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Piranhaconda
''Piranhaconda'' is an American science fiction B-movie, premiered on June 16, 2012, on the Syfy Channel. It is directed by Jim Wynorski, produced by Forest King and stars Michael Madsen, Rib Hillis, Rachel Hunter and Terri Ivens. Cast * Michael Madsen as Professor Lovegrove * Rib Hillis as Jack * Michael Swan as Pike * Rachel Hunter as Talia * Terri Ivens as Rose * Shandi Finnessey as Kimmy Weston * Chris De Christopher as Milo * Kurt Yaeger as Gunner * Christina DeRosa as Rachel * Syd Wilder as Vicky Production The film was written by Mike MacLean, who had written '' Dinocroc vs. Supergator'' and a number of scripts for Roger Corman. Corman hired him to write the film. MacLean said "I learned from Roger that a cable movie is a different animal than a theatrical release. First and foremost, cable movies must be faster-paced. With a theatrical release, the audience has driven to the mall, bought a ticket, and fought the crowds for a seat. They've made an investment in the viewi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Wynorski
Jim Wynorski (born August 14, 1950) is an American screenwriter, film director, director, and film producer, producer. Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s, and has directed over 150 feature films. His earliest films were released to movie theaters, but his later works have predominantly been released to cable television, cable or the straight-to-video market. He often works under pseudonyms such as "Jay Andrews," "Arch Stanton," "H.R. Blueberry," "Tom Popatopolis," and "Noble Henry." His movies often spoof horror films: ''Cleavagefield'', for example, parodies ''Cloverfield'', ''The Bare Wench Project'' parodies ''The Blair Witch Project'', and ''Para-Knockers Activity'' parodies ''Paranormal Activity''. A character in the film ''The Final Destination'' is named after him. In 2009, the documentary ''Popatopolis'', directed by Clay Westervelt and named for one of Wynorski 's pseudonyms, chronicled Wynorski during the making of his soft- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Hunter
Rachel Hunter (born 8 September 1969) is a New Zealand model, actress and the host of Imagination Television's ''Rachel Hunter's Tour of Beauty''. She has appeared on several magazine covers, including ''Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Sports Illustrated'', ''Playboy'', ''Cosmopolitan'' and '' Harper's Bazaar''. She has been on the cover of the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' twice; in 1994 (alongside Kathy Ireland and Elle Macpherson) and in 2006 (alongside six other models). Early life Hunter was born in Glenfield, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, and educated at Glenfield College. Her parents divorced when she was still a child. As a child she wanted to be a ballet dancer, but was diagnosed with a rare blood disease which curtailed her dancing ambitions. Career Modelling Hunter began her career at age 16, modelling in France, Australia and New Zealand, appearing in Australian Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Australian Cosmopolitan and for various campaigns thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rib Hillis
Robert Duane Hillis (born November 21, 1970) is an American model and actor. He is best known for playing Hamilton ("Hamm") in the film '' Sharktopus vs. Pteraconda''. Early life and career Robert Duane Hillis was born in Suffern, New York, and grew up in Newton, Massachusetts with his parents, two sisters and brother. Hillis graduated from Newton South High School. He adopted his nickname "Rib" while in the third grade playing with frogs, and enjoyed the sounds that they make. Hillis married a woman four days after their first date but separated in 2008. They have twins. On August 17, 2012, he married ballroom dancer, world champion and former ''Dancing with the Stars'' pro, Elena Grinenko. Modeling During his junior year at the University of Colorado in Boulder, he was discovered by a modeling agent. Since college, he has worked in Milan, Paris, Barcelona, London, Sydney, New York, Miami, and Los Angeles for such publications as ''Uomo Vogue'', '' GQ'', ''Esquire'', and '' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Yaeger
Kurt Yaeger (born January 3, 1977) is an American actor, director and professional athlete, who is also a below-the-knee amputee. Recent work includes roles on the CBS series '' NCIS'' and the HBO/Cinemax series ''Quarry''. Kurt is notable for appearing in season five of the FX series '' Sons of Anarchy'' as Greg "the Peg" and in the Rudimental music video for the UK hit single " Waiting All Night" featuring vocals from Ella Eyre. Early life Kurt Yaeger was born in San Francisco, California, United States (US), and was raised in South San Francisco. He currently resides in the Los Angeles area. As a BMX rider, Yaeger gained the nickname "Crowbar" and acquired sponsors for his BMX riding, participating in tours and competing in events. As an actor, Yaeger auditioned for a Nickelodeon/ Clear Channel Communications live tour based on the popular cartoon show '' Rocket Power''. What he thought to be an acting role turned out to be an athletic/stunt role. On the first day of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shandi Finnessey
Shandi Ren Finnessey (born June 9, 1978) is an American actress, model, TV host and beauty queen. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title, as Miss Missouri USA. She previously held the title of Miss Missouri 2002 and competed in Miss America, where she won a preliminary award. She placed as first runner-up at the Miss Universe 2004 competition. She is one of three women to have been both Miss Missouri USA and Miss Missouri and the only Missourian to have been Miss USA. Her first runner-up finish at Miss Universe was the best placement in the 2000s and was the best United States placement between Brook Mahealani Lee's Miss Universe 1997 competition victory and Olivia Culpo's Miss Universe 2012 pageant win. In 2002, Finnessey authored an award-winning children's book, ''The Furrtails'', on individuality and disabilities. In the mid-2000s, she was Chuck Woolery's co-host for the game show ''Lingo'' on the Game Show Network. Finessey has also hosted '' PlayMania'' as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sci Fi Pictures Original Films
This is the list of films produced and/or televised under the Sci Fi Pictures label of the cable television channel Sci Fi Channel and then later when it was renamed Syfy. List of films *'' 2010: Moby Dick'' *''2012: Doomsday'' *'' 2012: Supernova'' *'' 100 Degrees Below Zero'' *'' 100 Feet'' *'' 100 Million BC'' *'' 2-Headed Shark Attack'' *''3-Headed Shark Attack'' *'' 5-Headed Shark Attack'' *'' 6-Headed Shark Attack'' *''2 Lava 2 Lantula!'' *'' 40 Days and Nights'' *'' 51'' *''500 MPH Storm'' *''30,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' *'' AE: Apocalypse Earth'' *'' A.I. Assault'' *'' Abominable'' *'' Age of Dinosaurs'' *'' Age of Ice'' *''Age of the Dragons'' *'' Age of Tomorrow'' *'' Air Collision'' *''Airline Disaster'' *'' Airplane vs. Volcano'' *''Alien Apocalypse'' *'' Alien Convergence'' *'' Alien Express'' *''Alien Hunter'' *'' Alien Lockdown'' *'' Alien Predator'' *'' Alien Siege'' *'' Alien Tornado'' *'' Almighty Thor'' *''American Warships'' *'' Anaconda 3: Offspring'' *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works that have an already-established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low-budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. In 1964, Corman—admired by members of the French New Wave and '' Cahiers du Cinéma''—became the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française, as well as in the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. He was the co-founder of New World Pictures, the founder of New Concorde and is a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers". Corman is also famous for distributing in the U.S. many foreign directors, such as Federico Fellini (Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nessie & Me
''Nessie & Me'' is a 2017 American adventure comedy-drama film directed by Jim Wynorski starring John Henry Richardson, Walker Mintz, Jolie Ledford, and Michael Paré. ''Nessie & Me'' is Jim Wynorski's debut in directing a children's film, and is in a shared universe with Wynorski's 2010 film ''Monster Cruise'' due to a good portion of that film's cast returning to their roles for this film. Synopsis A 9-year-old boy moves to a lakeside village and befriends a captain who claims a mythical sea creature named Nessie lives in their peaceful waters. When Nessie proves to be real, the boy embarks on a special mission to save the town from corporate villain Maxwell Gordon and prove that anything is possible if you just believe. Cast * John Henry Richardson as Captain Jack O'Grady * Walker Mintz as Jamie Williams * Jolie Ledford as Janelle Delacort * Michael Paré as Tom, Dad * Toni Hudson as Mom * Paul Wallace as Larry * Shay Dickerhoff as Izzy * Erin Neufer as Ariel * Kayla Gill as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Swan
Michael Swan (born June 11, 1948) is an American film and TV actor. Early life Swan was born in San Jose, California, the son of actress Alys Lucille ( née Wilkinson) and Donald Arthur Swan. filmreference.com; accessed March 23, 2015. Career Swan started in local theater and was part of an improvisational company in the late 60's known as The Illegitimate Theater. He moved to Los Angeles and worked as a wine consultant at Wally's Liquors in Westwood. Still pursuing an acting career, he studied with David Alexander, a teacher and mentor to actors like Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ross Martin. He landed recurring ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terri Ivens
Theresa Lynn Ann Evelyn Ivens (born June 23, 1967) is an American actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Simone Torres in the soap opera ''All My Children'' (2001–2007) and Orchid in the digital series ''The Bay (web series), The Bay'' (2012–2020), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series in 2018. Personal life Ivens was born in Newport Beach, California and raised in Reno, Nevada. She was engaged to baseball first baseman, David Segui, but they broke off the engagement in 2003. She married Mark Osgood on July 2, 2004, but in 2013, Ivens revealed that she is divorced."REAL-LIFE STATUS". ''Soap Opera Digest''. July 29, 2013. p. 13. Their daughter, Kiana, was born on October 9, 2004."Novel Approach". ''Soap Opera Digest''. February 9, 2015. p. 69. Ivens is also a major sports fan. Her favorite team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Monster Movies
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Produced By Roger Corman
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
