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Michael Yezerski
Michael Yezerski is an Australian composer known for his scores for feature films such as ''The Waiting City'', '' The Black Balloon'' (for which he won an APRA Award and a Screen Music Award), ''Newcastle'', and ''Thursday's Fictions'', as well as collaborations with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Gondwana Voices Children's Choir (such as an adaptation of Shaun Tan's book '' The Red Tree''), the National Museum of Canberra, Synergy Percussion and The Physical TV Company. In an interview with Headliner Magazine', Yezerski discussed composing the score for 2019 horror film, The Vigil: "Why have there been so many horror films that have explored the various denominations of Christianity and demons and devils and everything associated with Christianity, but there has hardly ever been a film that explores the dark side of Jewish mysticism? I'm Jewish myself, so this is exactly the question that I've been asking. What I love about horror films, and dark, edgy films, in gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Waiting City
''The Waiting City'' is a 2009 Australian film directed by Claire McCarthy. The film stars Joel Edgerton as Ben Simmons, Radha Mitchell as Fiona Simmons, Samrat Chakrabati as Krishna, and Isabel Lucas as Scarlett. The film's score was composed by Michael Yezerski. ''The Waiting City'' is about an Australian couple who travels to India to adopt a child. During the trip, they also learn more about their marriage and relationship. The film was an official selection at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentation category. It was also screened at the Pusan International Film Festival in 2009 and the Sydney Film Festival in 2010. Synopsis Fiona (Radha Mitchell) and Ben (Joel Edgerton) are a couple from Australia—she is a successful, self-starting lawyer while he is a relaxed, easy-going musician. Fiona and Ben, who want to adopt a child, travel to India for what they imagine will be a quick and simple process. However, once they arrive in Calcutta (no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Extinction
''Transformers: Age of Extinction'' is a 2014 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The film is the fourth installment in the ''Transformers'' film series and the sequel to '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011). Like its predecessor, the film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Sophia Myles, Bingbing Li, Titus Welliver and T.J. Miller. It does not feature the original human cast from the previous three films, and instead introduces a new human cast and many new Transformers, including the Dinobots. The film was the first feature film to be shot on smaller digital IMAX cameras, as well as various other film formats, such as IMAX 70mm film cameras, digital stereo 3D, and anamorphic and spherical 35mm film. The film was released on June 27, 2014, in IMAX and 3D. Upon release, ''Age of Extinction'' was financially successfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Daughter
''The Secret Daughter'' is an Australian television drama series which premiered on the Seven Network on 3 October 2016. The series is written by Justin Monjo, Greg Haddrick, Louise Bowes and Keith Thompson and directed by Leah Purcell, Geoff Bennett and Paul Moloney. The drama centres on part-time country pub singer Billie Carter (Jessica Mauboy), who has a chance meeting with a wealthy city hotelier and discovers information about her family and history. The second season premiered on 8 November 2017. On 17 December 2017, it was announced that ''The Secret Daughter'' would not return for a third season in 2018. Production The series received a total of A$171,750 in funding from Screen NSW. Filming on the series took place in Sydney and regional New South Wales and wrapped in June 2016. The Seven Network announced in 2016 that the series had been renewed and a second season would screen in 2017. Production began in May 2017 with James Sweeny and Rachael Maza joining the cast. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyde & Seek
''Hyde & Seek'' is an Australian television drama thriller series that premiered on the Nine Network on 3 October 2016 at 8:45 pm. The programme was not renewed for a second season. Synopsis When his best mate is killed in a seemingly random attack, Detective Gary Hyde (Matt Nable) vows to bring the killers to justice. Together with his new partner Claire McKenzie (Emma Hamilton), Gary uncovers a criminal underbelly of murder, identity fraud, chaos and intrigue where no one is safe and no one can be trusted. In a world where crime has no borders and everyone has something to hide, Gary and Claire risk it all to catch the criminals but will they lose their loved ones in the process? Main cast * Matt Nable as Gary Hyde, a Detective Sergeant in the New South Wales Police Homicide Squad. * Emma Hamilton as Claire McKenzie, a special investigator in immigration profiling for the New Zealand Department of Immigration * Mandy McElhinney as Jackie Walters, Federal Agent and Team Lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanted (2016 Australian TV Series)
''Wanted'' is an Australian drama television series which premiered on the Seven Network in Australia on 9 February 2016. The first season consisted of six episodes. It was renewed for a six-episode second season, which premiered with a double-episode on 5 June 2017. The series was renewed for a third and final season which premiered on 15 October 2018. Plot Two women, Lola and Chelsea, are waiting at a suburban bus stop before midnight. A car crashes in front of them, and two masked men arrive and shoot the driver dead. Lola struggles with the masked attacker and the gun goes off, killing him. The other man is unmasked and he takes them both hostage. They escape but are caught up in a larger criminal conspiracy, and go on the run across Australia in a vehicle filled with cash. They are chased by criminals and corrupt police, being able to trust only each other. The end of season 1 seems to end with a resolution until Lola receives a disturbing call. Season 2 finds the wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Eye For An Eye
"An eye for an eye" ( hbo, עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, ) is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The principle exists also in Babylonian law. In Roman civilization, the law of retaliation ( la, lex talionis) bears the same principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree by the injured party. In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives the stimatedvalue of the injury in compensation. The intent behind the principle was to ''restrict'' compensation to the value of the loss. Definition and methods The term ''lex talionis'' does not always and only refer to literal eye-for-an-eye codes of justice (see rather mirror punishment) but applies to the broader class of legal systems that specifically formulate penalties for specific crimes, which are thought to be fitting in their severity. Some propose that this was at least in part intend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not The Boy Next Door
''Not the Boy Next Door'' is the seventh and penultimate studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Peter Allen released in March 1983. This was his first release for Arista Records. The album peaked at number 36 on the Australian Kent Music Report and number 170 on the American ''Billboard'' 200. Its four singles—"Not the Boy Next Door", "You Haven't Heard the Last of Me", "Once Before I Go" and "You and Me (We Wanted It All)"—all reached the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart. Background In 1981, Allen had enjoyed his first US charting single with "Fly Away". The same year, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", which he co-wrote, topped the charts and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. In 1982, Allen's first greatest hits album was released, ending his contract with A&M Records. Allen signed to Arista Records, home of similar artist, Barry Manilow, in hope of the record company support he needed to pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catching Milat
''Catching Milat'' is a two-part Australian television miniseries that screened on the Seven Network, in collaboration with Screen Australia on 17 and 24 May 2015. It is based on the 1998 book ''Sins of the Brother'' by Mark Whittaker and Les Kennedy and is loosely based upon the true story of how New South Wales Police and detectives under "Task Force Air" tracked down and caught serial killer Ivan Milat, who was responsible for the infamous backpacker murders. Critical response Clive Small, a former assistant police commissioner, retired detective and now author, served as the investigation team head of "Task Force Air". He has criticised the program as a marginally fictionalised account, especially for overstating the role of Detective Paul Gordon. Main cast * Richard Cawthorne as Detective Paul Gordon * Geoff Morrell as Superintendent Clive Small * Malcolm Kennard as Ivan Milat * David Field as Detective Neil Birse * Craig Hall as Detective Rodney Lynch * Leeanna Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter (TV Series)
''Winter'' is an Australian mystery-drama- thriller television series which premiered on the Seven Network on 4 February 2015, and concluded on 11 March 2015. The series is a spin off of the 2014 telemovie, ''The Killing Field''. It stars Rebecca Gibney and Peter O'Brien reprising their roles from the telemovie. Plot In Kings Cross, Sydney, Indiana Hope (Sara West) is a troubled girl who is living in a strip club with her friend and roommate. One night, while crossing the road Indiana is hit by an ongoing car where the car quickly flees the scene and leaves Indiana's unconscious body on the street. Meanwhile, Karly Johansson is chased through her home by an unknown figure who viciously attacks her and pushes her off a cliff to her death below. Her body is found on the rocks by her mother. Following the successful Mingara murder case, Detective Sergeant Eve Winter (Rebecca Gibney) has taken time off her crime career. After she receives a call, she is sent to Rocky Point, a be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Place To Call Home (TV Series)
''A Place to Call Home'' is an Australian television drama series, created by Bevan Lee for the Seven Network, which premiered in 2013. Set in rural New South Wales after the Second World War, it follows Sarah Adams (Marta Dusseldorp), who has returned to Australia after twenty years abroad to start a new life and ends up clashing with wealthy matriarch Elizabeth Bligh (Noni Hazlehurst). The main cast also includes Brett Climo (George Bligh), Craig Hall (Dr. Jack Duncan), David Berry (James Bligh), Abby Earl (Anna Bligh), Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood (Olivia Bligh), Aldo Mignone (Gino Poletti), Sara Wiseman (Carolyn Bligh), Jenni Baird (Regina Standish), Tim Draxl (Henry Fox), and Frankie J. Holden (Roy Briggs). The show was cancelled after its second season, but obtained further funding and concluded successfully after a total of six seasons in 2018. Cast and characters Main continuing characters * Marta Dusseldorp as Sarah Adams, who despite a strict Catholic upbringing, moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vigil (2019 Film)
''The Vigil'' is a 2019 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Keith Thomas in his feature directorial debut. It stars Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Malky Goldman, Fred Melamed and Lynn Cohen, and follows a young man who is tasked with keeping vigil over a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community, only to be targeted by a malevolent spirit known as a (Hebrew found in the Talmud: מזיקין). Jason Blum serves as an executive producer through his Blumhouse Productions banner. ''The Vigil'' premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2019. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand in July 2020, before being released internationally on August 5, 2020. It was released in the United States on February 26, 2021 by IFC Midnight. Plot The film opens with an unidentified boy forced by a man in a black Nazi uniform to shoot a young woman in a forest, as a strange figu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blindspotting
''Blindspotting'' is a 2018 American comedy-drama film written by, produced by and starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal. Carlos López Estrada directs while Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan Embry, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Wayne Knight also star. The plot follows a parolee with three days left on his sentence, only to have him witness a police shooting that threatens to ruin a lifelong friendship. Casal and Diggs, childhood friends in real-life, wrote the screenplay in the mid-2000s, initially to speak for the city of Oakland, which they felt was often misrepresented in film. After years of delays, the pair's schedules finally allowed them to make the film, with principal photography beginning in June 2017. ''Blindspotting'' had its world premiere on January 18, 2018 in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States on July 20, 2018, by Lionsgate. The film received positive reviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
