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Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He began his career in theatre before landing small roles in various British television productions and feature films. Law gained international recognition for his role in Anthony Minghella's ''The Talented Mr. Ripley (film), The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Law found further critical and commercial success in Steven Spielberg's ''A.I. Artificial Intelligence'' (2001), Sam Mendes' ''Road to Perdition'' (2002), Minghella's ''Cold Mountain (film), Cold Mountain'' (2003), for which he earned Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, in addition to the drama ''Closer (2004 film), Closer'' (2004) and the romantic comedy ''The Holiday'' (2006). His subsequent roles were as Dr. Watson in ''Sherlock Holmes (2009 film), Sherlock Holmes'' (2009) and ''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Game Of Shadows
''Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'' is a 2011 period mystery action film and a sequel to the 2009 film ''Sherlock Holmes''. The film is directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Dan Lin, Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, and Susan Downey. The film's screenplay was written by Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively, alongside Noomi Rapace as Madame Simza "Sim" Heron, Jared Harris as Professor Moriarty, Stephen Fry as Mycroft Holmes, Kelly Reilly as Mary Morstan, Eddie Marsan as Inspector Lestrade, William Houston as Constable Clark, and Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler. Although the film follows an original premise, it incorporates more closely elements of Conan Doyle's short stories, including "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House". In the film, Holmes and Watson travel across Europe with a Romani fortune-teller to foil an intricate plot by the cunning Professor M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skeleton Crew
A skeleton crew is the minimum number of personnel needed to operate and maintain an item. Skeleton Crew may refer to: Music *Skeleton Crew (band), an American experimental rock and jazz group *Skeleton Crew, an American record label co-founded by Frank Iero *''Skeleton Crew'', a 2015 album by Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear *The Skeleton Crew, the house band on the Netflix revival of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' *Skeleton Krew (also spelled "Skeleton Crew"), a British band formed by Paul King (Mungo Jerry) Literature * ''Skeleton Crew'' (short story collection), a 1985 collection of short fiction by Stephen King * ''The Skeleton Crew'' (book), a 2014 true-crime book Television * Bones: Skeleton Crew, a web series *'' Star Wars: Skeleton Crew'', a ''Star Wars'' TV series, released in 2024 *"Skeleton Crew", an episode of American TV series '' JAG'' Other uses *Skeleton Crew (comics), a fictional villanous organization, a group of Marvel Comics supervillains formed by the Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Pope
''The New Pope'' is a satirical drama television series created and directed by Paolo Sorrentino for Sky Atlantic, HBO and Canal+. It is a continuation of the 2016 series ''The Young Pope'', originally announced as its second season. The nine-episode series stars Jude Law, reprising his role as the fictional Pope Pius XIII, and John Malkovich as the fictional Pope John Paul III, the titular new pope. It was co-produced by European production companies The Apartment Pictures, Wildside, Haut et Court TV and Mediapro. The series premiered on 10 January 2020 on Sky Atlantic in Italy. Plot ''The New Pope'' opens with Pope Pius XIII still in a coma, revered as a living saint by a growing cult of followers. Amid concerns that his sainthood could spark dangerous idolatry, Vatican Secretary Voiello manipulates the papal conclave to elect a malleable, Franciscan-inspired candidate: Cardinal Viglietti, who becomes Pope Francis II. However, Viglietti quickly asserts himself with sweeping, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Pope
''The Young Pope'' is a satirical drama television series created and directed by Paolo Sorrentino for Sky Atlantic, HBO, and Canal+. The series stars Jude Law as the disruptive Pope Pius XIII and Diane Keaton as his confidante, Sister Mary, in a Vatican full of intrigues. The series was co-produced by the European production companies Wildside, Haut et Court TV and Mediapro. The world premiere of ''The Young Pope'' was on 3 September 2016 at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, where the first two episodes were screened out of competition, the first time in the history of the festival that a TV series has been a part of the program. The series premiered on television on 21 October 2016 on Sky Atlantic in Italy. ''The Young Pope'' was originally designed as a limited series, and was marketed as such, especially in the United States. However, it was later followed by '' The New Pope'', with Law returning and joined by John Malkovich. Production began in Italy in late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spy (2015 Film)
''Spy'' is a 2015 American spy action comedy film written and directed by Paul Feig. It stars Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, and Jude Law, alongside Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Serafinowicz, Morena Baccarin, Nargis Fakhri, and Allison Janney in supporting roles. The film follows unorthodox secret agent Susan Cooper (McCarthy) as she tries to trace a stolen portable nuclear device. Produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Feig, and Jessie Henderson, ''Spy'' had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 15, 2015, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 5, 2015, by 20th Century Fox. ''Spy'' received praise for Feig's direction and screenplay, McCarthy and Byrne's performances, as well as Statham's surprise comedic role. The film grossed $235 million worldwide against a $65 million budget. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grand Budapest Hotel
''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' is a 2014 comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Wes Anderson. Ralph Fiennes leads a seventeen-actor ensemble cast as Monsieur Gustave H., famed concierge of a twentieth-century mountainside resort in the Ruritanian romance, fictional Eastern European country of Zubrowka. When Gustave is framed for the murder of a wealthy dowager (Tilda Swinton), he and his recently befriended protégé Zero (Tony Revolori) embark on a quest for fortune and a priceless Renaissance art, Renaissance painting amidst the backdrop of an encroaching Fascism in Europe, fascist regime. Anderson's American Empirical Pictures produced the film in association with Studio Babelsberg, Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Indian Paintbrush (company), Indian Paintbrush's Scott Rudin and Steven Rales. Fox Searchlight supervised the commercial distribution, and ''The Grand Budapest Hotel''s funding was sourced through Indian Paintbrush and German gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Side Effects (2013 Film)
''Side Effects'' is a 2013 American crime thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns. It stars Rooney Mara as a woman who is prescribed experimental drugs by psychiatrists (Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones) after her husband (Channing Tatum) is released from prison. ''Side Effects'' was released in the United States on February 8, 2013, by Open Road Films. It received positive reviews and grossed $66 million worldwide. Plot After her husband Martin completes a four-year prison sentence for insider trading, Bedford, New York socialite Emily Taylor drives into a wall in an apparent suicide attempt. Jonathan Banks, her assigned psychiatrist, prescribes a series of antidepressants, but none work. Jonathan contacts Emily's previous psychiatrist, Victoria Siebert, who suggests a new drug, Ablixa. The drug seems to help Emily but gives her sleepwalking episodes as a side effect. One night, Emily stabs Martin to death while sleepwalking. Jonathan fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo (film)
''Hugo'' is a 2011 American adventure film, adventure drama film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese, and adapted for the screen by John Logan (writer), John Logan. Based on Brian Selznick's 2007 book ''The Invention of Hugo Cabret'', it tells the story of a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s, only to become embroiled in a mystery surrounding his late father's automaton and the pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès. ''Hugo'' is Scorsese's first film shot in 3-D film, 3D, about which the filmmaker remarked, "I found 3D to be really interesting, because the actors were more upfront emotionally. Their slightest move, their slightest intention is picked up much more precisely." The film was released in the United States on November 23, 2011. Despite receiving considerable acclaim from critics, ''Hugo'' was a box office bomb, financial disappointment, grossing only $185 million against its estimated $150 million budget. The film re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contagion (2011 Film)
''Contagion'' is a 2011 American medical thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its ensemble cast includes Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The plot concerns the spread of a highly contagious virus transmitted through respiratory droplets and fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order as the virus turns into a worldwide pandemic, and the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread. To follow several interacting plot lines, the film makes use of the multi-narrative " hyperlink cinema" style, popularized in several of Soderbergh's films. The film was inspired by real-life outbreaks such as the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and the 2009 flu pandemic. Following their collaboration on '' The Informant!'' (2009), Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns discussed a film depicting the rapid spread of a virus. Burns consulted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Marvel (film)
''Captain Marvel'' is a 2019 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Carol Danvers, Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films, the 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck from a screenplay they co-wrote with Geneva Robertson-Dworet. It stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Carol Danvers, alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law. Set in 1995, the story follows Danvers as she becomes Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Captain Marvel after Earth is caught in a galactic conflict. Development began by May 2013. The film was officially announced in October 2014 as Marvel Studios' first female-led project. Nicole Perlman and Meg LeFauve were hired to write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yon-Rogg
Yon-Rogg is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, the character first appeared in '' Marvel Super Heroes'' #12 (December 1967). Yon-Rogg is a military commander of the Kree alien race who was sent to Earth on behalf of the Supreme Intelligence, in order to promote Kree genetic superiority. The character is a foe of Carol Danvers and was indirectly responsible for her transformation into Ms. Marvel. Jude Law portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Captain Marvel'' (2019). Law also voiced an alternate version of the character in the animated series '' What If...?''. Publication history Yon-Rogg first appeared in '' Marvel Super Heroes'' #12 (December 1967) and was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan. He was introduced as a Kree commander sent to Earth to investigate how the planet's seemingly primitive inhabitants managed to destroy an advanced Kree Sentry. During this mission, he trie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
