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The Mirror
The Mirror may refer to: Books and stories * ''The Mirror'', a book by T. B. Joshua * ''The Mirror'', a novelette by Nancy Farmer * "The Mirror", a short story by Eiko Kadono * "The Mirror", a short story by Raphael Soyer * ''The Mirror'' (novel), a 1978 horror novel by Marlys Millhiser Newspapers * ''Daily Mirror'', a UK tabloid newspaper * '' Montreal Mirror'', a Quebec alternative weekly, 1985-2012 * ''The Mirror'', a media and political gossip blog written by Betsy Rothstein on '' The Daily Caller'' * ''The Fairfield Mirror'' or ''The Mirror'', the student newspaper for Fairfield University * ''The Mirror'' (UNC newspaper), the student newspaper for the University of Northern Colorado * ''The Mirror'' (Pakistani magazine) * ''The Mirror'' (Western Australia), a weekly newspaper published in Western Australia between 1920 & 1956 * ''The Mirror of Australia'', a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales from 1917 to 1919 * ''The Mirror'', the campus newspaper of Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Farmer
Nancy Farmer is an American author of children's and young adult books and science fiction. She has written three Newbery Honor Books and won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for ''The House of the Scorpion'', published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2002. Biography Farmer was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She earned her B.A. at Reed College (1963) and later studied chemistry and entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.Farmer"Bio"(no date). She enlisted in the Peace Corps (1963–1965), and subsequently worked in Mozambique and Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe), where she studied biological methods of controlling the tsetse fly between 1975–1978. She met her future husband, Harold Farmer, at the University of Rhodesia (now the University of Zimbabwe). They married after a week-long courtship. As of 2010, Farmer lives in Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains with her husband. They have one son, Daniel.Farmer"Moving"(June 17, 2010). Bibliog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Burton
Charlotte E. Burton (May 30, 1881 – March 28, 1942) was an American silent film actress. Career Born in San Francisco, Burton was signed by the American Film Manufacturing Company in 1912 where she worked for several years. She joined Essanay Studios which she sued in 1919 for $25,000 for breach of contract. She originally signed with the company believing she would be acting in mostly drama film but she was cast in mostly comedy films. Her salary had been $200 a week with an option for her services at the rate of $300 a week for a second year. Charlotte claimed that she was signed by Essanay business manager, Vernon R. Day, to a contract extending from November 1916 until November 1918. She was discharged without reason. When Burton came to the Chicago, studio she refused a role offered her in a Black Cat comedy, presented to her by Essanay president George K. Spoor. She declined because she was not a comedian. Instead, she accepted a role as leading lady in a film f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mirror (2015 Film)
''The Mirror'' () is a 2015, 3D horror thriller film directed by Pakphum Wonjinda, Sung-ho Kim and Danny Pang. A China-South Korea co-production, the film was released in China on September 25, 2015. Cast *Oscar Sun * Jessie Zhou *Eunsung Kim *Lee Chae-young Lee Chae-young (; born April 29, 1986) is a South Korean actress. She debuted in a music video called "Come On" by the Hip-hop group Turtles in 2003. The following year, she appeared in Rain's "I Do" music video and in 2007, Yoon Mi-rae's "Did Y ... Reception The film has earned at the Chinese box office. References External links * 2015 horror thriller films 2015 3D films 2015 horror films 2015 films Chinese 3D films Chinese horror thriller films Films directed by Danny Pang 2010s Korean-language films South Korean horror thriller films 2010s Mandarin-language films 2010s South Korean films 2015 multilingual films Chinese multilingual films South Korean multilingual films {{SouthKorea-film- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mirror (2014 Film)
''The Mirror'' is a 2014 British found footage horror film that was directed and written by Edward Boase. The movie had its world premiere on 8 September 2014 at the London FrightFest Film Festival and is based upon a 2013 news article based around a purportedly haunted mirror that left its owners "dogged by bad luck, financial misery, strange sightings and illness". Plot Flatmates Jemma, Matt, and Steve have decided to purchase a haunted mirror off of eBay in the hopes of winning the James Randi Foundation's Paranormal Challenge. If they can show proof of supernatural or paranormal activity that can hold up under scientific testing, they will win a million dollars. After receiving the mirror, the trio sets up cameras to record any and all events that occur around the mirror, only to find that this may prove fatal. Cast *Jemma Dallender as Jemma *Joshua Dickinson as Matt *Nate Fallows as Steve Reception ''Nerdly'' panned the movie, writing "There are some note-worthy scenes o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sedgwick (actor)
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mirror (1999 Film)
''The Mirror'' is a 1999 Hong Kong horror anthology film directed by Siu Wing, produced and written by Raymond Wong, and starring Nicholas Tse, Ruby Lin, Lillian Ho, Law Lan, Jack Neo, Xu Fan and Sherming Yiu. Plot The film is divided into five unrelated segments with the mirror on an antique dressing table serving as the plot device. The first segment is set in a brothel in 16th-century China. A courtesan is murdered and her blood spills onto the mirror on her dressing table. The second segment is set in Shanghai in 1922. Mary, an heiress to a large mansion, receives an antique dressing table as a birthday gift. She notices that there is something strange about the mirror and starts receiving eerie phone calls reminding her about her dark secrets in the past. She had an affair with a professor who already had a family. In order to silence him and take over his mansion, she poisoned him to death. One night, her two servants confront her, tell her that they are actually the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mirror (1997 Film)
''The Mirror'' ( fa, آینه Ayneh) is a 1997 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, about a little girl trying to find her way home from school. Plot Mina, a first-grader, finds her mother has failed to pick her up from school. The movie is about her endeavor to find her way home amidst the noise, confusion and chaos of Tehran. Mina is dressed in school uniform (with a head scarf), has one arm in a cast and is holding a school bag in the other. She meets a lot of people on her way and most of them try to help her while others are surprisingly apathetic to her situation. Eventually, the movie takes a turn when the girl looks into the camera for the first time, breaking the fourth wall The fourth wall is a performance convention in which an invisible, imaginary wall separates actors from the audience. While the audience can see through this ''wall'', the convention assumes the actors act as if they cannot. From the 16th cen ..., and someone shouts from off-screen, "Mina, do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oglinda
''Oglinda'' ("The Mirror"), also known as ''Începutul adevărului'' ("The Beginning of Truth"), is a controversial 1993 film by Romanian director Sergiu Nicolaescu. It depicts Romania during World War II, focusing on the Royal Coup of 23 August 1944 that toppled Ion Antonescu, the Axis-allied ''Conducător'' and authoritarian Prime Minister. Cast * as Ion Antonescu * as Michael I of Romania *Gheorghe Dinică as Mihai Antonescu * as Iuliu Maniu *George Constantin as Andrey Vyshinsky *Sergiu Nicolaescu as Johannes Frießner * as Adolf Hitler *Peter Wolf Joachim as Joachim von Ribbentrop *Șerban Ionescu as Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu *George Alexandru as * as Mircea Ionnițiu *Ștefan Iordache as Eugen Cristescu *Dorel Vișan as Petru Groza *Mitică Popescu as Dumitru Săracu *Emil Hossu as Colonel *Ion Lupu as General Constantin Sănătescu *Vladimir Găitan as Dinu Brătianu * as *Iurie Darie as Iorgu Ghica * as SS-Standartenführer * as Gheorghe Brătianu * as Marshal Fyodor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaina (1993 Film)
''Aaina'' () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Deepak Sareen, produced by Yash Chopra and his wife Pamela Chopra. It stars Juhi Chawla, Jackie Shroff and Amrita Singh, with Deepak Tijori in a supporting role. The film was a blockbuster hit in India, and solidified Chawla's career as a leading lady in the 1990s. Singh's performance in a negative role was highly appreciated and is regarded as one of her career-best performances. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Aayanaki Iddaru'' (1995), in Tamil as ''Kalyana Vaibhogam'' (1997) and in Kannada as '' Yare Nee Abhimani'' (2000). Plot Rajnesh Mathur, a wealthy businessman has two daughters. Roma, the elder one is very competitive and has always been spoiled. Beautiful and shy, Reema is quite reserved and usually lets Roma take the spotlight. Both grow up to be entirely different, and fall in love with Ravi Saxena. Always the centre of attention, Roma catches his eye first. Reema is heartbroken but p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aina (1977 Film)
''Aina'', ( ur, ) also known as ''The Mirror'', is a 1977 Pakistani romantic drama film directed by Nazar-ul-Islam and starring Nadeem and Shabnam. Singers are Mehdi Hassan, Mehnaz, Nayyara Noor and Alamgir. The film was a major box-office success and was the longest-running Pakistani film at the cinemas. The movie is based on the 1973 Hindi movie '' Aa Gale Lag Jaa'' and went on to be remade in Hindi in 1985 as ''Pyar Jhukta Nahin''. Plot ''Aina'' is a love story of two hearts and two souls but from two different social classes, one being a daughter of a business tycoon i.e. Rita (Shabnam) and one being a realistic, self-confident and a little bit arrogant poor young man, Iqbal (Nadeem). Rita is a leisure girl whereas Nadeem works as a hotel receptionist and they both fall in love. The entire movie is about how a rich girl and poor man fell in love and the struggles that comes after their marriage. Cast * Shabnam as Rita * Nadeem Baig as Iqbal * Bahar Begum as Rita's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mirror (1975 Film)
''Mirror'' (russian: Зеркало, Zerkalo, link=no) is a 1975 Russian drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is loosely autobiographical, unconventionally structured, and incorporates poems composed and read by the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky. The film features Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Alla Demidova, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Tarkovsky's wife Larisa Tarkovskaya and his mother Maria Vishnyakova. Innokenty Smoktunovsky provides voiceover and Eduard Artemyev the incidental music and sound effects. ''Mirror'' is structured in the form of a nonlinear narrative, with its main concept dating back to 1964 and undergoing multiple scripted versions by Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Misharin. It unfolds around memories recalled by a dying poet of key moments in his life and in Soviet culture. The film combines contemporary scenes with childhood memories, dreams, and newsreel footage. Its cinematography slips between color, black-and-white, and sepia. The film's loose flow o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mirror (1967 Film)
''The Mirror'' () is a 1967 horror film directed by Doe Ching. It Was Lin Dai's Last Film Plot Property company chairman Hu Zian was attracted to his secretary Sun Yuxia's beauty and competence. One day after dinner when Hu was escorting Sun home, he received from a child on the street a box containing a mirror and two silver coins engraved with dragons. He was so frightened that he was absent from the office the following day. Sun went to visit him at home and Hu asked her to stay. Sun refused and left. In another occasion Hu asked Sun to follow him to inspection outside, during which there was a heavy downpour which soaked them both. They were forced to stay in a hotel, where Hu tried to force his intentions on Sun. Sun resisted with vigour and threatened to resign from office. Enraged at Sun's stubbornness, Hu urged his driver to spread the rumour in the office that Sun had stayed with him in a hotel. As Sun was annoyed and embarrassed, Hu proposed to her. Sun laid down a lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
