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Robert Rodriguez
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Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in Mexico and his home state, Rodriguez directed the 1992 action film El Mariachi, which was a commercial success after grossing $2 million against a budget of $7,000. The film spawned two sequels known collectively as the Mexico Trilogy, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico and he directed From Dusk till Dawn in 1996 and developed its television adaptation series. Rodriguez co-directed the 2005 neo-noir crime thriller anthology Sin City and the 2014 sequel, Sin City, Rodriguez also directed the Spy Kids films, The Faculty, as well as The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, Planet Terror, and Machete. He is a friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who founded the production company A Band Apart, in December 2013, Rodriguez launched his own cable television channel, El Rey. Rodríguez was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Mexican-American parents Rebecca, a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez and he began his interest in film at age eleven, when his father bought one of the first VCRs, which came with a camera. While attending St. Anthony High School Seminary in San Antonio, in high school, he met Carlos Gallardo, they both shot films on video throughout high school and college. Rodriguez went to the College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin, not having grades high enough to be accepted into the schools film program, he created a daily comic strip entitled Los Hooligans. Many of the characters were based on his siblings – in particular, one of his sisters, the comic ran for three years in the student newspaper The Daily Texan, while Rodríguez continued to make short films. Rodríguez shot action and horror films on video and edited on two VCRs. In late 1990, his entry in a film contest earned him a spot in the universitys film program. There he made the award-winning 16 mm short Bedhead, the film chronicles the amusing misadventures of a young girl whose older brother sports an incredibly tangled mess of hair which she detests. Even at this stage, Rodríguezs trademark style began to emerge, quick cuts, intense zooms. Bedhead was recognized for excellence in the Black Maria Film Festival and it was selected by Film/Video Curator Sally Berger, for the Black Maria 20th-anniversary retrospective at MoMA in 2006. The short film Bedhead attracted enough attention to him to seriously attempt a career as a filmmaker. Rodriquez won the Audience Award for this film at the Sundance Film Festival in 1993 and its promotion still advertised it as the movie made for $7,000. Rodríguez described his experiences making the film in his book Rebel Without a Crew, Desperado, was a sequel to El Mariachi that starred Antonio Banderas and introduced Salma Hayek to American audiences. Rodriguez has also worked with Kevin Williamson, on the horror film The Faculty, in 2001, Rodríguez enjoyed his first Hollywood hit with Spy Kids, which went on to become a movie franchise
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John Malkovich
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John Gavin Malkovich is an American actor, director, and producer. He has appeared in more than 70 films, for his roles in Places in the Heart and In the Line of Fire, he received Academy Award nominations. In January 2017, he launched his fashion line with an online shop. Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois and his paternal grandparents were Croatian, hailing from Ozalj. His mother was of English, French, German and Scottish ancestry and he grew up in a large house in Benton, Illinois, where his next door neighbor was future basketball star Doug Collins. His father, Daniel Leon Malkovich, was a state director and publisher of Outdoor Illinois. His mother, Joe Anne, owned the Benton Evening News, Malkovich has three younger sisters and an older brother. Malkovich attended Logan Grade School, Webster Junior High School, during his high school years, he appeared in various plays and the musical Carousel. He was also active in a gospel group, singing in area churches. As a member of a local summer theater/comedy project, he co-starred in Jean-Claude van Itallies America Hurrah in 1972, upon graduating from high school, he entered Eastern Illinois University, and then transferred to Illinois State University, where he majored in theater. In 1976, Malkovich, along with Joan Allen, Gary Sinise and he moved to New York City in 1980 to appear in a Steppenwolf production of the Sam Shepard play True West for which he won an Obie Award. In early 1982, he appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire with Chicagos Wisdom Bridge Theatre, Malkovich then directed a Steppenwolf co-production, the 1984 revival of Lanford Wilsons Balm in Gilead, for which he received a second Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award. His Broadway debut that year was as Biff in Death of a Salesman alongside Dustin Hoffman as Willy, Malkovich won an Emmy Award for this role when the play was adapted for television by CBS in 1985. One of his first film roles was as an extra alongside Allen, Terry Kinney, George Wendt and he made his feature film debut in 1984 as Sally Fields blind boarder Mr. Will in Places in the Heart. For his portrayal of Mr. Will, Malkovich received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and he also portrayed Al Rockoff in The Killing Fields. He later reprised this role for the video of Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox. In 1990, he recited, in Croatian, verses of the Croatian national anthem Lijepa naša domovino in Nenad Bachs song Can We Go Higher, Malkovich starred in the 1992 film adaptation of John Steinbecks award-winning novella Of Mice and Men as Lennie alongside Gary Sinise as George. In 1994, he was nominated for another Oscar, in the same category, though he played the title role in the Charlie Kaufman-penned Being John Malkovich, he played a slight variation of himself, as indicated by the characters middle name of Horatio
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Marko Zaror
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Marko Zaror Aguad is a Chilean martial artist, actor, and stuntman. Zaror was born in Santiago, Chile, and lives in Los Angeles and he started training in martial arts when he was six years old. His main sports are taekwondo and kickboxing, Zaror has appeared in several Spanish language action films, including Chinango and Kiltro, and acted as stuntman for Dwayne The Rock Johnson in the 2003 film The Rundown. In 2010 he played bloodthirsty Colombian prisoner/fighter Raul Dolor Quinones in the film Undisputed III, Redemption, american film and the first time he spoke English in a film. In Machete Kills, he played an associate of main villain Luther Voz, with Zaror being his characters name
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Louis XIII (cognac)
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Louis XIII cognac is produced by the House of Rémy Martin, a company headquartered in the town of Cognac, in the department of Charente, France. The House was founded in 1724 by Rémy Martin, who descended from wine makers from Charente, the decanter’s origins date back to the late nineteenth century. In 1850, Rémy Martin V came into possession of a metallic flask supposedly discovered at the site of the 1569 Battle of Jarnac. In 1874, in honour of the House’s 150th anniversary, he designed a glass replica of the flask to use as the vessel for his cognac, which is then named “Grande Champagne Very Old – Age Unknown. ”The name Louis XIII will be later on, as a tribute to King Louis XIII. The House’s current Cellar Master, Baptiste Loiseau, assumed the position in 2014 at the age of 34 and he follows in the footsteps of André Renaud, André Giraud, Georges Clot, and Pierrette Trichet. Since the origins in 1874, each generation of Cellar Master selects in the House’s cellars the oldest and greatest eaux-de-vie for Louis XIII. Today, Baptiste Loiseau is selecting the house’s best eaux-de-vie to age, the final blend is comprised of up to to 1200 eaux-de-vie, 100% from Grande Champagne
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Cognac, France
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Cognac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department, Cognac is situated on the river Charente between the towns of Angoulême and Saintes. The majority of the town has built on the rivers left bank. The town is situated on one of the routes to Santiago de Compostela. Cognac is 400 kilometres southwest of Paris, unknown prior to the 9th century, the town was subsequently fortified. During the Hundred Years War, the town changed sides on several occasions as the result of fighting and treaties in the region. Francis I granted the town the right to trade salt along the river, guaranteeing strong commercial success, the inhabitants of the town are known as Cognaçais. The towns medieval quarter Vieux Cognac runs from the Tours Saint-Jacques, alongside the river, the area contains many unusual buildings, built between the 15th and 18th centuries, situated on narrow cobbled streets. Many contain sculptures of the salamander, the symbol of King François I, as well as gargoyles, the Château des Valois, an important medieval trading post. The town gives its name to one of the worlds best-known types of brandy or eau de vie, drinks must be made in certain areas around the town of Cognac and must be made according to strictly-defined regulations to be granted the name Cognac. Cognac is a spirit in that it is double-distilled. This process can be viewed in one of the many Grande Marque Cognac houses which all have visitor centres, most central in the town are Hennessy, Martell, Otard, Camus and Remy Martin. About 15 km East of Cognac is Jarnac, home to Courvoisier and it is the Cellar masters skill that ensures that a brands Cognac is recognisable regardless of when it is produced since he can blend multiple eaux de vie to achieve the right taste for his house. Different qualities of Cognac are produced by all brands, and include VS, VSOP and these are controlled by the length of time the Cognac is allowed to mature in oak barrels, a minimum time being required at each grade level. The longer the Cognac matures in the barrel the smoother it will generally become, once it is bottled no further development takes place. Most houses still have barrels of Cognac dating back to the 19th century sitting in their cellars waiting for fine blending by the Cellar Master, francis I was born in the towns castle in 1494. The towns main square is named after him and a statue of the king on horseback towering over his enemies stands at the centre, the French poet Octavien de Saint-Gelais was born in Cognac in 1468. Paul-Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, born in Cognac in 1838 discovered the elements Gallium in 1875, jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of the European Union was born in Cognac in 1888
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Variety (magazine)
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Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation. The last daily printed edition was put out on March 19,2013, Variety originally reported on theater and vaudeville. Variety has been published since December 16,1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City, on January 19,1907, Variety published what is considered the first film review in history. In 1933, Sime Silverman launched Daily Variety, based in Hollywood, Sime Silverman had passed on the editorship of the Weekly Variety to Abel Green as his replacement in 1931, he remained as publisher until his death in 1933 soon after launching the Daily. His son Sidne Silverman, known as Skigie, succeeded him as publisher of both publications, both Sidne and his wife, stage actress Marie Saxon, died of tuberculosis. Their only son Syd Silverman, born 1932, was the heir to what was then Variety Inc. Young Syds legal guardian Harold Erichs oversaw Variety Inc. until 1956, after that date Syd Silverman was publisher of both the Weekly Variety in New York and the Daily Variety in Hollywood, until the sale of both papers in 1987 to the Cahners Corp. In L. A. the Daily was edited by Tom Pryor from 1959 until 1988, for twenty years its editor-in-chief was Peter Bart, originally only of the weekly New York edition, with Michael Silverman running the Daily in Hollywood. Bart had worked previously at Paramount Pictures and The New York Times, in April 2009, Bart moved to the position of vice president and editorial director, characterized online as Boffo No More, Bart Up and Out at Variety. From mid 2009 to 2013, Timothy M. Gray oversaw the publication as Editor-in-Chief, after over 30 years of various reporter, in October 2014, Eller and Wallenstein were upped to Co-Editors in Chief, with Littleton continuing to oversee the trades television coverage. This dissemination comes in the form of columns, news stories, images, video, Cahners Publishing purchased Variety from the Silverman family in 1987. On December 7,1988, Barts predecessor, Roger Watkins, proposed, upon its launch, the new-look Variety measured one inch shorter with a washed-out color on the front. In October 2012, Reed Business Information, the periodicals owner, PMC is the owner of Deadline. com, which since the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike has been considered Varietys largest competitor in online showbiz news. In October,2012, Jay Penske announced that the paywall would come down, the print publication would stay. A significant portion of the advertising revenue comes during the film-award season leading up to the Academy Awards. During this Awards Season, large numbers of colorful, full-page For Your Consideration advertisements inflate the size of Variety to double or triple its usual page count, paid circulation for the weekly Variety magazine in 2013 was 40,000. Each copy of each Variety issue is read by an average of three people, with a total readership of 120,000. Variety. com has 17 million unique monthly visitors, Variety is a weekly entertainment publication with a broad coverage of movies, television, theater, music and technology, written for entertainment executives
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Io9
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Io9 is a blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media. The blog focuses on the subjects of science fiction, fantasy, futurism, science, technology and it was founded by Annalee Newitz, a former policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and contributor to Popular Science, Wired, and New Scientist. Between October 2010 and January 2012 io9 hosted the Geeks Guide to the Galaxy podcast, produced by John Joseph Adams, in 2008, shortly after Newitzs project, other magazine, ceased print publication, Gawker media asked her to start a science and sci-fi blog. In an interview, Newitz explained the significance of the name io9, Well, theyre brain implants that were outlawed because they drove anyone who used one insane. We totally made that up to name the blog, the blog is about looking into the future and science fiction, so we wanted to come up with a fictional name, something that was science fiction. Io9s Explanations page gives further details on the backstory of these devices. The blog is indexed by Google News, in 2012, io9 created a video series called io9, We Come From The Future. It had 32 shows from April 13,2012 through November 16,2012 and it was hosted by Annalee Newitz and Esther Inglis-Arkell. It was shown on the Internet television network Revision3 and on YouTube, the show discussed the latest news in science and science fiction. Io9 was referenced in the American television series Dollhouse, Io9s 11 person staff joined Gizmodos 22 person staff, under Newitzs overall supervision. Therefore, after a nearly eight-year run, Newitz retired from both io9 and Gizmodo on November 30,2015, to take a position as tech culture editor at Ars Technica, Anders remained as head editor of io9. The old io9. com URL automatically links to the main io9 subpage of io9. gizmodo. com, besides Newitz, several other longtime core staff members left their positions at io9 during this transitional time period in 2015. Meredith Woerner departed io9 in May 2015, to write for the Los Angeles Times Hero Complex column, lauren Davis and Robbie Gonzalez left in August 2015, Davis went back to school to complete her MFA, and Gonzalez left for a position at Wired. By May 2016 none of the original 2008 contributors were left on the site, on 26 April 2016 Charlie Jane Anders confirmed that she was leaving the site to focus her attention on her then untitled second novel and that Rob Bricken would take over as editor. Official website Io9s channel on YouTube
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Gawker Media
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Gawker Media LLC was an online media company and blog network. It was founded by Nick Denton in October 2003 as Blogwire, all Gawker articles are licensed on a Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial license. In 2004, the company renamed from Blogwire, Inc. to Gawker Media, Inc. in 2016, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a direct result of the monetary judgement against the company related to the Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit. On August 16,2016, Gawker and all its brands were acquired at auction by Univision Communications, two days later on August 18, the company announced that Gawker. com would cease operations the following week, while its other sites will continue to operate. On September 21,2016, Gawker Medias assets except for Gawker were purchased by Univision Communications and have moved to Gizmodo Media Group. While I love the medium, Ive always been skeptical about the value of blogs as businesses, combined with low operating costs—mostly web hosting fees and writer salaries—Denton was believed to be turning a healthy profit by 2006. In 2015, Gawker Media LLC released its audited revenue for the past five years, in 2010, its revenue was $20 million and operating income of $2.6 million. Gawker Medias revenues steadily increased through 2014 and its revenue for 2014 was $45 million with $6.5 million operating income. Business Insider valued the company at $250 million based upon its 2014 revenue, in early 2015, Denton stated that he planned to raise $15 million in debt from various banks so as not to dilute his equity stake in the company by accepting investments from venture capital firms. In June 2016, Gawker Media revealed its corporate finances in a motion for a stay of judgment pending appeal, in the filings, the company stated that it could not afford to pay the $140.1 million judgment or the $50 million appeal bond. The companys balance sheet at the time reflected total assets of $33.8 million, total current liabilities of $27.7 million, a bond broker stated in an affidavit that the companys book value was $10 million. In June 2016, at the time of the filing for bankruptcy, Denton had a 29. 52% stake in the Gawker Media Group. Gawker Media was incorporated in Budapest, Hungary, where a small facility is still maintained. The company was headquartered early on at Nick Dentons personal residence in the New York City neighborhood of SoHo and that year, he created a new base of operations in Nolita in Manhattan. On April 14,2008, Gawker. com announced that Gawker Media had sold three sites, Idolator, Gridskipper, and Wonkette and he explained these decisions by referring to the 2008 credit crisis, but stated that the company was still profitable. In September 2008, Gawker reported 274 million pageviews, on November 12,2008, Gawker announced that Valleywag would fold into Gawker. com. The Consumerist was sold to Consumers Union, which took over the site on January 1,2009, on February 22,2009, Gawker announced that Defamer. com would fold into Gawker. com. In October 2009, Gawker Media websites were infected with malware in the form of fake Suzuki advertisements, the exploits infected unprotected users with spyware and crashed infected computers browsers
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People (magazine)
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People is an American weekly magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Time Inc. With a readership of 46.6 million adults, People has the largest audience of any American magazine, People had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and it was named Magazine of the Year by Advertising Age in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation and advertising. People ranked #6 on Advertising Ages annual A-list and #3 on Adweeks Brand Blazers list in October 2006, the magazine runs a roughly 50/50 mix of celebrity and human-interest articles. Peoples website, People. com, focuses on celebrity news, in February 2015, the website broke a new record,72 million unique visitors. People is perhaps best known for its special issues naming the Worlds Most Beautiful, Best & Worst Dressed. The magazines headquarters are in New York and it maintains editorial bureaus in Los Angeles, for economic reasons it closed bureaus in Austin, Miami, and Chicago in 2006. In December 2016, LaTavia Roberson engaged in a feud with People after alleging they misquoted and misrepresented her interview online. The concept for People has been attributed to Andrew Heiskell, Time Inc. s chief executive officer at the time, the founding managing editor of People was Richard B. Stolley, an assistant managing editor at Life and the journalist who acquired the Zapruder tapes of the John F. Kennedy assassination for Time Inc. in 1963. Peoples first publisher was Richard J. Durrell, another Time Inc. veteran, Stolley characterized the magazine as getting back to the people who are causing the news and who are caught up in it, or deserve to be in it. Our focus is on people, not issues, stolleys almost religious determination to keep the magazine people-focused contributed significantly to its rapid early success. It is said that although Time Inc. pumped an estimated $40 million into the venture, initially, the magazine was sold primarily on newsstands and in supermarkets. To get the magazine out each week, founding staff members regularly slept on the floor of their offices two or three nights each week and severely limited all non-essential outside engagements. The premier edition for the week ending March 4,1974 featured actress Mia Farrow, then starring in the movie The Great Gatsby and that issue also featured stories on Gloria Vanderbilt, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the wives of U. S. Vietnam veterans who were Missing In Action, the magazine was, apart from its cover, printed in black-and-white. The initial cover price was 35 cents, the core of the small founding editorial team included other editors, writers, photographers and photo editors from Life magazine, which had ceased publication just 13 months earlier. This group included managing editor Stolley, senior editors Hal Wingo, Sam Angeloff and Robert Emmett Ginna, writers James Watters and Ronald B
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Entertainment Weekly
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Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by Time Inc. that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture. Different from celebrity-focused publications like Us Weekly, People, and In Touch Weekly, EW primarily concentrates on entertainment media news, however, unlike Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, which are aimed at industry insiders, EW targets a more general audience. The first issue was published on February 16,1990, the cover price was $1.95 The title word entertainment was not capitalized on the cover until mid-1992 and has remained so since. By 2003, the weekly circulation averaged 1.7 million copies per week. In March 2006, managing editor Rick Tetzeli oversaw an overhaul of EWs graphics, Entertainment Weekly follows a typical magazine format by featuring a letters to the editor and table of contents in the first few pages, while also featuring advertisements. While many advertisements are unrelated to the entertainment industry, the majority of ads are typically related to up-and-coming television and these beginning articles open the magazine and as a rule focus on current events in pop culture. First Look, subtitled An early peek at some of Hollywoods coolest projects, is a spread with behind-the-scenes or publicity stills of upcoming movies. The Hit List, written each week by critic Scott Brown, highlights ten major events, Typically, there will be some continuity to the commentaries. This column was written by Jim Mullen and featured twenty events each week. The Hollywood Insider is a section that reports breaking news in entertainment. It gives details, in the columns, on the most-current news in television, movie. The Style Report is a section devoted to celebrity style. Because its focus is on celebrity fashion or lifestyle, it is rich in nature. Recently, the converted to a new format, five pictures of celebrity fashions for the week. A spin-off section, Style Hunter, which finds reader-requested articles of clothing or accessories that have appeared in pop culture recently, appears frequently. The Monitor is a two-page spread devoted to events in celebrity lives with small paragraphs highlighting events such as weddings, illnesses, arrests, court appearances. Deaths of major celebrities are typically detailed in a one-half- or full-page obituary titled Legacy and this feature is nearly identical to sister publication Peoples Passages feature. Harris column focuses on analyzing current popular-culture events, and is generally the most serious of the columns, harris has written about the writers strike and the 2008 presidential election, among other topics
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
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Robert Rodriguez filmography
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Robert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, film producer, writer, composer, cinematographer and film editor. He has contributed to projects as combination of the six. Less commonly, Rodriguez has also worked as a unit director, animator. Despite being rejected from the University of Texas film school due to poor academic promise of the Arts, Rodriguez then created his first feature-length film El Mariachi which was picked up by Columbia Pictures. After directing the television film Road Racers, Rodriguez continued work in Hollywood, El Mariachi, was the first of Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy that included Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Rodriguez continued working on other film series including the crime-horror film hybrid From Dusk Till Dawn. Rodriguez has also collaborated with film director Quentin Tarantino on various projects including Four Rooms, From Dusk Til Dawn, Kill Bill, Volume 2, Sin City, ^ I Also hosts the series. Cinema of the United States General Specific Robert Rodriguez at Allmovie Robert Rodriguez at the Internet Movie Database
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El Mariachi
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El Mariachi is a 1992 American contemporary western action film and the first installment in the saga that came to be known as Robert Rodriguezs Mexico Trilogy. It marked the feature debut of Rodriguez as writer and director. The Spanish language film was shot with an amateur cast in the northern Mexican bordertown of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico across from Del Rio. The US$7,000 production was intended for the Mexican home video market. Columbia eventually spent several more than the 16 mm films original budget on 35 mm transfers, promotion, marketing. The success of Rodriguezs directorial debut led him to two further entries, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. For the two sequels, Antonio Banderas took over from Carlos Gallardo for the main character El Mariachi, in 2011, El Mariachi was inducted into the Library of Congress to be preserved as part of its National Film Registry for being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. The film is further immortalized by Guinness World Records as the film ever to gross $1 million at the box office. Meanwhile, a young musician arrives in town carrying his own guitar case which contains his signature guitar and he hopes to find work in the town in order to pursue his dream of becoming a mariachi like his father. From the confines of his heavily guarded villa on the outskirts of town, Moco sends a large group of hitmen to kill Azul. They are told to look for a man who is wearing black and carrying a case, but because the Mariachi also matches this description. Only Moco, however, knows Azuls actual face, the Mariachi is then forced to kill four of the attackers in self-defense after being chased through the streets. As the Mariachi seeks refuge in a bar owned by a woman named Dominó. Unfortunately, Moco is not only financing the bar, but also has his own romantic interest in Dominó, when Azul visits the bar for a beer and information about Moco, he accidentally leaves with the Mariachis guitar case. Mocos thugs capture Azul on the street but let him go when they learn that the case he is carrying only a guitar. A short time later, the Mariachi is captured and taken to Moco, meanwhile, Azul, who has no directions to Mocos home, takes Dominó with him and orders her to take him to Mocos, or Moco will kill the mariachi. Dominó agrees in order to save the Mariachis life, when they arrive at Mocos gated compound, Azul pretends to take Dominó hostage in order to gain entry. Moco soon realizes that Dominó has fallen for the Mariachi and, in a rage, suddenly, the Mariachi arrives to find the woman he loves gunned down
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Roadracers
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Roadracers is a 1994 made-for-television film directed by Robert Rodriguez, his second feature film following the success of his 1992 debut, El Mariachi. Rodriguez was the young director to participate in the series. The series was produced by the son and daughter of Samuel Z. Arkoff, the co-founder and producer of American International Pictures, Salma Hayek plays Dudes girlfriend, Donna. Dude, a 1950s greaser, engages in a chase with the local cops, Sarge. After Dude causes their car to crash in a game of chicken, Donna does not enjoy the loud rock music preferred by Dude, and she is annoyed that he has made her wait. After they dance, Dudes friend Nixer joins them, much to Donnas annoyance, as they cruise around town and try to decide what to do, they run into Teddy, a rival greaser, and his friends. After exchanging insults, the two engage in a drag race. When Dude flicks his cigarette at the car, it lands in Teddys girlfriends hair. Teddys car swerves and loses the race as the attempt to put out the fire. Teddy and his friends swear revenge, and Dude drives off, when he later sees Dude, Sarge threatens to arrest him but says that he is content to wait for a charge that will result in Dudes incarceration. Teddy later confronts Dude and Nixer at J. T. s diner, when Teddy challenges Dude to a street fight, one of Teddys friends reminds him that he has set up a date with his girlfriend, who is his friends sister. Teddy is forced to delay the fight, and Dude sets a date with Donna at the roller rink. Annoyed to find Dude there, Teddy attempts to start a fight him, only to end up embarrassed when Dude uses his hair gel to cause Teddy. Dude, Nixer, and Donna go to see Nixers favorite film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, J. T. tells them that they must be ready to seize opportunities when they present themselves, as they may not get another chance. Like Invasions protagonist, they may find themselves stuck in a situation with no escape, Donna urges Dude to take advantage of his interest in music, and Dude casually inquires about trying out for a local band that he enjoys. Although he does not commit to an audition, he becomes excited about the possibility of escaping his small town, meanwhile, Teddy again confronts Dude at J. T. s diner after sexually harassing Donna. Donna initially tries to talk Dude out of a fight but stops when Teddy continues to harass her, Sarge breaks up the two before they can engage in a switchblade fight in public. Fed up with Teddys failure to care of Dude, Sarge hands him a pistol
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Desperado (film)
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Desperado is a 1995 American contemporary western action film written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. A sequel to the 1992 film El Mariachi, it is the installment in Robert Rodriguezs Mexico Trilogy. It stars Antonio Banderas as the mariachi who seeks revenge on the lord who killed his lover. The film was screened out of competition at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, once Upon a Time in Mexico, the final part of the trilogy, was released in 2003. Desperado grossed $25.4 million in the United States, at the Tarasco bar in Mexico, an American man tells the story of how he witnessed a massacre in another bar committed by a Mexican with a guitar case full of guns. The bars patrons are uninterested until the American mentions the name Bucho, meanwhile, El Mariachi has a dream of his encounter with Moco, Buchos underling, who killed his lover dead and shot his left hand. He is awakened by Buscemi, who tells him to continue his search for Bucho at the bar, El Mariachi meets a child, who allegedly plays guitar for a living. He gives the boy some pointers, at the Tarasco bar, El Mariachi engages in a tense standoff with Buchos goons before a massive gunfight erupts. He kills everyone in the bar, but Tavo, who was in a back room earlier, survives, on the street, Tavo wounds El Mariachi before being killed himself. Carolina, the woman who El Mariachi shields from Tavos bullets, Bucho arrives at the bar to survey the carnage. Paranoid, Bucho orders his men to hunt down the man dressed in black, in the bookstore, Carolina tends to El Mariachis wounds. While he rests, she discovers the guns in his guitar case, El Mariachi asks her to help him find Bucho. He goes to the church and talk to Buscemi. Upset by the massacre at the bar, Buscemi convinces El Mariachi to give up his quest for blood, outside the church, a man armed with throwing knives ambushes them, kills Buscemi and severely wounds El Mariachi. Buchos men arrive at the scene, mistake the man for El Mariachi and they take the body back to Bucho, who realizes they have killed the wrong person, a hit-man named Navajas sent by the Colombians to kill El Mariachi. As El Mariachi wanders through the streets, he meets the kid with the guitar and he learns that the kid is being used by his father to mule drugs hidden in his guitar. He angrily confronts the boy, who tells him most people in the works for Bucho. El Mariachi returns to Carolina and learns that Bucho paid to build her bookstore as another front for his drug-dealing, unexpectedly, Bucho pays her a visit, and she hastily hides El Mariachi
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Four Rooms
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The story is set in the fictional Hotel Mon Signor in Los Angeles on New Years Eve. Tim Roth plays Ted, the bellhop and main character in the frame story, the film is set on New Years Eve, and starts with Sam, the previous bellhop of the Hotel Mon Signor, briefing his replacement, Ted, about the job. The films animated opening credits are inspired by the cartoons of The Pink Panther Show, written and directed by Allison Anders Ted assists a number of unusual women with their luggage, which he takes up to the Honeymoon Suite. He learns they are a coven of witches, attempting to create a potion to reverse a spell cast on their goddess, in order to create it, they each must place an ingredient into a large cauldron in a ritual. However, one has still to retrieve her ingredient - semen - which she is told she must retrieve in one hour and she manages to seduce an initially reluctant Ted and has sex with him in the cauldron. After he leaves, they complete the ritual and Diana is seen emerging from the cauldron, at the end of the segment, a guest from a hotel room party calls Ted at the front desk to get some ice. He is unsure about which floor the room is on, written and directed by Alexandre Rockwell Upon arriving at Room 404, Ted finds himself in the middle of a fantasy hostage situation between a husband and wife. Sigfried, the husband, maniacally accuses Ted of having slept with his wife, at gunpoint, Ted is made to participate in the scenario, with uncertainty about what is real and part of the fantasy. At one point, he is stuck in the bathroom window, eventually, Ted escapes just as a different party guest appears, looking for Room 404 and is greeted by Sigfried in the same manner as Ted at the beginning of the segment. It is not fully clear if these events take place in Room 404 or 409, the party guests room is on the above floor, which suggests Sigfrieds room is indeed Room 404. Adding to this uncertainty, the door reads 40-, with a faint outline of what appears to be a missing 4 or 9, however, Sigfried answers the phone at one point, which is later revealed to be a call connecting to Room 409. Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez A husband and wife go out to a New Years Eve party, Ted is paid $500 to keep an eye on them by their stern father, who orders them not to misbehave. As Ted is responsible for the hotel he cant actually stay in the room with them. After he leaves, they begin to squabble and proceed to both explore and vandalize the room, and manage to explode a bottle of champagne in the process. They call Ted for toothbrushes, at which point he arrives, while Ted tries to quell the chaos, Sarah stabs him in the leg with the syringe when he repeatedly uses the word whore and Juancho accidentally sets the room on fire with his cigarette. At this point, their father arrives, carrying his passed-out wife, after the events of Room 309, an unsettled Ted calls his boss, Betty, to quit. After a prolonged conversation with Margaret, he gets Betty on the phone and quits, Betty reasons with him and convinces him to tend to their needs, due to the importance of continued Hollywood business to the hotel. Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino The penthouse is currently being occupied by the famous director Chester Rush and a group of his friends, which includes Angela from The Wrong Man
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From Dusk till Dawn
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From Dusk till Dawn is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino. It stars George Clooney, Tarantino, Harvey Keitel and Juliette Lewis, after enjoying modest success at the box office, it has since become a cult film. The film was conceived by Robert Kurtzman who hired Tarantino to write the script as his first paid writing assignment, fugitive bank robbers and brothers Seth and Richie Gecko are fleeing the F. B. I. and Texas police. They hold up and destroy a liquor store, killing the clerk, two witnesses they held hostage in the store escape during the shooting. They still hold a bank clerk hostage in the trunk of their car, the Fuller family—Jacob, the father and a pastor who is experiencing a crisis of faith, his son Scott, and daughter Kate—are on a vacation in their RV. They stop at a motel and are kidnapped by the Geckos. Seth and Jacob make a truce, if the Geckos can make it past the border, Jacob. They arrive at the Titty Twister, a club in the middle of a desolate part of Mexico. The Geckos demand that the Fullers have a drink with them before leaving, soon after entering the club, chaos ensues as the employees and strippers are all revealed to be vampires. Most of the patrons are quickly killed, and Richie is bitten by the star stripper, Santanico Pandemonium, only Seth, Jacob, Kate, Scott, a biker named Sex Machine, and Frost—a Vietnam War veteran—survive the attack. The slain patrons, including Richie, then back to life as vampires. During this second struggle, one of the vampires bites Sex Machine in the arm, subsequently, Sex Machine changes into a vampire and bites Frost and Jacob before Frost throws Sex Machine through the door, which allows an army of vampires to enter as bats from the outside. Jacob, knowing he will turn into a vampire, makes a reluctant Scott. The four make their assault on the undead. Jacob changes, but Scott hesitates to dispatch his father, allowing Jacob to bite Scott, Scott hits Jacob with holy water and shoots him. Scott is captured by vampires who begin to devour him. Begging for death, Scott is shot by Kate, only Seth and Kate survive, surrounded by vampires. Just as they contemplate suicide, streams of sunlight shine through new holes in the walls, Dawn has come, and Carlos is trying to shoot his way in
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The Faculty
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The film was released on December 25,1998, by Miramax Films through Dimension Films. It has a 54% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes and grossed $40.3 million at the US box office, one evening at Herrington High School in Ohio, several teachers and Principal Drake leave after discussing the schools budget. When Drake returns to retrieve her keys, Coach Willis becomes increasingly erratic, drama teacher Mrs. Olsen emotionlessly stabs Valerie with scissors as Drake flees the school. The following morning, the students arrive, including Casey Connor, Connor is the unappreciated assistant to spiteful Delilah Profitt, the papers editor-in-chief and head cheerleader. Delilahs mistreated boyfriend Stan Rosado is contemplating quitting the team to pursue academics. Zeke Tyler is an intelligent yet rebellious student repeating his senior year, naive transfer student Marybeth Louise Hutchinson, befriends self-styled outcast Stokely Mitchell. Delilah has spread rumors that Stokely is a lesbian though she has a crush on Stan, Marybeth develops a crush on Zeke. Casey notices a strange creature and takes it to science teacher Mr. Furlong, Delilah and Casey hide in the teachers lounge to find a story. They witness Coach Willis and Ms. Olsen force one of the creatures into the ear of school nurse Ms. Harper and they also find the body of Mrs. Brummel. Casey and Delilah flee, and Casey calls the police, Principal Drake claims nothing is wrong and that Casey is seeking attention. The next day, Casey tells Delilah, Stan and Stokely he believes the teachers are being controlled by aliens, after Zeke and Marybeth tease them about their theory, Mr. Furlong confronts them. Furlong suddenly becomes defensive and attempts to infect them, Zeke cuts off Furlongs fingers and injects his homemade drugs into Furlongs eye, apparently killing him. Zeke takes the five to his house, where he experiments on Caseys specimen and he discovers it needs water to survive and can be killed by his drugs. Zeke makes everyone take his drug to prove they are uninfected humans, Delilah is revealed as infected, and she destroys Zekes lab and most of his drug supply before escaping. Acting on Stokelys speculation that killing the queen will revert everyone to normal, the group returns to the school. Believing Principal Drake to be the queen, they isolate her in the gym, Stan confronts the coach and team to see if it worked but becomes infected. Zeke and Casey retrieve more of Zekes drugs from his car, Casey leads infected students away from Zeke, who encounters Miss Burke in the parking lot and seemingly kills her while escaping. At the gym, Stokely becomes suspicious of Marybeth during a conversation pretending to be what one is not
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Spy Kids
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The first installment in the Spy Kids film series, the film was theatrically released in the United States on March 30,2001 by Dimension Films. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $147 million worldwide, three sequels were released, The Island of Lost Dreams in 2002, Game Over in 2003, and All the Time in the World in 2011. The film was nominated for Best Fantasy Film at 28th Saturn Awards, Ingrid and Gregorio Cortez are rival spies who fall in love. They retire and have two children, 12-year-old Carmen and 9-year-old Juni and they work for the Organization of Super Spies doing desk work. The children have no idea of their parents previous career, Ingrid and Gregorio are called back into the field when agents go missing. The children are left in the care of Uncle Felix Gumm, Gregorio suspects that a kids TV show star Fegan Floop has kidnapped the agents, and mutated them into his Fooglies, creatures on his show. They are captured by Floops Thumb-Thumb robots whose arms, legs, and head are made of thumbs, Felix is alerted to the parents capture, activates the fail-safe, tells the children the truth, and that he is not their uncle. The house is assaulted by Thumb-Thumbs, and the children alone on a submarine thats set to auto-pilot to a safe house. At the safe house, Carmen unlocks the door using her name. Inside of Floops castle, he introduces his latest creation to Mr. Lisp and he wishes to replace the world leaders children with these super-strong robots to control the world. The androids are dumb, and cannot function outside of their inherent programming, Lisp is furious, demanding usable androids to sell to his clients. Floop along with his second-in-command Alexander Minion interrogate Gregorio and Ingrid, Floop demands the Third Brain, but Ingrid has no idea what hes talking about. Gregorio claims that he destroyed the brain years ago, thinking the brain must be with the children, Floop sends his minions after them. Gregorio reveals to Ingrid the truth about the Third Brain and it was the codename of a project back when he worked in the science division of OSS. It was to house the skills of all of the worlds best super spies, the project was deemed too dangerous, was scrapped and the materials to be destroyed, but Gregorio couldnt destroy the brain. Back at the house, the kids are visited by Ms. Gradenko. Gradenko says she works for OSS, and is there to help the children, Gradenko wants the Third Brain, but Carmen does not know anything. Gradenko orders the house to be dismantled, and Juni sees Thumb-Thumbs outside destroying the submarine, gradenkos intentions revealed, Juni accidentally exposes the Third Brain, and a chase ensues with Carmen and some henchmen with jet packs
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
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The second installment in the Spy Kids film series, which began with 2001s Spy Kids, the film was theatrically released on August 7,2002 by Dimension Films. Upon release, Spy Kids 2 received mostly positive reviews from critics, the OSS now has a full child spy section, of which 13-year-old Carmen Cortez and 10-year-old Juni Cortez have become agents. They face particularly difficult competition with Gary and Gerti Giggles, the children of double-dealing agent Donnagon Giggles and it is shown that Carmen defends Gary, and has a crush on him, which strains her relationship with Juni. Donnagon, who has hacked into the teleprompter which the President was reading from, is named the director of the OSS. Juni is fired after being framed by Gary for losing the Transmooker, in his new position as director, Donnagon can carry on with his plan to steal the Transmooker, so he can rule the world. Carmen manages to hack into the database, and reinstates Junis level as an agent and she and Juni use some hints from Alexander Minion, and follow the trail to a mysterious island near Madagascar, which is home to Romero, a lunatic scientist. Romero has been attempting to create genetically-miniaturized animals, so he can make a profit by selling the animals to kids in miniature zoos. He had an experiment go wrong after accidentally pouring growth concoction onto the set of animals, as a result, he is unwilling to leave his lab. When Carmen is captured by a Spork, a breed of flying pigs, she meets Gerti, Carmen changes her feelings for Gary after he tries to kill Juni, and she sides with her brother. Meanwhile, Romero finds out that his creatures are much friendlier than he thought, after fighting pirate skeletons, Carmen and Juni, along with the help of their family, Gerti, Romero and his creatures, destroy the Transmooker, and defeat Donnagon and Gary. Afterwards, Gregorio and Donnagon fight each other, as Gregorio put it, as the Cortez family leaves the island, Romero gives Juni a miniature spider-monkey as a gift, and all the islands inhabitants bid farewell to the Cortez family. During the credits, Machete has Carmen sing as a pop star in a concert. Carmen says she cant sing so Machete gives her a mic which auto-tunes her voice, and he also gives Juni a guitar that plays itself. After the performance, Carmen asks Machete, What, are you surprised your gadgets work, Machete then tells Carmen, I just realized, I never put any batteries in this. Carmen is shocked to find out she can, in fact, as the credits come to a close, Dinky Winks paddles to Romeros island to strike up a business deal. I told the studio I dont want more money. I just want to be more creative, the scene with the army of live skeletons was shot on a real rock formation, with the two young actors on safety wires, and the computer generated skeletons added later to over three dozen shots. The film ended its run on January 12,2003, having grossed $85,846,429 in the United States and Canada, the film received mostly positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it currently has a 74% Certified Fresh approval score based on 133 reviews, the sites critical consensus reads, Though the concept is no longer fresh, Spy Kids 2 is still an agreeable and energetic romp
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
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It was released in the United States on July 25,2003 by Dimension Films. The film stars Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Ricardo Montalbán, Holland Taylor, Mike Judge, Cheech Marin, and Sylvester Stallone. Initially intended to be the final installment in the Spy Kids series, Juni Cortez, after stopping Donnagon from activating the EMP device, has retired from the OSS, no longer wanting to work for them. He now lives a life and works as a private detective. One day, he is contacted by President Devlin, former head of OSS, upset about this, Juni returns to the OSS to learn more about his sister. Juni agrees to venture into the game, save Carmen, and shut down the game and he is also informed that his sister was last seen on Level 4. In the game, which place in a full 3D environment, Juni finds the challenges difficult, having only nine lives within the game. He receives a power-up which gives him a robotic bodysuit, allowing him to walk and possess superhuman strength and durability, and abandons Juni, telling him that they will regroup later. Searching for the entrance to Level 2, Juni ventures into a battle arena where he fights a girl named Demetra in order to return to Earth. In the fight, he receives a robotic, more powerful suit, in the 3-round fight, in which he loses another life, he defeats Demetra and returns to Earth. He meets the beta-testers again who believe he is a player named The Guy, Rez is unconvinced and challenges Juni to a Mega-race involving a multitude of different vehicles, which will allow them on Level 3. The only apparent rule of this game is Win, at all costs, upon entering level 3, Arnold and Juni are forced to battle each other, the loser getting an immediate game over. During the fight, Juni loses almost all of his lives, the group arrives at Level 4 where Juni finds Carmen, released by the Toymaker, who leads the group on. Carmen notices their grandfather is with them and tells Juni that the Toymaker is the reason their grandfather is in a wheelchair, Juni follows a map to a lava-filled gorge. The group surfs their way through the lava, the OSS finds out about the history between the Toymaker and Valentin. Outside the door to Level 5, Carmen informs them that only have 5 minutes left. After the other gamers start to think that Carmen and Juni are deceivers and Rez threatens to give Juni a game over, Demetra confirms this and apologizes to a stunned Juni before the Toymaker attacks the group with a giant robot. Valentin then appears, holding the back to the real world open so the group can escape
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico is a 2003 American contemporary western action film written, co-produced, cinematographied, edited, scored, and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the third and final film in Rodriguezs Mexico Trilogy, the film features Antonio Banderas in his second and final performance as El Mariachi. In the film, El Mariachi is recruited by CIA agent Sheldon Sands to kill Armando Barillo, at the same time, El Mariachi seeks revenge against a corrupt general responsible for the death of his wife, Carolina. It was Rodriguez first big budget film to be shot in digital HD, once Upon a Time in Mexico received positive reviews but was criticized for reducing its protagonist to an almost secondary character in his own trilogy and for having a convoluted plot. In the special features of the films DVD, Rodriguez explained this was intended, as he wanted this to be The Good, the Bad, once Upon a Time in Mexico grossed $98.1 million. Many years before, El Mariachi and his wife Carolina confronted Marquez in a shootout and wounded the general, in retaliation, Marquez took the lives of Carolina and their daughter in an ambush. In addition to El Mariachi, Sands persuades former FBI agent Jorge Ramírez to come out of retirement and kill Barillo, furthermore, AFN operative Ajedrez is assigned by Sands to tail Barillo. S. Authorities once Barillo has been taken down, cucuy, who was originally hired by Sands to keep an eye on El Mariachi, tranquilizes El Mariachi and brings him to Barillos mansion. Cucuy, however, is killed by Chambers while El Mariachi escapes from captivity and calls his friends Lorenzo. While monitoring Barillos activity outside a hospital, Ramírez notices armed men storming the building, Sands realizes his mission has been compromised, but is too late, as he is captured by Barillo and Ajedrez—who drill out his eyes before sending him out. Despite his blindness, he manages to gun down a hitman tailing him with the aid of a chiclet boy, as the village celebrates Day of the Dead, Marquez and his army storm in and attack the presidential palace. The guerrillas, however, are met with resistance not only the Mexican army, but the villagers. Marquez enters the palace, only to once again confront El Mariachi. Ramírez, who was released from captivity by Chambers, faces Barillo, after Amarillo guns down Chambers, Ramírez and El Mariachi kill the drug lord. Sands manages to shoot the sadistic Ajedrez dead outside the presidential palace, ultimately, Lorenzo and Fideo walk away with the loot that Barillo was using to pay Marquez, and escort the president to safety. Ramírez walks away, having accomplished his job, El Mariachi then gives his part of the loot to his village before walking into the sunset. He refused to call me Johnny – always called me John and you knew this guy was aiming to fuck you over, but somehow you stuck around because he was just so fascinating to watch. It was also revealed in the commentary on the DVD that Depp himself came up with the characters first
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Sin City (film)
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Sin City is a 2005 American neo-noir crime anthology film written, produced, and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is based on Millers graphic novel of the same name, much of the film is based on the first, third and fourth books in Millers original comic series. The Big Fat Kill focuses on an everyman getting caught in a war between a group of prostitutes and a group of mercenaries, the police and the mob. That Yellow Bastard follows a police officer who protects a young woman from a grotesquely disfigured serial killer. The intro and outro of the film are based on the short story The Customer is Always Right, which is collected in Booze, Broads & Bullets, the sixth book in the comic series. The film was screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival in competition and won the Technical Grand Prize for the films visual shaping, the Salesman steps out of an elevator and walks onto a balcony overlooking Basin City, where The Customer awaits. He comforts her, the two talk and share a kiss, and he shoots her, after she dies, he ponders what she was running from before mentioning that he will cash her check in the morning. On the docks of Sin City, aging police officer John Hartigan tries to stop serial child-killer Roark Junior from raping and killing his fourth victim, Junior is the son of Senator Roark, who bribes the police to cover up his sons crimes. Hartigans partner, Bob, tries to convince Hartigan to walk away, fighting off the pain caused by his bad heart, Hartigan confronts Junior, and shoots off his ear, right hand and genitals. Bob then arrives and shoots Hartigan in the back, revealing himself to be on Senator Roarks payroll, as sirens approach, Nancy comforts Hartigan as he passes out, as he reasons that the death of an old man is a fair trade for a young girls life. After a one-night stand, Marv awakens to find that Goldie, realizing he has been set up, he escapes the police that have arrived to arrest him, vowing to avenge her death. Marv interrogates several informants, working his way up to a corrupt priest who reveals that the Roark family was behind the murder, after killing the priest, Marv is attacked by a woman who looks like Goldie. Marv goes to the Roark farm where he is subdued by silent stalker Kevin, Marv and Lucille escape their holding cell, but she is shot by the leader of a squad of corrupt cops. Marv kills the squad, interrogates the leader, and finds out that Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark arranged for Goldies murder and he convinces her that he is not the killer and she resolves to help him avenge Goldie. They return to the farm, where Marv attacks and slowly dismembers Kevin and he brings Kevins head to Cardinal Roark, who confesses to his part in the murders, before Marv brutally murders him too and is immediately captured by Roarks guards. Marv is blackmailed into confessing to the murder of Cardinal Roark and the women Kevin killed, wendy visits him the night before and pretends to be Goldie as a way of thanking him for avenging her sister and the next day, Marv is executed via electric chair. Dwight McCarthy is with his waitress girlfriend Shellie, when her drunken ex-boyfriend, Jackie Boy, after Jackie Boy hits Shellie and goes to the bathroom, Dwight ambushes him and threatens to kill him if he doesnt leave Shellie alone. Angry and embarrassed, Jackie leaves Shellies flat, with Dwight following them to make sure he does not take his anger out on another girl
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D
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The film uses the anaglyph 3-D technology, similar to the one used in Spy Kids 3-D, Game Over. The film stars Taylor Lautner, Taylor Dooley, Cayden Boyd, David Arquette, Kristin Davis, many of the concepts and much of the story were conceived by Rodriguezs children. Max is a child in the suburbs of Austin who creates an imaginary world named Planet Drool. The two left Max to guard Planet Drool, in real life, Maxs parents have little time for him, and their marriage seems to be on the rocks, and he is bullied by fellow schoolmate Linus. However, he does receive friendship from Marissa, the daughter of his teacher Mr. Electricidad, after a chase around the local park, Linus steals Maxs dream journal, and vandalizes it. The next day, as Max attempts to retaliate, twin tornadoes form outside the school, and moments later, Sharkboy and Lavagirl appear, and ask Max to come with them to Planet Drool. They reach Planet Drool via a shark-like spacecraft, where Max learns that the dreamworld is turning bad, courtesy of Mr. Electric, originally the dreamworlds electrician, Sharkboy and Lavagirl save some children from an out-of-control roller coaster called Mount Neverrest. Then with Max, they confront Mr. Electric, who drops them in a part of Planet Drool called the Dream Graveyard. They find Tobor, a toy that was never finished being built by Max. They are pursued by Mr. Electric and his plughounds across the planet. They plan to visit the Ice Princess, and obtain the Crystal Heart, which can freeze time, giving enough time to get to the center of Planet Drool. However, they are captured by Mr. Electric, and delivered to Linuss Planet Drool incarnation Minus, who has altered the dreamworld with Maxs own Dream Journal, Sharkboy gets annoyed by Linus and has a shark frenzy, destroying the cage. Max retrieves the Dream Journal from Minus while he is sleeping, Max informs Sharkboy that his father is alive in his book, but when Lavagirl wishes to find out what it says about her true identity, she burns the book to ash. In rage, Lavagirl asks him why she was out of lava. With little time left, Max, Sharkboy, and Lavagirl reach the Ice Princess, the Planet Drool incarnation of Marissa Electricidad, after an encounter with the Ice Guardian. She hands over the Crystal Heart, but they find they are too late to stop the corruption since the ice princess is the one who can use the Crystal Hearts power. Mr. Electric fools Sharkboy into jumping into water filled with electric eels, Lavagirl jumps into the water to retrieve Sharkboy, but dies moments later. Tobors face appears, and convinces Max to dream a better and unselfish dream, which in turn revives Sharkboy, who then races Lavagirl to a volcano, where she too is revived
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Planet Terror
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Planet Terror is a 2007 American zombie film directed by Robert Rodriguez. It follows a group of attempting to survive an onslaught of zombie-like creatures as they feud with a military unit. The film stars Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Naveen Andrews, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Stacy Ferguson, and Bruce Willis. In addition to directing the film, Rodriguez wrote the script, directed the cinematography, wrote the score, co-edited. Released on April 6,2007, Grindhouse ticket sales were significantly below box office analysts expectations, outside the U. S and released separately, Planet Terror and Death Proof screened in extended versions. Two soundtracks were released for the features and include music. Planet Terror was released on DVD in the United States and Canada on October 23,2007, in rural Texas, go-go dancer Cherry Darling decides to quit her low-paying job and find another occupation. She runs into her mysterious ex-boyfriend El Wray at the Bone Shack, when Muldoon learns that Abby has an extra supply on hand, he attempts to take Abby hostage, and Abby intentionally releases the gas into the air. The gas reaches the town and turns most of its residents into deformed bloodthirsty psychopaths, the infected townspeople are treated by the sinister Dr. William Block and his unhappy, unfaithful bisexual anesthesiologist wife Dakota at a local hospital. Random zombie attacks begin along the highway, causing El Wray, with Cherry as his passenger, in the aftermath, several zombies tear off Cherrys right leg. Also falling victim, fatally, is Tammy, who was on her way to town to reunite with her former lover Dakota. When Tammys body arrives at the hospital, Dr. Block recognizes her and by comparing text messages on the phones of Tammy and his wife. El Wray is detained by Sheriff Hague based on past encounters between the two men, as the patients transform into zombies, El Wray leaves the police station and arrives at the hospital, attaching a wooden table leg to Cherrys stump. As El Wray and Cherry fight their way out of the hospital, Dakota escapes to her car. She eventually manages to drive away, meanwhile, Block becomes infected along with others, while Cherry and El Wray take refuge at the Bone Shack. Dakota retrieves her son Tony and takes him to her father, Earl McGraw, Tony, who was given a revolver by his mother, accidentally shoots himself in the face after being told not to point it at himself. Cherry and El Wray make love in J. T. s bedroom, Dakota, Earl, Cherrys former boss Skip, and Tonys crazed babysitter twins arrive at the Bone Shack. With Sheriff Hague badly injured, the group decides to flee to the Mexican border, Muldoons men arrive, and kill the zombies before arresting the group
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Shorts (2009 film)
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Shorts is a 2009 Emirati-American comic fantasy family film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film stars Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett, Shorts, The Adventures of the Wishing Rock was theatrically released in the United States on August 21,2009 by Warner Bros. The film earned $29 million on a $20 million budget and it received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film. Shorts, The Adventures of the Wishing Rock was released on DVD, an Xbox video game of the same name was announced on June 23,2009 with a prospective July release date in advance of the films release, but was canceled. Toby Toe Thompson a 12-year old is bullied by Helvetica Hel Black, Toe speculates that Hel loves him, infuriating Hel and leading Cole and his gang to start throwing rocks at Toe. One of the rocks they throw is a rainbow colored wishing rock, which Toes uses to wish for friends, Toe takes the aliens to school, but their presence causes Toe and Hel to fall from the schools roof. The aliens leave, but Toe keeps the rock, previously, the Wishing Rock appeared at the home of Loogie, Laser, and Lug Short, and they eventually wished that one of them was very smart. However, the power was given to their infant sister and she convinced the boys to hide the rock and Cole found it to it the next day to throw at Toe. Toes older sister Stacey arrives to tutor Nose Noseworthy, Toes old, Nose picks his nose against his fathers wishes and accidentally flicks the booger into his fathers radioactive work study. Toe and Loogie, now friends, arrive at Noses house in time to see Noses booger mutate into a giant monster, after helping Noses father capture the monster outside, Toe and Loogie take the rock and leave. Toes parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomson, like all adults in the town, work for Black Box Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated and they are assigned by Mr. Carbon Black, owner of Black Box, to compete to create a new marketing strategy. Toes mother finds the rock in Toes room and takes it and she and Mr. Thompson go to a Black Box costume party. Since they were having trouble with their relationship, she wishes that she and they become mutated together into a two-headed person, but Mr. Black thinks that theyre wearing a costume. Meanwhile, Toe realizes that his mother took the rock and rushes to the costume party, Hel wishes that Cole would turn into a dung beetle and then loses the rock. The rock is found by Mr. Black who, unaware of its power, in the chaos, Toe retrieves the rock and wishes everyone back to normal. Hel takes the stone, wishes off her casts, and escapes before Toe throws the rock as far as he can, where it lands at the Noseworths house. As Toe and Loogie contemplate what to do with the rock, they are ambushed by the rest of the kids, Mr. Black wishes that he was the most powerful thing in the world and turns into a giant Black Box. The infant tells them that the rock is starting to feel misused and she also tells them the rock could destroy the Earth because of all of the petty wishes they make
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Machete (2010 film)
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Machete is a 2010 American action film written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. This film is an expansion of a trailer that was included in Rodriguezs. Machete continues the B movie and exploitation style of Grindhouse, and this was Steven Seagals first theatrically released film in eight years since his starring role in 2002s Half Past Dead. Machete was released in the United States by 20th Century Fox and Rodriguezs company, Troublemaker Studios, a sequel, Machete Kills, was released on October 11,2013. Mexico, Machete Cortez, a former Mexican Federal and his partner are on a mission to rescue a kidnapped girl. Three years later, a down-and-out Machete roams Texas, scraping by on yard work, Michael Booth, a local businessman and spin doctor, explains to Machete that corrupt Texas State Senator John McLaughlin is sending hundreds of illegal immigrants out of the country. In order to stop this, Booth offers Machete $150,000 to kill McLaughlin, Machete accepts the murder contract after Booth threatens to kill him if he does not. Machete trains a rifle on McLaughlin from a rooftop during a rally, the henchman shoots Machete in the shoulder, the latter then shoots McLaughlin in the leg. It is revealed that Booth orchestrated the assassination as part of a false flag operation to gain public support for McLaughlins secure border campaign. An injured Machete escapes capture by Booth and is taken to a hospital to be treated for wounds, Agent Sartana Rivera, a persistent U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, is sent by her superior to find and capture the injured Machete. Machete, with the help of Luz, aka Shé, the leader of an illegal immigrant aid movement known as the Network, recruits Padre, his holy brother. To take revenge on Booth, Machete kidnaps Booths wife and his daughter, April and he also collects evidence from Booths house linking McLaughlin and the Mexican drug lord in a major drug trafficking deal. After encountering Machete, Sartana begins to develop an interest in him, elsewhere, Booth, who is revealed to be working for Torrez, hires a hitman, Osiris Amanpour, to assist in the hunt for Machete. Booth and Osiris kill Padre in his church by nailing him to a cross, unbeknownst to Booth, the church has cameras. Through the CCTV recordings, the news of McLaughlins corruption and faked assassination is eventually aired on national television, infuriated, McLaughlin kills Booth and heads back to join Torrez to kill Machete. In order to eliminate the people who double-crossed him, Machete gathers the Mexican Network and leads them to the base of the border vigilantes, during this confrontation, the Mexican illegals triumph over the border vigilantes. Jackson tries to escape, but Luz shoots him in the back of the head, Machete fights Torrez and stabs him. April shows up wearing a nuns habit after escaping from the church, McLaughlin, injured, manages to escape, but he is later killed by the last remnants of his own border vigilante group, who mistake him for a Mexican
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Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
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Spy Kids, All the Time in the World is a 2011 American 4D spy adventure comedy film directed by Robert Rodriguez and it is the fourth and final installment in the Spy Kids film series. The film stars Jessica Alba, Joel McHale, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Ricky Gervais and it was released on August 19,2011. Filming began on October 27,2010 and this is the first film without the participation of Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino and without the distribution of Miramax Films. The film received negative reviews upon release, with an approval rating of 22%. OSS agent Marissa Wilson is attempting to capture a criminal named Tick Tock, despite being nine months pregnant, she continues her pursuit against the admonitions of her boss Danger DAmo. Tick Tock is captured and the mini-disk, which information on a weapon of mass destruction called Project. At the hospital, Marissa meets her spy-hunting TV host husband, Wilbur, who thinks she is an interior decorator, Marissa gives birth to a daughter, Maria. Rebecca does not accept Marissa as a replacement for her deceased mother, attempting to strengthen her rapport with Rebecca, Marissa gives her a red-sapphire necklace that she says her own parents gave her when she was Rebeccas age. The media reports that time is speeding up at an increasing rate, the Time Keeper demands that Tick Tock bring him the Chronos Sapphire, which is revealed to be the jewel in the necklace Marissa gave Rebecca. The OSS calls Marissa out of retirement, and instructs her to bring the Chronos Sapphire with her, when Marissa asks for it from Rebecca, it further strains their relationship. When Marissa arrives at OSS headquarters, she discovers that the box Rebecca gave her did not contain the jewel, but it contained baby food. Tick Tocks henchmen break into Marissas house, and Rebecca and Cecil are directed to take refuge in a Panic Room, where they view a video of Marissa informing them of her secret career. The twins escape and go to OSS headquarters, where Marissas niece and their step-cousin, Carmen Cortez, as Marissa pursues Tick Tock, Rebecca and Cecil go after the Time Keeper. Their search leads them to a shop, which is Tick Tocks headquarters. The twins view a video of the Wells Experiment, which reveals the nature of the Chronos Sapphire in Rebeccas necklace, the twins are captured by Tick Tock, but are rescued by Marissa and Carmen, though Tick Tock manages to steal the Sapphire. Wilburs investigations lead him to the shop, but he is shocked to learn that Marissa is a spy. When he destroys the footage that he and his cameraman filmed of the battle, he is fired, and becomes estranged from Marissa, as time continues to speed up, OSS agents are debriefed on the Wells Experiment. The OSS shut down the experiment, and placed the device under lockdown, among the agents assigned to the case is Carmens estranged brother, Juni Cortez
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Machete Kills
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Machete Kills is a 2013 American action-comedy film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is a sequel to Machete, and the film based on a Grindhouse fake trailer. Vanessa Hudgens, Alexa Vega, William Sadler, Marko Zaror, the film follows the titular ex-federal as he is recruited by the U. S. President to stop an arms dealer and a revolutionary. The film was released on October 11,2013, failing to recoup its budget of $20 million, critics cited the overuse of plot points, poorly produced CGI, and the out-of-place science fiction elements. Machete Cortez and Sartana Rivera attempt to capture weapon dealers who have been supplying the Mexican drug cartels, the military men are then all killed by the gangsters, who in turn are wiped out by another intervening party. Its leader murders Sartana while Machete is arrested by corrupt Sheriff Doakes, Doakes unsuccessfully tries to hang Machete but the President of the US, Rathcock, intervenes. Machete agrees and travels to San Antonio, where he meets his handler Blanca Vasquez and she sends him to Acapulco to meet a young woman, Cereza, who can lead him to Mendez. Machete finds her in a run by her mother, Madame Desdemona. She takes him to Mendezs associate, Zaror, who kills Cereza before taking Machete to Mendezs base of operations, there, Machete learns that Mendez has wired the missiles launch device to his heart and triggered its launch in 24 hours. If he dies, the missile fires, after killing Zaror he captures Mendez, intending to escort him to US and find a way to disarm the missile. Machete learns that Mendez is an agent who tried to expose his corrupt superiors. The trauma drove him insane, creating his split personalities and leading him to join forces with the missiles creator, shortly thereafter, a hit is put out on them. Machete is targeted by Madame Desdemona and her assassins, including a shapeshifting hitman called El Camaleón. Machete and Mendez manage to reach the US and kill Doakes and Clebourne only to be caught by a reborn Zaror, Zaror decapitates Mendez and Machete is riddled with bullets. Machete wakes up to himself in a healing tank. He is taken to meet Zarors benefactor—corrupt businessman, inventor and Star Wars fan Luther Voz, Machete then escapes with help from Luz, who had heard about the hit on Machete. She informs him that the one who can disarm Mendezs heart is Machetes old enemy. Machete contacts Vasquez, who instructs him to meet her at a rendezvous point, arriving there, Machete is betrayed and ambushed by Vasquez, who is in league with Voz
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
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Sin City, A Dame to Kill For is a 2014 American neo-noir action crime film and follow-up to the 2005 film Sin City. Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, the script is written by Miller and is based on the second book in the Sin City series by Miller. One of the plots of the film is based on the short story Just Another Saturday Night, which is collected in Booze, Broads, & Bullets. Two original stories were created exclusively for the written by Miller. The film stars an ensemble cast including returning cast members Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Powers Boothe, the film was released on August 22,2014 on 2D, 3D and RealD 3D. Unlike the first film, A Dame to Kill For was a commercial failure and it received mixed reviews from film critics. Marv regains consciousness on a highway overlooking The Projects, surrounded by dead young men and a crashed police car. He retraces his steps, recalling that since its Saturday, he watched Nancy Callahan dance at Kadies Saloon, stepping outside, he encounters four rich frat boys burning a homeless man alive. When Marv intervenes, the leader of the frat boys shoots him in the arm, calling him Bernini Boy and they flee, Marv follows, stealing a police car on the way, which he crashes into their car, leading to his blackout and memory loss. He follows the two surviving frat boys into The Projects, the neighborhood where he grew up, with the assistance of the deadly residents lurking in the shadows, he dispatches the frat boys. He questions the leader about being called Bernini Boy and learns that it is the brand of coat he is wearing, after slitting the boys throat, he considers his coat and realizes he cant remember how he acquired it. Johnny, a young gambler, arrives in Sin City and heads to Kadies place. Taking a young waitress, Marcie, with him as a luck charm. Johnny repeatedly wins in the game, and cleans the senator out. One other player, the police lieutenant Liebowitz, warns him to flee the city. He walks her home when Roarks goons suddenly attack him and he fights them off and tells Marcie to meet him at a hotel before he is escorted into the Senators waiting limousine. In payment for the humiliation he suffered at the game, Roark takes back his money. They toss him from the car, and the Senator shoots Johnny in the leg, Roark then reveals that he recognized Johnny as his illegitimate son
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Alita: Battle Angel
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Alita, Battle Angel is an upcoming American science fiction film based on Yukito Kishiros Battle Angel Alita manga, set to be released on July 20,2018. The film is produced by Jon Landau, and Robert Rodriguez has signed on to direct the film based on a written by Laeta Kalogridis. Production and release were repeatedly delayed due to former producer Camerons work on Avatar, James Cameron had stated that he intends to adapt the spine story of Yukito Kishiros original manga, with a specific focus on the first four books. He especially wants to include the fictional sport motorball from the third, rosa Salazar as Alita, the titular cyborg heroine. Christoph Waltz as Dr. Dyson Ido, a scientist who is Alitas caretaker, keean Johnson as Hugo, Alitas love interest who also teaches her to play a gladiator-style game called Motorball. Mahershala Ali in two roles, one being Vector, a man who rigs Motorball combat matches, Ed Skrein as Zapan Lana Condor as Koyomi Michelle Rodriguez as Gelda, a cyborg warrior. Jackie Earle Haley Jennifer Connelly Eiza González as Nyssiana Jorge Lendeborg Jr, the domain name battleangelalita. com was registered to James Cameron by 20th Century Fox around June 2000. Fox also registered the battleangelmovie. com domain, in April 2003, it was reported by Moviehole that Cameron had confirmed he would direct a Battle Angel film. Cameron confirmed that a script for the film was in production during an interview on the Tokudane, program on Fuji TV on May 4,2003. It was scheduled to be his film, after Aliens of the Deep in January 2005. In June 2005, The Hollywood Reporter claimed that the film was being delayed while Cameron developed a film known as Project 880, entertainment Weekly ran an interview in February 2006 in which Cameron stated that his deal with 20th Century Fox was that he produce both films. The article also claimed that Battle Angel was slated to be released in September 2009, in June 2006, Cameron commented that Battle Angel was the second of two planned film trilogies he was developing, with the first being Avatar. In May 2008, Cameron indicated he would be working on a film titled The Dive and that July, at the San Diego Comic-Con International, he reiterated that he was still committed to making the film. In December 2009, Cameron commented during an interview with MTV News that a script for Battle Angel had been completed, Landau also revealed that screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis had worked on writing the film. In August 2010, just before the release of Avatar, Cameron stated that the film was still on radar. However, that October, he confirmed that his films would be two Avatar sequels instead of Battle Angel. Battle Angel is not going to happen for a few years. According to Cameron, his reason for producing Avatar first is because he believes that the film can raise awareness of the need for environmental protection. During an interview with Alfonso Cuarón in July 2013, Cameron set 2017 as the date at which production on the film would begin
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From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
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From Dusk Till Dawn 2, Texas Blood Money is an American Horror film released on March 16,1999. Its the second film in the From Dusk Till Dawn series and is a sequel to From Dusk till Dawn, the film was an early test release by Dimension Films for the direct-to-video market. It was co-written and directed by Scott Spiegel, michael S. Murphey, Gianni Nunnari, Meir Teper produced. Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender executive produced, and Elizabeth Avellan co-produced, the film was filmed on location in South Africa and features cameos by Bruce Campbell and Tiffani Thiessen. It won a Saturn Award from The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films for the Best Home Video Release of 1999. A third film in the series, From Dusk Till Dawn 3, The Hangmans Daughter, in late 2010 it was reported that a possible fourth film in the series may be produced. In late 2013 it was reported that a TV series had begun production, in a hotel, Barry and Pam are seen entering an elevator. Whilst in the elevator, it jerks to a sudden halt, Pam and Barry start to investigate and come across a corpse in the roof of the lift. Suddenly, they are attacked and then killed by a group of bats, the next scene cuts to Buck, engaging in sexual intercourse, and the audience becomes aware that the opening scene was a film Buck has been watching. He then switches channels to view the news and learns that his old butt buddy, Buck also learns that Texas ranger Otis Lawson is looking for him. Shortly thereafter Buck receives a visit from Otis and when Otis leaves, Luther who wants to get the old gang back together and arranges to meet Buck at the El Coyote in Mexico. Buck starts rounding up the old team which consists of C. W. Niles, Jesus Draven, Jesus and Ray Bob book a room at the motel, where they wait for Luther. Whilst on his way in his car, Luther hits and kills a bat resulting in his car breaking down, when the car wont start, Luther walks over to a nearby bar, the Titty Twister. He calls Buck from the bar to tell him about the breakdown, Luther in the meantime is offered a ride to the El Coyote by the bartender Razor Eddie. However, when Razor Eddie finds out about the bat that Luther hit, realizing that the bat was actually his friend Victor, Victor and Razor Eddie proceed to attack Luther, resulting in him being turned into a vampire. Back at the motel, Jesus has sex with Lupe, a woman he bumped into when he arrived at the motel, after they finish, Jesus sleeps while Lupe grabs a shower. Luther arrive in the windows in the bat form where Lupe is, Jesus awakes and starts to get dressed. The shower turns off, and he notices a blood puddle seeping from underneath the door of the bathroom and he goes to investigate and attempts to open the door
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Death Proof
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Death Proof is a 2007 American exploitation film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Kurt Russell as a stuntman who murders young women in staged car accidents using his death-proof stunt car. It co-stars Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the film pays homage to the slasher, exploitation and muscle car films of the 1970s. The films were released separately outside the United States and on DVD, the film was in the main competition for the Palme dOr at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Three friends, Arlene, Shanna and radio DJ Jungle Julia Lucai, drive down Congress Avenue in Austin, aging Hollywood stunt double Stuntman Mike trails the women to a bar and claims the lap dance. Arlene is suspicious, having seen Mikes car earlier that day, the three women prepare to depart with Lanna, another friend. Pam, an old classmate of Julias, accepts Mikes offer of a ride home, Mike takes Pam to his Hollywood stunt car rigged with a roll cage and tells her the car is death-proof, but only for the driver. He speeds recklessly and slams on the brakes, smashing Pams skull on the dashboard and he catches up with the womens car and drives into it at speed, killing them. Mike survives with no serious injury, sheriff McGraw is suspicious, but because Mike was sober while the women were intoxicated, he cannot be charged. Fourteen months later, three women, Abernathy Ross, Kim Mathis and Lee Montgomery, are driving through Lebanon. They stop at a store where Mike watches them from his car. Unaware of Mike, the pick up their friend, stuntwoman Zoë Bell. Zoë tells them she wants to test-drive a 1970 Dodge Challenger, the cars owner lets them test-drive it unsupervised after Abernathy lies to him that Lee is a porn star and will stay behind. Zoë tells Abernathy and Kim that she wants to play a game they call Ships Mast, the three enjoy the stunt unaware that Mike is watching them. He rear-ends them in his car, causing Zoë to drop one of the belts, after several more collisions, he T-bones them, throwing Zoë from the car. Mike flees in his car when Kim shoots him in the shoulder, Abernathy and Kim cry over the loss of their friend, but discover that Zoë is uninjured. The three agree to catch up to Mike and kill him, Mike has stopped in a narrow road to treat his wound with whiskey. The women rear-end him at speed, Zoë gets out and beats him with a pipe, but he resists and drives off again
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Predators (film)
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It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the installment of the Predator franchise, following Predator and Predator 2. A sequel, The Predator, is set for 2018, the film follows an ensemble cast of characters including Royce, a mercenary who appears in an unidentified jungle among other murderers and otherwise undesirable people. They find that they have been abducted and placed on a planet which acts as a reserve for two warring tribes of extraterrestrial killers, and actively look for a way to return to Earth. Producer Robert Rodriguez had developed a script as early as 1994, according to Rodriguez, the title Predators is an allusion to the second film in the Alien franchise, Aliens. The title also has a meaning, referring both to the extraterrestrial Predator creatures and to the group of human characters who are pitted against them. Principal photography for Predators began on September 28,2009 and concluded after 53 days, filming took place in Hawaii and then in Austin, Predators was released in the United States on July 9,2010, and Metacritic gave it a score of 51% from selected mainstream critics. The film grossed over $24 million on its opening weekend and has grossed over $52 million in the United States. Royce awakens to find himself parachuting into an unfamiliar jungle, upon landing, they discover that all are armed and lethal killers, with the apparent exception of Edwin, though none know where they are or how they got there. The group follows Royce, who Isabelle suspects is a black operations soldier turned mercenary. In the jungle they find empty cages, plants with a poison that Edwin collects on a scalpel. Arriving at higher ground, they find themselves staring at an alien sky, the party is attacked by a pack of quadruped alien beasts. Cuchillo is killed, and his body is used as bait to lure the survivors into a trap. Royce deduces they are on a used as a game preserve. The group follows the tracks to a camp and finds a captive Predator. The hunters, three larger Predators, attack the group, Mombasa is killed and the rest of the group escapes. Royce confronts Isabelle, believing she knows something about the creatures based on her shock of recognition when they encountered the alien. She reveals that she has heard of the Predators before, from a report by the survivor of a Special Forces team who encountered one twenty three years earlier in Guatemala
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From Dusk till Dawn: The Series
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From Dusk Till Dawn, The Series is an American horror television series developed by Robert Rodriguez. The series premiered on March 11,2014, on Rodriguezs newly launched channel El Rey, outside the United States and Latin America, the series is marketed as a Netflix original. It is being produced by FactoryMade Ventures in association with Miramax, the series adds to the tone of the film, with new characters and backstories, while expanding the creatures Mesoamerican mythology. On October 26,2015, it was renewed for a third season, which aired from September 6 to November 1,2016. It looks as if the series has either been cancelled or may be rebooted with an all new cast as Deadline has reported that the actors have been released from their contracts as of October 31,2016. Heading for the Mexico border pursued by Gonzalez, the Geckos encounter former minister Jacob Fuller and his family, drug lord Don Carlos reroutes them to a strip club populated by snakelike people that all must fight for food to survive until dawn. From Dusk till Dawn is the first scripted series on Robert Rodriguezs El Rey network. He added, There was so much I wanted to explore in that movie that I didnt get to, and I delved a little deeper into Mesoamerican mythologies and Aztec and Mayan mythologies and where a vampire culture could have existed back then and found fascinating stuff. In Australia, the series premiered on SBS2 on July 1,2014, in the UK, the series has been broadcast on 5Star since January 4,2016, as From Dusk Till Dawn. From Dusk till Dawn has received favorable reviews. Review aggregator site Metacritic has given the season a favorable score of 61 out of 100. On another review aggregator site, Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 69% rating with a rating of 6.2 out of 10. It was picked #1 on Entertainment Weeklys Must list and as one of the Hottest New Fiction Shows by The Hollywood Reporter, the soundtrack for season 1, named From Dusk Till Dawn, Season 1, was released on May 5,2015 through Chingon Music. The album features music by Robert Rodriguezs band Chingon and series composer Carl Thiel. com
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Mexican Spaghetti Western
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Mexican Spaghetti Western is a studio album by Robert Rodriguezs band, Chingon. Originally released in 2004 exclusively on the website, it became available in stores on April 10,2007. The original non-digi-pak release of the album did not include the song Cielito Lindo and it made its first appearance on this album, and also featured in Kill Bill, Volume 2. Rodriguez was credited in Kill Bill for his guitar pieces in the film as well as part of Chingon. Siente Mi Amor was featured on the soundtrack Once Upon a Time in Mexico, a shot, chopped and scored by Robert Rodriguez. A shortened version of Cuka Rocka was also featured on the Once Upon a Time in Mexico soundtrack, some versions of the album feature, as a bonus track, Sin City Theme, another Rodriguez piece from a film he also directed. The bonus edition additionally includes four tracks from the Machete soundtrack and the chingonized Grindhouse Theme
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Mexico Trilogy
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All three films tell the continuing story of central character, El Mariachi. The films were released in theatres between 1992 and 2003, and later on a complete DVD trilogy box set in 2010, the trilogy began with the 1992 ultra low-budget production of El Mariachi. Reportedly Rodriguez got some funds for the film by offering himself up as a guinea pig to science labs. Other finances came in the form of money won by his short student film, Bedhead. It was so well received that they chose to finance the second part of the trilogy, Desperado. A recurring theme of the Mexico Trilogy deals with El Mariachi being alone as all of his loved ones die in front of him, the first film, El Mariachi, tells the story of an out-of-work musician, known simply as El Mariachi, traveling through Mexico. He arrives in a border town, hoping to find work in some of the local cantinas. Unfortunately for the man, local hoodlums mistake him for an escaped convict who has been hunting down his former associates with a guitar case filled with weapons. As the story progresses, El Mariachi falls in love with a woman who helps him hide from those who are trying to kill him and he seeks revenge for all he has been put through. The second film, Desperado, continues El Mariachis quest for revenge where he finds a new love and quenches his thirst for revenge. The third and final film, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, El Mariachi also seeks revenge on the murderer who killed his wife. All three films were made using Rodriguezs Mariachi-style of filmmaking in which creativity, not money, is used to solve problems, thus, all three movies have been extremely profitable. El Mariachi was made for $7,000 and went on to more than $2 million in its theatrical release. Desperado was made for $7 million and grossed over $24.6 million in US theaters, all three films have won various prestigious awards. El Mariachi won the Audience Award at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival, Desperado saw Salma Hayek nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 1996 Saturn Awards, and was nominated for the Bronze Horse at the 1995 Stockholm Film Festival. A TV series adaptation of the El Mariachi franchise premiered on March 20,2014 on AXN
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Spy Kids (franchise)
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The main plot initially follows the adventures of two Cortez children who become involved in their parents espionage. The rest of their family are also spies as well, including their estranged uncle Machete, the films tend to have a strong Hispanic heritage theme, as Rodriguez is of Mexican descent. Ten years before the first film, there was a period of political turmoil. Fearless agents were recruited for espionage missions against enemy spies, Gregorio Cortez and Ingrid Avellan were enemy spies assigned to kill each other, but instead they fell in love and married. After a typical wedding, Gregorio and Ingrid took a break from espionage, after retiring from espionage for ten years, Gregorio and Ingrid are pulled back into duty for their important assignment despite the fact they were out of practice, and were captured. On their first mission, Carmen and Juni manage to bring around their estranged uncle, Isador Machete Cortez, a genius gadget inventor and Juni helps to redeem Fegan Floop. Together, Carmen and Juni thwart the plan of Alexander Minion to develop an army of androids resembling young children for a mastermind named Mr. Lisp, the robots based on Carmen and Juni became part of Floops show. Juni gets fired from the OSS after fighting with Gary over a version of the transmooker. Juni loses his spot for the best spy kid of the year award, eventually, Donnagon is fired and Gary is suspended, and the transmooker is destroyed. Juni is offered his job back, but in order to take a break from the OSS, after retiring from the OSS, Juni is thrust back into service when an evil mastermind named Sebastian the Toymaker creates a fictional video game called Game Over, which hypnotizes its users. Carmen was sent on a mission to disable the game, with the help of his maternal grandfather, Valentin Avellan, who uses a wheelchair, Juni is sent after Carmen and helps her to disable the game in order to save the world. It is revealed that Sebastian was the one who disabled Valentin in the first place, instead of avenging his former partner, Valentin forgives Sebastian who is redeemed. The OSS has become the worlds top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has become defunct, a retired spy Marissa is thrown back into the action along with her two stepchildren, Rebecca and Cecil, when a maniacal Timekeeper attempts to take over the world. In order to save the world, Rebecca and Cecil must team up with Marissa, on June 16,2016, Netflix announced an animated Spy Kids television show entitled Spy Kids, Mission Critical with The Weinstein Company set to be released in 2018. List indicator Italics indicate a cameo, a dark grey cell indicates the character did not appear in the film. Spy Kids was heavily influenced by James Bond films, technology in the films is almost always portrayed as looking friendly, and a bit cartoonish. The spy organization featured in the films is called the OSS, the initials seem to have been derived from the Office of Strategic Services, a former American intelligence organization during World War II which later evolved into the CIA. Note there is a character named Donnagon Giggles, after William Joseph Donovan, what the initials stand for in the Spy Kids universe is never specified on screen, but, according to one of the books, they stand for the Organization of Super Spies
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Grindhouse (film)
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Grindhouse is a 2007 American horror film double feature co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. The films title derives from the U. S. film industry term grindhouse, each feature is preceded by faux trailers of exploitation films in other genres that were developed by other directors. After the film was released on April 6,2007, ticket sales performed significantly below box office analysts expectations despite mostly positive critic reviews, in much of the rest of the world, each feature was released separately in extended versions. Two soundtracks were released for the features and include music. The feature later found success on DVD and Blu-ray. In several interviews, despite the box office failure, the directors have expressed their interest in a sequel to the film due to its critical acclaim. Three spin-off films were made, based on Grindhouses fake trailers, Machete, Machete Kills. In a rural town in Texas, go-go dancer Cherry Darling decides to quit her low-paying job and she runs into mysterious ex-boyfriend El Wray at the Bone Shack, a restaurant owned by J. T. Hague. Meanwhile, a group of officials, led by the demented Lt. Muldoon, are making a business transaction with a scientist named Abby for mass quantities of a deadly biochemical agent known as DC2. Muldoon learns that Abby has an extra supply on hand and attempts to take him hostage, Abby intentionally releases the gas into the air. The gas reaches the town and turns its residents into deformed bloodthirsty, man-eating psychopaths, the infected townspeople are treated by the sinister Dr. William Block and his abused, neglected anesthesiologist wife Dakota at a local hospital. As the patients quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and El Wray lead a team of warriors into the night. Cast Rose McGowan as Cherry Darling Freddy Rodriguez as El Wray Josh Brolin as Dr. William Block Marley Shelton as Dr. Dakota Block Jeff Fahey as J. T. Hague Michael Biehn as Sheriff Hague Rebel Rodriguez as Tony Block Bruce Willis as Lt. Muldoon Naveen Andrews as Dr, the man, Stuntman Mike, stalks the young women with his death proof car, eventually killing all three. According to Rodriguez, it was Tarantinos idea to film trailers for Grindhouse. I didnt even know about it until I read it in the trades and it said something like Rodriguez and Tarantino doing a double feature and Tarantino says theres gonna be fake trailers. Rodriguez and Tarantino had originally planned to all of the films fake trailers themselves. According to Rodriguez, We had so many ideas for trailers, I shot lobby cards and the poster and cut the trailer and sent it to Quentin, and he just flipped out because it looked so vintage and so real
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El Rey Network
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El Rey Network is an English language American television channel targeting Latino audiences. Launched by Robert Rodriguez in 2013 in a deal with Univision and its bumpers and commercials use grainy visuals and a distinctive gravelly voice. It is available on Atlantic Broadband, Charter Spectrum, Comcast, Cox Communications, DirecTV, Dish Network, Sling TV, Suddenlink Communications, Google Fiber, as of March 2015, approximately 40 million households receive El Rey Network. El Rey Network is Univision Communications second cable network to be offered in the English language after Fusion, as part of its arrangement to acquire a majority interest in NBCUniversal, Comcast Corporation committed to carry several minority-owned channels. The arrangement followed pressure led by Maxine Waters in congressional hearings, in April 2011, Comcast solicited proposals for minority-owned networks. In February 2012, Comcast announced distribution arrangements for four networks, the four announced networks and six forthcoming stations are being chosen from more than 100 proposals to begin airing by 2020. Rodriguez has partnered with FactoryMade Ventures executives John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa, the network targets Latino audiences with an English-language general entertainment network. The network distributes reality, scripted and animated series, movies, documentaries, news, music, comedy, Comcast has stated that the network prominently feature Hispanic producers, celebrities and public figures. The network targets second and third-generation Latinos who are often bilingual, the network hopes to succeed at a higher level than prior attempts to service the same demographic because of the commitment from Comcast. The network airs on the basic service in some of Comcasts systems. Comcast had announced that the network was expected to debut by January 2014, in August 2012, the network announced that its CEO is Antoinette Alfonso Zel. In May 2013, Univision announced that it was investing in El Rey, the first satellite service to host El Rey was DirecTV in January 2014, the second, Dish Network, came a year later in January 2015. In February 2015, El Rey was made available through cable company Suddenlink Communications in select markets, in July 2016, it was added to the Verizon Fios lineup. In November 2013, it was announced that the production of From Dusk till Dawn, the Directors Chair with Robert Rodriguez premiered in May 2014 with John Carpenter as his first spotlighted director. On July 10, it was announced that Guillermo Del Toro, matador, from Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, premiered in July 2014. Lucha libre program Lucha Underground, featuring wrestlers from Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and produced by Mark Burnett, premiered on October 29,2014
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Troublemaker Studios
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Troublemaker Studios is a film production company founded and owned by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and producer Elizabeth Avellan. The company is based in Austin, Texas and is located at the site of the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. It also shares space with Austin Studios, which is managed by the Austin Film Society, and houses offices, sound stages. The companys visual effects division, Troublemaker Digital, is located at the site. A second facility, Troublemaker Sound, is located in the country outside Austin. It provides post-production sound and editing facilities, including a mixing and dubbing sound stage powered by a large Pro Tools installation, Rodriguez chose the name so fans of the strip would recognize it when they saw his films. The company was reincorporated as Troublemaker Studios in 2000, aaron Kaufman and Iliana Nikolic are his partners in the venture. In 2012, a division, Quick Draw Animation, was launched. Both companies are based at Troublemaker Studios and its name is an homage to the low-budget production company American International Pictures
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