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Zombeavers
''Zombeavers'' is a 2014 American horror comedy film directed by Jordan Rubin, based on a script by Al Kaplan, Jordan Rubin, and Jon Kaplan. The film follows a group of college kids staying at a riverside cottage that are attacked by a swarm of zombie beavers. A trailer for the film was released in early February 2014 and went viral. The film had its world premiere on April 19, 2014, at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film was released in the U.S. on March 20, 2015. In December 2014, ''Zombeavers'' was released on DVD. Plot While transporting toxic chemicals, a pair of truckers strike a deer and lose one of their canisters. It rolls into a river, floats downstream, and splashes several beavers at their dam. Later, college students Mary, Zoe, and Jenn arrive at Mary's cousin's cabin near the dam. Although Zoe and Jenn are distraught that there is no cell phone coverage, Mary insists that they spend the next two days without interruptions from technology or boys. While swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Rubin
Jordan Rubin is an American film director. He directed the 2014 horror comedy film ''Zombeavers''; which he also co-wrote with Jon and Al Kaplan. Early life Jordan Rubin was born in New York City, NY, where he was also raised. He earned a degree from NYU. Career While Jordan was still studying at NYU, he began his career in stand-up comedy. He went on to write for television on comedy series such as The Man Show, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Crank Yankers, and Last Call with Carson Daly. He had his own half-hour Comedy Central special in 2008 and wrote the opening film for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards in 2011, in addition to many other television award shows. The American Jewish World Service commissioned a short film directed Judd Apatow and written by Jordan Rubin for the organization's 25th anniversary celebration. Jordan's full feature directorial debut came in 2014 with the movie ''Zombeavers ''Zombeavers'' is a 2014 American horror comedy film directed by J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cortney Palm
Cortney Palm (born February 20, 1987) is an American actress and author known for '' Zombeavers'', '' The Dark Tapes'' and '' Sushi Girl''. Career Palm's career began after she was cast in the titular role of '' Sushi Girl''. She played Zoe in '' Zombeavers'', Isabelle in '' Disappearance'' and Maria in Steven C. Miller's ''Silent Night'', a loose remake of Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s 1984 classic ''Silent Night, Deadly Night''. Her role in ''Death House'' was cast on short notice. In 2021, she starred in ''Beyond Paranormal''. Personal life Palm was born on February 20, 1987, in Castle Rock, Colorado. She moved to California at the age of 18 to study theater at California Lutheran University California Lutheran University (CLU, Cal Lutheran, or Cal Lu) is a private university in Thousand Oaks, California. It was founded in 1959 and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian. It opened in 1960 .... Filmography References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lexi Atkins
Lexi Atkins (born February 10, 1993) is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Illinois USA and Miss Illinois Teen USA. Atkins is known for her roles in '' The Boy Next Door'' starring Jennifer Lopez, ''Zombeavers'', and ''Ted 2'' Career Atkins was born and raised in Champaign, Illinois. Having won several beauty pageants in her home-state, Atkins received her first acting opportunity in 2014 with the film ''Zombeavers''. Alongside her acting and modeling work, she also founded Tely Organics in 2021 in affiliation with Erewhon Market in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' .... Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Atkins, Lexi Female models from Illinois American actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hutch Dano
Hutch Dano ( ; born May 21, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for playing co-lead character Zeke Falcone in the Disney Channel comedy series ''Zeke and Luther''. Early life Dano was born in Santa Monica, California. He comes from a family of actors, including his father Rick Dano and grandfather Royal Dano. His great-grandmother Virginia Bruce was an actress in the 1930s and 1940s and his great-grandfather J. Walter Ruben was a writer and director. Career Dano was cast in his first commercial at the age of five, when his mother and father, also actors, took him along to their commercial audition. Dano began doing summer theater for four years before being discovered by casting director Orly Sitowitz at the age of 15. He started taking acting classes with Gary Marks and also with Jorge Luis Pallo at the Scott Sedita Studios. Dano was booked for the lead role of Zeke in the pilot episode of ''Zeke and Luther'' (2009) for Disney's XD Channel. After wrapping his first se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer ( ; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with Clay Cook. Together, they formed a short-lived two-man band called Lo-Fi Masters. After their split, Mayer continued to play local clubs, refining his skills and gaining a following. After his appearance at the 2001 South by Southwest festival, he was signed to Aware Records, and eventually to Columbia Records, which released his first extended play ''Inside Wants Out''. His following two studio albums—''Room for Squares'' (2001) and ''Heavier Things'' (2003)—performed well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his single "Your Body Is a Wonderland". By 2005, Mayer had moved away from the acoustic music that characterized his early records, and begun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Melvin
Rachel Melvin (born February 9, 1985) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Chelsea Brady on ''Days of Our Lives'' (2005–2009) and as Penny in ''Dumb and Dumber To''. Early life and education Melvin was born in Elmhurst, Illinois but moved to Phoenix, Arizona at age four, where she was raised. She has an older sister named Jessica. She graduated from Mountain Pointe High School in 2003. Melvin passed up a full scholarship to college so that she could move to California to pursue an acting career. In Los Angeles, she took acting classes every weekend. Career Melvin landed her first acting job in the 2005 independent film ''Boo''. She later won the role of Georgia LaMarque, a French girl whom Bo and Billie had been falsely led to believe was their daughter on the NBC soap opera ''Days of our Lives'', but only appeared in five episodes. Months later, she took over the role of Chelsea Brady (originally portrayed by Mandy Musgrave). She and her dog were seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Briscoe
Brent Briscoe (May 21, 1961 – October 18, 2017) was an American character actor and screenwriter. Early life Briscoe was born in Moberly, Missouri. After completing his education at the University of Missouri, Briscoe launched his career as a theater actor. Career He then segued into screenwriting and acting in feature films. He moved to Los Angeles permanently after working with Billy Bob Thornton on ''Sling Blade''. He also frequently worked with Mark Fauser, who was his college roommate. Death Briscoe was hospitalized in October 2017 after suffering a fall. It led to internal bleeding and heart complications that resulted in his death on October 18, 2017 at the age of 56. Filmography as actor Filmography as writer * ''Evening Shade ''Evening Shade'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from September 21, 1990, to May 23, 1994. The series stars Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton, an ex-professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Linn
Rex Maynard Linn (born November 13, 1956) is an American film and television actor. He is best known domestically for playing the role of Sgt. Frank Tripp in the CBS drama ''CSI: Miami'' and more recently for playing Kevin Wachtell in the television series ''Better Call Saul''. Internationally he is best known for playing Richard Travers in the 1993 action thriller film ''Cliffhanger''. Early life and education Linn was born in Spearman, Texas, the third child, and second son, of Darlene (née Deere) and James Paul Linn. In August 1969, his parents relocated the family to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where his father practiced law. There he attended Heritage Hall and later Casady School, an independent school affiliated with the Episcopal Church, and was employed part-time at the Oklahoma City Zoo. November 1975, after seeing Jack Nicholson in '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', Linn announced he was an actor. In his high-school production of '' Fiddler on the Roof'', after Linn d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Burr
William Frederick Burr (born June 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, filmmaker, and podcaster. He has released multiple stand-up comedy specials, most notably ''Why Do I Do This?'' (2008), ''Let It Go'' (2010), '' You People Are All the Same'' (2012), '' I'm Sorry You Feel That Way'' (2014), ''Walk Your Way Out'' (2017), ''Paper Tiger'' (2019), and ''Live at Red Rocks'' (2022). He received a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nomination for ''Paper Tiger'', and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series nomination for the dark comedy series ''Immoral Compass'' (2021–present). Burr also created, co-wrote, and voiced the lead character in the Netflix animated sitcom ''F Is for Family'' (2015–2021). His other notable acting roles include appearing in various sketches in the second season of ''Chappelle's Show'', Patrick Kuby in the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' (2011–2013), Migs Mayfeld in the Disney+ series ''The Mandalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Weary
Jacob Weary (born February 14, 1990) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Luke Snyder in the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'', Vince Keeler in NBC's action-drama series '' Chicago Fire'', and for his role as Kevin Lebow in '' Fred: The Movie'' (2010), its two sequels, and the television adaptation, Nickelodeon's '' Fred: The Show''. He currently stars as Deran Cody in the TNT drama series '' Animal Kingdom'', based on the Australian film of the same name. Career Acting Weary initially made a guest appearance on the long-running CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light'' in 2002, in which his mother, actress Kim Zimmer, portrayed Reva Shayne. After guest appearances on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and '' Listen Up!'', he was cast as Luke Snyder on another of CBS's long-running soaps, ''As the World Turns''. He would remain with the show until December 2005, when actor Van Hansis stepped into the role after Weary left to focus on his schoolwork. After making ... [...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] |
Her (film)
''Her'' (stylized in lowercase) is a 2013 American science-fiction romantic drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Spike Jonze. It marks Jonze's solo screenwriting debut. The film follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), an artificially intelligent virtual assistant personified through a female voice. The film also stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Chris Pratt. Jonze conceived the idea in the early 2000s after reading an article about a website that allowed for instant messaging with an artificial intelligence program. After making '' I'm Here'' (2010), a short film sharing similar themes, Jonze returned to the idea. He wrote the first draft of the script in five months. Principal photography took place in Los Angeles and Shanghai in mid-2012. The role of Samantha was recast in post-production, with Samantha Morton being replaced with Scarlett Johansson. Additional scenes were fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
