memory ( also billed as mem - ( o ) - re and memore ) is a 2006 american techno-thriller film written by bennett joshua davlin , and starring billy zane , tricia helfer and terry chen .

memory ( 2006 film )

melodrama and memory in pedro almodóvar’s volver ( 2006 ) , mon 17 june , 6 . 30pm .
melodrama and memory in pedro almodóvar ' s volver ( 2006 ) , mon 17 june , 6 . 30pm . | screen talks
julie christie and gordon pinsent in away from her , sarah polley’s 2006 film about a woman with alzheimer’s . photograph : sportsphoto ltd . / allstar
dyniewicz worked as an accountant for eight years before deciding to become an actor . from 2004 through 2006 he trained at both the american conservatory theater and the cliff osmond studio in san francisco , california . he moved to hollywood in august 2006 .
memory of the camps and other wartime films appears in our collection of 700 free movies online .
ten canoes [ … ] brings me my memory back and my energy . you wake me up . i have to thank you [ rolf ] for it , because you was like this [ … ] ‘hey , come on , get up , you’ll have to bring your memory . ’ but memory gone . ‘here , you’ll have to follow like that then , like the old people , and you can make this one film and bring that memory back ! ’
in 2006 , bafta established in memory of to acknowledge the committed and passionate individuals who worked in the film , games and television industries who have passed away . owing to the number of industry - related obituaries each year , we are unable to provide a definitive list of every person with industry credits who has passed away .
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there ' s an intriguing premise buried in memory . . . [ but ] he execution leaves something to be desired .
ten canoes ( rolf de heer , 2006 ) is australia’s most ambitious and most expensive cross - cultural film project to date . the balanda and the bark canoes ( molly reynolds , tania nehme and rolf de heer , 2006 ) that takes us behind the scenes of this film to provide invaluable insight into the extraordinary processes of collaboration between balanda ( “white - fella” ) , director rolf de heer and the yolngu people of ramingining .
“you have so much film history here , ” he said . “you could have a great film festival here . ”
in addition , atkinson worked as executive producer for the drama second chance ( 2006 ) and more recently as executive producer and production coordinator on the horror thriller foursome ( 2008 ) .
the film ' s last line was uhl ' s memory of eisenheim saying :
everything you have seen is an illusion . it ' s a trick ,
as he laughed to himself at the recollection .
his subsequent film credits have included 2005 ' s me and you and everyone we know ( with ellen geer ) , the moguls ( with steven weber ) , and must love dogs ( with christopher plummer ) and 2006 ' s hollywoodland ( co - starring adrien brody and larry cedar ) . he also played the brother to a character played by maggie gyllenhaal in the 2006 films world trade center ( with jude ciccolella , donna murphy , and tom wright ) and sherrybaby .
on monday 17th june at exeter picturehouse . prof sally faulkner ( associate professor in hispanic studies in the dept of modern languages at the university of exeter ) will introduce v olver ( pedro almodovar , 2006 )
bill paxton at the amc palace in 2007 for the lone star film festival .
due to the nature of the film , it was open to interpretation that the whole film might have been the dream of either cobb , or someone else .
let’s not forget denis johnson in the film of his own work ‘jesus’s son’ .
in the film ' s second epilogue and final scene , nikki was back home in her living room with many characters from the film . she seemed at peace .
the novelist iris murdoch with her husband , john bayley , who became her carer when she succumbed to memory loss and wrote elegy for iris . photograph : robert judges / rex features
. she was also seen briefly in tv spots advertising the film . she is the only
adapting his own novel , [ director ] davlin seems blessedly unaware of how silly his story is , attacking it with such escalating melodramatic fervor that memory rises from the disastrously campy to the bizarrely hypnotic .
in the starring role . storm will next be seen in the role of maginty in the film
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because of his four eyes . the scenes including rura penthe were cut from the final released film .
as a cultural memory in these kids’ heads and ours , ten canoes takes us back to the past not in order to ‘preserve’ it , but to integrate it into the present and thus ensure a yolngu cultural future .
this was lynch ' s first entire digital video film , shot on a handheld sony pd150 recorder . this three hour mystery - horror film was no different than most of lynch ' s other works , although there were general outlines to follow about a doomed film project , adultery , and a possibility of pregnancy :
i grew up in a city that supports the arts . … you have so much film history here .
sally faulkner is associate professor of hispanic studies and film at the university of exeter , where she teaches courses on spanish and european film , spanish literature and spanish language . she has written on almodóvar and melodrama in her most recent book , a history of spanish film : cinema and society 1910 - 2010 ( 2013 )
in memoriam , the feature within our film and television awards brochures given to ceremony guests on the night and published to our website . in memoriam features film and / or television practitioners who have passed away since the previous ceremony . where indiduals are known for both their film and television work , their names will appear in both brochures .
baird made her television debut in a 2004 episode of the drew carey show , starring diedrich bader . she then starred in the short film deep down in florida , after which she had a memorable supporting role in the hit comedy film wedding crasher . ( this film also featured fellow star trek alumni ellen albertini dow and henry gibson . )
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i think of the people i have known and loved who have spent their last years in the hidden land of dementia , from which none return . we come into life with nothing and gradually we build up the vast , rich world of the self : language and knowledge and relationships and belongings and experience and memory and love . above all , memory and love . all of these fall away as the life returns to that state of nothing . when we cannot even say “i am” . when we cannot .
comedic timing stealing many of them . good casting also helps the film eke every ounce of goodness out of the story of
as political movements fade from living memory , they are pummelled and marshalled into neatness . at worst , they become a simple story of good versus evil , with all their agonised debates , bitter personal rivalries and thunderous schisms smoothed out into a easy narrative arc .
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it is not too soon for
united 93 ,
because it is not a film that knows any time has passed since 9 / 11 . the entire story , every detail , is told in the present tense . we know what they know when they know it , and nothing else . nothing about al qaeda , nothing about osama bin laden , nothing about afghanistan or iraq , only events as they unfold . this is a masterful and heartbreaking film , and it does honor to the memory of the victims .
seventy years ago , allied troops invaded germany and liberated nazi death camps . they found unspeakable horrors which still haunt the world’s conscience . frontline presents the world broadcast of a 1945 film made by british and american film crews who were with the troops liberating the camps . the film was directed in part by alfred hitchcock and was broadcast for the first time in its entirety on frontline .
henry roth is a man afraid of commitment up until he meets the beautiful lucy . they hit it off and henry think he ' s finally found the girl of his dreams , until he discovers she has short - term memory loss and forgets him the very next day .
the film ' s open - ended conclusion let the viewer decide whether trent was insane or whether what he experienced was actually reality .
when she was four weeks old . although her scene was deleted from the final cut of the film , it was included on the
director michael bay ' s futuristic action - adventure thriller faced major legal problems when the producers of the low - budget independent film parts : the clonus horror ( 1979 ) filed a legal suit in 2005 ( settled out of court in 2006 ) claiming that the dreamworks / warner bros . production was an unauthorized , cloned , scene - by - scene remake . it also combined elements of thx 1138 ( 1971 ) , logan ' s run ( 1976 ) , and blade runner ( 1982 ) .
as with any david lynch film , making sense of the surrealistic images , unconventional and non - linear plot , overlapping storylines , alternate worlds , hyperlinked events , and changing identities ( doubling of characters as doppelgangers ) can be dubious . even the title of the film was ambiguous , not referring to a region in socal , but something more interior to the psyche . the film ' s main clue was its tagline :
. in the final edit of the film however , her scene was cut . this would have been scene 276 , a scene in which the
however , her scene was deleted from the final cut of the film . in this short scene she portrayed an orion science division crewmember aboard the
henke ' s next film is a comic drama entitled choke , which is set for release in august 2008 . the film screened at the sundance film festival earlier that year , where henke and his three main co - stars ( anjelica huston , kelly macdonald , and sam rockwell ) won the grand jury prize for best work by an ensemble cast . henke ' s other upcoming films include around june and one way to valhalla .
during one of the first run - throughs of the script , a disturbance was heard backstage in the studio - when devon investigated , he saw nikki ' s lurking double seeing herself ( at a later point in the film when she entered an alleyway and a door marked axxon n ) . nikki ran away , into the plain suburban home of another film character named smithy ( character sue ' s husband in the film ? ) .
true , “the notebook” also moved from present to past , and supplied well - timed but unlikely moments when the patient’s mind opened in perfect clarity and memory . but it proposed to be a romance , not a biography . “a song for martin” is about a couple who meet in later life , fall in love passionately , and then have the cloud fall between them . and “memory of a killer” stars jan decleir in an unforgettable performance as an aging belgian hit man who wants to retire , and undertakes one last job in which he fights against the fading of his light to bring about an extraordinary outcome . rent it .
but predictably , the most inventive ideas have appeared on forums , in particular that of lynch ' s own inland empire site . there , posters have mused at length on what the director was intending the film to signify . the permanence of memory ? the future of eastern europe ? his own body of work ? telepathy ? the natures of men and animals ? the terror of one woman ( but not dern ) at the loss of her husband and child ?
at the end of the day , memory is a frustrating movie . there are aspects of it that show a lot of potential , and the ending is legitimately really cool , but it has an overall air of cheese to it and feels utterly cheap . with a really strong cast and a much better director this story could have served as the groundwork for a much better film . it’s just a shame that it was wasted in this less than spectacular final product .
you may have heard the news that the world will soon see
alfred hitchcock ' s unseen holocaust documentary .
that intriguing sounding announcement belies a more complicated reality . this new , restored film draws on footage shot by the british army film unit in nazi concentration camps in 1945 , which was actually released in the mid - 80s , in a film called memory of the camps . this first version , which you can watch above , took nearly forty years to reach the public , when it was finally released in 1984 , first at the berlin film festival , then on pbs . until that time , the original footage sat unused in storage at the imperial war museum , consigned there after the allied military government decided that such publicity for nazi atrocities wouldn ' t get germany reconstructed any faster . how , right in the aftermath of the second world war , might we have reacted to its hauntingly revealing coverage of bergen - belsen ?
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
on the latter film , and both garber and collins shared a national board of review award along with their co - stars for best acting by an ensemble .
jg ballard waited 40 years before writing about his experiences in a japanese internment camp . here he remembers how hollywood hijacked his childhood memories to create a deeply moving film
away from her
is the fifth film i’ve seen about alzheimer’s in these opening years of the century , and the best , although only one of them has been disappointing . using sympathy and tenderness for its characters , “away from her” tells the story of a marriage that drifts out of the memory of the wife , and of the husband’s efforts to deal with that fact . we have two canadian women to thank for this film : the writer and director , sarah polley ( born 1979 ) , and the author of the short story that inspired it , alice munro ( born 1931 ) . munro in her short fiction has the ability to evoke a lifetime in images and dialogue of almost startling perception . polley with her camera takes the material , finds an uncanny balance in her casting , and bathes the film in the mercy of simple truth .
director spike lee ' s r - rated film was a typical hollywood retreaded heist - thriller flick , specifically a tense hostage drama . it reflected elements found in serpico ( 1973 ) , dog day afternoon ( 1975 ) , the comedy heist film quick change ( 1990 ) , and die hard : with a vengeance ( 1995 ) .
this classic science fiction film by director don siegel involved the fear of a small town doctor that many of his patients , friends and relatives were experiencing fearful paranoia and delusions that their acquaintances were imposters - and were possibly being replaced by doppelgangers . the film was an effective metaphor for the fear of communist infiltration during the cold war 1950s .
harder also had a role in the 1999 independent film dumbarton bridge , starring daphne ashbrook . his television credits include at least three appearances on nash bridges . [ 12 ]
the film opened with cunning leader dalton russell ( clive owen ) and his gang committing the
perfect bank robbery
at the manhattan trust bank in the wall street district .
anyone planning on seeing the movie this weekend should look away now . but for anyone still here , or who might have now seen the film and come back . . .
for the remainder of the film , simon ' s mind was in a confused state regarding the actual year , alarming events with his brother and wife , and his own existence .
director jane campion ' s dark feminist sex film was considered a pretentious rip - off of richard brooks ' looking for mr . goodbar ( 1977 ) . it featured the tagline :
de heer’s collaboration with the yolngu people of ramingining began in 2000 when australian screen icon david gulpilil was cast as the lead in de heer’s film the tracker . at their first meeting in adelaide , gulpilil invited de heer to meet with him among his family in ramingining , to see his traditional lands and to make a film with him set in this area of north east arnhem land . de heer first visited ramingining in late 2000 . in 2003 , he and gulpilil began working together on a film , meeting with a number of gulpilil’s influential contemporaries to discuss ideas for it . all agreed the film should be set in “old times” , and initially they settled on the idea of some kind of aboriginal story that would end with the massacre of the yolngu characters by white invaders . this plan was abandoned , however , when gulpilil insisted that the film should centre on ten canoes . according to gulpilil :
writer / director chris d . ' s ( chris desjardins ) first feature - length film was this direct - to - dvd / video low - budget , independent horror film . the over - used plot twist in this film was also seen in carnival of souls ( 1962 ) , siesta ( 1987 ) , jacob ' s ladder ( 1990 ) , a pure formality ( 1994 ) , the sixth sense ( 1999 ) , the others ( 2001 ) , soul survivors ( 2001 ) , stay ( 2005 ) , and many other films .
according to the independent , a screening of memory of the camps ' material left even alfred hitchcock , certainly no stranger to death and malevolence ,
so traumatised that he stayed away from pinewood studios for a week .
he ' d shown up there in the first place as an advisor , and in that capacity offered director sidney bernstein advice on how , visually , to place these shocking revelations in a recognizable geographical and human context .
he took a circle round each concentration camp as it were on a map , different villages , different places and the numbers of people ,
bernstein remembers .
otherwise you could show a concentration camp , as you see them now , and it could be anywhere , miles away from humanity . he brought that into the film .
for more on memory of the camps and its upcoming successor , a remastered version with a
lost
sixth reel restored , see also richard brody ' s related new yorker post .
“that ' s probably true ! ” paxton , 50 , said over breakfast friday , making a rare trip home for the benefit to help raise money for a fledgling local film society .
dazed , she then returned ( drenched in blood ) to malloy where she had handcuffed him earlier , and laid down next to him in a spooning position , as the film ended .
the ten canoes agreement recognizes the ramingining community’s property rights for all artefacts and sets made for the film . these materials were included in a recent multi - media art / cultural exhibition .
the film opened with a scene revisited much later in the film - cobb was lying on a beach where he was found delirious . he envisioned his children playing near him . he was taken by an armed guard to a beachside fortress where he was faced by wealthy , aged corporate executive saito ( ken watanabe ) . the japanese businessman had been cobb ' s latest employer .
in early 1972 garber was cast in the lead role of jesus in a toronto production of the musical godspell , along with andrea martin . garber was possibly the most experienced member of that production ' s cast , having already starred in a number of theatrical musical productions . [ 2 ] garber reprised his role for 1973 film adaptation of godspell , which marked his film debut .
would be like ever since the film went into development…eight years ago . would they be able to translate the plot , in so far as there is one , to the screen ? or would
was everything in the film a dream of her ideal and righteous life - a
blue tomorrow
? during the cheerful end credits , nina simone delivered a strong rendition of
sinnerman .
strand also appeared in the short drama autumn of youth in 2009 and in the independent film fool ' s paradise beside several stage plays and commercials . [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ]
then , she realized he was dead (
miles ? miles ! miles ! oh ! oh , no .
) . sobbing , she leaned over and kissed him , as the film ended .
memory follows taylor briggs , an alzheimer’s researcher that comes into contact with a strange substance and begins to suffer from hallucinations and odd dreams . he believes these to be memories unlocking , though given some of the details contained within , that’s impossible . the further he looks into what these mean , the more he discovers that he might be seeing new evidence towards decades - old murders , and the killer may still be out there .
garber ' s subsequent film credits include how stella groove back ( 1998 , with whoopi goldberg ) , legally blonde ( 2001 ) and tuck everlasting ( 2002 ) . he also worked with raphael sbarge in the 2002 film home room , with garber and sbarge playing a pair of detectives . more recently , garber played mayor george moscone in gus van sant ' s academy award - winning 2008 biographical drama milk .
in the film ' s first epilogue , the lost girl ran into smithy ' s house where she happily embraced her estranged husband and child ( a symbol of nikki ' s own restored marriage ! ) .
is it a homage to alice in wonderland ? or a poisoned valentine to hollywood ? any which way , even if you hate it , your subconscious will thank you for seeing this brilliant , bonkers film .
perhaps garber ' s most well - known film role is that of thomas andrews , the man who spearheaded the building of the rms titanic , in the academy award - winning titanic . also starring in this film was fellow trek movie actor david warner . for their work in titanic , garber , warner , and their co - stars were nominated by the screen actors guild awards for outstanding performance by a cast .
kent has performed aerial stunts and coordinated aerial sequences in films such as cliffhanger ( 1993 ) , terminal velocity ( 1994 , with christopher mcdonald and tim kelleher ) , smoke jumpers ( 1996 , with timothy carhart , spencer garrett , jana marie hupp , and bill bolender ) , eraser ( 1996 , with vanessa williams ) , cutaway ( 2000 ) , xxx ( 2002 ) , and last holiday ( 2006 ) , and in television series such as rescue 911 , saved by the bell , dave ' s world , and german productions such as der clown and schutzengel .
the theories are legion . among the critics , industry totem variety had one of the most hopeful sallies . to their jay weissberg , not only did the film ' s rabbit sitcom represent an overt link to alice in wonderland , the relentless blurring of dern ' s identities suggested lynch , with his devotion to transcendental meditation , was actually expounding on reincarnation . for the boston globe ' s ty burr , the film should be understood as a treatise on ( to paraphrase its own tagline ) all
women in trouble
. the film ' s litany of flickering screens meant to slant ' s ed gonzalez that it was clearly about
the ecstasy and healing power of watching movies
, while for others the cursed production framing the rest of the movie constituted a poisoned valentine to old hollywood and / or the modern film industry .
nikki had auditioned and received the part of sue blue , playing opposite womanizing actor devon berk as billy slide ( justin theroux ) . the film was an adaptation of a polish gypsy tale ( an adulterous love story ) - with a plot about marriage and murder . it was directed by high - profile , pompous kingsley stewart ( jeremy irons ) , with assistance from a broke freddie howard ( harry dean stanton ) . production on the previously - cursed remake ( titled vier - sieben : 47 ) of the film was never finished when the two leads were murdered . there were intimations that the current film would also be cursed .
when the film ended with a slaughter at the asylum by monstrous creatures , trent wandered out into the world that was alarmingly empty after a bloody slaughter and civilization had seemingly been destroyed by cane ' s creatures .
the film opened with a view of a creepy old woman ( philip friedman ) through a window , holding a candle - a major hint , and then the title screen in pulsating , blood - red lettering .
was no slouch himself , contributing nearly 200 above - average innings , as well ) . without these contributions , no number of walks would’ve mattered . leaving these players out of the film is a bit like filming the new testament and never mentioning that jesus fellow . and yet , the words “hudson , ” “mulder , ” and “zito” are never uttered in the film . the only pitchers given any screen - time are relievers
among her acting resume are films such as lilith ( 1964 , with rene auberjonois ) , the kentucky fried movie ( 1977 , with henry gibson and manny perry ) , the academy award winning drama coming home ( 1978 , with bruce french and jonathan banks ) , the ladies club ( 1986 , with karen austin , bruce davison , nicholas worth , tina lifford , james avery , and biff yeager ) , legion of the dead ( 2001 , with matthias hues ) , viagra falls ( 2006 ) , and the short comedy have a nice death ( 2007 , still photography by kyla kuhner ) .
so , it ' s finally here - the british release of david lynch ' s mesmeric inland empire , a film i and other contributors to this blog have been over - excitedly discussing for what seems several years now .
in the final scenes of the movie . due to time problems , this scene was among the ones that were removed from the film , but were later included in the
deleted scenes
section of the dvd release .
sarah polley , still so young , always until now an actress ( “ the sweet hereafter , ” “ my life without me ” ) , emerges here as a director who is in calm command of almost impossible material . the movie says as much for her strength of character as for her skills . anyone who could read munro’s original story and think they could make a film of it , and then make a great film , deserves a certain awe .
so here’s one , of shel silverstein singing with dr . hook in “who is harry kellerman and why is he saying these terrible things about me ? ( 1970 ) , starring dustin hoffman . ( shel scored the film . )
the high art of film has captured the brilliant moments of literary minds and their processes in countless adaptations of the lives of our favorite authors . you can read my own top 20 greatest movies of all time about writers at urltoken
gets at the why of oakland’s success without ever really examining the how . of course , from the average moviegoer’s perspective , i don’t think it makes much of a difference . the basic tenets of the sabrmetric philosophy are clearly presented in the film , and while it’s sometimes a bit broad , the movie does a remarkable job of dramatizing the concepts . the sins of the film – such as giving beane too much credit for his strategy ( other gms , including
the other recent alzheimer’s movies are bille august ’s “ a song for martin ” ( 2002 ) , nick cassavetes ’ “ the notebook ” ( 2004 ) , and erik van looy ’s “ the memory of a killer ” ( 2005 ) . all very good , the third perhaps the best . and then there was richard eyre ’s “ iris ” ( 2001 ) , about the decline of the novelist iris murdoch , which struck me as cheating because it was too much about young iris .
director john carpenter paid convoluted , warped homage to stephen king and h . p . lovecraft in this film that blurred the boundaries of fantasy and reality , fact and fiction , sanity and insanity , and reality and cine - reality .
the accuser , in this case , is mr . hayden ' s character , christian ; the parent is his father , helge , a formidable restaurateur who is celebrating his 60th birthday . the memory of christian ' s twin sister , who killed herself , forms the third point in the plot ' s central triangle . ms . macgraw plays helge ' s mostly ( and mercifully ) silent wife . and ms . margulies and mr . sisto are christian ' s surviving , screwed - up siblings .
simon ' s ' death ' in his dream of the year 2000 was mirrored or paralleled with his death in 2002 . the film returned to the car accident scene - also shown in the film ' s opening - when simon was being treated by emergency personnel . peter told him :
it ' s your choice , simon , where you go . it ' s your choice .
a time stamp clock showed the time of his death : 20 : 02 .
daluz studied acting in new york and los angeles and portrayed various characters in stage plays such as beach blow out , hotel happiness , the bachelor party , and masks . among his acting experiences are the short drama drive by : a love story ( 1997 , with golden brooks ) , the drama one night stand ( 1997 , with thomas kopache and ray uhler ) , the drama 30 days ( 2006 ) , and the action thriller eagle eye ( 2008 , with bill smitrovich , william sadler , deborah strang , j . patrick mccormack , manny perry , colby french , bob morrisey , chase penny , peggy roeder , and christopher jude ) .
so is there any way for art to probe into the heart of darkness ? with advanced dementia , a person goes to a place we cannot follow and can barely guess at . the bursts of lucidity that those with catastrophic memory loss can sometimes have are like bright , sharp flashes of lightning over a blasted landscape – or perhaps even that is wishful thinking and they signify nothing , are just the last random sparks thrown out from a dying mind . we hang on to meaning and insist on it .
ariadne and fischer fell off the building as their
kick
to get back . cobb woke up again on the shores of saito ' s beach house - the film ' s opening scene . for cobb ' s successful efforts at inception with fischer , saito made a phone call to clear away cobb ' s legal troubles with immigration at lax , enter the us , be freed of his guilt , and be reunited with his children - at the film ' s conclusion .
the film began when i showed a photograph from donald doctor thomson to rolf de heer and said what do you think ? rolf de heer started to write that story with ramingining people , my people , and we started to work together .
director roland suso richter ' s enigmatic psychological thriller ( direct to video / dvd ) was based upon screenwriter michael cooney ' s own play
point of death
- a title that gave away the film ' s entire plot twist premise .
director jack clayton ' s scary , supernatural - psychological horror film was adapted from henry james ' novella , the turn of the screw . the setting was in the 19th century in victorian england , at a gothic , bleak english country estate .
for an excellent overview of this history and a provocative contribution to the debates on protocols , see frances peters - little , “ the impossibility of pleasing everybody : a legitimate role for white filmmakers making black film ” , in australian humanities review .
ktvt / channel 11 showed “three stooges” film shorts every morning on “slam bang theater , ” hosted by late slapstick funnyman bill camfield as host icky twerp . when paxton directed his 2001 movie “frailty , ” he included a slam bang clip of twerp .
- e library . although her role has no lines and was cut from the final version of the film , her name remained in the end credits . the scene , which included her appearances is part of the special
deleted scenes
on the
he learned the business in the great fort worth moviehouses , riding the city bus downtown to see the newest james bond film at the hollywood , palace or worth theater or his bicycle out west to disney ' s latest at the ridglea or bowie theaters .
best original screenplay at the oscars ) ? by the time of the film’s release , i had overcome enough of my anxiety to be firmly in the excited camp . no matter how bad the movie was , at least i’d get to laugh at idiots like
this is made violently clear in the tv series the fear , in which peter mullan plays a brighton crime boss struggling with memory loss . his profound and humiliated uncertainty infects the dramatisation , which is full of strangeness and menace . we experience the world through richie beckett’s eyes : we see characters morph into other characters ; we hear words sliding away into a fuzz of sound . cruelty erupts out of tenderness . shapes waver and boundaries rupture . the world becomes indecipherable , a modernist drama made up of fragments that we have to join together .
from 1991 through 1994 garber starred in the canadian tv series e . n . g . ( or electronic news gathering ) . during his time on this show garber starred in the tv movie the first circle ( 1992 ) , receiving a gemini award nomination for his performance and working with fellow star trek film actors f . murray abraham and christopher plummer . garber was also nominated by the gemini awards for his role in the 1993 canadian tv movie dieppe and for his lead role in the 1999 film external affairs .
timmy then took control of malcolm ' s personality and strangled psychiatrist dr . malick in the front seat of the van as the vehicle lurched to the side of the road . timmy whispered the nursery rhyme ( in voice - over ) as the film ended :
everything is changing , everything is going , going , gone now . the only thing the children know is some ceremony [ … ] they not even normal kids anymore . maybe they gonna keep this film with them so they can put it in their head .
one of the most influential texts in this debate is marcia langton’s well , i heard it on the radio and i saw it on the television : an essay for the australian film commission on the politics and aesthetics of filmmaking by and about aboriginal people and things ( sydney : australian film commission , 1993 ) . also see eric michaels’ groundbreaking essays on cross - cultural media , including “for a culture future” , which have been edited by paul foss and published as bad aboriginal art ( university of minnesota press , 1994 ) .
writer / director neil labute ' s disturbing drama ( his debut film , a low - budget independent film ) had as its thematic premise :
let ' s hurt somebody
- a line spoken by corporate ex frat - boy chad ( aaron eckhart ) out to seek premeditated , retributive revenge on women , after he claimed he had broken up with steady girlfriend suzanne ( emily cline ) - and she had packed up , leaving him only a futon and his american gigolo poster . chad expressed his vile hatred of the fair sex :
attending hospital physician dr . newman [ revealed as mr . cable - the father of the two sons ] matter - of - factly delivered the news to simon in the film ' s final line - with an added final sentence -
you died , mr . cable .
it spoke of a world of long ago , where things were different , life as different to anything that could be imagined by almost any balanda anywhere . to enter that world would be the essence of real cinema [ … ] the film had started to form . ( 4 )
the film concluded by being folded back upon itself - trent entered an abandoned movie theatre that was showing the latest movie adaptation of sutter cane ' s book - and slowly changed into a crazed , mutant creature that laughed maniacally as he sat down and watched himself on the silver screen .
suggestions that suffragettes were mostly posh are historical nonsense . as brilliantly depicted in the film suffragette , working women weren’t only foot soldiers of the movement but also its leaders . many were already in trade unions campaigning for universal suffrage and equal pay for male and female workers from the 1800s .
colin marshall hosts and produces notebook on cities and culture and writes essays on cities , asia , film , literature , and aesthetics . he’s at work on a book about los angeles , a los angeles primer . follow him on twitter at @ colinmarshall or on his brand new facebook page .
the city shown at the beginning of the film is not salvador , but rio de janeiro . the church on the left is the outeiro da gloria and in the background , the conic building is the cathedral of rio de janeiro . the barril 1800 bar / restaurant shown is also in rio .
at the same time , billy ' s crazed wife doris ( julia ormond ) in the film was interrogated by a detective , when she confessed she was hypnotized by the phantom ( krzysztof majchrzak ) to murder someone with a screwdriver ( although the screwdriver was stuck in her own bloody side ) .
- - three of the best pitchers in the game , oakland was able to count on a solid performance from its starting pitching three out of every five games . for instance , during the 2002 season depicted in the film , the a ' s got roughly 685 innings of all star - caliber
“but you don ' t know what a great , deep well of culture you have here , too . i grew up in a city that supports the arts . this city has the museums . you have the third largest cultural center in the country . this city supports music , and theater and film . ”
just before a movie audition for a remake of a film titled on high in blue tomorrows , aging yet privileged la actress nikki grace ( laura dern ) , hoping for a comeback role , was visited in her luxury home by a heavily - accented polish neighbor lady ( grace zabriskie ) . she related two old world folktales about an evil and lost girl . like a bizarre flash - forward , nikki was abruptly told that there was a
brutal f - - king murder
in the film ' s plot , and prophetically told she would get the part in the film :
i definitely hear that you have it . . . actions do have consequences and yet there is the magic .
nikki also was told some hinted foreshadowings about things being non - linear :
i can ' t seem to remember if it ' s today , two days from now , or yesterday ,
and
evil was born .
i was deeply moved by the film but , like every novelist , couldn ' t help feeling that my memories had been hijacked by someone else ' s . as the battle of britain fighter ace douglas bader said when introduced to the cast of reach for the sky :
but they ' re actors .
hospital patient simon cable died in a fatal car accident in the year 2002 ; due to memory loss and his confused state between life and death , simon recalled a similar fatal head - on car accident in the year 2000 . it happened as a result of simon ' s betrayal of his brother peter when he was having an affair with peter ' s fiancee clair , and all three died in the crash . guilt - ridden and with a change of heart , he attempted to save his brother - simon struggled to make sense of things and change the reality of his death ( while efforts were made to revive him ) , but he was not able to be resuscitated
in addition to star trek , dyniewicz has a role in the upcoming film necessary evil , along with richard riehle and bertrand roberson , jr . , the latter of whom also appears in 2009 ' s star trek . in addition , dyniewicz is continuing his acting training at the ivana chubbuck studio in los angeles , california .
has always been that beane failed to win the world series ( or any other post - season series , for that matter ) . this is where the film truly shines , in my opinion , as the drama is not so much whether the a ' s will win the world series , but whether beane and brand’s crazy idea will work . the idea does work , as demonstrated in the chapter of the book called
the speed of the idea .
this chapter produced my favorite scene in the film . beane , after a remarkable season , is summoned to boston to meet with the new owner of the red sox , billionaire hedge fund manager
the first three quarters of the film was basically a flashback to explain events occurring before the opening scene . it was narrated ( in voice - over ) by the dogged and determined chief police inspector walter uhl ( paul giamatti ) to describe why he was arresting stage performer eisenheim ( edward norton ) ( aka eduard abramovich ) .
or they were for me , at least . thus far , the response to the film has been distinctly divided - if lynch ' s last feature mulholland drive seemed to restore the warm consensus that surrounded him during the first series of twin peaks , inland empire has shattered it anew . ( after the recent nft screening of the film , an event you might imagine to have been filled with happy - clappy lynch devotees , there were as many sceptics as zealots . my colleague xan brooks summed up the un - wowed school of thought when he told me he thought the movie resembled
the work of an old genius with alzheimer ' s
) .
language is also memory ; dementia brings a double silence . the struggle to make meaning and give shape to what is meaningless and shapeless lies at the heart of a remarkable meditation on dementia that was published in the uk in march . erwin mortier is a flemish writer , a poet and novelist . he watched his mother becoming lost to alzheimer’s , and out of the anguish came his stammered songbook , which is both an unsparing observation of her disintegration and an evocation of it . it is about the decaying body ( ribcage and cavities , folds and membranes , lung tissue and the convolutions of the brain , a spat mouthful of porridge and a “handful of surfaces” ) and also about the crumbling mind .
dr . newman :
simon , this is the 29th of july . the year is 2002 . and your wife , whose name is anna , is waiting outside .
( the doctor left off four crucial additional words , revealed in the film ' s ending . ) ( spoiler : simon had died and was not resuscitated ! )
the film ' s plot , told in flashback , was about insurance fraud investigator john trent ( sam neill ) - now a violent and delusional asylum inmate in a padded cell (
i am not insane
) , who had been institutionalized after axe - murdering a reader of a popular horror novel , in the mouth of madness .
trillin followed up his sleepless in seattle performance with a role in another nora ephron film , michael ( 1996 ) . as the sheriff who throws the eponymous archangel and his entourage in jail , trillin has a few lines , but he appears acutely conscious of the camera — and determined to turn away from it . how like a writer .
6 . salman rushdie – then she found me ( 2007 ) in the film based on elinor lipman’s book of the same name , the author of the satanic verses and midnight’s children plays physician to a pregnant helen hunt . the film is filled with off - puttingly familiar mugs : matthew broderick , bette midler , colin firth . most distracting of all may be rushdie’s . he tries his best , but let’s face it : salman rushdie , fatwa survivor , ex - husband of padma lakshmi , plays an obstetrician who is not using enough gel while operating an ultrasound machine . disbelief has not been suspended if the audience * starts yelling , “use more gel , rushdie ! use more gel ! ”
the film revealed that the charming eisenheim and the serenely - beautiful duchess , who was increasingly reluctant to marry , had again reignited their love for each other during a secret love - making rendezvous . when the duchess determinedly told the drunken and jealous prince that she wouldn ' t marry him and was leaving permanently , it appeared that she was murdered .
when it comes to the dream sequences and hallucinations , i couldn’t help but compare this to last week’s cult corner pick , satanic . in that review i specifically pointed out that the nightmare segments got repetitive , didn’t really offer any new information , and actively misled us rather than giving real hints towards the ending . thankfully , a lot of those issues aren’t present in memory . from a narrative perspective , they are done well . each one is totally different and shows us something new , while offering a trail of breadcrumbs to follow towards the inevitable twist . from the second that taylor’s bathroom flooded and he woke up in the middle of a lake with a masked killer staring at him from the shore i wanted to see where it was going .
director james mangold ' s psychological thriller was similar to a popular concept of many plot twisters , a combination of fight club ( 1999 ) and agatha christie ' s novel and then there were none , adapted into many film versions . in the familiar thematic plot , a group of individuals in a remote location were being killed off , one by one .
the film ended ambiguously , however . as cobb tested out his top ' s spinning on a table top , to see whether it would topple or not ( and to find out whether he was dreaming or not ) , the screen turned to black . what was clear was that cobb walked away from the top in order to be with his children .


best friend is a 2007 indian malayalam film , directed by sunil p kumar , starring mukesh and jagathy sreekumar and sunaina in the lead roles .

best friends ( 2007 film )

emma watson is best known for playing the character of hermione granger , one of harry potter ' s best friends in the ' harry potter ' film franchise .
10 movies that prove 2007 is the best film year of the 21st century we rank the best 2007 had to offer a decade later , from diablo cody ' s quotable ' juno ' to the coen brothers ' violent ' no country for old men . ' check out this story on urltoken urltoken
she has won awards at tribeca film festival and sundance film festival for her indie films including bridgend and god help the girl .
awards : the former ross geller’s only post -
friends
awards consideration was a 2007 british independent film award nom for his direction of “run fatboy run . ” at least he still has the geller cup .
four best friends aim to take the world by storm with their music . admit it , you still have some cheetah girls songs on your ipod !
we rank the best 2007 had to offer a decade later , from diablo cody ' s quotable ' juno ' to the coen brothers ' violent ' no country for old men . '
diablo cody kisses her oscar for best original screenplay for ' juno ' in 2008 .
the last film to be released by hollywood pictures before the label was completely dissolved by disney .
this is the second movie with jennifer garner and a character she calls mattie . the first film was
they were our best friends in times of need and our enemies when they made horrible mistakes and we still miss them now . so let’s take a look at what they’re up to these days…
every person on this list has either been seen in public with adam sandler , or is known to be acquaintances or best friends with the comedic actor , so you ' ll see more than just his posse . from the people who have had a falling out with him to his current best friends and bros , these are the people that adam sandler has or had a relationship with at some point .
bardem poses with his oscar for best supporting actor for ' no country for old men ' in 2008 .
most recently he was seen at sundance film festival promoting his new indie newness – and sporting a rather hipster moustache .
marnie and her friends from halloweentown return to the mortal world so they can have a ' normal ' high school experience . even though this film wasn ' t half as good as the first two , it is still halloweentown !
list of famous people who are friends with tom cruise , listed alphabetically with photos when available . every person on this list has either been seen in public with tom cruise , or is known to be acquaintances or best friends with tom cruise . from the people who have had a falling out with tom cruise to tom cruise ' s current best friends and buddies , these are the people that tom cruise has or had a relationship with at some point . if you notice that any of tom cruise ' s celebrity bros are missing from the list , you can add them below and make this list of tom cruise ' s friends that much better . list is made up of many different celebrities , including jennifer lopez and will smith . this list answers the questions ,
who are tom cruise ' s friends ?
and
which celebrities is tom cruise friends with ?
though watson & apos ; s been closely identified with her harry potter character , as an adolescent the young actress wanted to be seen as more . in 2007 emma watson starred in another film based on a children & apos ; s novel , ballet shoes by noel streatfield . the film was aired on bbc one , and with watson in the lead role , garnered decent , if not stellar , reviews .
will smith and tom cruise are two of the top actors in the world and they are also good friends .
a tv show searches for the the country ' s best young magician , but not everything is what it seems .
the harrowing , bitingly funny coming - of - age story of a young girl during the ' 70s iranian revolution . ratatouille went on to win best animated feature , but this french - iranian film outshone it in stylistic panache and raw emotion .
best friends allie and samantha steal a weather machine from santa claus in hopes of creating a snow day . soon after , the machine breaks causing an out - of - control snowstorm . so that ' s where snow comes from ?
check out highlights from some of the best recent trailers including mandy , the predator , zoe , and the king of thieves .
hansard and irglova head backstage following their win for best song ( ' falling slowly ' ) at the 80th annual academy awards .
the best and worst of all the movies adam sandler produced and starred in , including famous quotes and his most popular onscreen romances .
nicholas hoult may have got his break big break at the age of 11 in about a boy but it was as tony in skin , which premiered in 2007 , that nicholas really found fame .
day - lewis accepts the oscar from helen mirren for best actor in ' there will be blood ' during the 80th annual academy awards .
british actress emily watson won acclaim with film roles such as bess mcneil in breaking the waves , and the title character in angela ' s ashes .
watson & apos ; s 11 - year - old film debut was an enormous success . it grossed more than $ 974 million worldwide . on opening day in the united states , the film made a record - breaking $ 33 . 3 million . it was nominated for three academy awards , and seven bafta awards . watson & apos ; s performance received critical praise , and her status as an up - and - coming young film star was made .
after several years working on the stage and in small dramas , she won the role of gilly in a little - know tv show called game of thrones before returning to skins in 2007 for the final series .
with his hit shows
drake & josh
and
zoey 101
coming to an end , dan schneider was focused on his next project . the new series starred
drake & josh
alum miranda cosgrove as a girl making her own web series with her best friends , played by jennette mccurdy and nathan kress . after debuting in early september 2007 ,
icarly
opened to strong ratings and never looked back , eventually overtaking
spongebob
as the network ' s most - watched show .
are any of adam sandler ' s celebrity buddies are missing from the list , you can add them below and make this list of adam sandler ' s friends that much better . jessica biel and tom cruise made the cut as some of adam sandler ' s friends , but who else is he close with ? take a look below to learn more about adam sandler and friends—you might even recognize an actor whose name has been escaping you .
emma watson was born on april 15 , 1990 , in paris , france , but raised in england . the actress got her breakthrough role as a child in the hugely successful harry potter film franchise . watson grew up on camera as she reprised her role as one of harry potter & apos ; s best friends , hermione granger , throughout the entire course of the film series . after committing to the harry potter series for a decade , watson has transitioned into a popular adult model and actress , having appeared in the popular films the perks of being a wallflower , my week with marilyn and beauty and the beast .
david beckham and tom cruise have been friends for many years . these bros have been spotted hanging out in los angeles and across the pond in london .
the cromwells are so cool ! in this film they must split their time between the real world and halloweentown , since the real world has been taken over by monsters .
emma roberts , an actress also known for being the daughter of actor eric roberts and niece of actress julia roberts , has established her own career in television and film .
cosgrove also told kimmel that in her spare time she makes funny videos with her friends , which basically means she ' s carly shay in real life , too .
though they spent their adolescence on film sets , watson and costars radcliffe and grint kept up with their lessons , with five hours of tutoring each day . she took high school equivalency exams , and made high scores in every subject . watson took a year off from school to film the final two potter movies , but maintained that she was committed to furthering her education .
when sydney revisits her homeland of hawaii , she develops a closer relationship to her father , finds a new hobby , meets new friends and learns the truth about her mother .
he survived a car crash , lost two friends then found fame in the oscar - winning whiplash . tim lewis meets miles teller , whose success is shadowed by reports of ‘dickishness’
awards : most “friends” fans have never seen an episode of the much - less - watched “episodes , ” but the premium cable series did something for leblanc that “friends” couldn’t - - it won him a golden globe . he took home the prize in 2012 for best actor in a comedy series and picked up another nomination in 2013 . the hollywood foreign press association must be stacked with leblanc fans , considering the group even tossed him a globe nod for “joey” in 2005 . “episodes” also earned emmy nominations for leblanc in 2011 and 2013 .
this upbeat story features the crazy escapades of two teen - idol worshipers , gabby and devon . these best friends are also the ultimate fans of mega - boy band 5 leo rise ( played by real band the click five ) . when they botch their high school ' s chance to win a free concert , the desperate pair cooks up a juicy plan .
watson sufficiently impressed casting agents and the film & apos ; s producers , and won the role of hermione granger , harry potter & apos ; s smart , bossy best friend and voice of reason . harry potter was portrayed by daniel radcliffe , and rupert grint was cast as ron weasley , harry & apos ; s other best friend . the trio of british child actors would become known around the globe for their roles as young wizards fighting a battle between good and evil . harry potter and the sorcerer & apos ; s stone was released in november 2001 .
susan kelechi watson is an american actress , best known for her portrayal of sassy - but - sweet mom beth pearson on nbc’s emmy - nominated drama , ' this is us . '
yep , on january 25 2007 skins premiered on channel 4 , introducing an entire generation to a cast of characters who suffered from the same issues that normal british teenager dealt with : messed up families , mental illness , substance abuse , bullying , and doubts on their sexuality .
kid . that film , which tells the story of a virtuoso jazz drummer and his sadistic orchestra leader , was so out - of - the - blue brilliant that , after seeing it , it was hard not to become its personal publicist , imploring friends , even strangers to see it . made in 19 days , for just $ 3 million , it won three oscars , though not for teller .
starring robert mcatee and molly leland , this independent film won over audiences and critics alike . syndicated tv and movie columnist david inman wrote
a story that contains heart , humor . . . see full summary »
jonah hill hogs most of the best lines as efraim , the charismatic , larger - than - life dropout , while teller is more understated and morally compromised as david , the masseur - turned - gunrunner .
as summer turns to fall and awards players gradually unfurl in multiplexes , we can ' t help but feel nostalgic for 2007 , which produced some of the most critically acclaimed and influential movies of the 21st century so far . a decade later , we rank that year ' s most enduring modern classics .
based on the lives of professional basketball players heidi and heather burge , this film tells the story of two high school twins who develop a love for basketball . double teamed taught us to never give up on our dreams !
friends
transformed jennifer aniston , courteney cox , lisa kudrow , matt leblanc , matthew perry and david schwimmer from relative unknowns to rich - beyond - belief household names . hollywood was their oyster when they walked away from the iconic series , but the entertainment business can be a cruel mistress to even the most cherished actors . this is a look at who ' s fared the best since central perk closed its doors .
wounded love is a gripping emotional film about how a girl trapped in an troubled relationship is saved one dark night by a stranger . an artist who is lost himself . their love gives her the . . . see full summary »
gangsters had their fingerprints all over 2007 cinema , from the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford to eastern promises . but the most unsuspecting criminals also happen to be the most memorable , in this tense drama about two brothers ( philip seymour hoffman and ethan hawke ) who decide to rob their parents ' jewelry store .
< strong > then : < / strong > anna won the oscar for best supporting actress in 1994 at the age of 11 for her role in ' the piano ' , making her the second youngest winner in oscar history .
since the show is all about a girl and her friends making a web series , a variety of other made up websites are also mentioned . these include igibby . com , nevelocity . com , urltoken and many others .
tom cruise is an american actor , filmmaker and scientologist . cruise has been nominated for three academy awards and has won three golden globe awards . he started his career at age 19 in the 1981 film endless love . after portraying supporting roles in taps and the outsiders , his first leading role was in the romantic comedy risky business , released in august 1983 . cruise became a full - fledged movie star after starring as pete
maverick
mitchell in the action drama top gun . since 1996 he has been well known for his role as secret agent ethan hunt in the mission : impossible film series , which has a fifth film set for release in 2015 . one of the biggest movie stars in hollywood , cruise starred . . . more on wikipedia
personal life : a little more than one month after
friends
went off the air , cox gave birth to coco , her daughter with husband david arquette . ( her pregnant belly peeked through here and there during the
friends
finale ) . cox and arquette separated in 2010 and were officially divorced in 2012 . but acrimonious the split was not ; the former couple ' s supportive relationship has made them poster children for post - marital friendship . cox even directed arquette in her film
just before i go .
since the break - up , cox dated her
cougar town
co - star brian van holt and is now shacking up with her new beau , snow patrol rocker johnny mcdaid .
in comparison to other celebrities , adam sandler has a long list of famous friends . it ' s almost as if the hilarious actor helps his friends get famous by putting them in all of his movies . oh , wait . . . many of sandler ' s pals are actors who he has cast in his many films . some of his friends ' films have even been produced by adam sandler . such actor cronies include david spade , kevin james , drew barrymore , and many others known as members of the adam sandler acting crew . then there are people like salma hayek , who you might not have known is a buddy of his . of course , it ' s not just other celebs adam sandler has befriended over the years .
“i got in my car accident at 20 , that was in august , ” says teller , sucking on an e - cigarette . “then february that next year , i turned 21 and seven of my best friends from florida flew up for my birthday . then in june , one of those guys , nick , passed away in a motorcycle accident : a car ran a stop sign and t - boned him . i was at the hospital , he was on life support , they pulled the plug the next day . a month after that , one my closest friends , my buddy beau , passed away , again a car accident . and i was actually sitting next to beau at nick’s funeral . so at my 21st birthday , seven of my buddies are there , five months later , two of them are gone . ”
in 2007 , fans of movie musicals were gifted with enticing broadway adaptations ( sweeney todd ) , an out - there beatles romp ( across the universe ) and a ferociously dedicated marion cotillard as french chanteuse edith piaf ( la vie en rose ) . but none matched the heart of this irish charmer about a pair of struggling musicians , which spawned the heart - tugging ( and oscar - winning ) song falling slowly .
towards the end of the film , officer slater has mclovin sign a form saying that after mclovin was punched in the liquor store , someone stole the cop car and trashed it , which would relieve the officers of their responsibility . however , it would not explain why it took them five hours to report it .
a 9 - year - old watson auditioned eight times for the role that would make her an international star . harry potter author j . k . rowling , who was deeply involved in the film process to make sure it stayed true to the book , wanted watson for the role of hermione from her first screen test .
whether you saw this once or seven times in theaters ( as we unashamedly did ) , it ' s impossible not to be shaken by joel and ethan coen ' s blood - curdling revenge thriller , as close to a perfect film as any this century . grippingly paced and unexpectedly profound , this morality play of a man ( josh brolin ) who finds $ 2 million in cash and the relentless hitman ( javier bardem ) who hunts him is a storytelling and acting masterclass . it won four academy awards , including best picture and supporting actor for bardem , whose cattle gun - carrying anton chigurh will blow a hole in your nightmares .
actress emma stone is best known for her roles in films including ' the help , ' ' crazy , stupid , love , ' ' the amazing spider - man ' and ' birdman . ' in 2017 , she earned an academy award for her portrayal of an aspiring actress in ' la la land . '
personal life : with kudrow , it ' s all about the work . she married her husband , french advertising executive michel stern , and had her son julian in the ' 90s , and nothing ' s changed since . her private life rarely , if ever , gets ink , with one recent exception : a jury ruled in february of this year that kudrow owes her former manager $ 1 . 6 million in residuals for projects negotiated before she fired him in 2007 .
for the next decade watson stayed busy filming the potter series . in 2002 she reprised the role of hermione for harry potter and the chamber of secrets , in 2004 for harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban , and continued to star in the eight - part series through the final film , harry potter and the deathly hallows : part 2 , in 2011 .
projects : matt leblanc has made no attempt to reinvent himself in the last decade ; since “friends , ” he ' s repurposed joey tribbiani and played a fictionalized version of himself . spinoff “joey , ” which premiered four months after the “friends” finale , delivered consistently diminishing returns . low viewership accounted for its cancellation in 2006 . the axe likely would have come down sooner had warner bros . not been committed to pay leblanc $ 700 , 000 a pop for two seasons’ worth of episodes , whether they were actually produced or not . leblanc reunited with “friends” co - creator david crane in 2011 for the showtime comedy “episodes , ” in which he plays matt leblanc , an arrogant , self - centered version of himself . critics were mixed and the audience occasionally dwindled , but “episodes” has been renewed for an upcoming fourth season . next up , leblanc will take on his first movie role since 2003’s “charlie’s angels : full throttle” with “lovesick , ” a comedy about a man who experiences psychosis when he falls in love .
it ' s been exactly 10 years since
friends
aired its final episode to a staggering audience of 52 . 5 million viewers on may 6 , 2004 . a decade later , the beloved sitcom is still all around us through omnipresent reruns , ceaseless requests for a reunion and , of course , the undying celebrity of its six stars .
drew blyth barrymore is an american actress , model , producer , director and author . she is a descendant of the barrymore family of well - known american stage and cinema actors , and is a granddaughter of film legend john barrymore . barrymore first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old . her tv debut was in 1978 as melissa on the waltons and in 1980 , she made her film debut in altered states . in 1982 , she starred in her breakout role as gertie in steven spielberg ' s e . t . the extra - terrestrial and quickly became one of hollywood ' s most recognized child actresses , going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles . following a turbulent childhood which was marked by recurring . . . more on wikipedia
this world war ii romance about a british soldier ( james mcavoy ) and his beloved ( keira knightley ) buckles under the weight of contrived melodrama . but the film ' s first hour makes up for its flaws , as young briony tallis ( 12 - year - old saoirse ronan , giving a formidable oscar - nominated performance ) meddles in the couple ' s affair with devastating consequences .
seth and evan are best friends , inseparable , navigating the last weeks of high school . usually shunned by the popular kids , seth and evan luck into an invitation to a party , and spend a long day , with the help of their nerdy friend fogell , trying to score enough alcohol to lubricate the party and inebriate two girls , jules and becca , so they can kick - start their sex lives and go off to college with a summer full of experience and new skills . their quest is complicated by fogell ' s falling in with two inept cops who both slow and assist the plan . if they do get the liquor to the party , what then ? is sex the only rite of passage at hand ?
the teller story really begins in the summer of 2007 , when , as a 20 - year - old grateful dead fan , he was travelling home to florida from a deadhead festival called gathering of the vibes . his friend was behind the wheel , another was in the back seat , every inch of space was jammed with camping equipment . then , at 80mph , the car skidded , jumped three lanes of traffic and flipped eight times . teller was knocked unconscious and woke up 30ft from the vehicle , his face covered in blood .
jessica claire timberlake is an american actress . biel began her career as a vocalist appearing in musical productions until she was cast as mary camden in the family - drama series 7th heaven , for which she achieved recognition . the series is the longest - running series that ever aired on the wb channel and is the longest - running family drama in television history . in 1997 , she won the young artist award for best performance in a feature film – supporting young actress for her role in ulee ' s gold . biel has since starred in many films , including the rules of attraction , the texas chainsaw massacre , blade : trinity , stealth , i now pronounce you chuck and larry , the a - team and total recall . . . . more on wikipedia
conclusion : lisa kudrow lacks the star power of a few of her
friends ,
but she ' s churned out the most beloved and diverse work of them all in the last decade . the imminent return of
the comeback
puts it alongside
arrested development
and
family guy
in the exclusive pantheon of underappreciated tv shows that clawed their way out of the grave . the star magnet that is
web therapy
cements kudrow ' s association with the best comic talent in hollywood . she operates on a smaller scale than jennifer aniston , but she ' s pulled off a rare feat : near - universal critical acclaim without the nagging attacks of the tabloids . we may still be humming
smelly cat ,
but kudrow hasn ' t looked back once .
personal life : leblanc is by no means a tabloid fixture , but there was a moment shortly after “friends” when his private life got stickier than that time joey threw his date’s artificial leg into a fire . leblanc and his wife , former model melissa mcknight , welcomed daughter marina three months before “friends” said its final goodbye , but the familial bliss didn’t last long . in august 2005 , leblanc gave an interview to the national enquirer ( yes , he really did that ) confessing to inappropriate conduct with a stripper during a motorcycle trip to british columbia . the stripper later sued leblanc for defamation over the interview , then dropped the case . leblanc and mcknight divorced in 2006 . he began dating “joey” co - star andrea anders that same year , and the couple has been together ever since .
personal life : it’s been mostly smooth sailing . in 2006 , schwimmer won $ 400 , 000 from a convicted con man who defamed him by claiming he demanded two rolex watches to attend a charity event . then came love : schwimmer met photographer zoe buckman in 2007 , and it took the press four months to find out that he secretly married her in 2010 . buckman gave birth to baby girl cleo the next year . more recently , schwimmer royally pissed off his new york city neighbors when he bought a preserved townhouse built in 1852 only to completely demolish it , prompting an unfortunate spray - painted message outside his residence : “ross is not cool . ”
watson attended the stagecoach theatre arts school at oxford . she studied singing , acting and dancing , and performed in school plays . her natural instinct for acting first came out when she won a poetry competition for reciting james reeves & apos ;
the sea
at age 7 . watson had never acted professionally when her theater teachers suggested her to agents looking to cast an upcoming movie based on the first novel of the best - selling harry potter series .
thanks to daniel day - lewis , we can ' t order a milkshake without launching into a full - on daniel plainview tirade . as the power - starved oil tycoon , the three - time oscar winner brought to life an iconic antihero , whose fall from grace is at once identifiable and deeply haunting . with his supposedly final film role imminent in phantom thread ( in theaters dec . 25 ) , we ' re anxious to see what day - lewis will do when he re - teams with blood director paul thomas anderson .
conclusion :
joey
was a well - publicized misfire , but luckily for leblanc , the spinoff has largely faded from memory and become a footnote to the massive success of
friends .
the same can be said for that unfortunate stripper ordeal . as a self - described hermit , leblanc hasn’t fared well as far as visibility goes , but the low profile of
episodes
can ' t take away its awards attention , and the show ' s sustainability over several seasons is a win .
the question is : is miles teller the new ryan gosling or even the next de niro or pacino ? or is he , excuse the bluntness , a dick ? on a saturday afternoon in august , teller strides into a swanky hotel suite on the 39th floor that’s just about eye level with the clouds . he is in town to promote his new movie , war dogs , directed by the hangover ’s todd phillips , but he has shazzy blond hair from a film he’s currently shooting with josh brolin and jennifer connelly , about firefighters tackling a wildfire that raged through arizona in 2013 .
conclusion : schwimmer’s strategy of largely withdrawing from hollywood has helped him avoid the high - profile failures suffered by some of his former cast mates , but disappearing on purpose comes at a steep cost . he’s fallen so far from the public consciousness that his marriage took months to make a blip on the radar ( just imagine if jennifer aniston tried to have a secret wedding ) . in a celebrity culture where buzz is the key to success , it’s a bad sign that most of america only thinks of schwimmer when they catch a “friends” rerun .
awards : aniston hasn ' t gotten much attention from prestige award shows , save for an emmy nod in 2009 for her guest spot on
30 rock ,
but she ' s had better luck with lower - stakes ceremonies . since
friends ,
she ' s been nominated for 10 people ' s choice awards and won two , and she picked up two mtv movie awards out of four nominations . she ' s also been nominated for a razzie award four times , though she ' s been spared the humiliation of winning one .
after the sudden death of her fiancé , gray wheeler finds comfort in the company of his friends : lighthearted and comic sam , hyper - responsible dennis , and , oddly enough , his old childhood buddy fritz , an irresponsible playboy whom she ' d previously pegged as one of the least reliable people in the world . as secrets about her supposedly perfect fiancé emerge , gray comes to see new sides of the man she thought she knew , and at the same time , finds herself drawn to the last man she ever expected to fall for .
holly kennedy is beautiful , smart and married to the love of her life - a passionate , funny , and impetuous irishman named gerry . so when gerry ' s life is taken by an illness , it takes the life out of holly . the only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there . nobody knows holly better than gerry . so it ' s a good thing he planned ahead . before he died , gerry wrote holly a series of letters that will guide her , not only through her grief , but in rediscovering herself . the first message arrives on holly ' s 30th birthday in the form of a cake , and to her utter shock , a tape recording from gerry , who proceeds to tell her to get out and
celebrate herself
. in the weeks and months that follow , more letters from gerry are delivered in surprising ways , each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way ; p . s . i love you . holly ' s mother and best friends begin to worry that gerry ' s letters are keeping holly tied to the past , but in fact , each letter is pushing . . .
“i’d say that you get a little more guarded but i’m actually not , ” he goes on . “certain times i’ll choose my words very carefully and maybe come off a little more boring . but i also think that’s why people – certain people – do relate to me : because there is no agenda , honestly . i was raised middle - class in a small town . i have all my same friends from high school . i’m close with my family . i’m dating a normal girl . so i want to feel people think i’m a man of the people . because i feel that way . ”
conclusion : perry’s had more flops than david schwimmer and matt leblanc , but he’s still the most famous male
friend .
of course , fame without acclaim is usually a recipe for disaster , but in perry’s defense , his performances in all three post - “friends” series were well - received , even if the shows ultimately tanked . the surest sign of perry’s continued relevance is that studio executives are still willing to bet on him , as with the forthcoming “odd couple” reboot . and a hit could always be just around the corner . in the immortal words of chandler bing , could matthew perry be any more hopeful ?
isn’t it traumatic to relive these experiences on camera ? “it’ll definitely impact on me for the rest of my life for sure , ” teller replies . “i’ve dealt with that shit . if i’m in a movie and the guy’s dealing with the death of his buddy when they were overseas at war , or i’m dealing with a guy now who lost 19 of his friends all at once in this firefighter movie , it does give you a certain level of truth that , if you hadn’t gone through it , you would have to imagine what it would be like . but obviously if you went through it , you are closer to it than somebody who hasn’t . ”
steven allan spielberg is an american filmmaker . spielberg is consistently considered as one of the leading pioneers of the new hollywood era , as well as being viewed as one of the most popular and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema . in a career spanning more than four decades , spielberg ' s films have covered many themes and genres . spielberg ' s early science - fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern hollywood blockbuster filmmaking . in later years , his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the holocaust , the transatlantic slave trade , war , and terrorism . he is one of the co - founders of dreamworks studios . spielberg won the academy award for best . . . more on wikipedia
nick powell is an excellent high - school student who raises money by selling homework and results of quizzes to his schoolmates . he aims to travel to london for a writer ' s course - telling his best friend , pete egan , that he has already bought the airplane ticket but he has not told his mother yet . annie newton has a problem with pete , who owes her money . as events unfold , due to a case of mistaken identity , nick takes a severe beating from annie and her gang , his body dumped in a sewer . the next morning , he discovers he cannot be seen - he is now a spirit in a state of limbo and can only observe as the events of that day unfold .
conclusion : all things considered , the last 10 years have been kind to cox , but her prospects moving forward aren ' t as bright as her female co - stars ' . directing could be a fruitful second act , but she ' ll need a project that resonates more than
just before i go .
she still has
cougar town ,
the biggest tv hit for a
friends
cast member since 2004 , but its move to tbs felt like a demotion , and with no renewal news yet , the show ' s future might be short . still , cox has it pretty good ; even if
cougar town
were cancelled tomorrow , her legacy of two well - respected sitcoms is more than most actors achieve .
a tale told over four seasons , starting in autumn when juno , a 16 - year - old high - school junior in minnesota , discovers she ' s pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend , bleeker . in the waiting room of an abortion clinic , the quirky and whip - sharp juno decides to give birth and to place the child with an adoptive couple . she finds one in the pennysaver personals , contacts them , tells her dad and step - mother , and carries on with school . the chosen parents , upscale yuppies ( one of whom is cool and laid back , the other meticulous and uptight ) , meet juno , sign papers , and the year unfolds . will juno ' s plan work , can she improvise , and what about bleeker ?
conclusion : aniston is undoubtedly the biggest star of the group , and that hasn ' t changed in the last 10 years . her biggest problem is that her role as a tabloid figure completely eclipses her work . even her most successful films since
friends
lack the sense of continued fanfare and quotability enjoyed by comedies like
bridesmaids
and
the hangover .
these days aniston is better known for being possibly pregnant . that certainly doesn ' t take way from her riches , a - list lifestyle or continued ability to be cast in big - budget movies . but she ' s become more of a celebrity than an actress , which is not ideal for someone who slams tabloid culture at every turn . aniston has lost control of her own image , and now she ' s at the mercy of us weekly .
after concluding the harry potter series , watson starred in the perks of being a wallflower ( 2012 ) , the bling ring ( 2013 ) , this is the end ( 2013 ) , and noah ( 2014 ) . in 2017 , she played the lead role of belle in the live - action adaptation of the box office hit beauty and the beast , the highest - grossing live action musical of all time . in may 2017 , watson was the first person to win the mtv movie and tv award & apos ; s first gender - neutral award for best actor in movie . “mtv’s move to create a genderless award for acting will mean something different to everyone , ” added watson . “but to me , it indicates that acting is about the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes . and that doesn’t need to be separated into two different categories . ”
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i recommend this movie . eric looks really hot in this movie and i miss him . the acting wasn ' t bad at all . i loved alona and eric and the rest of the characters as well . they looked so cute together . they have that spark and chemistry . i was giggling and screaming at the couch with my sisters . xd it ' s a great movie . way better than i expected . the plot is kinda shallow but it ' s really entertaining so it kinda makes up for it . lots of stupid and really funny scenes . i loved the rmlf part . i ' m so gonna buy this dvd and watch it all over again . ( x i give it a 10 . i kept laughing my ass off the entire movie . hope you watch it . it ' s not corny and cheesy at all . ( :
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i drink your milkshake !
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