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Finestkind
''Finestkind'' is a 2023 American crime thriller drama film written and directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Jenna Ortega and Tommy Lee Jones. Premise Two estranged brothers hatch a deal with a Boston crime syndicate, which spells danger for the brothers and their father as well as a mysterious young woman. Cast *Ben Foster as Tom *Toby Wallace as Charlie *Jenna Ortega as Mabel *Tommy Lee Jones *Tim Daly as Dennis Sykes *Clayne Crawford as Pete Weeks *Aaron Stanford as Skeemo *Scotty Tovar as Nunes *Lolita Davidovich as Donna Sykes *Meghan Leathers *Ismael Cruz Córdova as Costa *Fernanda Andrade as Anne Marie *Charlie Thurston as Mr. White * Jackie Sandler *Rebecca Gibel as Paulette *Kevin Craig West as Jail Van Driver *Pat Fitz as George Production In 2018, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ansel Elgort and Zendaya were attached to star in the film. In April 2022, it was announced that Paramount+ acquired the rights to the film. Filming began in Massachusett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenna Ortega
Jenna Marie Ortega (born September 27, 2002) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, receiving recognition for her role as young Jane in The CW comedy-drama series '' Jane the Virgin'' (2014–2019). Her breakthrough role came in portraying Harley Diaz in the Disney Channel series '' Stuck in the Middle'' (2016–2018), for which she won an Imagen Award. She played Ellie Alves in the second season of the thriller series '' You'' in 2019 and starred in the family film '' Yes Day'' (2021), both for Netflix. Ortega received critical praise for her performance in the teen drama film '' The Fallout'' (2021), and went on to star in the 2022 horror films '' Scream'' and '' X''. She starred as Wednesday Addams in the Netflix horror comedy series '' Wednesday'' (2022), for which she received nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Early life Jenna Marie Ortega was born on September 27, 2002, in Coachella Valley, Californi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernanda Andrade
Fernanda Andrade (born 8 March 1984) is a Brazilian-born American actress, model and singer. She is best known for starring in the 2012 horror film, '' The Devil Inside'' as Isabella Rossi, Special Agent Salazar in the 2020 sci-fi action thriller television show Next and for her role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Wendy Spector in ''Moon Knight''. Biography Andrade was born in São José dos Campos, São Paulo state, but raised in Campinas. Her mother is of Italian and Spanish descent, while her father's ancestry is Portuguese, Spanish and Native Brazilian. Her father was an engineer who traveled frequently. She moved with her family to the U.S. state of Florida when she was 11-years old when her father accepted a permanent engineering position. The move to the United States proved difficult at first, as her father was the only family member who spoke English at the time. Career Andrade became interested in acting and film during high school. She was cast in her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Helgeland
Brian Thomas Helgeland (born January 17, 1961) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. He is most known for writing the screenplays for the films '' L.A. Confidential'' and '' Mystic River''. He also wrote and directed the films '' 42'', a biopic of Jackie Robinson, and ''Legend'', about the rise and fall of the infamous London gangsters the Kray twins. His work on ''L.A. Confidential'' earned him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Early life Helgeland was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Norwegian-born parents Aud-Karin and Thomas Helgeland, and was raised in nearby New Bedford, Massachusetts. He majored in English at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth before following his father's work fishing scallop. One cold winter day in 1985 made Helgeland consider another job, after finding a book about film schools. Helgeland eventually settled on a career in film, considering his love for movies. He applied for the film school at Loyola Marymount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Daly
James Timothy Daly (born March 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom ''Wings'' and his voice role as Clark Kent/Superman in '' Superman: The Animated Series'', as well as his recurring role as the drug-addicted screenwriter J.T. Dolan on ''The Sopranos'' (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award). He starred as Pete Wilder on the ABC medical drama ''Private Practice'' from 2007 to 2012. From 2014 until 2019, he portrayed Henry McCord, husband of the Secretary of State, on the CBS drama '' Madam Secretary''. Early life Daly was born March 1, 1956, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, the only son and youngest of four children of actor James Daly (1918–1978) and actress Mary Hope Daly (; 1921–2009). He is of Irish descent, his ancestors being from Limerick and Kerry. He is the younger brother of actress Tyne Daly. He has two other sisters, Mary Glynn (wife of Mark Snow) and Pegeen Michael. Daly attended The Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismael Cruz Córdova
Ismael Enrique Cruz Córdova (born April 7, 1987) is a Puerto Rican actor who gained national attention playing Mando on ''Sesame Street''. Cruz also had a role in the Showtime original series ''Ray Donovan'', and in the third season of '' Berlin Station'', as Rafael Torres, an SOG operative. He plays Arondir in the TV series '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'', released in September 2022 on Amazon Prime Amazon Prime is a paid subscription service from Amazon which is available in various countries and gives users access to additional services otherwise unavailable or available at a premium to other Amazon customers. Services include same, one .... Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people 1987 births People from Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican male television actors {{US-tv-actor-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Sheridan
Taylor Sheridan (born May 21, 1970) is an American filmmaker and actor. Sheridan portrayed David Hale in the FX television series ''Sons of Anarchy'' and Danny Boyd in ''Veronica Mars'' (2005–2007). Sheridan has written several films, including the screenplay for '' Sicario'' (2015), for which he was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for '' Hell or High Water'' (2016), which was nominated for three other Oscars, including Best Picture. Sheridan also wrote and directed the 2017 neo-Western crime film '' Wind River'' and wrote the 2018 sequel to ''Sicario''. He is a co-creator of the Paramount Network television series ''Yellowstone'' and creator of its prequels ''1883'' (2021) and ''1923'' (2022), and he co-created the crime thriller ''Mayor of Kingstown''. He also created the crime drama '' Tulsa King'', which he co-writes and showruns with Terence Winter. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Stanford
Aaron Stanford (born December 27, 1976) is an American actor best known for his roles as Pyro in '' X2'' and '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', and Doug in the 2006 remake of ''The Hills Have Eyes''. From 2010 to 2013, he starred as Birkhoff in ''Nikita''. He has also starred as James Cole on the television series ''12 Monkeys'', based on the 1995 film of the same name. Early life and education Stanford was born in Westford, Massachusetts, the son of Judith (née Dupras), an English professor, and Don Stanford, who works in publishing. His brother David is a musician. Stanford attended Westford Academy in Westford Massachusetts for high school and met his first acting teacher there. He initially attended SUNY Purchase, but transferred to Rutgers University Mason Gross School of Arts. He graduated in 2000, magna cum laude. Career Stanford's first major film role was in the low-budget indie film ''Tadpole'' (2002), in which he portrays Oscar Grubman, a precocious 15-year-old with a cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayne Crawford
Joseph Crawford (born April 20, 1978), known professionally as Clayne Crawford, is an American actor. He is known for portraying the role of Martin Riggs on the Fox action comedy-drama television series ''Lethal Weapon'' (2016–2018). He also portrayed Teddy Talbot on the critically acclaimed Sundance drama ''Rectify'' (2013–2016) for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Crawford had supporting roles in the films ''A Walk to Remember'' (2002), ''Swimfan'' (2002), '' A Love Song for Bobby Long'' (2004), '' The Great Raid'' (2005), and '' Wristcutters: A Love Story'' (2006). He also played in some small independent films that were not widely distributed. Life and career Born in Clay, Alabama, Crawford is the son of Brian, a design engineer, and Lennie Crawford. By high school, he was on the football and wrestling teams, and graduated from Hewitt-Trussville High School. In 1996, he drove to Los Angele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolita Davidovich
Lolita Davidovich ( sr-Latn, Lolita Davidović, italic=unset; born July 15, 1961) is a Canadian-born film and television actress, best known for portraying Blaze Starr in the 1989 film '' Blaze'', for which she received a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination. She later had starring roles in films including '' Leap of Faith'' (1992), '' Raising Cain'' (1992), '' Intersection'' (1994), ''Cobb'' (1994), '' Jungle 2 Jungle'' (1997), '' Gods and Monsters'' (1998), ''Mystery, Alaska'' (1999), and '' Play It to the Bone'' (1999). Early life Davidovich was born Lolita Davidović in London, Ontario, the daughter of emigrants from the former Yugoslavia. Her father was from Belgrade (the capital of Serbia), and her mother was from Slovenia. She spoke only Serbian during her early years. She studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. Career Davidovich began her career playing small parts on television and films. She first received notice co-starring in comedy-drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Toronto International Film Festival
The 48th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 7 to 17, 2023.Victoria Ahearn"TIFF reveals new programmers and other 2023 festival details" ''Playback'', April 20, 2023. The most noted change from past years was that the Contemporary World Cinema stream was renamed Centrepiece. The festival also announced some changes to its programming team for the 2023 festival, following the retirement of Steve Gravestock at the end of 2022 and the death of Ravi Srinivasan in early 2023. Noted changes included Norman Wilner taking over Gravestock's role as programmer of Canadian films, and June Kim succeeding Srinivasan as programmer for South Asian films. The festival indicated that with the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival having returned to more normal attendance figures, the event would take place exclusively in-person, ending the online platform that had been offered since the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.Jeremy Kay"Taika Waititi’s ‘Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Entertainment Studios
MTV Entertainment Studios is the film and television production arm of MTV Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Founded in 1991 as MTV Productions, it is a consolidation of the former MTV Films group established in 1996 and the MTV Production Development/MTV Studios group of 2003–2021, it has produced original television shows like '' Beavis and Butt-Head'', '' Æon Flux'', '' Jackass'', '' My Super Sweet 16'', '' Daria'', '' Celebrity Deathmatch'', '' Clone High'' and '' The Real World'' and films such as ''Election'', '' Joe's Apartment'' and '' Napoleon Dynamite''. Its films are released by fellow Paramount Global division Paramount Pictures. The MTV Films unit was once part of Paramount Players until 2020. History MTV Productions originally started in 1991, and went into expansion two years later, with Doug Herzog serving as president of the unit. Its expansion was to produce shows for theatrical release, broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Wallace
Toby Wallace (born 6 June 1995) is a British-born Australian actor, known for his role in '' Babyteeth'' (2019), for which he won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2020. Early life and education Wallace was born in the United Kingdom on 6 June 1995, living there until he was aged eight. After the family moved to Australia, he went to Jells Park Primary School in the Melbourne suburb of Wheelers Hill until Year 6, before transferring to Caulfield Grammar School, where he trained in drama and theatre. Career Wallace's first appearance in a feature film, aged 13, was in ''Lucky Country'', a 2009 film by Australian filmmaker Kriv Stenders. It was for this role that he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actor. In 2012, Wallace had a role in the TV movie '' Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away''. In 2012, Wallace played a month-long guest role in the long-running TV s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
