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Curfew (2019 TV Series)
''Curfew'' is a British dystopian action drama television series created by Matthew Read for Sky. Starring an ensemble cast led by Sean Bean, Ike Bennett, Adam Brody, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Phoebe Fox, Thaddea Graham, Guz Khan, Malachi Kirby, Adrian Lester, Andi Osho, Miranda Richardson, Jessye Romeo, Elijah Rowen, Jason Thorpe, Rose Williams, Billy Zane, and Michael Biehn, the series premiered on 22 February 2019 on Sky One in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In limited areas of the United States, the entire series was released on 24 June 2019 by Spectrum as part of their Spectrum Originals video on demand branding initiative. Premise In the near future, Earth is overwhelmed by an unstoppable virus of unknown origin. To protect the population from the virus sweeping across the United Kingdom, a totalitarian government impose a curfew in which anyone caught outside between 7pm and 7am will be put into quarantine, if not worse. ''Curfew'' focuses on a few lucky groups that are of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Film
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as David Bordwell suggested they were films that favor spectacle to storytelling, others such as Geoff King stated they allow the scenes of spectacle to be attuned to storytelling. Action films are often hybrid with other genres, mixing into various forms such as comedy film, comedies, science fiction films, and horror films. While the term "action film" or "action adventure film" has been used as early as the 1910s, the contemporary definition usually refers to a film that came with the arrival of New Hollywood and the rise of antihero, anti-heroes appearing in American films of the late 1960s and 1970s drawing from war films, crime films and Western (film), Westerns. These genres were followed by what is referred to as the "classical period" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Lester
Adrian Anthony Lester (born Anthony Harvey on 14 August 1968) is a British actor. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his work on the London stage, and has also been nominated for a Tony Award. Early life and education Lester was born on 14 August 1968 in Birmingham, the son of Jamaican immigrants, Monica, a medical secretary, and Reginald, a manager for a contract cleaning company. From the age of 9, Lester sang as a boy treble in the choir of St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham. At 14, he began acting with the Birmingham Youth Theatre. After leaving Archbishop Masterson RC School, Lester attended Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College for one year, before winning a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1986, at which he completed three years of training, graduating in 1989. Career Theatre Lester received an Ian Charleson Award commendation and a Time Out Award for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Aspect Productions
Tiger Aspect Productions (formerly known as Tiger Television from 1988 until 1993 and also known as Tiger Aspect Films for theatrical films) is a British television and film production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies. Founded by Peter Bennett-Jones, its productions have included popular hits such as '' Mr. Bean'' and '' The Vicar of Dibley''. The present-day company was founded in 1993 from the merger of Bennett-Jones' Tiger Television and Paul Sommers' Aspect Film & Television. It has also produced television dramas such as '' Murphy's Law'' and '' Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking'', and in October 2006, its drama series ''Robin Hood'' began showing on BBC One. They also produced the American reality television series '' Damage Control'' for MTV, and the animated children's series '' Charlie and Lola'', which was based on the books written by Lauren Child. Tiger Aspect has also made a documentary at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Crossan
Denis Crossan, B.S.C. is a cinematographer. He attended the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield. Crossan started his career shooting numerous Music Videos and commercials and through the years has worked with major directors and advertising agencies, resulting in a number of awards for cinematography, including Clio Awards, Creative Circle Awards and D&AD. His first feature film credit was ', an art house thriller set in London and produced by the BFI which won an Evening Standard film award 1990. In 1993 he was asked to join The British Society of Cinematographers (B.S.C.). His movie credits include '' I Know What You Did Last Summer'', directed by Jim Gillespie, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe; ''Clandestine Marriage'', directed by Christopher Miles, starring Nigel Hawthorne and Timothy Spall, which won Best Cinematography Newport Beach Film Festival California 2000; ''The Hole'', directed by Nick Hamm, starring Thora Birch and Keira Kni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amon Tobin
Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (; born February 7, 1972) is a Brazilian electronic musician, composer and producer. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released eight major studio albums under the London-based Ninja Tune record label. He has also released two albums under the alias Two Fingers with collaborator Doubleclick (musician), Doubleclick. His latest release, ''Nomark Selects V.1'', was released on April 28, 2023. His music has been used in numerous major motion pictures including ''The Italian Job (2003 film), The Italian Job'' and ''21 (2008 film), 21''. Tobin has created songs for several independent films, including the 2006 Hungarian language, Hungarian film ''Taxidermia'', and had his music used in other independent films, including the 2002 ''Palme d'or, Cannes Palme d'Or–''nominated ''Divine Intervention (2002 film), Divine Intervention''. A selection of his tracks were featured in commercial Bumper (broadcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Fiennes
Magnus Hubert Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 21 November 1965) is an English composer, record producer and songwriter. He has worked with artists such as Shakira, Pulp, Tom Jones and Morcheeba. In 1997 he produced the million-selling All Saints single " Never Ever", which reached number 4 on the US charts and number 1 throughout Europe; producing and co-writing on their eponymous five million selling album. He composed and produced much of the two multi-million selling albums from the girl quartet Bond. He has composed several major film scores, numerous commercials and TV series, including many seasons of leading BBC dramas such as '' Hustle'', ''Murphy's Law'', and ''Death in Paradise''. He also created, developed and produced the $20 million animated cartoon series '' Freefonix''. Records As a producer/arranger programmer and re-mixer, Fiennes has worked with a diverse range of artists including Neneh Cherry, Marianne Faithfull, Gary Moore, the Spice Girls, Bryan F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pye Corner Audio
Pye Corner Audio is a British electronic music project by Martin Jenkins. Vols 1–2 and Vols 3–4 of the project's ''Black Mill Tapes'', originally self-released, were later released by Type Records. In 2012, its ''Sleep Games'' album was released through the Ghost Box label. Also as Pye Corner Audio, Jenkins has supported the Scottish band Mogwai Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogwa ..., contributing a remix to their 2014 EP '' Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1.'' Discography Studio albums * ''Black Mill Tapes Vol.1: Avant Shards'' (2010) * ''Black Mill Tapes Vol.2: Do You Synthesize?'' (2011) * ''Black Mill Tapes Vol.3: All Pathways Open'' (2012) * ''Sleep Games'' (2012, Ghost Box) * ''Black Mill Tapes Vol.4: Dystopian Vectors'' (2013) * ''Prowler'' (2015, Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Zane
William George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the Australian film ''Dead Calm (film), Dead Calm'' (1989), a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor. He has since appeared in numerous films and television series, and starred as the main antagonist Caledon Hockley in the epic film ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'' (1997), for which he and the rest of the ensemble cast was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award. Zane's other film roles include Phantom (character), Kit Walker / The Phantom in the superhero film ''The Phantom (1996 film), The Phantom'' (1996), "Match" in the ''Back to the Future (franchise), Back to the Future'' franchise, Lieutenant Val Kozlowski in ''Memphis Belle (film), Memphis Belle'' (1990), The Collector in ''Demon Knight'' (1995), Curtis Zampf in ''The Believer (2001 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Williams (actress)
Rose Victoria Williams (born 18 February 1994) is an English actress from Ealing, London. Her television roles include Princess Claude in ''Reign'' and as Charlotte Heywood in ''Sanditon''. Early life and education Williams was born in Ealing, West London on 18 February 1994. Her mother worked as a costume designer and her father as a gardener. Her first job was at a clothing store in Dover Street Market when she was 17 years old. She studied fashion and decided at the age of 18 to pursue acting. Career Williams appeared in ''Casualty'', ''Reign'', ''Medici'', and ''Curfew'', before appearing in '' Changeland'' with Seth Green and Macaulay Culkin. Williams plays the lead in the 2019 Andrew Davies adaptation of ''Sanditon'', the unfinished novel by Jane Austen. Her role in ''Reign'' required her to be based in Toronto for three years. Williams had the lead role in British horror film '' The Power'', also starring Emma Rigby, about a nurse in 1970’s London. Williams also has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Walter
Dame Harriet Mary Walter is an English actress. She has received an Olivier Award and nominations for a Tony Award, five Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, Walter was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama. Walter began her career performing on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company in productions of ''Twelfth Night'' (1987–88) and '' Three Sisters'' (1988), for which she received the Olivier Award for Best Actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for '' Life x 3'' (2001), and '' Mary Stuart'' (2006). Her other notable work for the RSC includes leading roles in ''Macbeth'' (1999) and ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (2006). She made her Broadway debut in the 1983 revival of the William Shakespeare play ''All's Well That Ends Well'' (1983). She returned to Broadway in '' Mary Stuart'' for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She reprised her roles of Brutus in ''Julius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Sullivan (actor)
Peter Sullivan (born 26 July 1964) is an English film and television actor. Life and career Sullivan was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. In 1982, he joined the National Youth Theatre, where he played Edmond in ''King Lear'', and then joined the Old Vic Youth Theatre playing the title role in ''Macbeth''. He studied at Central School of Speech and Drama from 1983 to 1986 and then in New York under Uta Hagen at HB Studio. In 1988 he joined the Catalan performance group La Fura dels Baus and toured the world with them in their trilogy of spectacles ''Accions'', ''Suz/O/Suz'' and ''Tier Mon''. In 1990 he was asked by Deborah Warner to join the National Theatre in London to tour ''King Lear'' and ''Richard III'', directed by Richard Eyre, staying on to play in ''Napoli Millionaria'' as part of the Lyttelton Theatre company. He also worked extensively at the National Theatre Studio with Simon Usher and there formed The Actors' Group. He left the National to work with David F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Russell
Clive Russell (born 7 December 1945) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline in '' Ripper Street'', Angus O'Connor in ''Happiness'', Lord Lovat in '' Outlander'', and Brynden Tully in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones''. Russell also appeared in the Scottish sitcoms ''Still Game'' and '' Rab C Nesbitt'', teen drama ''Hollyoaks'' as Jack Osborne's brother Billy Brodie and British crime drama '' Cracker'' as Danny Fitzgerald and video game '' Still Wakes the Deep'' as oil rig manager, Davey Rennick. Early life Russell was born on 7 December 1945 in Winchester, but brought up in Leven in Fife, Scotland. He studied at Parkhill Primary then Buckhaven High School. Career Russell first performed before an audience in 1960 on '' The Shari Lewis Show'', but it was not until 1980 that he had his first real acting job – performing on the London stage as the superintendent in Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo's satire '' Accidental Death of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
