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Patrick (2013 Film)
''Patrick'' (released internationally as ''Patrick: Evil Awakens'') is a 2013 Australian supernatural horror film directed by Mark Hartley and a remake of the 1978 film of the same name. It had its world premiere on 27 July 2013 at the Melbourne International Film Festival and received a limited theatrical release on 14 March 2014, followed by a DVD release the following month. Its Canadian theatrical premiere was at the Lost Episode Festival Toronto on 5 July 2014. The movie stars Jackson Gallagher as the titular Patrick, a comatose young man who uses his psychic powers to stalk a nurse caring for him. Plot Kathy, a young nurse, is eager to prove herself in her new job in an isolated psychiatric clinic. She's intrigued by Patrick, a comatose patient whom her boss Dr. Roget assures her is incapable of truly responding to any external stimuli. Kathy is horrified by the experiments that Roget and his nurse Matron Cassidy inflict upon him, and she's initially pleased when she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Hartley
Mark Hartley is an Australian film director, editor, and screenwriter. He is best known for his documentary films, including '' Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!'' (2008), and his 2013 remake of the 1978 film '' Patrick''. He has also made many music videos, for which he has been nominated several times for ARIA Music Awards, winning one for " Who the Hell Are You" by Madison Avenue in 2000. Career Mark Hartley got one of his first film credits, as music video director, on David Parker's 1993 cult film '' Hercules Returns''. He is also a film editor and screenwriter. He has said that he "direct as an editor", as his background is also in editing. In 2008 he produced the documentary film '' Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!'', followed by another documentary, '' Machete Maidens Unleashed!'' (2010), about the Filipino film industry, which was written and directed by Hartley. In 2013, he made '' Patrick'', a remake of the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson Gallagher
Jackson Gallagher is an Australian actor and professional photographer from Victoria, Australia. Gallagher began his career starring in the Nine Network children's series ''The Saddle Club'' and later ventured into film playing the titular character in the 2013 horror film ''Patrick''. He gained wider recognition for his role as Josh Barrett in the soap opera ''Home and Away''. He left the series in 2016 and soon secured more television roles including AFL player Connor Marrello in the Network Ten drama series '' Playing for Keeps''. He has also completed additional film roles scheduled for release in 2019. Aside from acting Gallagher has worked as a stills photographer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation network. Early life Gallagher was born in Melbourne and his family moved to Daylesford, Victoria. They made home on a one-hundred-acre farm which allowed Gallagher to practise horse riding. When he finished school Gallagher went to New York City and found work in a circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and was acquired by Fandom, Inc. in 2022. Metacritic turns each critic and user review into respective percentage score. This can be done either by calculating the score from the rating given or by making a subjective decision based on the review's quality. Before averaging the scores, they are adjusted based on the critic's popularity, reputation, and the number of reviews they have written. The site also includes a summary from each review and links to the original source, using colors like green, yellow, or red to indicate the overall sentiment of the critics. Metacritic won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. It is regarded as the foremost online rev ... [...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] |
Phase 4 Films
Phase 4 Films was a Canadian film distribution company headquartered in Toronto. It had two branches in the U.S.: Los Angeles, California and Fort Mill, South Carolina. Its subsidiary, Kaboom! Entertainment markets children's entertainment with companies such as Corus Entertainment. History Phase 4 Films traces its history to Telegenic, a family-oriented film distributor that was founded in 1996. Berry Meyerowitz purchased Telegenic in 2000 and renamed it as "Kaboom! Entertainment". In 2006, Peace Arch Entertainment Group, which later merged with ContentFilm, purchased Kaboom!. Berry Meyerowitz founded Phase 4 Films in April 2009 when he bought back their North American distribution business. In 2011, Phase 4 announced a new Canadian television venture along with Take 5 Development. In 2012, they partnered with Kevin Smith's SModcast Pictures to distribute those films in the U.S. and Canada. Phase 4 acquired ESI Distribution in 2014 and signed distribution deals with The Criter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blu-ray
Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006, capable of storing several hours of high-definition video ( HDTV 720p and 1080p). The main application of Blu-ray is as a medium for video material such as feature films and for the physical distribution of video games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The name refers to the blue laser used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs, resulting in an increased capacity. The polycarbonate disc is in diameter and thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Conventional (or "pre-BDXL") Blu-ray discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual-layer discs (50GB) being the industry standard for feature-length video discs. Triple-layer discs (10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard E
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Mercedes (actress)
Maria Moutsidis (), known professionally as Maria Mercedes, is a Greek-descended Australian television, film and stage actress, performer and singer. She is a mezzo soprano Early life Mercedes was born in Melbourne to parents George and Dionisia Moutsidis, a working class couple who emigrated via ship to Australia from Greece, seeking better prospects. Her father had been as aspiring actor in Greece. She attended Brunswick High School in Melbourne. Career Early career Mercedes' performing career began in 1973 after winning singing contests on both ''Young Talent Time'' and '' New Faces''. After subsequently performing on '' The Graham Kennedy Show'', she was persuaded to change her last name from 'Moutsidis' to the stage name of 'Mercedes', after Kennedy struggled to pronounce her name. By the age of 16, she was singing around Australia, in concerts and variety shows. In 1981, she released a cover version of The Crystals' " Then He Kissed Me", which she performed live on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Buchanan
Simone Louise Buchanan is an Australian film and television actress, and television director. She is best known for her television roles as Debbie Kelly in the situation comedy '' Hey Dad..!'' and Samantha Fitzgerald in the soap opera ''Neighbours''. Early life Buchanan's siblings Miles Buchanan and Beth Buchanan are also actors. All three appeared in the children's television show ''Secret Valley''. Buchanan's father later learned that he had a daughter from a relationship before he married Buchanan's mother. Buchanan's half-sister Rudie Chapman is also an actor and worked with Beth on ''Neighbours''. The three sisters went onto star in a production of ''Crimes of the Heart'' together. Career Having attended a drama and dance school along with her brother, the siblings were cast in the 1978 feature film ''A Good Thing Going''. Buchanan went on to appear in a number of television series, including ''The Flying Doctors'' and '' Sons and Daughters'', before she was cast in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Mullinar
Rodney Mullinar (born 1942) is a British Australian actor, noted for his roles on Australian television. Biography Early life Mullinar born in Hereford, Hertfordshire, emigrated to Australia in 1966, at the urging of an Australian friend in London, Bill Hunter. He relocated to Sydney with his first wife Liz who was at that time also an actor but would soon become a well-known casting agent. Career Mullinar appeared in theatre productions, firstly with the Australian Theatre for Young People and then with the Independent Theatre troupe in mid-1968 with whom he performed in the plays '' Wait Until Dark'', ''Uncle Vanya'', and ''Tango''. He also had a major role in the controversial 1970 film '' The Set'' in which he plays Tony Brown, who has an affair with the film's protagonist, Paul, played by Sean McEuan. During the making of ''The Set'', Mullinar, who was union shop steward for the film, was punched by another actor when Mullinar demanded to see his union card. The '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Gameau
Damon Gameau is an Australian actor, director, and producer, known for his documentaries '' That Sugar Film'' and ''2040''. Gameau has also appeared in a number of award-winning TV shows and films, such as ''Love My Way'', '' The Tracker'' and '' Balibo''. Early life Damon Gameau was born in 1982 and was and raised in Adelaide, Australia. In 1997, he attended National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Career Gameau graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1999. In 2011, he won the short film competition, Tropfest with his animation 'Animal Beatbox'. In 2014, he announced the production of the documentary '' That Sugar Film'' in which he relates the dire mood swings and weight gain he experienced after taking on the low-fat, high-sugar diet for 60 days. Gameau wrote a companion book for the film, ''That Sugar Book'', which reached the top of the Health & Well-being best-seller lists in Australia. That Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Crewes
Martin Crewes is an Australian stage, television and movie actor. Early life Crewes was born in Barnet borough, London in 1968. He moved to Australia when he was 10 years of age, and attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, in Perth, Western Australia. Since graduating, Crewes has taken part in many stage plays and musical productions, both in Australia and internationally, and has also appeared in various television and movie productions. Career Crewes' stage musical theatre roles include Lt. Joe Cable in ''South Pacific'', Marius in ''Les Misérables'', Claud in ''Hair'' and Chino in ''West Side Story''. Other stage musicals include ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', ''The Wizard of Oz'' and ''Aspects of Love''. Crewes originated the leading role of Walter Hartright in the West End production of '' The Woman in White'' (in which he starred from September 2004 to July 2005). For his horse riding role as Jim Ryan in the Australian musical th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
