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Curfew (TV Series)
''Curfew'' is a British dystopian action drama television series created by Matthew Read for Sky. Starring an ensemble cast led by Sean Bean, Ike Bennett, Adam Brody, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Phoebe Fox, Thaddea Graham, Guz Khan, Malachi Kirby, Adrian Lester, Andi Osho, Miranda Richardson, Jessye Romeo, Elijah Rowen, Jason Thorpe, Rose Williams, and Billy Zane, the series premiered on 22 February 2019 on Sky One in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In limited areas of the United States, the entire series was released on 24 June 2019 by Spectrum as part of their Spectrum Originals video on demand branding initiative. Premise In the near future, Earth is overwhelmed by an unstoppable virus of unknown origin. To protect the population from the virus sweeping across the United Kingdom, a totalitarian government impose a curfew in which anyone caught out between 7pm to 7am will be put into quarantine, if not worse. ''Curfew'' focuses on a few lucky groups that are offered the opportunity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Film
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life-threatening situations, a dangerous villain, or a pursuit which usually concludes in victory for the hero. Advancements in computer-generated imagery (CGI) have made it cheaper and easier to create action sequences and other visual effects that required the efforts of professional stunt crews in the past. However, reactions to action films containing significant amounts of CGI have been mixed, as some films use CGI to create unrealistic, highly unbelievable events. While action has long been a recurring component in films, the "action film" genre began to develop in the 1970s along with the increase of stunts and special effects. This genre is closely associated with the thriller film, thriller and adventure film, adventure genres and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Lester
Adrian Anthony Lester (born Anthony Harvey; 14 August 1968) is a British actor, director and writer. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his work on the London stage. Early life Lester was born in Birmingham, the son of Jamaican immigrants, Monica, a medical secretary, and Reginald, a manager for a contract cleaning company. From the age of nine, Lester sang as a boy treble in the choir of St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham. At 14, he began acting with the Birmingham Youth Theatre. After leaving Archbishop Masterson RC School, he attended Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College for one year, before completing three years of training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Career Theatre Lester received an Ian Charleson Award commendation and a Time Out Award for his 1991 performance as Rosalind in Cheek by Jowl's all-male production of '' As You Like It''. In 1993, he played Antho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Aspect Productions
Tiger Aspect Productions (formerly known as Tiger Television from 1988 until 1993 and also known as Tiger Aspect Films for theatrical films) is a British television and film production company, particularly noted for its situation comedy, situation comedies. Founded by Peter Bennett-Jones, its productions have included popular hits such as ''Mr. Bean'' and ''The Vicar of Dibley''. It has also produced television dramas such as ''Murphy's Law (UK TV series), Murphy's Law'' and ''Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking'', and in October 2006, its drama series ''Robin Hood (2006 TV series), Robin Hood'' began showing on BBC One. They also produced the American reality television series ''Damage Control (TV series), Damage Control'' for MTV, and the animated children's series ''Charlie and Lola (TV series), Charlie and Lola'', which was based on the books written by Lauren Child. Tiger Aspect has also made a documentary at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre (BRC), Quainton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Crossan
Denis Crossan, B.S.C. is a cinematographer. He attended the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield Beaconsfield ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, west-northwest of central London and south-southeast of Aylesbury. Three other towns are within : Gerrards Cross, Amersham and High W .... Crossan started his career shooting numerous Music Videos and commercials and through the years has worked with major directors and advertising agencies, resulting in a number of awards for cinematography, including Clio Awards, Creative Circle Awards and D&AD. His first feature film credit was ', an art house thriller set in London and produced by the BFI which won an Evening Standard film award 1990. In 1993 he was asked to join The British Society of Cinematographers (B.S.C.). His movie credits include ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', directed by Jim Gillespie (director), Jim Gillespie, starring Sarah Michell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amon Tobin
Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (born February 7, 1972), known as Amon Tobin (), is a Brazilian electronic musician, composer and producer. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released eight major studio albums under the London-based Ninja Tune record label. He has also released two albums under the alias Two Fingers with collaborator Doubleclick (musician), Doubleclick. His latest release, ''A Living Room (Music from Meow Wolf's Omega Mart)'', was released on September 23, 2022. His music has been used in numerous major motion pictures including ''The Italian Job (2003 film), The Italian Job'' and ''21 (2008 film), 21''. Tobin has created songs for several independent films, including the 2006 Hungarian language, Hungarian film ''Taxidermia'', and had his music used in other independent films, including the 2002 ''Palme d'or, Cannes Palme d'Or–''nominated ''Divine Intervention (2002 film), Divine Intervention''. A selection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Fiennes
Magnus Hubert Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 21 November 1965) is an English composer, record producer and songwriter. He has worked with artists such as Shakira, Pulp, Tom Jones and Morcheeba. In 1997 he produced the million-selling All Saints single " Never Ever", which reached number 4 on the US charts and number 1 throughout Europe; producing and co-writing on their eponymous five million selling album. He composed and produced much of the two multi-million selling albums from the girl quartet Bond. He has composed several major film scores, numerous commercials and TV series, including many seasons of leading BBC dramas such as '' Hustle'', '' Murphy's Law'', and '' Death in Paradise''. He also created developed and produced the $20 million animated cartoon series ''Freefonix''. Records As a producer/arranger programmer and re-mixer, Fiennes has worked with a diverse range of artists including Neneh Cherry, Marianne Faithfull, Bryan Ferry, the Spice Girls, Hal Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pye Corner Audio
Pye Corner Audio is a British electronic music project by Martin Jenkins. Originally self-released, Vols 1–2 and Vols 3–4 of the ''Black Mill Tapes'' were released by Type records. ''Sleep Games'' (2012) was released on Ghost Box. As Pye Corner Audio, Jenkins has supported the Scottish band Mogwai and contributed a remix to their 2014 EP ''Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1.'' Discography Studio albums * ''Black Mill Tapes Vol.1: Avant Shards'' (2010) * ''Black Mill Tapes Vol.2: Do You Synthesize?'' (2011) * ''Black Mill Tapes Vol.3: All Pathways Open'' (2012) * ''Sleep Games'' (2012, Ghost Box) * ''Black Mill Tapes Vol.4: Dystopian Vectors'' (2013) * ''Prowler'' (2015, More Than Human) * ''Stasis'' (2016, Ghost Box) * ''Where Things Are Hollow'' (2017, Lapsus Records) * ''Hollow Earth'' (2019, Ghost Box) * ''Entangled Routes'' (2021, Ghost Box Ghost Box is an independent, UK-based electronic music record label, launched in 2004 by graphic designer Julian House and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Zane
William George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the 1989 Australian film ''Dead Calm'', a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor. He has since appeared in numerous films and television series, notably playing Caledon Hockley in the epic romance disaster film ''Titanic'' (1997), for which he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. Zane's other film roles include Kit Walker / The Phantom in the superhero film ''The Phantom'' (1996), "Match" in the ''Back to the Future'' franchise, Lieutenant Val Kozlowski in '' Memphis Belle'' (1990), The Collector in ''Demon Knight'' (1995), Curtis Zampf in '' The Believer'' (2001), and Richard Miller in the ''Sniper'' film series. He also played the recurring role of John Justice Wheeler in the second season of the TV series ''Twin Peaks'', and provided the voice of Ansem in the video game ''Kingdom Hearts'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Williams (actress)
Rose Victoria Williams is an English actress from Ealing, London. She is best known for her work as Princess Claude in ''Reign'' and as Charlotte Heywood in ''Sanditon''. Early life and education Williams was born in Ealing, West London on the 18th February 1994. Her mother worked as a costume designer and her father as a gardener. Her first job was at a clothing store in Dover Street Market when she was 17 years old. She studied fashion and decided at the age of 18 to pursue acting. Career Williams appeared in ''Casualty'', ''Reign'', ''Medici'', and ''Curfew'', before appearing in ''Changeland'' with Seth Green and Macaulay Culkin. Williams plays the lead in the 2019 Andrew Davies adaptation of ''Sanditon'', the unfinished novel by Jane Austen. Her role in ''Reign'' required her to be based in Toronto for three years, during which time she visited Los Angeles frequently. Williams had the lead role in British horror film '' The Power'', also starring Emma Rigby, about a nurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Walter
Dame Harriet Mary Walter (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama. Walter began her career in 1974 and made her Broadway debut in 1983. For her work in various Royal Shakespeare Company productions, including ''Twelfth Night'' (1987–88) and '' Three Sisters'' (1988), she won the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival. Her other notable work for the RSC includes leading roles in ''Macbeth'' (1999) and '' Antony and Cleopatra'' (2006). She won the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth I in the 2005 London revival of '' Mary Stuart'', and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play when she reprised the role on Broadway in 2009. She reprised her roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sullivan (actor)
Peter Sullivan (born 26 July 1964) is an English film and television actor. Life and career Sullivan was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. In 1982, he joined the National Youth Theatre, where he played Edmond in ''King Lear'', and then joined the Old Vic Youth Theatre playing the title role in ''Macbeth''. He studied at Central School of Speech and Drama from 1983 to 1986 and then in New York under Uta Hagen at HB Studio. In 1988 he joined the Catalan performance group La Fura dels Baus and toured the world with them in their trilogy of spectacles ''Accions'', ''Suz/O/Suz'' and ''Tier Mon''. In 1990 he was asked by Deborah Warner to join the National Theatre in London to tour ''King Lear'' and ''Richard III'', directed by Richard Eyre, staying on to play in ''Napoli Millionaria'' as part of the Lyttelton Theatre company. He also worked extensively at the National Theatre Studio with Simon Usher and there formed The Actors' Group. He left the National to work with David Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Russell
Clive Russell (born 7 December 1945) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline in ''Ripper Street'', Angus O'Connor in ''Happiness'' and Brynden Tully in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. He also appeared in the Scottish sitcoms '' Still Game'' and ''Rab C Nesbitt'', teen drama ''Hollyoaks'' as Jack Osborne's brother Billy Brodie and British crime drama '' Cracker'' as Danny Fitzgerald. Life and career Russell was born in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England but brought up in Fife, Scotland. Russell first performed before an audience in 1960 on ''The Shari Lewis Show'', but it was not until 1980 that he had his first real acting job – performing on the London stage as the superintendent in Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo's satire ''Accidental Death of an Anarchist'', about police corruption in Italy. The reviews were good, and he reprised that role for television in 1983. After further honing his skills in various British TV product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
