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Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Pavel Dmitriyevich Lychnikov (; born February 16, 1967) is a Russian-American television, voice, film and theatre actor, who lives and works in the United States. Early life and education Lychnikoff was born in Moscow. His father was a professor at the Plekhanov Moscow Institute of the National Economics and his mother worked as a flight attendant. He later received formal training at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (also known as GITIS from 1934 to 1991). Career In the early 1990s, Lychnikoff moved to the United States. Since his subsequent move to Los Angeles, he has appeared in many TV movies and series and feature films. He is noted for his roles as the telegraph operator Blazanov in HBO's TV series ''Deadwood'', as Russian mobster Vadim Youchenko in the movie ''Trade'', as an Mi24 Hind Helicopter pilot in '' Charlie Wilson's War'', and as Dima in ''Battlefield 4''. He also appears as Howard Wolowitz's Russian cosmonaut crewmate Dimitri in the TV series ''The Big Bang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Force One (film)
''Air Force One'' is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell, Paul Guilfoyle and Jürgen Prochnow. The film was written by Andrew W. Marlowe. It follows Air Force One being hijacked by a group of terrorists who demand the release of their country’s imprisoned dictator and the President's attempt to rescue everyone on board by retaking his plane. The film was a box office success and received mostly positive critical reviews. It became the fifth highest-grossing film of 1997, earning $315.2 million worldwide. It also received two Academy Award nominations for Best Sound and Best Film Editing, losing both awards to '' Titanic''. Plot A joint operation between American and Russian special forces captures General Ivan Radek, the dictator of a rogue neo-Soviet regime in Kazakhstan that retained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rage (2014 Film)
''Rage'', titled ''Tokarev'' in most of Europe and Australia, is a 2014 American action crime thriller film directed by Paco Cabezas and written by Jim Agnew and Sean Keller. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Rachel Nichols, Peter Stormare, Danny Glover, Max Ryan, Judd Lormand and Pasha D. Lychnikoff. Plot Paul Maguire and his buddies Kane and Danny live a life of crime as members of a branch of the Irish mob. One night, they ambush a Russian mobster, intercepting him when he's on his way to drop off money to his boss. The take is much larger than they imagined; along with a Russian TT pistol, they get away with a briefcase full of cash. It's enough for Paul to leave the life of crime and go legit, but their crime sets off a bloody protracted war between their Irish crime family and the Russian mob. Paul instructs his friends to hide the money until things calm down between their outfit and the Russians. In spite of several casualties on both sides, their plan works well; five y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chernobyl Diaries
''Chernobyl Diaries'' is a 2012 American horror thriller film co-written and produced by Oren Peli and directed by Brad Parker, in his directorial debut. The film stars Jonathan Sadowski, Jesse McCartney, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Nathan Phillips, and Dimitri Diatchenko, and was shot on locations in Pripyat, Ukraine, as well as Hungary, and Serbia. ''Chernobyl Diaries'' was theatrically released on May 25, 2012, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and audience for its clichéd formula, characters, special effects and disrespectful to the real events, but some praised its premise and atmosphere. Despite this, it was a moderate box office success, grossing $37 million worldwide with a budget of $1 million. Plot Chris, his girlfriend Natalie, and their mutual friend Amanda are traveling across Europe. They stop in Kyiv, Ukraine, to visit Chris' brother, Paul, before heading on to Moscow, Russia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Be A Star
Born to Be a Star may refer to: * ''Born to Be a Star'' (TV series), a singing talent-reality competition * ''Born to Be a Star'' (album), a 2004 album by Jolin Tsai * '' Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star'', a 2011 American comedy film {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romulan
The Romulans () are an extraterrestrial race in the American science fiction franchise ''Star Trek''. Their adopted home world is Romulus, and within the same star system they have settled a sister planet Remus. Their original home world, Vulcan, was renamed Ni'Var later in canon. They first appeared in the series ''Star Trek'' (1966–1969). They have appeared in most subsequent ''Star Trek'' releases, including '' The Animated Series'', '' The Next Generation'', '' Deep Space Nine'', '' Voyager'', ''Enterprise'', ''Discovery'', ''Picard'', '' Strange New Worlds'', and '' Lower Decks''. They appear in the ''Star Trek'' feature films '' Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'' (1989), '' Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' (1991), '' Star Trek: Nemesis'' (2002) and ''Star Trek'' (2009). They also appear in various other spin-off media, including books, comics, toys and games. Writer Paul Schneider created the Romulans for the 1966 ''Star Trek'' episode " Balance of Terror". As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Trek (2009 Film)
''Star Trek'' is a 2009 American science fiction film, science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the 11th film in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, and is also a Reboot (fiction), reboot that features the main characters of the Star Trek: The Original Series, original ''Star Trek'' television series portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), USS ''Enterprise'' as they combat Nero (Star Trek), Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story takes place in an Parallel universe (fiction), alternate reality that features both an alternate birth location for James T. Kirk and further Alternate history, alterations in history stemming from the time travel of both Nero and the original series Spock (Leonard Nimoy). The alternate reality was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia And The Migoo
''Mia and the Migoo'' (, ) is a 2008 French-Italian animated film produced by Folimage and directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd. The film is about a young girl's search for her father in a tropical paradise, threatened by the construction of a gigantic hotel resort. The English version stars the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Modine, Wallace Shawn, James Woods, John DiMaggio, and Amanda Misquez. The film won the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature at the 22nd European Film Awards. The English version of the film was given a limited release in the United States on 27 March 2011 and opened to generally mixed critical reviews. Synopsis At a remote construction site in Latin America, an American developer named Jekhide attempts to build a resort, however, the site is attacked by a mysterious force, causing several workers to get trapped underground. One of the worker's daughters Mia has a premonition. So after saying a few words of parting at her mother's grave, she sets ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is a 2008 American action adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp, based on a story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson. It is the fourth installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' film series and a sequel to ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989). Set in 1957, it pits Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) against Soviet KGB agents led by Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett) searching for a telepathic crystal skull located in Peru. Jones is aided by his former lover, Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen), and their son, List of Indiana Jones characters#Mutt Williams, Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf). Ray Winstone, John Hurt, and Jim Broadbent are also part of the supporting cast. Jeb Stuart (writer), Jeb Stuart, Jeffrey Boam, Frank Darabont, Lucas, and Nathanson wrote drafts before Koepp's script satisfied the producers. The filmmakers intended to pay tribute to the Science fiction film, science fiction B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloverfield
''Cloverfield'' is a 2008 American Found footage (film technique), found footage monster movie, monster horror film directed by Matt Reeves and written by Drew Goddard. It stars Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller (in his film debut), Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, and Odette Yustman. In the film, six friends attempt to flee from Clover (creature), a monster which attacks New York City. Development began when producer J. J. Abrams started conceptualizing a monster film and enlisted Neville Page to design the eventual creature, called Clover (creature), Clover. In February 2007, the project was secretly greenlit by Paramount Pictures and produced by Abrams's Bad Robot. Principal photography took place in Los Angeles and New York City in 2007. The project had several working titles, including ''Slusho'', ''Cheese'', and ''Greyshot''. As part of a viral marketing campaign, a teaser trailer was released ahead of screenings of ''Transformers (film), Transformers'' (2007) with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers
''A Thousand Years of Good Prayers'' is a 2007 American drama film directed by Wayne Wang and starring Faye Yu, Henry O, Vida Ghahremani and Pasha D. Lychnikoff. It is adapted from the short story by Yiyun Li and shot on a high-end high-definition video camera.− It was made as a companion piece to '' The Princess of Nebraska'', a 2007 film also directed by Wayne Wang and adapted from Yiyun Li’s short story. Plot The film follows Mr. Shi ( Henry O), a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan ( Faye Yu), who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails, she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man ( Pasha D. Lychnikoff) and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
