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Soldier (1998 American Film)
''Soldier'' is a 1998 science fiction action film directed by Paul Anderson, written by David Webb Peoples, and starring Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee and Gary Busey. The film tells the story of a highly skilled and emotionally distant soldier who is left for dead, befriends a group of refugees, then faces his former superiors who are determined to eliminate them. The film was released worldwide on October 23, 1998. Upon its release, ''Soldier'' received generally negative reviews, although many praised the action sequences and Russell's performance. The film was a box-office failure, grossing $14 million worldwide against a production budget of $60 million. Despite the financial failure, the film has now become a cult film. Plot In 1996, as part of a new military training program, a group of orphaned infants are selected shortly after birth and raised as highly disciplined soldiers with no understanding of anything but military rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul W
Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo Paul & Paula * Paul Stookey, one-third of the folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary * Billy Paul, stage name of American soul singer Paul Williams (1934–2016) * Vinnie Paul, drummer for American Metal band Pantera * Paul Avril, pseudonym of Édouard-Henri Avril (1849–1928), French painter and commercial artist * Paul, pen name under which Walter Scott wrote ''Paul's letters to his Kinsfolk'' in 1816 * Jean Paul, pen name of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763–1825), German Romantic writer Places * Paul, Cornwall, a village in the civil parish of Penzance, United Kingdom * Paul (civil parish), Cornwall, United Kingdom * Paul, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community * Paul, Idaho, United States, a city * Paul, Nebrask ... [...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] |
Sara Paxton
Sara Paxton (born April 25, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She began acting at an early age, appearing in minor roles in both films and television shows before rising to fame in early October 2002. She played Sarah Tobin from '' Greetings from Tucson'' (2002–2003), the title role in the television series '' Darcy's Wild Life'' (2004–2006) and Sarah Borden in '' Summerland'' (2004). Her other films include '' Aquamarine'' (2006), '' Return to Halloweentown'' (2006), '' Sydney White'' (2007), ''Superhero Movie'' (2008), '' The Last House on the Left'' (2009), '' The Innkeepers'' (2011), and '' The Front Runner'' (2018). Early life Paxton was born on April 25, 1988 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. She is the only child of Lucia ( Menchaca) and Steve Paxton, both of whom are dentists. Her mother, Lucia, was born to a Jewish family in Monterrey, Mexico and grew up in the city of Ciudad Acuña.Damarys, ''Sara Paxton in 'The Last House on the Left' ''published by sitv.co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbin Bleu
Corbin Bleu Reivers ( ; born February 21, 1989) is an American actor and singer. He began acting professionally in the late 1990s before rising to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Chad Danforth in the ''High School Musical'' trilogy (2006–2008). Songs from the films also charted worldwide, with the song " I Don't Dance" peaking inside the Top 70 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. During this time, he also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie '' Jump In!'' (2007) and the film '' To Write Love on Her Arms'' (2015). He competed in the 17th season of ''Dancing with the Stars''. Bleu has also pursued a music career and his debut album '' Another Side'' was released in 2007, which included the hit " Push It to the Limit". The album debuted and peaked at number 36 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, selling 18,000 copies in its first week. His second album, ''Speed of Light'', was released in 2009. He returned to television, starring in the short-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Sullivan
Kyle Sullivan is a former child actor, known for appearing on the Nickelodeon TV series ''All That'' and the Fox sitcom '' The War at Home''. Biography Sullivan played the recurring character Dabney Hooper on ''Malcolm in the Middle'' from 2000 to 2003. He has also lent his voice to the characters Danny O'Farrell and Everitt Konquist on the Disney animated series ''Fillmore!'' He has guest starred on television programs such as ''The Secret World of Alex Mack'', ''Seinfeld'', ''The Amanda Show'', ''NewsRadio'', ''Chicago Hope'', ''Mad About You'', '' ER'', '' Scrubs'', and ''Max Keeble's Big Move''. After retiring from acting, Sullivan moved to New York attending Columbia University, studying psychology and earning a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in film. He has since worked as a partner for Yitzchak Mirilashvili's venture capital firm Rainfall Ventures. In the 2024 documentary '' Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV'', Sullivan reported that while at a barbecue party hosted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James R
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, York, James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * James (2005 film), ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * James (2008 film), ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * James (2022 film), ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television Adventure Time (season 5)#ep42, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyatt Russell
Wyatt Hawn Russell (born July 10, 1986) is an American actor and former professional ice hockey goaltender. He is best known for his portrayal of John Walker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise beginning with the Disney+ series '' The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' (2021). Russell has starred in various films including '' Everybody Wants Some!!'' (2016), '' Goon: Last of the Enforcers'' (2017), ''Overlord'' (2018) and '' Night Swim'' (2024), and has had starring roles in television shows including '' Black Mirror'' (2016), '' Lodge 49'' (2018–2019), and '' Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'' (2023–2024). Early life Russell was born on July 10, 1986, in Los Angeles, California, to actors Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. He is a grandson of the late character actor Bing Russell, paternal half-brother of Boston Russell, and maternal half-brother of Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson. Career Ice hockey A goaltender, Russell played junior hockey for the Richmond Socke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doomsday Device
A doomsday device is a hypothetical construction – usually a weapon or weapons system – which could destroy all life on a planet, particularly Earth, or destroy the planet itself, bringing " doomsday", a term used for the end of planet Earth. Most hypothetical constructions rely on hydrogen bombs being made arbitrarily large, assuming there are no concerns about delivering them to a target (see Teller–Ulam design) or that they can be " salted" with materials designed to create long-lasting and hazardous fallout (e.g., a cobalt bomb). Doomsday devices and the nuclear holocaust they bring about have been present in literature and art especially in the 20th century, when advances in science and technology made world destruction (or at least the eradication of all human life) a credible scenario. Many classics in the genre of science fiction take up the theme in this respect. The term "doomsday machine" itself is attested from 1960, but the alliterative "doomsday device" has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guerrilla Warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians, which may include recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces. Although the term "guerrilla warfare" was coined in the context of the Peninsular War in the 19th century, the tactical methods of guerrilla warfare have long been in use. In the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu proposed the use of guerrilla-style tactics in '' The Art of War''. The 3rd century BC Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus is also credited with inventing many of the tactics of guerrilla warfare through what is today called the Fabian strategy, and in China Peng Yue is also often regarded as the inventor of guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flashback (psychology)
A flashback, or involuntary recurrent memory, is a psychological phenomenon in which an individual has a sudden, usually powerful, re-experiencing of a past experience or elements of a past experience. These experiences can be frightful, happy, sad, exciting, or any number of other emotions. The term is used particularly when the memory is recalled involuntarily, especially when it is so intense that the person "relives" the experience, and is unable to fully recognize it as memory of a past experience and not something that is happening in "real time". History Flashbacks are the "personal experiences that pop into your awareness, without any conscious, premeditated attempt to search and retrieve this memory". These experiences occasionally have little to no relation to the situation at hand. For those suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), flashbacks can significantly disrupt everyday life. Memory is divided into voluntary (conscious) and involuntary ( unconscious) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genetic Engineering
Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes using technology. It is a set of Genetic engineering techniques, technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to produce improved or novel organisms. New DNA is obtained by either isolating and copying the genetic material of interest using recombinant DNA methods or by Artificial gene synthesis, artificially synthesising the DNA. A Vector (molecular biology), construct is usually created and used to insert this DNA into the host organism. The first recombinant DNA molecule was made by Paul Berg in 1972 by combining DNA from the monkey virus SV40 with the Lambda phage, lambda virus. As well as inserting genes, the process can be used to remove, or "Gene knockout, knock out", genes. The new DNA can either be inserted randomly or Gene targeting, targeted to a spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult Film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated, passionate fanbase, which forms an elaborate subculture, members of which engage in repeated viewings, dialogue-quoting, and audience participation. Inclusive definitions allow for major studio productions, especially box-office bombs, while exclusive definitions focus more on obscure, transgressive films shunned by the mainstream. The difficulty in defining the term and subjectivity of what qualifies as a cult film mirror classificatory disputes about art. The term ''cult film'' itself was first used in the 1970s to describe the culture that surrounded underground films and midnight movies, though ''cult'' was in common use in film analysis for decades prior to that. Cult films trace their origin back to controversial and suppressed films kept alive by dedicated fans. In some cases, reclaimed or rediscovered films have acq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
