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Benz Antoine
Benz Antoine (born June 22, 1972) is a Haitian-Canadian actor who has made over 100 film and television appearances. Early life and education Benz Antoine was born in 1972 in Montreal, Canada and is the oldest of the three children raised by his mother, Rose Marie. After graduating from high school, Benz enrolled at Concordia University. Career Antoine has made over 100 film and television appearances. Antoine has provided the voice of the Haitian character Baptiste in ''Overwatch''. He is best known for his appearances in ''Romeo Must Die'', ''Death Race'', ''Get Rich or Die Tryin''', ''Four Brothers'', and ''I'm Not There ''I'm Not There'' is a 2007 musical drama film directed by Todd Haynes, and co-written by Haynes and Oren Moverman. It is an unconventional biographical film inspired by the life and music of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors de ...''. He also earned critical acclaim for his gripping portrayal of alcoholic cop Tyler Joseph in both the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Connections
The Right Connections is a 1997 television film directed by Chuck Vinson and starring Melissa Joan Hart and her four real life siblings. Plot A rap singer helps four siblings form a singing group to win a talent contest in order to raise money to help pay their mother's tax bill. Cast * M.C. Hammer as Kendrick Bragg *Melissa Joan Hart as Melanie Cambridge *Elizabeth Hart as Jamie Tompkins *Brian Hart as Chase Tompkins *Emily Hart as Marnie Tompkins *Alexandra Hart-Gilliams as Kaila Tompkins *Belinda Metz as Gail Tompkins, the widowed mother of Jamie, Chase, Marnie & Kaila *Meshach Taylor as Lionel Clark *Scott Vickaryous Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Sask ... as Eric Landau References 1997 films Showtime (TV network) films 1997 television films Films directed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millennium (TV Series)
''Millennium'' is an American television series created by Chris Carter (creator of ''The X-Files''), which aired on Fox from October 25, 1996, to May 21, 1999. The series follows the investigations of ex-FBI agent Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), now a consultant, with the ability to see inside the minds of criminals, working for a mysterious organization known as the Millennium Group. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, though most episodes were ostensibly set in or around Seattle, Washington. The theme music was composed by Mark Snow, who also created the distinctive theme music for ''The X-Files''. Although the series premiered with impressive ratings, viewership declined throughout its three-season run, and it was canceled by Fox in early 1999. A seventh-season episode of ''The X-Files'', titled "Millennium", featured the Millennium Group and Frank Black, as a way of giving the show some closure. In 2018, ''Millennium'' was ranked #87 in Rotten Tomatoes's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omerta (TV Series)
''Omertà'' or ''Omertà, The Code of Silence'' is a Quebec television series of 11 forty-five-minute episodes, created by Luc Dionne and aired from January to April 1996 on Radio-Canada. In France, the series aired on France 3 in 1998. A second season, titled ''Omertà II – The Code of Silence'', had 14 forty-five minute episodes and was broadcast between September and December 1997 on Radio-Canada. A third season, titled ''Omerta, The Last Men of Honor'', had 13 episodes and was broadcast from January to April 1999, on Radio-Canada. In 2012 Dionne produced and released a feature film sequel to the series. The film won the Billet d'or at the 15th Jutra Awards as the top-grossing Quebec film of 2012. Synopsis ''Omerta'' (which means code of silence) was a Canadian television drama series set in Montreal that chronicles a battle between the police and the Mafia. The police rely on inventive and unorthodox methods in their fight against the mobsters who follow their code loyall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirens (1993 TV Series)
''Sirens'' is a Canadian-American crime drama series that aired on ABC in 1993, and then in syndication from 1994 to 1995. The show was filmed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, standing in for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the show is set. Synopsis ''Sirens'' focused on the work and lives of three rookie female Pittsburgh Police officers. Officer Sarah Berkezchuk (Jayne Brook) is dealing with her failing marriage, Officer Lynn Stanton (Adrienne-Joi Johnson) is a single mom, and second-generation cop Officer Molly Whelan (Liza Snyder) has a bad attitude which starts to interfere with her job. Each rookie officer worked under a veteran cop, and each grows and becomes more focused as a result. A few episodes into the syndicated series Molly Whelan is taken under the wing of Detective Lt. Lyle Springer (J. H. Wyman) and slowly learns the ropes of detective work, and becomes a stand-up policewoman. Despite receiving an Emmy nomination, the series was canceled by ABC after 13 episodes, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis (2021 Film)
''Crisis'' is a 2021 crime thriller film written, produced and directed by Nicholas Jarecki. The film’s ensemble cast includes Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Lily-Rose Depp, Kid Cudi, Kid Cudi (Scott Mescudi), and Martin Donovan. ''Crisis'' was released in the United States on February 26, 2021, by Quiver Distribution, and was released in Canada on March 16, 2021, by Elevation Pictures and on March 16, 2021, in Australia by Universal Pictures. Warner Bros. has announced they will release in the United Kingdom. Plot Teenage drug runner Cedric Beauville is captured and arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the Canada–United States border in possession of large quantities of illegal fentanyl pills. Everett University research scientist Dr. Tyrone Brower is contracted by Northlight Pharmaceuticals to carry out a study in support of their newest product, Klaralon. The drug is being touted as the first non-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafia Inc
"Mafia" is an informal term that is used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia and Italian Mafia. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of disputes between criminals as well as the organization and enforcement of illicit agreements between criminals through the use of or threat of violence. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud. In modern times, the 'Ndrangheta, originating in the Southern Italian region of Calabria, is widely considered the richest and most powerful mafia in the world. The term "mafia" was originally applied only to the Italian Mafia or specifically the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia, and the term originates in Sicily. However, the term has since expanded to encompass other organizations of similar methods and purpose, e.g., "the Russian Mafia" or "the Japanese Mafi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Master's Voice (2018 Film)
''His Master's Voice'' ( hu, Az Úr hangja, ) is a 2018 Hungarian science fiction film by György Pálfi loosely based on the novel ''His Master's Voice'' by Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem. The film follows a man who thinks he saw his father in a documentary about a mysterious incident in Colorado, around which a conspiracy theory had been formed. He embarks on the search of his father, who had fled Communist Hungary years ago. Eventually he finds his father, now a well-off university professor with a new family, but whose life is still affected by his previous work to decode the "message from space".Anton Bitel "His Master’s Voice first look: a voyage into an enigmatic universe of otherness"(film review at Fantasporto 2019) The film was backed by a $2.54 million grant from the Hungarian National Film Fund. While the majority of filming was in Hungary, ''His Master's Voice'' was also shot in various locations around Ottawa, Canada. The film has elements of mocku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Soldiers
''Ice Soldiers'' is a 2013 Canadian action-science fiction film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and starring Dominic Purcell, Adam Beach and Michael Ironside. In the film, Malraux (Purcell), and a team of Canadian scientists release a group of frozen Soviet-era soldiers who attempt to complete their original mission: a devastating attack on the United States. Plot In 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a team of Canadian troops in the arctic discover a crashed plane containing three Soviet soldiers with superhuman abilities. The Canadian forces take them back to base for examination by government scientists but the soldiers later break free and kill many of the troops stationed in the north before fleeing into the wilderness. Fifty years later, a team of Canadian military and scientists, including Dr. Malraux, and Dr. Lobokoff, discover the super soldiers buried beneath the Arctic ice. Malraux explains to the group that the Soviet soldiers were genetically modified by political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poker Night (film)
''Poker Night'', released in the UK as ''The Joker'', is a 2014 crime thriller film that was written and directed by Greg Francis. The film was released to video on demand on 5 December 2014 and had a limited theatrical release on 20 December. Filmed in British Columbia, ''Poker Night'' centers upon a rookie detective that decides to attend an annual poker night held by veteran police officers, where each one details how they captured a murder suspect. Plot Stan Jeter (Beau Mirchoff) is a new detective who gets invited to play a game of poker with several veteran police officers and detectives. Each one tells Stan about various insights they gained from different murder cases they investigated, which turns out to be invaluable when Stan is captured and imprisoned by a vicious, anonymous assailant (Michael Eklund). He finds that he has been imprisoned with Amy (Halston Sage), the daughter of a police officer, and that he must use the stories of his fellow poker players to find a wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silent But Deadly
''Silent but Deadly'' is a Canadian 2011 horror comedy film starring Kim Poirier, Jason Mewes, and William Sadler. It is a MJC Entertainment Inc production. It premiered on the Canadian TV channel Super Channel on November 11, 2011. The film takes place in Louisiana but was filmed in Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Plot A mute, illiterate Louisiana farmer's son with an extreme fondness for goats becomes a serial killer who goes after anyone who hurts goats, and wreaks havoc on an unsuspecting film crew shooting a film in the area. His method of killing is passing gas (farting) that is poisonous to his victims. The farts do not make any sound thus the name of the movie, Silent But Deadly. A subplot involves a small crew following a sheriff investigating the murders. Cast * Jason Mewes as Thomas Capper * William Sadler as John Capper * Kim Poirier as Sandra Gibson * Jordan Prentice as Sheriff Shelby * Nicole Arbour as Jackie * Patrick McKenna as Victor * R.D. Reid as Ed * Benz Antoine a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
