I wonder why it is that Disney movies always have the best music? I have at least 2-3 Disney soundtracks at home, Mulan being one of them.
Mulan
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
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Showing posts with label romance movies. Show all posts
You're Never Too Old for a Disney Movie...
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Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
Idris Elba
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Name: Idrissa Akuna Elba
DOB: Sept. 6, 1972
Where: Hackney, London, England
Years Active: Actor, hip hop artist
Occupation:1995-present
Website: http://www.dris.com
-English actor of TV, film, theatre
-Grew up in Canning Town, East London
-DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis/Big Driis the Londoner.
-In 2009, he appeared on an episode of the American sitcom The Office, playing Charles Miner, Michael Scott's new boss.
-Recently, he took the role of Det. John Luther in the BBC show Luther.
Early Life
-Shortened his first name at school in Canning Town, where he first got into acting. His father is Sierra Leonean and his mother is Ghanian.
-Grew up in East Ham, and began helping his uncle with a wedding DJ business in 1986. Left school in 1988 and won a place in the National Youth Music Theatre- thanks to a grant.
-After this, he began working the night shift at a Ford factory in Dagenham from 1989-1990
Career
-In 1995, landed his first role on a series called Bramwell, a medical drama set in 1890s England. In 1995, had a supporting role as a gigolo on an episode of Absolutely Fabulous, entitled "Sex". Alot of the roles he got were on British TV shows.
-Moved to New York City in 1999. Returned to England occasionally for a job, such as one in the Inspector Lynley Mysteries, a crime series. In 2001, he landed a starring role on an episode of Law and Order.
-He appeared as the role of Charlie Gotso in The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency opposite Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose.
-In the Tyler Perry movie Daddy's Little Girls, he played Monty, a working class mechanic who falls in love with an attorney(Gabrielle Union), who is helping him to gain custody of his kids, and finds this relationship threatened by the arrival of his ex-wife.
Personal Life
-Currently single
-He and ex-wife Kim Elba have one daughter
-Spends much of his time in London, but owns a house in Atlanta, so he can be close to his daughter
-Fan of Arsenal F.C. while his dad supports Manchester United
-In the April 2004 issue of Essence Magazine, he was voted one of the "Ten Hottest Men on the Planet".
-In the May 2007 issue of People Magazine, he was voted as one of the 100 Most Beautiful People in the World
Filmography Readmore..
The English Patient
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-Directed by Anthony Minghella
-Set before WWII, it's a story of love, fate, misunderstanding and healing. Told in a series of flashbacks.
Did You Know?
-Ralph Fiennes burn make up took 5 hours to apply every day
-Both Naveen Andrews and Kevin Whately had to learn how to operate motorcycles for the film
Plot
-Set during WWII and shows a critically burned man, at first known only as "the English patient", who is being cared for by Hana(Juliette Binoche), a French-Canadian nurse in an Italian monastery. The patient is hesitant to reveal any info but through a series of flashbacks, people who watch the movie can see into his past. It reveals that he is in fact a Hungarian geographer, Count Laszlo de Almasy(Ralph Fiennes), who was making a map of the Sahara Desert, and whose affair with a married woman, Katharine Clifton(Kristin Scott Thomas), brought his situation to light. As the patient remembers more, David Caravaggio(Willem Dafoe), a Canadian intelligence officer and former thief, arrives at the monastery. He lost his thumbs while being interrogated by German officers and he reveals that it was the actions of the patient that had brought about his torture. In addition to the story, the film devotes time to Hana and her romance with Kip(Naveen Andrews), an Indian Sikh sapper in the British Army. Due to events in her past, Hana believes that anyone who comes close to her is likely to die, and Kip's position as a bomb defuser makes their romance full of stress
-In the 1st phase, set in the late 1930s, the minor Hungarian noble Count Laszlo de Almasy(Ralph Fiennes) is the co-leader of a Royal Geographical Society archaeological and surveying expedition in Egypt and Libya. He and his English partner Madox are at heart academics with little sophistication in the politics of Europe and Africa. Shortly, both the morale and finances of their trip are bolstered by a British couple, Geoffrey and Katherine Clifton(Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas). The Count is very attracted to Katharine. When Geoffrey is away from the group, an affair begins. The final months before the onset of the war, he Count's discovery of an ancient Saharan cave with "swimming figure" paintings ffrom the prehistoric times are found. Romance between the Count and Katharine get stronger. She is plagued with the guilt of infidelity, while he shows a streak of jealousy along with an imbalance that later haunts him
-The fall of 1939 and the war all bring excavation to a halt and Madox and the Count go their own ways. Geoffrey Clifton has pieced together the outline of the affair and seeks a sudden revenge: crashing his plane, with Katharine aboard, in the Count's desert camp. The wreck injures Katharine and narrowly misses the Count, and kills Geoffrey. He manages to take Katharine into the shelter of the swimming figure cave, leaves water for her, a flashlight and a fire and begins his 3 day walk back to the nearest town and help. The town is held by British Army and the dazed Count, with his non English name, is unable to explain his situation. He loses temper and is thrown into military jail. He is sent in chains on a train "north to Benghazi", escapes, finds himself behind Afrika Korps lines and quickly trades his desert maps with the Germans for a biplane. By the time he returns to the cave, Katharine is dead- and in all but a physical sense, so is the Count. He manages to bundle her body into the plane and take off. Ironically, a German anti-aircraft battery shoots down the plane as he pilots it over the desert. Horribly burned, he is rescued by Bedouin tribesmen
-The film's 2nd phase shifts to Italy and the last months of the war. The Count by now is an invalid, and dependent on morphine and care of his French-Canadian nurse Hana. That monastery becomes the main point for the movie and it shows Hana seeing a fiancee and friend die in the Italian campaign and is left to wonder if her relationship with a British-Indian will break her chain of bad luck. A visitor named Caravaggio is in search of the Count that he thinks played a role in the problems in Egypt. He lost both thumbs to an interrogation by the Nazis and has killed those who he deems responsible.
-Hana finds solace in the film. Her lieutenant survives a brush with death on the last day of the war and her hope in love is made stronger. The Count asks for, and dies of, an overdose of morphine from Hana
Cast
- Ralph Fiennes as Count László Almásy
- Juliette Binoche as Hana
- Willem Dafoe as David Caravaggio
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Katharine Clifton
- Naveen Andrews as Kip
- Colin Firth as Geoffrey Clifton
- Julian Wadham as Madox
- Jürgen Prochnow as Major Muller
- Kevin Whately as Sgt. Hardy
- Clive Merrison as Fenelon-Barnes
- Nino Castelnuovo as D'Agostino
- Hichem Rostom as Fouad
- Peter Rühring as Bermann
- Geordie Johnson as Oliver
- Torri Higginson as Mary
- Liisa Repo-Martell as Jan
- Raymond Coulthard as Rupert Douglas
- Philip Whitchurch as Corporal Dade
- Lee Ross as Spalding
- Anthony Smee as Beach Interrogation Officer
- Matthew Ferguson as Young Canadian Soldier
- Jason Done as Kiss Me Soldier
- Roger Morlidge as Sergeant – Desert Train
30 Day Movie Challenge, 3-10
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Action
Cradle 2 the Grave
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| Jet Li: Majorly sexy Chinese-born hottie!!! |
Dracula 2000
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| The sexiest Dracula I've ever seen! Bite me ANYwhere, ANYtime.... |
Sleepless in Seattle
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| Meg Ryan, one of my favorite actresses |
Monty Python's The Holy Grail
Freejack. Yeah, I'm sad, I'm predictable, but so what? For some reason, I just can't get over this movie. I love it way too much and I don't think it has anyything to do with Mick Jagger being in it. He's just an overall good actor in general, but I think he actually gets nervous behind the camera. I think he would probably feel more at ease being on stage belting out Brown Sugar, You Got Me Rocking or Rock and a Hard Place than acting. But anyhow, Mick Jagger is really sexy in this movie, [insert little hearts, lmao]
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| He's a good actor, but seems nervous behind the camera. But he sure is cute when he acts. |
Ghost
Across the Universe
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| He looks like a cross between a young Paul McCartney and a young George Harrison |
Don't really have any favorite I guess. I'll watch almost any director, I'm not picky. Readmore..
Alan Rickman
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Name: Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman
DOB: February 21, 1946
Where: Hammersmith, London, England
Occupation: Actor(stage and screen)
Years Active: 1978-present
Partner: Rima Horton(1965-present)
-Member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
-Best known for his roles as German terrorist Hans Gruber in Die Hard, Severus Snape in Harry Potter, Eamon de Valera in Michael Collins, and Metatron in Dogma.
-Also has appeared in other movies, such as playing the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Jamie in Truly Madly Deeply, Colonel Brandon in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility. And most recently, he played Judge Turpin in the film adaptation of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Early Life
-Son of Margaret Doreen Rose, a housewife and Bernard Rickman, a factory worker. His mother was from Wales, a Methodist and his father an Irish Catholic.
-Has one older brother, David, a graphic designer, a younger brother, Michael, a tennis coach, and a younger sister, Sheila.
-When he was 8, his father died, leaving his mother to raise 4 children all alone.
-He excelled at calligraphy and watercolor painting. Later attended the Chelsea College of Art and Design and then the Royal College of Art. This allowed him to work as a graphic designer. After he graduated, him and several friends opened a graphic design studio called Graphiti. But closed it after 3 years
Career
-In 1982, British TV came to know Rickman as Reverend Obadiah Slope in the TV adaptation of Barchester Towers.
-Over the years, he has appeared in various films and plays, playing romantic leads such as Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility, Jamie in Truly Madly, Deeply, villains such as German terrorist Hans Gruber in Die Hard, The Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and most recently, Potions professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series of films.
Harry Potter, Severus Snape
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Sheriff of Nottingham
Love Actually, Harry
Die Hard, Hans Gruber
-He has also tried his hand at comedic roles, such as the angel Metatron in the movie Dogma, playing Emma Thompson's fool husband Harry in Love Actually(which is my favorite love movie)
-In 2007, he received alot of attention with his portrayal of Judge Turpin in the movie adaptation of the musical play Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. And also he provided his voice for the character Absolem the Caterpillar in the 2010 Burton-directed Alice in Wonderland.
-In 2011, he reappeared as Severus Snape in the final movie: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows- Part 2.
Personal Life
-In 1965, at age 19, he met his partner Rima Horton, who was a part of the London Borough Council. They started living together in 1977.
Filmography
IMDb
-In the scene in Die Hard where Hans is supposed to have dropped from the top of the Nakatomi building, he was actually dropped by a stuntman from a 20 foot high model of the building onto an air bag. And the look of surprise on his face is real; instead of going on 3, Rickman was dropped on the count of 2.
-In the 1994 movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, Rickman was the original choice to play the role that Hugh Grant was supposed to play. He was producer Richard Curtis' ideal choice for this movie.
-Failed his California driving test at one point for driving too cautiously through a green light
-Attended the funeral for actress Natasha Richardson.
-In the Harry Potter movies, he is 11 years older than Timothy Spall, who plays Peter Pettigrew, 17 years older than David Thewlis, who plays Professor Remus Lupin Readmore..
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