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Simon Phillips (actor)
Simon Phillips (born 7 May 1980) is an Irish actor born in Tuam, Co Galway working mainly in independent British films. He has starred in movies such as '' How to Stop Being a Loser'', '' Jack Falls'' and '' The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan''. Filmography Films TV External links * 1980 births British male film actors British male television actors Living people British people of Irish descent {{UK-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Stop Being A Loser
''How To Stop Being a Loser'' is a 2011 British independent comedy film starring Billy Murray, Gemma Atkinson, Richard E. Grant, Simon Phillips, and Colin Salmon. The film released on 18 November 2011 in the United Kingdom. , none of the seven reviews compiled by Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average score of 3.33/10. Plot James is useless with women, but his luck changes under the tutelage of pick-up artist, Ampersand. As James learns the art of seduction he begins to wonder about Ampersand's intentions and questions what would truly make him happy in life. Cast * Simon Phillips as James * Gemma Atkinson as Hannah * Billy Murray as Dr. Leaner * Richard E. Grant as Ian * Craig Conway as Ampersand * Nicola Posener as Emma * Stephanie Leonidas as "Patch" * Colin Salmon as Dennis * Keeley Hazell as Kirsty * Martin Compston as Adam * Neil Maskell as Hands Henry * Martin Kemp as Zeus * David Easter as Mr. Johnson * Sheridan Smith as Lisa * Larissa Houghton as Kelly-An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airborne (2012 Film)
''Airborne'' is a 2012 British horror film written by Paul Chronnell and directed by Dominic Burns, who describes it as a tongue-in-cheek film in the tradition of ''The Twilight Zone''. A first trailer was released in 2011. It was reported in the media that it presents Mark Hamill's first appearance in a British film; however, Hamill had acted previously in the 1982 British film ''Britannia Hospital''. Airborne's introduction, before sporting a voice-over by Mark Hamill, refers in writing to a so-called ''Firelight Protocol''. Plot Despite an approaching winter storm a near-empty airliner takes off from London for New York. One by one the passengers begin to disappear, while one passenger who frequents the route notices the plane has turned whereas it should be flying straight. Soon it is discovered that the pilots are dead and that the plane is on autopilot; and it is revealed that two on board are hijackers who have murdered the pilots to take control of the plane. The passenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Male Television Actors
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 28 ** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. ** Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Strangers (TV Miniseries)
''Perfect Strangers'' is a television drama first aired in 2001, produced for BBC Two. It was written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, and starred Michael Gambon, who won a British Academy Television Award for his performance, Lindsay Duncan, Matthew Macfadyen, Claire Skinner, and Toby Stephens. The drama received two Royal Television Society awards and a Peabody Award. The action takes place during a large family reunion at a hotel. It aired on BBC America under the title ''Almost Strangers''. Summary The series is set over a three-day family reunion of considerably more than a hundred guests, that draws together the extended branches of the Symon family. Raymond Symon (Michael Gambon) reluctantly attends with his wife Esther (Jill Baker) and son Daniel (Matthew Macfadyen), who was not aware of the sprawl of his extended family because of his father Lionel's (Jay Simon) estrangement from his relatives. The stories Daniel learns about his family's past are episodic and non-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Survivalist (2021 Film)
''The Survivalist'' is a 2021 American action thriller film directed by Jon Keeyes and written by Matthew Rogers starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Malkovich. It was released in the United States on October 1, 2021, by Quiver Distribution. Plot In a world decimated by the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, Sarah Street is relentlessly hunted by religious fanatic Aaron Ramsey who miraculously survived the virus. Aaron seeks Sarah because she is supposed to be immune to the virus and could thus hold the key to a potential cure. Escaping a refugee camp in Pennsylvania where 20,000 people died of the virus with her brother, who sacrifices himself to protect her, Sarah makes her way to the home of Ben Grant, a former FBI cartographer turned survivalist following the murder of his father. Ben protects Sarah against Aaron and his marauders, slowly killing them all off. However, Sarah eventually reveals that she's not actually immune: she's simply an asymptomatic carrier of the vir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Death Lives
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Where may refer to: * Where?, one of the Five Ws in journalism * where (command), a shell command * Where (SQL), a database language clause * Where.com, a provider of location-based applications via mobile phones * ''Where'' (magazine), a series of magazines for tourists * "Where?", a song by Nickelback from the album ''Curb'', 1996 See also *Ware (other) *Wear (other) *Were (other) ''Were'' is an archaic term for an adult male human, now used as a prefix to indicate a type of shapeshifter. Were may also refer to: * ''were'', a preterite and irrealis form of the English copular verb copula (linguistics)#English, ''to be'' * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fall Of The Essex Boys
''The Fall of the Essex Boys'' is a 2013 British gangster thriller film based on the true story of the Rettendon murders in 1995. It follows the rise and ultimate fall of the feared criminal gang The Essex Boys. Plot On a boat in the North Sea, three men are importing drugs into Essex: Mickey Steele, Darren Nicholls and Jack Whomes. Unbeknownst to the other two, Nicholls is a police informant who has told D.I. Stone, a police officer, about the drugs. The drugs, however, still reach Essex because Steele anticipates trouble and sends Whomes away on a boat with the contraband. It is revealed by Nicholls, who serves as the film's narrator, that the three men are suppliers to an Essex-based drug dealer named Tony Tucker. Tucker, his right-hand man Craig Rolfe and the psychotic Patrick "Pat" Tate serve as the three core members of the Essex boys. The gang grows progressively in stature until a girl falls into a coma and later dies after taking a "pure" ecstasy pill. Enraged, Tucke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strippers Vs Werewolves
''Strippers vs Werewolves'' is a 2012 British comedy horror film directed by Jonathan Glendening. The screenplay was written by Phillip Barron and Pat Higgins. The main cast includes Ali Bastian, Martin Compston, Alan Ford, Marc Baylis, Billy Murray, Simon Phillips, Barbara Nedeljáková, Coralie Rose, Nick Nevern, and Adele Silva. Some actors, such as Robert Englund and Sarah Douglas, had a small part in the film. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray. It has received mixed reception with praise for its entertainment value and complaints about its plot. Plot In 1984, a London club explodes. The plot then moves to a strip club in 2011 in which dancer Justice's client becomes a werewolf. Justice uses a silver fountain pen to kill the werewolf by stabbing him in the eye. The leader of the werewolves, Jack Ferris, wants retribution for the death of the werewolf. Unknown to Justice, her fiancé Scott is part of the werewolf pack. The werewolves and strippers, including s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offender (film)
''Offender'' is a 2012 British action film which follows a hard grafting, 20-year-old working-class man, Tommy Nix, who while avoiding getting mixed up in the wrong crowd sees his girlfriend fall victim to a brutal attack. It stars Kimberley Nixon, Joe Cole, Shaun Dooley and Vas Blackwood. It is written by Paul Van Carter and directed by Ron Scalpello. Cast * Kimberley Nixon as Elise * Shaun Dooley as Nash * Joe Cole as Tommy * English Frank as Jake * Tyson Oba as Mason * G FrSH as Angelface * Daniel Kendrick as Sicko * Scorcher as Essay * Malachi Kirby as Harry * David Ajala as Kelvin * Ruth Gemmell as Cassie * Mark Harris as Governor Davies * Jacob Anderson as Patrick * Vas Blackwood as Detective Boaz * Doon Mackichan as the Doctor Patricia * Can Somer as the Muslim Inmate * Michael Edwards as Prison Officer * Rimmel Daniel as Prison inmate * Ric Ashley Smith as Pillion * Mic Righteous as Himself Reception The film received mixed reviews from critics, with a 68% score on revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Falls
''Jack Falls'' is a 2011 British independent feature film starring Simon Phillips, Jason Flemying, Dexter Fletcher, Alan Ford, Adam Deacon, Martin Kemp, Tamer Hassan, Olivia Hallinan, Doug Bradley, Jing Lusi and Zach Galligan and the third installment in the '' Jack Says'' Trilogy, the first ever British film trilogy according to the British Film Institute. Based on the graphic novel of the same title by Paul Tanter, the movie is a contemporary film noir shot in London in high contrast black and white with splashes of colour particularly reminiscent of the Robert Rodriguez film ''Sin City'', but with a harder, grittier edge. Although a stand-alone film, it follows on from the films '' Jack Says'' and '' Jack Said''. Plot Surviving a murder attempt in Amsterdam, former undercover police officer Jack Adleth returns to London to seek revenge and settle some old scores, but he soon finds himself in danger not just from his former criminal associates, but his old police colleagues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |