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David Holmes (actor)
David Holmes (born 1981) is a British podcast host and former actor and stunt performer. Career Holmes was the stunt double for Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in the first six films of the ''Harry Potter'' film series. He played a Slytherin beater in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', but an error in the film's credits lists him as playing the character Adrian Pucey instead; that role was actually played by Scott Fern. While test filming for ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the main ''Harry Potter'' series. It was released on 21 July 2007 in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publi ...'' in January 2009, Holmes injured his spine in an accident during one of the stunts. Although he initially hoped to return to work, Holmes is now paralysed and uses a wheelchair. He is credited in the finished film as a stunt performer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing. Streaming applications and podcasting services provide a convenient and integrated way to manage a personal consumption queue across many podcast sources and playback devices. There also exist podcast search engines, which help users find and share podcast episodes. A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from carefully scripted to completely improvised. Podcasts combine elaborate and artistic sound production with thematic concerns ranging from scientific research to slice-of-life journalism. Many podcast series provide an associated website with links and show notes, guest biographies, transcripts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (film)
''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Mike Newell (director), Mike Newell from a screenplay by Steve Kloves, based on the 2000 novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, of the same name by J.K. Rowling. It is the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter (film series), ''Harry Potter'' film series and the sequel to ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' (2004) . The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger respectively. Its story follows Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts as he is chosen by the Goblet of Fire to compete in the Triwizard Tournament. Principal photography began in early 2004. ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' was released in 2D cinemas and IMAX formats in the United Kingdom and in the United States on 18 November 2005, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortdecai (film)
''Mortdecai'' is a 2015 American action comedy film directed by David Koepp and written by Eric Aronson. The film is adapted from the novel series ''Mortdecai'' (specifically its 1972 first installment ''Don't Point that Thing at Me'') written by Kyril Bonfiglioli. It stars Johnny Depp in the title role and also features Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn, Paul Bettany and Jeff Goldblum. Released by Lionsgate on January 23, 2015, ''Mortdecai'' was a box office bomb, grossing $47 million against its estimated $60 million budget, and was critically panned. Plot Lord Charlie Mortdecai, an 'art dealer' and swindler, is accosted in Hong Kong by one of his victims, a gangster named Fang. Jock, Mortdecai's faithful manservant, extricates his master before they can be killed. Returning to London, Mortdecai and his wife, Johanna, consider ways to pay off their crushing tax debt. At the same time in Oxford, a painting by Francisco Goya becomes the target of an elaborate theft, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2
''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' is a 2011 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. The film is the second of two cinematic parts based on the 2007 novel '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' by J. K. Rowling. It is the eighth and final instalment in the ''Harry Potter'' film series and the sequel to ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' (2010). The story concludes Harry Potter's quest to find and destroy Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes in order to stop him once and for all. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, and Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, alongside Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Kelly MacDonald, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, and David Thewlis. Principal photography began on 19 February 2009, and was completed on 12 June 2010, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sands Of Time
Sands of time may refer to: * Sands of time (idiom), a figurative expression in the English language relating the passage of time to the sand in an hourglass. Music albums * ''Sands of Time'' (Jay and the Americans album), a 1969 album by Jay and the Americans * ''Sands of Time'' (S.O.S. Band album), a 1986 R&B album by the S.O.S. Band * ''Sands of Time'' (EP), the 2002 debut EP by Black Majesty * ''Sands of Time'' (Black Majesty album), a 2003 power metal album by Black Majesty *''Sands of Time'', a 2003 hardcore album by Born from Pain *''Sands of Time'' (Clive Palmer album), a 2004 album by Clive Palmer * ''Sands of Time'' (Nothing's Carved in Stone album), a 2010 rock album by Nothing's Carved in Stone Songs and music *"Sands of Time", a song from Fleetwood Mac's 1971 album ''Future Games'' *"Sands of Time", a 1972 song by Vodka Collins *"Sands of Time", a song from Edguy's 2000 album ''The Savage Poetry'' *"Sands of Time", a song from Wayne Hancock's 2001 album, ''A-Town B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (film)
''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' is a 2009 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the sixth instalment in the ''Harry Potter'' film series and the sequel to ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007). It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger respectively. The story follows Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts as he receives a mysterious textbook, falls in love, and attempts to retrieve a memory that holds the key to Lord Voldemort's downfall. Filming began on 24 September 2007, leading to the film's worldwide cinematic release on 15 July 2009. With an estimated budget of $250 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made and the most expensive film in the ''Harry Potter'' film series. ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' was released in 2D cinemas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inkheart
''Inkheart'' (german: Tintenherz) is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the ''Inkheart'' series, which was continued with ''Inkspell'' (2005) and ''Inkdeath'' (2007). The novel won the 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature.BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature Based on a 2007 online poll, the listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". ''Inkheart'' was the first part of a trilogy and was continued with ''Inkspell'' (2005), which won Funke her second BookSense Book of the Year Award for Child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutant Chronicles (film)
''Mutant Chronicles'' is a 2008 British-American science fiction film, science fiction action film, action-horror film, loosely based on the role-playing game Mutant Chronicles, of the same name. The film was directed by Simon Hunter, and stars Thomas Jane and Ron Perlman. It was released throughout Europe in 2008, followed by a North American Video on demand, VOD on March 27, 2009, and a limited release, theatrical release for selected cities on April 24, 2009. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 4, 2009. Plot The story is set in the year 2707#Science fiction set in the 28th century, 2707. The world is loosely based on that of the Mutant Chronicles, ''Mutant Chronicles'' role-playing game, in which many technologies are Steampunk, steam powered and mankind has exhausted Earth's natural resources. The protagonists must battle against mutated humans that were accidentally unleashed. The plot revolves around a "machine" which came from space 10,000 years ago. The "ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doomsday (2008 Film)
''Doomsday'' is a 2008 science fiction action film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film takes place in the future in Scotland, which has been quarantined because of a deadly virus. When the virus is found in London, political leaders send a team led by Major Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) to Scotland to find a possible cure. Sinclair's team runs into two types of survivors: marauders and medieval knights. ''Doomsday'' was conceived by Marshall based on the idea of futuristic soldiers facing medieval knights. In producing the film, he drew inspiration from various movies, including ''Mad Max'', ''Escape from New York'' and ''28 Days Later''. Marshall had a budget three times the size of his previous two films, ''The Descent'' and '' Dog Soldiers'', and the director filmed the larger-scale ''Doomsday'' in Scotland and South Africa. The film was released in the United States and Canada on 14 March 2008 and in the United Kingdom on 9 May 2008. It received mixed reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Secrets
Book of Secrets may refer to: Books *''The Book of Mysteries'', also known as ''The Book of Secrets'', a 1st-century BCE Essene text found among the Dead Sea Scrolls * ''The Book of Mysteries'' (Manichaeism), also known as ''The Book of Secrets'', a 3rd-century religious text, one of the Seven Scriptures of Manichaeism * ''The Book of Secrets'' (novel), 1994 novel by M. G. Vassanji *''Books of secrets'', compilations of technical and medicinal recipes and magic formulae, published in the 16th–18th centuries *''Sefer ha-Razim (''The Book of Secrets'')'', a Jewish mystical text *''The Book of Secrets'', 1974 book series by Rajneesh * ''Ketabe Serr'' (''The Book of Secrets''), by Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (9th–10th centuries) Music * ''Book of Secrets'' (album), 1998 album by Balance of Power *'' The Book of Secrets'', 1997 album by Loreena McKennitt Film *''The Secret Book'', 2006 Macedonian detective film directed by Vlado Cvetanovski *'' National Treasure: Book of Secrets' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Compass
''Northern Lights'' (titled ''The Golden Compass'' in North America and some other countries) is a young-adult fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, published in 1995 by Scholastic UK. Set in a parallel universe, it follows the journey of Lyra Belacqua to the Arctic in search of her missing friend, Roger Parslow, and her imprisoned uncle, Lord Asriel, who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as "Dust". ''Northern Lights'' is the first book of the trilogy, ''His Dark Materials'' (1995 to 2000). Alfred A. Knopf published the first US edition April 1996, under the name ''The Golden Compass'', under which title it was adapted as a 2007 feature film and as a companion video game. The book has also been adapted as a TV series in 2019 under the name ''His Dark Materials''. Pullman won the 1995 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding British children's book. For the 70th anniversary of the Medal, it was named one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Boy Jack (film)
''My Boy Jack'' is a 2007 British biographical television film based on David Haig's 1997 play of the same name for ITV. It was filmed in August 2007, with Haig as Rudyard Kipling and Daniel Radcliffe as John Kipling. The American television premiere was on 20 April 2008 on PBS, with primetime rebroadcast on 27 March 2011. The film attracted about 5.7 million viewers on its original ITV broadcast in the UK on Remembrance Day, 11 November 2007. Background ''My Boy Jack'' is based on the 1997 play by English actor David Haig. It tells the story of Rudyard Kipling and his grief for his son, John, who died in the First World War. The title comes from Kipling's poem of the same name. The theatre piece played at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, in 2004. It then toured Oxford, Richmond, Brighton, Norwich, Cardiff and Cambridge, with the newly formed Haig Lang Productions. In America, ''My Boy Jack'' has been performed under the title ''My Son Jack''. Plot As the Great War (World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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