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Splinterheads
''Splinterheads'' is a 2009 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Brant Sersen and starring Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Christopher McDonald and Lea Thompson. The film opened in limited release in the United States on November 6, 2009. The film is about a young man, Justin Frost (Middleditch), who falls in love with Galaxy (Taylor), a splinterhead (someone who works at a carnival but is not a carny). The two go on their share of Geocaching adventures and in the end start dating. This aspect of the movie has caused it to develop a cult following among those who do geocaching as a hobby. Schuylar Croom of the band He Is Legend makes a cameo in the film. Reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 27% based on reviews from 11 critics, with an average rating of 7.5/10. Nick Schager of ''Slant Magazine'' gave ''Splinterheads'' .5 stars out of 4, explaining his reasoning as "Despite positioning itself as a ''Napoleon Dynamit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Rogel
Jason Rogel (born August 6, 1976) is an American actor. He recently played Sebastian on Season 2 of ''Raven's Home.'' Rogel also starred as Ricky, the office gossip, on Freeform's '' Kevin from Work,'' and as Larry in ABC Family's Christmas musical, ''The Mistle-Tones.'' Also guest starring on Henry danger as Morgan Maykew. Life and career Rogel was born and raised in Long Beach, California. He is of Filipino descent. Rogel graduated with a bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts from California State University, Long Beach, and also studied acting at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art. In 2009, Rogel appeared opposite Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Lea Thompson, and Christopher McDonald in the indie romantic-comedy ''Splinterheads''. Since then, he has appeared in various commercials, webseries, and television shows, including ''The Office'', ''Community'', ''Dexter'', ''Bones'', ''Monk'', and ''How I Met Your Mother''. He played Martin, the tech-savvy busboy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Middleditch
Thomas Steven Middleditch (born March 10, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his role as Richard Hendricks in the HBO series ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–2019), earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. He has voiced Penn Zero in the Disney XD animated series '' Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero'' (2014–2017), Harold Hutchins in '' Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'' (2017), Sam Coleman in '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' (2019), and Terry Opposites in the Hulu adult animated sci-fi series '' Solar Opposites''. Middleditch made his Broadway debut in 2024 as Eli in '' Eureka Day''. He also appeared in ads for Verizon Wireless. Early life Middleditch was born on March 10, 1982, in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. His parents are British. He was cast in a play in eighth grade which he said "changed everything" for him. He discovered improv in grade school from performing with Theatresports. His first job was acting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Taylor
Rachael May Taylor (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian actress and model. Her first lead role was in the Australian television series ''headLand'' (2005–2006) as Sasha Forbes. She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in films including ''Man-Thing (film), Man-Thing'' (2005), ''See No Evil (2006 film), See No Evil'' (2006), ''Transformers (film), Transformers'' (2007), ''Bottle Shock'' (2008), ''Shutter (2008 film), Shutter'' (2008), ''Cedar Boys'' (2009), ''Splinterheads'' (2009), ''Red Dog (film), Red Dog'' (2011), ''The Darkest Hour (film), The Darkest Hour'' (2011) and ''Any Questions for Ben?'' (2012). She has also starred as List of Grey's Anatomy characters#Attending physicians, Dr. Lucy Fields on ''Grey's Anatomy'', as one of the Angels on the short-lived reboot ''Charlie's Angels (2011 TV series), Charlie's Angels'' (both 2011), as the main character on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC show ''666 Park Avenue'' (2012–2013), and in the NBC action/th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher McDonald
Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American actor. McDonald is best known for playing the villainous professional golfer Shooter McGavin in the 1996 comedy '' Happy Gilmore'', a role he’d later reprise in 2025’s sequel '' Happy Gilmore 2''. Other notable starring roles for McDonald in film include "T-Birds" member Goose McKenzie in ''Grease 2'' (1982), Darryl Dickinson opposite his former fiancée Geena Davis in '' Thelma & Louise'' (1991), Ward Cleaver in the film adaptation , and Tappy Tibbons in '' Requiem for a Dream'' (2000). Along with numerous independent and small-budget film roles, he played supporting characters in box-office hits , , , '' The House Bunny'' (2008) and . On television, McDonald was a series regular on network TV shows '' Walter & Emily'' (1991–1992, NBC), ''Good Advice'' (1993–1994, CBS), ''Family Law'' (1999–2002, CBS), '' Cracking Up'' (2004, FOX) and '' Harry's Law'', (2011–2012, NBC). McDonald has portrayed several no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lea Thompson
Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress, singer, dancer and director. She is best known for her roles as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the ''Back to the Future'' film trilogy (1985–1990), Beverly Switzler in ''Howard the Duck'' (1986), and Amanda Jones in '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' (1987). Other films for which she is known include '' All the Right Moves'' (1983), ''Red Dawn'' (1984), '' Dennis the Menace'' (1993), and ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (1993). In the 1990s, she played the title character Caroline Duffy in the sitcom ''Caroline in the City''. From 2011 to 2017, she co-starred as Kathryn Kennish in the ABC Family-turned- Freeform series '' Switched at Birth''. Early life Lea Thompson was born on May 31, 1961, in Rochester, Minnesota, one of five children of Clifford and Barbara Barry Thompson, a musician. She has two sisters, Coleen Goodrich and Shannon Katona, and two brothers, Andrew and Barry. Thompson is of Irish, English, Scots-Irish, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Winters
Dean Gerard Winters (born July 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ryan O'Reily on the HBO prison drama '' Oz'' and his roles in the TV series ''Millennium'','' Rescue Me'', ''30 Rock'', ''Sex and the City'', and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', as well as portraying " Mayhem" in a series of Allstate Insurance commercials. He co-starred in one season of the CBS Network cop drama series '' Battle Creek'' and had a recurring role as "The Vulture" on the comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. He also appeared in the 2023 Netflix film '' The Out-Laws'' and the 2024 AMC series '' Monsieur Spade''. Early life Winters was born in New York City on July 20, 1964. He was raised on Long Island. He is of Irish and Italian descent, and speaks fluent Italian. He has two brothers, actor Scott and writer Bradford, and a sister, Blair. Winters spent his teenage years in Scottsdale, Arizona. He attended Chaparral High School and graduated from Brophy College Prepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Faison
Frankie Russel Faison (born June 10, 1949) is an American actor known for his role as Deputy Commissioner, and, later, Commissioner, Ervin Burrell in the HBO series ''The Wire'', as Barney Matthews in the ''Hannibal Lecter'' franchise, and as Sugar Bates in the Cinemax series ''Banshee''. Early life and education Faison was born in Newport News, Virginia, the son of Carmena (née Gantt) and Edgar Faison. He studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, where he joined Theta Chi fraternity. He went on to obtain a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1974. Frankie has been married to Samantha Jupiter Faison since 2017. Career Faison started his acting career in 1974 in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of ''King Lear'', with James Earl Jones in the title role. Faison later appeared opposite Jones in the Broadway premiere of '' Fences'', for which he received a nomination for a Tony Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Swihart
John Swihart is an American musical composer for film and television. He is perhaps best known for his score to ''Napoleon Dynamite'', '' Youth in Revolt'', '' Employee of the Month'', and his music for the TV shows ''How I Met Your Mother'', and '' Go On''. John Swihart was raised in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of a physicist based at Indiana University. He spent a portion of his formative years in Europe and Asia, where his father would sabbatical. John had some musical training at a very young age but was not deeply absorbed by music until he was about eight. Swihart would leave Indiana to attend Berklee College of Music, in Boston. He graduated in 1986. Swihart played Chapman Stick, Bass, Guitar and Zither in the Boston, New York and Las Vegas Blue Man Group shows, on his way to Los Angeles. His breakout film project ''Napoleon Dynamite'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Village Voice
''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first Alternative newspaper, alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf (publisher), Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, ''The Voice'' began as a platform for the creative community of New York City. It ceased publication in 2017, although its online archives remained accessible. After an ownership change, ''The Voice'' reappeared in print as a quarterly in April 2021. ''The Village Voice'' has received three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Press Foundation Award, and the George Polk Award. ''The Village Voice'' hosted a variety of writers and artists, including writer Ezra Pound, cartoonist Lynda Barry, artist Greg Tate, music critic Robert Christgau, and film critics Andrew Sarris, Jonas Mekas, and J. Hoberman. In October 2015, ''The Village Voice'' changed ownership and severed all ties with former parent compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventureland (film)
''Adventureland'' is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Mottola. It stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Martin Starr, and Margarita Levieva. In the film, recent college graduate James Brennan (Eisenberg) takes a job at a run-down Pittsburgh amusement park to save up for grad school in New York. The theme park is loosely based on the " Adventureland" local theme park in Farmingdale, New York. Released on April 3, 2009, the film received positive reviews and earned $17.1 million worldwide at the box office. It was nominated for "Best Ensemble Cast Performance" at the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. Plot In 1987, James Brennan plans to have a summer vacation in Europe after graduating from Oberlin College. His parents inform him that, due to his father losing his job, their current finances will not permit them to support him, and he will have to spend the summer working instead. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Scored By John Swihart
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of Visual arts, visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, Sound film, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual Recording medium, medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
