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Tasting Menu (film)
''Tasting Menu'' is a 2013 Spanish-Irish comedy film directed by Roger Gual and starring Stephen Rea. Cast * Jan Cornet as Marc *Claudia Bassols as Rachel *Vicenta Ndongo as Mar *Fionnula Flanagan as Comptessa *Stephen Rea as Walter * Togo Igawa as Ishao *Andrew Tarbet as Max * Marta Torné as Mina *Akihiko Serikawa as Yoshio *Timothy Gibbs as Daniel *Santi Millán as Presentador * Andrea Ros as Paula *Andrés Herrera as Ramón *Iván Morales as Edu *Marc Rodríguez as Hidalgo *Nancys Rubias as Músics Release The film premiered at the Málaga Film Festival in April 2013 and was released in Spain on June 14, 2013. In April 2013, it was announced that Magnolia Pictures acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. The film was released in U.S. theaters on April 18, 2014. Reception The film has a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 18 reviews. Susan Wloszczyna of ''RogerEbert.com'' awarded the film two stars and wrote, "Yet nothing truly creates any emotional waves, and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Calvo (writer)
Javier Calvo Perales is a Spanish writer born in Barcelona in 1973. Life Javier Calvo graduated in journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and studied comparative literature at Pompeu Fabra University. He's married to American writer and photographer Mara Faye Lethem. They have two children. Work ''Laugh Tracks'' His first short-story compilation, ''Risas enlatadas'' (''Laugh Tracks'', 2001), shows stylistic elements that differ extremely from those of contemporary Spanish narrative: sampling or movie snippets, manipulated quotes of other texts, compressed plots from other novels and an "open" conception of narration, taken from Free Cinema and the montage techniques of filmmakers such as Jean Eustache or John Cassavetes. Other influences, recognizable in this book are the English novel and the audiovisual world of cinema and television, with many of his short stories using the world of television as a theme. ''The Reflecting God'' Along the same line of his sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Ros
Andrea Ros (born 3 May 1993) is a Spanish film, theater and television actress. Biography She began his career with small roles in television series in Catalonia, and also participated in several plays and short films. Her first big opportunity came when she was presented by Casting Director Laura Cepeda to participate in the film ''Salvador (Puig Antich)'' BY Manuel Huerga playing Merçona, one of the sisters of the protagonist. From 2006 to 2007 she was part of the recurring cast of the TV3 series ''Mar de fons'', where she played Sílvia Fuster. In 2008 she participated in the miniseries ''Cazadores de Hombres'' and in the youth series '' El Internado'', both produced by Antena 3. In 2009 she participated in Jaume Balagueró's horror film '' EC'', where she played Mire. In 2010 she joined the ninth season of the series ''Los hombres de Paco'' as a recurring character. In addition, she also starred in the film ''El diario de Carlota'' by José Manuel Carrasco. In 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The A
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike D'Angelo
Mike D'Angelo (born April 9, 1968) is an American film critic. He has written reviews for ''The A.V. Club'', ''Las Vegas Weekly'' and ''Nerve'', and maintains a personal website, The Man Who Viewed Too Much. He lives near Los Angeles. One of the first notable online film critics, D'Angelo created his site and began self-publishing short reviews in August 1995. In January 1997, ''Entertainment Weekly'' included The Man Who Viewed Too Much in an article about Internet film criticism, which was then in its infancy. The magazine subsequently hired him to write capsule film reviews for its video section. After contributing to ''Entertainment Weekly'' for three years, he became the chief film critic for ''Time Out New York'' (2000–2004) before moving to ''Esquire'', where he served as the chief film critic. His writing has also appeared in ''Variety'', ''The Village Voice'', the ''Salt Lake City Weekly'' and the ''Nashville Scene''. D'Angelo participated in the 2012 ''Sight & Sound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slant Magazine
''Slant Magazine'' is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival. History ''Slant Magazine'' was launched in 2001. On January 21, 2010, it was relaunched and absorbed the entertainment blog ''The House Next Door'', founded by Matt Zoller Seitz, a former ''New York Times'' and ''New York Press'' writer, and maintained by Keith Uhlich, former ''Time Out New York'' film critic, who was the blog's editor until 2012. In the media ''Slant''s reviews, which A. O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' has described as "passionate and often prickly", have occasionally been the source of debate and discourse online and in the media. Ed Gonzalez's review of Kevin Gage's 2005 film ''Chaos'' sparked some controversy when Roger Ebert quoted it in his review of the film for the ''Chicago Sun-Times''; '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Chang
Justin Choigee Chang (born January 3, 1983) is an American film critic and columnist for the ''Los Angeles Times''. He previously worked for ''Variety''. Early life Justin Chang graduated from the University of Southern California in 2004. Chang first became interested in film critique while in high school because he found it fascinating that "two or three (or 40 or 50) intelligent people could watch a film and come away with completely different reactions to it." Career Chang began his career in 2004. He works for the ''Los Angeles Times'', and is a regular contributor to the NPR programs ''FilmWeek'' and ''Fresh Air''. Previously, he was hired at ''Variety'' magazine in 2004, and became a senior film critic for the magazine in 2010 before being promoted to its chief film critic in 2013. He is the author of the book ''FilmCraft: Editing''. Chang is the chair of the National Society of Film Critics and the secretary of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. In 2014, he receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RogerEbert
''RogerEbert.com'' is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' and also shares other critics' reviews and essays. The website, underwritten by the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', was launched in 2002. Ebert handpicked writers from around the world to contribute to the website. After Ebert died in 2013, the website was relaunched under Ebert Digital, a partnership founded between Ebert, his wife Chaz, and friend Josh Golden. Background Two months after Ebert's death, Chaz Ebert hired film and television critic Matt Zoller Seitz as editor-in-chief for the website because his IndieWire blog PressPlay shared multiple contributors with RogerEbert.com, and because both websites promoted each other's content. ''The Dissolve''s Noel Murray described the website's collection of Ebert reviews as "an invaluable resource, both for getting some front-line perspective on older movies, and for getting a better sense of who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancys Rubias
Nancys Rubias (''Blonde Nancys'') is a Spanish rock-band created in 2004 in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ .... The group has released 5 albums. Members Current members * Marta Vaquerizo ''"Nancy O"'' - Triangle * Miguel ''"Nancy Reagan"'' - Keyboards and backing vocals * Juan Pedro ''"Transvestite Nancy"'' (2004–present) - electric Guitar * Mario Vaquerizo ''"Anorexic Nancy"'' (2004–present) - vocals Past members * Susie Pop ''"Legit Blonde Nancy"'' (2004–2008) - Guitar and vocals (died in 2008) Discography Albums * "Nancys Rubias" (2005) * "Gabba Gabba Nancys" (2007) * "Una Cita Con Nancys Rubias" (2009) * "Ahora o Nunca" (2011) * "Amigas" (EP, 2014) Singles * "Maquillate" (2005) * "Sálvame" (2005) * "No Estás Curada" (2006) * "Televisión" (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santi Millán
Santiago Millán Montes (born 13 September 1968, in Barcelona), professionally known as Santi Millán, is a Spanish actor, showman and television presenter. Career Millán studied theatre at Colegio del Teatro in Barcelona and in 1989 he joined theatre company La Cubana. In 1999 he left La Cubana and he joined Andreu Buenafuente's late night show ''La Cosa Nostra'' on TV3 (Catalonia), TV3, playing the role of a reporter called Paco Monteagudo. Thanks to his collaboration with Buenafuente, in January 2001 he was cast in late night show ''La última noche'' on Telecinco, cancelled after a few weeks. By the end of the year he went back to TV3 to lead along with his friend José Corbacho the improvisational comedy show ''A pèl''. He also worked with Corbacho in his return to theatre with the play ''5hombres.com''. In this period, Millán was also featured in the radio show ''El Terrat'', hosted by Andreu Buenafuente on Radio Barcelona (Cadena SER). In 2002 Millán landed a role on n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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