Basic Instinct 2

Full title: Basic Instinct 2 - Risk Addiction

Writer Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) moves from San Francisco to London, finding herself on the other side of law again. Scotland Yard sends agent Andrew Glass (David Morrissey) to control her, but she soon seduces him too...

Cast

Sharon Vonne Stone (born on the 10th of March 1958 in Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA). At the age of 17 she became Miss Pennsylvania. She became Ford model and in 1980 she starred in "Stardust Memories". Her breakthrough was in movie "Total Recall" (1990). Then she posed for Playboy, what helped her to get a role in "Basic Instinct" (1992).

David Morrissey (born on the 21st of June 1964 in Everton, Liverpool, England) started his acting career in Liverpool Theatre, then in Royal Shakespeare Company and in National Theatre.

Other actors and actresses from the movie:

Charlotte Rampling
David Thewlis
Hugh Dancy
Anne Caillon

Director

Michael Caton-Jones (born in 1958, Badger's Brook, Lothian, Scotland) directed also: Brond (1987), Lucky Sunil (1988), Scandal (1989), Memphis Belle (1990), Doc Hollywood (1991), This Boy's Life (1993), Rob Roy (1995), The Jackal (1997), Trinity (1998), City by the Sea (2002), Shooting Dogs (2005). Besides directing, he is also actor and producer.

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Superman Returns

Year: 2006

The first Superman movie after nearly 20 years (Superman 4 was filmed in 1987).

Cast

Brandon Routh (full name Brandon James Routh) was born on the 9th of October, 1979, in Des Moines, Iowa (USA). His first professional acting role was in the ABC television series "Odd Man Out" (1999). After this he guest starred in the series "Gilmore Girls" (2000). His hobbies are soccer, basketball, swimming, biking and reading.

Kate Bosworth (full name Catherine Anne Bosworth) was born on the 2nd of January, 1983, in Los Angeles, California (USA). She attended the open audition in New York for the film "The Horse Whisperer" (1998) and unexpectedly won the role. Her next role was in films "The Newcomers" (2000) and in "Remember the Titans" the same year. In her spare time she volunteers with various non-profit organizations.

Kevin Spacey (full name Kevin Spacey Fowler) was born on the 26th of July, 1959, in South Orange, New Jersey (USA). Spacey's film career began with a small part as a subway thief in "Heartburn" (1986). He attracted attention as villain Mel Profitt in "Wiseguy" (1987). Similar characters followed in movies "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992), "Swimming with Sharks" (1994) and as Verbal Kint in "The Usual Suspects" (1995), which earned him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Director: Bryan Singer

Filmography

Superman Returns (2006)
X-Men 2 (2003)
X-Men (2000)
Apt Pupil (1998)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Public Access (1993)
Lion's Den (1988)

World Trade Center

Year: 2006

A TRUE STORY OF COURAGE AND SURVIVAL: From the director Oliver Stone there comes another shocking movie, which shows the view of witnesses themselves. The "World Trade Center" stars Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena. This is the true story of John McLoughlin and Will Jemeno, the last two survivors found in the ruins of the WTC, after the 9/11 attack. Beneath the ruins both men talk about their lives and families, doubting they will ever see them again.

Director:

William Oliver Stone was born on 15th of September, 1946, in New York, USA. He shares the exact same birthday as his friend and star of some of his movies, Tommy Lee Jones. He is known as director of historical films on controversial subjects, such as Platoon, JFK, Nixon, The Doors, Salvador, and others...

He was educated at Yale and New York University Film School, where he was taught by Martin Scorsese. Eventually, after failing at Yale, he left for Vietnam, just a day before turning 21 years. He was assigned to the 2nd Platoon of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, located near the Cambodian border. This experience will be the main element of his most famous movie, Platoon.

Filmography of Oliver Stone:

World Trade Center (2006)
Alexander (2004)
Persona Non Grata (2003)
Comandante (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Talk Radio (1988)
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
The Hand (1981)
Mad Man of Martinique (1979)
Seizure (1974)
Last Year in Viet Nam (1971)

Cast:

Nicholas Kim Coppola

The son of university professor August Coppola (a brother of director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang, changed his name early in his career, to Nicholas Cage. He got a role in his uncle's movie "Rumble Fish" (1983), followed by role in movie "Valley Girl" (1983), which was released first and launched his career.

Michael Pena

Michael Pena was raised in Chicago. His first role was in "To Sir With Love 2". Later he moved to Los Angeles and got roles in features like "Star Maps", "My Fellow Americans", "La Cucaracha", "Gone in Sixty Seconds"...

Links:

The Official Site

Watch the Trailer (IMDB)

Photo Gallery from the Movie (IMDB)

Roswell

TV serie was aired in 1999 and continued to 2002. It was written by Melinda Metz.

Inspired by alleged 1947 UFO crash near the city of Roswell (New Mexico), the show focuses mainly on human-alien relationship. The four Roswell aliens (eg. human/alien hybrids) look just like humans, but they are different inside. They have "supernatural" abilities and a mission to save their own race, which is destroying itself in the war.

Their mission comes in through their dreams and visions, making the serie an excellent character show, and of course an excellent SF show.

Cast:

Jason Behr: Max Evans
Katherine Heigl: Isabel Evans
Brendan Fehr: Michael Guerin
Shiri Appleby: Liz Parker

100 Girls

Directed and written by Michael Davis.

Released in September 2000.

College guy Matthew meets a college girl in a dorm elevator during a blackout. They do not see each other´s face, but instantly fall in (and make) love. But in the morning she is gone. Now he has to find his girl among many (100) girls. This long and painful journey makes him understand women and know how to love them. In the end, he is rewarded.

Movie "100 Girls" won "Best Editing" and "Best Live-Action" awards at VPA (Video Premiere Award) in 2001.

Cast:

Jonathan Tucker: Matthew
Emmanuelle Chriqui: Patty
James DeBello: Rod
Katherine Heigl: Arlene
Jaime Pressly: Cynthia
Larisa Oleynik: Wendy
Marissa Ribisi: Dora
Johnny Green: Crick

Hawking: Unintelligent life is likely on other planets

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Michael Moore endorses Obama, chides Clinton

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Contact

Year of release: 1997

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writer: Carl Sagan (novel and story)

Cast:

Jodie Foster as Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway
Jena Malone as Young Ellie
David Morse as Ted Arroway
Matthew McConaughey as Palmer Joss
Tom Skerritt as David Drumlin
Larry King as Himself
Geoffrey Blake as Fisher
William Fichtner as Kent
Sami Chester as Vernon
Timothy McNeil as Davio
Michael Chaban as Hadden Suit
Max Martini as Willie
Thomas Garner as Ian Broderick

Story

Radio astronomer Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway (Jodie Foster) discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from outer space. With help of her friend-sponsor she is able to decipher the code and discovers detailed instructions for building a mysterious machine. Machine takes her through wormholes to Vega system, but back on Earth she meets disbelief and scepticism.

Her friend and lover Palmer Joss (Matthew McConaughey) is also searching for truth, but instead of science through faith in God. He becomes her believer, too, after the first contact has been made. Now the humankind is on the way to find a compromise between science and belief.

Notable quotes:

"If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space."

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Quincy Jones speaks out about China and human rights

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Texas judge holding custody hearing for polygamists' kids

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Nicollette Sheridan to depart Desperate Housewives?

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Nicollette Sheridan recently laughed off reports that she is about to be axed, but she could depart the show this season already... too bad! :(

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