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Memoria (2015 Film)
''Memoria'' is a 2015 American film directed and written by Vladimir de Fontenay and Nina Ljeti. It is based on a short story by James Franco, who stars in the film. It was released at the Austin Film Festival in November 2015, then an American release came out April 8, 2016. , all five of the reviews compiled by Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 7 out of 10. Plot Ivan Cohen (Sam Dillon) is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. The film begins when Ivan is a young boy and his life with his mother, a Russian immigrant, and his American step-father. Ivan appears unsatisfied with his childhood and his step-father is unable to forge a relationship with the boy. Ivan seems unhappy, noting that people only talk to him about his blonde hair, pale skin, and his Russian army jacket, all of which came from his Russian father. Later, when Ivan is a young teen he is seen with his group of working class slacker friends and Ivan is shown to be alienated from them, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palo Alto (short Story Collection)
''Palo Alto'' is a collection of linked short stories by American actor, writer, and director James Franco. The collection was published on October 19, 2010, by Charles Scribner's Sons, Scribner's. The stories are about teenagers and their experiments with vices and their struggles with their families. The book is named after his hometown of Palo Alto, California, and is dedicated to many of the writers he worked with at Brooklyn College. Inspired by some of Franco's own teenage memories, and memories written and submitted by high school students at Palo Alto Senior High School, the stories describe life in Palo Alto as experienced by a series of teenagers who spend most of their time indulging in driving drunk, using drugs and taking part in unplanned acts of violence. Each passage is told by a young narrator. Adaptations The Palo Alto (2013 film), 2013 film adaptation of the book stars its author, James Franco, alongside Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, and Nat Wolff. The film is wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monterey Media
Monterey Media Inc. (formerly The Monterey Movie Company) started as a home video company founded in 1982 by Scott Mansfield. It was initially financed by Noel C. Bloom, and the titles were distributed by the Family Home Entertainment subsidiary of Caballero Control Corporation. Monterey is the second sub-label of NCB Entertainment, after FHE. In 1987, Len Levy moved to Fries Home Video, an upstart distributor, taking its Monterey line with them, after cutting ties with International Video Entertainment, which received all 53 titles after five years. That year, in October, the Monterey Movie Company had signed a 22-title agreement with Forum Home Video, to launch its new Phoenix Video label and Scott Mansfield will provide the package, with Forum Home Video handling U.S. distribution of its titles, and the cassettes would range from $19.98-34.98. After many years the company has now expanded from home video into independent theatrical distribution, film festivals, and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s English-language Films
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Johanna Braddy
Johanna Braddy is an American actress. She played the leading role in the 2009 horror film '' The Grudge 3'', and has appeared in ''Pop Rocks'' (2004), '' Hurt'' (2009), ''Easy A'' (2010), '' Paranormal Activity 3'' (2011), and '' The Levenger Tapes'' (2011). She starred as Jenny Matrix in the web series ''Video Game High School'' from 2012 to 2014. In 2015, Braddy co-starred as Anna Martin in the Lifetime dark comedy-drama series '' Unreal''. She also starred as Shelby Wyatt in the ABC thriller series '' Quantico''. Early life Braddy was born in Atlanta, Georgia; the daughter of Jo Beth, a preschool music teacher and a vocalist, and Steve Braddy, an engineer. Braddy has one brother, Cole Braddy. Braddy attended McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, Georgia, and graduated in 2005. Career Braddy made her screen acting début in the ABC Family television film ''Pop Rocks'' playing Olivia Harden. She made her voice acting debut in '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'' playing the role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doua Moua
Doua Moua ( RPA: ''Duas Muas'', Pahawh: '; born February 7, 1987) is an American actor and writer best known for his roles as Spider in the 2008 film ''Gran Torino'' and Po in Disney's live-action ''Mulan''. Background Doua Moua was born in a refugee camp in Thailand to Laos-born parents of Hmong descent who had fled their homeland because of the Laotian Civil War. Six months after his birth, his family entered Minnesota as refugees, and he was raised in the city of St. Paul. While in middle school, Doua joined the choir and theater classes at a teacher's suggestion; he also participated in community theater. He was graduated from the International School of Minnesota, in Eden Prairie.Yuen, Laura.Hmong get a mixed debut in new Eastwood film" ''Minnesota Public Radio''. December 18, 2008. Retrieved on March 18, 2012. Amongst Doua Moua's cousins are former state senator Mee Moua and dancer-actor Aidan Prince. Career Moua moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luna Blaise
Luna Blaise is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Olive Stone in the NBC/Netflix sci fi drama series ''Manifest'' and Nicole Ellis in ABCs ''Fresh Off The Boat''. Early life Blaise's father is from Glasgow, Scotland; and her mother is a second-generation Mexican-American actress from San Antonio, Texas. Career Early roles and recognition Blaise began acting at the age of six with a cameo appearance in the 2008 film ''Vicious Circle''. In 2013, she was cast as Young Nina in the indie art film, ''Memoria'', executive produced by James Franco, who also starred in the film. In 2014, Blaise was cast in the recurring role of Nicole on the ABC television series ''Fresh Off the Boat'' starring Randall Park and Constance Wu as Louis and Jessica Huang. She was 13 when the series started filming, and it was her first major role. The role earned her an award for Best Recurring Young Actress at the 2016 Young Artist Awards. In June 2016, Blaise starred in the mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teo Halm
Teo Lucas Halm (born May 18, 1999) is an American record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor. As a producer and songwriter, Halm has contributed to several notable projects, including two tracks on SZA's acclaimed album ''SOS'', (Notice Me and Open Arms with Travis Scott,) Rosalía's hit singles " Con Altura" with J Balvin and " TKN" with Travis Scott (the former earning a Latin Grammy Award,) and " Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me at All)" by Omar Apollo. Halm also contributed to two tracks on the Beyoncé-produced '' The Lion King: The Gift''. As an actor, Halm is best known for starring in the 2014 film '' Earth to Echo''. Life and career Teo Halm was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother's family is from France and Morocco and his father is Australian, of British and Czech descent. Halm grew up performing in theater, performing in productions of ''The Sound of Music'' and ''The Music Man''. Some of his first professional credits included a 2009 episode of the PB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor Theatre, stage performance, the direct inspiration for the name from Duong, Lee, and Wang came from an equivalent scene in the 1992 Canadian film ''Léolo''. Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros. in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango Media, Fandango ticketing company. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. The site is influential among moviegoers, a third of whom say they consult it before going to the cinema in the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Office Mojo
Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. The site was founded in 1998 by Brandon Gray, and was bought in 2008 by IMDb, which itself is owned by Amazon. History Brandon Gray began the site on August 7, 1998, making forecasts of the top-10 highest-grossing films in the United States for the following weekend. To compare his forecasts to the actual results, he started posting the weekend grosses and wrote a regular column with box-office analysis. In 1999, he started to post the Friday daily box-office grosses, sourced from Exhibitor Relations, so that they were publicly available online on Saturdays and posted the Sunday weekend estimates on Sundays. Along with the weekend grosses, he was publishing the daily grosses, release schedules and other charts, such as all-time charts, international box office charts, genre charts, and actor and director charts. The site gradually expanded to include weekend charts goin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Film Festival
Austin Film Festival (AFF), founded in 1994, is an organization in Austin, Texas, that focuses on writers' creative contributions to film. Initially, AFF was called the Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and functioned to launch the careers of screenwriters, who historically have been underrepresented within the film industry. AFF is known for its annual October Austin Film Festival & Conference. The Conference was the first event of its kind, bringing professional and amateur screenwriters together to celebrate the role of screenplays in filmmaking and host conversations focusing on craft and on particular films and television series. In addition, the Screenplay Competition receives more entries than any other competition in the world. Several competition finalists and semi-finalists have made sales or found managers and agents at the conference. In 2020, the festival was held virtually. Film Festival Overview Each October, Austin Film Festival & Conference pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Bandini Productions
Rabbit Bandini Productions is a film and television production company founded in 2003 by actors/filmmakers James Franco and Vince Jolivette. The name comes from combining the titular hero from John Updike's Rabbit tetralogy with the hero of John Fante's ''Ask the Dust'', Arturo Bandini. The logo consists of a crudely drawn rabbit as well as the company name. Works Recent credits include director Gia Coppola's drama ''Palo Alto'' and Franco's directorial adaptations of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy's ''Child of God'' and Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's ''As I Lay Dying'' and ''The Sound and The Fury'' premiering at the 2014 Venice Film Festival. Rabbit Bandini Productions has multiple projects in various stages of development. In production, '' In Dubious Battle'', based on the Steinbeck book of the same name. '' The Adderall Diaries'' directed by Pamela Romanowsky, starring Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard and Christian Slater. Completed in 2015 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Franco
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'' (2008), ''Eat Pray Love'' (2010), ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011), ''Spring Breakers'' (2012), and ''Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013). He has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including ''Pineapple Express (film), Pineapple Express'' (2008), ''This Is the End'' (2013), ''Sausage Party'' (2016), and The Disaster Artist (film), ''The Disaster Artist'' (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's performance in ''127 Hours'' (2010) earned a Best Actor nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards. In his first prominent television role, Franco played Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama ''Freaks an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
