|
Alex McArthur
Alex McArthur (born March 6, 1957) is an American actor. Early life and education He was born in Telford, Pennsylvania, the son of Bruce, a contractor, and Dolores McArthur. He studied acting at De Anza College and San Jose State University, and worked as a bartender at the legendary nightclub Studio 54 in New York. Career McArthur became known for portraying Charlie Reece in the film ''Rampage (1987 film), Rampage'', and Duell McCall in the western TV film series ''Desperado (TV movie), Desperado'', whose original screenplay was written by Elmore Leonard. He was nominated for Gemini Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, for the television film ''Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story''. He also appeared in the music video for Madonna (entertainer), Madonna's song "Papa Don't Preach", which was included in her ''The Immaculate Collection (video), The Immaculate Collection'' video compilation. In the video he appears as Madonna's boyfriend and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telford, Pennsylvania
Telford is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 4,872 at the time of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Of this, 2,665 were in Montgomery County, and 2,207 were in Bucks County. History Founding Originally inhabited by the Lenape people, the area surrounding Telford began to be settled in 1719 by Mennonites from the Electoral Palatinate, Palatinate of the Rhine. In 1857, the town known as County Line, the area that had previously been known as Hendrick's Blacksmith, changed its name to Telford after the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which was later absorbed into Reading Company, Reading Railroad, named its new station there after civil engineer Thomas Telford. Incorporation as a borough The Borough of Telford was incorporated by decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Bucks County of November 10, 1886. A decade lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oroville, California
Oroville (''Oro'', Spanish for "Gold" and ''Ville'', French for "town") is a city in and the county seat of Butte County, California, United States. Its population was 15,506 at the 2010 census, up from 13,004 in the 2000 census. After the 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed much of the town of Paradise In religion and folklore, paradise is a place of everlasting happiness, delight, and bliss. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical, eschatological, or both, often contrasted with the miseries of human ..., Oroville's population increased as many people who lost their homes moved there. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded Oroville's population as 20,042. Oroville is considered the gateway to Lake Oroville and Feather River recreational areas. The Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California is headquartered in Oroville. Oroville is adjacent to California State Route 70, State Route 70 and in close proximity to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarecrow And Mrs
A scarecrow is a decoy or mannequin that is often in the shape of a human. Humanoid scarecrows are usually dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields to discourage birds from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops.Lesley Brown (ed.). (2007). "Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles". 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . Scarecrows are used around the world by farmers, and are a notable symbol of farms and the countryside in popular culture. Design The common form of a scarecrow is a humanoid figure dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields to discourage birds such as Corvus, crows or Old World sparrow, sparrows from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops. Machinery such as windmills have been employed as scarecrows, but the effectiveness lessens as animals become familiar with the structures. Since the invention of the humanoid scarecrow, more effective methods have been developed. On Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stealing Candy
''Stealing Candy'' is a 2003 thriller film directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Daniel Baldwin. It was produced by Lester's production company American World Pictures. Premise The film revolves around three ex-cons who kidnap a famous Hollywood actress known for refusing to do nude scenes and persuade her to have sex on camera for a pay-per-view website. By the end, it is revealed that Candy and one of the cons, Fred, were in it from the get-go, and orchestrated the entire thing to promote her career. In a final backstab, she makes it appear as if he threatens her life, and perform a murder-by-cop on him, thus making sure the truth would never be revealed. Cast * Daniel Baldwin as Walt Gearson * Coolio as Brad Vorman * Alex McArthur as Fred Dowd * Jenya Lano Jenya Wilson Lano () (Moscow, October 7, 1978) is a Russian-Italian actress and comedian, best known for her recurring role as Inspector Sheridan in ten episodes of the American television series '' Charmed''. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suspended Animation (film)
''Suspended Animation'' is a 2001 American thriller film directed and produced by John D. Hancock and starring Alex McArthur. Cast *Alex McArthur as Tom Kempton * Laura Esterman as Vanessa Boulette * Sage Allen as Ann Boulette * Maria Cina as Clara Hansen * Rebecca Harrell as Hilary Kempton *Fred Meyers as Sandor Hansen Reception The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website 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 ..., the film has a 52% approval rating, based on 25 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "''Suspended Animation'' offers some gory good fun for genre fans, even if the end results don't quite transcend their cheerfully shallow roots." References External links * 2001 films American thriller films Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route 666 (film)
''Route 666'' is a 2001 action horror film directed by William Wesley and starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Lori Petty, Steven Williams, L.Q. Jones, Dale Midkiff, Alex McArthur, and Mercedes Colon. In the film, government agents are besieged by the ghosts of a massacred chain gang while driving down a desert highway. Plot At a bar in Arizona, Fred "Rabbit" Smith is handcuffed by Federal Marshals Jack La Roca and Stephanie, assigned to bring Rabbit to Los Angeles to testify against mobster Benny "The Buzzsaw" Buffalino. Rabbit is being hunted by hitmen contracted by Benny and led by Sergei. Jack calls for a car driven by four other marshals to pick them up before Sergei's men arrive. Marshals Nick, Mary, P.T., and Joe kill all of the assassins but Sergei. The group departs for Los Angeles. Jack learns that highway U.S. Route 666, exists next to Route 66, leading more quickly to the California border. Route 666 was condemned after a prison road crew accident. Hearing the story, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil In The Flesh 2
''Devil in the Flesh 2'' (also known as ''Teacher's Pet'') is a 2000 erotic thriller film directed by Marcus Spiegel. It is a sequel to '' Devil in the Flesh'' (1998), which stars Rose McGowan. Plot Debbie Strand is a beautiful psychopath who escapes from the mental institution she was sent off to in the first installment of the series when a female orderly tires to sexually assault her. After a teenage girl who took Debbie in her car dies when retreating from Debbie and accidentally impaling herself, Debbie steals both the girl's identity and her car, and heads off to the college the dead girl was supposed to attend as a freshman. There, Debbie instantly develops a psychotic crush on her dashing writing professor, Dr. Sam Deckner after being impressed by their shared interests as well as his personality on their first interaction. Debbie assumed the role of a wealthy man's daughter while going by the deceased girl's name "Tracy Carlay" as her new identity. She is checked into sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil In The Flesh (1998 Film)
''Devil in the Flesh'' is a 1998 American erotic thriller film directed by Steve Cohen and starring Rose McGowan and Alex McArthur. The film was co-written by Cohen with Kelly Carlin-McCall, Robert McCall and Michael Michaud, based on a story by Kurt Anderson and Richard Brandes, and is not based on the twice-filmed Raymond Radiguet Raymond Radiguet (; 18 June 1903 – 12 December 1923) was a French novelist and poet whose two novels were noted for their explicit themes, and unique style and tone. Early life Radiguet was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Saint-Maur, Val-de-M ... novel '' Le Diable au corps'' (''The Devil in the Flesh''). The film was also released under the title ''Dearly Devoted''. Plot A beautiful, troubled teenage girl, Debbie Strand, is being brought up by her previously estranged grandmother in Los Angeles after her mother and her mother's boyfriend die in a suspicious house fire. Her grandmother is an extremely strict, fundamentalist Christian who be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss The Girls (1997 Film)
''Kiss the Girls'' is a 1997 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Gary Fleder and starring Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, and Cary Elwes. The screenplay by David Klass is based on James Patterson's best-selling 1995 novel of the same name. A sequel titled '' Along Came a Spider'' was released in 2001. Plot Washington D.C. Detective and forensic psychologist, Dr Alex Cross is devastated to learn that his niece, Naomi, a college student in Durham, North Carolina, has been missing for four days. Despite his family's anxiety, Cross travels to Durham to investigate, determined to find her. Upon arrival, Cross meets with local police and learns that multiple young women, including Naomi, are missing. He collaborates with Detectives Nick Ruskin and Davey Sikes, as well as FBI agents. Together, they visit a crime scene in the woods where the body of one of the missing women has been found, brutally murdered and tied to a tree, heightening Cross's fears for Naomi's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conspiracy Theory (film)
''Conspiracy Theory'' is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed by Richard Donner. Starring Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts and Patrick Stewart, the original screenplay by Brian Helgeland centers on an eccentric taxi driver who believes many world events are triggered by government conspiracies, and the Justice Department attorney who becomes involved in his life. The film grossed $137 million, and critical reviews were mixed. Plot New York City taxi driver Jerry Fletcher is a passionate conspiracy theorist, happily sharing his ideas with anyone who will listen. His favorite audience is Justice Department lawyer Alice Sutton, who tolerates him because he once saved her from a mugging but is unaware he spies on her at home. She is haunted by the murder of her father, a judge, which her boss Mr. Wilson believes was ordered by an inmate her father denied an appeal. One day, Jerry notices some men he surmises to be CIA agents, who lure him into a trap. They bring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scene Of The Crime (1996 Film)
''Scene of the Crime'' (also known by the title ''Ladykiller'') is a 1996 American independent erotic thriller/ mystery/suspense Suspense is a state of anxiety or excitement caused by mysteriousness, uncertainty, doubt, or undecidedness. In a narrative work, suspense is the audience's excited anticipation about the plot or conflict (which may be heightened by a viol ... film, directed by Terence H. Winkless. Synopsis Over a year after a chase to catch a serial slayer dubbed the 'LADYKILLER' ended in the death of his old partner, police officer Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky sees a chance to redeem himself when another serial killer, 'The Piggy Bank Murderer', starts preying on female students at a local campus. He slasheds his victims' throats with a switchblade before stuffing loose change into their mouths, leaving behind the words "She Needed The Money" wherever he goes. Jack's search leads to a number one suspect in the form of Richard Darling, an out-of-work actor drawn t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Alibi
''Perfect Alibi'' is a 1995 American crime film directed by Kevin Meyer and starring Teri Garr and Hector Elizondo In Greek mythology, Hector (; , ) was a Trojan prince, a hero and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. He is a major character in Homer's ''Iliad'', where he leads the Trojans and their allies in the defense of Troy, killing c .... It is based on the 1990 novel '' Where's Mommy Now?'' by Rochelle Majer Krich. Plot The wealthy Melanie and Keith Bauers are a married couple with two beautiful children. Melanie decides to hire a French au pair, Janine. At first, things in the household run smoothly under Janine's care. However Melanie's sister Paula discovers that Janine and Keith are having an adulterous affair and is thereafter killed in an accident. Soon, Melanie turns up dead as well. Laney Tolbert, Melanie's best friend, teams up with a police detective to find the culprits responsible. Cast Critical reception '' Time Out'' wrote, "Your ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
