili sequel.

Ancora una volta Zombie fa tutto in famiglia, ed oltre alla moglie richiama i fedeli Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif e pure Malcolm McDowell (per la serie: "solo gente che non aveva proprio altro da fare").
A livello registico Rob si dimostra talento eclettico e fa un altro film brutto, ma di una bruttezza molto diversa da quella dei precedenti: oltre al consueto gore (gratuito e mal diretto), qui si punta forte sulla pura e devastante noia. Bella mossa, zio Rob!
Ci vengono quindi presentati una trafila di avvenimenti tenuti assieme con lo sputo, messi lì al sol fine di far durare ancora un po' il film e consentirgli di passare da una scena più o meno disgustosa (specie all'inizio) all'altra.

Per il resto, il nulla più completo.

Voto: 1. Trashometro^® 1/10: (non è buono neanche come trash)
Tags: horror, ennesimo remake non richiesto, guarda mamma un film di Rob Zombie!, Halloween, Michael Myers, Malcolm McDowell, inseguimento, coltello, machete, omicidio, lotta, famiglia, psichiatra, libro, fama, intervista, adolescenti, sorella, sesso, un po' di tetta siliconata, gore, disgustorama, nudo, serial killer, ospedale, festa, trash, ma chi me lo fa fare?.

McDowell, Malcolm

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Nome di battesimo: Taylor, Malcolm John
Data di nascita: 13 June 1943
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Kelley McDowell::(12 November 1991 - present) 3 children, Mary Steenburgen::(29 September 1980 - 1 October 1990) (divorced) 2 children, Margot Bennett::(21 April 1975 - 15 September 1980) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• First Platoon (2011) .... Rex Necro [attore]
• Suing the Devil (2011) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Barry Munday (2010) .... Mr. Farley [attore]
• DC Showcase: Green Arrow (2010) (V) .... Merlyn (voice) [attore]
• Easy A (2010) .... Principal Gibbons [attore]
• "Franklin & Bash" (2010) .... Stanton Infeld (unknown episodes) [attore]
• God of War III (2010) (VG) .... Daedalus (voice) [attore]
• Golf in the Kingdom (2010) .... Julian Lange [attore]
• L.A., I Hate You (2010) .... Harold Weintraub [attore]
• Monster Butler (2010) .... Roy Fontaine [attore]

Biografia:
Malcolm John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943, in Leeds, England, to working-class parents Charles and Edna Taylor. His father was a publican and an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways and fought against it. His father was keen to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life, so Malcolm was packed off to boarding school at 11. He attended the Tunbridge Boarding School and the Cannock House School in Eltham, Kent. At school he was beaten with the slipper or cane every Monday for his waywardness. Whilst at school, he decided that he wanted to become an actor; it was also around this time that his love for race cars began. He attended the London Academy of Music and Art to study acting. Meanwhile, he worked at his parents' pub but lost his job when the pub went bankrupt, his father drinking all the profits. He then had a variety of jobs, from coffee salesman to messenger. His first big-screen role was in Poor Cow (1967), although his 2-minute scene was ultimately cut from the completed film. Soon after, he caught the attention of director Lindsay Anderson who cast him in the role of a rebellious student in his film If.... (1968). The film catapulted Malcolm to stardom in Britain but failed everywhere else. He was so enthusiastic about the film's success that he wanted to do another right away. He began writing what would become the semi-autobiographical O Lucky Man! (1973). Meanwhile, he starred as the infamous Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's controversial A Clockwork Orange (1971), a role that caused him to be typecast as a manic psychopathic villain. In early 1976, he spent nearly a year working on what would later be one of the most infamous films of all time, the semi-pornographic Caligola (1979), financed by Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione. Around that time, the British film industry collapsed, forcing him to flee to America to continue working. His first American film was Time After Time (1979). He then did Britannia Hospital (1982), the last part of Lindsay Anderson's working-class trilogy that started with If.... (1968). In the mid-1980s, the years of alcohol and drug abuse, including $1000 a week on cocaine, caught up with him. Years of abuse took its toll on him; his black hairs were now grey. Looking older than he really was, nobody wanted to cast him for playing younger roles. The big roles having dried up, he did many B-rated movies. The 1990s were kinder to him, though. In 1994, he was cast as Dr. Soran, the man who killed Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Generations (1994). He was back on the track, playing villains again. He played another in the classic BBC mini-series, "Our Friends in the North" (1996). Today, with more than 100 films under his belt, he is one of the greatest actors in America. He still doesn't have American citizenship, but he likes the no-nonsense American ways. He currently resides in the northern suburb of Los Angeles.

Trivia random: 13 of his films shown at retrospective tribute at NYC's Walter Reade Theatre in May 2002, where he introduces the least known of these, The Connection.
Citazione random: [On Rob Zombie] He's got a definite point of view. He has just done horror films because that's all they want him to make. For him to get out of that, which he will, is going to be tough. He is a far better director than a horror movie director. The way he looks at the material and the way he gives you reign but also gives you boundaries.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Stanley Kubrick

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Zombie, Rob

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Nome di battesimo: Cummings, Robert Bartleh
Data di nascita: 12 January 1965
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Sheri Moon Zombie::(31 October 2002 - present)

Ultimi lavori:

• Halloween III (2011) .... (characters) [scrittore]
• Halloween II (2009) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Michael Lives: The Making of 'Halloween' (2008) (V) .... [regista]
• Grindhouse (2007) .... (written by) (fake trailer segment "Werewolf Women of the S.S.") [scrittore]
• Halloween (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Slither (2006) .... Dr. Karl (voice) [attore]
• The Devil's Rejects (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• House of 1000 Corpses (2003) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (1986) .... (production assistant) (unknown episodes) [misc]

Trivia random: Is close friends with Horror Hostess Icon Cassandra Peterson (Elvira).
Citazione random: [on being asked if Halloween II (2009) is a remake of Halloween II (1981)] The answer is no. This movie has nothing to do with the movie that came out back in 1981. The only thing slightly the same is my film has a brief hospital scene at the top of the film and even that is 100% different. These are all new characters and all new situations. This is not a remake of a sequel, this is the continuing story of the Halloween (2007) I started. So hopefully that clears up that confusion.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Halloween II (2009)

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Regista: Rob Zombie
Scrittore: Rob Zombie
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 4.9/10 (11763 voti)
Durata: 105 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Sheri Moon Zombie .... Deborah Myers
• Chase Wright Vanek .... Young Michael (as Chase Vanek)
• Scout Taylor-Compton .... Laurie Strode
• Brad Dourif .... Sheriff Lee Brackett
• Caroline Williams .... Dr. Maple
• Malcolm McDowell .... Dr. Samuel Loomis
• Tyler Mane .... Michael Myers
• Dayton Callie .... Coroner Hooks
• Richard Brake .... Gary Scott
• Octavia Spencer .... Nurse Daniels

Trama:
Michael Myers is still at large and no less dangerous than ever. After a failed reunion to reach his baby sister at their old home, Laurie Strode is immediately taken to a hospital to be treated by the wounds that had been afflicted by her brother a few hours ago. However, Michael isn't too far off and will continue his murdering 'Halloween' rampage until he gets his sister all to himself.

Trivia random: First Halloween movie to include Michael clearly walking around without his mask on.
Citazione random: Annie Brackett: Look at me. What is going on? Let me just call my dad, okay? We can talk to him.
Laurie Strode: You know what? I have a message for your dad. Tell him that Angel says "fuck you"!
Annie Brackett: Who is Angel? Laurie!

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Mane, Tyler

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Nome di battesimo: Karolat, Daryl
Data di nascita: 8 December 1966
Altezza: 6' 9" (2.06 m)
Coniuge: Renae Geerlings::(3 September 2007 - present), Jean Goertz::(19 September 1988 - 21 August 2003) (divorced) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Gunless (2010) .... Jack Smith [attore]
• Halloween II (2009) .... Michael Myers [attore]
• Halloween (2007) .... Michael Myers [attore]
• X-Men: The Official Game (2006) (VG) .... Sabretooth (voice) [attore]
• Hercules (2005/I) (TV) .... Antaeus [attore]
• The Devil's Rejects (2005) .... Rufus (uncredited) [attore]
• Troy (2004) .... Ajax [attore]
• Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002) .... Thorn [attore]
• Red Serpent (2002) .... [attore]
• The Scorpion King (2002) .... Barbarian Chieftain (uncredited) [attore]

Trivia random: Watched all of the Halloween films but Halloween 3, to prepare for his role as Michael Myers.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Dourif, Brad

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Nome di battesimo: Dourif, Bradford Claude
Data di nascita: 18 March 1950
Altezza: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Coniuge: Joni Dourif::(? - ?) (divorced) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Child's Play (2011) .... Chucky (voice) [attore]
• Halloween III (2011) .... Sheriff Lee Brackett (rumored) [attore]
• Priest (2011) .... Salesman [attore]
• Blood Shot (2010) .... Bob [attore]
• Catch .44 (2010) .... Sheriff Connors [attore]
• Chain Letter (2010) .... Mr. Smirker [attore]
• City of Shoulders and Noses (2010) .... Dr. Hodder [attore]
• Death and Cremation (2010) .... Stan [attore]
• Fading of the Cries (2010) .... Mathias [attore]
• Junkyard Dog (2010) .... Sheriff Holk [attore]

Biografia:
The character actor Brad Dourif was born in 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia, where his father owned and operated a dye factory. His father died when Dourif was 3 years old, after which his mother married Bill Campbell, a champion golfer, who helped raise Brad, his brother, and his four sisters. From 1963 to 1965, Dourif attended Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, SC, where he pursued his interests in art and acting. Although he briefly considered becoming a professional artist, he finally settled on acting as a profession, inspired by his mother's participation as an actress in community theater. Starting in school productions, he progressed to community theater, joining up with the Huntington Community Players, while attending Marshall University of Huntington. At age 19, he quit his hometown college and headed to New York City, where he worked with the Circle Repertory Company. During the early 1970s, Dourif appeared in a number of plays, off-Broadway and at Woodstock, New York, including Milos Forman who cast him in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Although this film is frequently cited as his film debut, in fact, Dourif made his first big-screen appearance with a bit part in W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975). Nevertheless, his portrayal of the vulnerable Billy Bibbit in Forman's film was undoubtedly his big break, earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Acting Debut, a British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Skeptical of his instant stardom, Dourif returned to New York, where he continued in theater and taught acting and directing classes at Columbia University until 1988 when he moved to Hollywood. Despite his attempts to avoid typecasting, his intensity destined him to play demented, deranged, or disturbed characters, starting in Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), John Huston's Wise Blood (1979) (arguably his best performance to date), and Milos Forman's Ragtime (1981). Dourif then teamed up with director David Lynch for Dune (1984) and Blue Velvet (1986). His high-strung style also served him well in a number of horror films, notably as the voice of the evil doll Chucky in Child's Play (1988) and its sequels. Dourif broke from the horror genre with roles in Fatal Beauty (1987), Mississippi Burning (1988), Hidden Agenda (1990), and London Kills Me (1991). Recent film work includes the role of Grima Wormtongue in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Since his television debut in the PBS film The Mound Builders (1976) (TV), Dourif has made sporadic appearances in a number of television series, such as "The X Files" (1993), "Babylon 5" (1994), "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and "Ponderosa" (2001) (in the recurring role of Frenchy).

Trivia random: Was considered for the role of Max Cady in Cape Fear (1991),.
Citazione random: I'm a whore. If they have a check and camera and a script and stuff for me to say, I am mostly there, unless I just can't take it. No, really, I do like to work. It just depends on whether there is a whole lot of stuff for me to choose from, because if there is I am choosy. If there's not a lot of work, then I try to find some redeeming value in the parts being offered. If it is awful, then, of course, I can't do it. But I have to say, I am pretty lucky in that there are usually things coming in. That said, sometimes it is slow.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Zombie, Sheri Moon

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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:

• Halloween II (2009) .... Deborah Myers [attrice]
• The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) .... Suzi X (voice) [attrice]
• Grindhouse (2007) .... Eva Krupp (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") [attrice]
• Halloween (2007) .... Deborah Myers [attrice]
• The Devil's Rejects (2005) .... Baby [attrice]
• Toolbox Murders (2004) .... Daisy Rain (as Sheri Moon) [attrice]
• House of 1000 Corpses (2003) .... Baby (as Sheri Moon) [attrice]

Trivia random: Has a personal clothing line, Total Skull. The hoodie Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) wears in 'Halloween' is from the line.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

doomsday!

Doomsday è qui! Ma purtroppo non ci ucciderà tutti...

Dopo il pregevole The Descent, Neil Marshall pensa bene di dirigere un filmone di medio budget come Doomsday, producendo una delle peggiori zozzerie che il cinema ricordi.

Nel 2000-e-rotti un virus letale decide che la Scozia è un posto tanto degno quanto qualunque altro per manifestarsi. Prontamente, e con un eccesso di umanità, l'intera regione viene isolata e lasciata morire.
Qualche decennio dopo un nuovo focolaio scoppia a Londra e le misure del governo sono drastiche quanto insensate: allagare tutto, sterminare mezza popolazione (cosa che consoliderà il loro potere - EHU? WHAT THE FUCK?!) ed inviare una squadra composta da quella pataccona di Rhona Mitra - già figlia di una scozzese e che ha un occhio di vetro bionico sempre buono per simpatici scherzi tra amici - ed una manciata di fessi sacrificabili al centro della prima epidemia.
Quel che infatti è stato a tutti taciuto è che il Scozia ci sono dei sopravvissuti (e te lo dico: da dove venivano gli Highlanders?) che forse sono diventati immuni grazie alla cura sviluppata da un noto siensiato (nothing less than Malcolm McDowell, per dire in che mani si erano messi) rimasto intrappolato nella zona di quarantena.
Troveranno una serie di comunità che compensano con l'entusiasmo giovanile le loro pecche organizzative: tutti cercheranno immancabilmente di ucciderli (e loro non li deluderanno, morendo da veri pirla) finché la nostra eroina non verrà posta di fronte ad una terribile verità: non ce l'ha solo lei, al mondo! No, un momento: la rivelazione verteva sul fatto che l'immunità è naturale, e non esiste alcuna cura. Ovviamente ciò non impedirà a nessuno di consegnare una tizia immune ai malvagi governanti, che si suppone ne abuseranno fino a tirarle fuori la cura dal sangue. Col senno di poi, non proprio un finale edificante, se vogliamo...

Eppure la sola trama - pur cretinotta forte - non rende giustizia dell'aberrante stupidità del film: i dialoghi consistono interamente di sagaci frasettine ad effetto, i blindati hanno vetri che vengono perforati da delle lance e tutte le vetture esplodono al minimo impatto.
Ancora meglio: Malcolm McDowell ha creato (perché gli tirava il culo) una intera società simil-medievale nei pressi di un antico castello, e non ci verranno risparmiati combattimenti con cavalieri in armatura, lancia e mazza ferrata! A bilanciare ciò, la società post-grunge che imperversa in città: migliaia di thug presi di peso e controvoglia da Mad Max, dediti ad ogni sorta di violenza su se stessi e sugli altri (buono il barbecue di invasore!)
Questi loschi figuri sono degnamente guidati dal grande Sol, che è fin d'ora il mio nuovo idolo assoluto: si tratta infatti di un feroce capo-curva dalle dubbie capacità espressive ma da grande entusiasmo, ricordando in tutto e per tutto il mitico Zed del secondo Scuola di Polizia.
Questo soggettone deve le sue doti di trascinatore di folle anche alle sue abilità artistiche: il balletto che inizia con Good Thing dei Fine Young Cannibals è uno dei momenti più trash della storia del cinema. No, sul serio: si fatica a crederci. Non che l'inseguimento della bentley si piazzi molto sotto, a dire il vero...

Regia inetta, scadente sotto ogni altro punto di vista, va anche ricordato come il primo film in cui Rhona non si spoglia (che dire: l'avranno chiamata per le capacità attoriali...) In compenso c'è Bob Hoskins, se vi piace il genere!

Voto: 1. io-me ora sente stu-u-u-pi-do! io-me adesso amputa testa dolente!
Trashometro^® 8/10:
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Hoskins, Bob

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Nome di battesimo: Hoskins, Robert William
Data di nascita: 26 October 1942
Altezza: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Coniuge: Linda Banwell::(1982 - present) 2 children, Jane Livesey::(1967 - 1978) (divorced) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• A Christmas Carol (2009) .... Mr. Fezziwig [attore]
• Ironclad (2009) .... (rumored) [attore]
• Doomsday (2008) .... Bill Nelson [attore]
• "The Englishman's Boy" (2008) (mini) .... Damon Ira Chance [attore]
• Pinocchio (2008) (TV) .... Geppetto [attore]
• Go Go Tales (2007) .... The Baron [attore]
• Outlaw (2007) .... Walter Lewis [attore]
• Ruby Blue (2007) .... Jack [attore]
• Sparkle (2007) .... Vince [attore]
• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) .... Winston (voice) [attore]

Biografia:
Bob Hoskins was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, where his mother was living after being evacuated as a result of the heavy bombings. Growing up, Hoskins received only limited education and he left school at 15, but with a passion for language and literature instilled by his former English teacher. A regular theatre-goer, Hoskins dreamed of starring on stage, but before he could do so he had to work odd jobs for a long time to make ends meet. His acting career started out more by accident than by design, when he accompanied a friend to watch some auditions, only to be confused for one of the people auditioning, getting a script pushed into his hands with the message "You're next". He got the part and acquired an agent. After some stage success, he expanded to television with roles in television series such as "Villains" (1972) and "Thick as Thieves" (1974). In the mid-'70s, he started his film career, standing out when he performed alongside Richard Dreyfuss in John Byrum's Inserts (1974) and in a smaller part in Richard Lester's Royal Flash (1975). Hoskins broke through in 1978 in Dennis Potter's mini TV series, "Pennies from Heaven" (1978), playing "Arthur Parker", the doomed salesman. After this, a string of high-profile and successful films followed, starting with his true major movie debut in 1980's The Long Good Friday (1980) as the ultimately doomed "Harold Shand". This was followed by such works as The Cotton Club (1984), Mona Lisa (1986), which won him an Oscar nomination as well as a BAFTA award, Cannes Film Festival and Golden Globe), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (Golden Globe nomination), Mermaids (1990), Hook (1991), Nixon (1995), Felicia's Journey (1999) and Enemy at the Gates (2001). Hoskins has always carefully balanced the riches of Hollywood with the labor of independent film, though leaning more towards the latter than the former. He works at smaller projects such as Shane Meadows' debut 24 7: Twenty Four Seven (1997), in which he starred as "Allen Darcy". Besides this, he found time to direct, write and star in The Raggedy Rawney (1988), as well as direct and star in Rainbow (1995), and contributing to HBO's "Tales from the Crypt" (1989) and Tube Tales (1999) (TV).

Trivia random: In his earlier years before acting he wound up looking after camels in Syria and later packing fruit on a kibbutz in Israel, among many other odd jobs.
Citazione random: The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a f**kin' nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks their own agent told them to get off the set! F**kin' nightmare. F**kin' idiots.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Mitra, Rhona

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Data di nascita: 9 August 1976
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Boy in the Box (2009) .... Barbara [attrice]
• The Truth About Men (2009) .... Katrien [attrice]
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) .... Sonja [attrice]
• Doomsday (2008) .... Maj. Eden Sinclair [attrice]
• The Number 23 (2007) .... Laura Tollins [attrice]
• Shooter (2007/I) .... Alourdes Galindo [attrice]
• Skinwalkers (2006) .... Rachel Talbot [attrice]
• Spartacus (2004) (TV) .... Varinia [attrice]
• Highwaymen (2003) .... Molly Poole [attrice]
• The Life of David Gale (2003) .... Berlin [attrice]

Trivia random: Parents were Antony Mitra (Bengali Indian) and Nora (Irish). They divorced in 1984.
Citazione random: "I can't sit still. That's why I'm very difficult in a relationship. Men get jealous of me traveling - they don't understand that just because I disappear on my own doesn't mean I'm going to shag someone else."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

McDowell, Malcolm

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Nome di battesimo: Taylor, Malcolm John
Data di nascita: 13 June 1943
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Kelley McDowell::(12 November 1991 - present) 2 children, Mary Steenburgen::(29 September 1980 - 1 October 1990) (divorced) 2 children, Margot Bennett::(21 April 1975 - 15 September 1980) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Barry Munday (2009) .... Mr. Farley [attore]
• The Collaboration (2009) .... Thornton (rumored) [attore]
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (2009) (VG) .... Rupert Thornley [attore]
• H2: Halloween 2 (2009) .... Dr. Samuel Loomis (rumored) [attore]
• Pound of Flesh (2009) .... Noah Melville [attore]
• The Spider (2009) .... Von Wessel (rumored) [attore]
• Suck (2009) .... [attore]
• Vivaldi (2009/II) .... Merlino [attore]
• Bolt (2008) .... Dr. Calico (voice) [attore]
• Coco Chanel (2008) (TV) .... Marc Bouchier [attore]

Biografia:
Malcolm John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943, in Leeds, England, to working-class parents Charles and Edna Taylor. His father was a publican and an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways and fought against it. His father was keen to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life, so Malcolm was packed off to boarding school at 11. He attended the Tunbridge Boarding School and the Cannock House School in Eltham, Kent. At school he was beaten with the slipper or cane every Monday for his waywardness. Whilst at school, he decided that he wanted to become an actor; it was also around this time that his love for race cars began. He attended the London Academy of Music and Art to study acting. Meanwhile, he worked at his parents' pub but lost his job when the pub went bankrupt, his father drinking all the profits. He then had a variety of jobs, from coffee salesman to messenger. His first big-screen role was in Poor Cow (1967), although his 2-minute scene was ultimately cut from the completed film. Soon after, he caught the attention of director Lindsay Anderson who cast him in the role of a rebellious student in his film If.... (1968). The film catapulted Malcolm to stardom in Britain but failed everywhere else. He was so enthusiastic about the film's success that he wanted to do another right away. He began writing what would become the semi-autobiographical O Lucky Man! (1973). Meanwhile, he starred as the infamous Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's controversial A Clockwork Orange (1971), a role that caused him to be typecast as a manic psychopathic villain. In early 1976, he spent nearly a year working on what would later be one of the most infamous films of all time, the semi-pornographic Caligola (1979), financed by Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione. Around that time, the British film industry collapsed, forcing him to flee to America to continue working. His first American film was Time After Time (1979). He then did Britannia Hospital (1982), the last part of Lindsay Anderson's working-class trilogy that started with If.... (1968). In the mid-1980s, the years of alcohol and drug abuse, including $1000 a week on cocaine, caught up with him. Years of abuse took its toll on him; his black hairs were now grey. Looking older than he really was, nobody wanted to cast him for playing younger roles. The big roles having dried up, he did many B-rated movies. The 1990s were kinder to him, though. In 1994, he was cast as Dr. Soran, the man who killed Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Generations (1994). He was back on the track, playing villains again. He played another in the classic BBC mini-series, "Our Friends in the North" (1996). Today, with more than 100 films under his belt, he is one of the greatest actors in America. He still doesn't have American citizenship, but he likes the no-nonsense American ways. He currently resides in the northern suburb of Los Angeles.

Trivia random: His performance as Alex De Large in A Clockwork Orange (1971) is ranked #68 on Premiere Magazine's "100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time".
Citazione random: He didn't want me at first, told me about the big-name actor he could get, how he was taller than I was - I'm five eight and a half - but I said, 'That's nothing, I can stand on a box.'

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Mad Max (1979)

Interceptor

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Regista: George Miller
Scrittore: George Miller, Byron Kennedy
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action
Valutazione: 6.9/10 (28540 voti)
Durata: 93 min
Paese: Australia
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Mel Gibson .... Max
• Joanne Samuel .... Jessie
• Hugh Keays-Byrne .... Toecutter
• Steve Bisley .... Jim Goose
• Tim Burns .... Johnny the Boy
• Roger Ward .... Fifi
• Lisa Aldenhoven .... Nurse
• David Bracks .... Mudguts
• Bertrand Cadart .... Clunk
• David Cameron .... Underground Mechanic

Trama:
A vision of an apocalyptic future set in the wastelands of Australia. Total social decay is just around the corner in this spectacular cheap budget gang orientated road movie. Where the cops do their best to lay down the law and the outlaw gangs try their hardest to defy the system. Leather clad Max Rockatansky husband, father and cop turns judge, juror and executioner after his best friend, wife and baby are killed. Here we see the final days of normality of a man who had everything to live for, and his slip into the abyss of madness. Mad Max is the antihero on the road to vengeance and oblivion.

Trivia random: The auto accident scene was made as realistic as possible, thanks to director's George Miller's experience as a medical doctor.
Citazione random: Grease Rat: Like the sign says, "speed's just a question of money. How fast can you go?"

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)

Scuola di polizia II: prima missione

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Regista: Jerry Paris
Scrittore: Neal Israel, Pat Proft
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Comedy
Valutazione: 4.8/10 (10652 voti)
Durata: 97 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Steve Guttenberg .... Carey Mahoney
• Bubba Smith .... Hightower
• David Graf .... Tackleberry
• Michael Winslow .... Larvell Jones
• Bruce Mahler .... Doug Fackler
• Marion Ramsey .... Laverne Hooks
• Colleen Camp .... Kirkland
• Howard Hesseman .... Pete Lassard
• Art Metrano .... Lt. Mauser
• George Gaynes .... Commandant Lassard

Trama:
Mahoney and friends have graduated from the Police Academy and are issued with their first assignments. As before, their cheerfulness and devotion to duty outweighs any shortcomings, but are even they ready to do battle with a band graffiti daubing terrorists?

Trivia random: Though Tim Kazurinsky is called Sweetchuck in the movie, in the credits his character name is "Merchant"
Citazione random: Lt. Mauser: Hey, wait a minute! My hands are stuck with my head! What the fuck?

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Marshall, Neil (I)

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Data di nascita: 25 May 1970
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Coniuge: Axelle Carolyn::(31 October 2007 - present)

Ultimi lavori:

• Centurion (2009) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• The Descent: Part 2 (2009) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Drive (2009/II) .... [regista]
• Doomsday (2008) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• The Descent (2005) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Dog Soldiers (2002) .... (written by) [scrittore]
• Combat (1999) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Killing Time (1998/I) .... (writer) [scrittore]

Trivia random: Member of the unofficial "Splat Pack," a term coined by film historian Alan Jones in Total Film magazine for the modern wave of directors making brutally violent horror films. The other "Splat Pack" members are Alexandre Aja, Darren Lynn Bousman, Greg Mclean, Eli Roth, James Wan, Leigh Whannell & Rob Zombie.
Citazione random: "...the reason horror films are being made is that distributors and financiers see a way of making easy money. The genre is riding a wave of popularity that it hasn't enjoyed in a long time. It has broken out of the hardcore audience section and is reaching a much more broad-based audience."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Doomsday (2008)

Doomsday - Il giorno del giudizio

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Regista: Neil Marshall
Scrittore: Neil Marshall
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action
Valutazione: 6.1/10 (24110 voti)
Durata: USA:113::(uncut version) min
Paese: UK, USA, South Africa, Germany
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Caryn Peterson .... Vagrant Girl
• Adeola Ariyo .... Nurse
• Emma Cleasby .... Katherine Sinclair
• Christine Tomlinson .... Young Eden Sinclair
• Vernon Willemse .... David / Gimp
• Paul Hyett .... Hot Dog Victim
• Daniel Read .... Sergeant #1
• Karl Thaning .... Pilot
• Stephen Hughes .... Soldier #1 / Johnson
• Jason Cope .... Wall Guard

Trama:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair, is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.

Trivia random: Alexander Siddig, playing the British PM, is the real-life nephew of Malcolm McDowell, playing a leading figure among the Scots in this picture.
Citazione random: Kane: Abandon any such hope.::Eden Sinclair: No.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Bolt

Pur in un film volutamente leggero come Bolt, la manona di Lasseter si sente e fa davvero bene alla produzione.

Bolt è una cane, stella di una serie televisiva di cui lui non sa nulla, dato che pensa sia tutto reale.
Separato dalla sua amatissima coprotagonista dovrà fare i conti con la realtà ed intraprendere un lungo viaggio di ritorno - sì, stile Lessie.

Trama semplice ma funzionale, condita con i soliti messaggi positivi e buoni sentimenti ma, soprattutto, con tantissime scene davvero divertenti.
Non avendo pretese di grande innovazione, si è infatti calcato la mano sull'azione e sulla comicità e lo si è fatto nel modo giusto: con tanti comprimari a dir poco strepitosi; gatti malvagi, criceti drogati di adrenalina ed umani inetti, tutti sono delineati in maniera deliziosa. Per tacere dei piccioni, coi loro stupendi movimenti a scatti.

Insomma: un film d'animazione (ok, al computer) Disney con cui ci si diverte sul serio - ed era da un po' che non succedeva.
Espressivi i modelli poligonali e buone le animazioni.

Voto: 8-. Natalizio.
Tags: animazione, computer grafica, commedia, cane, show, televisione, serie, gatto, malvagio, umano, criceto, piccione, fuga, Bolt, Disney, separazione, ricerca, abbandono, fuoco, incendio, salvataggio, agente, cibo, illusione, maturazione, superpoteri, latrato, finzione, recitazione, attrice, adolescente, affetto.

Lasseter, John

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Nome di battesimo: Lasseter, John Alan
Data di nascita: 12 January 1957
Coniuge: Nancy Lasseter::(? - present) 5 children, Nancy Tague::(? - present) 5 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Toy Story 3 (2010) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Princess and the Frog (2009) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Up (2009) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Bolt (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Glago's Guest (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Presto (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• WALL·E (2008) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Meet the Robinsons (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Ratatouille (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: Has 5 sons.
Citazione random: "When I was in high school I read this book called 'The Art of Animation', by Bob Thomas. It's all about the Walt Disney studio and the making of Sleeping Beauty. I read this and it dawned on me - wait a minute, people do animation for a living?"

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Bolt (2008)

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Regista: Byron Howard, Chris Williams
Scrittore: Dan Fogelman, Chris Williams
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Animation
Valutazione: 7.8/10 (3102 voti)
Durata: 96 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• John Travolta .... Bolt (voice)
• Miley Cyrus .... Penny (voice)
• Susie Essman .... Mittens (voice)
• Mark Walton .... Rhino (voice)
• Malcolm McDowell .... Dr. Calico (voice)
• James Lipton .... The Director (voice)
• Greg Germann .... The Agent (voice)
• Diedrich Bader .... Veteran Cat (voice)
• Nick Swardson .... Blake (voice)
• J.P. Manoux .... Tom (voice)

Trama:
Bolt, an American White Shepherd, has lived his whole life on the set of his action TV show, where he believes he has superpowers. When separated from the studio by accident, he meets a female alley cat named Mittens and a hamster named Rhino. Along the way, he learns that he doesn't have superpowers and that the show is not real.

Trivia random: WILHELM SCREAM: When Rhino is switching channels while watching TV.
Citazione random: Bolt: What is this red liquid coming from my paw?::Mittens: It's blood.::Bolt: Do I need it?

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

la isola della mueeerte!

Ahhh... gli Z-movies con Malcolm McDowell, che soddisfazione.
Ed in Island of the Dead - L'Isola della morte ci sono pure le mosche assassine! Cosa chiedere di più?

Talisa Soto è una improbabile investigatrice della sezione persone scomparse; si sta occupando del caso di 1/2/3 bambine svanite nel nulla, quando per motivi tutti suoi si reca su Hart Island, dove pare che i New York-esi gettino i propri cadaveri come spazzatura.
Ci troverà alcune sgradite presenze: oltre al già citato McDowell, qui tycoon sul punto di spianare l'isola per costruirvi un complesso immobiliare destinato ai poveri e derelitti (che nella sua testa si pagherebbero l'affitto sottoponendosi ad esperimenti per le case farmaceutiche...), ci sono pure delle mega-mosche-assassine (in realtà tali mosche, quando vengono inquadrate, sono creaturine normalissime).
Indecisa su quale sia la presenza più molesta, combatterà entrambi con la giusta dose di sdegno e disapprovazione.
Non mancano pure alcuni detenuti, sull'isola per lavori socialmente inutili (tra questi pure Mos Def), che ci delizieranno con battute, gags ed elevate elucubrazioni sulla vita, la morte, l'avidità umana e la patacca.
All'arrivo delle mosche assassine che infettano le persone e le uccidono in pochi minuti (facendole diventare incubatrici per altre bestiole), tutti perdono quel poco di buon senso che avevano ed iniziano a fare una vaccata dietro l'altra.
Trattasi di selezione naturale in atto.

Film pregno di bruttezza, realizzato senza alcuna voglia e capacità, eppure in grado di trasudare una fastidiosa aria di supponenza (si crede molto d'essere, con i monologhi interiori di Talisa, che non parano in niente).

Da non perdere: il tizio che muore sullo sfondo, nel disinteresse generale dei suoi presunti amici; i suddetti amici che poi recuperano il corpo e per dargli degna sepoltura scendono in una enorme fossa comune profonda 6 metri ed... iniziano a scavare; la solita pompa di benzina che esplode con un fungo atomico.

Più auto-punitivo (mooolto lento e noioso) che trash, è comunque da consigliare ai grandi fan di McDowell (della Soto no: se ne va in giro tutto il tempo con un cappotto...)

Voto: 1. Trashometro^® 4/10:
Tags: horror, thriller, isola, Hart Island, New York, cimitero, fossa comune, costruzione, sfruttamento, senza tetto, detenuto, traghetto, mosca, mosche, sciame, attacco, orologio, benzina, infezione, morte, bambine, persone scomparse, cassa da morto, obitorio, noia mortale, Malcolm McDowell, Mos Def, Talisa Soto, trash.

Island of the Dead (2000) (V)

Island of the dead - L'isola della morte

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Regista: Tim Southam
Scrittore: Peter Koper, Tim Southam
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Horror
Valutazione: 2.7/10 (415 voti)
Durata: 91 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Malcolm McDowell .... Rupert King
• Talisa Soto .... Melissa O'Keefe
• Bruce Ramsay .... Tony Matos
• Kent McQuaid .... James Neely
• Mos Def .... Robbie J
• Paul Hopkins .... Rodger Mackloe
• Tyrone Benskin .... Dwight Truman
• Michel Perron .... Captain Chanon
• Daniel Pilon .... Mayor
• Steffen Wink .... Reporter

Trama:
The people of New York have been burying their unknown dead on Hart Island since 1869. Now real estate tycoon Rupert King wants to build what he calls "Hope City", supposedly to help the poor and homeless of the city "get a leg up", on this same island, with no thought of the current million or so "residents". Accompanied by a New York cop looking for a missing girl's body and some reluctant employees of the Department of Corrections, King makes his way to the island for the ground-breaking ceremony. But when his personal assistant goes missing, and night falls on the island, dark secrets are revealed, not only about the island itself, but King's "noble" plans for it as well. And the island's residents, with their souls in the form of countless and lethal flies, have no intention of being ignored.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Def, Mos

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Nome di battesimo: Smith, Dante Terrell
Data di nascita: 11 December 1973
Altezza: 5' 9½" (1.77 m)
Coniuge: Maria Yepes::(1996 - 2006) (divorced) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Bury Me Standing (2010) .... [attore]
• Little Scarlet (2010) .... Mouse [attore]
• The Brazilian Job (2009) .... Left Ear [attore]
• Next Day Air (2009) .... Eric [attore]
• Toussaint (2009) .... [attore]
• Be Kind Rewind (2008) .... Mike [attore]
• Cadillac Records (2008) .... Chuck Berry [attore]
• Keep Coming Back (2008) .... [attore]
• Mama Black Widow (2008) .... Papa Tilson [attore]
• 16 Blocks (2006) .... Eddie Bunker [attore]

Biografia:
Taking a cue from the Afrocentric stylings of the Native Tongues crew, which included De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest and Andres Titus, Mos Def has emerged as one of the more conscientious voices of new school hip-hop, alongside the likes of Common, Outkast, Goodie Mob and The Roots, to name just a few. A lyricist lounge staple, he gained acclaim appearing on recordings by De La Soul and Bush Babees before releasing the single "Universal Magnetic" in 1997. Since then he has appeared on numerous recordings with several crews, including Medina Green and Black Star (of which he is half). His full-length debut album, "Black On Both Sides", was released in 1999 and is destined to achieve classic status.

Trivia random: His name is quite appropriate in regards to his character in The Italian Job (2003), who went deaf after blowing up a toilet.
Citazione random: What I take from writers I like is their economy -- the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words -- that's magical. That's what I've been trying to strive for -- to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

McDowell, Malcolm

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Nome di battesimo: Taylor, Malcolm John
Data di nascita: 13 June 1943
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Kelley Kuhr::(12 November 1991 - present) 2 children, Mary Steenburgen::(29 September 1980 - 1990) (divorced) 2 children, Margot Bennett::(21 April 1975 - September 1980) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Pound of Flesh (2009) .... Noah Melville (rumored) [attore]
• The Spider (2009) .... Von Wessel (rumored) [attore]
• Vivaldi (2009/II) .... Merlino [attore]
• Barry Munday (2008) .... Mr. Farley [attore]
• Bolt (2008) .... (voice) [attore]
• "Coco Chanel" (2008) .... Marc Bouchier (unknown episodes) [attore]
• The Collaboration (2008) .... Thornton (rumored) [attore]
• Delgo (2008) .... Raius (voice) [attore]
• Doomsday (2008) .... Dr. Marcus Kane [attore]
• Fallout 3 (2008) (VG) .... President John Henry Eden (voice) [attore]

Biografia:
Malcolm John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943, in Leeds, England, to working-class parents Charles and Edna Taylor. His father was a publican and an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways and fought against it. His father was keen to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life, so Malcolm was packed off to boarding school at 11. He attended the Tunbridge Boarding School and the Cannock House School in Eltham, Kent. At school he was beaten with the slipper or cane every Monday for his waywardness. Whilst at school, he decided that he wanted to become an actor; it was also around this time that his love for race cars began. He attended the London Academy of Music and Art to study acting. Meanwhile, he worked at his parents' pub but lost his job when the pub went bankrupt, his father drinking all the profits. He then had a variety of jobs, from coffee salesman to messenger. His first big-screen role was in Poor Cow (1967), although his 2-minute scene was ultimately cut from the completed film. Soon after, he caught the attention of director Lindsay Anderson who cast him in the role of a rebellious student in his film If.... (1968). The film catapulted Malcolm to stardom in Britain but failed everywhere else. He was so enthusiastic about the film's success that he wanted to do another right away. He began writing what would become the semi-autobiographical O Lucky Man! (1973). Meanwhile, he starred as the infamous Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's controversial A Clockwork Orange (1971), a role that caused him to be typecast as a manic psychopathic villain. In early 1976, he spent nearly a year working on what would later be one of the most infamous films of all time, the semi-pornographic Caligola (1979), financed by Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione. Around that time, the British film industry collapsed, forcing him to flee to America to continue working. His first American film was Time After Time (1979). He then did Britannia Hospital (1982), the last part of Lindsay Anderson's working-class trilogy that started with If.... (1968). In the mid-1980s, the years of alcohol and drug abuse, including $1000 a week on cocaine, caught up with him. Years of abuse took its toll on him; his black hairs were now grey. Looking older than he really was, nobody wanted to cast him for playing younger roles. The big roles having dried up, he did many B-rated movies. The 1990s were kinder to him, though. In 1994, he was cast as Dr. Soran, the man who killed Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Generations (1994). He was back on the track, playing villains again. He played another in the classic BBC mini-series, "Our Friends in the North" (1996). Today, with more than 100 films under his belt, he is one of the greatest actors in America. He still doesn't have American citizenship, but he likes the no-nonsense American ways. He currently resides in the northern suburb of Los Angeles.

Trivia random: In an interview he said that a magazine named him "King Of Punk" after his appearance in "A clockwork orange". This is probably because of the punk references that appears in the movie, such as the droogies costume style.
Citazione random: [When asked what his favorite Stanley Kubrick film was]: "A Clockwork Orange (1971)! I never saw any of the others."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Soto, Talisa

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Nome di battesimo: Soto, Miriam
Data di nascita: 27 March 1967
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Benjamin Bratt::(13 April 2002 - present) 2 children, Costas Mandylor::(May 1997 - 2000) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) .... Rayne Gant / Vinn Ecks [attrice]
• Piñero (2001) .... Sugar [attrice]
• Flight of Fancy (2000) .... Mercedes Marquez [attrice]
• Island of the Dead (2000) (V) .... Melissa O'Keefe [attrice]
• That Summer in LA (2000) .... Marisabel [attrice]
• The Corporate Ladder (1997) .... Susan Taylor [attrice]
• Flypaper (1997) .... Amanda [attrice]
• Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) .... Princess Kitana [attrice]
• Spy Hard (1996) .... Seductress in Hotel Room (as Desiree More) [attrice]
• The Sunchaser (1996) .... Navajo Woman [attrice]

Biografia:
Born to a Puerto Rican family in Brooklyn, Talisa was raised there and in Massachusetts. She started modeling at age 15 and has appeared on the covers of "Vogue," "Mademoiselle," "Glamour," and "Self," as well as in a "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit issue. She has been making film appearances since 1988, beginning with Spike of Bensonhurst (1988).

Trivia random: Former sister-in-law of Louis Mandylor.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

funny games (e discorsi su un certo pubblico di merda)

Una carenza a cui è davvero necessario rimediare, è il non aver visto altro di Michael Haneke che non sia Funny Games (l'originale del 97) ed il suo remake.
Più che un remake si tratta di un rifacimento inquadratura per inquadratura dell'originale, con mezzi migliori ed attori più noti. Bassa operazione commerciale? Può essere, ma poco importa: la qualità del film resta tutta, e se servirà a farlo conoscere al grande pubblico (e ad ottenere una decente distribuzione delle sue vecchie opere), ben venga.

Papino (Tim Roth), mammina (Naomi Watts) e figlioletto si recano alla loro casa sul lago in ferie. Qui vengono sequestrati da due giovanotti cortesemente psicotici - che peraltro hanno appena massacrato i loro vicini - che li tortureranno per ore.

Non siamo però di fronte ad una violenza alla Hostel: qui siamo molto più dalle parti di Arancia Meccanica.
Di fatto nulla di indicibilmente cruento viene mostrato sullo schermo, e non si cerca la violenza creativa (tutta ciò che accade è molto banale): la vera tortura è psicologica, con la progressiva realizzazione di trovarsi di fronte a qualcosa di orrendo che non ti lascia scampo; non puoi corromperli, non puoi ragionarci e non puoi fuggire.

Riflessione sulla violenza, su cosa può davvero essere un "film horror" nella realtà (quindi ben poco a che spartire con gli slasher a cui siamo abituati al cinema), questo non è un film per tutti.
Angosciante e molto lento, rischia di spiazzare molti spettatori più o meno incauti: è bene andare essendo disposti a veder ignorati tutti i fondamentali dell'horror/thriller.
Non c'è poi da dimenticare il fatto che il film è molto meta-cinema (non dico perché per non rovinare lo shock a chi non ha visto l'originale).

Note di merito al cast, tutti molto bravi (e poi la Watts, oltre che eccelsa, è sempre uno splendore da guardare) - il vero "protagonista" del film sono però i dialoghi: perfettamente costruiti, estenuanti, allucinati, (il)logici, ti trascinano nell'orrore.


[il pubblico di merda]
Capisco che certi multi-sala ormai siano frequentati per metà da gente che entra e compra un biglietto per la sala che ha lo spettacolo che inizia prima, ma perché tirare nel cesso così i propri soldi?
Per quale folle motivo 7 (SETTE!) persone su sì e no 40 presenti si sono alzate entro la prima mezz'ora, incapaci di aspettare un'altra oretta per vedere dove si voleva andare a parare?

Non deve piacere per forza, ma almeno prima di entrare sarebbe meglio informarsi: se un film viene paragonato ad Arancia Meccanica, cosa ci si aspetta? La Tenera Commedia Dei Buoni Sentimenti?! Lo Scannatordi Parte Settima?!?!
In questo senso, l'apice fu raggiunto da From Hell: coppia anzianotta che se ne esce disgustata dopo 5 minuti netti.
Tralasciamo pure il titolo, ma il manifesto grondante sangue ed il sottotitolo "La Vera Storia di Jack lo Squartatore" non li hanno proprio insospettiti? Capisco che sotto natale dovrebbero essere tutte allegre commediole, ma...

Capitolo a parte, sempre durante Funny Games per la SIGNORINA TESTA DI CAZZO che, non paga di chiacchierare nonostante ripetuti richiami, lascia il cellulare acceso.
Il quale suona.
E lei risponde per un "ah ciao, come-va-tutto-bene? senti noi-siamo-al-cinema quando-esco-magari-ti-richiamo".
Ed ora via! Verso nuovi inesplorati livelli di cafonaggine...


Tornando a Funny Games; voto: 9 (ma attenzione alle vostre aspettative)
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Haneke, Michael

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Data di nascita: 23 March 1942

Ultimi lavori:

• Das Weiße Band (2009) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Funny Games U.S. (2007) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Caché (2005) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Le Temps du loup (2003) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• La Pianiste (2001) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (2000) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Funny Games (1997) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Das Schloß (1997) .... (writer) [scrittore]
• Charms Zwischenfälle (1996) .... Man selling butter [attore]
• Der Kopf des Mohren (1995) .... (writer) [scrittore]

Trivia random: He started his career as a playwright for the Südwestfunk (ARD) in 1967 and started working as a freelance director for TV and theater in 1970.
Citazione random: Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Roth, Tim (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Smith, Timothy Simon
Data di nascita: 14 May 1961
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Coniuge: Nikki Butler::(25 January 1993 - present) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• 44 Inch Chest (2009) .... [attore]
• King Conqueror (2009) .... King Pedro II of Aragon [attore]
• The Incredible Hulk (2008) (VG) .... Emil Blonsky (voice) [attore]
• "Sea Wolf" (2008) .... Death Larsen [attore]
• Six Bullets from Now (2008) .... [attore]
• Funny Games U.S. (2007) .... George [attore]
• Virgin Territory (2007) .... Gerbino [attore]
• Youth Without Youth (2007) .... Dominic [attore]
• Even Money (2006/I) .... Victor [attore]
• Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006) (TV) .... Nick Fraser [attore]

Biografia:
British actor whose greatest success came after 1990 when he moved to the States to play American heavies. He has been a favorite of director Quentin Tarantino.

Trivia random: His father changed the family name from the more British "Smith" to the German-Jewish 'Roth' in the 40s after World War II because he was a journalist who traveled in countries that disliked the British.
Citazione random: "I remember watching the Sex Pistols on TV when I came home from school - I think it was Johnny Rotten and Siouxsie Sioux from the Banshees - and they started swearing and the guy interviewing them got fired for provoking them. It was a wonderful time. It was like saying, 'Ugly is beautiful, everything you taught us is wrong.'"

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

From Hell (2001)

Vera storia di Jack lo squartatore, La

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Regista: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Scrittore: Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Valutazione: 6.8/10 (38125 voti)
Durata: 122 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Johnny Depp .... Inspector Frederick 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:
It is 1888 in London, and the unfortunate poor lead horrifying lives in the city's deadliest slum, Whitechapel. Harassed by gangs and forced to walk the streets for a living, Mary Kelly and her small group of companions trudge on through this daily misery, their only consolation being that things can't get any worse. Yet things somehow do when their friend Ann is kidnapped and they are drawn into a conspiracy with links higher up than they could possibly imagine. The kidnapping is soon followed by the gruesome murder of another woman, Polly, and it becomes apparent that they are being hunted down, one by one. Sinister even by Whitechapel standards, the murder grabs the attention of Inspector Fred Abberline, a brilliant yet troubled man whose police work is often aided by his psychic abilities. Abberline becomes deeply involved with the case, which takes on personal meaning to him when he and Mary begin to fall in love. But as he gets closer to the truth Whitechapel becomes more and more dangerous for Abberline, Mary, and the other girls. Whoever is responsible for the grisly acts is not going to give up his secret without a fight....will they be able to survive the avenging force that has been sent after them from hell?

Trivia random: The late Nigel Hawthorne was originally cast as Sir William Gull. Hawthorne was replaced by Ian Holm when his cancer prevented him from working.
Citazione random: Kate Eddowes: We work the streets harder than ever, right?

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Clockwork Orange, A (1971)

Arancia meccanica

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Regista: Stanley Kubrick
Scrittore: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Valutazione: 8.5/10 (138006 voti) [#46 nella top250]
Durata: 136 min
Paese: UK
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Malcolm McDowell .... Alex
• Patrick Magee .... Mr. Alexander
• Michael Bates .... Chief Guard
• Warren Clarke .... Dim
• John Clive .... Stage Actor
• Adrienne Corri .... Mrs. Alexander
• Carl Duering .... Dr. Brodsky
• Paul Farrell .... Tramp
• Clive Francis .... Lodger
• Michael Gover .... Prison Governor

Trama:
Alex and his three droogs, live in a futuristic Britain void of proper law and civil protection. They do drugs, drink, skip school, and wreak havoc during the night. They beat up an old drunkard, steal cars, rape helpless women, and start gang fights in the streets. Alex, being a rather arrogant leader, is rude and disrespectful towards his other droogs, and because of this they plot behind his back against him. In their plan to rob a woman on the outskirts of town, Alex enters the house alone to unlock the door for the other. When confronted by the owner of the house he strikes her in the head in attempt to knock her out. Meeting his droogs outside he is met with a bottle being smashed over his own head, stunning him long enough for the cops to finally arrive and arrest him. It turns out the woman he struck inevitably ended up dieing from the blow and Alex now finds himself with a 14 year prison sentence. In hopes of severely shortening his sentence, Alex signs up for a new breakthrough treatment that "cures" criminals of their want to do evil. The Ludovico treatment, as it is called, consist of Alex living a very high lifestyle while twice daily being subjected to gory and hateful films full of all that is considered wrong and evil. Part of Alex's diet contains a special drug that causes him to slowly get sick as he is forced to watch these films. After a short period of time he is shown as being cured and when, in front of a small audience, he is subjected to another bullying man and a beautiful woman, he is unable to fight back or do what he would like to do, and instead is utterly paralyzed with sickness. The process stripped him not only of his evil, but more importantly and symbolically stripped him of his right to think and be free and live the life he wishes to. After being released from prison and kicked out of his home he is taken in by small group of people who want to get Alex's pitiful story out to the public to attempt to harm the current regime in time for the next election. During this process, Alex attempts suicide and fails, but because of this the doctors of the original Ludovico treatment set out to cure him. Alex awakes from his coma cured of the sickness and is finally able to think and do what he wishes again.

Trivia random: Director Trademark: [Stanley Kubrick] ["The End"] Kubrick maintained the tradition of putting the words "The End" in the end credits of all his movies, long after the industry had abandoned it.
Citazione random: Frank Alexander: Food alright?::Alex: Great sir, great!::Frank Alexander: Try the wine!

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Funny Games (1997)

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Regista: Michael Haneke
Scrittore: Michael Haneke
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime
Valutazione: 7.7/10 (9546 voti)
Durata: 108 min
Paese: Austria
Lingua: German, French, Italian

Cast:

• Susanne Lothar .... Anna
• Ulrich Mühe .... Georg
• Arno Frisch .... Paul
• Frank Giering .... Peter
• Stefan Clapczynski .... Schorschi
• Doris Kunstmann .... Gerda
• Christoph Bantzer .... Fred
• Wolfgang Glück .... Robert
• Susanne Meneghel .... Gerdas Schwester
• Monika Zallinger .... Eva

Trama:
Two seemingly well-educated young men, who call each other Paul and Peter among other names, approach a family on vacation. They are, apparently, friends of the neighbors, and, at the beginning, their true intentions are not known. But soon, the family is imprisoned and tortured in its own house violently, which the viewers are forced mostly to imagine and to share a certain complicity with the criminals. It might be some kind of game with the lives of husband, wife, son, and dog, but why are they doing it?

Trivia random: SPOILER: The scene where Anna and Georg recover and free themselves after the criminals leave their house the first time is a single take lasting just over ten minutes.
Citazione random: [subtitled version]::[dog starts barking]::Anna: He only wants to have a game.::Peter: Funny game.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Watts, Naomi

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Nome di battesimo: Watts, Naomi Ellen
Data di nascita: 28 September 1968
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• King Lear (2010) .... Goneril [attrice]
• The Birds (2009) .... Melanie Daniels (rumored) [attrice]
• The International (2009) .... [attrice]
• Need (2009) .... [attrice]
• Eastern Promises (2007) .... Anna [attrice]
• Funny Games U.S. (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Inland Empire (2006) .... Suzie Rabbit (voice) [attrice]
• The Painted Veil (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Ellie Parker (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• King Kong (2005) .... Ann Darrow [attrice]

Biografia:
Born in Shoreham, England and raised in Australia, Naomi Watts has been working actively in the film industry for 15 years. After she moved to Hollywood, she worked regularly, acting in small roles in film projects she was less than enthusiastic about. Finally, her big break came when she was contacted to audition for a coveted spot in David Lynch's Mulholland Dr. (2001). Her star-turning performance in the dual role of Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn has garnered an array of critic's awards and the attention of some major players in Hollywood and beyond. Watts is now enjoying greater choice of film roles and played (with great success)the lead in Gore Verbinski's remake of the Japanese horror classic The Ring (2002). She also starred opposite Kate Hudson in Merchant/Ivory's adaptation of the Diane Johnson novel Divorce, Le (2003). Subsequently, Watts' creative acting abilities have continued to grow and deepen. She has been cast in an array of films with only the best directors and actors and continues to stun critics and amaze filmgoers with her versatility and range.

Trivia random: When her cell phone sounds, it plays Pink Floyd's "Money".
Citazione random: "The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up." - on why not having an Oscar yet doesn't faze her.
Salario massimo: $5,000,000, per King Kong (2005)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Hostel (2005)

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Regista: Eli Roth
Scrittore: Eli Roth
Genere: Horror, Thriller, Horror
Valutazione: 5.7/10 (48023 voti)
Durata: 94 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English, Czech, German, Dutch, Slovak, Japanese, Icelandic, Russian, Spanish

Cast:

• Jay Hernandez .... Paxton
• Derek Richardson .... Josh
• Eythor Gudjonsson .... Oli
• Barbara Nedeljakova .... Natalya
• Jan Vlasák .... The Dutch Businessman
• Jana Kaderabkova .... Svetlana
• Jennifer Lim .... Kana
• Keiko Seiko .... Yuki
• Lubomir Bukovy .... Alex
• Jana Havlickova .... Vala

Trama:
3 backpackers are in Amsterdam where they get locked out of their youth hostel. They are invited into a man's house where he tells them of a hostel somewhere in eastern Europe where the women are all incredibly hot and have a taste for American men. When they get there, everything is too good to be true - the hostel is "to die for"

Trivia random: SPOILER: The scene which used the cutting of one character's Achilles' tendon used the same prop that was used for an alternate version of the Achilles' tendon cutting scene in the hospital in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003).
Citazione random: Oli: Djöfulsins.::Paxton: What was that?

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Funny Games U.S. (2007)

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Regista: Michael Haneke
Scrittore: Michael Haneke
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime
Valutazione: 6.5/10 (7615 voti)
Durata: 111 min
Paese: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Naomi Watts .... Ann
• Tim Roth .... George
• Michael Pitt .... Paul
• Brady Corbet .... Peter
• Devon Gearhart .... Georgie
• Boyd Gaines .... Fred
• Siobhan Fallon .... Betsy (as Siobhan Fallon Hogan)
• Robert LuPone .... Robert
• Susanne C. Hanke .... Betsy's Sister-in-Law
• Linda Moran .... Eve

Trama:
In this English-language remake of a deconstruction in the way violence is portrayed in the media, a family settles into its vacation home, which happens to be the next stop for a pair of young, articulate, white-gloved serial killers on an excursion through the neighborhood.

Trivia random: The film is a shot-by-shot remake of the original.
Citazione random: Paul: You must admit, you brought this on yourself.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.