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Dinocroc
''Dinocroc'' is a 2004 American horror film directed by Kevin O'Neill. The film's plot revolves around a genetically engineered ''Suchomimus'' terrorizing the lake-side residents of a small town. The film stars Matthew Borlenghi, Jane Longenecker, Charles Napier, Costas Mandylor, Bruce Weitz, and Joanna Pacuła. The film was produced by b-movie director Roger Corman. The film received a limited theatrical release in early 2004. before premiering on the Syfy Channel in April of that year. It was followed by two sequels, ''Supergator'' and '' Dinocroc vs. Supergator'', as well as a spin-off film, '' Dinoshark''. Upon release, the film received negative reviews from critics and audiences. It later received a Golden Galaxy award. Plot A large carnivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous period of Northern Africa, with a head resembling one of a crocodilian, is found which could grow up to 50 feet long. Dr. Campbell (Bruce Weitz) uses its DNA with a modern-day crocodile to create two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinoshark
''Dinoshark'' is a 2010 low budget Syfy horror film. It was shown on Syfy on March 13, 2010. Background The film premiered on Syfy on the evening of March 13, 2010 before 2 million viewers. ''Dinoshark'' followed up ''Dinocroc''; Roger Corman proposed a sequel (''Dinocroc 2'') but Syfy felt that television audiences tended to respond better to new-but-similar ideas more than direct sequels. April MacIntyre, of Monsters and Critics, compared the film to old B movies. A sequel titled ''Dinocroc vs. Supergator'' was released on June 26, 2010. Roger Corman said that while the plot is hard to believe, the film can be enjoyed if belief is suspended and that the film is internally consistent. The film is a remake of the 1979 film ''Up from the Depths''. ''Dinoshark'' has been described as ''Dinocroc'' with flippers. Before the film was released, Margaret Lyons of ''Entertainment Weekly'' said that this, along with '' Sharktopus'', were destined to be classics of the "awesomely awful ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Wynorski
Jim Wynorski (born August 14, 1950) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s, and has directed over 150 feature films. His earliest films were released to movie theaters, but his later works have predominantly been released to cable or the straight-to-video market. He often works under pseudonyms such as "Jay Andrews," "Arch Stanton," "H.R. Blueberry," "Tom Popatopolis," and "Noble Henry." His movies often spoof horror films: ''Cleavagefield'', for example, parodies ''Cloverfield'', ''The Bare Wench Project'' parodies ''The Blair Witch Project'', and ''Para-Knockers Activity'' parodies ''Paranormal Activity''. A character in the film ''The Final Destination'' is named after him. In 2009, the documentary ''Popatopolis'', directed by Clay Westervelt and named for one of Wynorski 's pseudonyms, chronicled Wynorski during the making of his soft-core horror film, ''The Witches of Breastwick'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supergator
''Supergator '' is a 2007 horror film directed by Brian Clyde, produced by Roger Corman, and starring Brad Johnson and Kelly McGillis. The music was by Damon Ebner; it was a parody of the film ''King Kong''. Background After Corman produced '' Dinocroc'' in 2004, he wanted to create a sequel to be named ''Dinocroc 2''. However, the Sci-Fi Channel turned down the project after claiming that sequels did not do well for them. Corman decided to go ahead with the project, but under the name ''Supergator''. Plot Professor Scott Kinney is an American geologist monitoring a local volcano when a Supergator, a ''Deinosuchus'' recreated from fossilized preserved DNA, escapes from a secret bio-engineering research center/laboratory. Along the way, it eats 13 people, including two lovers, three drunken teens, three models, two tourists and a fisherman. It also eats Alexandra Stevens and Ryan Houston. Kinney joins forces with another scientist, Kim Taft, and a Texan alligator hunter name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Napier (actor)
Charles Lewis Napier (April 12, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was an American character actor known for playing supporting and occasional leading roles in television and films. He was frequently cast as police officers, soldiers, or authority figures, many of them villainous or corrupt. After leaving his Kentucky hometown to serve in the Army, he graduated from college and worked as a sports coach and art teacher before settling on acting as a career. Napier established himself in character roles and worked steadily for the next 35 years. He made numerous collaborations with director Jonathan Demme, including roles in '' Something Wild'' (1986), '' Married to the Mob'' (1988), '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), ''Philadelphia'' (1993), '' Beloved'' (1998), and '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004). Other notable roles include the short-tempered country singer Tucker McElroy in ''The Blues Brothers'', gruff army Commander Gilmour in '' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works that have an already-established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low-budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. In 1964, Corman—admired by members of the French New Wave and '' Cahiers du Cinéma''—became the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française, as well as in the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. He was the co-founder of New World Pictures, the founder of New Concorde and is a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers". Corman is also famous for distributing in the U.S. many foreign directors, such as Federico Fellini (I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Perlich
Max Perlich (born March 26, 1968) is an American film and television actor. In 1990, Perlich won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the hit indie film ''Drugstore Cowboy'' and was nominated for the same award in 1996 for his performance in ''Georgia''. Early life Perlich was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His mother was actress Linda Porter, known for her roles in shows such as '' Superstore'' and ''Gilmore Girls'', and his father, Martin Perlich, was a writer, radio programming director and announcer, who worked for a time with the Cleveland Orchestra. The Perlich family moved to Los Angeles, California when Max was four. Career After Perlich dropped out of high school in 10th grade, his career began with a small part in John Hughes' hit 1986 teen comedy ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''. He then began appearing in a series of bit parts on television and in teen films such as ''Can't Buy Me Love'' (1987), '' Plain Clothes'' ( 1988), '' Gleamin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Callahan (actor)
John Kevin Callahan (December 23, 1953 – March 28, 2020) was an American actor, known for his work as Edmund Grey on the daytime soap opera ''All My Children''. Early life Callahan was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a pre-law student at University of California at Berkeley before pursuing a career in acting. Career Callahan portrayed Leo Russell on the daytime soap '' General Hospital'' from 1984 to 1985. Subsequent roles included Eric Stavros on the prime time series ''Falcon Crest'' from 1986 to 1988, and Craig Hunt on the daytime soap '' Santa Barbara'' from 1989 to 1991. He played Edmund Grey, his best known role, on ''All My Children'' from 1992 to 2005. Callahan also appeared as Edmund, with co-star Esta TerBlanche, in a 1997 episode of the sitcom ''Spin City'' called "My Life is a Soap Opera". From 2008 to 2010, he played Richard Baker on ''Days of Our Lives''. Callahan and his co-star Eva LaRue co-hosted both the Lifetime series ''Weddings of a Lifetime'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Pacuła
Joanna Pacuła (; born 30 December 1957) is a Polish-American actress and model. Born in Tomaszów Lubelski and emigrating to the United States in the early 1980s, she first gained prominence through her modeling work for Vogue. Her breakthrough performance in the 1983 film '' Gorky Park'' earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. In the years since, she established herself as a prolific character actress, appearing in numerous high-profile films and television series. Life and career Pacuła was born in Tomaszów Lubelski, Poland, to a pharmacist mother and an engineer father.Joanna Pacuła zrobiła zbyt małą karierę, by zasłużyć na honorowe obywatelstwo Tomaszowa Lub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Borlenghi
Matt Borlenghi is an American actor, best known for his roles as Brian Bodine on ''All My Children'' from 1991 to 1993 and 1996, as Russ on ''The Jeff Foxworthy Show'', as Rich Casey on '' Police Academy: The Series'' and as Lyle on ''Cobra Kai''. Career Borlenghi came to national attention playing Brian Bodine on ''All My Children'' in the early 1990s. His character was the main romantic interest of Hayley Vaughan, played by Kelly Ripa, until he quit the show in 1993 in favor of doing comedy TV.https://variety.com/2015/tv/spotlight/kelly-ripa-all-my-children-1201610771/ However, later in 1996, he did make a brief return to stir things up between Hayley and new boyfriend Mateo (Mark Consuelos). Borlenghi also played Ziggy Deadmarsh on CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' in 2002, and Mayor Anthony Marino on NBC ''Days of Our Lives''. Borlenghi spent several years starring on various sitcoms, such as ''The Jeff Foxworthy Show'', in which he portrayed Jeff Foxworth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Weitz
Bruce Peter Weitz (born May 27, 1943) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the TV series ''Hill Street Blues'', which ran from 1981 until 1987. Weitz won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1984 for his role in the series. Biography Early life Weitz was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of Sybil (née Rubel), a homemaker, and Joseph Weitz, who owned a liquor store. Career Weitz appeared in the movies '' Deep Impact'', ''Half Past Dead'' and '' El Cortez''. His guest appearances on television include '' NYPD Blue'', '' Quincy'', ''Midnight Caller'', ''Sisters'', '' Superman: The Animated Series'' as Bruno Mannheim, '' JAG'', ''The X-Files'', ''The West Wing'', and '' Highlander: The Series''. Weitz portrayed Anthony Zacchara on '' General Hospital'' from 2007 to 2012. Personal life Weitz married actress Cecilia Hart in 1971; they divorced in 1980. Weitz has been married to Vivian Davis s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costas Mandylor
Costas Mandylor (born Konstantinos Theodosopoulos; 3 September 1965) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Kenny in ''Picket Fences'' and for portraying Mark Hoffman in the ''Saw'' films. Early life Mandylor was born in Melbourne, the son of Greek immigrants from the Peloponnese region. Mandylor took a version of his mother's maiden name, citing his real name in Greek being too long. He grew up in St Kilda and South Melbourne. He moved to the United States in 1987 where he started taking acting lessons. He was initially unable to find any work acting and had to work any job available. Career Mandylor's first major role was in the 1989 film '' Triumph of the Spirit'' playing a European Jew, which was filmed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. He returned to Los Angeles meeting director Oliver Stone and auditioned and got the role of an Italian count in ''The Doors'' (1991). Mandylor landed a leading role in ''Mobsters'' playing Mafia boss Frank Cos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
