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Daniel Flaherty
Daniel Flaherty (born June 11, 1993) is an American actor, known for his role as Stanley Lucerne on the MTV teen drama series ''Skins (American TV series), Skins''. Life and career Flaherty started to pursue acting at age 11. When he turned 13, he booked his first short film, ''My First Kiss (film), My First Kiss''. By the age of 17, he had appeared in the indie short films ''Spark'', ''Vacant'', ''The Parade'', and ''Portnoy''. In 2010, Flaherty was cast as Stanley Lucerne in the MTV adaptation of the British teen drama ''Skins (American TV series), Skins''. The character is based on the character Sid Jenkins from the original Skins (British TV series), British series. Daniel originally went to the New York City, New York open call but didn’t get a callback. His agent arranged a second private audition, through which Flaherty won the role. Flaherty stated that his favorite part of working on ''Skins'' was getting to contribute to the development of his character. In 2012, Flah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Garden Left Behind
''The Garden Left Behind'' is a 2019 drama film directed by Flavio Alves, and starring Michael Madsen, Ed Asner and Carlie Guevara. The story centers around the life of Tina Carrera, a Mexican trans woman, struggling to make a life for herself as an undocumented immigrant in New York City. The film premiered at SXSW in 2019, where it won the Audience Award. ''The Garden Left Behind'' became the first independent film to be funded substantially through donations and sales via eBay. Plot Tina (Carlie Guevara), a 30-year-old transgender woman and her grandmother, Eliana (Miriam Cruz), have been struggling to make a life for themselves in New York City, New York since emigrating from Mexico when Tina was only five years old. Left alone to raise her grandchild, Eliana yearns to return to Mexico, while Tina struggles for acceptance as a transgender woman in America. Driving for an illegal taxi operation to save money for her transition, Tina battles the constant anxiety of being undocum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Record (Bergen County)
''The Record'' (also called ''The North Jersey Record'', ''The Bergen Record'', ''The Sunday Record'' (Sunday edition) and formerly ''The Bergen Evening Record'') is a newspaper in New Jersey, United States. Serving Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Passaic counties in northern New Jersey, it has the second-largest circulation of the state's daily newspapers, behind ''The Star-Ledger''. ''The Record'' was under the ownership of the Borg family from 1930 to 2016, and the family went on to form North Jersey Media Group, which eventually bought its competitor, the '' Herald News''. Both papers are now owned by Gannett Company, which purchased the Borgs' media assets in July 2016. For years, ''The Record'' had its primary offices in Hackensack with a bureau in Wayne. Following the purchase of the competing ''Herald News'' of Passaic, both papers began centralizing operations in what is now Woodland Park, where ''The Record'' is currently based. History The newspaper was first pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November Criminals (film)
''November Criminals'' is a 2017 American crime drama film, directed by Sacha Gervasi and written by Gervasi and Steven Knight, and based on Sam Munson's 2010 novel '' The November Criminals''. The film stars Ansel Elgort, Chloë Grace Moretz, Catherine Keener, and David Strathairn. The film was released through video on demand on November 7, 2017, and opened in a limited release on December 8, 2017, by Stage 6 Films and Vertical Entertainment. Plot The film opens with old footage of a young Addison Schacht and his mother playing at the beach. A voiceover reveals that she died of an aneurysm six months prior to the events of the movie. In the present, teenaged Addison is mailing his application to the University of Chicago, accompanied by his friend Phoebe Zeleny. Afterwards, they go to a local bakery for coffee. There, they greet Kevin Broadus, Addison and Phoebe's mutual friend and an employee there. Back in their car, Phoebe proposes they lose their virginity together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Transfiguration (film)
''The Transfiguration'' is a 2016 American horror drama film written and directed by Michael O'Shea. It was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The film was released in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2017. Plot The film opens with a man in a public restroom who overhears slurping noises coming from the far stall. He sees that the stall has two people in and, believing that one man is performing fellatio on the other, leaves in embarrassment. A look into the stall reveals that Milo, a 14-year-old boy who believes himself to be a vampire is actually drinking the blood of a dead man, having ambushed the man as he was using the bathroom. Milo then leaves for his home, public housing in Brooklyn, New York where he lives with his older brother, Lewis. Once home, he adds his victim's stolen wallet to a secret bag of cash. He habitually watches movies about vampires and extreme graphic violence and writes in a visual journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goat (2016 Film)
''Goat'' is a 2016 American drama film directed by Andrew Neel and written by David Gordon Green, Neel, and Mike Roberts; it is based on the book ''Goat: A Memoir'' by Brad Land. It stars Ben Schnetzer, Nick Jonas, Gus Halper, Daniel Flaherty, Jake Picking, Virginia Gardner and James Franco. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2016. The film was released on September 23, 2016, by The Film Arcade and Paramount Home Video with a limited theatrical release and a same day video on demand distribution. Plot Reeling from a terrifying assault over the summer, 19-year-old Brad Land starts college determined to get his life back to normal. His brother, Brett, is already established on campus and is a member of a fraternity that lures Brad in with its promise of protection, popularity, and life-long friendships. Brad is desperate to belong but as he sets out to join the fraternity his brother exhibits reservations, a sentiment that threatens to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eyes (film)
''The Eyes'' is a 2016 American crime drama film directed by Robbie Bryan, starring Nicholas Turturro, Vincent Pastore, Megan West, Ana Isabelle, Greg Davis Jr., Steven Hauck and Daniel Flaherty. Cast * Nicholas Turturro as Charlie * Vincent Pastore as Harry * Megan West as Jaclyn * Ana Isabelle as Victoria * Greg Davis Jr. as Robby * Steven Hauck as Arnold * Daniel Flaherty as Jeffrey * Carly Steel as Cynthia Release The film was released on 7 April 2017. Reception Noel Murray of the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that nearly the entire film consists of "overwritten, overacted, visually inert confrontations and monologues." ''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 pap ...'' wrote that the film sometimes feels like a "master class in bad acting" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi And Ely's No Kiss List
''Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List'' is a 2015 American romantic comedy-drama film written by Amy Andelson and Emily Meyer, and directed by Kristin Hanggi. It is based on the 2007 book of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. The film stars Victoria Justice, Pierson Fodé, and Matthew Daddario. It had its world premiere at the Outfest Film Festival on July 17, 2015. Plot Naomi and Ely have been best friends and neighbors in the same apartment building in New York City for years. Ely is gay, often having casual hook-ups with other guys, while Naomi is heterosexual and has recently begun dating "Bruce 2," although she has always been secretly in love with Ely. Naomi and Ely have a "No Kiss List" where the guys on the list are forbidden to them both. In the beginning of the film, they add Gabriel, their young and handsome doorman, to the list. Everything is going well until Ely isn't always available when Naomi needs him. She has been struggling to help her mother recover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Jack
''King Jack'' is a 2015 American coming-of-age adventure drama film written and directed by Felix Thompson in his directorial debut. The film stars Charlie Plummer, Cory Nichols, Christian Madsen, Daniel Flaherty, Erin Davie and Chloe Levine, and follows a 15-year-old boy who befriends his introverted cousin while facing off against a sadistic school bully. Plot Jack, a scrappy 15-year-old boy, bonds with his introverted cousin while facing off against a bully. Cast * Charlie Plummer as Jack * Cory Nichols as Ben * Christian Madsen as Tom * Daniel Flaherty as Shane * Erin Davie as Karen * Chloe Levine as Holly * Yainis Ynoa as Harriet * Melvin Mogoli as Beavan * Keith Leonard as Officer Pete * Francis Piscopo as Eric Release The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2015. Reception On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, which categorizes reviews only as positive or negative, 94% of 35 reviews are positive. The website's critical consensus r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adderall Diaries (film)
''The Adderall Diaries'' is a 2015 American crime drama film written and directed by Pamela Romanowsky, based on a "true-crime memoir" book of the same name by Stephen Elliott. The film stars James Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard and Christian Slater. ''The Adderall Diaries'' had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 16, 2015. The film was released on DirecTV Cinema on March 10, 2016, prior to opening in a limited release on April 15, 2016, by A24. Plot Stephen Elliott is a successful author with a troubled childhood. His mother died when he was a child and his father Neil was physically and psychologically abusive. From his adolescence, Stephen has lived most of his life behaving very destructively, abusing drugs (of which Adderall is an example), and committing petty vandalism. Now in his 30s, Stephen accepts a deal to write his next book about Hans Reiser, a software guru who developed the ReiserFS filesystem. Hans had a volatile marriage and his wife h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie (2014 Film)
''Annie'' is a 2014 American musical film, musical comedy drama film directed by Will Gluck, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Aline Brosh McKenna. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Marcy Media Films, and Olive Bridge Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group#Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Releasing, it is a contemporary film adaptation of Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan (writer), Thomas Meehan's 1977 Annie (musical), Broadway musical of the same name (which in turn is based on the comic strip ''Little Orphan Annie'' by Harold Gray). The film shifts the setting from the Great Depression to the present day and is the second remake and the third film adaptation of the musical, following the Annie (1982 film), 1982 theatrical film starring Carol Burnett and Albert Finney, and the Annie (1999 film), 1999 television film starring Kathy Bates and Victor Garber. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hits (film)
''Hits'' is a 2014 American comedy-drama written and directed by David Cross. The film is the directorial debut of Cross. The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2014. The film later screened at 2014 Sundance London Film Festival on April 26, 2014. On February 13, 2015, ''Hits'' became the first feature-length film to be released on BitTorrent with a pay-what-you-want model. The Recording Academy's Chapter President Tammy Susan Hurt contributed music to the film via Georgia Music Partners. Plot Municipal worker Dave's life changes completely when videos of his rants about potholes at City Hall go viral on YouTube. Cast *James Adomian as Donovan * Amy Carlson as Christina Casserta * Wyatt Cenac as Babatunde *Michael Cera as Bennie * Jake Cherry as Cory * Meredith Hagner as Katelyn *Amy Sedaris as Crystal * Erinn Hayes as Maddy * Mela Hudson as Juli's Friend * David Koechner as Rich *Jason Ritter as Julian * Russ Tamblyn as Russ * Matt Walsh as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise (2013 American Film)
''Paradise'' (also known as ''Lamb of God'') is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Diablo Cody, in her directorial debut. It stars Julianne Hough, Russell Brand, Octavia Spencer, Holly Hunter, Iliza Shlesinger and Kathleen Rose Perkins and was released October 18, 2013. The title is a take on the fact that while many tourists are visiting the Las Vegas Strip, they are actually spending most of their time in the town of Paradise rather than in the actual city of Las Vegas. This was the last film by Mandate Pictures before it was reorganized as Good Universe. Plot Lamb Mannerhelm goes to speak at her family's church in Montana one year after surviving a plane crash, which has left her with severe burns all over her body. While everyone is expecting her to make some big announcement, she instead publicly denounces her belief in God, causing a major uproar in the church. Lamb later explains some of the strict rules she has to live by in her conservative tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |