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Cold Brook (film)
''Cold Brook'' is a 2018 American fantasy drama film written by Cain Devore and William Fichtner, directed by Fichtner and starring Fichtner and Kim Coates. Cast *William Fichtner as Ted Markham *Kim Coates as George Hildebrandt * Harold Perrineau as Gil Le Deux * Robin Weigert as Mary Ann *Mary Lynn Rajskub as Rachel * Johnny Strong as Ronnie * Brad William Henke as Chip * Erich Anderson as Meisenger * Louis Mustillo as County Clerk * Charlene Amoia as Miss Simmons *Pat Asanti as Junior *Kymberly Fichtner as Vicki Release The film was released on November 8, 2019. Reception The film has an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on ten reviews. Nell Minow of '' RogerEbert.com'' awarded the film two stars and wrote that the film's "obvious good intentions lend it a sweetness that cannot make up for insurmountable problems." Frank Scheck of ''The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fichtner
William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. Born in New York, he started his career with supporting appearances in '' Virtuosity'' (1994), ''Heat'' and '' Strange Days'' (both 1995). A prolific character actor in film, Fichtner is recognized for memorable performances in '' Contact'' (1997), '' Armageddon'' (1998), '' Go'' (1999), '' The Perfect Storm'' (2000), '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), '' Crash'' (2004), and '' The Longest Yard'' (2005). In 2005, Fichtner starred as Sheriff Tom Underlay in '' Invasion''. He later appeared as Alexander Mahone in ''Prison Break'', Carl Hickman in '' Crossing Lines'', and Adam Janikowski in '' Mom''. Early life Fichtner was born on Mitchel Air Force Base on Long Island and raised in Cheektowaga, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. He is the son of Patricia A. (née Steitz) and William Frederick Fichtner. He has German ancestry. He graduated from Maryvale High School in 1974. After graduating from Farmingdale Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Anderson
Edward Erich Anderson (October 24, 1956 – June 1, 2024) was an American actor and novelist. He starred in film and on television, and was widely known for his role in the 1984 horror film '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'' as Rob Dier. He also starred in the 1988 film '' Bat*21'' and in the 2002 drama film '' Unfaithful''. Background Edward Erich Anderson was born on October 24, 1956, to an American family in Sagamihara, Japan. He grew up in a military family, and moved frequently throughout his childhood. He attended Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, California, and went on to study biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He initially aspired to attend medical school, but eventually decided to pursue acting. Career Among Anderson's early roles was a role on '' Bay City Blues'' in 1983. During this time, he was cast in '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter''. Anderson appeared on over 300 television episodes through his c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck is an American film critic. He is best known for his reviews in the ''New York Post'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter''. He formerly edited ''STAGES Magazine'' and worked as a theater critic for the ''Christian Science Monitor ''The Christian Science Monitor'' (''CSM''), commonly known as ''The Monitor'', is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition. It was founded in 1908 as a daily newspaper b ...'' in the 1990s. References External linksFrank Scheck in the New York Post American film critics Living people New York Post people The Christian Science Monitor people The Hollywood Reporter people Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RogerEbert
''RogerEbert.com'' is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the '' Chicago Sun-Times'' and also shares other critics' reviews and essays. The website, underwritten by the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', was launched in 2002. Ebert handpicked writers from around the world to contribute to the website. After Ebert died in 2013, the website was relaunched under Ebert Digital, a partnership founded between Ebert, his wife Chaz, and friend Josh Golden. Background Two months after Ebert's death, Chaz Ebert hired film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz as editor-in-chief for the website because his IndieWire blog ''PressPlay'' shared multiple contributors with RogerEbert.com, and because both websites promoted each other's content. '' The Dissolve''s Noel Murray described the website's collection of Ebert reviews as "an invaluable resource, both for getting some front-line perspective on older movies, and for getting a better sens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nell Minow
Nell Minow is an American movie critic and corporate governance scholar and expert who writes and speaks frequently on film, media, corporate governance, and investing. Minow was named one of the 20 most influential people in corporate governance by ''Directorship'' magazine in 2007. She was dubbed "the queen of good corporate governance" by ''BusinessWeek Online'' in 2003 Minow is the daughter of former Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton Minow and his wife, Josephine Minow. Her sister is Harvard University professor Martha Minow. Career According to Rotten Tomatoes, Minow writes as the "Movie Mom" about movies, television, the Internet, and parenting; her "Media Mom" column appeared in the ''Chicago Tribune'' and her weekly advisory for parents about the new movie releases appears in the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' and the ''Kansas City Star''. Minow's articles have appeared in other newspapers and magazines, including ''USA Today'' and ''Slate''. Minow reviews movies e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor Theatre, stage performance, the direct inspiration for the name from Duong, Lee, and Wang came from an equivalent scene in the 1992 Canadian film ''Léolo''. Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros. in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango Media, Fandango ticketing company. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. The site is influential among moviegoers, a third of whom say they consult it before going to the cinema in the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlene Amoia
Charlene M. Amoia is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Wendy the Waitress in the sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother''. Her film credits include ''American Reunion'' (2012), ''Authors Anonymous'' (2014), ''Sniper: Special Ops'' (2016)'', Birds of Prey (2020 film), Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey'' (2020), ''Fear Street: Part One - 1994'' (2021), and ''The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It'' (2021). Childhood Amoia was born in Buffalo, New York. She was raised in Buffalo and relocated to Las Vegas at the age of 15. She is of Italian and Spanish descent. Career She began her career in modeling, before making the transition to acting. She appeared in guest starring roles in numerous television shows, including ''Joey (TV series), Joey'', ''The Resident (TV series), The Resident'', ''Shameless (American TV series), Shameless'', and ''Man with a Plan (TV series), Man with a Plan.'' She portrayed waitress Wendy in American sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother'' fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Mustillo
Louis Mustillo (born May 28, 1958) is an American actor who is best known as playing Vincent "Vince" Moranto on '' Mike & Molly'' from 2010 to 2016. Life and career Mustillo was born in Buffalo, New York. He attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he was a contemporary of the Canadian actor, Elias Koteas, and Illeana Douglas. According to the American Academy's 1983 graduation program, Mustillo and Douglas graduated from the Academy's two-year program in a ceremony held at NYC's Winter Garden Theatre on April 26, 1983. They were not asked back to the school's third-year, known as The Production Company year. He has guest-starred in more than 50 episodes of television, including an early appearance as a controversial comic on ''Night Court'', and has appeared in over 20 films. He was a series regular on '' Man of the People'' with James Garner. He also played Russell Topps for two seasons on DreamWorks first hour-long drama, '' High Incident''. He had a recurring role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad William Henke
Brad William Henke (April 10, 1966 – November 29, 2022) was an American actor and professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He was best known for his role as Corrections Officer Desi Piscatella on ''Orange Is the New Black'', for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2016. Early life and education Henke was born in Columbus, Nebraska. He attended the University of Arizona and played football as a defensive lineman. Career Football career Henke was drafted by the New York Giants in the 1989 NFL draft but got cut during training camp. He was picked up by the Denver Broncos, and he played in Super Bowl XXIV against the San Francisco 49ers. Repeated injuries, which required six ankle surgeries, led to his retirement from professional football in 1994. Acting Henke began acting in 1994, starting with commercials. He appeared in '' October Road'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Coates
Kim Frederick Coates (born February 21, 1958) is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' and in the lead role of ''Macbeth'' performed at the Stratford Festival. He is best known for his role as Alexander "Tig" Trager in the FX series ''Sons of Anarchy'' and as Declan Gardiner in the Citytv series '' Bad Blood'', as well as his recurring roles in ''Prison Break'', ''Cold Case'', '' CSI'' and '' CSI: Miami''. He has also had film roles in '' The Last Boy Scout'' (1991), '' Bad Boys'' (1995), '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), '' King of Sorrow'' (2007), the reinterpretation of '' Assault on Precinct 13'' (2005), and '' Goon'' (2011). Early life and career Coates was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Frederick and Joyce Coates. He first saw a play while attending the University of Saskatchewan, where he enrolled in a drama cours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Strong
John Christopher Strong (born July 22, 1974) is an American actor, composer, and musician. He is best known for his roles in ''Black Hawk Down'' (as Medal of Honor recipient Randy Shughart) and ''The Fast and the Furious'' as Leon. Aside from acting, Strong is also the lead vocalist and founder of the band Operator, movie composer, movie writer, and movie producer. Early life and education Johnny Strong was born in Los Angeles County, California. At the age of seven he began studying martial arts, taking up Judo in the San Fernando Valley. He went on to learn Kickboxing, Jeet Kune Do, Boxing, and eventually earned a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Chris Lisciandro. At 12, he began to play Guitar and taught himself to play Drums, and Piano. Career Music He was signed to two major labels RCA and Atlantic Records. He has released nine albums: ''Bombthreat: Before She Blows'' and ''Fly'' and ''Lick My Neck Good Sleep'' with his former band, and ''Can You Hear Me Now?'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mary Lynn Rajskub () is an American actress and comedian who is best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the action thriller series '' 24'' and Gail the Snail in ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''. Rajskub was a regular cast member on HBO's '' Mr. Show with Bob and David'', appeared in ''The Larry Sanders Show'', ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'', and '' Veronica's Closet,'' and such films as '' Dude, Where's My Car?'', ''Firewall'', '' Sweet Home Alabama'', ''Punch-Drunk Love'', '' Mysterious Skin'', ''Little Miss Sunshine'', '' Sunshine Cleaning'', ''Safety Not Guaranteed'', and '' The Kings of Summer'', among others. Early life Rajskub was born in Detroit, and raised in Trenton, Michigan. Along with two older sisters, she is the daughter of Betty and Tony Rajskub, a pharmacist's assistant and a pipefitter, respectively. One of her childhood inspirations was the television series '' Moonlighting''. Rajskub attended the Center for Creative Studies and later the San Francisco Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
