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Réal Andrews
Réal Andrews (born Réal Johnson; January 31, 1963) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Chance Walker in the first season of the syndicated action drama series ''Soldier of Fortune, Inc.'', and for playing Marcus Taggert on the ABC daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'' since 1996. Early life and education Born Réal Johnson, Andrews was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia by a single mother. Andrews did not have a relationship with his biological father, a musician who abandoned Andrews and his mother when he was only a few years old. Andrews only met his birth father one time while in college. When Andrews was 21 years old, his mother Troy married Cyril Nathan Andrews, who adopted Reál as his own. Andrews was raised as a Catholic and attended an all boys private school. Growing up, Andrews wasn't interested in acting at all and described himself as a jock. Andrews was first exposed to acting when his aunt invited him to a seminar at her acting school. In 1981, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Vancouver (city)
The City of North Vancouver is a North Shore (Greater Vancouver), municipality city on the North Shore of the Burrard Inlet, in British Columbia, Canada. Anchored by the downtown town centre of Lonsdale, with which its urban core largely synonymous, it consists of the smallest and most urbanized of the communities situated north of the city of Vancouver, and is part of the Metro Vancouver Regional District, Metro Vancouver regional district, though it has significant industry of its ownincluding shipping, Chemical industry, chemical production, and Film industry, film production. The city is served by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, British Columbia Ambulance Service, and the North Vancouver City Fire Department. History Industrial development and early settlement (1863-1891) In 1863, T.W. Graham and George Scrimgeour pre-empted 150 acres of Crown land and established Pioneer Mills, the first sawmill at the site Moodyville. This was a key milestone in the European settle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Source Magazine
There are multiple media outlets which focus primarily on television soap operas and telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...s. These publications and websites feature news, cast and crew interviews, plot summaries and previews, editorials and reviews, TV listings and video previews related to the genre. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Soap opera media outlets English-language mass media Lists of websites Review websites Soap opera lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Heat
''Night Heat'' is a Canadian police crime drama series that aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States. Original episodes were broadcast from 1985 to 1989. ''Night Heat'' was the first Canadian original drama series that was simultaneously aired on an American television network during its original broadcast. It was also the first original, first-run drama series to be aired during a late night time slot on a television network in the United States. During its original run it was the highest-rated Canadian-produced original series in Canada. The show won the Gemini Award for Best Drama Series in both 1986 and 1987. The show stars Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott as police detectives Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone who work the graveyard shift in an unnamed northeastern North American metropolis. The series follows their nightly police beat as it is chronicled by journalist Tom Kirkwood ( Allan Royal) in his newspaper column titled "Night Heat". Synopsis A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glitter Dome
''The Glitter Dome'' is a 1984 American made-for-HBO crime drama film starring James Garner, Margot Kidder and John Lithgow. The film, based on the 1981 Joseph Wambaugh Hollywood-set homicide novel of the same name, was directed by Stuart Margolin, who also scored the film and played a supporting part. The movie was filmed in Victoria, British Columbia and co-starred Colleen Dewhurst. It was subsequently released on video in 1985. The film was also the last film for John Marley. Synopsis The Glitter Dome is a bar frequented by the Hollywood police detective division (the name is a slang reference to Hollywood). When the investigation of a high-profile studio president is going nowhere, the case is handed over to two experienced detectives, Al Mackey (James Garner) and Marty Welborn (John Lithgow). For this case, however, they need help, which they receive from a pair of vice cops called the Ferret and the Weasel and a pair of street cops commonly referred to as the Street Monst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movin' Too Fast (film)
''Movin' Too Fast'', also known as ''Lost in Plainview'', is a 2006 action thriller film written and directed by Eric Chambers in his feature film debut. The film stars Layla Alexander, Marquita Terry, Matthew Glave, Jack Kehler and Eric Michael Cole. Plot While carpooling through the California desert, two women are stopped by a police car in the middle of nowhere. The officer turns out to be a psychopath and stalks them in a game of cat and mouse. Cast * Layla Alexander * Marquita Terry * Matthew Glave * Jack Kehler * Eric Michael Cole * Sal Lopez * Sonya Eddy * Christopher Jones * Jonathan Quint * Billy Maddox * Steve Kanaly * Réal Andrews * Derrick Simmons Production The film's budget allowed for the destruction of multiple automobiles. Release The movie was initially set to release in 2005 as ''Lost in Plainview''. Reception Matt Miller at Home Media Magazine favored the film. Jim McLennan at Girls With Guns said it is like ''Thelma and Louise'', '' The Hit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renegades (1989 Film)
''Renegades'' is a 1989 American action crime film directed by Jack Sholder and starring Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips and Jami Gertz. It was released on June 2, 1989, by Universal Pictures. Plot Buster McHenry works as an undercover agent for the Philadelphia Police Department. He is attempting to flush out a corrupt officer, but his investigation hits two complications. The first occurs when he is arrested while trying to stop a carjacking; after having distracted the suspect with a beer bottle, he assaults an officer. The second occurs when he participates in a robbery of a jewelry store to retrieve $6 million in diamonds. During the course of fleeing the crime scene, an ancient Indian spear is stolen from an auction house and Buster is wounded. Marino, a crime boss who led the robbery, thinks that the spear might be worth something to his associates. Hank Storm, a young Indian, is now after the spear and Buster is after his criminal cohorts. Hank rescues Buster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born On The Fourth Of July (film)
''Born on the Fourth of July'' is a 1989 American epic biographical anti-war drama film that is based on the 1976 autobiography of Ron Kovic. Directed by Oliver Stone, and written by Stone and Kovic, it stars Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, and Willem Dafoe. The film depicts the life of Kovic (Cruise) over a 20-year period, detailing his childhood, his military service and paralysis during the Vietnam War, and his transition to anti-war activism. It is the second installment in Stone's trilogy of films about the Vietnam War, following ''Platoon'' (1986) and preceding '' Heaven & Earth'' (1993). Producer Martin Bregman acquired the film rights to the book in 1976 and hired Stone, also a Vietnam veteran, to co-write the screenplay with Kovic, who would be played by Al Pacino. When Stone optioned the book in 1978, the film adaptation became mired in development hell after Pacino and Bregman left, which resulted in him and Kov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Food Of The Gods II
''Food of the Gods II'', sometimes referred to as ''Gnaw: Food of the Gods II'' as well as ''Food of the Gods Part 2'', is a 1989 Canadian science fiction film that is a very loose sequel to the 1976 Bert I. Gordon film '' The Food of the Gods'', based on the 1904 H.G. Wells novel of the same name. It is a sequel in name only, as its plot bears no relation to the 1976 film. The main themes of the film are animal testing and size change. In the film, a growth serum is tested on lab rats, turning them into giants. While the animals rampage, the use of the same serum on cancer cells causes massive tumors. Plot Dr. Neil Hamilton receives a call from his mentor Dr. Kate Travis about a young boy named Bobby, whose deficient growth has been treated with Travis' experimental serum. Bobby has swiftly and unexpectedly grown larger than a full-grown adult and become violent. To find an antidote, Neil takes a sample of the serum back to his lab at a university science complex. There, anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Friend
''Night Friend'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Peter Gerretsen and released in 1987."Film Reviews: Peter Gerretsen's Night Friend". ''Cinema Canada'', March/April 1989 (Number 161). The film stars Chuck Shamata as Fr. Jack Donnell, a Roman Catholic priest who encounters a teen prostitute named Lindsay (Heather Kjollesdal), and tries to save her from life on the streets. The cast also includes Daniel MacIvor as Lindsay's boyfriend Lenny, Jayne Eastwood as a bag lady, and Art Carney as the monsignor. Eastwood received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Genie Awards."Un zoo and Mermaids top Genie nominations". ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division. ...'', February 17, 1988. References External links * 1987 films Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Man Standing (1987 Film)
''Last Man Standing'' is a 1987 sports action film directed by Damian Lee. In the film, a mistreated patient of a mental asylum is released and seeks a new career in underground bare-knuckle fighting. Plot Roo Marcus has recently been released from the inhumane conditions of a mental institution and enters into the world of underground bare-knuckle fighting. Cast * Vernon Wells as Roo Marcus * William Sanderson as Casper * Michael Copeman as Napoleon * Sonja Belliveau as Charlie * Frank Moore as Tenny * Réal Andrews as Razor * Pete Dempster as Cannon * Franco Columbu as Batty * Danny Burnes as Gus * George Chuvalo as Maxx * Damian Lee as Sully * Dave Schaller as Patch * Kim Coates as Mr. Regan * Lolita Davidovich Lolita Davidovich (born Lolita Davidović; July 15, 1961) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for portraying Blaze Starr in the 1989 film '' Blaze'', for which she received a Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination. ... as Groupie (as L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowhere To Hide (1987 Film)
''Nowhere to Hide'' is a 1987 thriller film directed by Mario Azzopardi. It stars Amy Madigan, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Robin MacEachern, as a family on the run from corrupt Marine officers. It also stars Michael Ironside, John Colicos, Maury Chaykin and Clark Johnson. Plot When two newly delivered helicopters crash mysteriously, Marine officer Major Rob Cutter (Daniel Hugh Kelly) decides to conduct his own investigation, since the men killed in the helicopter crashes were members of his squadron. He later discovers that the newly delivered helicopters crashed because of a defective C-ring that has been made of a weaker, less expensive alloy. Rob grounds all the newly delivered helicopters that have the faulty C-ring, and decides to go public with this, much to the objection of his friend and fellow marine Sergeant Mike Watson (Chuck Shamata), who reluctantly tells someone that he found the problem. At home, Rob is killed by two hitmen, one of them Marchais (Maury Chaykin), in front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Thing (film)
''Wild Thing'' is a 1987 American-Canadian film directed by Max Reid and starring Robert Knepper and Kathleen Quinlan. The screenplay was by John Sayles and the story by Larry Stamper. The film was distributed by the Atlantic Entertainment Group. Director Max Reid called it "a fairytale for adults." Plot When his parents are killed in a botched drug deal, a young boy is taken in by a bag lady who teaches him about the Blue Coats (Cops) and White Coats (Doctors). After her death, he becomes an urban Tarzan defending innocents in a large city. He soon becomes an urban legend and champion of street justice, espousing a 1960s philosophy and coming to the aid of the helpless and oppressed. Jane (Kathleen Quinlan) is the concerned social worker who falls for the hero. Armed with a bow and arrow and makeshift equipment such as a grappling hook made from an old umbrella, he and his cat sidekick set out to avenge his parents death when he finds the drug dealer that killed them. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
