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MVD Entertainment Group
MVD Entertainment Group, (previously Music Video Distributors, Inc.) is an American production company and film distributor based in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, consisting of three main departments MVD Visual, MVD Audio, and MVD Distribution. The company was founded by Tom Seaman in 1986 and today has released over 8,000 titles. Home video labels MVD Rewind Collection In 2017, the company launched a line of Blu-ray releases called the MVD Rewind Collection. The line features cult following, cult movies not previously released on Blu-ray in North America, and some that were never even released on DVD. Each release is numbered and features a slipcover that gives a throw-back look of a weathered VHS case. The line does not focus on any particular genre, as was shown with the announcement of their first two releases, the punk music documentary ''D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage'' and the cult horror film ''Attack of the Killer Tomatoes''. MVD Marquee Collection and MVD Classics In 2018, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Production Company
A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and video. These groups consist of technical staff to produce the media, and are often incorporated as a commercial publisher. Generally the term refers to all individuals responsible for the technical aspects of creating a particular product, regardless of where in the process their expertise is required, or how long they are involved in the project. For example, in a theatrical performance, the production team has not only the running crew, but also the theatrical producer, designers and theatrical direction. Tasks and functions The production company may be directly responsible for fundraising the production or may accomplish this through a parent company, partner, or private investor. It handles budgeting, scheduling, scripting, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionheart (1990 Film)
''Lionheart'', released internationally under several names including ''A.W.O.L: Absent Without Leave'', ''Wrong Bet'', and ''Leon'', is a 1990 American martial arts film directed by Sheldon Lettich, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and co-starring Brian Thompson, along with Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan, and Ashley Johnson. Van Damme plays a French Foreign Legionnaire. When his brother is seriously injured, he returns to Los Angeles to enter the underground fighting circuit to raise money for his brother's family. The film's cast and crew included Michel Qissi who appeared in earlier Van Damme films: Tong Po, as the villain in ''Kickboxer'' and as Parades, a Kumite entrant in ''Bloodsport''. Sheldon Lettich helped write ''Bloodsport'', and ''Double Impact''. ''Lionheart'' grossed $24.3 million on a $6 million budget. Plot Lyon Gaultier is in the French Foreign Legion stationed in Djibouti, East Africa. After his brother, who lives in Los Angeles, is set on fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Point!
''The Point!'' is the sixth studio album by American songwriter and musician Harry Nilsson, released in late 1970. It was accompanied by an animated film adaptation directed by Fred Wolf, which aired in early February 1971 on the ABC-TV network. Its lead single, "Me and My Arrow", peaked at number 34 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''The Point!'' is a fable that tells the story of a boy named Oblio, the only round-headed person in the Pointed Village, where by law everyone and everything must have a point. Nilsson explained his inspiration for ''The Point!'': "I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, 'Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's tilla point to it.'" Story The round-headed Oblio has had to wear a pointed hat since birth to conceal his "pointless" condition from his pointy-headed peers. However, Oblio is accepted in the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boogie Boy
''Boogie Boy'' is a 1998 film written and directed by Craig Hamann and produced by Braddon Mendelson. It stars Traci Lords, as well as Mark Dacascos, Emily Lloyd, Jaimz Woolvett, Frederic Forrest, Joan Jett, Robert Bauer (actor), Robert Bauer, and Linnea Quigley. The film features music by Michael Knott. Premise A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears. Cast * Mark Dacascos as Jesse Page * Emily Lloyd as Hester * Jaimz Woolvett as Larry Storey * Traci Lords as Shonda Lee Bragg * Karen Sheperd as Marlene * Linnea Quigley as Gretchen * Jonathan Scarfe as Leland Bowles * John Koyama as Lawrence Wong * Ethan Jensen as Dave * Phil Culotta as Mike * Frederic Forrest as Edsel Dundee * Ben Browder as Freddy * James Lew as Jason * Scott Sowers as "Bulldog" * Robert Bauer as "Breeze" * John Hawkes (actor), John Hawkes as "T-Bone" * Joan Jett as "Jerk" * Michael Pena as Drug Dealer * Brett R. Goetsch as Roadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Impact
''Double Impact'' is a 1991 American action film written and directed by Sheldon Lettich, and written, produced by and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Chad and Alex Wagner. The film marks Van Damme's third collaboration with director Sheldon Lettich (who wrote ''Bloodsport (film), Bloodsport'' and directed ''Lionheart (1990 film), Lionheart'') and second collaboration with Bolo Yeung (the first being ''Bloodsport (film), Bloodsport'' in 1988). ''Double Impact'' was released in the United States on August 9, 1991. Plot In Hong Kong during the year 1966, business partners Paul Wagner and Nigel Griffith open the Victoria Harbour Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Tunnel. Paul attends with his wife Katherine and their identical twin infant sons, Chad and Alex. After the celebration, the family is followed home by their bodyguard, Frank Avery, whom they dismiss. Once he leaves, a Triad (underground society), Triad hit squad follows them. A shootout ensues, in which Paul is killed. Katherine beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Angel
Death Angel is an American thrash metal band from Daly City, California, initially active from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2001. Death Angel has released nine studio albums, two demo tapes, one box set and three live albums. The band has gone through several line-up changes, leaving guitarist Rob Cavestany as the only constant member; he and vocalist Mark Osegueda (who joined the group in 1984) are the only members of Death Angel to appear on all of their studio albums. Death Angel is often referred to as one of the key bands in the Bay Area thrash metal movement of the 1980s, and secured opening slots at club venues that decade, including opening for their peers Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, Testament, Overkill, D.R.I., Mercyful Fate and Possessed. They are also often credited as one of the leaders of the second wave of thrash metal movement from the 1980s, and considered to be one of the "big eight" of the genre (along with Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prey Harder
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the host) and parasitoidism (which always does, eventually). It is distinct from scavenging on dead prey, though many predators also scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait for it, often concealed. When prey is detected, the predator assesses whether to attack it. This may involve ambush or pursuit predation, sometimes after stalking the prey. If the attack is successful, the predator kills the prey, removes any inedible parts like the shell or spines, and eats it. Predators are adapted and often highly specialized for hunting, with acute senses such as vision, hearing, or smell. Many predatory animals, both vertebra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebula
A nebula ( Latin for 'cloud' or 'fog'; pl. nebulae, nebulæ or nebulas) is a distinct body of interstellar clouds (which can consist of cosmic dust, hydrogen, helium, molecular clouds; possibly as ionized gases). Originally, the term was used to describe any diffused astronomical object, including galaxies beyond the Milky Way. The Andromeda Galaxy, for instance, was once referred to as the ''Andromeda Nebula'' (and spiral galaxies in general as "spiral nebulae") before the true nature of galaxies was confirmed in the early 20th century by Vesto Slipher, Edwin Hubble and others. Edwin Hubble discovered that most nebulae are associated with stars and illuminated by starlight. He also helped categorize nebulae based on the type of light spectra they produced. Most nebulae are of vast size; some are hundreds of light-years in diameter. A nebula that is visible to the human eye from Earth would appear larger, but no brighter, from close by. The Orion Nebula, the brightest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showdown (1993 Film)
''Showdown'' (also known as ''American Karate Tiger'') is a 1993 action/martial arts film directed by Robert Radler. The film stars Billy Blanks, Kenn Scott, Christine Taylor, Ken McLeod, Patrick Kilpatrick, and Brion James. The movie is reminiscent of 1984's ''The Karate Kid''. Blanks has the Pat Morita role and Scott is in Ralph Macchio's; Taylor and McLeod have the Elisabeth Shue and William Zabka roles, respectively, while Kilpatrick is in Martin Kove's. Plot Billy Grant is a police officer who is called to stop a noise complaint at a local party. Along with his partner, Spinelli, Billy enters the house to find two men causing all sorts of trouble. When Billy attempts to stop things peacefully, one of the thugs attempts to assault Billy, who uses his unarmed combat skills to stop the thug. However, when he puts the thug down, the thug's head smacks hard against the stairs. The other troublemaker looks in horror and yells to Billy, "You killed my brother, pig!". Spinelli sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Dragon (film)
''Double Dragon'' is a 1994 American martial arts film, based on the video game series of the same name. The movie was directed by James Yukich, whose previous credits include the Genesis music videos " That's All" and "Invisible Touch". The picture stars Mark Dacascos and Scott Wolf as brothers Jimmy and Billy Lee, along with Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario and Robert Patrick as antagonist Koga Shuko. The film takes place in an earthquake-crippled Los Angeles in 2007; the city is styled as a mix between a post-apocalyptic and 80s/90s punk environment. It failed both critically and financially, receiving generally negative reviews, with praise for its special effects and action sequences, but criticism for its writing and performances. Plot A gigantic earthquake destroys southern California, greatly altering its landscape and leaving Los Angeles, renamed "New Angeles", in shambles after the federal government fails to help restore order or rebuild. Seven years later, New An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemesis (1992 Film)
''Nemesis'' is a 1992 American cyberpunk action film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Yuji Okumoto, Marjorie Monaghan, Brion James and Deborah Shelton. Set in a near future world populated by androids, the film centers on Alex Rain (Gruner), a cybernetically-enhanced, ex-counterterrorism operative charged by his former employers with assassinating his former lover, the leader of an underground militant group. This is the first installment in the ''Nemesis'' film series, and was followed by four direct sequels and a spinoff film. After premiering in Japan, it was released in the United States by Imperial Entertainment in January 1993. Plot In the year 2027, illegal androids (called cyborgs in the film) have become commonplace, and many criminals enhance themselves with cybernetic components, making them "more than human". Alex Rain is a disillusioned assassin/bounty hunter for the LAPD. During a routine mission, he is attac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Lights, Big City (film)
''Bright Lights, Big City'' is a 1988 American drama film directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Dianne Wiest and Jason Robards, and based on the novel by Jay McInerney, who also wrote the screenplay. It was the last film directed by Bridges, who died in 1993. Plot The film follows one week in the life of 24-year-old Jamie Conway. Originally from Pennsylvania, Jamie works as a fact-checker for a major New York City magazine. His nights partying with his glib best friend Tad and his addiction to cocaine has led Jamie being frequently late to work and not finishing assignments on time. As result, he is on the verge of getting fired by his stern boss, Clara Tillinghast. His wife Amanda, a fast-rising model, has just left him. He is also still reeling from the death of his mother from cancer a year earlier; and he follows a tabloid story about a pregnant woman in a coma. Jamie's story captures some of the glossy chaos and decadence of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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