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Yancey Arias
Yancey Arias (born June 27, 1971) is an American actor. He played Miguel Cadena in the NBC series '' Kingpin'' and Gabriel Williams in the FX series '' Thief''. Life and career Born and raised in New York City to a Puerto Rican mother, Miriam, and a Colombian father, Tony, Arias attended Moore Catholic High School and St. John's Preparatory School before studying theater at Carnegie Mellon University. Arias attended Stagedoor Manor, a performing arts summer camp. His first big break came in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon in 1992, which he worked on in different capacities for several years. In addition to television roles, he also continued to work on stage, including a starring role in '' The Wild Party'' in 2000. In 2001, he moved to Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife, actress Anna Alvim. He was on the show '' Knight Rider'' for the first half season. In 2004, he played little DeeDee's (actress Essence Atkins) love interest on the sitcom '' Half & Half''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocent Blood (film)
''Innocent Blood'' (also known in some regions as ''A French Vampire in America'') is a 1992 American black comedy horror film directed by John Landis and written by Michael Wolk. The film stars Anne Parillaud as a beautiful French vampire who finds herself pitted against a gang of mobsters led by Salvatore Macelli (Robert Loggia) who eventually becomes a vampire and schemes to build a criminal syndicate of vampires. The film is set in and was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Actors Tony Sirico, Tony Lip, and David Proval have supporting parts as gangsters, foreshadowing their roles in ''The Sopranos''. It also features early appearances by Anthony LaPaglia, Angela Bassett, and Chazz Palminteri. The film is notable for being a mixture of the vampire, gangster and buddy cop genres. The film was a box-office bomb, earning only $5 million over its $20 million budget. Plot Marie is a vampire in modern Pittsburgh, with a moral code that limits her bloodsucking to the criminal ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 Minutes (2021 Film)
''13 Minutes'' is a 2021 American-Canadian disaster film written, directed and produced by Lindsay Gossling, in her feature debut film. It stars Trace Adkins, Thora Birch, Peter Facinelli, Anne Heche, Amy Smart and Paz Vega. Plot Four families in the fictional Oklahoma town of Minninnewah, whose lives are intertwined, wrestle with undocumented immigration, closeted homosexuality, abortion, and other issues before a massive tornado wipes out the town, leaving death and destruction in its path. Following the devastation, the community deals with death and new beginnings. Cast Production and themes The title references "the short time frame residents have to seek shelter" when a tornado is detected. The film "follows four different families who are all dealing with their own issues" before the disaster strikes, and through them weaves in social issues such as undocumented immigrants, abortion, and religious intolerance. The film was filmed in Oklahoma. Release The film had a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Days To Live
''100 Days to Live'' is a 2019 American crime thriller film written and directed by Ravin Gandhi. Heidi Johanningmeier stars as Dr. Rebecca Church, whose fiancé Gabriel Weeks ( Colin Egglesfield) is kidnapped by a serial killer (Gideon Emery). It premiered at the 2019 San Diego International Film Festival and was released on digital platforms and DVD on February 2, 2021. ''100 Days to Live'' was later acquired by Amazon Prime for a May 3, 2021 release. Plot Dr. Rebecca Church (Heidi Johanningmeier) has devoted her life to suicide prevention after her mother killed herself when Rebecca was nine. After Rebecca's new fiancé Gabriel Weeks ( Colin Egglesfield) is kidnapped, Rebecca finds a photo album entitled "Gabriel Was Saved". The police inform Rebecca that the perpetrator is a serial killer dubbed "The Savior", who stalks and photographs his victims for 100 days before kidnapping and executing them. Detective Jack Byers ( Yancey Arias) informs Rebecca that the Savior is targe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bottom Of The 9th (film)
''Bottom of the 9th'' is an American drama film, drama film, directed by Raymond De Felitta, from a screenplay by Robert Bruzio. The movie's original title is STANO. It stars Joe Manganiello, Sofía Vergara, Michael Rispoli and Denis O'Hare. Plot After serving 17 years in prison for a violent mistake, Sonny returns to his Bronx neighborhood and to his baseball aspirations. Cast * Joe Manganiello as Sonny Stano **Kevin William Paul as Young Sonny Stano * Sofía Vergara as Angela Ramirez * Denis O'Hare as Officer Lonergan * Michael Rispoli as Coach Harris * Michael Maize as Tommy * Vincent Pastore as Cosmo * James Madio as Joey Cosenza * Robert Bruzio as Bobby * Burt Young as Scaleri * Jimmy Smagula Production In July 2017, Joe Manganiello and Sofía Vergara joined the cast of the film, with Raymond De Felitta directing from a screenplay by Robert Bruzio. Manganiello will also serve as a producer on the film alongside Nick Manganiello, Bill Chartoff, Lynn Hendee, Eric Fischer t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal Street (film)
''Canal Street'' is a 2018 American drama thriller film directed by Rhyan LaMarr. The film was distributed by Smith Global Media and opened over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. It was filmed in Chicago. ''Canal Street'' was screened at the American Black Film Festival. Plot Kholi Styles, a young black teenager, is wrongfully accused of the murder of his white classmate from Winnetka. His father, Jackie Styles, is an up-and-coming lawyer who goes to court to fight for his son's innocence. Cast * Bryshere Y. Gray as Kholi *Lance Reddick as Jerry Shaw *Michael Beach as Ronald Morgan *Jamie Hector as Pastor Sam Billings *Mykelti Williamson as Jackie Styles *Jon Seda as Detective Mike Watts *Will Yun Lee as Officer Hank Chu *Harry Lennix as DJ Terrance Palmer *Mekhi Phifer as Prosecutor A.J. Canton *FERN as (himself) FERN *Reed Shannon as Joe *Jacqueline Pinol as China *William R. Moses as Bill Sudermill *Nora Dunn as Marge Sudermill *Tawny Newsome as Kai *Yancey Arias as DJ Wado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hands Of Stone
''Hands of Stone'' is a 2016 biographical film, biographical sports film about the career of Panamanian former professional boxer Roberto Durán. It is directed and written by Jonathan Jakubowicz. It stars Édgar Ramírez, Robert De Niro, Usher (musician), Usher, Ruben Blades, Pedro "Budu" Pérez, Ellen Barkin, Ana de Armas, Oscar Jaenada and John Turturro. The film premiered at 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes on May 16, 2016 and was released on August 26, 2016, by The Weinstein Company. Plot Growing up in Panama, Durán is homeschooled by Chaflan, who teaches young Roberto some vital life lessons. Later, Duran joins a boxing club with Nestor "Plomo" Quiñones as his coach. As he reaches 20, an American legendary boxing trainer Ray Arcel, who nearly lost his life after being attacked by an assailant sent by the mobster, Frankie Carbo in 1953 in New York City and is now living with his wife Stephanie, notices Roberto's raw talent and punching power and takes the young fighter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outfield (film)
''The Outfield'' is an American sports comedy-drama film written by Lydia Genner and directed by Michael Goldfine & Eli Gonda. The film stars Nash Grier, Cameron Dallas, and Joey Bragg. The film was released through video on demand on November 10, 2015, by Fullscreen Films. Plot Three varsity baseball players, who have been best friends since childhood, enter their final year of high school and must make difficult choices on and off the baseball field. They have to decide between what they want and what their parents want. Cast * Cameron Dallas as Frankie Payton * Nash Grier as Jack Sanders * Joey Bragg as Austin York * Caroline Sunshine as Emily Jordan * Sheldon White as Jeremy Porro * Olivia Stuck as Kelsey Stecken * Burnie Burns as Theo Rasmussen Production In January 2015, it was announced that Fullscreen, a popular YouTube network, would be launching a division to focus on films and that ''The Outfield'', starring Cameron Dallas and Nash Grier, would be one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tag (2015 Film)
''Tag'', known in Japan as , is a 2015 Japanese action horror film directed by Sion Sono and inspired by the title of the novel ''Riaru Onigokko'' by Yusuke Yamada. It was released in Japan on July 11, 2015. The film's theme song, "Real Onigokko", was written and performed for the movie by the rock band Glim Spanky. Plot A quiet high school girl named Mitsuko survives a gust of wind that slices through her school bus, bisecting everyone else on board. The wind chases her and kills all the other girls she comes into contact with. Dazed, she stumbles onto a high school campus. She is greeted by girls named Aki, Sur, and Taeko. Aki comforts her and the girls cut class and go to the woods. They muse about whether there are multiple realities with multiple versions of themselves. Sur illustrates predetermination with a white feather, stating that it would mean the time it takes for the feather to fall and where it will land are all decided already. She suggests that fate can be tricke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undocumented (2010 Film)
''Undocumented'' is a 2010 independent horror thriller directed by Chris Peckover and written by Chris Peckover and Joe Peterson. It stars Scott Mechlowicz, Alona Tal, Yancey Arias, Kevin Weisman and Peter Stormare. Plot Filmmakers Travis, William, Liz, Davie, and Jim are filming a documentary on illegal Mexican immigrants. After interviewing several of Davie's family members and harassing an employer of illegal immigrants named Whitaker, the group accompanies a large group of immigrants including Davie's cousin Alberto and his wife and child, across the Mexico–United States border. Once in the United States, the truck carrying the immigrants is stopped and taken by what seems to be the United States Border Patrol. The truck is instead taken to a facility where the filmmakers are interrogated and the immigrants taken captive. The group that has taken them is a radical patriot group that despises illegal immigrants, Mexicans in particular. The patriots, led by "Z," give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion (2010 Film)
''Legion'' is a 2010 American action horror film directed by Scott Stewart and co-written by Stewart and Peter Schink. The film stars Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Kate Walsh, and Dennis Quaid. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group acquired most of the film's worldwide distribution rights, releasing the film theatrically in North America on January 22, 2010 through Screen Gems. A story of the Second Coming, ''Legion'' follows a group of people as they attempt to protect an infant savior from angels and the possessed in an apocalypse. ''Legion'' was released to negative critical reception, but was a success at the box office, earning over $67 million on a $26 million budget. A television series titled ''Dominion'', set 25 years after the film, premiered on the American cable television network Syfy on June 19, 2014. Plot The Archangel Michael falls to Earth in Los Angeles and cuts off his wings. After looting a weapons warehouse an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Dreams (film)
''Street Dreams'' is a 2009 American film directed by Chris Zamoscianyk, produced by Rob Dyrdek, Jason Bergh and Sal Masekela and written by Elisa Delson, Rob Dyrdek, and Nino Scalia. Derrick Cabrera ( Paul Rodriguez) has a dream of being sponsored and one day going pro. He is an up-and-coming street skateboarder from Chicago with all the talent but has the world against him. Parents, friends and schoolmates can't understand how Derrick has so much passion for something that has no future in their eyes. As everyone pushes him around, including his own father, girlfriend, and even one of his closest friends, he doesn't give up on both achieving his dreams, and proving everyone wrong. Plot Derrick Cabrera ( Paul Rodriguez) is an up-and-coming street skateboarder from Chicago with dreams of going pro. He and his fellow skateboarding friends Cash (Ryan Dunn), Reese ( Terry Kennedy), and Troy (Rob Dyrdek), as well as filmographer friend Mikey (Adam Wylie), spend their days skating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
