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The Breaker Upperers
''The Breaker Upperers'' is a New Zealand romantic-comedy film written, directed by, and starring Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek. It was executive produced by Taika Waititi. The film is about two women cynical about love, who run an agency that helps break couples up. The film was released in New Zealand on 3 May 2018 and internationally on Netflix (excluding New Zealand and Australia) on 15 February 2019. Upon release, the film received positive reviews and was a box office hit in New Zealand. Plot Jen and Mel run "The Breaker Upperers", an Auckland agency for people who need help breaking up with their partners. Using unorthodox means, such as impersonating police officers to inform a woman, Anna, that her husband has died and his body has gone missing, while in reality, he is hiding in their car. The two women have been friends since their twenties, after finding out that they shared a boyfriend, Joe. Although Mel has moved on, Jen is still obsessed with Joe, who has mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Sami
Madeleine Nalini Sami is a New Zealand actress, director, comedian and musician. She started her acting career in theatre before moving to television, where she created, wrote, and starred in ''Super City''. She co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the 2018 film '' The Breaker Upperers'', along with Jackie van Beek, which was a New Zealand box office success. Sami co-hosted ''The Great Kiwi Bake Off''. Early life Sami is one of four children. Her parents are Christine Southee, who has Irish ancestry, and Naren Sami, a Fijian-Indian who settled in New Zealand. Her parents separated when she was 11. She attended Onehunga High School. Career Sami rose to prominence starring in Toa Fraser's play ''Bare,'' winning best actress at the 1999 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. She then was part of Fraser's next play, ''No. 2.'', which won Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2011, Sami created, wrote, and starred in her own comedy series, '' Super City'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rolleston
James Rolleston (born 8 June 1997) is a New Zealand actor known for the films ''Boy'' and '' The Dark Horse''. The latter was released in October 2014 and had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 4 September. Film career Rolleston made his screen debut in the Taika Waititi film ''Boy'', playing the main role of the child who idolises his father. ''Boy'' became the most successful local film released in New Zealand to date. In 2014 he took roles in two further films: critically acclaimed drama '' The Dark Horse'', in which he co-starred opposite Cliff Curtis as a teenager who is set to be initiated into a gang, and action movie ''The Dead Lands'', in which he plays a young Maori warrior seeking vengeance for the massacre of his family. Rolleston also starred in ''Pork Pie'', the 2017 remake of the New Zealand classic ''Goodbye Pork Pie''. Rolleston has frequently appeared in Vodafone New Zealand television commercials. Filmography Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Auckland
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Romantic Comedy Films
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Music Albums * ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * '' 18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. Songs * "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * "18" (One Direction song), from their 2014 studio album ''Four'' * "18", by Anarbor from their 2013 studio album '' Burnout'' * "I'm Eighteen", by Alice Cooper commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Films
2018 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2018, festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' said, "2018 has been a banner year for movies, but you'd never know it from a trip to a local multiplex—or from a glimpse at the Oscarizables. The gap between what's good and what's widely available in theatres—between the cinema of resistance and the cinema of consensus—is wider than ever." He also stated, "In some cases, streaming has filled the gap. Several of the year's best movies, such ''Shirkers'' and '' The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'', are being released by Netflix at the same time as (or just after) a limited theatrical run. Others, which barely qualified as having theatrical releases (one theatre for a week), are now available to stream online, on demand, and are more widely accessible to viewers (albeit at home) t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Lawless
Lucille Frances Lawless (; born 29 March 1968) is a New Zealand actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the television series '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', as D'Anna Biers on the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series, and Lucretia in the television series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and associated series. Lawless had recurring roles as Diane Lewis-Swanson on the NBC sitcom ''Parks and Recreation'' (2012–2015), and as Countess Palatine Ingrid Von Marburg on the WGN America supernatural series '' Salem'' (2015). She also starred as Ruby on the Starz horror-comedy series '' Ash vs Evil Dead'' (2015–2018). Early life Lucille Frances "Lucy" Ryan was born in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert to teacher Julie Ryan (nee Haynes) and Mount Albert's mayor, banker Frank Ryan. She is the fifth of six siblings (four brothers and one sister). She has described her family as "this big, sprawling Irish Catholic family", and while filming in Irelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemaine Clement
Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created a comedy series of the same name for both the BBC and HBO, for which he received six Primetime Emmy nominations. He has had featured parts in films such as Eagle vs Shark (2007), '' Men in Black 3'' (2012), '' People Places Things'' (2015), '' Humor Me'' (2017), '' The Festival'' (2018) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). He has also done voice-work for ''Despicable Me'' (2010), ''Rio'' (2011), ''Rio 2'' (2014), '' Moana'' (2016) and ''The Lego Batman Movie'' (2017). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with '' What We Do in the Shadows'', which he also co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in with Taika Waititi, and later adapted into a show for FX Television series of the same name. Early life Clement, quote=...says the actor, whose own middle names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Matafeo
Rose Catherine Lettitia Matafeo (; born 25 February 1992) is a New Zealand comedian, actress, and TV presenter. She was a writer and performer on the New Zealand late-night comedy sketch show '' Funny Girls''. In 2018, she won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for her show ''Horndog''. Early life Matafeo grew up in Ponsonby, Auckland, and attended Auckland Girls' Grammar School, where she was head girl. She has two older brothers. Her father is Samoan and her mother is of Scottish and Croatian heritage. Her parents are Rastas and Matafeo has described her upbringing as "quite relaxed". At the age of 15, Matafeo started doing stand-up comedy through the platform of the "Class Comedians" programme put on by the New Zealand Comedy Trust, and went on to win the "Nailed It on the Night" award at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in 2007. She's been a regular at the festival since. Career Since graduating from the "Class Comedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen O'Leary
Karen O'Leary is a New Zealand schoolteacher, comedian and actress. She played Officer O'Leary in ''Wellington Paranormal'', which ran for four seasons from 2018-2022. Biography O'Leary grew up in Miramar, Wellington and attended Wellington High School and Victoria University. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in education and is an early childhood teacher in Wellington. She got involved in acting when casting director Tina Cleary, the parent of one of the children at the centre, encouraged her to audition for a part in the 2014 film ''What We Do in the Shadows''. O'Leary played Officer O'Leary in the film and continues the same role in the spin-off television series ''Wellington Paranormal''. In 2018, O'Leary appeared in the comedy film ''The Breaker Upperers''. In 2020, O'Leary presented educational activities on Home Learning TV, a dedicated New Zealand television channel for children learning at home due to school closures during the national lockdown to control t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cohen Holloway
Cohen may refer to: Places * Cohen-kuhi Tau/4, a star 420 light-years away from Earth in the Taurus Constellation *The Cohen Building of ''The Judd School'' in Tonbridge, England People * Cohen (surname), a common Jewish surname Arts, entertainment, and media *Matt Cohen Prize, an award given annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a Canadian writer * Shaughnessy Cohen Award, a Canadian literary award Law * Clinger–Cohen Act, a United States federal law that is designed to improve the way the federal government acquires and manages information technology *'' Cohen v. California'', a U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with freedom of speech *'' Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.'', a U.S. Supreme Court case establishing that freedom of the press does not exempt newspapers from generally applicable laws *''Cohens v. Virginia'', a U.S. Supreme Court decision most noted for the Marshall Court's assertion of its power to review state supreme court decisions in criminal law matters *'' Fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Kightley
Oscar Vai To'elau Kightley (born 14 September 1969) is a Samoan-born New Zealand actor, television presenter, writer, journalist, director, and comedian. He acted in and co-wrote the successful 2006 film ''Sione's Wedding''. Biography Kightley was born in 1969 in Apia, Samoa, the youngest of eight children, and was raised in his father's village of Faleatiu. He came to New Zealand after the death of his father, when he was 4 years old and was adopted by his aunt and uncle, who lived in West Auckland. He attended Rutherford College, where writing was his favourite subject. After leaving school, Kightley was a cadet at the ''Auckland Star'', and worked as a journalist for four years. "I thought that was going to be me until I retired." He moved to Christchurch in 1991 to be a presenter for the children's television show ''Life in the Fridge Exists (L.I.F.E),'' where he met Tanya and Mishelle Muagututi'a, Erolia Ifopo, and Simon Small. Professional career Small had written hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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