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Aidan Devine
Aidan Devine is an English–Canadian film actor. He was born in England and immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 15. He studied at Dawson College's Dome Theatre in Montreal, Quebec and began his acting career in Montreal. He would later relocate to Toronto, Ontario. His 1993 breakout role came in Denys Arcand's, ''Love and Human Remains''. Since then he has worked steadily in Canadian and American television and cinema capturing two Gemini Awards; a best actor award in 1997 for his performance as Ted Lindsay in '' Net Worth'' and in 1998, a best supporting actor Gemini for his performance as airframe engineer, Jim Chamberlin in '' The Arrow''. He has been nominated three other times. Filmography Feature films * 1985 '' Night Magic'' * 1986 '' The Boy in Blue'' * 1986 ''And Then You Die'' * 1988 ''The Jeweller's Shop'' * 1988 '' Criminal Law'' * 1990 ''A Touch of Murder'' * 1990 '' Falling Over Backwards'' * 1993 '' Love & Human Remains'' * 1997 ''Joe's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Striking Poses
''Striking Poses'' is a 1999 American direct-to-video thriller film directed by Gail Harvey and starring Shannen Doherty as a paparazzo photographer who becomes a photography victim herself, of a dangerous stalker. It is rated R for violence and profanity. '''' Plot The film opens with a disturbed woman (Doherty) trying to bury a shirt covered in blood, and then checking into a motel under a fake ID, 'Julie Summerfield'. She is quickly located by two detectives (Feore and D'Aquila), who reveal her true identity, Gage Sullivan. Gage then reveals that she is a freelance photographer with desires of becoming a news photographe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catch And Release (2018 Film)
''Catch and Release'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert and released in 2018.Chris Knight, "Catch and Release doesn't bring enough nuance to abortion debate". ''National Post'', July 16, 2020. An adaptation of Jane Martin's theatrical play '' Keely and Du'', the film stars Laurence Leboeuf as Keely, a woman who got pregnant from being raped by her ex-husband, but has been kidnapped by an extremist anti-abortion group and is being detained at a remote wilderness cabin in Northern Ontario to prevent her from aborting the pregnancy.Norman Wilner"The best film festivals happening in Toronto in November 2019" ''Now'', November 1, 2019. The cast also includes Nancy Palk as Du, the guard watching Keely to prevent her from escaping, and Aidan Devine as Du's colleague Robert, as well as Peter Mooney and Michael James Regan in supporting roles. The film had its theatrical premiere at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival in September 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22 Chaser
''22-Chaser'' is a 2018 Canadian thriller drama film directed by Rafal Sokolowski, written by Jeremy Boxen, and starring Brian J. Smith, Raoul Trujillo, Aaron Ashmore, Kaniehtiio Horn, and John Kapelos. The story centers on a tow truck driver who has to decide whether to abandon his moral code in order to provide for his family. Produced by Don Carmody, Daniel Beckerman, and Aeschylus Poulos, it was released on July 6, 2018, in Canada. Plot Ben Dankert works as a Toronto tow truck driver picking up illegally parked cars. His family is in financial trouble with his wife using food banks and his son being bullied for being poor. Meanwhile, Ben's tow truck competitors make big money as "chasers", racing to accidents and exploiting the victims with tolls, and add-on services. His boss offers the prospect of a profitable Police contract but demands a large rental payment for the truck which Ben cannot afford. Then his friend persuades him to take a $5000 loan from a corrupt police off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backstabbing For Beginners
''Backstabbing for Beginners'' is a 2018 political thriller film directed and co-written by Per Fly, and based on the eponymous memoirs of Michael Soussan. It follows the real life corruption scandal in the UN Oil-for-Food Programme, and stars Theo James and Ben Kingsley. Plot The film follows Michael Sullivan, the son of US State Department diplomat who died when Michael was young. Michael leaves a lucrative job at a large bank and lands his dream job as a diplomat with the United Nations (UN), in the fall of 2002. He is assigned to work as an assistant to Under-Secretary-General Costa "Pasha" Passaris, the head of the Oil-for-Food Programme, operated since 1995 to help the citizens of Iraq without allowing the oil sales to boost Saddam Hussein and his regime. On his first visit to Baghdad, local UN chief diplomat Christina Dupre makes it clear to Pasha that she is disturbed by the corruption in the programme, and plans to publish a report voicing her concerns. This is the first M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Informant (2013 Film)
''The Informant'' (french: Gibraltar, also known as ''Border Informant'') is a 2013 French crime thriller film written and directed by Julien Leclercq. Plot Marc Duval is a bar owner in Gibraltar. He is cornered by his creditors, so he agrees to become a paid informant for the French customs to report drug trafficking. He quickly finds himself drawn into events more and more dangerous and ends up being prosecuted as number two in a major drugs operation. Cast * Gilles Lellouche as Marc Duval * Tahar Rahim as Redjani Belimane * Riccardo Scamarcio as Mario / Claudio Pasco Lanfredi * Raphaëlle Agogué as Clara Duval * Mélanie Bernier as Cécile Duval * Philippe Nahon as Glacose * Aidan Devine as Bobby Sims * Raymond Cruz as Lance * Peter Berg as Traveler 1 * Ralph Brown as French Prime Minister * David Ortiz as GIGN 1 * Sean Avery as GIGN 2 * Michael Beach as David Patrick * Alex Wolff as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev * Rachel Brosnahan as Sarah * Christopher O'Shea as News Reporte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Ship
''Mad Ship'' is a 2012 Canadian film directed by David Mortin. Plot A poor young Scandinavian immigrant couple winds up in Canada in search of prosperity, but the hardship of the Great Depression takes a toll in a way they never feared when they went in search of the dream. ''Mad Ship'' tells the true story of a Scandinavian immigrant who built a boat to carry the body of his dead wife. Cast * Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Tomas * Gil Bellows as Cameron * Rachel Blanchard as Adeline * Martha Burns as Judith * Aidan Devine as Edmund * Gage Munroe as Petter * Line Verndal Line Cecilie Verndal (born 23 March 1972) a Norwegian actress, born in Oslo. She has worked in various Norwegian theatres and has the main role of Marit in the Norwegian drama-series ''Himmelblå ''Himmelblå'' (in English: ''Blue sky'') was ... as Solveig Development The house and barn used in the film were built on the set. Reception ''Mad Ship'' received mostly mixed reviews. said "Continuity might have conferr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolan's Cadillac (film)
''Dolan's Cadillac'' is a 2009 Canadian crime film starring Wes Bentley, Christian Slater and Emmanuelle Vaugier. It is based on a novella of the same name by Stephen King. Plot Middle school history teacher Tom Robinson lives in Las Vegas with beloved wife Elizabeth. On a horse riding trip out in the desert one day, Elizabeth comes across a human trafficking deal gone bad, with gangster Jimmy Dolan executing the two Coyotes and one of the illegal aliens. Elizabeth is seen, however, and narrowly escapes Dolan's thugs firing at her. She drops her phone, which the thugs find and use to identify her. Soon afterward, a corpse with its lips sewn shut is left in Elizabeth's home, a threat to keep silent. The Robinsons go to the authorities, and an official admits them into the Witness Protection Program. Elizabeth awakens one night, needing to vomit, which she takes as a positive sign that she is pregnant. Excited, she rushes out of their hotel to buy pregnancy tests, with Tom followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlander (film)
''Outlander'' is a 2008 science fiction fantasy action horror film written and directed by Howard McCain, and starring Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, John Hurt, and Ron Perlman. The plot is loosely based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem ''Beowulf'', adapted to a science-fiction backstory involving a spaceship crashing in Iron Age Norway. The film grossed US$7 million compared to a budget estimated at $47 million. Plot A spacecraft crashes in a lake in Vendel-era Scandinavia (550–790). The only surviving occupant – a humanoid alien – retrieves a distress beacon and a computer which explains that he is on Earth, a "seed" colony that his people have abandoned. The computer downloads the local Norse language and culture directly into his brain. The spaceman soon finds a freshly destroyed village, where he is captured by Wulfric (Jack Huston), a warrior from another village. Wulfric takes him to the fortified village of King Hrothgar (John Hurt), father of Frey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything's Gone Green (film)
''Everything's Gone Green'' is a 2006 Canadian comedy film directed by Paul Fox and written by Douglas Coupland. It was produced by Elizabeth Yake, True West Films and Chris Nanos, Radke Films. The distributor is ThinkFilm in Canada, and Shoreline Entertainment elsewhere and won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2006 Vancouver International Film Festival.Alexandra Gill"VIFF winners" ''The Globe and Mail'', October 14, 2006. Plot Ryan, a good-natured slacker in his twenties, is dumped by his girlfriend and kicked out of their apartment, and, on arriving late to work, is suspended (pending psychological tests) from his job at an anonymous IT corporation. On receiving a phone call from his family saying they have won the jackpot of 4.3 million dollars on the BC lottery, he trashes his office space, and resigns. Unfortunately, when he calls the lottery "Win Line" he discovers they haven't actually won anything. By happy accident, Ryan is offered a job with the lotter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A History Of Violence
''A History of Violence'' is a 2005 action thriller film directed by David Cronenberg and written by Josh Olson. It is an adaptation of the 1997 graphic novel of the same title by John Wagner and Vince Locke. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt, and Ed Harris. In the film, when a pair of petty criminals attempt to rob his small-town diner, Tom Stall quickly and easily kills them both. In the flush of news coverage of Tom's seemingly heroic actions, a threatening stranger named Carl Fogarty comes to town, fingering the unassuming family man as long-missing Philadelphia mobster Joey Cusack. To the horror of his wife, Edie, and teenage son, Jack, Tom finds he must confront his violent past. ''A History of Violence'' was in the main competition for the 2005 Palme d'Or, and was put into a limited release in the United States on September 23, 2005, followed by a wide release on September 30, 2005. It is sometimes considered one of the greatest films of the 2000s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Hours
''The Dark Hours'' is a 2005 Canadian horror film directed by Paul Fox and written by Wil Zmak. Synopsis A woman's mistakes come back to haunt her in a terrifying and very literal manner in this mind-bending thriller. Dr. Samantha Goodman (Kate Greenhouse) is a clinical psychiatrist who works with patients at an institution for the criminally insane. Things have not been rosy for Sam lately—she's been violently attacked by one of her patients, her marriage to husband David (Gordon Currie) is in bad shape, and she has an inoperable brain tumor that's growing at an alarming rate. Sam needs a weekend away from the city, but what David has set up isn't especially relaxing for her—a short holiday at a remote cabin, where David will be editing his latest book with the help of Sam's younger, attractive sister Melody (Iris Graham). As Sam watches sparks begin to fly between her sister and her husband, Harlan Pyne (Aidan Devine) and his friend Adrian (Dov Tiefenbach) break into the cabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
