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Daniel Flaherty
Daniel Flaherty (born June 11, 1993) is an American actor, known for his role as Stanley Lucerne on the MTV teen drama series '' Skins''. Life and career Flaherty started studying acting at age 11. When he turned 13, he booked his first short film, ''My First Kiss''. By the age of 17, he was already a veteran of the indie-arty short film scene, having acted in ''Spark'', ''Vacant'', ''The Parade'', and ''Portnoy''. In 2010, Flaherty was cast as Stanley Lucerne in the MTV adaptation of the British teen drama '' Skins''. The character is based on the character Sid Jenkins from the original British series. Daniel originally went to the New York open call, but didn’t get a callback. His agent arranged a second private audition, in which Flaherty won the role. Daniel's favorite part of working on ''Skins'' is getting to contribute to the development of his character. In 2012, Flaherty was cast as Tommy, a victim of school bullying, in the independent dramedy ''Contest''. The follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garden Left Behind
''The Garden Left Behind'' is a 2019 drama film directed by Flavio Alves and starring Michael Madsen, Ed Asner, and Carlie Guevara. The story centers around the life of Tina Carrera (Carlie Guevara), a Mexican trans woman, struggling to make a life for herself as an undocumented immigrant in New York City. The film premiered at SXSW in 2019, where it won the Audience Award. ''The Garden Left Behind'' became the first independent film to be funded substantially through donations and sales via eBay. Plot Tina ( Carlie Guevara), a 30-year-old transgender woman and her grandmother, Eliana (Miriam Cruz), have been struggling to make a life for themselves in New York since emigrating from Mexico when Tina was only five years old. Left alone to raise her grandchild, Eliana yearns to return to Mexico, while Tina struggles for acceptance as a transgender woman in America. Working as a gypsy cab driver to save money for her transition, Tina battles the constant anxiety of being undocu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating a free and open Internet. , the Internet Archive holds over 35 million books and texts, 8.5 million movies, videos and TV shows, 894 thousand software programs, 14 million audio files, 4.4 million images, 2.4 million TV clips, 241 thousand concerts, and over 734 billion web pages in the Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Meyerowitz Stories
''The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)'' is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Noah Baumbach. The film stars Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel and Emma Thompson, and follows a group of dysfunctional adult siblings trying to live in the shadow of their father. ''The Meyerowitz Stories'' was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section and also won the Palm Dog award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised Baumbach's script and direction as well as the performances, with Sandler especially singled out for praise. It was released in theaters and on streaming by Netflix on October 13, 2017. The film was the second Netflix film competing at Cannes, along with ''Okja'', which caused a clash with the jury president Pedro Almodóvar, who sided with the opinion that Cannes Film Festival films should be made for big screens, not online streaming. In 2017, the Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November Criminals (film)
''November Criminals'' is a 2017 American crime drama film, directed by Sacha Gervasi and written by Gervasi and Steven Knight, and based on Sam Munson's 2010 novel '' The November Criminals''. The film stars Ansel Elgort, Chloë Grace Moretz, Catherine Keener, and David Strathairn. The film was released through video on demand on November 7, 2017, and opened in a limited release on December 8, 2017, by Stage 6 Films and Vertical Entertainment. Plot The film opens with old footage of a young Addison Schacht and his mother playing at the beach. A voice over reveals that Addison's mother died of an aneurysm six months prior to the events of the movie. In the present, teenaged Addison Schacht is delivering his application to the University of Chicago, along with his friend Phoebe Zeleny. After dropping off the envelope, the pair go to a local bakery for some coffee. There, they meet Kevin Broadus, who is a mutual friend of both Addison and Phoebe and an employee at the bakery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Transfiguration (film)
''The Transfiguration'' is a 2016 American horror drama film written and directed by Michael O'Shea. It was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The film was released in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2017. Plot The film opens with a man in a public restroom who overhears slurping noises coming from the far stall. He sees that the stall has two people in and mistakenly believes that one man is performing fellatio on the other. He leaves in embarrassment. A look into the stall reveals that Milo, a 14-year-old boy who believes himself to be a vampire is actually drinking the blood of a dead man, having ambushed the man as he was using the bathroom. Milo then leaves for his home, public housing in Brooklyn, New York where he lives with his older brother, Lewis. Once home, he adds his victim's stolen wallet to a secret bag of cash. He habitually watches movies about vampires and extreme graphic violence and writes in what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goat (2016 Film)
''Goat'' is a 2016 American drama film directed by Andrew Neel and written by David Gordon Green, Neel, and Mike Roberts; it is based on the book ''Goat: A Memoir'' by Brad Land. It stars Ben Schnetzer, Nick Jonas, Gus Halper, Daniel Flaherty, Jake Picking, Virginia Gardner and James Franco. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2016. The film was released on September 23, 2016, by The Film Arcade and Paramount Home Video with a limited theatrical release and a same day video on demand distribution. Plot Reeling from a terrifying assault over the summer, 19-year-old Brad Land starts college determined to get his life back to normal. His brother, Brett, is already established on campus and is a member of a fraternity that lures Brad in with its promise of protection, popularity, and life-long friendships. Brad is desperate to belong but as he sets out to join the fraternity his brother exhibits reservations, a sentiment that threatens to di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eyes (film)
''The Eyes'' is a 2016 American crime drama film directed by Robbie Bryan, starring Nicholas Turturro, Vincent Pastore, Megan West, Ana Isabelle, Greg Davis Jr., Steven Hauck and Daniel Flaherty. Cast * Nicholas Turturro as Charlie * Vincent Pastore as Harry * Megan West as Jaclyn * Ana Isabelle as Victoria * Greg Davis Jr. as Robby * Steven Hauck as Arnold * Daniel Flaherty as Jeffrey * Carly Steel as Cynthia Release The film was released on 7 April 2017. Reception Noel Murray of the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that nearly the entire film consists of "overwritten, overacted, visually inert confrontations and monologues." ''The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...'' wrote that the film sometimes feels like a "master class in bad acting" and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi And Ely's No Kiss List
''Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List'' is a 2015 American romantic comedy-drama film written by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer, and directed by Kristin Hanggi. It is based on the 2007 book of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. The film stars Victoria Justice, Pierson Fodé, and Matthew Daddario. It had its world premiere at the Outfest Film Festival on July 17, 2015. It was then released on September 18, 2015, through video on demand. The film produced over $1 million in the box-office and was made on a budget of $3 million. In a 2016 interview, Victoria Justice stated that "...the film is a drama, to say the least. There is no true plot to the film and I feel like after the movie ended, Ely and Naomi got an apartment together and finally lived their true happy endings." Plot Naomi and Ely have been best friends and neighbors in the same apartment building in New York City for years. Ely is gay, often having casual hook-ups with other guys, while Naomi is heterosexual and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Jack
''King Jack'' is a 2015 American coming-of-age adventure drama film written and directed by Felix Thompson in his directorial debut. The film stars Charlie Plummer, Cory Nichols, Christian Madsen, Daniel Flaherty, Erin Davie and Chloe Levine, and follows a 15-year-old boy who befriends his introverted cousin while facing off against a sadistic school bully. Plot Jack, a scrappy 15-year-old boy, bonds with his introverted cousin while facing off against a bully. Cast * Charlie Plummer as Jack * Cory Nichols as Ben * Christian Madsen as Tom * Daniel Flaherty as Shane * Erin Davie as Karen * Chloe Levine as Holly * Yainis Ynoa as Harriet * Melvin Mogoli as Beavan * Keith Leonard as Officer Pete * Francis Piscopo as Eric Release The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2015. Reception On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, which categorizes reviews only as positive or negative, 94% of 35 reviews are positive. The website's critical consensus reads, "H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adderall Diaries (film)
''The Adderall Diaries'' is a 2015 American crime drama film written and directed by Pamela Romanowsky, based on a "true-crime memoir" book of the same name by Stephen Elliott. The film stars James Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard and Christian Slater. ''The Adderall Diaries'' had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 16, 2015. The film was released on DirecTV Cinema on March 10, 2016, prior to opening in a limited release on April 15, 2016, by A24. Plot Stephen Elliott is a successful author with a troubled childhood. His mother died when he was a child and his father Neil was physically and psychologically abusive. During his adolescence, Stephen has lived most of his life behaving very destructively and abusing drugs (of which Adderall is an example) and committing petty vandalism. Now in his 30s, Stephen accepts a deal to write his next book about Hans Reiser, a software guru who developed the Reiser filesystem. Hans had a volatile marriage and his wife has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie (2014 Film)
''Annie'' is a 2014 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Will Gluck, produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and James Lassiter's Overbrook Entertainment and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing's Columbia Pictures. A contemporary film adaptation of the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name (which in turn is based on the comic strip ''Little Orphan Annie'' by Harold Gray). The film changes the setting from the Great Depression to the present day. It is the second remake and the third film adaptation of the musical following the 1982 theatrical film starring Carol Burnett and Albert Finney and the 1999 television film starring Kathy Bates and Victor Garber. The film stars Quvenzhané Wallis in the title role, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale and Cameron Diaz (in her final film role before her subsequent retirement from acting from 2014 to 2022). ''Annie'' began production in August 2013 and was released theatrically on December 19, 2014. The film received gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hits (film)
''Hits'' is a 2014 American comedy-drama written and directed by David Cross. The film is the directorial debut of Cross. The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2014. The film later screened at 2014 Sundance London Film Festival on April 26, 2014. On February 13, 2015, ''Hits'' became the first feature-length film to be released on BitTorrent with a pay-what-you-want model. The Recording Academy's Chapter President Tammy Susan Hurt contributed music to the film via Georgia Music Partners. Plot Municipal worker Dave's life changes completely when videos of his rants about potholes at City Hall go viral on YouTube. Cast *James Adomian as Donovan * Amy Carlson as Christina Casserta *Wyatt Cenac as Babatunde *Michael Cera as Bennie * Jake Cherry as Cory *Meredith Hagner as Katelyn *Amy Sedaris as Crystal *Erinn Hayes as Maddy * Mela Hudson as Juli's Friend *David Koechner as Rich *Jason Ritter as Julian *Russ Tamblyn as Russ * Matt Walsh as Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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