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Frank Robert "Frankie" Ballard IV (born December 16, 1982) is an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has released one album each for Reprise Records and Warner Bros. Records, and has charted three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. He played college baseball at Mott Community College. He then pursued in the NCAA to pursue to keep playing college baseball for Western Michigan University.
In the summer of 2008 he signed up for Kenny Chesney's Next Big Star competition. After winning the competition for Michigan in 2008, Ballard also opened shows for Chesney at Michigan venues.
He signed to Reprise Records Nashville in 2010 and released his debut single "Tell Me You Get Lonely." The song received a four-star review from Kyle Ward of Roughstock, who praised Ballard's voice and called the song "an above average debut effort." "Tell Me You Get Lonely" debuted at Number 59 on the Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week ending June 12, 2010 and peaked at Number 33 in early 2011.
James Graham "J. G." Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He came to be associated with the New Wave of science fiction early in his career with apocalyptic (or post-apocalyptic) novels such as The Drowned World (1962), The Burning World (1964), and The Crystal World (1966). In the late 1960s and early 1970s Ballard focused on an eclectic variety of short stories (or "condensed novels") such as those found in The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), that drew comparison with the work of postmodernist writers such as William S. Burroughs. In 1973 the highly controversial novel Crash was published, a story about symphorophilia and car crash fetishism; the protagonist becomes sexually aroused by staging and participating in car crashes. The story was later adapted into a film of the same name by David Cronenberg.
While much of Ballard's fiction is thematically and stylistically unusual, he is perhaps best known for his relatively conventional war novel, Empire of the Sun (1984), a semi-autobiographical account of a young British boy's experiences in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War as it came to be occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army. Described by The Guardian as "the best British novel about the Second World War", the story was adapted into a 1987 film by Steven Spielberg that starred a 12 year old Christian Bale as the young boy.
The Matrix is a 1999 American–Australian neo-noir science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. It depicts a dystopian future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called "the Matrix", created by sentient machines to subdue the human population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Computer programmer "Neo" learns this truth and is drawn into a rebellion against the machines, which involves other people who have been freed from the "dream world".
The Matrix is known for popularizing a visual effect known as "bullet time", in which the heightened perception of certain characters is represented by allowing the action within a shot to progress in slow-motion while the camera's viewpoint appears to move through the scene at normal speed. The film is an example of the cyberpunk science fiction genre. It contains numerous references to philosophical and religious ideas, and prominently pays homage to works such as Plato's Allegory of the Cave,Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation and Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Over the years, numerous critics have pointed out the many similarities between the highly successful Matrix series and the earlier box office bomb but cult classic Dark City, some going on to cite plagiarism. The Wachowskis' approach to action scenes drew upon their admiration for Japanese animation and martial arts films, and the film's use of fight choreographers and wire fu techniques from Hong Kong action cinema was influential upon subsequent Hollywood action film productions.
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Actors: Michael Fredianelli (producer), Michael Fredianelli (editor), Michael Fredianelli (director), Michael Fredianelli (actor), Michael Fredianelli (composer), Aaron Stielstra (actor), Michael Nosé (actor), Kevin Giffin (actor), Nate Duncan (actor), David Brashear (actor), Ariele Senara (actress), Remi Barron (actor), Kellen Kaiser (actress), Brian Marquez (actor), Todd Jurgess (writer),
Plot: Dave is a bad cop fighting a deadly heroin addiction while working a case deep inside the mafia. After killing numerous drug dealers and even undercover police officers for the mob, he is kept from his money for trivial reasons. As his drug problem gets worse, and Dave sinks deeper into a murderous lifestyle, he runs from the city to live with an old friend. But Dave can't hide for long, and he is soon lured back to town in a dangerous war to get his money back from the men that wronged him.
Keywords: car-chase, chainsaw, corrupt-cop, corruption, crime-epic, death, directed-by-star, drug-dealer, drugs, female-nudityActors: Bret Ootes (actor), Bret Ootes (actor), Sheldon Inkol (writer), Sheldon Inkol (director), Vanessa Tavares (actor), Robin Sen (director), Robin Sen (producer), Sheldon Inkol (producer), Robin Sen (actor), Sheldon Inkol (actor), Danielle Chau (actress), Maria Molinari (composer), David Scott (writer), David Scott (producer), David Scott (director),
Plot: ALL THAT IS HIDDEN is a paranoid supernatural thriller about a shadowy conspiracy against humanity that stretches across the centuries. It's told through interweaving storylines in which assorted people see their lives horribly changed when they come into possession of an ancient, mysterious box...
Genres: Horror,Actors: Kevin Spacey (actor), Francesca Annis (actress), Saddam Hussein (actor), Frank Langella (actor), Murray Melvin (actor), Al Gore (actor), Clive Owen (actor), Rupert Graves (actor), Alan Arkin (actor), Roger Hammond (actor), James Fox (actor), Michael Kitchen (actor), Tony Goldwyn (actor), Alexandra Vandernoot (actress), Marianne Denicourt (actress),
Plot: Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns. (Very large long range guns capable of shooting more than 100 Miles.) When a plan by the CIA to export restricted material using him was exposed, the CIA denied all knowledge and he went to jail. He was later released to help Saddam Hussein build a new supergun capable of firing over 500 miles. Israel, upon learning of the supergun, fears it would be used against themselves.
Keywords: airport, archival-footage, arms-dealer, artillery, assassination, ayatollah, baghdad-iraq, ballistics, based-on-true-story, billiardsActors: Simón Andreu (actor), Kabir Bedi (actor), Robert Forster (actor), Isaac Hayes (actor), Louis Jourdan (actor), George Kennedy (actor), Jorge Rivero (actor), Andrew Stevens (actor), Hugo Stiglitz (actor), Susana Dosamantes (actress), Carlos Vasallo (producer), Carlos Vasallo (writer), Joel Goldsmith (composer), José Antonio de la Loma (director), Kevin Bernhardt (actor),
Plot: When an Arab dictator is running wild, the U.S. intelligence community back the opposition leader. When a few attempts are made on the dictator, he blames the opposition leader and sets out to kill him. When the U.S. learns of this they send in a team to protect the opposition leader.
Keywords: dictator, edict, independent-film, middle-east, soldierActors: Hélène Plemiannikov (editor), Hans Jürgen Diedrich (actor), Daniel Gélin (actor), Klaus Havenstein (actor), Dieter Hildebrandt (actor), Curd Jürgens (actor), Hellmut Lange (actor), Stanislav Ledinek (actor), Kurt Meisel (actor), Friedrich Schoenfelder (actor), Edd Stavjanik (actor), Anthony Steel (actor), Lilli Palmer (actress), Pascale Petit (actress), Sammy Drechsel (director),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Günter Meisner (actor), Kurt Pratsch-Kaufmann (actor), Hans Jacoby (writer), Georg Tressler (director), Mario Adorf (actor), Georg Tressler (actor), Elke Sommer (actress), Georg Tressler (producer), Alfred Balthoff (actor), Horst Buchholz (actor), Karl Lieffen (actor), Alf Marholm (actor), Panos Papadopulos (actor), Albert Bessler (actor), Erik Radolf (actor),
Plot: After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo...
Keywords: based-on-novel, sailor, sea, ship, smugglingActors: Frank Austin (actor), Victor Adamson (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Leo Carrillo (actor), Noah Beery Jr. (actor), Lon Chaney Jr. (actor), Tex Cooper (actor), William Desmond (actor), Andy Devine (actor), George Eldredge (actor), Tom Fadden (actor), William Farnum (actor), Thomas Gomez (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor),
Genres: Romance, Western,Actors: Chuck Baldra (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Charles Brinley (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Fred Burns (actor), Yakima Canutt (actor), Edward Coxen (actor), Jack Curtis (actor), Earl Dwire (actor), Frank Ellis (actor), Jim Farley (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Henry Hall (actor), Edward Hearn (actor), Silver Tip Baker (actor),
Plot: Ballard's trail jumpers attack the Wyatt Company wagon train, killing young John's parents and kidnaping his brother, Jim. In post-Civil War California, John Wyatt, now a man, pulls together a vigilante posse, The Singing Riders, who all ride white horses, dress alike, and ride the trails singing and rounding up outlaw gangs. Meanwhile, John is ever on the lookout for the gang that murdered his parents.
Keywords: ambush, bar-brawl, bar-fight, brawl, california, cattle, chase, colt-.45, cowboy, cowboy-bootsActors: Nils Asther (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Frank Conroy (actor), Donald Crisp (actor), William Frawley (actor), Willie Fung (actor), Samuel S. Hinds (actor), Fred Kelsey (actor), Otto Kruger (actor), Tom London (actor), J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), Pat O'Malley (actor), Lee Phelps (actor), Karen Morley (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Mary Clare (actress), J. Stuart Blackton (director), J. Stuart Blackton (producer), Tom Coventry (actor), Percy Standing (actor), Ursula Jeans (actress), Simeon Stuart (actor), Flora le Breton (actress), Norma Whalley (actress), Georges Carpentier (actor), Charles Stuart Blackton (actor), Hubert Carter (actor), Rex McDougall (actor), William Luff (actor), W.D.C. Knox (actor),
Genres: Drama,http://www.ballardscore.com/ Introduction - Methods of determine gestational age - Discussion of active and passive muscle tone
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1984 interview with J. G. Ballard about Empire of the Sun
Marine explorer Robert Ballard, a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with a lecture about his discovery of the ship's resting place. The "unsinkable" Titanic sank in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912. Ballard discovered the remains of the ship on September 1, 1985, following a secret U.S. Navy mission to find two U.S. submarines. In his lecture, Ballard discusses his discovery of the ship and shares his thoughts about its preservation. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/CCBJ/
Frankie Ballard - "Young & Crazy" (Official Video) Pre-order El Rio on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/elrio Listen to Sunshine & Whiskey on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/frankiespotify http://www.frankieballard.com
Promotional video for Russ's 1984 hit from his self-titled album.
The scene from Enter The Matrix where Ballard (Roy Jones, Jr.) fights Seraph (Collin Chou). In The Matrix Reloaded, Morpheus makes a request at the beginning that one ship retain a presence inside the matrix just in case the Oracle attempts to contact them. Ballard volunteers to do this and is eventually contacted by the Oracle, returning to Zion to tell Neo which kicks off the events of most of the movie. This is the scene in which he comes across Seraph. I'm of the opinion that this, as well as a bit more explaining this part, would have done well to be in the film. Apologies for the video and sound quality. I really had to go through a lot to get this clip and this was the best I could do.
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