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Muse Entertainment
Muse Entertainment, commonly referred to as Muse, is an independent film and television production companies in Canada. It was founded by Michael Prupas in 1998. Background Muse's production arm, Muse Entertainment Enterprises, produces films and television series for a wide variety of audiences. Its distribution arm, Muse Distribution International, delivers films and television series to broadcasters, cable networks, streaming services, and other distributors globally. Muse is one of the most active film and television production companies in the world for internationally co-produced projects. Under Canada's official film production treaties, Muse has co-produced projects in many countries, including France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Morocco, Australia, and South Africa. The company garnered attention in 2011 for its production of the multi-Emmy-winning and nominated miniseries '' The Kennedys,'' in association with Asylum En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal 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. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellhounds (film)
''Hellhounds'' is a 2009 Canadian horror film directed by Ricky Schroder. The film was shot in Romania. It is the twenty-first film in the ''Maneater'' film series. Plot The warrior Kleitos marries the princess Demetria. Kleitos' friend Theron kills Demetria out of jealousy, which sends her to the underworld. Kleitos gathers a group of warriors to head to the underworld in order to rescue Demetria. They manage to free the princess from Hades, but they are attacked by hellhounds under Theron's control once they go back to their world. Production Amanda Brooks heard about the role through her agent, who is friends with the director. The film was shot completely in Romania, including Transylvania and Bucharest. Some scenes were filmed in a real volcano. Brooks said of the filming, "I mean, we were on a tight budget, we were filming long hours ... Ricky and the other cast, we must have laughed 75 percent of the time. It was just a really good group." Reception Peter Hartlaub, writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl's Best Friend
"Girl's Best Friend" is a 1999 single by rapper Jay-Z that features vocals from Mashonda. It was released on August 9, 1999, as a single to promote the comedy film '' Blue Streak'' and appears on its soundtrack '' Blue Streak: The Album''. In the same year, it appeared as a hidden track on Jay-Z's fourth album '' Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter''. Its beat, produced by Swizz Beatz, contains a sample of " Keep It Comin' Love" by KC and the Sunshine Band. Martin Lawrence, the star of ''Blue Streak'', makes a cameo in the music video (directed by Francis Lawrence) as his character's "Pizza Man" disguise, dancing to the song and making silly faces in the camera. Formats and track listings *CD # "Girl's Best Friend (Radio Version)" (3:26) # "Girl's Best Friend (LP Version)" (3:59) # "Girl's Best Friend (Instrumental)" (4:08) *Vinyl A-side *# "Girls Best Friend" *# "Girls Best Friend (Radio Version)" B-side *# "I Put You On" *# "While You Were Gone" Charts Weekly charts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infected (2008 Film)
''Infected'' is a 2008 Canadian made-for-television Action adventure science-fiction horror-thriller film, which was directed by Adam Weissman. The movie has been given extremely negative reviews by critics and criticized by local television viewers for its B-movie /Z-movie-style elements and low-grade cinematography, extremely cheap budget, lack of coherence, and fast-paced and improper storytelling. The film however, has developed a strong cult following among Google users who have seen the film. The film received an R-rating from the MPAA before its scheduled release in the United States in 2009. Cast * Gil Bellows as Ben * Maxim Roy as Lisa * Glenda Braganza as Connie * Mark Camacho as Craig Braddock * Bruce Dinsmore as Peter Whitefield * Carlo Mestroni as Captain Wimmer * Neil Napier as Taylor Lambert * Judd Nelson as Malcolm Burgess * Donny Quinn as Obsequious Assistant (as Donny Falsetti) * Isabella Rossellini as Carla Plume * David Schaap as Lowe * Jesse Todd as Knutt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Swarm
''Black Swarm'' is a 2007 Canadian suspense film directed by David Winning. Actor Robert Englund plays a mysterious beekeeper who has a secret to hide in the small town of Black Stone. It is the ninth film in the ''Maneater'' film series. Plot A widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her nine-year-old daughter Kelsey Kozik. There, she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless man is found dead in the tool shed of Jane's blind friend Beverly Rowe. Devin Hall and the entomologist Katherine Randell are summoned to help with the investigation. Devin is Jane's brother-in-law and former boyfriend, and Jane still has a crush on him. Meanwhile, Kelsey befriends the scientist Eli Giles, who has developed genetically modified wasps for the army as a weapon, and now he is trying to revert the process. When the wasps attack Black Stone, Jane, Devin and Eli team-up to attempt to destroy the swarm. Cast * Sebastien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accidental Friendship
''Accidental Friendship'' is a 2008 Hallmark Channel original film directed by Don McBrearty, and written by Anna Sandor based on a true story. It stars Chandra Wilson and Ben Vereen. Plot Homeless woman Yvonne Caldwell ( Chandra Wilson) is a woman with good reason to be bitter: she has lost everything except her two beloved dogs, Bebe and Man-Man. With her one friend, Wes (Ben Vereen), Caldwell lives the daily struggle of being homeless in Los Angeles until a chance encounter caused by her dogs leads to a friendship with LAPD officer Tami Baumann (Kathleen Munroe), and hope for a better life begins in earnest for Yvonne. Friendship between the two women seemed improbable, but their friendship provided a base of support and respect for Yvonne and Tami for more than five years. Cast * Chandra Wilson as Yvonne Caldwell * Kathleen Munroe as Tami Baumann * Ben Vereen as Wesley "Wes" Smith * Gabriel Hogan as Kevin Brawner * Alison Sealy-Smith as Tami's colleague and friend Tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
''An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving'' is a television film loosely based on a short story by Louisa May Alcott. Filmed on location in Canada, the film premiered on Hallmark Channel on November 22, 2008. It was followed by the sequel, ''An Old Fashioned Christmas'' which aired on December 11, 2010. Synopsis Widow Mary Bassett ( Helene Joy) and her three children have hit difficult times on their farm; it is especially apparent when they cannot even afford a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner. Oldest daughter Tilly (Tatiana Maslany) writes to Mary's wealthy and estranged mother Isabella (Jacqueline Bisset), exaggerating their situation in a lengthy letter. Isabella comes to the farm to offer her help and finds a kindred spirit in Tilly. However, Mary resents her mother's attempts to help them out of their financial difficulties. Cast * Jacqueline Bisset as Isabella * Helene Joy as Mary Bassett * Tatiana Maslany as Mathilda "Tilly" Bassett * Kristopher Turner as Gad Hopkins * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Watch (2008 Film)
''The Watch'' is a 2008 made for TV movie starring Clea DuVall, James A. Woods, and Elizabeth Whitmere. Plot The movie opens with 7 year old Cassie in her bed sleeping. She wakes up hearing a scary noise and sees something at her closet and goes to investigate. When she sees nothing she closes the door only to turn around to see a woman dressed in white holding a teddy bear. Cassie is drugged and kidnapped. When she wakes up she is in a dark basement. She screams for help for two days, but no one comes. Finally 2 days later the police arrive arrest the woman and free Cassie. The movie then flicks to 20 years later, Cassie is now attending graduate school. When she fails to hand in her thesis on time, her professor warns her she only has a month to finish it, so she takes a job as a fire look-out, a job she hopes will give her nothing else to do except finish the thesis. However, the isolation preys on her and when she discovers that her only human contact, a voice on the radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Christmas Choir
''The Christmas Choir'' is a 2008 American-Canadian made-for-television Christmas drama film written by Donald Martin and directed by Peter Svatek, and based upon a true story of a man who volunteered to work at a homeless shelter and started a choir with its residents. The film first aired on December 9, 2008 on Hallmark Channel. The film was Michael Sarrazin's final screen role. The film was inspired by the true story of Pierre Anthian and the Montreal Accueil Bonneau Choir. Plot Peter Brockman (Jason Gedrick) is a successful accountant and engaged to be married. Then, nineteen days before Christmas, his life is turned upside down when his fiancée Jill (Cindy Sampson) dumps him, telling him he is an emotionally detached workaholic. While drinking a soda at a lounge, he has a chance encounter with Bob (Tyrone Benskin), a blues pianist and singer, who is working there solely for tips. The two talk about their mutual love of music, and of Peter's childhood dream of becoming a mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swamp Devil
''Swamp Devil'' is a 2008 Canadian horror film directed by David Winning and starring Bruce Dern, Cindy Sampson and Nicolas Wright. It is the thirteenth film in the ''Maneater'' film series. Plot Melanie Blaime returns to her hometown of Gibbington, Vermont because her father, a former sheriff, is wanted for multiple murders. Jimmy Fuller wants to help find her father, and it looks as if something incredibly sinister is responsible for the corpses in Gibbington the creature known is swamp devil. Cast * Bruce Dern as Howard Blaime * Cindy Sampson as Melanie Blaime * Nicolas Wright as Jimmy Fuller * Robert Higden as Jones * Allison Graham as Deputy Jolene Harris * James Kidnie as Sheriff Nelson Bois * Bronwen Mantel as Shelly * Kwasi Songui as Bigg * Mary-Pier Gaudet as Lisa Jones * Jenna Wheeler-Hughes as Young Dream Girl * Marc Viger Denis as Young Howard Blaime Production The film was completely shot in Montréal, Québec and actor Bruce Dern broke his leg on camera running i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unstable
In dynamical systems instability means that some of the outputs or internal state (controls), states increase with time, without bounds. Not all systems that are not Stability theory, stable are unstable; systems can also be marginal stability, marginally stable or exhibit limit cycle behavior. In structural engineering, a structural beam or column can become unstable when excessive compressive load is applied. Beyond a certain threshold, structural Deflection (engineering), deflections magnify stress (physics), stresses, which in turn increases deflections. This can take the form of buckling or crippling. The general field of study is called structural stability. Atmospheric instability is a major component of all weather systems on Earth. Instability in control systems In the theory of dynamical systems, a state variable in a system is said to be unstable if it evolves without bounds. A system itself is said to be unstable if at least one of its state variables is unstabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Plains Invaders
''High Plains Invaders'' is a 2009 American Western science fiction horror television film that aired on the Syfy Channel. It is the twenty-second film in the ''Maneater'' film series. The film stars James Marsters. Plot A man goes to a small Colorado town to be hanged for his crimes in 1892 only to end up rescuing the town from alien invaders. Cast * James Marsters as Sam Danville * Cindy Sampson as Abigail Pixley * Sebastian Knapp as Jules Arning * Sanny van Heteren as Rose Hilridge * Antony Byrne as Gus McGreevey * Angus MacInnes as Silich Cure * Adriana Butoi as Prospector's Wife * James Carroll Jordan as Sheriff (as James Jordan) * Constantin Barbulescu as Grizzled Miner * Dan Bordeianu as Deputy * Dugald Bruce-Lockhart as Cornelius Harrington (as Dugald Bruce Lockhart) * Sorin Cristea as Prospector Franklin Production ''High Plains Invaders'' was filmed in Romania in December 2008. Marsters said the film was a way to reinvent the Western film genre, which often ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
