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Solo (movie)
Solo or SOLO may refer to: Arts and entertainment Comics * ''Solo'' (DC Comics), a DC comics series * Solo, a 1996 mini-series from Dark Horse Comics Characters * Han Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character * Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the non-canonical ''Star Wars Legends'' continuity * Kylo Ren, real name Ben Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character * Napoleon Solo, from the TV spy series ''Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' * Sky Solo, from the comic book series ''1963'' * Solo (Marvel Comics), a fictional counter-terrorism operative Films * ''Solo'' (1969 film), directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky * ''Solo'' (1972 film), directed by Mike Hoover * ''Solo'' (1977 film), a New Zealand film * ''Solo'' (1984 film), starring Sandra Kerns * ''Solo'' (1996 film), a science fiction action film * ''Solo'' (2006 film), an Australian film written and directed by Morgan O'Neill * ''Solo'' (2008 film), an Australian documentary film directed by David Michod and Jennifer Peedom * ''Solo'' (2011 film), a Telugu-language fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo (DC Comics)
''Solo'' is an American comic book series that was published bi-monthly by DC Comics, beginning in October 2004. Each issue had 48 pages plus covers, with no ads. ''Solo'' was cancelled in 2006; in all, 12 issues appeared. Overview The title was conceived as an anthology series to spotlight the work of a different comic book artist in each issue. The creators were free to tell stories in any genre and to use DC's library of characters as they saw fit. They could also work with writers if they chose, but the intention of the series was for them to show off the range of their own individual artistic sensibilities and abilities. Creators Contributing creators were: * #1 Tim Sale (with Jeph Loeb, Brian Azzarello, Darwyn Cooke, and Diana Schutz) * #2 Richard Corben (with John Arcudi) * #3 Paul Pope * #4 Howard Chaykin * #5 Darwyn Cooke * #6 Jordi Bernet (with John Arcudi, Joe Kelly, Andrew Helfer, Chuck Dixon, and Brian Azzarello) * #7 Mike Allred (with Laura Allred and Lee Allred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Rocamora
Guillermo Rocamora (born 1981) is a Uruguayan filmmaker. He first started working as a filmmaker in 2004. He worked for three years on his directorial debut, ''Solo'', prior to its release, in 2015. He is a graduate of the Universidad de la República and also studied at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea .... In 2019 he released a documentary on Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan, one of six individuals formerly held in the Guantanamo detention camps for a dozen years, who were granted political asylum in Uruguay in 2014. That documentary, '' La Libertad es una palabra grande'', won the award for best documentary at the International Film Week in Valladolid. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rocamora, Guillermo U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo (Cecil Taylor Album)
''Solo'' is a live album by Cecil Taylor recorded at Iino Hall in Chiyoda, Tokyo on May 29, 1973, and released on the Japanese Trio label. accessed 17 July 2009. Track listing :''All compositions by Cecil Taylor.'' # "Choral of Voice (Elesion)" - 7:15 # "Lono" - 9:19 # "Asapk in Ame" - 7:03 # "Indent" - 7:15 :*Recorded in Tokyo on May 29, 1973Personnel * Cecil Taylor – pianoReferences {{DEFAULTSORT:Solo (Cecil Taylor Album) 1973 live albums Cecil Taylo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo (Kai Winding Album)
''Solo'' is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger Kai Winding recorded in 1963 for the Verve label.Payne, DKai Winding on Verve (1961-1967) accessed June 23, 2016 Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow observed "Trombonist Kai Winding is not here featured on unaccompanied solos despite the title of this album, but it does showcase his horn without the usual three or four trombones that he regularly used during the period. ...this is one of Winding's best (and least commercial) recordings of the 1960s". Track listing # " How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" ( Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) - 3:00 # "Recardo (Bossa Nova)" (Luiz Antonio, Djalma Ferreira) - 3:45 # "Playboy's Theme" ( Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 2:31 # "The Things We Did Last Summer" ( Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 3:42 # " The Sweetest Sounds" ( Richard Rodgers) - 2:47 # "Hey There" ( Jerry Ross, Richard Adler) - 3:30 # "I'm Your Bunny Bossa Nova" (Kai Winding) - 2:45 # " Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo (Dutch Band)
Solo is the musical outfit of Dutch musicians Michiel Flamman and Simon Gitsels. The duo released two albums, of which the latest ''Solopeople'' was the biggest success. The album released on label Excelsior Recordings spawned a Dutch top 20 hit with ''Come Back To Me''. Biography Songs ’n Sounds (2003–2005) In 2003 Flamman and Gitsels team up under the name Solo. By then both have already paid their dues in the music industry. Flamman performed under the name J. Perkin and wrote songs for other artists. Gitsels worked as sessions musician for Mathilde Santing and Birgit. A year later the duo signs with Excelsior Recordings. On this label Solo releases its debut album ''Songs ‘n Sounds'' on 16 August. The record is produced by Martijn Groeneveld and contains contributions from Minco Eggersman (at the close of every day), Rowin Tettero (Mindmeners) and Marg van Eenbergen (Seedling). The latter two also support Flamman and Gitsels during live shows. In November Solo recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo (American Band)
Solo is an American R&B musical group from New York, New York. The original members were Robert Anderson, Darnell Chavis, Eunique Mack and Dan Stokes. The group recorded their eponymous debut album in Minneapolis, and released it in 1995. Released on Perspective Records, the album featured production primarily by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The album produced four singles: " Heaven", "Where Do U Want Me to Put It", "He's Not Good Enough" and "Blowin' My Mind". It was eventually certified gold Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see .... Solo released their second album, '' 4 Bruthas & a Bass'', in 1998. The album produced only one single, "Touch Me", which peaked at No. 59 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''3.0 Rebooted Deluxe'' was released in 2015. Discography Albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo (music)
In music, a solo (from the Spanish and Italian based-word: ''Solo'', meaning ''alone'' or ''by yourself'') is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung featuring a single performer, who may be performing completely alone or supported by an accompanying instrument such as a piano or organ, a continuo group (in Baroque music), or the rest of a choir, orchestra, band, or other ensemble. Performing a solo is "to solo", and the performer is known as a ''soloist''. The plural is soli or the anglicised form solos. In some contexts these are interchangeable, but ''soli'' tends to be restricted to classical music, and mostly either the solo performers or the solo passages in a single piece. Furthermore, the word ''soli'' can be used to refer to a small number of simultaneous parts assigned to single players in an orchestral composition. In the Baroque concerto grosso, the term for such a group of soloists was '' concertino''. An instrumental solo is often used in popular music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Mansell
Jill Mansell (born 15 June ?) is a British author of romantic comedy. Her books have sold over fourteen million copies worldwide. Background and personal life Mansell grew up in the Cotswolds and attended Sir William Romney's School in Tetbury. After working at the Burden Neurological Institute in Bristol for many years, she became a full-time writer in 1992. She lives in Bristol with her partner and children. Writing career Jill Mansell is among the bestselling and most well-known chick-lit authors. She is one of the top 20 British female novelists of the 21st century (in terms of sales) and has been worth almost £14.5m to the market since 2000. In 2009, ''The Daily Telegraph'' listed Jill Mansell as one of the best-selling authors of the decade. Her novel ''Rumour Has It'' spent eight weeks in ''The Sunday Times'' hardback bestseller list in 2009 and the paperback ranked third in ''The Sunday Times'' bestseller list. ''An Offer You Can't Refuse'' was in ''The Sunday Times' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo (Mason Novel)
''Solo'' is a 1993 science fiction novel by Robert Mason. The book was Mason's second novel; he had previously written ''Weapon'' and a memoir about his experiences in Vietnam titled ''Chickenhawk''. Plot introduction When the self-aware Pentagon-built robot, ''Solo,'' goes AWOL, the Pentagon uses its reserve robot, Nimrod, as bait luring Solo into a trap meant to destroy him, and setting the stage for a cyborg confrontation. Plot summary Solo, a robot designed by the US Government as a hyper intelligent super assassin, goes AWOL on his mission in Nicaragua, and finds himself at the bottom of a lake. Reaching the surface Solo realizes that he needs to recharge, and eventually makes his way to New York, acquiring friends along the way. A widowed bag lady named Laura, quickly befriends Solo and benefits not only from Solo's friendship, but his protection. Solo is bent on his self-imposed mission to rescue his younger "brother," Nimrod, a newer, more advanced robot like Solo. Mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo (Boyd Novel)
''Solo'' is a James Bond continuation novel written by William Boyd. It was published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 26 September 2013 in hardback, e-book and audio editions, and in the US by HarperCollins on 8 October 2013. The plot centres on Bond's mission to the civil war in the fictional country of Zanzarim—a thinly veiled version of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War—where he meets the local MI6 contact, Efua Blessing Ogilvy-Grant, and a Rhodesian mercenary, Kobus Breed. After being shot by Ogilvy-Grant, Bond tracks both people to Washington on a revenge mission, finally establishing that Breed is trafficking heroin into the US. Boyd closely based his version of the Bond character on Ian Fleming's, and eschewed any of the film versions. The novel is set in 1969—six years after Fleming's last work was set—and Bond is 45 years old. Boyd was raised in Nigeria and used his experiences during the civil war to provide the location for the novel. He has been a Bond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solos (film)
''Solos'' is a 2007 Singaporean drama film directed by Kan Lume and Loo Zihan, written by Loo, and starring Lim Yu-Beng, Loo, and Goh Guat Kian. It is based on a short film by Kan and Loo. The film features no dialogue and recounts the relationships between a boy (Loo), his mother (Goh), and his older lover (Lim). It premiered at the Busan International Film Festival after being pulled from the Singapore International Film Festival when the Singaporean government demanded cuts. Plot A boy carries on an illicit affair with his schoolteacher while becoming more distanced from his mother. As the boy and his older lover also become more distanced over time, the boy breaks off the relationship, and his lover becomes distraught. Cast * Lim Yu-Beng as Man * Loo Zihan as Boy * Goh Guat Kian as Mother Production The film was loosely based on co-director Loo's experiences. Loo had been in a relationship with an older man while he was a teenager. The relationship ended after Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo (2022 Film)
''Solo'' is a documentary film, directed and produced by Olga Pankratova. It follows six dancers, who each have a story, in six different dance genres. Classical ballet, vogue (dance), contemporary, hip-hop, pole dance, and Krump. The film had its world premiere on February 14, 2022, at the renowned Karo 11 October in Moscow, Russia. Distribution rights for Russia/CIS were acquired by Russia World Vision (RWV) on December 19, 2021., and on April 16, 2022, North American streaming and DVD rights were acquired by MVD Entertainment Group. Cast * Mikhail Kryuchkov * Alena Bonchinche * Alexey Torgunakov * Kristy * Dmitry Politov * Lady Whiphead Production In 2014, Olga Pankratova won the Audience Award at Moscow State University for the short film Solo. The film was supported by the Ministry of Culture (Russia), Studio Mao, DA Records, and Canon Inc. The film's score was composed by Andre Prilepsky. Filming Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
