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Brittany Allen
Brittany Allen (born February 5, 1986) is a Canadian actress. Her first notable role was as Marissa Tasker, Marissa Chandler on ''All My Children'' from 2009 to 2010, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2011. In later years, she worked consistently on television, and in the films of her partner, The Vicious Brothers, Colin Minihan, including the 2014 film ''Extraterrestrial (2014 film), Extraterrestrial'', the 2016 film ''It Stains the Sands Red'' and the 2018 film ''What Keeps You Alive'', the latter of which Allen starred in and scored. Education She attended Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the Sheridan College, Sheridan Institute for Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario, for their renowned Music Theatre – Performance Program. Career After a few minor roles in TV movies, Allen played the role of Marissa Chandler on ''All My Children'' from April 21, 2009 to December 21, 2010. For this ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backgammon (film)
''Backgammon'' is an erotic mystery film, directed and co-written by Francisco Orvañanos. Synopsis Young couple Lucian and Elizabeth arrive at their college friend Andrew's isolated mansion to spend the weekend. Andrew's sister, Miranda, and her boyfriend Gerald, an artist, are also there. Miranda is a playful and seductive character while Gerald enjoys antagonising the others, while frequently arguing with Miranda. After he challenges Lucian to a game of poker, at which the latter loses his possessions, Miranda throws him out, and Lucian must come to terms with his increasing animal attraction to her. Gerald, meanwhile, never truly leaves, but prowls about the grounds laying traps for Lucian. Cast * Brittany Allen as Miranda * Noah Silver as Lucian * Alex Beh as Gerald * Olivia Crocicchia as Elizabeth * Christian Alexander as Andrew Background The film is based on the 2009 novella ''Bloody Baudelaire'' by R. B. Russell. The screenplay was written by Todd Niemi, R. B. Russell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychological Thriller
Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres. It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting. In terms of context and convention, it is a subgenre of the broader ranging thriller narrative structure,Dictionary.com, definitionpsychological thriller (definition) Accessed November 3, 2013, "...a suspenseful movie or book emphasizing the psychology of its characters rather than the plot; this subgenre of thriller movie or book – Example: In a psychological thriller, the characters are exposed to danger on a mental level rather than a physical one....", with similarities to Gothic and detective fiction in the sense of sometimes having a "dissolving sense of reality". It is often told through the viewpoint of psychologically stressed characters, revealing their distorted mental perceptions and focusing on the complex and often tortured relationships between obs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thriller Film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. Tension is created by delaying what the audience sees as inevitable, and is built through situations that are menacing or where escape seems impossible. The cover-up of important information from the viewer, and fight and chase scenes are common methods. Life is typically threatened in a thriller film, such as when the protagonist does not realize that they are entering a dangerous situation. Thriller films' characters conflict with each other or with an outside force, which can sometimes be abstract. The protagonist is usually set against a problem, such as an escape, a mission, or a mystery. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identifies thriller films as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters' taxonomy, claiming that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Bloom
Brooke Bloom is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as ''Ronah'' in the drama film ''She's Lost Control (film), She's Lost Control'' (2014). Career Her first on-screen appearance was a role as Grunge Girl in the episode "Team Play" of CBS's medical drama television series ''Chicago Hope''. In 1999, she appeared in several guest starring television roles, including ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''ER (TV series), ER'', ''Felicity (TV series), Felicity'', ''Popular (TV series), Popular'' and ''Wasteland (American TV series), Wasteland.'' She portrayed Teenage Usher in the romantic comedy film ''Forever Lulu (2000 film), Forever Lulu'' (2000). She has also appeared in films ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' (2006), ''Over Her Dead Body'' (2008), ''He's Just Not That Into You (film), He's Just Not That Into You'' (2009), ''Gabi on the Roof in July'' (2010) and ''Ceremony (film), Ceremony'' (2010). She portrayed Ronah in the dark drama film ''She's Lost Control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falling Water (TV Series)
''Falling Water'' is an American supernatural drama television series. A commercial-free advance preview of the pilot aired on September 21, 2016 ahead of its October 13, 2016 premiere. On April 3, 2017 USA Network renewed the series for a second season, with Rémi Aubuchon replacing Blake Masters as the showrunner. On May 18, 2018, USA announced they had cancelled the series. The pilot was written and co-created by Masters and Henry Bromell before Bromell died in 2013. In honor to his work, Bromell is still listed as a co-creator and receives a producer credit. Plot Three strangers realize they are dreaming parts of the same dream. As they delve deeper into the meaning behind their connection to each other, they realize that the implications are much larger than their personal fates, and the future of the world lies in their hands. Cast and characters Main * David Ajala as Burton, head of The Firm's in-house security * Lizzie Brocheré as Tess, a trend spotter * Will Yun L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels, before being relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980. Since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming that increased significantly in 2022 after the shutdown of NBCSN. As of September 2018, USA Network is commercially available to about 90.4 million households (98% of households with pay television) in the US. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network originally launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused with the New York City-area regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saw (franchise)
''Saw'' is a horror franchise created by Australian film makers James Wan and Leigh Whannell, consisting of nine feature films and additional media. Set in an unnamed city in the United States, the first eight films primarily revolve around the fictional serial killer John "Jigsaw" Kramer, while the ninth movie revolves around a copycat killer while still keeping continuity with the previous films. John Kramer was introduced briefly in ''Saw'' and developed in more detail in ''Saw II'' and the subsequent films. Rather than killing his victims outright, he traps them in life-threatening situations that he calls "tests" or "games" to test their will to survive through physical or psychological torture, believing that if they survive, they will be "rehabilitated". Kramer was killed off in ''Saw III'', but the films continued to focus on his posthumous influence, particularly by his apprentices, and explore his character via flashbacks. In 2003, Wan and Whannell made a short fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jigsaw (2017 Film)
''Jigsaw'' is a 2017 American horror film directed by the Spierig Brothers and written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger. It is the eighth installment in the ''Saw'' film series and stars Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, and Hannah Emily Anderson. The plot follows a group of people who find themselves forced to participate in a series of deadly "games" inside a barn. Meanwhile, the police investigate a new series of murders that fit the ''modus operandi'' of the eponymous Jigsaw Killer, who has been dead for almost a decade. ''Saw 3D'', released in 2010, was originally deemed the final installment of the series before Lionsgate commissioned the production of ''Jigsaw'' from a pitch by Stolberg and Goldfinger. Early development began in 2013 with production officially starting in 2016 on a budget of $10 million. The film was released by Lionsgate Films in the United States on October 27, 2017. ''Jigsaw'' received generally unfavorable reviews from critic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executive Producer
Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights or royalties). In films, the executive producer generally contributes to the film's budget and their involvement depends on the project, with some simply securing funds and others being involved in the filmmaking process. Motion pictures In films, executive producers may finance the film, participate in the creative effort, or work on set. Their responsibilities vary from funding or attracting investors into the movie project to legal, scripting, marketing, advisory and supervising capacities. Executive producers vary in involvement, responsibility and power. Some executive producers have hands-on control over every aspect of production, some supervise the producers of a project, while others are involved in name only. The creditin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
