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Fall On Your Sword
Fall On Your Sword is an American film and commercial music production company with offices in Los Angeles, California, and Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. It was founded in 2009 by London-born musician and composer Will Bates, who is joined by executive producer and partner Lucy Alper. Fall On Your Sword creates music for feature films, television, and advertising. Career Fall On Your Sword (FOYS) is primarily known for their work in film scoring and viral video mash-up creations. As a composer, Bates has scored a feature films including ''Another Earth, I Origins, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, 28 Hotel Rooms and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief''. He has also scored a number of TV series including ''The Magicians (U.S. TV series), The Magicians'', ''The Path (TV series), The Path'', ''The Looming Tower (miniseries), The Looming Tower'', ''Chance (TV series), Chance'', and ''Sweetbitter (TV series), Sweetbitter''. Prior to scoring films, FOYS p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Summer Nights (film)
''Hot Summer Nights'' is a 2017 American neo-noir coming-of-age crime drama film written and directed by Elijah Bynum, in his directorial debut. It stars Timothée Chalamet, Maika Monroe, Alex Roe, Maia Mitchell, William Fichtner, Thomas Jane, and Emory Cohen. Set on Cape Cod in the summer of 1991, the plot follows Daniel Middleton, a teenage boy who becomes entangled in the drug trade. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 13, 2017. It was released on June 28, 2018, through DirecTV Cinema, before beginning a theatrical limited release on July 27, 2018, by A24. Plot In 1991, Daniel, an awkward teenager, is sent by his mother to spend the summer with his aunt on Cape Cod after the death of his father. He is not excited about it at first, but soon he meets Hunter Strawberry, the bad boy in town. While working at a convenience store, Hunter hurriedly asks Daniel to hide marijuana from approaching police. They later become business partners in selling drugs from a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Natural History Of Transformation
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bite Me (TV Series)
Bite Me may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Film and television * ''Bite Me!'' (film), a 2004 horror film * ''Bite Me'' (2019 film), an American romantic comedy film * ''Bite Me'', a 2016 comedy show written by Joanne McNally * "Bite Me" (''CSI''), a sixth-season episode of the television series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' * "Bite Me" (''Charmed''), a fourth-season episode of the television series ''Charmed'' * "Bite Me", a sixth-season episode of the television series ''Medium'' Music * "Bite Me" (song), a 2021 song by Avril Lavigne from ''Love Sux'' * "Bite Me", a 1992 song by "Weird Al" Yankovic from ''Off the Deep End'' * "Bite Me", a 2005 song by Electric Six from '' Señor Smoke'' * "Bite Me", a 2023 song by Freya Ridings from ''Blood Orange'' * "Bite Me", a 2023 song by Enhypen from ''Dark Blood'' * "Bite Me!", a 2010 song by Hocico from '' Tiempos de Furia'' * "Bite Me", a 2024 song by AJ DiSpirito and Zephyrianna used in the final episode of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (TV Series)
''Salt Fat Acid Heat'' is an American cooking documentary television series starring Samin Nosrat. Based on her 2017 book of the same name, the four-part series premiered on Netflix on October 11, 2018. The show and book's title comes from Nosrat's proposed four elements of successful cooking: salt, fat, acid, and heat. Each installment of the series focuses on a particular element, with Nosrat traveling to a different location to demonstrate how the element is used in local cuisine. In each episode, Nosrat has guides who walk her through their homeland's cuisine while she pulls out the lessons related to each fundamental element. The show is "part how-to guide for home cooks of all skill levels and part aspirational travelogue". Episodes Reception The show has received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series has a 100% approval rating based on nine reviews, with an average rating of 7.5 out of 10. Maura Judkis of ''The'' ''Was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody Walks
''Nobody Walks'' is a 2012 American independent drama film directed by Ry Russo-Young. The film premiered in Competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won a special Jury Prize. The film stars John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie DeWitt, India Ennenga, Jane Levy and Justin Kirk, and was co-written by Russo-Young and Lena Dunham. Magnolia Pictures released the film on VOD September 6, 2012 and in theaters October 12, 2012. Plot 23-year-old Martine has just arrived in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles when she moves into a wealthy family's pool house, and begins working to complete her art film. Meanwhile, Peter, a laid-back father of two, agrees to his wife's request to help their young guest complete the project. The more time Martine spends with her surrogate family, the more apparent it becomes no one will walk away from this situation unchanged. Reception Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Versus
''Lola Versus'' is a 2012 American romantic comedy film directed by Daryl Wein, who co-wrote the screenplay with his partner Zoe Lister-Jones. The film stars Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Lister-Jones, Bill Pullman and Debra Winger. Plot On her 29th birthday, Ph.D. student Lola accepts a marriage proposal from her longtime artist boyfriend, Luke, and wedding preparations commence. However, weeks before the wedding, Luke decides to end the engagement, devastating Lola. In an attempt to encourage Lola to date other men, her best friend Alice takes her to a nightclub. There, the thought of having one-night stands with strangers sends Lola into a panic attack. Shortly thereafter, Lola visits Henry, a mutual friend of hers and Luke's, spending the night at his place. One day, a man named Nick flirts with Lola outside a fish market. Though she is not ready to start dating again, she agrees to give him her phone number. On her way to a meeting at her university, Lola is surprised by Luk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generation Um
''Generation Um...'' is a 2012 independent drama film about "a New York City family of circumstance" written and directed by Mark L Mann, and starring Keanu Reeves, Adelaide Clemens and Bojana Novakovic. The film was released theatrically in New York City and Los Angeles on May 3, 2013, moving quickly to VOD and DVD. Plot ''Generation Um...'' is an existential day-in-the-life portrait that immerses the viewer in the downtown mindsets of John Wall (Keanu Reeves), a lost soul who's been circling the New York City drain for too long, and the two party girls he spends his birthday with, Violet (Bojana Novakovic) and Mia (Adelaide Clemens), as they look for light in the darker aspects of their "family of circumstance" and the paths their self-destructive lives have taken. Cast *Keanu Reeves as John Wall * Adelaide Clemens as Mia *Bojana Novakovic as Violet * Daniel Sunjata as Charles *Sarita Choudhury as Lily, the waitress *Jonny Orsini as Rick * Jake Hoffman as Rob, the wine store guy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Normals (film)
''The Normals'' is a 2012 American comedy film starring Bryan Greenberg. It is based on the novel of the same name by David Gilbert. Cast *Bryan Greenberg as Billy Schine * Jess Weixler as Gretchen * Fred Weller as Lannigan * Josh Pais as Dr. Honeysack * Reg E. Cathey as Rodney *John Sayles as Dr. Marx *Brooke Bloom as Nurse Longley *Brad Calcaterra as Stew *Kelli Crump as Joy * Matt McCarthy as Ossap *Tim O’Halloran as Dullick *Debargo Sanyal as Sameer *Jon Norman Schneider as Do *Dan Hedaya Daniel G. Dan Hedaya (born July 24, 1940) is an American actor best known for his supporting roles in films such as '' The Hunger'' (1983), '' Blood Simple'' (1984), ''Commando'' (1985), '' The Addams Family'' (1991), ''Benny & Joon'' (1993), '' ... as Ragnar *Mishka Balilty as Yellow Patient *Peter Mark Bockman as Orderly * Gerard Cordero as Orderly References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Normals Film American comedy films Films based on American novels 2010s English-lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Notorious Mr
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Among Ravens
''Among Ravens'' is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Russell Friedenberg and Randy Redroad and starring Amy Smart, Joshua Leonard, Christian Campbell, Victoria Smurfit, Natalie Imbruglia, Will McCormack, Johnny Sequoyah and Freidenberg. Plot The story of a group of friends who reunite for their annual 4th of July weekend only to be confronted by Chad, a strange and beautiful nature photographer who begins to change their lives one by one. Cast *Amy Smart as Wendy Conifer * Joshua Leonard as Ellis Conifer *Christian Campbell as Will Deville *Russell Friedenberg as Saul King *Victoria Smurfit as Emma *Natalie Imbruglia as Madison * Will McCormack as Chad Whitlock * Johnny Sequoyah as Joey * Castille Landon as Saturn Moon *Calum Grant as Hal Rice *Vinnie Duyck as Taxi Driver *Christopher Pinkalla as Jay Reception The film has a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Glenn Kenny Glenn Kenny (born August 8, 1959) is an American film critic and journalist. He writes for ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl In The Book
''The Girl in the Book'' is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Marya Cohn in her directorial debut. The film stars Emily VanCamp, Michael Nyqvist, David Call, Michael Cristofer, Talia Balsam and Ana Mulvoy-Ten. It had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 13, 2015. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on December 11, 2015, by Myriad Pictures, and Freestyle Releasing. ''The Girl in the Book'' garnered a positive reception from critics who praised VanCamp's performance and Cohn's direction of her own script. Plot Alice Harvey, a 28-year-old assistant book editor and aspiring writer, is tasked with handling the re-release of Milan Daneker's book ''Waking Eyes''. Her father is a successful literary agent, who is overbearing, and her mother is overpowered by him. Alice first met Milan when she was 13, at one of her parents' parties. Soon after, Alice got stuck on a paper/potential novel she was writing and called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
