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Fallen (2016 Film)
''Fallen'' is a 2016 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Scott Hicks, based on Lauren Kate’s 2009 novel of same name. The film stars Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine, Harrison Gilbertson, and Joely Richardson. The film was released on November 10, 2016 in certain countries including Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore by Lotus Entertainment. It released to theaters in the United States on September 22, 2017, by Relativity Media. Plot Lucinda Luce Price is sent to Sword and Cross Academy for troubled young teens after she is blamed for the death of a boy named Trevor who perishes in a fire started by mysterious shadows that Luce sees after kissing him. Luce feels cursed, blaming herself for Trevor’s death. Upon arriving at her new school, Luce meets various students, including Cameron “Cam” Briel, who has taken an interest in her; Arriane Alter, who takes Luce under her wing; Molly Zane, who harasses Luce; Pennyweather "Penn” Van Syckle-Lockwood, who befrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Hicks (director)
Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953), known as Scott, is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of '' Shine'', the biopic of pianist David Helfgott. For this, Hicks was nominated for two Academy Awards. Other movies he has directed include the film adaptations of Stephen King's '' Hearts in Atlantis'' and Nicholas Sparks' '' The Lucky One''. Early life and education Hicks was born on born 4 March 1953 in Uganda. His father was a civil engineer. His family lived in Kenya, outside of Nairobi before moving to the UK when Scott was 10 years old, and then moving to Adelaide, South Australia, when Hicks was 14 years old. He had piano lessons until his early teens, and learnt to read music, but "wasn’t really prepared to put the necessary time in". Hicks enrolled for an arts degree at Flinders University in Adelaide when he was 16, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in 1975, along with his wife . Rock music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage is featured. These films make the search for romantic love the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szabadkígyós
Szabadkígyós is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a .... Geography It covers an area of 45.56 km² and has a population of 2434 people (2015). Gallery File:Wenckheim-kastély (2579. számú műemlék) 6.jpg, Wenckheim-palace File:Wenckheim-kastély (2579. számú műemlék) 18.jpg File:Wenckheim-kastély (2579. számú műemlék) 19.jpg File:Wenckheim-kastély (2579. számú műemlék) 4.jpg References Populated places in Békés County Palaces in Hungary {{Bekes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tura, Hungary
Tura is a town in Pest County, Hungary. In 2001 Tura became a city. Geography Tura lies between the Great Plain and Mátra Hills, in the Galga Valley. Communications The Bagi Junction of the M3 motorway and primary route 32 (from Jászfényszarú) serve the town. Express and stopping trains of the Hungarian State Railways serve the town on the Budapest—Hatvan—Miskolc line. Around the end of the 19th and start of the 20th centuries the MÁV (Hungarian State Railways) employed more and more people in Tura and it became a railway town. History The first mention of Tura is as in a charter ( la, Varadi Regestrum) of 1220. At that time the Ákos family owned the town. In 1425 one of the family's descendants, Miklós Ördög Prodavizi, gave the estate to King Sigismund ( hu, Zsigmond) in exchange for other properties. A charter of 1523 mentions that the settlement levied its own taxation. In 1544, after the capture of Buda by the Ottoman Empire three years earlier, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divergent (film)
''Divergent'' is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Neil Burger, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Veronica Roth. The film is the first installment in ''The Divergent Series'' and was produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shahbazian, and Douglas Wick, with a screenplay by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwyn, Ansel Elgort, and Maggie Q. The story takes place in a dystopian and post-apocalyptic Chicago where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Beatrice Prior is warned that she is Divergent and thus will never fit into any one of the factions. She soon learns that a sinister plot is brewing in the seemingly perfect society. Development of ''Divergent'' began in March 2011 when Summit Entertainment picked up the film rights to the novel with Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher's production company Red Wagon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunger Games (film)
''The Hunger Games'' is a 2012 American dystopian action film directed by Gary Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Collins. It is the first installment in ''The Hunger Games'' film series. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland. The film is set in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem, where a boy and a girl from each of the nation's 12 Districts are chosen annually as "tributes" and forced to compete in the Hunger Games, an elaborate televised fight to the death. Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) volunteers to take her younger sister's place when her sister was initially selected as tribute. With her district's male tribute, Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson), Katniss travels to the Capitol to train and compete in the Hunger Games. Development of ''The Hunger Games'' began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary has a population of nearly 9 million, mostly ethnic Hungarians and a significant Romani minority. Hungarian, the official language, is the world's most widely spoken Uralic language and among the few non-Indo-European languages widely spoken in Europe. Budapest is the country's capital and largest city; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, and Győr. The territory of present-day Hungary has for centuries been a crossroads for various peoples, including Celts, Romans, Germanic tribes, Huns, West Slavs and the Avars. The foundation of the Hungarian state was established in the late 9th century AD with the conquest of the Carpathian Basin by Hungar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit, and is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are also released under the studio banner. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Disney began producing live-action films in the 1950s. The live-action division became Walt Disney Pictures in 1983, when Disney reorganized its entire studio division; which included the separation from the feature animation division and the subsequent creation of Touchstone Pictures. At the end of that decade, combined with Touchstone's output, Walt Disney Pictures elevated Disney to one of Hollywood's major film studios. Walt Disney Pictur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norma Kuhling
Norma Zea Kuhling (born 1990) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Dr. Ava Bekker in the NBC medical drama series ''Chicago Med'' and as Jo Mitchel in the 2019 independent film '' Fourteen''. Career Kuhling's early roles include the 2009 comedy-drama film ''The Joneses'' and a 2011 production of Michael Weller's play ''Moonchildren'' at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. In 2016, she acted in the romantic fantasy film ''Fallen'' and made guest appearances in the first season of '' Falling Water''. Kuhling joined the NBC medical drama series ''Chicago Med'' in 2017 as Dr. Ava Bekker, an ambitious cardiothoracic surgery fellow. She first appeared in the season 2 finale, "Love Hurts", and was a series regular in seasons 3 and 4 until her departure from the series in 2019. She starred in the 2019 independent film '' Fourteen'' as Jo Mitchel, a troubled social worker who maintains a complicated friendship with her friend Mara (portrayed by Tallie Medel). Kuhling's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schaal (actor)
David Schaal is an American-born British actor, director, screenwriter, and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Taffy in the British sitcom ''The Office'' and Terry Cartwright in ''The Inbetweeners''. Career Schaal portrayed the warehouse manager Glynn, Taffy in Ricky Gervais ground breaking mockumentary comedy series ''The Office'' and the popular character Terry Cartwright in the equally ground breaking hit comedy series ''The Inbetweeners''. Schaal’s many television credits include ''Missing'', ''Casualty'', ''The Wrong Door'', '' Beautiful People'', ''Hancock and Joan'', '' Ashes to Ashes'', ''The IT Crowd'', ''Deceit'', ''Doc Martin'', ''Peak Practice'', ''Silent Witness'', '' Hustle, Lead Balloon'', '' Dangerfield'', a cameo in the 2005 series of ''The Basil Brush Show''. More recently, Schaal has appeared in ''Veep'', ''Fearless'', playing Brunsden for a season in ''Hetty Feather'', ''Ghosts'', ''Victoria'' and ''Britannia''. His film credits include ''Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Suter
Leo Suter (born 26 September 1993) is an English actor. Biography Suter was born in London, and educated at Colet Court, St Paul's School, and New College, Oxford, where he read Human Sciences. He began acting while studying in school at the age of eleven. He signed his first professional acting contract after playing in his school final play. His theatre roles included Patsy in ''The Winterling'' by Oxford Playhouse, Subtle in ''The Alchemist'' by Arcola Theatre, and Mercutio in '' Romeo and Juliet'' by Southwark Playhouse. Suter plays Harald Sigurdsson in the Netflix series '' Vikings: Valhalla'' (2022-present) directed by Jeb Stuart James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (February 6, 1833May 12, 1864) was a United States Army officer from Virginia who became a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb,” from the initials o .... Filmography Films Television References External linksLeo Suter instagram [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
