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Ash Wednesday (2002 Film)
''Ash Wednesday'' is a 2002 American crime drama film written, directed, and starring Edward Burns, alongside Elijah Wood and Rosario Dawson. The film is set in the early 1980s in New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood and tells the story of a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish mob. Plot Hell's Kitchen on Ash Wednesday, 1983: As rumors are flying that Francis Sullivan's (Edward Burns) younger brother Sean (Elijah Wood) who has been presumed dead for three years, appeared out of nowhere. It was afraid that the old killers might take a second stab at Francis's and Sean's life. An upstart approaches the local mob boss, who is Francis's protector for a hit job. Sean's wife, Grace (Rosario Dawson) believed she was a widow all these years until Sean came back for her. The parish priest who was deceived initially, is feeling anxious. As bad guys with guns are closing in, Francis should get Sean and his wife out of the city. Can Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Burns
Edward Fitzgerald Burns (born January 29, 1968) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director best known for appearing in several films including ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998), '' 15 Minutes'' (2001), ''Life or Something Like It'' (2002), '' Confidence'' (2003), '' A Sound of Thunder'' (2005), '' The Holiday'' (2006), '' The Groomsmen'' (2006), ''One Missed Call'' (2008), ''27 Dresses'' (2008), '' Man on a Ledge'' (2012), '' Friends with Kids'' (2012), and ''Alex Cross'' (2012). Burns directed movies such as '' The Brothers McMullen'' (1995), '' She's the One'' (1996), '' Sidewalks of New York'' (2001), '' Purple Violets'' (2007), and '' The Fitzgerald Family Christmas'' (2012). He also starred as Bugsy Siegel in the TNT crime drama series '' Mob City'' and as Terry Muldoon in TNT's '' Public Morals''. Early life Burns was born in Woodside, Queens, New York, the son of Molly (née McKenna), a federal agency manager, and Edward J. Burns, a public relations spokesman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John DiResta
John DiResta is an American former New York Transit police officer turned comedian, and actor. Career He was the title star of a short-lived UPN sitcom called '' DiResta'' from 1998-1999. He has appeared in several films, including '' Miss Congeniality'' and its sequel, '' Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous'', as well as on the CBS sitcom ''Rules of Engagement''. In 2004 he got a show on FX called '' Trash to Cash'' where he and his brother Jimmy Diresta went around buying or finding cheap garbage. Jimmy would build whatever was needed and John act as the comic relief. It lasted one season. He co-hosted a show with his brother on HGTV. '' Hammered with John and Jimmy DiResta'' (premiered September 16, 2006). Jimmy DiResta, an inventor and carpenter, builds intricate projects while John, similar to previous programs, acts as the comic foil. ''Hammered'' aired for two seasons. John also stars as "Johnny" in an ''American Chopper'' spoof series called '' American Body Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Spanish-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s English-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter '' samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Crime Drama Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Films
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the previous year's record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous years record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first Spider-Man movie). Events * March 1 — Paramount Pictures reveals a new-on screen logo that was used until December 2011 to celebrate its 90th anniversary. * May – '' The Pianist'' directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. * May 3–5 – '' Spider-Man'' is the first film to make $100+ million during its opening weekend in the US unadjusted to inflation. * May 16 – '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' opens in theaters. Although a huge success, it was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV 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. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the assignment of scores to reviews that do not in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American 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 stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). 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. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Lisi
Joe Lisi (born September 9, 1950), also credited as Joe Lissi, is an American television actor. He appeared in the NBC television show '' Third Watch'' as NYPD Lieutenant Swersky from 2000 to 2005. He also appeared on the NBC television show '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Craig Lennon, a parole officer and briefly appeared in the 1995 comedy/crime film '' The Jerky Boys: The Movie'' as a construction worker. Life and career Lisi was born and raised in New York City, New York. His father was Sicilian (from Giarre, Sicily) and his mother was of Irish descent. He spent 24 years in the New York Police Department (NYPD), retiring with the rank of captain. While already employed by the police department (1969), Joe Lisi enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He was honorably discharged as a corporal. Lisi took his first acting lesson at age 29 and made his Broadway debut (''Take Me Out'', 2003 Tony Winner, Best Play) at age 52. He studied theatre at HB Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Balfour
Penny Balfour is a film and television actress. Selected filmography * '' Flawless'' (1999), as Cristal * '' Sidewalks of New York'' (2001), as Young Hooker * ''Drop Back Ten'' (2000), as Amanda Bennett * ''Ash Wednesday'' (2002), as Callie * ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' (2006), Rosetta 'Rose' Suchot Montgomery * '' Just Add Water'' (2007), as Charlene * ''Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard'' (2009), as Rosetta 'Rose' Suchot Montgomery * '' Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds'' (2010), as Rosetta 'Rose' Suchot Montgomery TV appearances * ''Murphy Brown'' Season 3 / Episode 25 (1991), as Alexis Dewar * '' Ed'' Season 1 / Episode 9 (2000), as Waitress * ''Law & Order'' Season 9 / Episode 4 (1998), as Roni and Season 11 / Episode 9 (2001), as Carol Gibbons * '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' ''The Good Doctor'' episode (2001), as Lisa Voight * ''The Division'' Season 3 / Episode 6 (2003), as Mrs. Jenkins * ''NYPD Blue'' Season 11 / Episode 18 (2004), as Alyssa Huber * ''Malcolm in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dara Coleman
Dara Coleman (born 4 December 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish actor known for playing the redcoat sergeant defying Mel Gibson in the 2000 movie '' The Patriot''. Career Coleman's film credits include ''World Trade Center'', '' Newlyweds'', '' Brother to Brother'', '' Ash Wednesday'' and ''The Fitzgerald Family Christmas''. He has also appeared on Broadway in ''The Playboy of the Western World ''The Playboy of the Western World'' is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge and first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. It is set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in County Mayo (o ...''. Filmography References External links *http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0170995 Living people 1972 births Male actors from Belfast Irish male film actors Irish male television actors Irish male voice actors {{Ireland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
