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Mark Smith (actor)
Mark Smith (born 30 September 1969) is a British actor and body builder who starred as Rhino on the popular ITV show, ''Gladiators''. He now lives in Los Angeles. Early life Smith was born in Acton, London on 30 September 1969 to Jamaican parents. Career Smith starred as 'Leo' in the Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) show ''Renford Rejects'' and also guest starred as 'Johnson' in the hit BBC soap ''EastEnders''. He has also appeared In Trial & Retribution for Lynda LaPlante, Robin Hood as the role of Karim. Then Mark moved with his family to LA and has built his resume with projects including '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'', ''Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'', ''Rollin' with the Nines'' and an appearance as 'Shadow Warrior' in the film ''Batman Begins''. On 4 June 2005, at London's infamous York Hall The York Hall, officially known as York Hall Leisure Centre, is a multi-purpose indoor arena and leisure complex in Bethnal Green, London, and is situated on Old Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton, London
Acton () is a town and area in west London, England, within the London Borough of Ealing. It is west of Charing Cross. At the 2011 census, its four wards, East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 62,480, a ten-year increase of 8,791 people."Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density" ''''. . Retrieved 31 October 2014. |
Argo (2012 Film)
''Argo'' is a 2012 American historical drama thriller film directed, produced by and starring Ben Affleck. The screenplay, written by Chris Terrio, was adapted from the 1999 book of the same name by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operative Tony Mendez, his memoir ''The Master of Disguise'', and the 2007 ''Wired'' article by Joshuah Bearman, "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran". The film deals with the "Canadian Caper", in which Mendez led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, Iran, under the guise of filming a science fiction film during the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis. The film, which also has Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman in supporting roles, was released in the United States on October 12, 2012. It was produced by Grant Heslov, Affleck and George Clooney. ''Argo'' was praised for the acting (particularly Arkin and Goodman's), Affleck's direction, Terrio's screenplay, the editing, and Desplat' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hurricane Heist
''The Hurricane Heist'' is a 2018 American disaster heist action film directed by Rob Cohen, written by Jeff Dixon and Scott Windhauser, and starring Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace, Ryan Kwanten, Ralph Ineson, Melissa Bolona, James Cutler, and Ben Cross. It was released in the UK as a Sky Cinema Original Film. The film is about a maintenance worker, his meteorologist brother, and a treasury agent contending with a band of rogue treasury agents who plan to use a Category 5 hurricane to cover their tracks of a bank robbery. The film was released on March 9, 2018, it received mixed to negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, making just $32 million against its estimated $35 million budget. Plot In 1992, a category 5 hurricane named "Andrew" hits the town of Gulfport, Alabama. Will and Breeze Rutledge are evacuating from the destructive hurricane with their dad. However, their truck gets stuck after avoiding the toppling tree in front of them, and they are forced to take refuge in a nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yardie (film)
''Yardie'' is a 2018 British crime drama film directed by Idris Elba, in his feature directorial debut, and starring Aml Ameen, Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Fraser James, Sheldon Shepherd, and Everaldo Creary. It is based on the novel of the same name by Jamaican-born writer Victor Headley. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Plot Dennis "D" Campbell lives with his peace-loving brother Jerry Dread in 1973 West Kingston, Jamaica. D loves a local schoolgirl named Yvonne but their relationship is hindered by an ongoing gang war between the Tappas, led by Skeeter, and the Spicers, led by King Fox. Tired of the violence and destruction in the streets, Jerry Dread organises a DJ session between the two gangs' territories, hoping to broker peace. As peace is about to be achieved, Jerry Dread is shot and killed by Clancy Hibbert, a classmate of D who he witnesses. In 1983, D had become a hardened enforcer for Fox, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodline
Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents. Through heredity, variations between individuals can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection. The study of heredity in biology is genetics. Overview In humans, eye color is an example of an inherited characteristic: an individual might inherit the "brown-eye trait" from one of the parents. Inherited traits are controlled by genes and the complete set of genes within an organism's genome is called its genotype. The complete set of observable traits of the structure and behavior of an organism is called its phenotype. These traits arise from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. As a result, many aspects of an organism's phenotype are not inherited. For example, suntanned skin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acts Of Vengeance (film)
''Acts of Vengeance'' is a 2017 action thriller film directed by Isaac Florentine. It stars Antonio Banderas as a lawyer avenging the deaths of his wife and daughter. The film also features Karl Urban, Paz Vega, and Cristina Serafini. Plot The wife and daughter of Pittsburgh lawyer Frank Valera (Antonio Banderas), Sue (Cristina Serafini) and Olivia, are killed shortly after a talent show in which Olivia sings a song for Frank, and their bodies are dumped in a hole near the train yard. Before the murder, Sue sent a video of Olivia's performance to Frank. After the funeral, Frank's father-in-law Chuck (Robert Forster) confronts him and tells him not to speak to him anymore. Frank visits the police station to discuss the murders, and Pittsburgh Police Detective Bill Lustiger (Johnathan Schaech) informs him that the police found a gold fiber at the murder scene. Lustiger suspects that the murderers belong to the Russian mafia, which operates in the area of the crime. After subjectin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Security (film)
Security is the degree of protection against danger, damage, loss, and crime. Security may also refer to: * Airport security * Computer security * Energy security ** Security (electrical grid), a real-time component of reliability * Food security * Security of person, a human right as defined by the United Nations * Information security * Juridical security, also called legal security * Military security * National security * Physical security * Social security Finance * Economic security * Security (finance), a financial instrument * Security interest in a financial transaction (in law and business) Music * ''Security'' (album), the U.S./Canada title for the self-titled 1982 studio album by Peter Gabriel * "Security", a 1988 song by The Beat Club ** "Security", a 2006 cover by the Freestylers from the album '' Adventures in Freestyle'' * "Security", a song by Etta James off her album ''Tell Mama'' * "Security", a song by Stacie Orrico from her eponymous album * "Security", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criminal (2016 Film)
''Criminal'' is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Ariel Vromen and written by Douglas Cook and David Weisberg. The film is about a convict who is implanted with a dead CIA agent's memories to finish an assignment. The film stars Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, and Tommy Lee Jones, in the second collaboration among all three following the 1991 film ''JFK''. The film also features Alice Eve, Gal Gadot, Michael Pitt, Jordi Mollà, Antje Traue, Scott Adkins, Amaury Nolasco, and Ryan Reynolds. Principal photography began on September 4, 2014, in London. The film was produced by Campbell-Grobman Films and Millennium Films and was released on April 15, 2016. It received generally negative reviews from critics and was a financial disappointment, grossing $38 million against its $31.5 million budget. Plot Spanish industrialist-turned-anarchist Xavier Heimdahl arranges for his associate Jan Strook—a hacker known as "the Dutchman"—to create a wormhole program that would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zootopia
''Zootopia'' (titled ''Zootropolis'' in various regions) is a 2016 American computer-animated buddy cop action comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 55th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, co-directed by Jared Bush (in his feature directorial debut), and produced by Clark Spencer, from a screenplay written by Bush and Phil Johnston, and a story by Howard, Moore, Bush, Johnston, Jim Reardon, Josie Trinidad, and Jennifer Lee. The film stars the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Tommy Chong, J. K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, and Shakira. Taking place in the titular city where anthropomorphic mammals coexist, it tells a story of an unlikely partnership between a rabbit police officer and a red fox con artist as they uncover a criminal conspiracy involving the disappearance of predators. ''Zootopia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creed (film)
''Creed'' is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler from a screenplay by Coogler, Aaron Covington and contributions by Sylvester Stallone. It is the sequel to '' Rocky Balboa'' (2006), the seventh installment and spin-off of the ''Rocky'' franchise, and stars Michael B. Jordan, Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew, and Graham McTavish. In the film, amateur boxer Adonis Creed (Jordan) is trained and mentored by Rocky Balboa (Stallone), the former rival turned friend of Adonis' father, Apollo Creed. Although ''Rocky Balboa'' was considered the end of the franchise, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired Coogler in 2013 to develop a ''Rocky'' spin-off. Coogler and Covington's original screenplay was completed by April 2014, with the involvement of Jordan and Stallone also confirmed. The remaining cast were hired by January 2015, after which, principal photography began and lasted until that April, with filming locations inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Now (film)
''What Now'' is a 2015 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Ash Avildsen. It also stars Avildsen. Plot Three best friends explore the world of online swipe dating in Los Angeles and quickly find out that anyone who judges you based on your salary or number of social media followers is someone who has their own soul-searching to do. DJ works as a disc jockey (DJ) at a strip called named Pink Lips. Bruno works security at Pink Lips, and Joey works as a travel agent. They all live together in B-Murda's house, but it is their last weekend there. B-Murda is getting married, and his fiancé wants his friends to move out. They all decide to try a new dating app at a friend's suggestion. They quickly find out that girls do not like their day jobs, but they can lie about what they do. The movie culminates in a party at B-Murda's house. Ice-T makes an appearance at the party and performs a live version of "99 Problems". Cast * Ash Avildsen as DJ * Joseph Cassiere as Joey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Good Deed (2014 Film)
''No Good Deed'' is a 2014 American psychological thriller film directed by Sam Miller and written by Aimée Lagos. The film stars Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo, and Henry Simmons. The film was released on September 12, 2014. Despite negative critical reception, the film was a box office success and received two Image Award nominations, winning one for Taraji P. Henson's performance. Plot Colin Evans has been sentenced to prison for 15 years for manslaughter in the state of Tennessee. He is eligible for parole after five years, and during his parole hearing, Colin claims he is a changed man and has been rehabilitated; but the parole board denies his release, claiming that he is not trustworthy enough, and is sent back to prison for another five years until the next hearing. On the way back to prison, Colin kills the correctional officers transporting him and escapes with the van. In Atlanta, Terri Granger is a stay-at-home mother. Her best friend Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
