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S. S. D.
''S. S. D.'' () is a 2008 Russian slasher film directed by Vadim Shmelyov. Plot 1984, pioneer camp "Lesnaya Polyana" in the suburbs. The female Pioneer leader goes off on a date, and the leader is left alone to entertain the Pioneers with frightening stories about a bus with curtains on windows, a driver with a horse's head and dead passengers without heads. Meanwhile, a very real maniac, Fedotov, known as the "Odintsovsky Ripper", kills the leader and her boyfriend, and then, in front of the pioneer, sticks the sickle into his heart. 2008, casting for participation in the reality show ''Pioneer Camp''. Five boys and girls are selected to compete for the main prize — one million rubles. They are brought to the territory of the pioneer camp "Lesnaya Polyana", where they meet with the presenter. The territory of the camp is equipped with CCTV cameras, so that the participants of the show are constantly on video, they are handed out microphones and select mobile phones. The invisib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Shmelyov
Vadim Viktorovich Shmelyov (russian: link=no, Вадим Викторович Шмелёв; born August 30, 1967) is a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Vadim was born on August 30, 1967. He studied at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts as a drama director (1990-1995). Filmography (selected) * ''Moscow Mission'' (2006) * ''The Apocalypse Code ''The Apocalypse Code'' (russian: Код апокалипсиса, Kod apokalipsisa) is a 2007 Russian action film. Apart from Russia, the filming took place in France, Italy, Norway, Malaysia and Ukraine. The crew spent 10 days shooting scenes in ...'' (2007) * '' S. S. D.'' (2008) * '' The Last Frontier'' (2020) References External links * Vadim Shmelyovon kino-teatr.ru Living people Russian film directors 1967 births People from Aleksinsky District {{Russia-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeniya Brik
Evgeniya Brik (russian: Евгения Брик, Khirivskaya (Хиривская), 3 September 1981 – 10 February 2022) was a Russian actress, best known for playing Kalinka in the Belgian television series '' Matroesjka's''. Life and career Evgenia Vladimirovna Khirivskaya was born on 3 September 1981 in Moscow. She was named after her paternal grandfather Yevgeny Abramovich Krein, who was a famous journalist. The actress took the surname Brik in honor of her paternal great-grandmother Sofia Brik, as a stage name. However, despite marriage and adopting a stage name, she never changed her legal documentation, thus keeping her maiden last name. She has Polish and Jewish ancestry. At the age of 5, she successfully completed tryouts and was invited to work as a child model at the All-Union House of Fashion Design. In elementary and middle school, she focused on learning English, before applying for and graduating from a theater prep school. She also graduated from a music schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Lagutenko
Ilya Igorevich Lagutenko (russian: Илья́ И́горевич Лагуте́нко; born 16 October 1968) is the founder and lead singer of the rock band Mumiy Troll. Career He was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. Soon after his birth his father died, and the family moved to Vladivostok. In school he became engrossed in studying Chinese. He sang with a children’s choir that took him to many Russian cities as they traveled through half of the country. Ilya formed his first psychedelic punk band named "Boney P" (ostensibly drawing on the name of the band Boney M, which was quite popular in the Soviet Union around that time) at the age of 11. In 1992, he graduated from the Far Eastern State University as a specialist in the Mandarin and Chinese Economy. He served in the Russian Air Navy. Ilya worked in China and Great Britain with a commercial consulting firm. In 1983, he founded the rock group Mumiy Troll. He was chosen a "Man of the Year 2005" for November by ''Glamour'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valery Todorovsky
Valery Petrovich Todorovsky (russian: Вале́рий Петро́вич Тодоро́вский; born 9 May 1962, in Odessa) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, TV producer whose best known film is '' Hipsters'' (2008). He is the son of Pyotr Todorovsky. Cinema Of his earlier films, ''The Hearse (Katafalk)'' won the Grand Prix at Mannheim (1990) and ''Love (Lyubov)'' received Ecumenical Prize at Cannes (1992), and won awards at Sozvezdie, Chicago, Geneva and Montpellier Film Festivals. Todorovsky made a name for himself with the crime melodrama set in Moscow, ''The Country of Deaf (Strana Glukhikh)'', scripted by actress-director-scriptwriter Renata Litvinova based on her own novella ''To Have and to Belong''. The film was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival in 1998. In 1999 he was a member of the jury at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. His 2008 musical film '' Hipsters'' won the Golden Eagle Award and Nika Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slasher Film
A slasher film is a genre of horror films involving a killer stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools like knife, chainsaw, scalpel, etc. Although the term "slasher" may occasionally be used informally as a generic term for any horror film involving murder, film analysts cite an established set of characteristics which set slasher films apart from other horror subgenres, such as monster movies, splatter films, supernatural and psychological horror films. Critics cite the Italian ''giallo'' films and psychological horror films such as '' Peeping Tom'' (1960) and ''Psycho'' (1960) as early influences. The genre hit its peak between 1978 and 1984 in an era referred to as the "Golden Age" of slasher films. Notable slasher films include '' The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' (1974), '' Black Christmas'' (1974), ''Halloween'' (1978), '' Friday the 13th'' (1980), '' A Nightmare on Elm Street'' (1984), '' Child's Play'' (1988), '' Candyman'' (1992), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Out (magazine)
''Time Out'' is a global magazine published by Time Out Group. ''Time Out'' started as a London-only publication in 1968 and has expanded its editorial recommendations to 328 cities in 58 countries worldwide. In 2012, the London edition became a free publication, with a weekly readership of over 307,000. ''Time Out''s global market presence includes partnerships with Nokia and mobile apps for iOS and Android operating systems. It was the recipient of the International Consumer Magazine of the Year award in both 2010 and 2011 and the renamed International Consumer Media Brand of the Year in 2013 and 2014. History ''Time Out'' was first published in 1968 as a London listings magazine by Tony Elliott, who used his birthday money to produce a one-sheet pamphlet, with Bob Harris as co-editor. The first product was titled ''Where It's At'', before being inspired by Dave Brubeck's album ''Time Out''. ''Time Out'' began as an alternative magazine alongside other members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anfisa Chekhova
Anfisa Alexandrovna Chekhova (Russian: Анфи́са Александровна Че́хова; born December 21, 1977, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian tele- and radio-presenter, singer, actress. Biography Anfisa was born December 21, 1977, in Moscow in family of an athlete and a teacher. She went to three different schools during childhood. The last was the School of Aesthetic Education with a theatrical slant No. 123. She is entered GITIS, but not immediately after graduation, in the first year she failed on the exams and entered only the next. She did not manage to finish the training. Subsequently, began a musical career. Then she received an offer from the Muz TV channel to become a TV host of one of the entertainment programs, and took advantage of them. In 2005–2009, she was the host of the ' program on Russian TV channel TNT. September 1, 2009, the actress debuted on the theater stage. In 2011 she took part in the Ukrainian TV show ''Tantsi z zirkamy''. Now the le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
REN TV
REN TV (russian: РЕН ТВ) is a Russian free-to-air television network, was founded on 1 January 1997 by Irena Lesnevskaya and her son, Dmitry Lesnevsky, who had been running REN TV as a production house for other national Russian television channels. Though it focuses mostly on audiences aged between 18 and 45 years old, the network offers programming for a wide range of demographics. REN TV's network is a patchwork of 406 independent broadcasting companies in Russia and the CIS. REN TV's signal is received in 718 towns and cities in Russia - from Kaliningrad in the West to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the East. It has a potential audience of 113.5 million viewers (officially 120 million viewers with more than 12 million of them living in Moscow city and Moscow Oblast (Moscow Region). REN TV works with 10 broadcaster affiliates and 19 cable operators in the CIS and the Baltic states; 181 cities can receive REN TV's signal. Ownership Until 1 July 2005 the channel belonged to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Bykov
__NOTOC__ Yuri Anatolyevich Bykov (Russian: Ю́рий Анато́льевич Бы́ков; born August 15, 1981) is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing the films '' The Major'', '' The Fool'' and the TV series '' The Method''. Life and career Early years Yuri Bykov was born on August 15, 1981 in Novomichurinsk, Ryazan Oblast. First he lived with his parents in a trailer. Bykov's father was a chauffeur by profession, his mother worked at the Novomichurinsky plant of large-panel housing construction. Around 1987 his father left for Tyumen and he did not see him again. Approximately for 12 years, Bykov lived only with his mother. Later, his mother remarried, the stepfather was employed as a crane operator at a power plant. Bykov grew up in poverty. His mother would force him to steal food from the neighbors lot. He was fond of literature, wrote stories and poems in a local newspaper, went to music school, played in music groups, worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KinoPoisk
Kinopoisk (russian: Кинопоиск, a portmanteau of "cinema" and "search") is a Russian online database of information related to films, TV shows including cast, production team, biographies, plot summaries, ratings, and reviews. Since 2018 (as КиноПоиск HD) also a subscription video on demand streaming service with several thousand films, TV series, cartoons and including premieres and exclusive ones, has also been available. In 2013, Kinopoisk was purchased by Yandex, one of Russia's largest IT companies. In 2015, KinoPoisk underwent a total redesign. However, the new design was met with strong criticism by both users and the media for its inferior functionality and slower loading time. Within four days Yandex reverted the site to its former design that remains in use to this day. It is one of the most popular movie portals of the Runet. The website has 93 million visits per month. Among the sites dedicated to films, it occupies the 3rd place in the world in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Films
The year 2008 involved many major film events. '' The Dark Knight'' was the year's highest-grossing film, while ''Slumdog Millionaire'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards). Evaluation of the year 2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema. The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to '' The Dark Knight''. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's ''WALL-E'' becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of '' Cloverfield''. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up ''The Avengers'' with the blockbuster hit ''Iron Man'' and their respectable attempt at rebooting '' The Incredible Hul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Slasher Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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