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Kristen Thomson
Kristen Thomson (born 1966) is a Canadian actress and playwright. She has been described as "an icon of Canadian theatre". Early life and education Thomson was born in Toronto, Ontario. She studied drama at the University of Toronto and the National Theatre School of Canada. ''I, Claudia'' Thomson is known for her one-woman play '' I, Claudia'', which was adapted to film in 2004. In that play and film, Thomson plays all of the roles, using masks to change character. The play has been described as a "deeply moving one-woman mask show about the inner life of a pre-adolescent girl". It received praise from critics and was popularly successful. Awards In 2003, Thomson won an ACTRA Award for her performance in ''I Shout Love'' (2001), a short film directed by Sarah Polley. She has won four Dora Awards for her stage work. Her most recent win was for the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in the movie ''Away From Her ''Away from Her'' is a 2006 Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteus (2003 Film)
''Proteus'' is a 2003 romantic drama film by Canadian director John Greyson. The film, based on an early 18th century court record from Cape Town, explores the romantic relationship between two prisoners, one African ( Khoikhoi) and one Dutch-born white, at Robben Island in South Africa in the 18th century. Although the film premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival, it did not have a general theatrical release until 2005. Plot Set in 18th-century South Africa, the film dramatizes the true story of Claas Blank ( Rouxnet Brown) and Rijkhaart Jacobsz ( Neil Sandilands), two prisoners on Robben Island. Herder Claas Blank is serving 10 years for "insulting a Dutch citizen" and Rijkhaart is a Dutch sailor convicted of committing "unnatural acts" with another man. The two men, initially hostile to each other, form a secret relationship, using trips to a private water tank to bond. Their relationship has a racial component, as Jacobsz was a Dutchman, while Blank was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal (TV Series)
''Cardinal'' is a Canadian crime drama television series, which was first broadcast on January 25, 2017, on CTV (in English) and Super Écran (in French)."CTV and Super Écran Partner on New Serialized Drama" . ''Broadcaster'', February 11, 2016. The series adapts the novels of crime writer Giles Blunt, focusing on police detective John Cardinal (Billy Campbell) and his partner Lise Delorme (Karine Vanasse), who investigate crimes in the fictional city of Algonquin Bay. Across six episodes, the first season adapts the first John Cardinal novel ''Forty Words for Sorrow'' (2000), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Firm (2012 TV Series)
''The Firm'' is a legal thriller television series that began airing in February 2012 on AXN, and is a sequel to the 1991 John Grisham novel of the same name and its 1993 film adaptation. It was also picked up for first run syndication by Global in Canada and NBC in the US before release. The television adaptation is set ten years after the novel and film. On February 3, 2012, NBC announced that the series would be pulled from its Thursday 10/9c slot immediately, and placed on Saturdays at 9/8c starting on February 18; Global continued to air the series at the former time slot until March 3, when the show was moved to Saturdays. AXN began broadcasts in over 125 territories and countries on February 19. On May 13, 2012, NBC canceled the series after one season. Plot The 2012 television show picks up on the story of Mitchell Y. McDeere and his family ten years after the fictional setting of the 1991 novel and 1993 film. In the original film and book, McDeere helped topple t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Listener (TV Series)
''The Listener'' is a Canadian fantasy drama television series created by Michael Amo. The series stars Craig Olejnik as Toby Logan, a paramedic with telepathic powers who finds himself consulting with law enforcement to make a change in the world by helping others while listening to the thoughts of victims and criminals, and seeing images that they saw. The series was broadcast in Canada on CTV and was produced by Shaftesbury Films, in conjunction with CTV and Fox International Channels. The series premiered on CTV on March 3, 2009. CTV renewed the series for four more seasons, each consisting of 13 episodes, premiering February 8, 2011, May 30, 2012, May 29, 2013, and May 26, 2014. In August 2014, CTV announced that they had canceled the show. The series finale aired on August 18, 2014. Plot Season One (2009) Toby is a 28-year-old first-year paramedic who never knew his father and grew up in foster homes. Until now, Toby has kept secret his premonitions and his ability ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flashpoint (TV Series)
''Flashpoint'' is a Canadian police procedural television series created by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern for CTV, CBS and Ion Television. The series starred Hugh Dillon, Amy Jo Johnson, David Paetkau, Sergio Di Zio, and Enrico Colantoni. The series premiered on CTV in Canada on July 11, 2008. In the United States, the first three seasons and part of the fourth were aired on CBS from July 11, 2008, until August 19, 2011. The show then aired on Ion Television starting on October 18, 2011, with the eighth episode of the fourth season. Internationally, the series was distributed by Alchemy Television and Tele München Group. On January 25, 2011, it was announced that Ion Television had acquired all rights to the show held by CBS, including the option to continue production. On May 1, 2012, the producers announced that the fifth season would be the last of the series. The series finale aired on December 13, 2012. Reruns of the show begin airing on the H&I Networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is Wonderland
''This Is Wonderland'' is a Canadian legal comedy-drama television series that premiered on CBC on January 12, 2004. The series was created by George F. Walker, Dani Romain, and Bernard Zukerman. The second season premiered on January 25, 2005, and the third season on November 23, 2005. On February 13, 2006, CBC declined to order a fourth season, effectively cancelling the show. The final episode aired on March 15, 2006. Plot Alice De Raey, played by Cara Pifko, a young criminal lawyer fresh out of Osgoode Hall Law School, is thrown into a chaotic justice system. She encounters characters ranging from the truly desperate to the bizarre. Alice, with a good-natured openness that cloaks a tenacious, committed spirit, finds herself on a journey that constantly tests her patience and compassion. Alice has a distinctive habit of muttering to herself. Set in the courtrooms of Toronto's Old City Hall, cast regulars include Michael Riley, Michael Murphy, Michael Healey, Siu Ta, Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Me
It's Me may refer to: * "It's Me" (song), a 1994 single by Alice Cooper * ''It's Me'' (album), a 2003 album by Abbey Lincoln * ''It's Me'' (EP), a 2016 EP by South Korean singer Hyolyn * "It's Me (Pick Me) "It's Me (Pick Me)" () is a song by List of Produce 101 Season 2 contestants, contestants of ''Produce 101 Season 2'' and serves as the theme song of the show. It was released online as a digital single on March 9, 2017 by CJ E&M, along with a mu ...", a 2017 song * "It's Me", a 2009 song by Sara Groves from the album '' Fireflies and Songs'' * ''It's I''/''It's me'' grammar {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Matthew Shepard Story
''The Matthew Shepard Story'' is a 2002 made-for-television film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, based on the true story of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay youth who was murdered in 1998. The film scenario written by John Wierick and Jacob Krueger, it starred Shane Meier as Matthew, Stockard Channing as Judy Shepard and Sam Waterston as Dennis Shepard. Producers were Alliance Atlantis Communications, with the assistance/participation of CTV and Cosmic Entertainment, with support from the Cdn. Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC). The film premiered on NBC on March 16, 2002, the same day HBO aired another Shepard film entitled ''The Laramie Project''. ''The Matthew Shepard Story'' was also shown on CTV, with language versions shown in many countries. Plot In 1998, a young gay man by the name of Matthew Shepard (Shane Meier) was robbed, viciously beaten and left tied to a fence to die. Although he's found by the police, rescued and hospitalized, he dies from his in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Net Worth (TV Film)
''Net Worth'' is a 1995 Canadian biographical drama television film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti, based on the 1991 book ''Net Worth: Exploding the Myths of Pro Hockey'' by journalists David Cruise and Alison Griffiths. Starring Aidan Devine, Kevin Conway, R. H. Thomson, and Al Waxman, the film premiered on CBC on November 26, 1995. Premise Based on the true story of the Detroit Red Wings' Ted Lindsay, a nine-time NHL All-Star who, along with Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens, headed up a small group of players in a battle to protect the rights of players against monopolistic NHL owners of the 1950s era, including Bruce Norris of the Red Wings, Conn Smythe of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and James D. Norris of the Chicago Black Hawks as well as NHL president, Clarence Campbell. The film focuses on the conflict between Lindsay and Jack Adams, Detroit's general manager, as well as Lindsay's struggle to win over the trust and support of the players, including Lindsay's long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downsizing (film)
''Downsizing'' is a 2017 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne, written by Payne and Jim Taylor, and starring Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, and Kristen Wiig. It tells the story of Paul Safranek, who decides to undergo a recently invented procedure to shrink his body so he can start a new life in an experimental community, which he ends up doing alone when his wife backs out at the last minute; his journey takes an unexpected turn after he befriends an impoverished activist. Principal photography for the film began in Ontario, Canada, on April 1, 2016. The film premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on December 22, 2017. It was a box-office bomb, grossing only $55 million against a production budget of $68–76 million, and received mixed reviews from critics. Nevertheless, it was chosen by the National Board of Review as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Window Horses
''Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming'' is a 2016 Canadian animated film written and directed by Ann Marie Fleming (sometimes stylized with the title in parentheses or written as ''Window Horses'' without a subtitle), and a graphic novel by Fleming, ''Window Horses: The Poetic Epiphany of Rosie Ming''. Funding for the film was raised through an Indiegogo campaign, which amassed more than $80,000 in 50 days, from 730 contributors in 28 countries. The film was co-produced by Fleming's Stickgirl Productions, Sandra Oh and the National Film Board of Canada. Plot Rosie Ming lives in Vancouver with Gloria and Stephen, her maternal grandparents who are of Chinese descent. Rosie's mother Caroline died in a car accident when Rosie was a child. An aspiring poet with a fixation on Paris, France, Rosie collects her poems in a book which she self-publishes. The book gets the attention of the organizers of a poetry festival in Shiraz, Iran. Though Gloria is adamantly opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
