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Rafael Petardi
Rafael Petardi is a Canadian-American film and television actor. Career Petardi's first major role was in a mini series alongside Québécois stars Remy Girard, Gildor Roy, Michel Barette, Patrick Labbe and Chantal Fontaine. He has also starred in many television shows such as ''La Vie'' and ''Rent-a-Goalie,'' the latter garnering him 3 Gemini Award Nominations. He performed in films such as ''Rub & Tug'', which was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival. He has appeared in film and television roles such as ABC’s '' Flash Forward'', CBS’ ''The Unit'', supporting roles in films such as ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua'', and ''Angels & Demons''. Most recently Petardi guest starred on '' NCIS: Los Angeles''. He now voices Chase Devineaux in ''Carmen Sandiego ''Carmen Sandiego'' (sometimes referred to as ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'') is a media franchise based on a Carmen Sandiego (video game series), series of computer video games created by the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tart (film)
''Tart'' is a 2001 American coming of age drama film written and directed by Christina Wayne and starring Dominique Swain, Brad Renfro, and Bijou Phillips. It follows a young woman at a preparatory school in 1980s New York City and her ingratiation with a group of elite peers. It was released by Lionsgate in 2001. Plot In 1984, Catherine "Cat" Storm is a teenager attending an elite preparatory school in Manhattan. Her mother seems strict and cold, her divorced father is painfully absent from her life, and her little brother is a hypochondriac. Her best friend is Delilah Milford, a free-spirited delinquent whose father is a major stockholder in ShopRite. After Delilah is expelled from school for drug possession, Cat befriends Grace Bailey, an English exchange student who helps her get in with the popular crowd. The pair begin to attend high-brow parties thrown by queen bee Peg, where a gay ephebophile named Kenny supplies the attending teenagers with cocaine. Cat doesn't par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lion Guard
''The Lion Guard'' is an American animated children's television series developed by Ford Riley and based on Disney's 1994 film ''The Lion King''. The series was first broadcast with a television film titled ''The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar'' on Disney Channel on November 22, 2015, and began airing as a TV series on January 15, 2016, on Disney Junior. It is the second television series based on ''The Lion King'' following '' The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa'' (1995–1999). The first two seasons take place within the time-gap in the 1998 film '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride''. The majority of the third and final season takes place in parallel with the film's second act, with the final two episodes serving as an epilogue to the film. The second season premiered on July 7, 2017, followed by the third on August 3, 2019, with the series finale airing on November 3 the same year. Premise The Lion Guard is a group that serves to protect the circle of life, traditionally led by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
72 Hours (TV Series)
''72 Hours'' is an American television reality competition series produced by Lighthearted Entertainment that premiered on TNT on June 6, 2013. ''72 Hours'' is hosted by actor and TV host Brandon Johnson who formerly co-starred as dance show host Gary Wilde on the Disney Channel original series '' Shake It Up''. The series is executive produced by Howard Schultz, Brady Connell and Rob LaPlante. Jeff Spangler serves as the co-executive producer of the series. In each episode of ''72 Hours'', three new competing teams of strangers are dropped in the complete wilderness where they are given very few essential items to survive. The teams must travel through harsh environments, such as dangerous wildlife or insect infestations for 72 hours to find a hidden briefcase that contains $100,000. The team that finds the briefcase is the winner of the competition and they receive the $100,000 cash prize. Premise Each episode in the series introduces new groups of strangers who are dropped of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rent-A-Goalie
''Rent-a-Goalie'' is a half-hour comedy television series from Canada that aired on Showcase from 2006 to 2008. The first season was nominated for three Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series. It was also nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada Award, the CFTPA Indie Award for Best Comedy Series, an ACTRA Award for Best Male Performance for Christopher Bolton, and four Canadian Comedy Awards, winning two. The second season was nominated for six Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series, Best Ensemble Performance, Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Cinematography and Best Casting. It has also been nominated for three Canadian Comedy Awards. Plot ''Rent-a-Goalie'' follows Cake (Christopher Bolton), a hockey-mad, recovered-from-everything go-to guy, who runs a rag-tag hockey goalie rental service from Cafe Primo, a family-owned coffee shop in Toronto's Little Italy. Here, at this crazy crossroads of hockey culture and coffee culture, Cake has finally found a home. He spen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missing (Canadian TV Series)
''Missing'' (originally titled ''1-800-Missing'') is a Canadian crime drama television series based on the ''1-800-WHERE-R-YOU'' book series by Meg Cabot. The series aired on the A-Channel network and W Network in Canada, and on Lifetime in the United States from August 2003 to February 2006. The theme song was "This Dream Is Real", performed by actress Gloria Reuben, was heard during the first season, while the second season, it was replaced with a song called "Till I Find You" performed by Kina, which was heard during the opening credits as well. Synopsis The series is centred on Jess Mastriani, played by Caterina Scorsone, a woman in her twenties who receives psychic abilities after being hit by lightning. She is employed by a special FBI Task Force because she has visions which, once interpreted, contain clues that will help her find missing people. The series initially starred Gloria Reuben as Brooke Haslett, Jess's skeptical partner. Other stars of the series duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (TV Series)
''Wild Card'' (also known as ''Zoe Busiek: Wild Card'') is a Canadian-American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005. Synopsis Zoe Busiek is a former Las Vegas blackjack dealer whose life takes an unexpected turn when her sister Susan dies in a hit-and-run and she has to take care of her sister's three children, Taylor, Cliff, and Hannah. When the insurance company denies the family a financial settlement Zoe takes matters into her own hands, which leads her to a new career as an insurance fraud investigator with handsome former criminal Dan Lennox and serious but sweet Sophia Mason becoming her partners. Each episode is centered on a particular case as well as Zoe's family life. She use her skills at reading people and deduction as a newly-hired insurance fraud investigator. Sophia later becomes the boss. She leaves the show in the second season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Conflict
Final Conflict is an American hardcore punk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1983. Their first album was ''Ashes to Ashes'', released in 1988. Over the years they went through various lineup changes; as of 2009, the only original member remaining was guitar player Jeff Harp. Another long-time member was vocalist Ron Martinez. Final Conflict is regarded as one of the first extreme hardcore punk Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock music genre#subtypes, subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots ... bands from Southern California. They incorporated a British-style hardcore punk rock at a time when the punk rock scene was at its weakest popularity. Their perseverance and dedicated fan base helped spark a Los Angeles and Orange County punk rock revival of sorts during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Final Conflict have stayed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Notice (film)
''Red Notice'' is a 2021 American action comedy film written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber starring Dwayne Johnson alongside Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Ritu Arya. It marks the third collaboration between Thurber and Johnson, following ''Central Intelligence'' (2016) and ''Skyscraper (2018 film), Skyscraper'' (2018). In the film, an FBI agent reluctantly teams up with a renowned art thief in order to catch an even more notorious thief. Originally planned for release by Universal Pictures, the film was acquired by Netflix for distribution. It began a limited theatrical release on November 5, 2021, before digitally streaming on the platform on November 12, 2021. It received generally negative reviews from critics for its plot and screenwriting, though the performances (particularly Johnson and Reynolds), action sequences and humor were praised. Netflix claims the film became the most-watched film in its debut weekend, as well as the List of most-watched Netflix original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siberia (2018 Film)
''Siberia'' is a 2018 thriller film directed by Matthew Ross and written by Scott B. Smith from a story by Stephen Hamel. It stars Keanu Reeves, Ana Ularu, Pasha D. Lychnikoff and Molly Ringwald. Plot American diamond merchant Lucas Hill travels to Russia to sell rare blue diamonds to gangster Boris Volkov. However, his contact in St. Petersburg, Pyotr who had the diamonds, has gone missing. Boris threatens Lucas to deliver the diamonds in 48 hours. Following Pyotr's clues, Lucas arrives at a guest house in Mirny, Siberia, a rough mining town. He briefly contacts his wife Gabby through Skype. He goes to a cafe and starts a fight with two drunks who are harassing a cafe owner named Katya, who saves him after they jump him in the parking lot. Later, her brother Ivan suspects her of sleeping with Lucas, so she defiantly asks him to sleep with her. Lucas meets Pyotr's brother Andrei who tells him that Pyotr sold counterfeit diamonds to a man named Samsonov and hid the real ones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Code Of Honor (2016 Film)
''Code of Honor'' is a 2016 American action thriller film written, produced, edited, and directed by Michael Winnick. The film stars Steven Seagal and Craig Sheffer and was released to video on demand on May 6, 2016. Plot The film starts with members of white supremacist, Polynesian and Latino gangs being gunned down as they meet for the sale of cocaine, killing a dozen. The killer is Colonel Robert Sikes is a stealthy, one-man assault team who takes on a city's street gangs, mobsters and corrupt politicians until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, teams up with the local police department to bring his former commander to justice and prevent him from further vigilantism. Cast Production Writer-director Michael Winnik said he wanted to make "''First Blood'' meets '' Death Wish''." Seagal liked the script and an earlier film of Winnik's, ''Guns, Girls and Gambling'', and agreed to make the film. The film was shot in Utah in March 2015 on a budget of $8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freezer (film)
''Freezer'' is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by Mikael Salomon from a script by Tom Doganoglu and Shane Weisfeld with David C. Williams composed the film's score. The film stars Dylan McDermott, Yuliya Snigir and Peter Facinelli. This is an indie film that follows an everyday guy, finds himself tested beyond human endurance when he awakens to find himself locked in an industrial freezer by Russian thugs. ''Freezer'' was released home Media and on demand on January 21, 2014 through Anchor Bay Entertainment. Plot Robert Saunders (Dylan McDermott) wakes up to find himself bound and locked inside a meat locker. After he is able to cut himself loose, two Russian mobsters Kiril and Stepan enter the freezer to question him. It becomes apparent that neither understand English, but before they leave they tell a confused Robert they want "money". Left alone, Robert finds a ventilation duct in the top of the ceiling that appears to lead to the fans inside the locker. Just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
