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Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress who made her film debut in '' Encino Man'' (1992), and later rose to prominence with headline parts in the cult films ''Empire Records'' (1995) and '' The Craft'' (1996). Her performance in '' Niagara, Niagara'' (1997) won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She then had leading roles in '' End of Days'' (1999), ''Supernova'', '' Vertical Limit'' (both 2000), '' Cherish'', '' The Secret Lives of Dentists'' (both 2002) and '' The In-Laws'' (2003), and earned wider recognition playing Veronica Donovan on ''Prison Break'' (2005–2006) and Teresa Lisbon on '' The Mentalist'' (2008–2015). Tunney's portrayal of a victim in '' Open Window'' (2006) was praised. Her subsequent film credits included '' Hollywoodland'' (2006), '' August'', '' The Burning Plain'' (both 2008), '' Passenger Side'' (2009), '' Looking Glass'', and '' Monster Party'' (both 2018). She starred on the short-lived ABC series '' The Fix'' (2019). Early lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The In-Laws (2003 Film)
''The In-Laws'' is a 2003 American action comedy film starring Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Robin Tunney, Ryan Reynolds and Candice Bergen. The film is a remake of the 1979 cult classic of the same name. Scenes for the 2003 film were shot on location in Chicago. The film was a box office failure and received mixed to negative reviews. Plot Steve Tobias is an undercover agent of the CIA whose son, Mark, is marrying Melissa Peyser. Her father is mild-mannered foot doctor, Jerry Peyser. When the two families meet for dinner, Peyser stumbles on to Steve Tobias' secret operation as Tobias tries to set up a deal to sell a Russian submarine, the Olga, to an arms smuggler in France as bait to catch arms smugglers. As Peyser's incidental involvement increases, he is suspected by the FBI of being part of a seemingly malicious deal. Peyser does not want to be involved in the deal or with Tobias' family but is either dragged in against his will or tricked into participating in wild es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast Television broadcaster, television and radio Radio network, network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 77 66th Street (Manhattan), West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, which houses its broadcast center and the headquarters of its news division, ABC News (United States), ABC News. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. The youngest of the "Big Three (American television), Big Three" American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monster Party (film)
''Monster Party'' is a 2018 horror thriller film written and directed by Chris von Hoffmann. The film stars Sam Strike, Erin Moriarty, Kian Lawley, Robin Tunney, Virginia Gardner, Brandon Micheal Hall, Bill Engvall, Julian McMahon, and Lance Reddick. Plot Casper, Iris and her boyfriend Dodge, are three friends who perform highly coordinated burglaries in Malibu. After pulling off a successful burglary in broad daylight, Iris tells the other two that she has info on another possible job at a ritzy mansion near the coast. Due to the undoubtedly high security for the house, they decide against it. Later, Casper discovers that his father, Flash, has been kidnapped by Emory, a local loan shark whom Caspar's father is indebted to. Casper goes to Emory's strip club and attempts to negotiate his father's release, but Emory declines. He tells Casper that if he does not get him what Casper's father owes him, he will kill him. Knowing that his father will die if he tries to notify ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking Glass (film)
''Looking Glass'' is a 2018 American thriller film directed by Tim Hunter and starring Nicolas Cage and Robin Tunney. It was released in the United States by Momentum Pictures on February 16, 2018. Plot Ray and Maggie have lost their child to an accident. Longing for a fresh start, they purchase a motel from Ben in a small town located somewhere in the California desert on the way to Las Vegas. Hours after their arrival, Ben calls Ray briefly, and disconnects his cellphone number soon after. Due to Ben’s weird behaviour, Ray becomes suspicious and soon discovers a secret underground hallway, leading to a tiny room with a one-way mirror that allows to secretly observe motel room No. 10. A young woman named Jessica soon moves into the motel. Ray and Maggie also make acquaintance with Tommy, a likable truck driver who regularly frequents motel room No. 10 in company of a prostitute, and Howard, a local deputy sheriff who comes by the motel every few days to have coffee. Ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passenger Side
''Passenger Side'' is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Matt Bissonnette and produced by Corey Marr.John Griffin, "Great music and dialogue as a contact sport; passenger side Ex-N.D.G.er Matt Bissonnette directs a winning road movie". ''Montreal Gazette'', October 9, 2009. It stars Adam Scott, Joel Bissonnette and Robin Tunney. It premiered at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival before screening at numerous film festivals worldwide, including the Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and Whistler Film Festival. It won the Citytv Award for Best Canadian Feature at the Edmonton International Film Festival, and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2009."Dolan, Nadda films among Canada's best of the year". ''Waterloo Region Record'', December 26, 2009. ''Passenger Side'' was released theatrically in Canada in May 2009 by Corey Marr Productions and Kinosmith. It has been picked up by Strand Releasing in the U.S., Axiom Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Burning Plain
''The Burning Plain'' is a 2008 American drama film directed and written by Guillermo Arriaga and starring Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Basinger and Joaquim de Almeida. In Arriaga's directorial debut, he films a story that has multipart story strands woven together as in his previous screenplays. Filming of ''The Burning Plain'' began in New Mexico in November 2007, and the film was released in late 2008 in various festivals, before a limited theatrical release in 2009. The film was a critical and commercial failure. Plot Typical of Arriaga's works, this film is told in a nonlinear narrative, where events are revealed out of sequence. The following plot summary is in chronological order, thus does not reflect the exact sequence of the events as seen on screen. The story starts some time during the mid-1990s in a small town near Las Cruces, New Mexico (close to the border with Mexico), where Gina, a wife and mother to four children, is introduced. Gina is having an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August (2008 Film)
''August'' is a 2008 American drama film directed by Austin Chick and presented by 57th & Irving. The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman focuses on two brothers, ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs attempting to keep their company afloat as the stock market begins to collapse in August 2001, one month prior to the 9/11 attacks. The film premiered as an official selection of the Spectrum section at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film did poorly among film critics and received generally poor reviews. Plot Tom and Joshua Sterling are brothers whose Internet startup company, Landshark, is as hot as a New York City summer – only this is the summer of 2001, their company is in lock up, its stock price is plunging and, in a few weeks, the world will change forever. In the meantime, Tom is living the hedonistic life of an Internet star; he dates multiple women, drives a 67 Camaro convertible and hangs out at a new club called Bungalow 8. Tom Sterling is a true showman, a demigod in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywoodland
''Hollywoodland'' is a 2006 American mystery drama film directed by Allen Coulter and written by Paul Bernbaum. The story presents a fictionalized account of the circumstances surrounding the death of actor George Reeves ( Ben Affleck), the star of the 1950s film '' Superman and the Mole Men'' and the television series '' Adventures of Superman''. Adrien Brody stars as a fictional character, Louis Simo, a private detective investigating Toni Mannix ( Diane Lane); who was involved in a long romantic relationship with Reeves and was the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix ( Bob Hoskins). Reeves had ended the affair and had become engaged to a younger woman, aspiring actress Leonore Lemmon ( Robin Tunney). Development for ''Hollywoodland'' began in 2001 when Focus Features purchased Bernbaum's script, titled ''Truth, Justice, and the American Way''. Michael and Mark Polish were set to direct with Benicio del Toro in the lead role, but Focus Features placed the film in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Window (film)
''Open Window'' is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Mia Goldman and starring Robin Tunney and Joel Edgerton. Lasse Hallström and Todd Field served as executive producers of the film. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2006. It aired on Showtime on July 16, 2007. Synopsis Izzy, a photographer, is engaged to Peter, a college professor. One night while working in her photo studio, an assailant breaks into the couple's home and Izzy is raped. In the aftermath, Izzy and Peter are left to deal with her trauma. Cast * Robin Tunney as Izzy * Joel Edgerton as Peter *Cybill Shepherd as Arlene *Elliott Gould as John * Scott Wilson as Eddie * Matt Keeslar as the Rapist * Shirley Knight as Dr. Ann Monohan Production The film was Mia Goldman's directorial debut. She had previously worked as an editor for films like '' The Big Easy'' and ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding''. The film is semi-autobiographical. The film spent four years in development; act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mentalist
''The Mentalist'' is an American procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2008, until February 18, 2015, broadcasting 151 episodes over seven seasons, on CBS. Created by Bruno Heller, who was also its executive producer, the show follows former "psychic" Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), who is a consultant to the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and his boss, senior agent Teresa Lisbon (Robin Tunney). Jane uses highly developed observational skills to "read" people's minds and to solve murder cases. Synopsis The series follows Patrick Jane, an independent consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) based in Sacramento, California. Although not an officer of the law, he uses his skills from his former career as a successful, yet admittedly fraudulent, Mediumship, psychic medium to help a team of CBI agents solve murders. The real reason for Jane's involvement with law enforcement is to track down the serial killer, known as Red John, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
