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Octane (film)
''Octane'' (released as ''Pulse'' in the United States) is a 2003 horror film directed by Marcus Adams and starring Madeleine Stowe, Mischa Barton, and Norman Reedus. The film follows a divorced mother and her teenage daughter on a late-night road trip, and the mother's battle to find her daughter after she gets caught up with a bizarre cult of young criminals at a truck stop. Shot largely in Luxembourg, the film features a soundtrack by dance duo Orbital. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 November 2003, having previously screened at the CineVegas Film Festival in the United States. Upon its release, the film was noted by some critics (such as ''Variety'') for blending elements of American road films with surrealist horror. Plot A man and woman posing as paramedics assists a man in an overturned car on a freeway. As an ambulance approaches, the woman panics, taping the man's mouth shut and pulling him from the car before speeding away. Meanwhile, single mother Senga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Adams (director)
Marcus Adams is a British film director. Adams has produced music videos, advertisements and full-length feature films. After leaving school, Adams went on to study at the Ballet Rambert school and later found work as a dancer and choreographer. In 1986, he co-founded the techno-industrial band Meat Beat Manifesto. He designed and choreographed their live shows and also directed their videos. Adams left the band in the early 1990s to focus on directing music videos full-time. Filmography * ''Long Time Dead'' (with Lukas Haas, Joe Absolom) (2002) * ''Octane'' (with Madeleine Stowe) (2003) * '' The Marksman'' (with Wesley Snipes) (2005) Videography * " Stay Another Day" - East 17 (1994) * "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" - Fedde le Grand (2006) * "Proper Education" - Eric Prydz vs. Pink Floyd (2007) * "Perfect (Exceeder)" - Mason vs. Princess Superstar (2007) * " The Creeps" - Camille Jones vs. Fedde le Grand (2007) * "I Found U" - Axwell (2007) * " About You Now" - Sugababes ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Movie
A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Road movies often depict travel in the hinterlands, with the films exploring the theme of alienation and examining the tensions and issues of the cultural identity of a nation or historical period; this is all often enmeshed in a mood of actual or potential menace, lawlessness, and violence, a "distinctly existential air"Cohan, Steven and Hark, Ina Rae. "Introduction". ''The Road Movie Book''. Eds. Cohan, Steven and Hark, Ina Rae. Routledge, 2002. p. 1 and 6 and is populated by restless, "frustrated, often desperate characters".Laderman, David. ''Driving Visions: Exploring the Road Movie''. University of Texas Press, 2010. Ch. 1 The setting includes not just the close confines of the car as it moves on highways and roads, but also booths in diners and rooms in roadside motels, all of which helps to create intimacy and tension between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Pollack
Rachel Grace Pollack (born August 17, 1945 as Richard Pollack) is an American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot. She is involved in the women's spirituality movement. Career Tarot reading Pollack has written '' Salvador Dali's Tarot'', a book-length exposition of Salvador Dalí's Tarot deck, comprising a full-page color plate for each card, with her commentary on the facing page. Her work ''78 Degrees of Wisdom'' on Tarot reading is commonly referenced by Tarot readers. She has created her own Tarot deck, Shining Woman Tarot (later Shining Tribe Tarot). She also aided in the creation of the Vertigo Tarot Deck with illustrator Dave McKean and author Neil Gaiman, and she wrote a book to accompany it. Comics Pollack, known for her run of issues 64–87 (1993–1995) on the comic book ''Doom Patrol'', on DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, a continuation of a 1960s comic which had recently become a cult favorite under Grant Morrison. She took over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Douglas
Sam Douglas (born Douglas Samuel Waters; 17 June 1957) is a British actor best known for his role as private detective Scott Shelby in the PlayStation 3 video game ''Heavy Rain'', as King Herod in ''The Bible'' miniseries for the History Channel, and as Rosebud in the movie '' Snatch''. He has had several other roles in films, television, commercials, and on stage. Education He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from Simpson College, Iowa, and in directing from the Oklahoma City University School of Drama. At both places of study he was under the tutorship of Alan Langdon. Theatre He has played in several theatres in US and UK such as the Royal National Theatre, Greenwich Theatre, Royal Court Theatre and Savoy Theatre. Some of the plays include: '' Edmond'' at the Royal Court Theatre, London; ''A Raisin in the Sun'' and ''Porgy and Bess'' at the Savoy Theatre; '' The Darker Face of the Earth'' and ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' at the Royal National Theatre in London; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Whitmey
Nigel Whitmey (born 23 February 1963) is a British-Canadian actor who has appeared in TV series and films. He is also the husband of the actress Abigail Thaw, whom he met while training at RADA. Early life Whitmey was born in Peace River, Alberta, Canada. His family emigrated there from Liverpool, England, where his father had been employed as a medical officer of health. He came to London in the mid-1980s to study drama at RADA. Career His television credits include ''Black Earth Rising'', '' Doctor Who'', '' Attila'', ''Casualty'', '' Waking the Dead'' and ''Agatha Christie's Poirot''. He is also known for voicing numerous games, including the two ''Battlefield'' games of the ''Bad Company'' series, ''Crysis Warhead'' and ''Cyberpunk 2077 ''Cyberpunk 2077'' is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt. Set in Night City, an open world set in the ''Cyberpunk'' universe, players assume the role of a customisable me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Menkin
David Menkin is a Norwegian actor. His best known for his voice roles as Porter and Jack in the US dub of ''Thomas & Friends'' (2013–present) and as Virgil and Gordon Tracy in the 2015 reboot series '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (2015–2020). His other voice roles in animation and video games include Scoop and Travis in the US version of ''Bob the Builder'', Dad Hooman in ''Floogals'', Chuck in ''Space Chickens in Space'', Munki and Rocky in '' Jungle Beat: The Movie'', Malos in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'', Captain Joseph Brady in ''Battlefield 3'', Breach in ''Valorant'', Magnus in '' Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers'', and Luke Skywalker in '' Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga''. Early life Menkin was born to a Norwegian mother and an American father in Moss, where he partially spent his childhood before the family moved to Benin to partake in Saga Petrolium's oil drilling in West Africa. In a 2018 radio interview, he stated that the bi-cultural upbringing made "a great impre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shauna Shim
Shauna Shim (born 28 March 1979) is an American-born English actress. Early life Shim was born in Miami, Florida, United States to her African-American mother and Chinese father. She is of African-American and Chinese descent. When Shim was 10 years old, her family moved from United States to England in 1989. Shim was raised in Nottingham, England, and trained at the Carlton Television Workshop alongside other actors such as Samantha Morton, Toby Kebbell, Vicky McClure and award-winning director, Julian Kemp. Her brother, Andrew Shim, is also an actor, whom she has been quoted as saying she would "love to work with". Career Having worked extensively in film, television and on the West End stage, Shim has appeared alongside many world-renowned actors such as Nicole Kidman, Simon Pegg, David Schwimmer, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Paul Bettany, Sam Rockwell, Freema Agyeman, James Caan, Donald Sutherland and Lauren Bacall. Her film work has covered various genres including horror ('' An Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Lord
Stephen Lord (born 1 October 1971) is an English actor, known for playing Jase Dyer in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 2007 to 2008 and Dominic Meak in the Channel 4 comedy drama series, '' Shameless'', between 2012 and 2013. In 2021, he was cast in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Personal life Lord is married to Elaine Cassidy and the couple have two children. Career The BBC defended the use of violent scenes in an edition of ''EastEnders''. In the episode, Lord's character Jase Dyer was seen losing his life following a confrontation with a group of gangsters who stabbed him after brutally beating him up. Later, the character's dead body was seen by viewers in hospital scenes which featured Jase's son Jay Brown, played by Jamie Borthwick. Lord appeared in the BBC drama series ''Casualty'' in 2010-11 playing the abusive husband of nurse Kirsty Clements (played by Lucy Gaskell) in an ongoing storyline dealing with domestic violence. In 2021, Lord was cast in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Kane
Patrick O'Kane is an Irish actor who was born in 1965 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has been part of the companies of the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. He has appeared in London's West End theatre, West End and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. In addition to his extensive stage work, O'Kane has appeared in movies and on television in many parts. He won a Nesta Fellowship in 2005 and has released a book "Actor's Voices" a series of conversations with modern actors (Oberon Press 2012). He has also been in season 2 of HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', playing the new face of Jaqen H'ghar. Early years He attended St Malachy's grammar school where he discovered a love of acting and then attended Manchester University, graduating with double honours in Drama and English. This was followed by training at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career overview He has been part of the companies of the Royal National Theatre, where he appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Jules
Jenny Jules is an English actress. She started her acting career as a member of the youth theatre programme at the Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, London. Her career has been closely linked with the Tricycle Theatre where she has acted numerous times; her credits there include two plays by August Wilson, both directed by Paulette Randall: ''Two Trains Running'' and ''Gem of the Ocean'', ''Walk Hard'' by Abram Hill, ''Wine in the Wilderness'' by Alice Childress, the dramatic reconstruction (by Richard Norton-Taylor) of the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, ''The Colour of Justice'', and Lynn Nottage's ''Fabulation'', directed by Indhu Rubasingham. In 1992, she won a ''Time Out'' Award for her portrayal of Mediyah in '' Pecong'' at the Tricycle Theatre. That same year, she appeared with Helen Mirren on the second installment of ''Prime Suspect'' for Granada Television/ITV. Kathy Burke directed Jules in Debbie Tucker Green's ''Born Bad'' at the Hampstead Theatre, and Jules h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Gregory
Leo Gregory (born 22 November 1978) is a London born English film, television, voice-over artist and pantomime actor. Best known for starring as Bovver in '' Green Street'' (2005). Acting career Gregory has appeared in films such as the BAFTA winning "When I Was 12", BAFTA and Michael Powell award-winning "Out of Control", ''Green Street'', the Stephen Woolley directed ''Stoned'', BAFTA winning "The Mark of Cain", "Wild Bill", and "Northmen". Television wise Gregory has appeared in the likes of "Mrs Biggs" for ITV, "The Musketeers" for BBC "Strike Back" for HBO/Cinemax and "Foyle's War" for ITV. Filmography *''Avengement'' (2019) *'' Plebs'' (2019) * ''Queen of Diamonds'' (2019) *''London Kills'' (2018) *''Once Upon a Time in London'' (2019) *''The Team'' (2015 Danish/German/Belgian TV Series) (2015) * ''Need for Speed'' (2015) (Video game) ... Travis *'' Strike Back: Legacy'' (2015) ... Mason.. Ten Episodes. *''The Musketeers'' (2015) ... Marmion.. episode 2.6 "Through a Glass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Fröler
Per Samuel Fröler (born 24 March 1957) is a Swedish actor. His break-through was in the TV series Tre Kärlekar in 1989. He played the protagonist in the drama series ''Skärgårdsdoktorn'', and has also acted in several films. At the 28th Guldbagge Awards he was nominated for the Best Actor award for his role in ''The Best Intentions''. Fröler did the voice of Shrek when ''Shrek 2'' was dubbed into Swedish. He also had a part in the American film ''Octane'' in 2003. He played one of the leading roles in the 2010 film ''Pure Pure may refer to: Computing * A pure function * A pure virtual function * PureSystems, a family of computer systems introduced by IBM in 2012 * Pure Software, a company founded in 1991 by Reed Hastings to support the Purify tool * Pure-FTPd, F ...''. References External links * * 1957 births Living people Swedish male television actors Swedish male voice actors Swedish male film actors {{Sweden-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
