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Lance Hool
Lance Hool is a Mexican film director, film producer, and actor. He directed the action films '' Missing in Action 2: The Beginning'' (1985) and '' Steel Dawn'' (1987), the war film ''One Man's Hero'' (1999), and the romantic drama film '' 2 Hearts'' (2020). He also founded the Santa Fe-based film studio Santa Fe Studios in 2011. Early life Hool was born in Mexico and grew up in Mexico City in a family largely involved in the film industry. According to him, his great-grandfather worked as a financier for Charlie Chaplin. Hool and his brother were childhood friends of Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. Hool attended the Universidad de las Américas Puebla, graduating with a B.A. and an M.B.A. Career Hool made his acting debut in the Howard Hawks film ''Rio Lobo'', which was released in 1970 and was Hawks's last film before his death. He worked in the Mexican film industry for 20 years, and was the U.S. representative for the Mexican national film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universidad De Las Américas Puebla
Universidad de las Américas Puebla, commonly known as UDLAP (), is a Mexican private university located in San Andrés Cholula, near Puebla. The university is known for its programs in Finance, Arts and Humanities, Social sciences, Science and Engineering, and Business and Economics. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in Latin America, having been ranked the best private and single-campus university in Mexico by the newspaper '' El Universal'', as well as being one of the only seven universities in Latin America accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The UDLAP has also been very successful in Mexican collegiate sports; their teams are the Aztecas. History 1940s The Universidad de las Américas was founded in 1940 by Dr. Henry L. Cain and Dr. Paul V. Murray. Its original name was Mexico City College. The institution initially offered associate degrees in Arts and Sciences. In 1946 the Veterans Administration added the unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Lobo
''Rio Lobo'' is a 1970 American Western film directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, from a screenplay by Burton Wohl and Leigh Brackett. The film was shot in Cuernavaca in the Mexican state of Morelos and in Tucson, Arizona. The musical score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. It was the third Howard Hawks film to explore the theme of a town sheriff defending his office against belligerent local outlaws; the others were '' Rio Bravo'' (1959) and '' El Dorado'' (1966), both also starring John Wayne. ''Rio Lobo'' was the last film Hawks made. Plot During the American Civil War, a secret Union army payroll train is raided by Confederates, led by Captain Pierre Cordona and Sergeant Tuscarora Phillips. Union Colonel Cord McNally loses his close friend, Lieutenant Ned Forsythe, in the raid, and the complexity of the Confederates' scheme indicates that Union traitors must have provided them with the details about the transport. In the ensuing pursuit, McNally's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Film
Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses Speculative fiction, speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as Extraterrestrial life in fiction, extraterrestrial lifeforms, List of fictional spacecraft, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, Mutants in fiction, mutants, interstellar travel, time travel, or other technologies. Science fiction films have often been used to focus on politics, political or social issues, and to explore philosophical issues like the human condition. The genre has existed since the early years of silent cinema, when Georges Méliès' ''A Trip to the Moon'' (1902) employed Special effect, trick photography effects. The next major example (first in feature-length in the genre) was the film ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' (1927). From the 1930s to the 1950s, the genre consisted mainly of low-budget B movies. After Stanley Kubrick's landmark ''2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Maslin
Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, who served as a film critic for ''The New York Times'' from 1977 to 1999, serving as chief critic for the last six years, and then a literary critic from 2000 to 2015. In 2000, Maslin helped found the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York. She is president of its board of directors. Education Maslin graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Career Maslin began her career as a rock music critic for '' The Boston Phoenix'' and became a film editor and critic for that publication. She also worked as a freelancer for ''Rolling Stone'' and worked at ''Newsweek''. Maslin became a film critic for ''The New York Times'' in 1977. From December 1, 1994, she replaced Vincent Canby as the chief film critic. Maslin continued to review films for ''The Times'' until 1999, when she briefly left the newspaper. Her film criticism career, including her embrace of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. Born in Oklahoma, Norris first gained fame when he won the amateur Middleweight Karate champion title in 1968, which he held for six consecutive years. He subsequently moved to Los Angeles to teach martial arts, where his students included Steve McQueen, Donny Osmond, and Priscilla Presley. In 1968, Norris made his acting debut in the spy spoof ''The Wrecking Crew (1968 film), The Wrecking Crew''. He had his breakthrough as a leading actor in the action film ''Good Guys Wear Black'' (1978). Norris soon became a popular action movie star, appearing in ''A Force of One'' (1979), ''The Octagon (film), The Octagon'' (1980), ''An Eye for an Eye (1981 film), An Eye for an Eye'' (1981), ''Silent Rage'' (1982), and ''Lone Wolf McQuade'' (1983). This led The Cannon Group, Inc., Cannon Films to sign Norris into a multiple film deal, starting with ''Missing in Action (film), Missing in Action'' (1984 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McHale's Navy (1997 Film)
''McHale's Navy'' is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated from a one-hour drama titled "Seven Against the Sea", broadcast on April 3, 1962, as part of the ''Alcoa Premiere'' anthology series. The ABC series spawned three feature films: ''McHale's Navy (1964 film), McHale's Navy'' (1964); a sequel, ''McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force'' (1965); and a 1997 McHale's Navy (1997 film), sequel-remake of the original series. "Seven Against the Sea" (1962) Academy Award–winning dramatic actor Ernest Borgnine first appeared as Quinton McHale in an hour-long One shot (film), one-shot PT boat drama called "Seven Against the Sea", which aired as an episode of ''Alcoa Premiere'' in 1962, an ABC dramatic anthology also known as ''Fred Astaire's Premiere Theatre'' and hosted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Daniel
Sean Peter Daniel (born August 15, 1951) filmreference.com, January 21, 2014 is an American film producer and movie executive. Life and career Born to a family, Daniel attended Manhattan's , graduating in 1969. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film from the in 1973. In 1976, he joined Universal Pictures as a film producti ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Luck
''Pure Luck'' is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Australian director Nadia Tass, the only American theatrical film she would direct in her career. It is a remake of the popular French comedy film '' La Chèvre'' (1981). The film stars Martin Short, Danny Glover, Sheila Kelly, Scott Wilson, and Sam Wanamaker. The film was released in the United States by Universal Pictures on August 9, 1991. Despite not being critically acclaimed at the time, ''Pure Luck'' was popular with American audiences, and in 2024 was voted no. 2 in IGN's "Top 10 Buddy Cop Movies of All Time". Plot The film opens as the klutzy Valerie Highsmith arrives at an airport in Puerto Vallarta. She calls her father, a wealthy businessman, to let him know that she has arrived. While she is on the phone, she clumsily leans on the railing of her balcony and falls several stories onto a canvas. Soon after, an encounter with some street thieves knocks her unconscious and she loses her memory, then a local crim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flipper (1996 Film)
''Flipper'' is a 1996 American adventure film and a remake of the Flipper (1963 film), 1963 film of the same name (which in turn began a Flipper (1964 TV series), TV series that ran from 1964 to 1967). Written and directed by Alan Shapiro, the film stars Elijah Wood as a boy who has to spend the summer with his uncle (Paul Hogan), who lives on the Gold Coast (Florida), Florida Gold Coast. Although he expects to have a boring summer, he encounters a dolphin whom he names Flipper and with whom he forms a friendship. The film is unrelated to the Flipper (1995 TV series), 1995–2000 TV series of the same name that was itself also a remake of the 1963 film and 1964 TV series. Instead of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a production company for the ''Flipper'' franchise, this film is distributed by Universal Pictures. Plot Sandy Ricks is sent off for the summer to stay with his Uncle Porter in the seaside town of Coral Key. Initially, Sandy is unenthusiastic and disappointed that he is not goi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evil That Men Do (film)
''The Evil That Men Do'' is a 1984 American action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, Joseph Maher and José Ferrer. The film is adapted by R. Lance Hill (under the alias ‘David Lee Henry’) and John M. Crowther from Hill’s 1978 novel of the same title. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and released by Tri-Star Pictures on September 21, 1984. Bronson plays a former assassin who comes out of retirement to avenge the death of his journalist friend at the hands of a torturer called "The Doctor", who works for various dictatorships worldwide, particularly those of Operation Condor. The film marks the fifth collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson, following '' St. Ives'' (1976), '' The White Buffalo'' (1977), '' Caboblanco'' (1980), and '' 10 to Midnight'' (1983). Plot In Suriname, Clement Molloch, referred to as "The Doctor", tortures journalist Jorge Hidalgo to death with electricity in front of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10 To Midnight
''10 to Midnight'' is a 1983 American neo noir-thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay originally written by William Roberts. The film stars Charles Bronson in the lead role with a supporting cast that includes Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis, Geoffrey Lewis, and Wilford Brimley. ''10 to Midnight'' was released by City Films, a subsidiary of Cannon Films, to American cinemas on March 11, 1983. Plot Warren Stacey is a young office equipment repairman who kills women after they reject his sexual advances. His attempts at flirting are always seen as creepy by women, resulting in frequent rejections. One night, Stacey attends a showing of ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' at a theatre and deliberately accosts the women sitting next to him, so they will recall him. As the movie plays, he heads for the theatre's bathroom, strips naked, puts on gloves and slips out through a window. He tracks Betty, a co-worker who had rejected his advances, down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
