inside man

Tutti i film di Spike Lee dovrebbero concludersi con una partita di basket. E' il pubblico a chiederlo...

Quattro rapinatori si asserragliano all'interno di una filiale new yorkese di una grossa banca, prendendo in ostaggio dipendenti e clienti. Sono in gamba e determinati, e la polizia non sa che pesci prendere; da un lato il negoziatore Denzel Washington cerca di trattare, dall'altro ci si prepara ad una irruzione delle teste di cuoio.
Il tempo passa, e ben presto ci capisce che forse i rapinatori non sono lì solo per svaligiare la banca; le storie e le trame dei personaggi, ad ogni livello della scala sociale, iniziano ad intrecciarsi e ad assomigliarsi sempre più.

Inside Man ha un certo numero di pregi: la regia è ben fatta, alcune trovate sono simpatiche, le musiche ottime e tutto sommato il messaggio che voleva comunicare viene spiegato chiaramente.
Non sono neanche pochi i difetti: oltre due ore di stallo sono difficili da sostenere, e certamente non erano necessarie. Molte situazioni poi sono oltre il limite del credibile, e si ha la sensazione che ci si sia sbattuti molto poco per rifinire il prodotto sotto tutti i suoi aspetti; se il contenuto può essere sufficiente, lo stesso non può dirsi della forma con cui è stato espresso, ed in un film non è un difetto da poco.

Voto: 6, ma da Spike speravo molto di più.

PS: Spike Lee è in piena turf war con 50 Cent, accusandolo di dare un esempio negativo (come se fosse colpa sua, se è bulletproof) e di fomentare la violenza nei ghetti. Lo accusa perfino d'essere dietro all'omicidio di una guardia del corpo di Busta Rhymes. L'interessato risponde che Spike fa film del cazzo (i suoi film e videogiochi, invece...)
La subcultura gangsta mi fa sempre spanciare dalle risate... yo bro, respect!

Rhymes, Busta

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Nome di battesimo: Jr., Trevor Smith
Data di nascita: 20 May 1972
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Busta Rhymes: Everything Remains Raw (2004) (V) .... [attore]
• Def Jam Fight for NY (2004) (VG) .... Magic (voice) [attore]
• Full Clip (2004) .... Pope [attore]
• Strong Arm Steady (2004) (V) .... [attore]
• Death of a Dynasty (2003) .... [attore]
• Dude... We're Going to Rio (2003) (V) .... [attore]
• The Neptunes Present: Dude We're Going to Rio! (2003) (V) .... Rhymes [attore]
• Halloween: Resurrection (2002) .... Freddie Harris [attore]
• Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 (2002) (V) .... (video "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See") [regista]
• Narc (2002) .... Darnell 'Big D Love' Beery [attore]

Trivia random: Arrested and charged with criminal possession after police found a loaded, unregistered pistol in his car. The police also found a small bag of marijuana on Gerald Odom, Rhymes' manager, who was riding in the car at the time. Odom was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and criminal possession of a weapon. [27 December 1998]

Cent, 50

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Nome di battesimo: III, Curtis James Jackson
Data di nascita: 6 July 1975
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Home of the Brave (2007) .... [attore]
• 50 Cent: Bulletproof (2005) (VG) .... 50 Cent (voice) (as Curtis Jackson) [attore]
• 50 Cent: The Massacre - Special Edition (2005) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• BBQ Pool Party (2005) (TV) .... Himself [attore]
• The Game: Documentary (2005) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) .... Marcus (as Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson) [attore]
• Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) .... (singer: "Unconditionally") (as G-Unit) [misc]
• 50 Cent: The New Breed (2003) (V) .... (co-executive producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Born in South Jamaica, Queens, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has lived in New York City all his life. Raised by his grandparents after his father ran out and his mother was shot when he was only eight. Growing up, the Queens rapper originally wanted to be a heavyweight boxer, but eventually fell back on rapping. DJs had taken it upon themselves to release two Best of 50 Cent mix CDs, before he had even signed to a major label. 50 Cent hit the scene with "How To Rob An Industry Nigga" and he's been on a rampage ever since dealing with bootleggers, label back stabbing and other platinum selling artists trying to get at him physically. In 1999 his album Power of the Dollar, was heavily bootlegged and Trackmasters/Columbia never released it. Supposedly, Trackmasters weren't comfortable with him being caught up in the streets and getting shot three days before filming the video for "Thug Love," (with Destiny's Child) -- his first single. 50 was shot nine times that night, two shots hitting him in the head, the bullet that struck his face he carries as a reminder of what happened. That event led to the fall out with Columbia and negotiating his release from their grasps. He still showed love and rhymed over a Trackmasters produced remix of "I'm Gonna Be Alright" on J-Lo's latest album, but rivals at Murder Inc. had 50 cut from the track which could have launched the rapper. This all changed in one night when Eminem said on a radio show that "50 Cent is definitely my favorite rapper right now, he's the only one keeping it real." The very next day a bidding war started on 50, ending when 50 signed to Eminem's very own label Shady/Aftermath. 50 Cent's fame has exploded, being produced by Dr. Dre and Eminem and finally making his debut album "Get rich or Die Tryin'." 50 has full access and advantage of the streets through mix-tapes; that's his forum because he controls it. 50 Cent is the most anticipated artist of 2003. It's well deserved because he's "been patiently waiting."

Trivia random: Album "The Massacre" was originally titled "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" and set for a February 15 release date, but due to halted production of CD, it was set back to March 8th.
Citazione random: "The only thing that I'm scared of is not livin' up to the expectations of Dr. Dre and Eminem."

Washington, Denzel

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Nome di battesimo: Jr., Denzel Washington
Data di nascita: 28 December 1954
Altezza: 6' 0½" (1.84 m)
Coniuge: Pauletta Washington::(25 June 1983 - present) 4 children

Ultimi lavori:

• American Gangster (2007) .... (attached) [attore]
• Deja Vu (2006) .... Doug Carlin [attore]
• The Great Debaters (2006) .... [regista]
• Inside Man (2006) .... Detective Keith Frazier [attore]
• Steinbeck's Point of View (2006) .... Tom Bailey [attore]
• Untitled Sammy Davis Jr. Project (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Man on Fire (2004) .... Creasy [attore]
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004) .... Ben Marco [attore]
• Out of Time (2003/I) .... Matthias Lee Whitlock [attore]
• Antwone Fisher (2002) .... (producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Tall, strikingly handsome leading man of films and television in the 1980s and 1990s, Denzel Washington was born in 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York. He was the middle child of the 3 children of a Pentecostal minister father and a beautician mother. After graduating from high school, Denzel enrolled at Fordham University intent on a career in journalism. However, he caught the acting bug while appearing in student drama productions and upon graduation he moved to San Francisco and enrolled at the American Conservatory Theater. He left A.C.T. after only 1 year to seek work as an actor. With his acting versatility and powerful sexual presence, he had no difficulty finding work in numerous television productions. He made his first big screen appearance in Carbon Copy (1981) with George Segal. Through the 1980s he worked in both movies and television and was chosen for the plum role of Dr. Chandler in NBC's hit medical series "St. Elsewhere" (1982), a role that he would play for 6 years. In 1989 he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Tripp, the runaway slave in Edward Zwick's powerful historical masterpiece Glory (1989).Through the 1990s Denzel co-starred in such big budget productions as The Pelican Brief (1993); Philadelphia (1993); Crimson Tide (1995); The Preacher's Wife (1996); and Courage Under Fire (1996) - a role for which he was paid $10 million. He lives quietly in Los Angeles with his wife Pauletta and their 4 children. Cerebral and meticulous in his film work, he made his debut as a director in 2002 with Antwone Fisher (2002).

Trivia random: His father was a Pentecostal minister; his mother a beautician and former gospel singer. They divorced when he was 14.
Citazione random: "I remain thankful for the gifts that I've been given and I try to use them in a good way, in a positive way."

Lee, Spike

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Nome di battesimo: Lee, Shelton Jackson
Data di nascita: 20 March 1957
Altezza: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Coniuge: Tonya Lewis Lee::(2 October 1993 - present) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• The Goal (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Inside Man (2006) .... [regista]
• Shark (2006) (TV) .... [regista]
• When the Levees Broke (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• ""Miracle's Boys"" (2005) (mini) .... (episodes 1 and 6) [regista]
• All the Invisible Children (2005) .... [scrittore]
• Birth of a Nation: The Making of 'School Daze' (2005) (V) .... (special thanks) [misc]
• Dream Street (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Jesus Children of America (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Secuestro (2005/I) (TV) .... (special thanks) [misc]

Biografia:
Spike Lee was born Shelton Lee in 1957, in Atlanta Georgia. At a very young age he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from a proud and intelligent background. His father was a jazz musician, and his mother a school teacher. His mother dubbed him Spike, due to his tough nature. He attended school in Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he developed his film making skills. After graduating from Morehouse, to go to the Tisch School of arts graduate film program. He made a controversial short, The Answer (1980), a reworking of D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) - a ten minute film. Lee went on to produce a 45 minute film Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), which won a student academy award. However success did not mean money, and Lee's next film, 'The Messenger', in 1984, was somewhat biographical.In 1986 Spike Lee made the film, She's Gotta Have It (1986), a comedy about sexual relationships. The movie was made for 175,000 dollars, and made seven million. Since then Lee has become a well-known, intelligent, and talented film maker. His next movie was School Daze (1988), which was set in a historically black school, and focused mostly on the conflict between the school and the Fraternities, of which he was a strong critic, portraying them as materialistic, irresponsible and uncaring. With School Daze in profit, Lee went on to do his landmark film, Do the Right Thing (1989), a movie specifically about his own town in Brooklyn, New York. The movie portrayed a neighborhood (Bed-Stuy, to be exact) on a very hot day, and the racial tensions that emerge. The movie garnered an Oscar nomination, for Danny Aiello, for supporting actor. It also sparked a debate on racial relations, and exactly where Lee was taking the film.Lee went on to produce the jazz biopic Mo' Better Blues (1990), which is often considered heavy handed, but still good, and did not seem to be as controversial as his previous efforts, but showed his talent for directing and acting, and was the first of many Spike Lee films to feature Denzel Washington. His next film, Jungle Fever (1991), was about interracial dating. Lee's handling of the subject proved yet again highly controversial although it did not quite arouse the debate that similar earlier films did, such as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). Lee's next film was the self-titled biography of Malcolm X (1992), which had Denzel Washington portraying the civil rights leader. The movie was a success, and resulted in an Oscar nomination for Washington.His next films were the comparatively light, Crooklyn (1994), and the intense crime drama, Clockers (1995). In 1996, Lee directed two movies: the badly-received comedy, Girl 6 (1996), and the politically pointed, Get on the Bus (1996), about a group of men going to the Million Man March. His next film, He Got Game (1998), proved to be another excursion into the collegiate world as he shows the darker side of recruiting college athletes. The movie, in limited release, yet again featured Denzel Washington. It was well received and well liked, if for nothing else than the fine quality of acting and directing the film showed its audience.Bamboozled (2000), proved so over the top and too much for Hollywood. The movie made a near mockery out of television and the way African-Americans are perceived by white America, and the way African-Americans perceive themselves. The movie, however, was a resounding critical success.Lee also has produced films like New Jersey Drive (1995), Tales from the Hood (1995), and Drop Squad (1994). He also has produced and or directed movies about Huey P. Newton, Jim Brown and has commented in many documentaries about varied subjects.His personal life has become somewhat well known, too. He had a relationship with Halle Berry, and started a family with Tonya Lewis Lee, with whom he has two children. Lee is also known to have an obsessive love of the New York Knicks.With pointed political messages, insightful, different and intelligent films, Spike Lee has become a well known political presence. He looks likely to have further success in the film business.

Trivia random: Between the making of his award-winning student short, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), and his debut feature, She's Gotta Have It (1986), Lee attempted to make a featured called "Messenger". Over $100,000 was raised, but the film never materialized.
Citazione random: "For me, a large part of Jungle Fever (1991) is about sexual mythology: the mythology of a white woman being on a pedestal, the universal standard of beauty, and the mythology about the black man as sexual stud with a ten-foot dick. Buying into the mythology is not a strong foundation for a relationship."

Inside Man (2006)

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Regista: Spike Lee
Scrittore: Russell Gewirtz
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.5/10 (7343 voti)
Durata: 129 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Denzel Washington .... Detective Keith Frazier
• Clive Owen .... Dalton Russell
• Jodie Foster .... Madeline White
• Christopher Plummer .... Arthur Case
• Willem Dafoe .... Captain John Darius
• Chiwetel Ejiofor .... Detective Bill Mitchell
• Carlos Andrés Gómez .... Steve
• Kim Director .... Stevie
• James Ransone .... Steve-O
• Bernie Rachelle .... Chaim (as Bernard Rachelle)

Trama:
"Inside Man" is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches withs with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen). As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, who injects even more instability into an already volatile situation.

Trivia random: This marks the fourth collaboration of Spike Lee and Denzel Washington.

WORST MOVIE EVER!!!

Destino beffardo: l'umanità si attrezza per sopravvivere ad una guerra termonucleare, all'impatto di un meteorite, al secondo avvento e al ritorno del vaiolo e poi - inaspettata - ti piomba tra capo e collo Melissa P..

Sapevamo che sta arrivando a noleggio. Credevamo di conoscere cosa ci aspettava, grazie ai servizi di Studio Aperto. "In fondo" - ci si diceva con quel misto di isterica spavalderia e angoscia che ti coglie prima delle grandi battaglie - "siamo sopravvissuti a Le età di Lulù, Guardami e Baise-moi". Pensavamo di essere pronti, ma non lo eravamo.

La quindicenne Melissa se ne va a zonzo per la Sicilia con la sua amica chiatta quando tutto d'un botto le vengono delle voglie che (giustamente) non si fa scrupolo di togliersi e - stupore! primo caso documentato nella storia! - scopre che in fondo in fondo la cosa le piace...
Dopo un ehhh... uhhh... "consesso orale" con un bel giovine che non è che l'avesse costretta, stabilisce che non si farà più sfruttare dai maschietti ma anzi sarà lei a dominarli. Inizia quindi una serie di avventure più noiose che estreme che la gentil pulzella avrà l'accortezza di riportare fedelmente con tanto di supporti audiovisivi nel proprio diario, che ovviamente viene lasciato a disposizione dei compagni di classe e pure di mammà.
A ristabilire (?) l'equilibrio mentale della cinnozza sarà il rapporto con la nonna, che a colpi di spazzolate le svela che in gioventù aveva un hobby analogo.

Disconosciuto dall'autrice del libro (parole grosse) per la redenzione finale e prodotto da Francesca Neri e Claudio Amendola (qui insieme per soldi, e credo gli sia andata parecchio male), il film risulterebbe noioso se non fosse oltremodo ridicolo. Erotico ed espicito quanto la tipica pubblicità dei cereali, si fa apprezzare anche per la vigliaccheria di regista e sceneggiatori.

Voto: 1. Trashometro^® 10/10:

Baise-moi (2000)

Baise-moi - Scopami

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Regista: Virginie Despentes, Coralie
Scrittore: Coralie, Virginie Despentes
Genere: Adult, Drama, Thriller
Valutazione: 4.6/10 (4270 voti)
Durata: 77 min
Paese: France
Lingua: French

Cast:

• Karen Lancaume .... Nadine (as Karen Bach)
• Raffaëla Anderson .... Manu
• Céline Beugnot .... Blonde at Billiards
• Adama Niane .... Boy at Billiards
• Christophe Claudy Landry .... Guy at Counter
• Tewfik Saad .... Server
• Delphine MacCarty .... Severine (as Delphine McCarty)
• Ouassini Embarek .... Radouan
• Patrick Kodjo Topou .... Big Thug (as Patrick-Kodjo Topou)
• Lisa Marshall .... Karla

Trama:
Based on the novel by Virginie Despentes of the same title. Manu and Nadine lose their last tenuous relationship with main-stream society when Manu gets raped and Nadine sees her only friend being shot. After a chance encounter, they embark on an explosive journey of sex and murder. Perhaps as a revenge against men, perhaps as a revolt against bourgeois society, but certainly in a negation - almost joyful in its senseless violence - of all the codes of a society which has excluded, raped and humiliated them. Controversial for its violence and real sex scenes: a vividly nihilist road movie set in France.

Trivia random: In Canada the movie went before the Ontario review board and was originally banned because it was too pornographic. The film was then re-submited to the review board under a pornographic license but it was refused because there was too much violence. But the film had received the right to be shown at the Toronto film festival and was available in the provinces of British-Columbia and Québec. Finally on 8 March 2001 the review board gave the movie an 18A license.

Amendola, Claudio

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Data di nascita: 12 February 1963

Ultimi lavori:

• ""48 ore"" (2006) .... Diego Montagna [attore]
• ""Serrano, I"" (2005) .... [attore]
• La Caccia (2005) (TV) .... Pietro [attore]
• Cefalonia (2005) (TV) .... Mikis [attore]
• Melissa P. (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Il Ritorno del Monnezza (2005) .... Rocky Giraldi [attore]
• Caterina va in città (2003) .... Manlio Germano [attore]
• Ho visto le stelle (2003) .... Renato [attore]
• Marcinelle (2003) (TV) .... Antonino [attore]
• ""Napoléon"" (2002) (mini) .... Maréchal Joachim Murat [attore]

Trivia random: One son, Rocco, with Francesca Neri

Guardami (1999)

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Regista: Davide Ferrario
Scrittore: Davide Ferrario
Genere: Biography, Drama
Valutazione: 5.8/10 (84 voti)
Durata: 95 min
Paese: Italy
Lingua: Italian

Cast:

• Elisabetta Cavallotti .... Nina
• Stefania Orsola Garello .... Cristiana
• Flavio Insinna .... Flavio
• Gianluca Gobbi .... Dario
• Claudio Spadaro .... Baroni
• Luis Molteni .... Max Bernabei
• Augusto Zucchi .... Il produttore
• Antonio Luigi Grimaldi .... Joe, the director
• Luigi Diberti .... Castellani
• Angelica Ippolito .... Nina's mother

Trivia random: Based on the life of porn star Moana Pozzi.

Neri, Francesca

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Data di nascita: 10 February 1964

Ultimi lavori:

• Melissa P. (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• La Signora delle camelie (2005) (TV) .... [attrice]
• Il Siero della vanità (2004) .... Sonia Norton [attrice]
• La Felicità non costa niente (2003) .... Sara [attrice]
• Per sempre (2003) .... Sara [attrice]
• Collateral Damage (2002) .... Selena Perrini [attrice]
• Ginostra (2002) .... Elena Gigli [attrice]
• Hannibal (2001) .... Allegra Pazzi [attrice]
• Io amo Andrea (2000) .... Andrea [attrice]
• Il Dolce rumore della vita (1999) .... Sofia [attrice]

Trivia random: Daughter of Rosalba Neri.

Edades de Lulú, Las (1990)

Età di Lulù, Le

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Regista: Bigas Luna
Scrittore: Almudena Grandes, Bigas Luna
Genere: Drama
Valutazione: 6.1/10 (395 voti)
Durata: 95 min
Paese: Spain
Lingua: Spanish

Cast:

• Francesca Neri .... Lulú
• Óscar Ladoire .... Pablo (as Oscar Ladoire)
• María Barranco .... Ely
• Fernando Guillén Cuervo .... Marcelo
• Rosana Pastor .... Chelo
• Javier Bardem .... Jimmy
• Juan Graell .... Remy
• Rodrigo Valverde .... Pablito
• Pilar Bardem .... Encarna
• Marta May .... Madre de Lulú

Trama:

Melissa P. (2005)

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Regista: Luca Guadagnino
Scrittore: Barbara Alberti, Cristiana Farina
Genere: Drama
Valutazione: 3.6/10 (91 voti)
Durata: 100 min
Paese: Italy, Spain, USA
Lingua: Italian

Cast:

• Carlo Antonelli .... Prof. Italiano
• Maria Teresa Bagardo .... Signora Adele
• Pier Giorgio Bellocchio .... Istruttore di nuoto
• Giulio Berruti .... Roberto
• Vania Cadura .... Vecchina
• Geraldine Chaplin .... Nonna Elvira
• Letizia Ciampa .... Manuela
• Elio Germano .... Arnaldo
• Francesca Madaro .... Livia
• Marcello Mazzarella .... Chiunque

Trama:

compleanno geek

Oggi è il secondo compleanno di IMDbPY!
Me lo ricordo, io, quando zampettava gattoni sul mio hard disk ed era grande appena 200 Kb - 1700 righe di codice - e sapeva solo tirar giù qualche informazione sui film! Ed oggi guardatelo: quasi un megabyte e oltre 11000 righe, la versione sul CVS!!!

Ah, come crescono... son soddisfazioni...

Ho già il titolo del prossimo post: WORST MOVIE EVER!!!

gli intoccabili

Poche pellicole mi riconciliano col cinema quanto Gli Intoccabili; è un film che adoro per regia, interpreti, dialoghi, ritmo, sceneggiatura e musiche - di un certo Ennio Morricone.

Numerose come non mai le scene da storia del cinema: la mazza da baseball, l'assalto al confine canadese e l'interrogatorio, il processo, l'inseguimento sul tetto, la carrozzina e la scalinata della stazione... you're nothing but a lot of talk and a badge!

Superbo.
Mi chiedo tutte le volte come faccia un attore come Kevin Costner, che non è certo un mostro di bravura, a risultare così adatto ai ruoli che gli affidano i grandi registi, e ad essere così improponibile in praticamente tutti gli altri film (specie i propri, e specie se sul baseball o sport altrettanto stupido)

Voto: 10.

Tags: al-capone, proibizionismo, violenza, gangster, tommy-gun, processo.

Costner, Kevin

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Nome di battesimo: Costner, Kevin Michael
Data di nascita: 18 January 1955
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Coniuge: Christine Baumgartner::(25 September 2004 - present), Cindy Silva::(5 March 1978 - 12 December 1994) (divorced) 3 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Mr. Brooks (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Guardian (2006) .... Ben Randall [attore]
• The Tortilla Curtain (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Rumor Has It... (2005) .... Beau Burroughs [attore]
• The Upside of Anger (2005) .... Denny Davies [attore]
• Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (2003) (V) .... (special thanks) [misc]
• Open Range (2003) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Dragonfly (2002) .... Joe Darrow [attore]
• 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) .... Thomas J. Murphy [attore]
• Thirteen Days (2000) .... (producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Kevin was born in Lynwood, California on January 18, 1955, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle brother died at birth in 1953. His Dad's job required him to move regularly, which caused Kevin to feel like an Army kid, always the new kid at school, which led to him being a daydreamer. As a teen, he sang in the Baptist church choir, wrote poetry, and took writing classes. At 18, he built his own canoe and paddled his way down the rivers that Lewis & Clark followed to the Pacific. Despite his present height, he was only 5'2" when he graduated high school. Nonetheless, he still managed to be a basketball, football, and baseball star. In 1973, he enrolled at California State University at Fullerton, where he majored in business. During that period, Kevin decided to take acting lessons five nights a week. He graduated with a business degree in 1978 and married his college sweetheart, Cindy Silva. He initially took a marketing job in Orange County. Everything changed when he accidentally met Richard Burton on a flight from Mexico. Burton advised him to go completely after acting if that is what he wanted. He quit his job and moved to Hollywood soon after. He drove a truck, worked on a deep sea fishing boat, and gave bus tours to stars' homes before finally making his own way into the films. After making one soft core sex film, he vowed to not work again if that was the only work he could do. He didn't work for nearly six years, while he waited for a proper break. That break came with The Big Chill (1983), even though his scenes ended up on the cutting room floor -- he was remembered by director Lawrence Kasdan when he decided to make Silverado (1985). Costner's career took off after that.

Trivia random: Announced players who had been selected to Major League Baseball's All Century Team at the 1999 All Star game at Fenway Park in Boston.
Citazione random: "Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments."

Untouchables, The (1987)

The Untouchables - gli intoccabili

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Regista: Brian De Palma
Scrittore: David Mamet
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.9/10 (39141 voti)
Durata: 119 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Kevin Costner .... Eliot Ness
• Sean Connery .... Jim Malone
• Charles Martin Smith .... Agent Oscar Wallace
• Andy Garcia .... Agent George Stone/Giuseppe Petri
• Robert De Niro .... Al Capone
• Richard Bradford .... Police Chief Mike Dorsett
• Jack Kehoe .... Walter Payne
• Brad Sullivan .... George
• Billy Drago .... Frank Nitti
• Patricia Clarkson .... Catherine Ness

Trama:
A depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago . . . and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. Stars Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first.

Trivia random: Though the Patron Saints of Policemen are Michael The Archangel and Saint Sebastian, Irish cops often carried medals of Saint Jude, the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes.

Morricone, Ennio

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Data di nascita: 10 November 1928
Coniuge: Maria Travia::(13 October 1956 - present) 4 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Il Cuore nel pozzo (2005) (TV) .... (conductor) [misc]
• Malèna (2000) .... (conductor) (orchestrator) [misc]
• Mission to Mars (2000) .... (conductor) (orchestrator) [misc]
• Lucignolo (1999) .... (composer: additional music) [misc]
• Ultimo 2 - La sfida (1999) (TV) .... (conductor) [misc]
• Bulworth (1998) .... (conductor) (orchestrator) [misc]
• Il Fantasma dell'opera (1998) .... (conductor) (orchestrator) [misc]
• La Leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998) .... (conductor) (orchestrator) [misc]
• The Odd Couple II (1998) .... (musician: "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly") [misc]
• Lolita (1997) .... (conductor) (orchestrator) [misc]

Biografia:
A classmate of director Sergio Leone with whom he would form one of the great director/composer partnerships (right up there with Eisenstein & Prokofiev, Hitchcock & Herrmann, Fellini & Rota), Ennio Morricone studied at Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he specialised in trumpet. His first film scores were relatively undistinguished, but he was hired by Leone for Per un pugno di dollari (1964) on the strength of some of his song arrangements. His score for that film, with its sparse arrangements, unorthodox instrumentation (bells, electric guitars, harmonicas, the distinctive twang of the jew's harp) and memorable tunes, revolutionised the way music would be used in Westerns, and it is hard to think of a post-Morricone Western score that doesn't in some way reflect his influence. Although his name will always be synonymous with the spaghetti Western, Morricone has also contributed to a huge range of other film genres: comedies, dramas, thrillers, horror films, romances, art movies, exploitation movies -making him one of the film world's most versatile artists. He has written nearly 400 film scores, so a brief summary is impossible, but his most memorable work includes the Leone films, Gillo Pontecorvos _Battaglia di Algeri, La (1965)_ , Roland Joffé's The Mission (1986), Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) and Giuseppe Tornatore's _Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)_ , plus a rare example of sung opening credits for Pier Paolo Pasolini's Uccellacci e uccellini (1966). It must be stressed that he is *not* behind the work of the entirely separate composers Bruno Nicolai and Nicola Piovani despite allegations made by more than one supposedly reputable film guide!

Trivia random: Father of Andrea Morricone.

serenity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fillion, Nathan

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

Ultimi lavori:

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

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

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

Star Wars (1977)

Guerre stellari

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

Cast:

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

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

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

Uno Dei Baldwin

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La ricerca ha prodotto più di un risultato.

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

Serenity (2005)

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

Cast:

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

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

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

Whedon, Joss

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

Ultimi lavori:

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

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

"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)

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

Cast:

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

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

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

"Firefly" (2002/I)

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

Cast:

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

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

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

Baldwin, Adam

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

Ultimi lavori:

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

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

doom!

Credo (temo) di aver visto quasi tutti i film tratti da videogiochi; chiaro che non potevo lasciarmi sfuggire Doom!

Il massimo complimento che posso fargli è di non essere una pestilenza come Alone in the Dark; purtroppo i suoi meriti finiscono qui.
La parte di costruzione della trama, è - come previsto - ridotta all'essenziale; quando poi si passa all'azione, si resta delusi pure lì: poco roba e mal girata.

Quando ricordo che i primi due Doom avevano una trama la gente di solito si mette a ridere. A ragion veduta. Comunque sia un lungo file di testo con la sbrodolata sulla base militare su Phobos e l'apertura del portale dimensionale c'era davvero; qui tutto viene aggiornato miscelando ingegneria genetica, megacorporazioni e jibba jabba vario.

In generale il marchio di Doom viene molto poco sfruttato; i veri protagonisti sono The Rock - qui un po' meno Eroe Della Gente^® del solito - e i mostri ispirati al terzo capitolo della serie. Cavoli, io volevo dei bei bitmapponi gialli e rossi!
C'è una breve sezione girata in prima persona, ma è fatta piuttosto male e ricorda più House of the Dead che Doom; c'è anche la BFG, ma viene sfruttata poco. In compenso ci sono una marea di primi piani per esaltare le capacità attoriali del cast ed in particolare di The Rock, che qui sfoggia l'espressione con il mitra alzato, l'espressione con il mitra abbassato e - non ci crederete - pure tutti i frame intermedi! Quando uno è bravo...

Visto i titoli in lavorazione, temo si dovrà aspettare ancora un bel po' prima di avere un film decente tratto da un videogioco (Hideo ti prego: dirigi il film di Metal Gear Solid... magari scrivendo la sceneggiatura a quattro mani con David Hayter!)

Voto: 4. Trashometro^® 3/10:

Kojima, Hideo

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Data di nascita: 24 August 1963
Coniuge: ?::(? - present) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2007) (VG) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Metal Gear Ac!d² (2005) (VG) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005) (VG) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Metal Gear Ac!d (2004) (VG) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) (VG) .... (producer: / real time demo) [produttore]
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004) (VG) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Zoku bokura no taiyô: Taiyô shônen Django (2004) (VG) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Anubis: Zone of the Enders (2003) (VG) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Azumi (2003) .... Bandit (uncredited) [attore]
• Bokura no taiyô (2003) (VG) .... (producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Hideo Kojima was born August 24th, 1963 in Setagaya, Toyko, later moving to Kobe and growing up there. His love of Americana gave him his major two interests of writing and creating film, which are the causes of why he is so well known today. During the mid 1980's, his interests pushed him to pursue looking for a career in film making, but a chance discovery of Nintendo's Entertainment System gave him an interest in videogames. Searching for a job at one of the many games companies in Japan, he ended up being hired by Konami Entertainment and shunted to work on the MSX home computer department. While this may have been a blow for the willing game planner, he took the opportunity to create a handful of games for the MSX such as Metal Gear (1987) (VG) and _Snatcher (1993)_ . During the early 1990's Kojima worked on various games which have become instant classics such as various other versions of Snatcher, and Policenauts for the PC, 3D0, Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation, along with some various other work with two Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series games in 1997 and 1998. However he had some plans for another sequal to Metal Gear which he had been quietly working away on with a few others since working on Policenauts. First shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), _Metal Gear Solid (1998/I) (VG)_ looked to being a major hit with many people. With each subsequent showing of the game due for release on PlayStation during 1998 caused more interest. To date Metal Gear Solid has sold over 5.5 Million copies and Kojima is widly recognised as a videogaming god, more so than the few who ever saw his previous work. Kojima himself is a very humble man, never letting his work effect his public attitude. He works long hours to strive for his goals, and always takes the time to talk to the press, sign autographs, or stay for an entire gaming show. He is always interested in the views his fans have of his work, and believes in anyone being able to create their dreams. With _Zone of the Enders (2001) (VG)_ and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) (VG), one of the most anticipated games ever, the world looks set to see more of Hideo's dreams come to life.

Trivia random: Approached by the Watchowski Brothers to work in the production team of "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions"
Citazione random: "I thought it was very faithful to the Metal Gear concept. I enjoyed it." - about Snake's Revenge (1990) (VG), the "unofficial" Metal Gear game

House of the Dead (1998) (VG)

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Genere: Action, Animation, Adventure, Horror
Paese: Japan, Canada
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Lynn Harris .... Sophie (voice)

Trama:

Doom (2005)

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Regista: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Scrittore: Dave Callaham, Wesley Strick
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 5.2/10 (11036 voti)
Durata: 100 min
Paese: USA, CzechRepublic
Lingua: English, Japanese

Cast:

• Karl Urban .... John Grimm
• The Rock .... Sarge
• Rosamund Pike .... Samantha Grimm
• Dexter Fletcher .... Pinky
• Ben Daniels .... Goat
• Al Weaver .... The Kid
• Richard Brake .... Corporal Dean Portman
• Yao Chin .... Mac
• Razaaq Adoti .... Duke (as Raz Adoti)
• Deobia Oparei .... Destroyer (as DeObia Oparei)

Trama:
Something has gone wrong at a remote scientific research station on Mars. All research has ceased. Communication has failed. And the messages that do get through are less than comforting. It's a level 5 quarantine and the only souls allowed in or out are the Rapid Response Tactical Squad - hardened Marines armed to the teeth with enough firepower to neutralize the enemy...or so they think.

Trivia random: Certain characters in the movie, such as Dr. Carmack and the Dr. Willits are named for members of id Software (John Carmack and Tim Willits, respectively), developers of the series of games the movie is loosely based on.

Hayter, David

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Nome di battesimo: Hayter, David Bryan
Data di nascita: 6 February 1969

Ultimi lavori:

• Iron Man (2007) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2007) (VG) .... Solid Snake (voice) (in talks) [attore]
• The Black Widow (2006) .... [scrittore]
• Watchmen (2006) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005) (VG) .... Naked Snake/Big Boss [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]

Trivia random: Wrote a 324 page screenplay addaptation to the graphic novel "Watchmen" by Allan Moore and David Gibbons which has been hailed as one of the most accurate translations of comics to films ever written.

Alone in the Dark (2005)

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Regista: Uwe Boll
Scrittore: Elan Mastai, Michael Roesch
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Valutazione: 2.2/10 (7613 voti)
Durata: USA:96 min
Paese: Canada, Germany, USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Christian Slater .... Edward Carnby
• Tara Reid .... Aline Cedrac
• Stephen Dorff .... Cmdr. Richard Burke
• Frank C. Turner .... Sam Fischer
• Matthew Walker .... Prof. Lionel Hudgens
• Will Sanderson .... Agent Miles
• Mark Acheson .... Captain Chernick (as Mark Atcheson)
• Darren Shahlavi .... John
• Karin Konoval .... Sister Clara
• Craig Bruhnanski .... 80's Sheriff (as Craig Brunanski)

Trama:
Investigating a supernatural force, Edward Carnby (Christian Slater) finds himself on the toughest case of his career. With an archaeologist (Tara Reid) helping him to trace his findings back through time for centuries, the mystery only gets more complicated the further they delve into it.

Trivia random: Based on the video game series.

Rock, The (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Johnson, Dwayne Douglas
Data di nascita: 2 May 1972
Altezza: 6' 4½" (1.94 m)
Coniuge: Dany Johnson::(3 May 1997 - present) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• Daddy's Little Girl (2007/I) .... (attached) [attore]
• Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run (2007) .... Alec Decker [attore]
• Gridiron Gang (2006) .... Sean Porter [attore]
• Johnny Bravo (2006) .... Johnny Bravo [attore]
• Reno 911!: Miami (2006) .... Cameo [attore]
• Southland Tales (2006) .... Boxer Santaros/Jericho Kane [attore]
• Be Cool (2005) .... Elliot Wilhelm [attore]
• Doom (2005) .... Sarge [attore]
• Walking Tall (2004) .... Chris Vaughn [attore]
• The Rundown (2003) .... Beck [attore]

Biografia:
Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born in Hayward, California on May 2nd 1972 to Rocky Johnson and Ata Johnson. While growing up, Dwayne traveled around a lot with his parents and watched his father perform in the ring. During his high school years, Dwayne began playing football and he soon received a full scholarship from the University of Miami where he had tremendous success as a football player. In 1995, Dwayne suffered a back injury which cost him a place in the NFL. He then signed a 3 year deal with the Canadian League but left after a year to peruse a career in wrestling. He made his wrestling debut in the USWA under the name Flex Kavanah where he won the tag team championship with Bret Sawyer. In 1996, Dwayne joined the WWE and became Rocky Maivia where he joined a group known as "The Nation of Domination" and turned heel. Rocky eventually took over leadership of the "Nation" and began taking the persona of The Rock. After the "Nation" split, The Rock joined another elite group of wrestlers known as the "Corporation" and began a memorable feud with Steve Austin. Soon the Rock was kicked out of the "Corporation". He turned face and became known as "The Peoples Champion". In 2000, the Rock took time off from WWE to film his appearance in The Mummy Returns (2001). He returned in 2001 during the WCW/ECW invasion where he joined a team of WWE wrestlers at The Scorpion King (2002), a prequel to The Mummy Returns (2001). He is currently married to Dany Johnson (Garcia) and they have a daughter named Simone Alexandra, born in 2001.

Trivia random: A member of the elite group of wrestlers, such as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair to hold the WWF and WCW world titles on several different occasions.
Citazione random: It doesn't matter what you think.

lost

Uso improprio di congiunzioni: odio Lost e non smetterò di vederlo.
È fatto sicuramente bene, puntando tutto non tanto sulla sopravvivenza dei 40/50 precipitati sull'isola (non così) deserta, ma sullo scontro tra le diverse personalità e - soprattutto - sulla tonnellata di misteri e segreti che tutti si portano dietro.
Conosce tutti i trucchi per appassionare, non c'è dubbio, e non si fa grossi scrupoli ad usarli.
Eppure ho sempre trovato fastidioso questo modo di procedere, con l'abuso di cliffhanger e la ricerca continua di qualcosa che crei uno shock, ribaltando quella che fino a quel momento sembrava una verità acquisita.

Ma in fondo che mi frega? Per ora è fatto bene e dopo tre episodi lo schema ancora non ha avuto tempo di prendere a noia o di diventare davvero insopportabile. Continuerò a vederlo, non fosse altro per capire come facciano tutte quelle signorine a mantenersi ancora perfettamente truccate e depilate.

E poi secondo me il ciccione nasconde un abominevole segreto...

"Lost" (2004)

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Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Durata: 42 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: Spanish, English, Arabic, French, Korean, German

Cast:

• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje .... Mr. Eko (2005-)
• Naveen Andrews .... Sayid Jarrah (2004-)
• Emilie de Ravin .... Claire Littleton (2004-)
• Matthew Fox .... Dr. Jack Shephard (2004-)
• Jorge Garcia .... Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
• Maggie Grace .... Shannon Rutherford (2004-2005)
• Josh Holloway .... James "Sawyer" Ford (2004-)
• Malcolm David Kelley .... Walt Lloyd (2004-2005)
• Daniel Dae Kim .... Jin Kwon
• Yoon-jin Kim .... Sun Kwon (2004-) (as Yunjin Kim)

Trama:
A horrific plane crash leaves 48 passengers alive, and stranded on a remote island in the South Pacific. The survivors include doctor Jack, now freed prisoner Kate, one hit wonder rock star Charlie, Iraqi military vet Sayid, and a mysterious man named Locke. For a while their goal is simple survival, but they soon realize that it was far more than mere chance that brought them together, and each of them has a purpose that will help them unlock the island's secrets.

Trivia random: The book Sawyer reads is "Watership Down" by Richard Adams. It tells the tale of a group of lost rabbits searching for a new home.