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Balinder Johal
Balinder Johal is an Indo-Canadian actress."Monster-in-law, India style; Vancouver's Balinder Johal finds a well of astonishing villainy as a controlling matriarch in Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth". ''Vancouver Sun'', 31 October 2008. She is best known for her roles in the films of Deepa Mehta, including ''Heaven on Earth (2008 film), Heaven on Earth'', for which she was a Leo Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in 2009, and ''Beeba Boys'', for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination as Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016. Originally from Punjab (India), Punjab, Johal was educated in India before moving to Canada to pursue a master's degree in education at the University of British Columbia. As a stage actress, her most noted performances included ''Here and Now'', a forum theatre play about urban gang violence in Vancouver, and Anosh Irani's play ''My Granny the Goldfish''."Gaggl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab, India
Punjab () is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territory, union territories of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir to the north and Chandigarh to the east. To the west, it shares an international border with the identically named Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, and as such is sometimes referred to as East Punjab or Indian Punjab for disambiguation purposes. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles), which is 1.53% of India's total geographical area, making it List of states and union territories of India by area, the 19th-largest Indian state by area out of 28 Indian states (20th larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chris Isaak Show
''The Chris Isaak Show'' is an American sitcom that follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak. The show portrays Isaak and his band members as everyday people with everyday problems. The series was produced for the Showtime channel from 2001 to 2004, and was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which stands in for the show's home setting of San Francisco. The series featured Isaak and several members of his band, Silvertone, portraying themselves. Other roles were portrayed by actors, including Jed Rees as Isaak's keyboardist. Rees (who had studied piano, though much of his character's keyboard work is performed by a session player) was hired in place of Isaak's actual keyboardist Brett Tuggle (a part-time band member) to add some comedy to the show. Other characters featured on the show include Yola Gaylen, Isaak's manager and her colleague, Cody Kurtzman. The final regular character, Mona, appears lying nude on her stomach on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunfighter's Moon
''Gunfighter's Moon'' is a 1997 American Western film starring Lance Henriksen, Kay Lenz, and David McIlwraith. Also appearing are Nikki DeLoach, Ivan Sergei and James Victor. It was produced by Douglas Curtis and directed by Larry Ferguson. Tagline "Calling Frank Morgan a Gunfighter is Like Calling The Desert Dry!" Plot A veteran gunfighter is summoned to Red Pine in Wyoming by a former lover. She wants to protect her new husband (a store-keeper who is the temporary town sheriff) from a gang of outlaws who want to free one of their number who is being held for killing the lawman's predecessor during a bank robbery. What the gunfighter is unaware of, is that he is the father of a teenage girl. She also doesn't know. Cast * Lance Henriksen as Frank Morgan * Kay Lenz as Linda Yarnell * David McIlwraith as Jordan Yarnell * Nikki DeLoach as Kristen Yarnell * Ivan Sergei as Spud Walker * James Victor as Juan Acosta * Yareli Arizmendi Yareli Arizmendi (born 1964) is a Mexican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings Of Courage
''Wings of Courage'' is a 1995 American-French drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Craig Sheffer, Val Kilmer, Elizabeth McGovern and Tom Hulce. The 40-minute film was written by Annaud with Alain Godard. It was the first dramatic film shot in the IMAX format. ''Wings of Courage'' is an account of the real-life story of early airmail operations in South America.James, Caryn"Film Review: 'Wings of Courage' (1995)."''The New York Times'', 21 April 1995. Retrieved: 28 September 2012. Plot In 1930 South America, a small group of French pilots led by aviation pioneer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ( Tom Hulce) struggle to prove they can offer a reliable airmail service over the Andes. When one of the young airmail pilots, Henri Guillaumet ( Craig Sheffer), crashes on such a flight in the Andes, a search is started. Henri has to try and get back to civilization on foot. Back home, his wife Noelle (Elizabeth McGovern) and colleagues start to fear the worst. Cast * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwood (TV Series)
''Northwood'' is a Television in Canada, Canadian teen drama television series created by Nick Orchard. It centres on the lives of teenagers living in the eponymous fictional North Vancouver (district municipality), North Vancouver suburb. It aired on CBC Television, CBC from March 4, 1991 to January 15, 1994. Most initial reviews of the series were mixed, with criticism given to its excessive melodrama, lack of comic relief, and production values, though praise was given to the acting performances. Having replaced ''Degrassi High'' in its time slot, ''Northwood'' also drew multiple comparisons to the outgoing show. As it progressed, reviews became more positive. A soundtrack album, ''Let It Be Me'', was released in 1992. It is composed of adult contemporary covers by cast members of the show. Cast * Lochlyn Munro as Jason Williams * Brigitta Dau as Maria Giovanni * Byron Lucas as Kirk Huber * Trevor Hughes as Peter Anderson * Tasmin Jones as Karin Anderson * Darrell Dennis as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donkeyhead
''Donkeyhead'' is a 2021 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Agam Darshi in her directorial debut. The plot follows Mona Ghuman, a woman tasked with taking care of her father with the help of her three siblings after he is diagnosed with cancer and his health starts to deteriorate. The film premiered at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival in Mississauga, Ontario, on December 1, 2021. It was digitally released on Netflix on January 21, 2022. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Premise Mona is a failed writer who carves out a life of isolation while caring for her ailing Sikh father. When he suffers a debilitating stroke, her three successful siblings show up on her doorstep determined to take control of the situation. Cast * Agam Darshi as Mona Ghuman * Stephen Lobo as Parm Ghuman * Sandy Sidhu as Sandy Ghuman * Husein Madhavji as Rup Ghuman * Kim Coates as Brent Maloney * Marvin Ishmael as Gurpreet Ghuman * Balinder Johal as Puaji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Men Beyond This Point
''No Men Beyond This Point'' is a 2015 Canadian comedy film directed by Mark Sawers. It was shown in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and acquired for distribution by Samuel Goldwyn Films (worldwide rights excluding Canada). Plot The film is a science fiction mockumentary set in an alternate timeline several decades after a near-Earth object almost hit Earth in 1952, making it possible for women to reproduce by parthenogenesis without men. Men are no longer born, and they have disappeared from all important positions. The male sex has become a dying breed. The remaining men are kept on a reserve and are no longer part of society, with the exception of a few men who are allowed to do menial work. In this world women are wearing the pants, are legally required to be asexual, and have no male offspring anymore. It is now up to the quiet and modest household helper Andrew Myers to ensure that the male gender does not go extinct. The 37-year-old is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie And The Pussycats (film)
''Josie and the Pussycats'' is a 2001 musical comedy film co-produced by Universal Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Written and directed by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, the film is based on both the Archie Comics series and the Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name. Filmed entirely in Vancouver, Canada, the film features Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, and Rosario Dawson as the Pussycats, with Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, and Missi Pyle in supporting roles. The film's soundtrack album was well received, charting at No. 16 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and quickly achieving Gold status. The film received mixed reviews, and was a commercial failure upon its initial release. It later gained some success as a cult film. Plot The members of successful boy band DuJour, signed to the pop music record label MegaRecords, confront Wyatt Frame, an executive with the label, on their private jet, expressing innocent concern about a strange bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy Got Fingered
''Freddy Got Fingered'' is a 2001 black comedy film directed by Tom Green in his feature film directorial debut and written by Bickel and Derek Harvie. The film stars Green alongside Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Julie Hagerty. Green stars in the film as a childish slacker who wishes to become a professional cartoonist while dealing with his abusive father's behavior. Its plot resembles Green's struggles as a young man trying to get his television series picked up, which would later become the MTV series '' The Tom Green Show''. The title of the film refers to a plot point where Green's character falsely accuses his father of sexually abusing his brother, the eponymous Freddy. Released in theaters on April 20, 2001, by 20th Century Fox, ''Freddy Got Fingered'' was critically panned at the time of its release, with many considering it as one of the worst films of all time. It was also a box office disappointment, grossing $14.3 million worldwide, slightl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanctuary (Canadian TV Series)
''Sanctuary'' is a Canadian science fantasy television series, created by Damian Kindler. The show aired on Syfy between 2008 and 2011, for four seasons and a total of 59 episodes. The show is an expansion of an eight-webisode series that was released through the Internet in early 2007. Seeing the success of the web series, Syfy decided to buy the broadcast rights to the series and pay to re-stage the series in a season of thirteen episodes. The show centres on Dr. Helen Magnus, a 157-year-old teratologist, and her team of experts who run the Sanctuary, an organization that seeks out extraordinarily powerful creatures and people, known as Abnormals, and tries to help and to learn from them while also having to contain the more dangerous ones. The series premiered on October 3, 2008, in both Canada and the United States and on October 6 in the United Kingdom. The premiere drew in more than 3 million viewers, making it the highest rated original series premiere for Syfy si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smallville
''Smallville'' is an American superhero fiction, superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produced by Millar Gough Ink, Millar/Gough Ink, Tollin/Robbins Productions, DC Comics, and Warner Bros. Television Studios, Warner Bros. Television. Initially broadcast by the WB, the show premiered on October 16, 2001. After Smallville season 5, its fifth season, the WB and UPN merged to form The CW, the series' later United States broadcaster until Smallville season 10, its tenth and final season ended on May 13, 2011. ''Smallville'' follows the coming-of-age adventures of teenage Clark Kent (Smallville), Clark Kent (Tom Welling) in his fictional hometown of Smallville (comics), Smallville, Kansas, before he formally becomes the Man of Steel. The first four seasons focus on the high school life of Clark and his friends, his complicated romance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psych (TV Series)
''Psych'' is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with his psychic abilities. The program also stars Dulé Hill as Shawn's intelligent best friend and reluctant partner Burton "Gus" Guster, as well as Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father Henry, a former detective with the Santa Barbara Police Department. ''Psych'' premiered on July 7, 2006, following the fifth season premiere of ''Monk'', and continued to be paired with the series until ''Monk'''s conclusion on December 4, 2009. During the second season, an animated segment titled "''The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus''" was added to the series. ''Psych'' was the highest-rated American basic cable television premiere of 2006. USA Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
