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The_Good_German | The Good German is a 2006 film adaptation of Joseph Kanon 's eponymous 2001 novel . It was directed by Steven Soderbergh , and stars George Clooney , Cate Blanchett , and Tobey Maguire . Set in Berlin following the Allied victory over the Nazis , it begins as a murder mystery but weaves in elements involving the American postwar employment of Nazi rocket scientists in Operation Paperclip . The film was shot in black-and-white and is designed to imitate the appearance of film noir from the 1940s , although it also includes material -- such as sex scenes and swearing -- that would have been prohibited by the Production Code . Its poster is an homage to the poster for the classic film Casablanca ( 1942 , also a Warner Bros. film ) , as is the closing scene at an airport . The DVD release presents the film in the 1.33:1 aspect ratio which declined in use from about 1953 , though the theatrical release used the slightly more modern but still unusual 1.66:1 ratio . The film received mixed reviews and grossed $ 5.9 million worldwide against a budget of $ 32 million . |
The_Great_Escape_(film) | The Great Escape is a 1963 American World War II epic film based on an escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from a German POW camp during World War II , starring Steve McQueen , James Garner , and Richard Attenborough , filmed in Panavision . The film is based on Paul Brickhill 's 1950 book of the same name , a non-fiction first-hand account of the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan ( now Żagań , Poland ) , in the province of Lower Silesia , Nazi Germany . The characters are based on real men , and in some cases are composites of several men . However , many details of the actual escape attempt were changed for the film , and the role of American personnel in both the planning and the escape was largely fabricated . The Great Escape was made by the Mirisch Company , released by United Artists , and produced and directed by John Sturges . The film had its Royal World Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London 's West End on 20 June 1963 . |
The_Neptunes | The Neptunes are an American production duo , composed of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo , who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop and R&B artists in the late-1990s and 2000s . The Neptunes ' sound is a distinctive brand of off-kilter , stripped-down electronic funk with sounds from Middle Eastern and Asian music including percussion and woodwind . Pharrell sings and ( later ) raps on records and appears in videos , unlike his production partner Chad , who tends to stay behind the scenes . Before gaining success and forming The Neptunes , Williams and Hugo along with local producer Timbaland and rapper Magoo formed a group `` Surrounded by Idiots '' in the late '90s , but disbanded before even recording together . Later , The Neptunes emerged and Timbaland & Magoo emerged as a hip hop duo , occasionally collaborating . The Neptunes are estimated to have a net worth of $ 160 million and are considered one of the most successful producers in music history , noted by twenty-four Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits during the late 1990s and 2000s . In 2009 , Billboard ranked The Neptunes number one on their list of the top 10 producers of the decade . Readers of Vibe named The Neptunes as the third greatest hip-hop producers of all time behind Dr. Dre and DJ Premier . |
The_Revenant_(novel) | The Revenant : A Novel of Revenge is a 2002 novel by American author Michael Punke , based on a series of events in the life of American frontiersman Hugh Glass in 1823 Missouri Territory . The word `` Revenant '' means someone who has risen from the grave to terrorize the living . The novel was later adapted as a screenplay for a 2015 feature film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu . The novel was republished in January 2015 in anticipation of the upcoming film release , but Punke 's role as an ambassador to the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) prevented him from participating in pre-release publicity . |
The_Middle_(season_4) | The fourth season of the television comedy series The Middle began airing on September 26 , 2012 on ABC in the United States . It is produced by Blackie and Blondie Productions and Warner Bros. . Television with series creators DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler as executive producers . The show features Frances `` Frankie '' Heck ( Patricia Heaton ) , a working-class , Midwestern woman married to Mike Heck ( Neil Flynn ) who resides in the small fictional town of Orson , Indiana . They are the parents of three children , Axl ( Charlie McDermott ) , Sue ( Eden Sher ) , and Brick ( Atticus Shaffer ) . |
The_Stone_(album) | The Stone is the first album by Babble , an electronic dance music group that was composed of Tom Bailey , Alannah Currie ( formerly of the Thompson Twins ) , and Keith Fernley . The group changed its name as it changed the outward appearance of its sound , from pop to dub-influenced chill-out . The underlying melodies and the familiar voices of Bailey and Currie still gave a Thompson Twins tone . However , the addition of Quest vocalist Amey St. Cyr ( `` Take Me Away '' and `` Tribe '' ) , emcee Q-Tee ( `` Beautiful '' ) , deep basslines , and loads of spacious effects made it a much more relevant album for the lounge music scene . Promotion of the album was minimal . However , during an interview in Classic Pop magazine in 2014 , Bailey stated the album was influential in the recording of the U2 / Brian Eno project Passengers album . |
The_Iron_Giant | The Iron Giant is a 1999 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama action film using both traditional animation and computer animation , produced by Warner Bros. . Feature Animation and directed by Brad Bird in his directorial debut . It is based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes ( which was published in the United States as The Iron Giant ) and is scripted by Tim McCanlies . The film stars the voices of Eli Marienthal , Christopher McDonald , Jennifer Aniston , Harry Connick , Jr. , John Mahoney , and Vin Diesel . Set during the Cold War in 1957 , the film is about a young boy named Hogarth Hughes who discovers a giant metallic robot who fell from space . With the help of a beatnik artist named Dean McCoppin , they have to stop the U.S. military and a paranoid federal agent named Kent Mansley from finding and destroying the Giant . The film 's development phase began in 1994 as a musical with the involvement of The Who 's Pete Townshend , though the project took root once Bird signed on as director and hired McCanlies to write the screenplay in 1996 . The film was created traditionally , with computer-generated imagery used to animate the title character and other effects . The understaffed crew of the film completed it with half of the time and budget of other animated features . Michael Kamen produced the film 's score , recorded with the Czech Philharmonic . Upon its release , the film saw widespread critical acclaim from critics and audiences . It was nominated for several awards , winning nine Annie Awards out of fifteen nominations . Despite this acclaim , the film significantly under-performed at the box office , making $ 31.3 million worldwide against a budget of $ 70 -- 80 million , which was blamed on an unusually poor marketing campaign . Through home video releases and television syndication , the film gathered a cult following and is now widely regarded as a modern animated classic . In 2015 , an extended , remastered version of the film was re-released theatrically . |
The_Inner_Circle_(1991_film) | The Inner Circle is a 1991 drama film by Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky , telling the story of Joseph Stalin 's private projectionist and KGB officer Ivan Sanchin between 1939 and 1953 , Stalin 's year of death . Sanchin is played by Tom Hulce , and the film co-stars Lolita Davidovitch and Bob Hoskins . The film is based on a true story and is an American , Italian and Russian production . It is in English and has a running time of 137 minutes . The Inner Circle was nominated for awards at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival and the 1993 Nika Awards . |
The_Wicker_Man | The Wicker Man is a 1973 British mystery horror film written by Anthony Shaffer and directed by Robin Hardy . The film stars Edward Woodward , Britt Ekland , Diane Cilento , Ingrid Pitt , and Christopher Lee . Paul Giovanni composed the soundtrack . The story , inspired by David Pinner 's 1967 novel Ritual , centres on the visit of Police Sergeant Neil Howie to the isolated island of Summerisle , in search of a missing girl . Howie , a devout Christian , is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned Christianity and now practise a form of Celtic paganism . The Wicker Man is generally well-regarded by critics . Film magazine Cinefantastique described it as `` The Citizen Kane of horror movies '' , and in 2004 Total Film magazine named The Wicker Man the sixth greatest British film of all time . It also won the 1978 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film , the burning Wicker Man scene was No. 45 on Bravo 's 100 Scariest Movie Moments , and during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony the film was included as part of a sequence that celebrated British cinema . In 2013 , a copy of the original U.S. theatrical version was digitally restored and released . In 1989 , Shaffer wrote a script treatment for The Loathsome Lambton Worm , a direct sequel with fantasy elements . Hardy had no interest in the project , and it was never produced . In 2006 , an ill-received American remake was released , from which Hardy and others involved with the original have dissociated themselves . In 2011 , a spiritual sequel entitled The Wicker Tree was released to mixed reviews . This film was also directed by Hardy , and featured Lee in a cameo appearance . Hardy was working on his next film , The Wrath of the Gods , which would have completed The Wicker Man Trilogy , at the time of his death on July 1 , 2016 . |
The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series) | The Man in the High Castle is an American dystopian alternative history television series produced by Amazon Studios , Scott Free , Headline Pictures , Electric Shepherd Productions and Big Light Productions . The series is loosely based on the 1962 novel of the same name by science fiction author Philip K. Dick . Taking place in an alternate version of 1962 America , where the Axis powers won World War II and subdivided the United States into two powers , the Greater Nazi Reich and the Japanese Pacific States . The series follows characters whose destinies intertwine after coming into contact with a series of propaganda films that show a vastly different history from that of their own . The pilot premiered on January 15 , 2015 , and was Amazon 's `` most-watched since the original series development program began . '' On February 18 , 2015 , the series was picked up for a ten-episode season , and the remaining nine episodes were released on November 20 , 2015 . A second season of ten episodes premiered on December 16 , 2016 . On January 3 , 2017 , it was announced that Amazon had renewed the series for a third season . |
The_Notorious_B.I.G. | Christopher George Latore Wallace ( May 21 , 1972 -- March 9 , 1997 ) , better known by his stage names The Notorious B.I.G. , Biggie , or Biggie Smalls , was an American rapper . He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time . Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough of New York City . When he released his debut album Ready to Die in 1994 , he became a central figure in the East Coast hip hop scene and increased New York 's visibility in the genre at a time when West Coast hip hop was dominant in the mainstream . The following year , Wallace led his childhood friends to chart success through his protégé group , Junior M.A.F.I.A. . While recording his second album , Wallace was heavily involved in the growing East Coast -- West Coast hip hop feud . On March 9 , 1997 , Wallace was killed by an unknown assailant in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles . His double-disc album Life After Death , released 16 days later , rose to No. 1 on the U.S. album charts and was certified Diamond in 2000 by the Recording Industry Association of America , one of the few hip hop albums to receive this certification . Wallace was noted for his `` loose , easy flow '' , dark semi-autobiographical lyrics and storytelling abilities , sometimes changing his pitch on songs . Two more albums have been released since his death . He has certified sales of 17 million units in the United States . |
The_Help_(film) | The Help is a 2011 American period drama film directed and written by Tate Taylor , and adapted from Kathryn Stockett 's 2009 novel of the same name . The film features an ensemble cast that includes Jessica Chastain , Viola Davis , Bryce Dallas Howard , Allison Janney , Octavia Spencer , and Emma Stone . The film and novel recount the story of young white woman and aspiring journalist Eugenia `` Skeeter '' Phelan . The story focuses on her relationship with two black maids , Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson , during the Civil Rights Movement in 1962 Jackson , Mississippi . In an attempt to become a legitimate journalist and writer , Skeeter decides to write a book from the point of view of the maids -- referred to as `` the help '' -- exposing the racism they are faced with as they work for white families . DreamWorks Pictures acquired the screen rights to Stockett 's novel in March 2010 , and quickly commissioned the film into production with Chris Columbus , Michael Barnathan , and Brunson Green as producers . The film 's casting began later that month , with principal photography following four months after in Mississippi . Touchstone Pictures released The Help worldwide , with a general theatrical release in North America on August 10 , 2011 . The film was a critical and commercial success , receiving positive reviews and grossing $ 216 million in worldwide box office . The Help received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture , Best Actress for Davis , and Best Supporting Actress for both Chastain and Spencer , with the latter winning the award . The film also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . |
The_Miracle_Worker_(1979_film) | The Miracle Worker is a 1979 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1959 play of the same title by William Gibson , which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90 . Gibson 's original source material was The Story of My Life , the 1902 autobiography of Helen Keller . The play was adapted for the screen before , in 1962 . The film is based on the life of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan 's struggles to teach her . It starred Patty Duke ( who played Helen Keller in the original 1962 film , for which she won the Oscar ) as Annie Sullivan and Melissa Gilbert as Helen Keller . It produced a TV sequel , Helen Keller : The Miracle Continues in 1984 . |
The_Dead_(band) | The Dead was an American rock band composed of some of the former members of the Grateful Dead . After the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995 , Bob Weir , Phil Lesh , Mickey Hart , and Bill Kreutzmann formed a band called The Other Ones . They performed concert tours in 1998 ( without Kreutzmann ) , 2000 ( without Lesh ) , and 2002 , and released one album , The Strange Remain . In 2003 , they changed their name to The Dead . |
The_Pack_(group) | The Pack was a Rap group from Berkeley , California . The group consists of Lil B , Damonte `` Lil Uno '' Johnson , Keith `` Stunnaman '' Jenkins , Lloyd `` Young L '' Omadhebo . They all recorded together for over a year at Young L 's home studio where they released their first two mixtapes Wolfpack Muzik Vol . 1 and Wolfpack Muzik Vol . 2 . The Pack expanded their fanbase and eventually got signed to a major label , when Too Short signed The Pack to his Jive Records-distributed label Up All Nite Records . The Pack is usually known for their skateboard raps and the sexually explicit content of many of their songs . The group is best known for the track `` Vans '' . The Pack has also collaborated with musicians such as Soulja Boy , Wiz Khalifa , and Taymoney20 . |
The_Three_Musketeers_(1959_film) | The Three Musketeers ( French : Les trois mousquetaires ) is a 1959 French TV film based on a play adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas . It is notable for featuring Jean Paul Belmondo in the lead . It was directed by Claude Barma and was broadcast live on Christmas Day . |
The_Paper_Chase_(film) | The Paper Chase is a 1973 film starring Timothy Bottoms , Lindsay Wagner , and John Houseman , directed by James Bridges . Based on John Jay Osborn , Jr. 's 1971 novel , The Paper Chase , it tells the story of James Hart , a first-year law student at Harvard Law School , his experiences with Professor Charles Kingsfield ( played by Houseman in an Academy Award-winning performance ) , a brilliant , demanding contract law instructor , and Hart 's relationship with Kingsfield 's daughter . Houseman later reprised his role in a TV series of the same name that lasted four seasons . |
The_Haymarket_Tragedy | The Haymarket Tragedy is a history book by Paul Avrich about the Haymarket affair and the resulting trial . |
The_Office_(UK_TV_series) | The Office is a British mockumentary sitcom , first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001 . Created , written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant , the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious Wernham Hogg Paper Company . Gervais also stars in the series , playing the central character , David Brent . Two six-episode series were made , along with a pair of 45-minute Christmas specials . When it was first shown on BBC Two , it was nearly cancelled due to low ratings , but it has since become one of the most successful of all British comedy exports . As well as being shown internationally on BBC Worldwide , channels such as BBC Prime , BBC America and BBC Canada , the series has been sold to broadcasters in over 80 countries , including ABC1 in Australia , The Comedy Network in Canada , TVNZ in New Zealand and the pan-Asian satellite channel STAR World , based in Hong Kong . The show began airing in The United States on Cartoon Network 's late night programing block , Adult Swim on 18 September 2009 until 2012 . The show centres on themes of social clumsiness , the trivialities of human behaviour , self-importance and conceit , frustration , desperation and fame . The success of the show led to a number of localised adaptations ( based upon its basic story and themes ) being produced for the television markets of other nations , resulting in an international Office franchise . |
The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Ugly_(theme) | `` The Good , the Bad and the Ugly '' is the theme to the 1966 film of the same name , which was directed by Sergio Leone . Included on the film soundtrack as `` The Good , the Bad and the Ugly ( main title ) '' , the instrumental piece was composed by Ennio Morricone , with Bruno Nicolai conducting the orchestra . A cover version by Hugo Montenegro in 1968 was a pop hit in both the U.S. and the U.K. . It has since become one of the most iconic scores in film history . |
The_Scarlet_Letter | The Scarlet Letter : A Romance is an 1850 work of fiction in a historical setting , written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne . The book is considered to be his `` masterwork '' . Set in 17th-century Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony , during the years 1642 to 1649 , it tells the story of Hester Prynne , who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity . Throughout the book , Hawthorne explores themes of legalism , sin , and guilt . |
The_House_at_the_End_of_Time | The House at the End of Time ( La casa del fin de los tiempos ) is a 2013 Venezuelan horror film directed by Alejandro Hidalgo . The film had its world premiere on June 17 , 2013 , at the Venezuelan Film Festival . The film has been well received in its country of origin , where it grossed $ 4.4 million and became the highest grossing horror film ever released in Venezuela . After a festival run in which it won various awards , it had distribution in countries like the US , Germany , Colombia , Peru , Ecuador , Bolivia , Spain , and others . |
The_Fires_of_Pompeii | `` The Fires of Pompeii '' is the second episode of the fourth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It was broadcast on BBC One on 12 April 2008 . Set shortly before and during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 , this episode depicts alien time traveller the Doctor ( David Tennant ) and his new companion Donna Noble ( Catherine Tate ) on a trip to Pompeii , where they uncover an alien invasion . Their clashing worldviews present an ethical dilemma for the Doctor . The episode was filmed in Rome 's Cinecittà studios , and was the first time the Doctor Who production team took its cast abroad for filming since its revival . The production of the episode was impeded by a fire near the sets several weeks before filming and by problems for the production team crossing into Europe . Critics ' opinions regarding the episode were generally mixed . The premise of the episode -- the moral dilemma the Doctor faces , and Donna 's insistence that he save a family from Pompeii -- was widely praised . However , the episode 's writing was criticised , in particular , for the characterisation of the supporting cast : The dialogue was described as `` one-dimensional '' and Peter Capaldi and Phil Davis 's dialogue as `` whimpering and scowling '' . |
The_Rogue_Independent_Music_Festival | The Rogue Independent Music Festival , also known as Rogue Fest , was a two-day festival of progressive rock and art rock held annually in Atlanta , GA from 2002 to 2006 . The festival was conceived after the promoters spent much time traveling to other progressive rock and art rock festivals throughout the United States year after year to listen to the music they enjoyed . In 2002 , the promoters of Rogue Fest decided to hold a festival in their home town of Atlanta , and so The Rogue Independent Music Festival was born . For the first three years , The Rogue Independent Music Festival was held at The New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta , GA. . In 2005 , the fourth year of the festival , that location was not available because the date was moved from July to June and Rogue Fest was moved to Jake 's Toadhouse . Cobweb Strange is the only band that performed at every Rogue Fest . A live version of their song , `` Clarity 's Advent , '' that was recorded at the 2003 Rogue Fest was included on the compilation CD Ghost Notes . |
The_Italian_(1915_film) | The Italian is a 1915 American silent film feature which tells the story of an Italian gondolier who comes to the United States to make his fortune but instead winds up working as a shoeshiner and experiencing tragedy while living with his wife and child in a tenement on New York 's Lower East Side . The film was produced by Thomas H. Ince , directed by Reginald Barker , and co-written by C. Gardner Sullivan and Ince . The film stars stage actor George Beban in the title role as the Italian immigrant , Pietro `` Beppo '' Donnetti . In 1991 , this film was deemed `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry . |
The_Wilson_Quarterly | The Wilson Quarterly is a magazine published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington , D.C. . The magazine was founded in 1976 by Peter Braestrup and James H. Billington . It is noted for its nonpartisan , nonideological approach to current issues , with articles written from various perspectives . Designed to make the research and debates of scholars and intellectuals accessible to a general audience , it covers a wide range of topics , from science policy and literature to foreign affairs . |
The_Scarlet_and_the_Black | The Scarlet and the Black is a 1983 television film starring Gregory Peck and Christopher Plummer . The production should not be confused with the 1993 British television miniseries Scarlet and Black , which starred Ewan McGregor and Rachel Weisz . Based on J. P. Gallagher 's book The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican ( published in 1967 ) , the film tells the story of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty , a real life Irish-born Roman Catholic priest who saved thousands of Jews and escaped Allied POWs in Rome . It was directed by Jerry London . The title The Scarlet and the Black is a reference not only to the black cassock and scarlet sash worn by Monsignores and bishops in the Roman Catholic Church , but also to the dominant colors of Nazi Party regalia . |
Thomas_Law_Hodges | Thomas Law Hodges ( 1776 -- 14 May 1857 ) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1830 and 1852 . Hodges was the son of Thomas Hallet Hodges of Hempsted Kent and his wife Dorothy Cartwright , daughter of William Cartwright of Marnham Hall Nottinghamshire . He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent , a J.P. for Kent and Sussex and chairman of the quarter sessions . He was a major in the West Kent Militia . At the 1830 general election , Hodges was elected as a Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Kent . He was re-elected in 1831 , and held the seat until it was divided under the Great Reform Act in 1832 . At the 1832 general election he was elected as an MP for West Kent , holding that seat until 1841 , when two Conservative Party candidates were elected unopposed . He was returned for West Kent at a contested election in 1847 and held the seat until his defeat at the 1852 general election . Hodges lived at Hemsted Place , Cranbrook , Kent , and died at the age of 80 . Hodges married Rebecca Twisden , daughter of Sir Roger Twisden , Bt in 1802 . His son Thomas Twisden Hodges was also a politician . |
The_Red_Woman | `` The Red Woman '' is the first episode of the sixth season of HBO 's fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and the 51st overall . The episode was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss , and directed by Jeremy Podeswa . At Castle Black , the body of Jon Snow ( Kit Harington ) is discovered by Ser Davos Seaworth ( Liam Cunningham ) , and loyal members of the Night 's Watch protect his lifeless body . Meanwhile , Melisandre ( Carice van Houten ) has begun to lose her faith in the Lord of Light . Near Winterfell , Sansa Stark ( Sophie Turner ) and Theon Greyjoy ( Alfie Allen ) escape , but are caught by Bolton forces and saved by Brienne of Tarth ( Gwendoline Christie ) . In Dorne , Ellaria Sand ( Indira Varma ) murders Prince Doran Martell ( Alexander Siddig ) , whilst Jaime Lannister ( Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ) returns to King 's Landing with the body of his dead daughter . In the Dothraki Sea , Daenerys Targaryen ( Emilia Clarke ) is taken prisoner by the khalasar of Khal Moro ( Joe Naufahu ) . `` The Red Woman '' was positively received by critics who found the episode to be a satisfactory launching point for the season , and praising the scenes involving Sansa and Brienne , as well as the closing reveal with Melisandre , although the Dorne storyline was criticized once again for feeling too abrupt and deviating greatly from the books . For filming of the episode 's closing reveal , the director used similar technique to the body double of Cersei Lannister in the previous episode . The episode title is an allusion to the epithet used to describe the Red Priestess Melisandre . In the United States , the episode premiere achieved a viewership of 7.94 million in its initial broadcast , and a same-day total including the streaming services HBO Go and HBO Now of 10.7 million viewers , a record for the series . |
The_Saturday_Paper | The Saturday Paper is an Australian weekly newspaper , first published on 1 March 2014 . It was notable for being launched in hard copy , as an online newspaper and in mobile news format . The paper is circulated throughout Australian capital cities and major regional centres . Its coverage of current affairs , culture and Australian politics has drawn criticism and praise from media commentators . |
The_Three_Musketeers_(2013_film) | The Three Musketeers ( `` Три мушкетёра '' , tri mushketera ) is a Russian historical adventure film based on the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas , père . It was produced by The Production Center of Sergei Zhigunov . The film has been released in two versions : as a two-hour movie in cinemas on November 14 , 2013 . and as a TV series consisting of 10 episodes of 45 minutes . The TV series was first shown in December 2013 on the Ukrainian 1 +1 Channel and then on Russia 's Channel One Russia in January 2014 . |
The_Hateful_Eight_(soundtrack) | The Hateful Eight is the soundtrack album to Quentin Tarantino 's motion picture The Hateful Eight . The soundtrack includes the first complete original score for a Tarantino film and is composed , orchestrated and conducted by Ennio Morricone . Morricone composed 50 minutes of original music for The Hateful Eight . The Hateful Eight was the composer 's first score for a Western film since Buddy Goes West ( 1981 ) and the first for a Hollywood production since Ripley 's Game ( 2002 ) . Other notable horror references include Morricone 's repurposed score from John Carpenter 's The Thing ( 1982 ) and `` Regan 's Theme '' from The Exorcist II , which serve the sinister mood . In addition to Morricone 's music , the album includes three songs which are featured in the film ; The White Stripes ' `` Apple Blossom '' ( 2000 ) , David Hess ' `` Now You 're All Alone '' ( 1972 ) ( originally from The Last House on the Lefts soundtrack ) and Roy Orbison 's `` There Wo n't Be Many Coming Home '' ( 1966 ) , as well as dialogue clips from the film . The trailer used the instrumental version of the song `` Same Ol' '' from The Heavy . The soundtrack won a Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Score on 28 February 2016 . The opening track , `` L'ultima diligenza di Red Rock '' ( Versione Integrale ) , was released as a single online on December 15 , 2015 . In December 2016 , it gained a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for Mr. Morricone . |
The_Fifth_Element | The Fifth Element ( Le Cinquième Élément ) is a 1997 English-language French science-fiction action film directed and co-written by Luc Besson . It stars Bruce Willis , Gary Oldman and Milla Jovovich . Primarily set in the 23rd century , the film 's central plot involves the survival of planet Earth , which becomes the responsibility of Korben Dallas ( Willis ) , a taxicab driver and former special forces major , after a young woman ( Jovovich ) falls into his cab . Dallas joins forces with her to recover four mystical stones essential for the defence of Earth against an impending attack . Besson started writing the story that became The Fifth Element when he was 16 years old ; he was 38 when the film opened in cinemas . Besson wanted to shoot the film in France , but suitable locations could not be found ; filming took place instead in London and Mauritania . Comics writers Jean `` Moebius '' Giraud and Jean-Claude Mézières , whose comics provided inspiration for parts of the film , were hired for production design . Costume design was by Jean Paul Gaultier . The Fifth Element received mainly positive reviews , although it tended to polarize critics . It has been called both the best and worst summer blockbuster of all time . The film was a financial success , earning more than $ 263 million at the box office on a $ 90 million budget . At the time of its release it was the most expensive European film ever made , and it remained the highest-grossing French film at the international box office until the release of The Intouchables in 2011 . |
The_Pearl_and_the_Wave | The Pearl and the Wave ( French : La Perle et la vague ) , also known as The Wave and the Pearl , is a painting by the French artist Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry created in 1862 . The painting shows a nude woman lying on the edge of a rocky sea shore , with her head turned to gaze backward over her shoulder towards the viewer . Waves are breaking in the background . The Pearl and the Wave was the subject of contemporary curiosity . The painting was met with praise from art critics for its technique and distinguishing quality . Artist Kenyon Cox described The Pearl and the Wave as `` the most perfect painting of the nude '' in the 19th century . Cox identified some features in the painting which he described as `` grace of attitude '' , the well-rounded but slim body of a young woman , the visible dimple in the shoulder , the `` savoring of subtle line '' , the `` loveliness of the color '' , the `` solid yet mysterious modelling '' , and the `` perfection of delicate surface '' . Cox believed these features make this painting what he calls `` a pure masterpiece '' . Art historian Bailey Van Hook identified The Pearl and the Wave as one of the examples of nude paintings where the subject woman is shown lying down sluggishly for the gratification of the looker-on who she describes as `` voyeuristic viewer '' . Nineteenth-century French art critic Jules-Antoine Castagnary commented that the woman in the painting may be `` a Parisian modiste ... lying in wait for a millionaire gone astray in this wild spot . '' In 1863 , Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo bought the painting for 20,000 francs . It was her second most costly purchase of the paintings of that time . Today the painting is in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid , the main Spanish national art museum . |
The_Impossible_Astronaut | `` The Impossible Astronaut '' is the first episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Written by show runner Steven Moffat , and directed by Toby Haynes , the episode was first broadcast on 23 April 2011 in the United Kingdom , as well as the United States and Canada . It also aired in Australia on 30 April 2011 . The episode features alien time traveller the Doctor ( Matt Smith ) and his companions Amy Pond ( Karen Gillan ) and Rory Williams ( Arthur Darvill ) , and is the first of a two-part story , which concluded with `` Day of the Moon '' . In the episode , Amy Pond , Rory and River Song are summoned to Utah , United States , by the Eleventh Doctor , who is killed by a mysterious figure in a space suit . The dead Doctor is revealed to be an older self , after his younger version returns . They try to understand what the future Doctor said and are sent to Washington D.C. . The team deals with the Silence , a race of aliens with the ability to make people forget their encounter with them when they look away . The Silence was created to compete with other past aliens in terms of `` scariness , '' including the Weeping Angels . The episode was partially filmed on location at Lone Rock , Utah ; the first time in Doctor Who that principal photography took place in the United States . Before the broadcast , a fan leaked the plot of the episode following a press screening . The episode was seen by 8.86 million viewers in the United Kingdom , and received generally positive reviews from critics . `` The Impossible Astronaut '' gained an Appreciation Index of 88 -- considered excellent . The episode was dedicated to Elisabeth Sladen , known for playing former companion Sarah Jane Smith , who died from cancer on 19 April 2011 . |
The_Union_(Elton_John_and_Leon_Russell_album) | The Union is a collaboration studio album by singer-songwriters Elton John and Leon Russell , released on 19 October 2010 in the US and on 25 October in the UK . This is the 30th studio album by John and the 34th by Russell . This is the first studio release by John since 1979 's Victim of Love without any of his regular band members . It is also his highest charting studio album on the Billboard 200 since 1976 's Blue Moves , debuting at No. 3 , as well as Russell 's highest charting studio album since 1972 's Carney . The Union was No. 3 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the 30 Best Albums of 2010 . The album features appearances by Booker T. Jones ( on Hammond B-3 ) , Neil Young ( vocals ) , Robert Randolph ( pedal steel ) , and Brian Wilson ( vocal harmonies ) . This album was dedicated to Guy Babylon , John 's keyboard player who died a year before its release . `` If It Was n't for Bad '' was nominated for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and `` Hey Ahab '' became a staple in John 's concert tours . |
The_Moonraker | The Moonraker is a British swashbuckler film released in 1958 and set in the English Civil War . It was directed by David MacDonald and starred George Baker , Sylvia Syms , Marius Goring , Gary Raymond , Peter Arne , John Le Mesurier and Patrick Troughton . The film depicts a fictionalised account of the escape of Charles II , arranged by a foppish royalist nobleman , the Earl of Dawlish , who leads a double life as a roundhead-baiting highwayman called `` The Moonraker '' , who already has helped more than thirty royalists to escape to France . |
The_Unstoppable | The Unstoppable is the third studio album by the Nigerian R&B artist 2face Idibia , released in 2008 , through his label Hypertek Entertainment . The album was produced by J Sleek , Jiggy Jegg , Mic Tunes , Ozzy , Spanky with one track `` Flex '' produced by R. Kelly and featuring him on the track . The first and only single from the album was the pre-released `` Enter The Place '' , in anticipation of the release of the album . The single featured the Nigerian recording artist Sound Sultan . The release of the original album was marred with a number of delays and difficulties and relatively poor reviews as actual sales of the album in comparison to the initial two solo albums Face 2 Face and Grass 2 Grace were below expectations . 2face Idibia went on to release a new fourth album called The Unstoppable International Edition that contained some of the materials of the album with some other added tracks . |
The_Three_Musketeers_(1935_film) | The Three Musketeers ( 1935 ) is the first English-language talking picture version of Alexandre Dumas , père 's novel of the same name , starring Walter Abel , Ian Keith , Margot Grahame , and Paul Lukas . |
The_Wicker_Man_(2006_film) | The Wicker Man is a 2006 horror film written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Nicolas Cage . The film primarily is a remake of the 1973 British cult classic The Wicker Man , but also draws from its source material , David Pinner 's 1967 novel Ritual . The film concerns a policeman named Edward Malus who is informed by his ex-fiancée Willow Woodward that her daughter Rowan has disappeared and asks for his assistance in her search . When he arrives at the island where Rowan was last seen he begins to suspect something sinister is afoot with the neo-pagans who reside on the island . The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from film critics at the time of its release ; critics pointed to the film 's unintentional hilarity , weak acting , and poor screenwriting . The film was also a financial flop , grossing over $ 38 million against a $ 40 million production budget . Since its original release , it has developed a cult following as an entertaining unintentional comedy , particularly due to Cage 's over-the-top performance . Cage dedicated the film to his friend Johnny Ramone , the guitarist of the band The Ramones , who had died in 2004 . |
Theodore_Roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( -LSB- ˈroʊzəvɛlt -RSB- ; October 27 , 1858 -- January 6 , 1919 ) was an American statesman , author , explorer , soldier , naturalist , and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 . He also served as the 25th Vice President of the United States and as the 33rd Governor of New York . As a leader of the Republican Party during this time , he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century . His face is depicted on Mount Rushmore , alongside those of George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , and Abraham Lincoln . Roosevelt was born a sickly child with debilitating asthma , but he successfully overcame his physical health problems by embracing a strenuous lifestyle . He integrated his exuberant personality , vast range of interests , and world-famous achievements into a `` cowboy '' persona defined by robust masculinity . Home-schooled , he began a lifelong naturalist avocation before attending Harvard College . His book , The Naval War of 1812 ( 1882 ) , established his reputation as both a learned historian and as a popular writer . Upon entering politics , he became the leader of the reform faction of Republicans in New York 's state legislature . Following the near-simultaneous deaths of his wife and mother , he escaped to a cattle ranch in the Dakotas . Roosevelt served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President William McKinley , but resigned from that post to lead the Rough Riders during the Spanish -- American War . Returning a war hero , he was elected Governor of New York in 1898 . After the death of Vice President Garret Hobart , the New York state party leadership convinced McKinley to accept Roosevelt as his running mate in the 1900 election , moving Roosevelt to the prestigious but powerless role of vice president . Roosevelt campaigned vigorously and the McKinley-Roosevelt ticket won a landslide victory based on a platform of peace , prosperity , and conservatism . Following McKinley 's assassination in September 1901 , Roosevelt became president at age 42 , and remains the youngest president . As a leader of the Progressive movement , he championed his `` Square Deal '' domestic policies , promising the average citizen fairness , breaking of trusts , regulation of railroads , and pure food and drugs . Making conservation a top priority , he established a myriad of new national parks , forests , and monuments intended to preserve the nation 's natural resources . In foreign policy , he focused on Central America , where he began construction of the Panama Canal . He expanded the Navy and sent the Great White Fleet on a world tour to project the United States ' naval power around the globe . His successful efforts to broker the end of the Russo-Japanese War won him the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize . He avoided the controversial tariff and money issues . Elected in 1904 to a full term , Roosevelt continued to promote progressive policies , but many of his efforts and much of his legislative agenda were eventually blocked in Congress . Roosevelt successfully groomed his close friend , William Howard Taft , and Taft won the 1908 presidential election to succeed him . In polls of historians and political scientists , Roosevelt is generally ranked as one of the five best presidents . Frustrated with Taft 's conservatism , Roosevelt belatedly tried to win the 1912 Republican nomination . He failed , walked out , and founded a third party , the Progressive , so-called `` Bull Moose '' Party , which called for wide-ranging progressive reforms . The split allowed the Democrats to win the White House and a majority in both houses of Congress . Following his election defeat , Roosevelt led a two-year expedition to the Amazon basin , where he nearly died of tropical disease . During World War I , he criticized President Woodrow Wilson for keeping the country out of the war with Germany , and his offer to lead volunteers to France was rejected . Though he had considered running for president again in 1920 , Roosevelt 's health continued to deteriorate , and he died in 1919 . |
The_Suite_Life_Movie | The Suite Life Movie is a 2011 science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Sean McNamara , written by Michael Saltzman , and starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse , Brenda Song , Debby Ryan , Matthew Timmons , John Ducey , Matthew Glave , and Phill Lewis . The Disney Channel Original Movie is based on the pair of Disney Channel sitcoms The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and The Suite Life on Deck created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan . Dylan and Cole Sprouse were also co-producers for the movie . The film premiered on March 25 , 2011 on the Disney Channel . A sneak peek was shown during the Disney Channel Shake It Up New Year 's event . |
The_Scream_(film) | The Scream ( Fəryad ) is a 1993 Azerbaijani war film directed by Jeyhun Mirzayev based loosely on the Nagorno-Karabakh War and Khojaly Massacre . The film stars Jeyhun Mirzayev himself , Haci Ismayilov , and Melik Dadashev . |
The_Mummy_Returns | The Mummy Returns is a 2001 American action-adventure fantasy film written and directed by Stephen Sommers , starring Brendan Fraser , Rachel Weisz , John Hannah , Arnold Vosloo , Oded Fehr , Patricia Velásquez , and Dwayne `` The Rock '' Johnson . The film is a sequel to the 1999 film The Mummy . The Mummy Returns inspired the 2002 prequel film The Scorpion King which is set 5,000 years prior and whose eponymous character , played by Dwayne Johnson ( The Rock ) , was introduced in this film . It was followed by the 2008 sequel The Mummy : Tomb of the Dragon Emperor . |
The_Good_Lie | The Good Lie is a 2014 American-Indian drama film written by Margaret Nagle , and directed by Philippe Falardeau . Filmed in Atlanta , Georgia and South Africa , the film stars Reese Witherspoon , Arnold Oceng , Ger Duany , Emmanuel Jal , Corey Stoll , and Sarah Baker . It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival before being released on October 3 , 2014 . Another major screening was held by the Greenwich International Film Festival on October 22 , 2014 , for the benefit of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF . |
The_Parent_Trap_II | The Parent Trap II is a 1986 American made-for-television comedy film and a sequel to Disney 's 1961 classic The Parent Trap and the second installment in The Parent Trap series . It premiered on Disney Channel on July 26 , 1986 as a part of the channel 's `` Sunday Night Movie '' . Hayley Mills is the only actress that returned from the original film . She continues to portray Susan and Sharon , the twins who were separated at age one , met up twelve years later at summer camp , switched places and went on to reunite their divorced parents . The film focuses on Sharon 's daughter , Nikki , who tries to hook her mother up with her best friend Mary 's father , portrayed by Tom Skerritt . It was a success for the Disney Channel and it later spawned two more made-for-television sequels , both produced in 1989 . |
The_Winds_of_Winter | The Winds of Winter is the forthcoming sixth novel in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin . The previous installment , A Dance with Dragons , covered less story than Martin intended , excluding at least one planned large battle sequence and leaving several character threads ending in cliffhangers . Martin intends to resolve these storylines `` very early '' in The Winds of Winter , saying `` I 'm going to open with the two big battles that I was building up to , the battle in the ice and the battle at Meereen -- the battle of Slaver 's Bay . And then take it from there . '' A Victarion Greyjoy chapter will begin five minutes after the end of A Dance with Dragons , taking place on the eve of the Iron Islanders ' arrival in Slaver 's Bay . Arianne Martell sample chapters that Martin released on his website showed her heading for Griffin 's Roost to see the young man who is calling himself Aegon . Martin said in March 2012 that the final two novels will take readers farther north than any of the previous books , and that the Others will appear in the book . |
The_Paper_(film) | The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton , Glenn Close , Marisa Tomei , Randy Quaid and Robert Duvall . It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for `` Make Up Your Mind '' , which was written and performed by Randy Newman . The film depicts a hectic 24 hours in a newspaper editor 's professional and personal life . The main story of the day is the murder of a couple of visiting businessmen . The reporters discover evidence suggesting a police cover-up of evidence of the suspects ' innocence , and rush to scoop the story in the midst of professional , private and financial chaos . |
Theory_of_mind | Theory of mind ( often abbreviated ToM ) is the ability to attribute mental states -- beliefs , intents , desires , pretending , knowledge , etc. -- to oneself and others and to understand that others have beliefs , desires , intentions , and perspectives that are different from one 's own . Deficits can occur in people with autism spectrum disorders , schizophrenia , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , cocaine addiction , as well as alcoholics who have suffered brain damage due to alcohol 's neurotoxicity . Although philosophical approaches to this exist , the theory of mind as such is distinct from the philosophy of mind . |
The_Plastic_Age | The Plastic Age ( 1924 ) is a novel by Percy Marks that tells the story of Hugh Carver , a student at a fictional men 's college called Sanford . With contents that covered or implied hazing , smoking , drinking , partying , and `` petting '' , the book sold well enough to be the second best-selling novel of 1924 . The book was , however , banned in Boston . The following year , it was adapted into a film of the same name , starring Clara Bow . Marks was an English instructor at Brown University at the time of publication . Previously he taught at Dartmouth College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Brown 's administration took offense at the book , which they perceived to be a barely disguised version of Brown , and Marks 's teaching contract was not renewed . The Plastic Age provides a composite image of 1920s campus life with many references campus traditions at Dartmouth and Brown including bonfires , beanies , and fraternity rushing . The novel is notable for its depiction of students attending a film , a lightly fictionalized representation of the Nugget Theater in Hanover , NH which had opened in 1916 . Marks and his book remained popular on college campuses for several years after the book 's publication . Students -- including humorist S. J. Perelman -- protested his release and a satire of the book , titled , `` The Plastered Age , '' by E.Z. Mark , was produced on campus ; but to no avail . Marks left academia for many years and devoted his time to writing books . In 1928 , under the title Red Lips , the novel was again adapted into a film . This remake starred Charles `` Buddy '' Rogers , who had just co-starred with Clara Bow in a different film , Wings , the previous year . The Plastic Age was last reprinted in 1980 , in a series subtitled `` Lost American Fiction , '' from Southern Illinois University Press . |
The_Office_(U.S._season_4) | The fourth season of the American television comedy The Office premiered in the United States on NBC on September 27 , 2007 , and concluded on May 15 , 2008 . The season consisted of 9 half-hour episodes , and 5 hour-long episodes to comprise the 19 total episodes of material created . The Office is an American adaptation of the British TV series of the same name , and is presented in a mockumentary format , portraying the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton , Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company . The season was interrupted and shortened due to the effects of the 2007 -- 2008 Writers Guild of America strike , in which the writers and some actors of The Office went on strike ; although 30 half-hour episodes had been ordered , only 19 were actually filmed . Several of the finished episodes were condensed into hour-long episodes , resulting in only 14 episodes being aired . Season four marked the departure of Karen Filippelli ( Rashida Jones ) as a regular character , although she appeared for a few seconds in the first episode , `` Fun Run '' and in the sixth episode , `` Branch Wars '' , as the regional manager of the Utica branch . Relationships again emerged as the main theme of the season , with Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski ) and Pam Beesly 's ( Jenna Fischer ) rising , and Michael Scott ( Steve Carell ) and Jan Levinson 's ( Melora Hardin ) , as well as Dwight Schrute ( Rainn Wilson ) and Angela Martin 's ( Angela Kinsey ) declining . Technology was another prevalent theme as the office staff struggled with initiatives introduced by Ryan Howard ( B. J. Novak ) to modernize the company . The fourth season of The Office aired on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. ( Eastern ) in the United States . The season marked a slight drop in ratings compared to the previous two seasons . Critical reception to the season continued to be largely positive . The season was released on DVD by Universal Studios Home Entertainment in a four-disc box set in the Region 1 area on September 2 , 2008 . The DVD set contains all 19 episodes , as well as commentaries from creators , writers , actors , and directors on some of the episodes . It also contains deleted scenes from all of the episodes , as well as bloopers and other promos . |
The_Naked_Gun_2½:_The_Smell_of_Fear | The Naked Gun 2 1/2 : The Smell of Fear is a 1991 comedy film . It is the sequel to the 1988 film The Naked Gun : From the Files of Police Squad ! and the second installment in The Naked Gun film series . The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt. Frank Drebin of Police Squad ! . Priscilla Presley plays the role of Jane , with O.J. Simpson as Nordberg and George Kennedy as police captain Ed Hocken . The film also features Robert Goulet ( who previously made a `` special guest star '' appearance on Police Squad ! ) as the villainous Quentin Hapsburg and Richard Griffiths as renewable fuel advocate Dr. Albert S. Meinheimer ( as well as his evil double , Earl Hacker ) . Zsa Zsa Gabor , Mel Tormé and members of the Chicago Bears have cameo roles . David Zucker returns from the first entry as director and screenwriter of the film . Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker serve as executive producers for the film and receive writing credit due to their contributions to the first entry of the series and the Police Squad ! television series . However , neither contributed to the screenplay for the film . |
The_Colosseum_at_Caesars_Palace | The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is a theatre located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas , Nevada . The theatre is the main entertainment venue for Caesars Palace . Deemed the Home of the Greatest Entertainers in the World , the theatre hosts numerous residency shows by Celine Dion , Elton John , Rod Stewart , Cher , Bette Midler , Shania Twain and Mariah Carey . Celine Dion has had the longest residency at the venue , grossing a total of $ 650 million since her arrival . She also performed her record-breaking 1000th show at the venue on October 8 , 2016 . The venue has an estimated seating capacity of 4,296 and is inspired by the architecture of ancient Rome along with aspects of contemporary architecture . The cost of the theatre totaled $ 108 million , becoming the most expensive entertainment venue in Las Vegas , beating the `` O '' Theatre at the Bellagio Las Vegas . |
The_Screamers | The Screamers were an American electropunk group founded in 1975 . They were among the first wave of the L.A. punk rock scene . The Los Angeles Times applied the label `` techno-punk '' to the band in 1978 . In the documentary Punk : Attitude ( 2005 ) , the Dead Kennedys cite the Screamers as a key influence on their group and as one of the great unrecorded groups in rock history . The Screamers were noted for unusual instrumentation , featuring synthesizer ( ARP Odyssey ) and electric piano ( Fender Rhodes ) . Additional musicians , including violinists and a female vocalist , were occasionally incorporated into their performances . The group featured a theatrical presentation that centered on manic lead vocalist , Tomata du Plenty . DuPlenty and Tommy Gear , a keyboard player and vocalist , were the band 's principal songwriters . |
The_Good_Place | The Good Place is an American fantasy comedy television series created by Mike Schur . It premiered on September 19 , 2016 on NBC . The series focuses on Eleanor Shellstrop ( Kristen Bell ) , a recently deceased young woman who wakes up in the afterlife and is sent by Michael ( Ted Danson ) to `` The Good Place '' , a heaven-like utopia he designed , in reward for her righteous life . However , she quickly realizes that she was sent there by mistake , and must hide her morally imperfect behavioral past and present . William Jackson Harper , Jameela Jamil , and Manny Jacinto co-star as other residents of the Good Place , together with D'Arcy Carden as an artificial being helping the inhabitants . The Good Place has received critical acclaim since its premiere , with many praising its performances , writing , originality , setting , and tone . On January 30 , 2017 , NBC renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes . |
The_Ultimate_Fighter_2 | The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter . The season featured a heavyweight and a welterweight division , with 9 fighters initially in each division . The UFC coaches for this season were welterweight and middleweight champions Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin . Season 1 coach and former UFC champion Randy Couture hosted and designed the team challenge segments , which if won would allow the winning team to pair a fighter from their team against another in elimination matches . The finale aired on November 5 , 2005 , and it set a ratings record for the UFC with a 2.0 overall rating . This season featured no coaches ' fight because Hughes and Franklin had refused to fight each other , owing to their friendship . Although released on DVD in 2005 , it has been set for re-release on September 18 , 2007 . For many years , Season 2 was the only season where all fights that took place were considered as professional MMA bouts by the Nevada State Athletic Commission . However , this has recently been changed and they are now considered to be exhibition bouts . |
The_ECW_Originals | The ECW Originals were a professional wrestling stable that has made appearances in various wrestling promotions , such as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , and most famously WWE . The name of the stable derives from their affiliation with the original independent Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion , with `` ECW Originals '' being wrestlers who first came to prominence during the first ECW 's run . Members of the ECW Originals faction have held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship , Television Championship , and World Tag Team Championship during their tenure with the original company . In July 2010 , the group debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the name EV 2.0 ( EV being an abbreviation for Extreme Violence ) . However , the ECW Originals reunion was implied and never billed , due to WWE owning ECW trademarks and other properties . |
The_Living_Daylights | The Living Daylights ( 1987 ) is the fifteenth entry in the James Bond film series and the first to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond . Directed by John Glen , the film 's title is taken from Ian Fleming 's short story `` The Living Daylights '' . It was the last film to use the title of an Ian Fleming story until the 2006 instalment Casino Royale . The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli , his stepson Michael G. Wilson , and his daughter , Barbara Broccoli . The Living Daylights was generally well received by most critics and was also a financial success , grossing $ 191.2 million worldwide . |
The_Shock_Doctrine | The Shock Doctrine : The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a 2007 book by the Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein . In the book , Klein argues that neoliberal free market policies ( as advocated by the economist Milton Friedman ) have risen to prominence in some developed countries because of a deliberate strategy of `` shock therapy '' . This centers on the exploitation of national crises to push through controversial policies while citizens are too emotionally and physically distracted by disasters or upheavals to mount an effective resistance . The book suggests that some man-made events , such as the Iraq War , were undertaken with the intention of pushing through such unpopular policies in their wake . Some reviewers criticized the book for making what they viewed as simplifications of political phenomena , while others lauded it as a compelling and important work . The Shock Doctrine is the basis of a 2009 documentary by the same name directed by Michael Winterbottom . |
The_End_(The_X-Files) | `` The End '' is the 20th and final episode of the fifth season , and 117th overall of the science fiction television series The X-Files . The episode first aired in the United States and Canada on May 17 , 1998 . `` The End '' subsequently aired in the United Kingdom on March 17 , 1999 on BBC One . The episode was written by executive producer Chris Carter , and directed by R. W. Goodwin . `` The End '' earned a Nielsen household rating of 11.9 , being watched by 18.76 million people in its initial broadcast . The episode received mixed to positive reviews from television critics . The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny ) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson ) who work on cases linked to the paranormal , called X-Files . Mulder is a believer in the paranormal , while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work . In this episode , the assassination of a chess grandmaster leads Mulder and Scully into an investigation that they soon discover strikes at the heart of the X-Files ; they learn that the real target was a telepathic boy named Gibson Praise . The episode was originally supposed to be the series finale for the show , allowing the series to evolve into a film franchise following the release of the 1998 movie . However , the series proved too profitable for Fox and a sixth season was ordered . The episode would be the last to be filmed in Vancouver : production for the subsequent seasons moved to Los Angeles , California . `` The End '' features the first appearance of what would become the recurring character of Diana Fowley , portrayed by Mimi Rogers . As a season finale , it created loose ends for both the feature film and the subsequent season opener , `` The Beginning '' . |
The_Three_Musketeers_(1933_serial) | The Three Musketeers is a 1933 American Pre-Code film serial produced by Mascot Pictures which updates Dumas ' The Three Musketeers by setting the story in contemporary North Africa . The Musketeers are soldiers in the French Foreign Legion , and D'Artagnan ( renamed Lt. Tom Wayne and played by John Wayne ) , is a pilot in the United States military . The supporting cast features Raymond Hatton , Francis X. Bushman , Jr. , Lon Chaney , Jr. and Noah Beery , Jr. . The serial is in the public domain . In 1946 Republic Pictures edited the serial into a feature film called Desert Command . |
The_Very_Best_of_Elton_John | The Very Best of Elton John is a greatest hits compilation album by Elton John , released in October 1990 . His first career-retrospective album , and fourth official greatest-hits album overall , it was released in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe , and in other countries such as Japan and Australia , but not in the United States , where the box set To Be Continued ... was released the following month instead . The album spans his second album Elton John in 1970 to the successful then most-recent 1989 album Sleeping with the Past . After the huge hit that was the double A-sided `` Sacrifice/Healing Hands '' single , which was the third best-selling single of 1990 in the United Kingdom , the album became an instant smash in that country . It spent its first two weeks at # 1 and then nine strong weeks at # 2 . It was kept from the top during all nine weeks by Madonna 's Immaculate Collection '' . In all the album spent 145 weeks inside the UK top 200 album chart , making a total of 11 re-entries , and it was certified 9 × Platinum by the BPI on 1 March 1995 . It includes a total of 28 hit singles plus the new songs `` Easier to Walk Away '' and `` You Got ta Love Someone '' , which also made the charts between 1990 and 1991 . The release also spawned a music video compilation , which was originally released on both laserdisc and VHS , and reissued on DVD . |
Theory_of_everything_(philosophy) | In philosophy , a theory of everything or ToE is an ultimate , all-encompassing explanation or description of nature or reality . Adopting the term from physics , where the search for a theory of everything is ongoing , philosophers have discussed the viability of the concept and analyzed its properties and implications . Among the questions to be addressed by a philosophical theory of everything are : `` Why is reality understandable ? '' `` Why are the laws of nature as they are ? '' `` Why is there anything at all ? '' |
The_Return_of_the_Musketeers | The Return of the Musketeers is a 1989 film adaptation loosely based on the novel Twenty Years After ( 1845 ) by Alexandre Dumas . It is the third Musketeers film directed by Richard Lester , following 1973 's The Three Musketeers and 1974 's The Four Musketeers . Like the other two films , the screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser . The character of Mordaunt , Milady de Winter 's son in the original novel , is replaced by Milady 's daughter , called Justine de Winter . Several cast members from the first two reprised their roles in this one . Jean-Pierre Cassel , who played Louis XIII in the original films , has a cameo appearance as Cyrano de Bergerac . While filming was taking place in September 1988 , character actor Roy Kinnear died following an on-camera accident in which he fell off a horse . His role was completed by using a stand-in , filmed from the rear , and dubbed-in lines from a voice artist . |
The_Doctor's_Wife | `` The Doctor 's Wife '' is the fourth episode of the sixth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who , which was broadcast on 14 May 2011 in the United Kingdom , and later the same day in the United States . It was written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Richard Clark . In the episode , alien time traveller the Doctor ( Matt Smith ) and his companions Amy Pond ( Karen Gillan ) and Rory Williams ( Arthur Darvill ) receive a distress call from a living Time Lord , though all other members of the Doctor 's race were thought to be extinct . However , they discover that the call was bait to lure the Doctor to an asteroid outside the universe , where previously the energy of Time Lords ' TARDISes has been consumed by an entity called the House ( voiced by Michael Sheen ) . The matrix of the Doctor 's TARDIS is removed and placed in the body of a woman named Idris ( Suranne Jones ) , who proceeds to help them escape . `` The Doctor 's Wife '' was originally intended to be produced as part of the previous series , but was pushed back due to budget constraints . Gaiman revised the script many times , having to add and remove characters and events as production saw fit . The episode was filmed in the autumn of 2010 and featured a makeshift TARDIS control room which was the design from a winner of a contest on the children 's programme Blue Peter . The episode was seen by 7.97 million viewers in the UK and was met with positive reviews from critics . The episode won the 2011 Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation , Short Form . |
The_Envy_Corps | The Envy Corps are an American alternative rock band from Ames , Iowa . The band are known for their atmospheric-meets-pop sound , attracting comparisons to Radiohead , Doves , New Order , Dinosaur Jr. , and Modest Mouse . Its members are Brandon Darner ( guitar ) , Micah Natera ( keyboards , guitar ) , Luke Pettipoole ( vocals , guitar , piano ) and Scott Yoshimura ( drums ) . In a review of their critically acclaimed 2011 release It Culls You , Christina Smart of Examiner.com called the Envy Corps `` the best band you 've never heard of . '' |
The_Dante_Club | The Dante Club is a mystery novel by Matthew Pearl and his debut work , set amidst a series of murders in the American Civil War era . It also concerns a club of poets , including such historical figures as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , Oliver Wendell Holmes , Sr. , and James Russell Lowell , who are translating Dante Alighieri 's Divine Comedy from Italian into English and who notice parallels between the murders and the punishments detailed in Dante 's Inferno . The work reached the top of several best-seller lists , including Borders , Washington Post , and Boston Globe , and also appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List . The plot is largely fictional , although the main characters are real , including many of their biographical details . Supporting and background characters are mostly fictional , as are those directly involved with the murders . |
The_Vampire_Diaries_(season_1) | The Vampire Diaries is an American supernatural horror romance television series created by Kevin Williamson based on the novels of the same name by author L. J. Smith . It was officially picked up for the 2009 -- 10 season on May 19 , 2009 . It premiered on September 10 , 2009 , on The CW and received the highest ratings for a series premiere in the networks history scoring 4.91 million live viewers . The series focuses on the fictional town of Mystic Falls , Virginia , that is charged with supernatural history . It follows Elena Gilbert portrayed by Nina Dobrev as she begins to get over her parents ' death and two vampire brothers , Stefan and Damon Salvatore , portrayed by Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder , respectively . Kayla Ewell portrayed Vicki Donovan for the first seven episodes until her character was killed off . Matt Davis was later cast as a history teacher in a recurring role to fill the void . He was later upgraded to series regular status . The season concluded on May 13 , 2010 , comprising 22 episodes . |
The_Dead_Good | The Dead Good is a German-Italian alternative rock duo from Los Angeles , consisting of the musician Isabella Knight ( vocals ) and Sonny Lanegan ( guitar , vocals , drums ) best known currently for their debut EP `` Thirteen Polaroids '' ( 2013 ) . The debut EP was released on the platform Bandcamp and `` Thirteen Polaroids '' peaked at chart position 9 . The first song of the EP , `` Junk Nation '' was chosen by the production company The Asylum for the opening credits of the movie 13/13/13 , which premiered in October 2013 . Also the song `` Saw , Drills and Glue Guns '' was chosen for the movie Mercenaries starring Zoë Bell , Vivica A. Fox , Kristanna Loken and Brigitte Nielsen . The movie will premiere at San Diego Comic-Con International on July 25 , 2014 . The photographs for the EP booklet by photographer Sven Dreesbach were presented at the MOPLA photo exhibition 2013 and at the Paris Photo exhibition in 2014 . Due to the personal life and pregnancy of singer Isabella Knight , the ex-wife of Quentin Tarantino actor Omar Doom , the band decided to postpone their planned tour for 2013 . The band 's first music video `` Crush '' was directed by Kelly Fitzgerald with filming locations in Downtown Los Angeles and premiered in October 2014 . Currently , the band is working on their first full-length album . |
The_Man_Who_Killed_Don_Quixote | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is an upcoming fantasy-adventure-comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam and Tony Grisoni , loosely based on the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes . It is widely recognized as one of the most infamous examples of development hell in film history , with Gilliam unsuccessfully attempting to make the film a total of eight times over the span of nineteen years . Pre-production of the film first started in 1998 , with a budget of $ 32.1 million without American financing , with Jean Rochefort as Quixote , Johnny Depp as Toby Grisoni , a 21st-century marketing executive thrown back through time , and Vanessa Paradis as the female lead . Shooting began in 2000 in Navarre , but a significant number of difficulties such as set and equipment destroyed by flooding , the departure of Rochefort due to illness , problems obtaining insurance for the production , and other financial difficulties , led to a sudden suspension of the production and its subsequent cancellation . The original production was the subject of the documentary film Lost in La Mancha , which was intended to be the making-of the film but was released on its own in 2002 . Gilliam made repeated attempts to relaunch production between 2005 and 2015 , which included the likes of Robert Duvall , Michael Palin , and John Hurt as Quixote , and Depp , Ewan McGregor , and Jack O'Connell as Grisoni , but all ended up being cancelled for various reasons , such as failing to secure funds , Depp 's busy schedule and eventual loss of interest in the project , and Hurt being diagnosed with cancer ( which would eventually result in his death ) . Gilliam announced during the 2016 Cannes Film Festival that the film would finally start shooting in October 2016 , with Palin as Quixote , Adam Driver as Grisoni , and Olga Kurylenko as the female lead . Production was abandoned yet again when producer Paulo Branco was unable to secure funds ; however , in March 2017 , it was reported that the film had finally started filming for the first time in 17 years , with Jonathan Pryce as Quixote , and Driver still attached as Grisoni . |
The_Return_(The_Vampire_Diaries) | `` The Return '' is the premiere episode of the second season of The CW television series , The Vampire Diaries and the 23rd episode of the series overall . It originally aired on September 9 , 2010 . The episode was written by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec and directed by J. Miller Tobin . |
The_Iron_Mask | The Iron Mask is a 1929 American part-talkie adventure film directed by Allan Dwan . It is an adaptation of the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas , père , which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask . |
The_Love_Experience | The Love Experience is the debut studio album by American singer Raheem DeVaughn , released June 28 , 2005 by Jive Records . The singles from this album were `` Guess Who Loves You More '' , `` Believe '' and `` You '' . Netting sales of 250,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan , the album reached No. 9 on Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums and No. 46 on the Billboard 200 . A Go-Go Version of the song `` Sweet Tooth '' was recorded by Rare Essence . `` You '' is featured on Grand Theft Auto IV 's fictional Soul/R & B radio station The Vibe 98.8 . The album cover was photographed by Daniel Hastings , who was known primarily for his work on seminal 1990 's East Coast hip hop albums . |
The_Vampire_Diaries_(novel_series) | The Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels created by L. J. Smith . The story centers on Elena Gilbert , a young high school girl who finds her heart eventually torn between two vampire brothers , Stefan and Damon Salvatore . |
The_Last_Waltz_(1934_film) | The Last Waltz ( German : Der letzte Walzer ) is a 1934 German operetta film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Ernst Dumcke , Max Gülstorff and Iván Petrovich . It is based on the 1920 operetta The Last Waltz by Oscar Straus . It was remade in English in 1936 . |
The_Italian_Job_(2003_film) | The Italian Job is a 2003 American heist film directed by F. Gary Gray , written by Wayne and Donna Powers and produced by Donald DeLine . The film stars Mark Wahlberg , Charlize Theron , Jason Statham , Edward Norton , Seth Green , Mos Def and Donald Sutherland . It is an American remake of the 1969 British film of the same name , and is about a team of thieves who plan to steal gold from a former associate who double-crossed them . Despite the shared title , the plot and characters of this film differ from those of its source material ; Gray described the film as `` an homage to the original . '' Most of the film was shot on location in Venice and Los Angeles , where canals and streets , respectively , were temporarily shut down during principal photography . Distributed by Paramount Pictures , The Italian Job was theatrically released in the United States on May 30 , 2003 , and grossed over $ 176 million worldwide . Critical response was generally positive , with publications highlighting the action sequences . A sequel , The Brazilian Job , has reportedly been in development since 2004 , but has yet to be produced as of 2017 . |
The_Trial_(1962_film) | The Trial is a 1962 film directed by Orson Welles , who also wrote the screenplay based on the novel of the same name by Franz Kafka . Filmed in Europe , Welles stated immediately after completing the film : `` The Trial is the best film I have ever made . '' The film begins with Welles narrating Kafka 's parable `` Before the Law '' to pinscreen scenes created by the artist Alexandre Alexeieff . Anthony Perkins stars as Josef K. , a bureaucrat who is accused of a never-specified crime , and Jeanne Moreau , Romy Schneider , and Elsa Martinelli play women who become involved in various ways in Josef 's trial and life . Welles plays the Advocate , Josef 's lawyer and the film 's principal antagonist . The Trial has grown in reputation over the years , and some critics , including Roger Ebert , have called it a masterpiece . It is often praised for its scenic design and cinematography , the latter of which includes disorienting camera angles and unconventional use of focus . |
The_Rocky_Horror_Show | The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music , lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien . A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late 1940s through to the early 1970s , the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite scientist , Dr Frank N. Furter , unveiling his new creation , a sort of Frankenstein-style monster in the form of an artificially made , fully grown , physically perfect muscle man named Rocky Horror , complete `` with blond hair and a tan '' . Produced and directed by Jim Sharman , the original London production of the musical premiered at the Royal Court Theatre ( Upstairs ) on 19 June 1973 ( after 2 previews on the 16 and 18 June 1973 ) before moving to several other locations in London and closing on 13 September 1980 , running for a total of 2,960 performances and winning the 1973 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical . Its 1974 debut in the US in Los Angeles had a successful nine-month run but its 1975 Broadway debut at the Belasco Theatre lasted only three previews and forty five showings despite earning one Tony nomination and three Drama Desk nominations . Various international productions have since spanned across six continents as well as West End and Broadway revivals and eight UK tours . Actor Tim Curry , who originated the role of Dr Frank N. Furter in the original London production , became particularly associated with the musical . The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a powerful musical that sparked a cult movement through its movie musical adaptation . Rocky Horror 's magnetic power not only drew audiences in and kept them coming back for more but also roused them to blur the boundaries between stage and audience through audience pantomime . This allowed audiences to enter the fantasy and ritual of the world . Rocky Horror brings together people from all walks of life and through its compelling attraction explores , in the spirit of glam rock , the liberation from normative heterosexuality , celebration of androgyny and queer sexual awakenings . The musical was adapted into the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show , starring O'Brien as Riff Raff , with Curry also reprising his role , which has the longest-running release in film history . In 2016 it was adapted into the television film The Rocky Horror Picture Show : Let 's Do the Time Warp Again . The musical was ranked eighth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the `` Nation 's Number One Essential Musicals '' . |
The_Golden_Road_(1965–1973) | The Golden Road ( 1965 -- 1973 ) is a twelve-CD boxed set retrospect of the Grateful Dead 's studio and live albums during their time with Warner Bros. . Records from 1965 to 1973 . After 1973 , the band went on to create its own label , Grateful Dead Records . This compilation includes expanded and remastered versions of all of the albums during the bands time on contract with Warner Bros. . Also included are numerous studio outtake and live tracks . In 2003 these bonus tracks were appended to the individual releases of the respective albums , and the first two discs ( i.e. Birth of the Dead ) were also given independent release . For more information , see the individual album pages . The albums included in the set are Birth of the Dead , The Grateful Dead , Anthem of the Sun , Aoxomoxoa , Workingman 's Dead , American Beauty , Live/Dead , Grateful Dead , Europe ' 72 , and History of the Grateful Dead , Volume One ( Bear 's Choice ) . |
The_Eminem_Show | The Eminem Show is the fourth studio album by American rapper Eminem , released on May 26 , 2002 by Aftermath Entertainment , Shady Records , and Interscope Records . The Eminem Show includes the commercially successful singles `` Without Me '' , `` Cleanin ' Out My Closet '' , `` Superman '' , and `` Sing for the Moment '' . The Eminem Show reached number one in 19 countries , including Australia , Canada , the United Kingdom and the United States , and was the best-selling album of 2002 in the United States , with 7.6 million copies sold . Since its release in 2002 the album has sold 11,600,000 copies in the United States and over 30 million copies worldwide . At the 2003 Grammy Awards , it was nominated for Album of the Year and became Eminem 's third record in four years to win the award for Best Rap Album . On March 7 , 2011 , the album was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America , making it Eminem 's second album to do so in the United States . |
Thomas_Babington | Thomas Babington ( 18 December 1758 -- 21 November 1837 ) was an English philanthropist and politician . He was a member of the Clapham Sect , alongside more famous abolitionists such as William Wilberforce and Hannah More . An active anti-slavery campaigner , he had reservations about the participation of women associations in the movement . He was the eldest son of Thomas Babington of Rothley Temple , Leicestershire from whom he inherited Rothley and other land in Leicestershire in 1776 . He was part of the Babington family . He was educated at Rugby School and St John 's College , Cambridge where he met William Wilberforce and other prominent anti-slavery agitators . In 1787 he married Jean Macaulay , sister of Zachary Macaulay , a leader of the anti-slavery movement in the early 19th century . Babington was an evangelical Christian of independent means who devoted himself to a number of good causes . He offered to pay half the cost of smallpox inoculation for people in Rothley in 1784-5 . He set up a local Friendly Society to purchase corn for sale to the poor at a lower price to improve the lives and diet of his estate workers . Trusts he set up to provide housing in local villages still exist today . He supported moves to extend voting rights to more people . He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1780 and MP for Leicester from 1800 to 1818 . He died at Rothley Temple in 1837 at the age of 78 , and is buried in the chapel there . His nephew was Thomas Babington Macaulay . |
The_Terminal | The Terminal is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones . It is about a man who becomes trapped in New York 's John F. Kennedy Airport terminal when he is denied entry into the United States and at the same time can not return to his native country because of a military coup . The film is partially inspired by the 18-year stay of Mehran Karimi Nasseri in Terminal 1 of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport , France , from 1988 to 2006 . |
The_Odyssey_(miniseries) | The Odyssey is a 1997 American fantasy -- adventure television miniseries based on the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer , The Odyssey . Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky , the miniseries aired in two-parts beginning on May 18 , 1997 on NBC . The series won the award for `` Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special '' . It was filmed in Malta , Turkey , parts of England , and many other places around the Mediterranean , where the story takes place . The cast includes Armand Assante , Greta Scacchi , Irene Papas , Isabella Rossellini , Bernadette Peters , Eric Roberts , Christopher Lee , and Vanessa Williams . |
The_Pointy_End | `` The Pointy End '' is the eighth episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones . First aired on June 5 , 2011 , the episode was directed by Daniel Minahan and written by George R. R. Martin , the author of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels on which the show is based . The plot covers the aftermath of Eddard Stark 's capture . While the Lannisters seek to capture his daughters , his son and heir , Robb , raises an army in the North . Meanwhile , Daenerys witnesses a Dothraki raid on a peaceful village , and Jon Snow faces a new threat at the Wall . The episode 's title refers to the sword fighting lesson that Jon gave to Arya before their farewell : `` Stick them with the pointy end . '' The episode was well received by critics , who praised Martin 's adaptation of his own work as well as the actors ' performances . It was dedicated to Ralph Vicinanza , an executive producer who died of natural causes . In the United States , the episode achieved a viewership of 2.72 million in its initial broadcast . The episode garnered an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Costumes for a Series , but lost to The Borgias . |
Theon_Greyjoy | Theon Greyjoy is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . Theon is the son and heir of Balon Greyjoy , taken as a ward by Lord Eddard Stark following Balon 's failed rebellion . Introduced in 1996 's A Game of Thrones , Theon is the son of Balon Greyjoy from the kingdom of Westeros . He subsequently appeared in A Clash of Kings ( 1998 ) and A Dance with Dragons ( 2011 ) . He is one of the major third person points-of-view through which Martin narrates both books . Theon is portrayed by Alfie Allen in the HBO television adaptation . |
Theatre_of_the_Absurd | The Theatre of the Absurd ( théâtre de l'absurde -LSB- teɑtʁ də lapsyʁd -RSB- ) is a post -- World War II designation for particular plays of absurdist fiction written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1950s , as well as one for the style of theatre which has evolved from their work . Their work focused largely on the idea of existentialism and expressed what happens when human existence has no meaning or purpose and therefore all communication breaks down , in fact alerting their audiences to pursue the opposite . Logical construction and argument gives way to irrational and illogical speech and to its ultimate conclusion , silence . Critic Martin Esslin coined the term in his 1962 essay `` Theatre of the Absurd . '' He related these plays based on a broad theme of the Absurd , similar to the way Albert Camus uses the term in his 1942 essay , The Myth of Sisyphus . The Absurd in these plays takes the form of man 's reaction to a world apparently without meaning , and/or man as a puppet controlled or menaced by invisible outside forces . This style of writing was first popularized by the 1952 Samuel Beckett play Waiting for Godot . Though the term is applied to a wide range of plays , some characteristics coincide in many of the plays : broad comedy , often similar to vaudeville , mixed with horrific or tragic images ; characters caught in hopeless situations forced to do repetitive or meaningless actions ; dialogue full of clichés , wordplay , and nonsense ; plots that are cyclical or absurdly expansive ; either a parody or dismissal of realism and the concept of the `` well-made play '' . These plays were shaped by the political turmoil , scientific breakthrough , and social upheaval going on in the world around the playwrights during these times . While absurdists believed that living in general and everything else that one does while in the living state is absurd , they also believed that death and the `` after life '' were equally absurd if not more , and that whether people live or not all of their actions are pointless and everything will lead to the same end ( hence the repetitiveness in many of these absurdist plays ) . In his 1965 book , Absurd Drama , Esslin wrote : The Theatre of the Absurd attacks the comfortable certainties of religious or political orthodoxy . It aims to shock its audience out of complacency , to bring it face to face with the harsh facts of the human situation as these writers see it . But the challenge behind this message is anything but one of despair . It is a challenge to accept the human condition as it is , in all its mystery and absurdity , and to bear it with dignity , nobly , responsibly ; precisely there are no easy solutions to the mysteries of existence , because ultimately man is alone in a meaningless world . The shedding of easy solutions , of comforting illusions , may be painful , but it leaves behind it a sense of freedom and relief . And that is why , in the last resort , the Theatre of the Absurd does not provoke tears of despair but the laughter of liberation.Playwrights commonly associated with the Theatre of the Absurd include Samuel Beckett , Eugène Ionesco , Jean Genet , Harold Pinter , Luigi Pirandello , Tom Stoppard , Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Miguel Mihura , Alejandro Jodorowsky , Fernando Arrabal , Václav Havel , Edward Albee , Malay Roy Choudhury , Tadeusz Różewicz , Sławomir Mrożek , N.F. Simpson and Badal Sarkar . |
The_Dictator_(1915_film) | The Dictator is a 1915 American silent comedy film directed by Oscar Eagle and reputedly Edwin S. Porter . It was based on a play The Dictator by Richard Harding Davis and produced by Adolph Zukor ( Famous Players Film Company ) and the Charles Frohman Company . John Barrymore stars in a role played on the stage by William Collier , Sr. whose company Barrymore had performed in this play . The film was rereleased on April 13 , 1919 as part of the Paramount `` Success Series '' of their early screen successes . The story was refilmed in 1922 as The Dictator starring Wallace Reid . Today the film is lost . |
The_Life_of_Emile_Zola | The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 American biographical film about French author Émile Zola , played by Paul Muni and directed by William Dieterle . It has the distinction of being the second biographical film to win the Oscar for Best Picture . It premiered at the Los Angeles Carthay Circle Theatre to great success both critically and financially . Contemporary reviews cited it the best biographical film made up to that time . In 2000 , it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . |
The_Manchurian_Candidate_(1962_film) | The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American black and white neo-noir Cold War suspense thriller , scripted by George Axelrod , from the Richard Condon novel , produced by Axelrod and John Frankenheimer , directed by Frankenheimer , and starring Frank Sinatra , Laurence Harvey , and Janet Leigh ; co-starring are Angela Lansbury , Henry Silva , and James Gregory . The screenplay by Axelrod is largely based on the 1959 novel The Manchurian Candidate by Condon . The Manchurian Candidate concerns the brainwashing of the son of a prominent right-wing political family , who becomes an unwitting assassin in an international communist conspiracy . The film was released in the United States on October 24 , 1962 , at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis . It was well-received and was nominated for two Academy Awards . The Manchurian Candidate was selected in 1994 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . |
The_Next_of_Kin | The Next of Kin , also known as Next of Kin , is a 1942 Second World War propaganda film produced by Ealing Studios . The film was originally commissioned by the British War Office as a training film to promote the government propaganda message that `` Careless talk costs lives '' . After being taken on by Ealing Studios , the project was expanded and given a successful commercial release . After the war and up until at least the mid 1960s , services in British Commonwealth countries continued to use The Next of Kin as part of security training . |
The_Mask | The Mask is a Dark Horse comic book series created by writer Mike Richardson , the artist Mark Badger , John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke . The series follows a magical mask which imbues the wearer with reality-bending powers and physical imperviousness , as well as bypassing the wearer 's psychological inhibitions . It was adapted into the 1994 film The Mask , starring Jim Carrey , which was followed by an animated television series voiced by Rob Paulsen and a stand-alone sequel made in 2005 , Son of the Mask . |
The_Window_(film) | The Window is a 1949 American black-and-white suspense film noir , based on the short story `` The Boy Cried Murder '' ( reprinted as `` Fire Escape '' ) by Cornell Woolrich about a lying boy who suspects that his neighbors are killers . The film , which was a critical success , was produced by Frederic Ullman , Jr. for $ 210,000 but earned much more , making it a box office hit for RKO Pictures . The film was directed by Ted Tetzlaff , who worked as a cinematographer on over 100 films , including another successful suspense film , Alfred Hitchcock 's Notorious ( 1946 ) . |
The_Cigarette_Papers | The Cigarette Papers is a 1996 non-fiction book by Stanton A. Glantz ( editor ) , John Slade ( editor ) , Lisa A. Bero ( editor ) , Peter Hanauer ( editor ) , Deborah E. Barnes ( editor ) , and C. Everett Koop ( Foreword ) , analyzing leaked documents that for the first time proved `` tobacco companies had long known the grave dangers of smoking , and did nothing about it . '' In May 1994 , 4,000 pages of internal tobacco industry documents were sent to the office of Professor Stanton Glantz , a well-known anti-smoking activist , at the University of California , San Francisco . The source of these `` cigarette papers '' was identified only as Mr. Butts . The documents provide an inside look at the internal activities of American tobacco company , Brown & Williamson , over more than 30 years . |
Theater_auf_der_Wieden | The Theater auf der Wieden , also called the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden or the Wiednertheater , was a theater located in the then-suburban Wieden district of Vienna in the late 18th century . It existed for only 14 years ( 1787 -- 1801 ) , but during this time it was the venue for the premiere of no fewer than 350 theatrical works , of which the most celebrated was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's opera The Magic Flute . During most of this period the director of the theater was Emanuel Schikaneder , remembered today as librettist and impresario of The Magic Flute . |
The_Shakespeare_Code | `` The Shakespeare Code '' is the second episode of the third series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It was broadcast on BBC One on 7 April 2007 . According to the BARB figures this episode was seen by 7.23 million viewers and was the fifth most popular broadcast on British television in that week . Originally titled `` Love 's Labour 's Won '' , the episode was re-titled as a reference to The Da Vinci Code . The Tenth Doctor takes Martha Jones on her first trip in the TARDIS . Arriving in Elizabethan England , they meet William Shakespeare , who is writing his play Love 's Labour 's Won . However , evil , witch-like Carrionites plot to end the world by placing a code in the new play 's closing dialogue . Shakespeare will have to give the performance of his life in order to save the Earth . |
The_Good_Son_(film) | The Good Son is a 1993 American psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by English novelist Ian McEwan . The film stars Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood . |
The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_2 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ( also known as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 ) is a 1986 American dark comedy slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper and serves as a sequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , also directed and co-written by Hooper . It was written by L. M. Kit Carson and produced by Carson , Yoram Globus , Menahem Golan and Hooper . Starring Dennis Hopper , Caroline Williams , Bill Johnson , Bill Moseley and Jim Siedow , the plot follows a radio host victimized and captured by Leatherface and his cannibalistic family while a former Texas Marshall hunts them down . During its theatrical release , the film grossed $ 8 million against its $ 4.7 million budget and became popular on home video . Despite the sequel received a mixed reception from critics and audiences alike ; both positives and negatives referred to its emphasis on black comedy and gore , and departing from the first film 's utilized minimal gore , low-budget vérité style and atmosphere to build tension and fear . Director Tobe Hooper decided to focus on its black comedy as he believed this was present in the first film , but was unacknowledged by viewers because of its gritty content . Despite the mixed reception , the film eventually gained a cult following . |
The_Witch's_Familiar | `` The Witch 's Familiar '' is the second episode of the ninth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It was first broadcast on BBC One on 26 September 2015 . It is written by Steven Moffat and directed by Hettie MacDonald . It is the second part of the story , following `` The Magician 's Apprentice '' . In the pair of episodes , alien time traveller the Doctor ( Peter Capaldi ) battles his old enemies the Daleks and attempts to save his companion Clara Oswald ( Jenna Coleman ) . Julian Bleach and Michelle Gomez reprised their roles as Davros and Missy , the current incarnation of the Master , respectively . The episode received critical acclaim , with many praising Michelle Gomez ' performance as Missy and the interactions between the Doctor and Davros . Several different designs of the Daleks from across the series ' history reappear in the episode , alongside their creator , Davros , and their home planet , Skaro . |
The_Lone_Gunmen | The Lone Gunmen are a trio of fictional characters , Richard `` Ringo '' Langly , Melvin Frohike and John Fitzgerald Byers , who appeared in recurring roles on the American television series The X-Files , and who starred in the short-lived spin-off , The Lone Gunmen . Their name was derived from the Warren Commission 's conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was solely responsible for the assassination of John F. Kennedy . Described as counterculture patriots , they are ardent conspiracy theorists , government watchdogs and computer hackers who frequently assist central X-Files characters Mulder and Scully , though they sometimes have their own adventures . The Lone Gunmen author a news publication called The Lone Gunman ( once referred to as The Magic Bullet Newsletter ; a pejorative reference to the single bullet theory and , like the group 's name , a reference to the Kennedy assassination ) , to which Mulder loyally subscribed . None of them have day jobs ; they rely on financial backers who believe in their cause , and the revenue generated by the subscriptions to their paper . They share a loft apartment where they also work , and use a 1974 -- 79 VW Transporter to commute . |
The_Ultimate_Fighter:_Latin_America_3 | The Ultimate Fighter : Latin America 3 will be an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) - produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter . On May 31 , 2016 the UFC announced that the 16 competitors for the season would be made up of lightweight fighters from various locations around Latin America . The cast consisted of fighters from 9 countries : Bedoya , from Colombia , Castillo , from Nicaragua , Cárdenas and Villaseca , from Chile , Chalo , from Venezuela , Flores , from Bolivia , Puelles , from Peru , Ganin and Rojo , from Argentina , Zamora , from Costa Rica and Bravo , Martínez , Quintanar , Rodríguez , Sabori and Villegas , from Mexico . The coaches for the season are former UFC Light Heavyweight champions Forrest Griffin and Chuck Liddell . Both retired fighters have been coaches on previous The Ultimate Fighter installments . Filming for the season began on May 16 in Buenos Aires , Argentina . |