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Stephanie Morgenstern
Stephanie Morgenstern is a Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film. She has worked extensively on stage, film, and television in both English and French. Her most widely seen feature film credits have been '' The Sweet Hereafter, Maelström, Julie and Me (Revoir Julie)'' and ''Forbidden Love''. Morgenstern is also widely recognized by anime fans as the voice of Sailor Venus in the DIC Entertainment English dub of ''Sailor Moon'' in the first few seasons as well as the movies. Additionally, she provided the voice of Regina in the ''Dino Crisis'' series. Life and career Along with her writing partner and husband Mark Ellis, Morgenstern created '' Flashpoint'', a Canadian TV police drama which premiered July 2008 on CTV and CBS, and ran for five years before the show ended by creative choice in 2012. The show was awarded the Academy Board of Directors Tribute for Outstanding and Enduring Contribution to Canadian Television, in addition to both a Gem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor Venus
, better known as , is a fictional character in the ''Sailor Moon'' and '' Codename: Sailor V'' manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. Minako is her sailor form's alternative human identity as part of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar System from evil. Minako is the fourth Sailor Soldier to be discovered by Usagi Tsukino, although she was the first Soldier to awaken her powers, even before Usagi did. She possesses powers associated with love and beauty, light, and golden material metal. In the manga and anime series, she dreams of becoming a famous idol, but in the live-action series, her character is already a well-known celebrity. Minako is introduced as the protagonist of Naoko Takeuchi's much-shorter manga series '' Codename: Sailor V'', the predecessor to ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon.'' In it (and the early part of ''Sailor Moon''), she goes by the pseudonym , short for "Venus", and is given a personal backstory. The plot lines of ''Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtains (1995 Film)
''Curtains'' (french: Rideau) is a Canadian short film, directed by Stephanie Morgenstern and Mark Morgenstern and released in 1995. The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996.Christopher Harris, "Greyson's Lilies leads Genie field Film with all-male cast gets 14 nominations". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...'', October 17, 1996. Plot An actress, having just discovered she's been dumped, questions everything around her in the 15 minutes before the curtain comes up and she must take her place on stage. In the process, we get a glance at what goes on behind the scenes in your average theatre production. References External links * 1995 short films 1995 films Canadian drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Skies (2002 Film)
''Blue Skies'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Ann Marie Fleming and released in 2002.Andrew McIntosh"Blue Skies" '' Canadian Film Encyclopedia''. Created as a personal response to the September 11 attacks and told without dialogue, the film stars Alessandro Juliani as a Chinese opera performer who cannot stop crying in his dressing room, and Stephanie Morgenstern as a costume master who patiently dresses him and calms him down before his scheduled performance of Irving Berlin's song " Blue Skies". The film premiered in August 2002 at the Montreal World Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was named the winner of the Best Canadian Short Film award. It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 23rd Genie Awards in 2003.Tamsen Tillson"Genies grant ‘Ararat’ wish" ''Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Movie
"The Movie" is the 54th episode of the sitcom ''Seinfeld''. It is the 14th episode of the fourth season, and first aired on January 6, 1993 on NBC. The episode revolves entirely around the characters' struggles to go to see a movie together. Plot Jerry has two stand-up acts scheduled for the same night; due to a delay in one of them, he cannot make both shows. A hopeful comedian, Buckles, hangs around to fill in when somebody drops out. Jerry agrees to lose his moment at the microphone, as he is meeting his friends to see a movie, ''CheckMate'', at 10:30. On his way to the movie theater, Jerry is grabbed by Buckles, who insists on sharing a taxicab. Buckles irritates Jerry by trying out a new comic routine. George has been chosen to buy the movie tickets. At the Paragon Theater, George joins the end of a queue. He taps the shoulder of the man in front of him, confirming that he does not have a ticket, which leads him to conclude he is in the line to purchase tickets. Elaine an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 Seconds
''2 Seconds'' (french: 2 secondes) is a 1998 Canadian drama film. This film premiered in 1999 at the Sundance Film Festival.Briand, M. (2016). 2 Seconds. Retrieved December 01, 2016, from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/2_seconds/ Written and directed by Manon Briand, ''2 Seconds'' stars Charlotte Laurier as Laurie, a bisexual woman who takes a job as a bike courier in Montreal after being fired from her previous job as a professional downhill racer. Laurie is forcefully retired as a downhill racer when her concerns about her signs of aging cause her to lose her last race by 2 seconds (hence the name of the movie). Laurie and the one bike she was allowed to keep then move in with her geeky, physics-loving brother who is trying very hard to find a girlfriend. While putting her bike together, Laurie discovers that she is missing a gear on her bicyclette so she makes do with what she has. Because of this, she breaks the chain on her bike one day, leading to her meeting with her soo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterbox Babies
''Butterbox Babies'' is a film adapted from the book ''Butterbox Babies'' by Bette L. Cahill, which is based on the true story of the Ideal Maternity Home, a home for unwed pregnant mothers, during the Great Depression and Second World War. The home made millions from the illegal adoption of illegitimate babies during the 1930s and 1940s. Synopsis On the surface, Lila Young (Susan Clark) and her husband William (Peter MacNeill) are devout Christians pursuing their calling of helping young, unwed expectant mothers deliver their babies at the Ideal Maternity Home in Chester, Nova Scotia Chester is a village on the Chester Peninsula, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. The nearby waters of Mahone Bay and its numerous islands are well known for yachting and have made the Chester Yacht Club into a cruising destination. A provi ... during the 1930s and 1940s. The medical community, however, is very skeptical about the safety of the procedures being conducted by Lila and the care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ding Et Dong
''Ding et Dong'' was a Canadian comedy duo from Quebec, consisting of Serge Thériault as "Ding" and Claude Meunier as "Dong". They are most noted for their eponymous 1990 comedy film, which was based on their prior stage show. '' La Presse'', June 15, 2017. In the film, Ding and Dong are aspiring comedians, who begin performing door-to-door comedy shows but find their collaboration threatened when a wealthy dying man names them as the heirs in his will, leaving them $30 million toward the creation of their own theatre company and thus sparking creative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moody Beach (film)
''Moody Beach'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Richard Roy and released in 1990. The film stars Michel Côté as Simon, a man in the throes of a midlife crisis who quits his job and undertakes a road trip to the United States after inheriting a beach house from his late mother, only to find Laurence (Claire Nebout), a young woman from France, squatting on the property.Rick Groen, "Film Review: Moody Beach". ''The Globe and Mail'', December 21, 1990. The film premiered at the 1990 Montreal World Film Festival.Noel Taylor, "Canadian movies rise to the top; Some cause for joy at Montreal festival". ''Ottawa Citizen'', September 1, 1990. Its premiere attracted the longest ticket lineup of any film at the festival, which Noel Taylor of the ''Ottawa Citizen'' attributed to the success of Côté's prior film '' Cruising Bar'', but the film was only modestly successful in commercial release. The film was not favourably reviewed by critics. Taylor called it soporific and boring, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justine's Film
''Justine's Film'' (french: Le film de Justine) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Jeanne Crépeau and released in 1989. The film stars Marie-Hélène Montpetit as Justine, a lesbian woman who is coping with the end of her relationship with a woman she loved, but who only saw Justine as a friend rather than a girlfriend. The cast also includes Paula de Vasconcelos, Danielle Trépanier, Stephanie Morgenstern, Denise Ménard, Roc Lafortune, Léa-Marie Cantin, Stephen Craig, Josée Chaboillez, Charlotte Laurier, Denis Trudel, Ariane Lee, Stéphane Lestage, Gérard Soler, Benoît Pilon, Pol Turgeon, Vratislav Hadrava, Jean Turcotte, Isabelle Guilbault, Carole Faucher. The film is narrated entirely in voice-over, with no dialogue directly spoken by the characters. The film screened at the 1989 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Short Film award jury, and at the 1990 Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, where i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby McTeague
''Toby McTeague'' is a 1986 Canadian children's action-adventure drama film directed by Jean-Claude Lord. It stars Yannick Bisson as Toby McTeague, a teenager training to compete in a dog sled race. The film was shot primarily in the small town of Sainte-Rose-du-Nord, Quebec. The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987, for Best Cinematography (René Verzier) and Best Original Song ("Cold As Ice" by Peter Pringle and Kevin Hunter). A minor controversy resulted when the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television mistakenly omitted "Cold As Ice" from the first ballots sent out to Academy voters."Toby McTeague movie song left off Genie Awards ballot". ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and pa ...'', February 17, 1987. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Two-Two Meets The Hooded Fang (1978 Film)
''Jacob Two-Two Meets The Hooded Fang'' is a 1978 film adaptation of Mordecai Richler's children's novel by the same name. He was a father of five children, with the youngest, Jacob, inspiring his character Jacob Two-Two. The main character is Jacob Two-Two, a young boy who has a habit of repeating himself in order to be heard by those around him."Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang." Canuxploitation. Accessed March 17, 2018. http://www.canuxploitation.com/review/jacob.html. Significance Although the original novel began "as a tale told to his youngest son", it is now considered to be a Canadian classic, and inspired future film and television adaptions. A 1999 adaptation of the source material and the popular television series '' Jacob Two-Two'', which aired from 2003 to 2006, followed. Synopsis This humorous children's story recounts the adventure of a young boy who strives to be heard. As ''Toronto Globe and Mail'' writer James Bradshaw writes, Jacob Two-Two is "two plus two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurses (Canadian TV Series)
''Nurses'' is a Canadian drama television series that premiered on Global on January 6, 2020. ''Nurses'' was created by much of the same team behind the series ''Rookie Blue'', including Ilana Frank, Adam Pettle, Vanessa Piazza and Tassie Cameron. The series was renewed for a second season by Global in early 2020. NBC ran the first season in the United States beginning on December 7, 2020, due to the shortage of programs during the lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, but did not pick up the second season. Premise The series centers on a group of nurses at a busy downtown Toronto hospital. Cast and characters Main * Tiera Skovbye as Grace Knight * Natasha Calis as Ashley Collins * Jordan Johnson-Hinds as Keon Colby * Sandy Sidhu as Nazneen Khan * Donald Maclean Jr. as Wolf Burke Recurring * Cathy White as Sinead O'Rourke * Ryan-James Hatanaka as Dr. Evan Wallace * Tristan D. Lalla as Damien Sanders * Nicola Correia-Damude as Dr. Vanessa Banks * Ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |