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Hrothgar Mathews
Hrothgar Mathews (born January 27, 1964) is a Canadian actor known for his performance as Gill St. George in the 1999 television film ''Milgaard.'' Career He has also played the recurring roles of Mark Fellows in '' Tom Stone'', Det. Charlie Klotchko in ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and its spinoff ''Da Vinci's City Hall'', Ned Yost in ''When Calls the Heart'', and Edwin Collar in '' Motherland: Fort Salem'', and films including ''Johnny'' and '' Fathers & Sons''. For his performance in ''Milgaard'', Mathews won the Gemini Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries at the 14th Gemini Awards. Personal life He is married to actress Gabrielle Rose.Barbara Crook, "Bloom still on this Rose". ''Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. Published s ...'', Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milgaard
''Milgaard'', also sometimes known as ''Hard Time: The David Milgaard Story'', is a Canadian dramatic television film, which was broadcast by the CTV Television Network in 1999. The film centres on David Milgaard, a Canadian man who was wrongfully convicted in the 1969 rape and murder of Gail Miller, and his 22-year quest for justice until being released from prison in 1992. The film stars Ian Tracey as David Milgaard and Gabrielle Rose as his mother Joyce Milgaard, as well as Tom Melissis, Garwin Sanford, Hrothgar Mathews, Jaimz Woolvett, Sabrina Grdevich, Bernie Coulson and Reagan Pasternak in supporting roles. Larry Fisher, who had been arrested for Miller's murder and was awaiting trial in Saskatchewan at the time of the film's release, sought a court injunction banning the broadcast of the film on the grounds that it might prejudice his chance at a fair trial. Although the injunction was granted, the judge declined to ban the film nationwide, instead ruling only that CTV c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excess Baggage (1997 Film)
''Excess Baggage'' is a 1997 American crime-comedy film written by Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais, and directed by Marco Brambilla about a neglected young woman who stages her own kidnapping to get her father's attention, only to be actually kidnapped by a car thief. The film stars Alicia Silverstone (who was also an uncredited producer), Benicio del Toro, and Christopher Walken. Plot Emily Hope ( Alicia Silverstone) stages her own kidnapping to get the attention of her wealthy, corrupt father. She puts herself in the trunk of her BMW 850i with taped legs and mouth, and handcuffs. After calling the police to come "rescue" her, a car thief named Vincent Roche (Benicio del Toro) unknowingly steals the car with her in it. Christopher Walken shows up as Emily's Uncle Ray, Jack Thompson as Emily's father and Harry Connick, Jr., as Greg, Vincent's car-stealing partner. Background The script for ''Excess Baggage'' was the winner of the first annual Austin Film Festiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Repeaters
''Repeaters'' is a 2010 Canadian thriller film directed by Carl Bessai, written by Arne Olsen, and starring Dustin Milligan, Amanda Crew, and Richard de Klerk as young drug addicts who find themselves stuck in a time loop. Plot Kyle, Sonia, and Michael are inmates at a rehabilitation facility. Bob, the administrator, tasks them with apologizing to those they have hurt with their addiction. When Kyle attempts to apologize to his teenage sister Charlotte, she angrily blows him off, and the principal kicks him off school grounds. Sonia goes to the hospital where her dying father is a patient, but she is unable to bring herself to face him. Michael visits his father in jail, but the conversation is cut short by his father's abusive threats. When Bob asks them to discuss their day in group therapy, they refuse, and Michael storms off. While discussing the pointlessness of Bob's therapy, Sonia learns that her father has died. As the trio tries to deal with their emotional pain, a storm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mothers & Daughters (2008 Film)
''Mothers and Daughters'' is a 2008 Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Carl Bessai."Overwrought relationships, underwritten with love" '''', May 28, 2009. The film, an exploration of mother-daughter relationships, centres on a group of women in . Micki () is a romance novelist who has tried to relate to her daughter Rebecca ( |
Martian Child
''Martian Child'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Menno Meyjes and based on David Gerrold's 1994 novelette (not the expanded 2002 novel) of the same name. The film stars John Cusack as a writer who adopts a strange young boy ( Bobby Coleman) who believes himself to be from Mars. The film was theatrically released on November 2, 2007, by New Line Cinema. Plot David Gordon, a popular science fiction author, widowed two years prior as they were trying to adopt a child, is finally matched with a young boy, Dennis. Initially hesitant to adopt alone, he is drawn to him, seeing aspects of himself in him. Believing he is from Mars, Dennis protects himself from the sun's harmful rays, wears weights to counter Earth's weak gravity, eats only Lucky Charms, and hangs upside down to facilitate circulation. He refers often to his mission to study Earth and its people, taking pictures, taking things to catalog, and spending time consulting an ambiguous toy-like device with f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normal (2007 Film)
''Normal'' is a 2007 Canadian drama film about a group of unrelated people who are brought together in the wake of a deadly car crash. The film was directed by Carl Bessai, and stars Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers, Callum Keith Rennie and Andrew Airlie. Cast *Carrie-Anne Moss as Catherine *Kevin Zegers as Jordie *Callum Keith Rennie as Walt Braugher *Andrew Airlie as Dale *Tygh Runyan as Dennis Braugher *Camille Sullivan as Denise *Lauren Lee Smith as Sherri Banks *Michael Riley as Carl * Brittney Irvin as Melissa *Allison Hossack as Abby *Cameron Bright as Brady *Tara Frederick as Sylvie Farber *Benjamin Ratner as Tim *Zak Santiago as Bob the Social Worker *Hrothgar Mathews as Jerry Awards Rennie won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 29th Genie Awards. The film was also a nominee for Best Picture, but lost to '' Passchendaele''. It won the award for Best Western Canadian Film at the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival. Reception The fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severed (film)
''Severed'', titled ''Severed: Forest of the Dead'' in the United States, is a 2005 Canadian zombie horror film directed by Carl Bessai and set in a remote logging community following an incident where a genetic experiment goes wrong. Plot In a forest on a remote island, a team of loggers led by Mac (Julian Christopher) face opposition from protesters led by Rita, a known eco-terrorist. The company that employs Mac's team is conducting an experiment in the area, supervised by Carter, a chemist. One of Mac's loggers hits a spiked tree and suffers a wound from his chainsaw. The sap of the tree infects his wounds and causes him to undergo a transformation. The president of the company decides to send his son Tyler to investigate the loss of contact with the loggers, hoping Tyler will learn more about the industry. When he arrives, Tyler discovers most of the loggers and protesters have become zombies. He comes across a bunker where Mac, Rita and Carter have taken shelter, along wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Core
''The Core'' is a 2003 American science fiction disaster film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, D. J. Qualls, Richard Jenkins, Tcheky Karyo, Bruce Greenwood, and Alfre Woodard. The film focuses on a team whose mission is to drill to the center of the Earth and set off a series of nuclear explosions in order to restart the rotation of the Earth's core. The film was released on March 28, 2003, by Paramount Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $74 million worldwide with a production budget of $85 million. Plot Several small, disparate incidents involving the Earth's magnetic field cause scientists led by geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes and scientists Dr. Serge Leveque and Dr. Conrad Zimsky to conclude that the Earth's molten core has stopped rotating. Unless it can be restarted, the field will collapse within months, exposing the surface to devastating solar radiation. The U.S. government back a secre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-Tox
''D-Tox'' is a 2002 American psychological thriller horror film directed by Jim Gillespie and starring Sylvester Stallone. The supporting cast features Tom Berenger, Charles S. Dutton, Polly Walker, Robert Patrick, Stephen Lang, Jeffrey Wright, Courtney B. Vance and Kris Kristofferson. The film had a limited release in the United States on September 20, 2002, under the title ''Eye See You'' by DEJ Productions. The film is based on the 1999 novel ''Jitter Joint'' written by Howard Swindle. Plot While FBI agent Jake Malloy pursues a serial killer who targets police officers, his former partner becomes a victim. At his partner's home, the killer calls Malloy from Malloy's home. The killer says Malloy pursued him earlier for a series of prostitute murders; as revenge, he kills Mary, Malloy's girlfriend. Malloy pursues the killer, only to find that he appears to have committed suicide. Three months later, Malloy descends into alcoholism. After a suicide attempt, Malloy's best friend a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignition (film)
''Ignition'' is a 2001 action drama film written by William Davies and directed by Yves Simoneau Yves Simoneau (; born October 28, 1955) is a Canadian film and television director. Simoneau was born in Quebec City, Quebec. Recognition His acclaimed 1986 crime drama '' Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'' garnered multiple Genie Awards nominat .... Premise NASA is about to launch a rocket to put a man on the moon, but corrupt high-ranking military officials plot to assassinate the president over budget cuts. External links * * 2001 films 2001 science fiction action films American science fiction action films Films about computing Films set in Washington, D.C. Films shot in Vancouver 2001 action drama films Films directed by Yves Simoneau Films with screenplays by William Davies Canadian science fiction action films English-language Canadian films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2000s Canadian films {{action-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal
Heavy metal may refer to: *Heavy metals, a loose category of relatively dense metals and metalloids **Toxic heavy metal, any heavy metal chemical element of environmental concern *Heavy metal music, a genre of rock music **Heavy metal genres * ''Heavy Metal'' (magazine), an American fantasy comic book magazine People *Heavy Metal (wrestler) (Erick Francisco Casas Ruiz, born 1970), Mexican professional wrestler *Van Hammer (Mark Hildreth, born 1967), American professional wrestler Fictional characters * Heavy Metal (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe *Heavy Metal (Marvel Comics), a group of villains of the Marvel Universe Songs and albums *"Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)", a 1981 song by Don Felder from the soundtrack of '' Heavy Metal'' *"Heavy Metal", a 1981 song by Sammy Hagar from the album ''Standing Hampton'', also on the soundtrack of ''Heavy Metal'' *"Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver", a 1981 song by Blue Öyster Cult from ''Fire of Unknown Origin'' *"Heav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
