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Dani Kind
Dani Kind is a Canadian actress. Early life Kind chose her career in grade nine after seeing an actress perform a monologue. She then joined her high school's improv team, and took theatre arts at college. Career Kind is most noted for her role as Anne Carlson in the television series '' Workin' Moms'', for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019. Kind is repped by Patterson Talent Management. She also has a recurring role as Mercedes Gardner in '' Wynonna Earp''. Kind often acts for the Hallmark Channel. ''Capsule'', a short film she directed, was funded by an Indiegogo Indiegogo is an American crowdfunding website founded in 2008 by Danae Ringelmann, Slava Rubin, and Eric Schell. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, California. The site is one of the first sites to offer crowd funding. Indiegogo allows peo ... campaign and closed at 109%. Personal life Kind is a mother to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Film Centre
The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is a charitable organization founded in 1988 by filmmaker Norman Jewison in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally launched as a film school, today it provides training, development and advancement opportunities for professionals in the Canadian film, television and digital media industries, including directors, producers, screenwriters, actors and musicians. History CFC was established in 1988 by Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison as the Canadian Centre For Advanced Film Studies;"Canadian film centre opens School on Taylor estate to train elite filmmakers". ''Toronto Star'', March 29, 1988. the first program was attended by 12 residents."Canadian film centre debuts with a dozen moviemakers". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 18, 1987. The inaugural class included writer Robert Hunter, filmmakers Holly Dale, Gerald L'Ecuyer, Anne Petrie and Peter Raymont, and producer Ann Medina. The school's campus was located at Windfields Estate, the former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today's Parent
''Today's Parent'' is a Canadian bi-monthly magazine for parents of children from birth to age 14. Topics like health, education, behaviour, and nutrition are covered each month. Due to falling print ad revenues, ''Today's Parent'' was published on a monthly basis and reduced its publication frequency to six times a year effective January 2017. History Before launching ''Today's Parent'', founder Beverly Topping acquired the pregnancy publication ''Great Expectations'' in 1983, hoping to use the mailing list to promote a parenting magazine. ''Today's Parent'' was first published in December 1984 as a 48-page saddle-stitched book. The magazine was originally published bimonthly and distributed through doctor offices. It did not reach newsstands until Rogers Publishing Ltd purchased the magazine. In 2003, ''Today's Parent'' won the gold award in the parenting magazine category from ''Folio Magazine'', the trade publication for the US magazine industry. In the Canadian National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Used To Be Funny
''I Used to Be Funny'' is a 2023 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Ally Pankiw. The film stars Rachel Sennott as Sam, a stand-up comedian living in Toronto who is struggling with depression that has impacted her career after Brooke (Olga Petsa), a young girl for whom she previously served as a nanny, goes missing. Sabrina Jalees, Caleb Hearon, Ennis Esmer, Dani Kind, and Jason Jones also star. Plot Samantha "Sam" Cowell, a comedian and nanny in Toronto, is matched with a nannying job through an agency, through which she meets 12-year-old Brooke and her father, Cameron. Brooke's mother and Cameron's wife is sick and in the hospital. Brooke is initially resistant to having a nanny; however, Sam builds a relationship with her and they bond. In the present-day storyline, Brooke, now 14, is missing, and Sam is struggling with PTSD and no longer performing comedy. A series of flashbacks reveals how Sam's relationship with Brooke and her family deteriorates. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Banana Splits Movie
''The Banana Splits Movie'' is a 2019 American comedy horror film directed by Danishka Esterhazy from a screenplay written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas. It serves as a horror reimagining of Hanna-Barbera's 1968 children's television series ''The Banana Splits'', and stars Dani Kind, Steve Lund, Celina Martin, Finlay Wotjak-Hissong, Sara Canning, Romeo Carere, and Maria Nash, with Eric Bauza as the voice of the Banana Splits. It follows a family who try to survive during a live-on-tape of the series when the titular characters start a killing spree around the filming studio upon learning of the show's upcoming cancellation. The project was first announced in February 2019, following an original idea from Josh Van Houdt, Syfy's vice president of development, about turning a discussed ''Banana Splits'' film adaptation into a horror film. Esterhazy was hired as director with screenwriters Elinoff and Thomas having conceived the idea based on inspiration from 1986's '' Chopping M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lie (2018 Film)
''The Lie'' is a 2018 psychological horror film written and directed by Veena Sud. The film is a remake of the 2015 German film '' We Monsters'', and stars Mireille Enos, Peter Sarsgaard and Joey King. Jason Blum serves as a producer under his Blumhouse Television banner. ''The Lie'' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2018. It was later released on October 6, 2020, by Amazon Studios, as the first installment in the anthological ''Welcome to the Blumhouse'' film series. Plot Divorced father Jay drives his daughter Kayla to a ballet retreat. On the way, they find Kayla's friend, Britney, waiting on the side of the road, and give her a lift. After pulling over so Britney can go to the bathroom in the woods, Jay hears Kayla scream and finds her sitting alone on a bridge over a river. Kayla claims she pushed Britney off the bridge. Jay checks the area for Britney's body, but does not find it and assumes she drowned and was washed away. Kayla fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October Gale (film)
''October Gale'' is a Canadian thriller film written and directed by Ruba Nadda. The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentations section of the festival. It was acquired by IFC Films and received a release in March 2015. The film stars Patricia Clarkson, Scott Speedman, and Tim Roth. Clarkson had previously worked with Nadda on '' Cairo Time''. Plot Helen Matthews (Patricia Clarkson), is a widow still grieving the untimely death of her husband, James (Callum Keith Rennie). Against the wishes of her son, Helen insists on going to the boat access island cottage she and her husband used as a vacation home. Early the next morning, Helen leaves the cabin's dock, travelling up Georgian Bay to get groceries. After several miles, her boat’s engine fails. Helen calls marine staff on her radio, and they agree to repair her boat's engine in a few days, dropping her back at her dock. On her second night in the cabin, she is awakened by the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer's Moon
''Summer's Moon'' (also known as ''Summer'' and ''Summer's Moon'') is a Canadian horror film directed by Lee Demarbre and starring Ashley Greene. It was released directly to DVD on November 10, 2009. Plot One night while staying at a hotel, a man named Gant Hoxey (Stephen McHattie) rambles in bed about his family, stating that his wife gets worried whenever he doesn’t call her, and stresses the importance of family matters. When Gant addresses his female companion Sara Jean, it’s revealed that she’s already deceased with lacerations all over her body and nails ripped off from her fingertips. In remorse, Gant mentions that Sara Jean’s father would kill him for doing this heinous act to her, so people are “nothing without their family”. One day, a wandering young woman named Summer Mathews (Ashley Greene) is hitchhiking along the side of the road when a man named Cliff pulls over. He asks her where she's going, and she tells him she’s heading to a small town called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carny (2009 Film)
''Carny'' (known in Australia as ''Jersey Devil'') is a 2009 Canadian television horror film by Syfy and the seventeenth film in the ''Maneater'' film series. The film was directed by Sheldon Wilson and stars Lou Diamond Phillips. Plot A large, winged creature is delivered to a traveling carnival. Ringmaster Cap kills the person who sold him the beast before he and his assistant Quinn tranquilize it with darts. Sheriff Atlas comes to investigate Cap's carnival under a paranoid pastor's requests. During the carnival's opening show, the pastor's son Taylor and his friend Jesse are unimpressed by the beast and start throwing peanuts at it. Furious, the beast breaks free from its cage and begins terrorizing the carnival before escaping into the woods. The following night, Taylor and Jesse hide in an old barn in the forest when a dog feeding off of a severed foot barks at them, alerting the beast to their location. The beast chases and kills the dog as Taylor and Jesse escape an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picture This (2008 Film)
''Picture This'' is a 2008 American romantic comedy television film directed by Stephen Herek. Starring Ashley Tisdale and Kevin Pollak, the film was released on July 13, 2008, on television by ABC Family, branded as an ABC Family Original Movie, and on July 22, 2008, on DVD. The film is produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and drew 5.3 million viewers. Plot The unpopular Mandy Gilbert lives with her strict father Tom and has only two friends, Alexa and Cayenne. She is bullied and mocked by the popular girls at her high school, particularly Lisa Cross. Lisa happens to be the girlfriend of Mandy's crush, swim team captain Drew Patterson. Mandy is about to turn 18 and wants her life to change. Mandy decides to try out for the swim team, but loses her glasses at the pool and falls in the water unconscious. When she awakens, she learns that Drew gave her CPR and they talk to each other. Lisa thinks Mandy is a threat and tries to humiliate her by taking Drew to the pet shop where Mandy w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monster Slayer
Monster Slayer may refer to: Literature *"Monster Slayer", a short story in the comic book anthology '' Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Lost Adventures'' *''Monster Slayer'', a Graphic Universe comic book based on Beowulf *''Poesy the Monster Slayer'', a comic book written by Cory Doctorow Cory Efram Doctorow (; born 17 July 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who served as co-editor of the blog ''Boing Boing''. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of th ... *''Monster Slayer Online'', a novel duology written by R.R. Virdi Games *Monster Slayer, a Ranger archetype in the tabletop RPG ''Dungeons & Dragons'' *'' Garshasp: The Monster Slayer'', a 2011 action-adventure computer game *'' The Witcher: Monster Slayer'', a geolocation-based mobile role-playing game Other uses * Nayenezgani, a character from the Navajo creation myth *'' Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer'', a 2007 comedy horror film {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Seduction
Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, a lifeform with extraterrestrial intelligence ** For fictional extraterrestrial life, see Extraterrestrials in fiction * Introduced species, a species not native to its environment ** Adventive plants or alien plants, species that are foreign to the native flora Alien(s), or The Alien(s) may also refer to: Science and technology * AliEn (ALICE Environment), a grid framework * Alien (file converter), a Linux program * Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID technology Arts and entertainment * ''Alien'' (franchise), a media franchise ** ''Xenomorph'', the titular alien in the franchise Films * ''Alien'' (film), a 1979 film by Ridley Scott ** ''Aliens'' (film), second film in the franchise from 1986 by James Cameron ** ''Alien 3'', third film in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posers (film)
''Posers'' is a 2002 Canadian drama film written and directed by Katie Tallo. Plot Adria (Jessica Pare) is a young woman living the young urban career professional life seemingly all around innocent and radiantly angelic with a dark side, she's getting more criminally inclined with a trio of morally depraved young women who live for two things, vanity and revenge, who does a voiceover of the rules of getting their good favor and worshipping the queen bee, Love (Stefanie von Pfetten). They go to a nightclub and then follow Sadie (Danielle Kind), a young woman to the washroom and then swarmbeat her to death for cheating on Love with her boyfriend. Police Detective Sinclair (Adam Beach) investigates the four for the murder and gets nowhere cause a rule by Adria, "When something happens, blame it on a man" and begins a relationship with Adria, learning that her mother is in the hospital. Suddenly, Love has disappeared with blood smeared everywhere in her apartment which traumatises th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
