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Anna Galvin
Anna Galvin (born 19 October 1969; also credited as Anna Glavan) is an Australian actress. She has appeared in several British, American, and Canadian productions. Her roles include Lex Luthor's assistant, Gina, in ''Smallville'', and Lavender Eyes in '' Tin Man''. She also played Maid Marian in the first season of the TV series '' The New Adventures of Robin Hood'' in 1997. Personal life Galvin was born 19 October 1969 in Melbourne, Australia, and trained at the Oxford School of Drama in England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ... after graduating from the University of Melbourne. Filmography References External links * Actresses from British Columbia Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Australian voice actresses Canadian fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Luthor
Alexander "Lex" Joseph Luthor () is a supervillain in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the character first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #23 (published on February 22, 1940, with a cover date of April that same year). He has since endured as the archenemy of Superman, embodying the hero's polar opposite in every way. While Superman represents hope and selflessness, Luthor personifies unchecked ambition and the supremacy of human intellect over the superhuman. Unlike many supervillains, Luthor is an ordinary human with no superpowers or secret identity. His true strength lies in his unparalleled intelligence, vast wealth, and influence over politics, science, and technology. A genius with an extraordinary aptitude for business and manipulation, he is also proud, calculating, pragmatic, and vengeful—driven by an insatiable thirst for control and devoid of ethical principles. Luthor does not envy superheroes for their abilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once And Again
''Once and Again'' is an American family drama television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999, to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick. One of the show's then-unique aspects was the "interview" sequences filmed in black and white and interspersed throughout each episode, where the characters would reveal their innermost thoughts and memories to the camera. Premise Lily Manning ( Sela Ward) is a suburban soccer mom in her forties, who lives in Deerfield, Illinois. Recently separated from her philandering husband Jake ( Jeffrey Nordling), Lily is raising her two daughters: insecure, anxiety-ridden 14-year-old Grace ( Julia Whelan) and precocious nine-year-old Zoe ( Meredith Deane). For support, she turns to her more free-spirited younger sister, Judy ( Marin Hinkle), with whom she works at their bookstore called My Sister's Bookstore (renamed Booklove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle XY
''Kyle XY'' is an American science fiction television series created by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber and produced by ABC Signature, ABC Studios. The central character is a teenage boy (Matt Dallas) who awakens naked in a forest outside Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, with amnesia and no navel, belly button. He is taken in by a family and given the name Kyle. The series follows Kyle as he tries to solve the puzzles of who he is and why he has no memory before that day. Although set in Seattle, the series was filmed in the Vancouver, British Columbia area. The series premiered June 26, 2006, on the Freeform (TV channel), ABC Family cable channel. Much of the original run also aired on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network. The series ran for three seasons, ending on March 16, 2009. The final episode featured several cliffhangers, which were eventually resolved in a special feature on the third season DVD. Cast and characters Main * Matt Dallas as Kyle Trage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice (2008 Film)
''Vice'' is a 2008 crime film directed and written by Raul Inglis, and starring Michael Madsen and Daryl Hannah. The film is dedicated to actor Chris Penn. Premise An undercover drug deal goes wrong and Max sees the other cops involved start dropping. While trying to investigate the murders, he deals with his own personal demons. Cast * Michael Madsen as Max Walker * Daryl Hannah as Salt * Mykelti Williamson as Sampson * Mark Boone Junior as Bugsby * Kurupt as T.J. Greene * John Cassini as Travalino * Chelah Horsdal as Woman In Elevator * Justine Warrington as Hooker Production Filming took place in Los Angeles, California, as well as Vancouver, British Columbia on a budget of just over $4 million. It was released in May 2008. Critical reception ''The New York Times'' said in its review, "Michael Madsen, best known as the sadistic Mr. Blonde in “Reservoir Dogs,” has appeared in his share of B movies, and “Vice” won’t catapult him to the A list. But the film, a mudd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Man (miniseries)
''Tin Man'' is a 2007 American television miniseries co-produced by RHI Entertainment and the Sci Fi Channel that was broadcast first in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel in three parts. Starring Zooey Deschanel, Neal McDonough, Alan Cumming, Raoul Trujillo, Kathleen Robertson, and Richard Dreyfuss, the miniseries is a reimagining of the classic 1900 novel ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum, with science fiction and additional fantasy elements added. It focuses on the adventures of a small-town waitress named DG who is pulled into a magical realm called the O.Z., ruled by the tyrannical sorceress Azkadellia. Together with her companions Glitch, Raw, and Cain, DG journeys to uncover her memories, find lost connections, and foil Azkadellia's plot to trap the O.Z. in eternal darkness. Costing $20 million to produce, the first part of the miniseries was the highest-rated program in its time slot, with 6.4 million viewers; the miniseries itself would be the high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right To Die (Masters Of Horror Episode)
"Right to Die" is the ninth episode of the second season from ''Masters of Horror'' directed by Rob Schmidt. Plot Cliff Addison (Martin Donovan) and his wife, Abby ( Julia Benson), have a road accident. He walks away unharmed, but she is left in a coma with her skin burned off. Cliff is told that there is a method of surgery that will allow her to live, but without speech or the ability to take care of herself. Cliff consults with his attorney, Ira, who persuades him to let his wife die. He reveals to Ira that he had an affair. Cliff remembers an instance where his wife found his cell phone with a video of his mistress, Trish (Robin Sydney), stripping whilst moaning his name. Shortly after, Cliff hallucinates that he is taking a bath with his wife and they make love while her skin burns off. While he panics, it is shown that his wife had died but was resuscitated, and that he has a hand-shaped burn mark on his back. Cliff runs into Trish, and it's revealed that she had been fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masters Of Horror
''Masters of Horror'' is a horror anthology television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network. Origin In 2002, director Mick Garris invited some director friends to an informal dinner at a restaurant in Sherman Oaks, California. The original ten "masters" attending were John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Don Coscarelli, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, William Malone, and Garris himself. Subsequently, Garris organized regular dinners with the group and invited other horror and other genre directors to attend, including Dario Argento, Eli Roth, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Tim Sullivan, Rob Zombie, Bryan Singer, Fred Dekker, William Lustig, Lucky McKee, Ernest Dickerson, Katt Shea, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, James Gunn, Mary Lambert, Tom Holland, Peter Medak, Ti West, Lloyd Kaufman, and others. In 2005, Garris created and produced an original anthology television series of one-hour movies, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eureka (2006 TV Series)
''Eureka'' (stylized as ''EUReKA'') is an American Science fiction on television, science fiction television series that premiered on Syfy, Sci-Fi Channel (renamed Syfy in 2009) on July 18, 2006. The fifth and final season ended on July 16, 2012. The show is set in the fictional town of Eureka, Southern Oregon (although in the pilot episode Eureka was located in Washington (state), Washington – and the origin of a diamond in the episode "Best in Faux" was shown as Eureka, California). Most residents of Eureka are scientific geniuses who work for Global Dynamics – an advanced research facility responsible for the development of nearly all major technological breakthroughs since its inception. Each episode featured a mysterious accidental or intentional misuse of technology, which the town Sheriffs in the United States, sheriff, Jack Carter (Eureka), Jack Carter, dealt with, with the help of the town scientists. Each season also featured a larger story arc that concern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Ties (TV Series)
''Blood Ties'' is a Canadian television series based on the List of Tanya Huff novels#Blood Books, ''Blood Books'' by Tanya Huff; the show was created by Peter Mohan. It is set in Toronto, Ontario, and features a 4-and-a-half century old vampire, Henry Fitzroy, assisting private investigator Vicki Nelson in dealing with crime committed via paranormal elements, a similar premise to an earlier series also set in Toronto, ''Forever Knight''. It premiered in the United States on March 11, 2007, on Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime Television, and during fall of 2007 on City (TV network), City and Space (Canadian TV channel), Space in Canada. In May 2008, Lifetime declined to renew the series. Plot ''Blood Ties'', set in Toronto, Ontario, centres on Vicki Nelson (Christina Cox), a former Toronto Police Service officer who left the force to become a private investigator when her eyesight begins to degenerate from Retinal degeneration (rhodopsin mutation), retinopathia pigmentosa. Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Baby Is Missing
My Baby Is Missing is a made-for-television film which aired on Lifetime in 2007, and stars Gina Philips as a career-driven woman determined to prove that her newborn baby was not stillborn, but stolen and sold. Plot A successful career woman, Jenna is preparing to go on maternity leave when her doctor advises her to go on bed-rest. Her pregnancy care will then involve a nurse who will complete home visits in order to check on her. When a seemingly pleasant nurse, Lynn Mallory (Ellie Harvie) arrives, she gives Jenna some new vitamins...which knock her out. Jenna awakens in the hospital to see Tom Robbins (Warren Christie). He is the father of her baby, whom she had named Madeline, but he hadn't even known she was pregnant. A doctor comes in and, to her disbelief, breaks it to her that Madeline was stillborn. Then a police detective arrives with the theory that Madeline has been murdered: the "vitamins" were something to start labor, and that Jenna murdered her baby to protect her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stargate SG-1
''Stargate SG-1'' (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated ''SG-1'') is a military science fiction Adventure fiction, adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 science fiction film ''Stargate (film), Stargate'' by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. The television series was filmed in and around the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered on Showtime (TV network), Showtime on July 27, 1997, and moved to the Syfy, Sci Fi Channel on June 7, 2002; the series finale aired on Sky1 on March 13, 2007. The series was a ratings success for its first-run broadcasters and in syndication and was particularly popular in Europe and Australia. List of awards and nominations received by Stargate SG-1, ''Stargate SG-1s awards include eight Emmy nominations. It also spawned the animated television series ''Stargate Infinity'', the live-action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Vinci's City Hall
''Da Vinci's City Hall'' is a Canadian drama television series that premiered on CBC Television on 25 October 2005 and ended on 28 February 2006. It is a spin-off of the long-running Canadian series ''Da Vinci's Inquest''. The creator, writer and executive producer of the series is Chris Haddock. Overview Nicholas Campbell reprises his role as Dominic Da Vinci, a former coroner entering municipal politics as the mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia. Da Vinci is based on the real-life experiences of Larry Campbell, the former chief coroner of Vancouver who was elected that city's mayor in 2002. With the series regular Ian Tracey (playing Mick Leary) inheriting the coroner's job, the show toggles back and forth between crime scenes and politics. Haddock says: "My approach was to make all the political stuff criminal and all the criminal stuff political. When we're in city hall we're really about conspiracy and scheming, who's crooked and who's going to get caught." Cast *Nichola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
