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Roller Town
''Roller Town'' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Andrew Bush and released in 2011.Robert Bell"Roller Town: Andrew Bush" ''Exclaim!'', September 20, 2012. Featuring the sketch comedy troupe Picnicface, the film is set in the 1970s, and stars Mark Little as Leo, a roller skater who tries to save his favourite roller rink from being converted into a video arcade, while also trying to win the love of Julia ( Kayla Lorette), the mayor's daughter.Chris Knight"Review: Skate or die laughing in Roller Town" ''National Post'', September 20, 2012. The other members of the troupe — Bush, Scott Vrooman, Kyle Dooley, Cheryl Hann, Evany Rosen, Brian MacQuarrie and Bill Wood — also appear in the film in supporting roles, as well as Adam Robert Bayne, Jordan Talbot, George Basil, Brian Heighton, Pat Thornton, John Beale, Rhys Bevan-John, Howard D'Arcy and Nicki Davis. The film premiered as the opening film of the 2011 Atlantic Film Festival, before going into commercial release in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Little (Canadian Comedian)
Mark Thomas Little (born October 21, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his appearances on the CBC Television sitcom '' Mr. D'', playing Simon Hunt, the Xavier Academy science teacher, and his work with Picnicface. Personal Little grew up in New Westminster, British Columbia, and lived in Vancouver, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia, before moving to Toronto, Ontario, where he currently resides. Career Comedy Little is the former Humour Editor of Simon Fraser University's The Peak (newspaper). He has performed at Yuk Yuk's, the Halifax Comedy Festival, and CBC Radio's "So You Think You're Funny" series. He is a member of the Halifax-based sketch comedy group Picnicface. The troupe has produced several successful viral videos, is featured on Funny or Die, and stars in the films, ''Roller Town'' and Room for Rent. Little is also the co-star of CTV's '' Space Riders: Division Earth'', a Power Rangers-themed web series that r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roller Boogie
''Roller Boogie'' is a 1979 American romance film, romantic musical film, musical drama (film and television), drama film starring Linda Blair and Jim Bray, a former competitive artistic skater from California. The film also stars Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard and Kimberly Beck, and is directed by Mark L. Lester. The film is set in the Venice, California suburb of Los Angeles at the height of the roller skating fad of the late 1970s. Two characters, Bobby James (Bray) and Terry Barkley (Blair), fall in love while boogie skating to disco music. Along the way they must thwart a powerful mobster who wants the land their favorite roller rink sits on and compete in the Boogie Contest. The film received mostly negative reviews during its theatrical release, though it was a box office success. In recent years, it has become a cult classic and a time capsule of the late 1970s disco era. Plot Bobby James and his friends ("Phones", "Hoppy", "Gordo", and several others) skate to work on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In Nova Scotia
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2010s Canadian Films
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English-language Canadian Films
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Canadian Sports Comedy Films
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2011 Comedy Films
Eleven or 11 may refer to: * 11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music * Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label * Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Films
The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 28 sequels released. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of '' The New Yorker'' observed that the best films of 2011 "exalt the metaphysical, the fantastical, the transformative, the fourth-wall-breaking, or simply the impossible, and—remarkably—do so ... These films depart from 'reality' ... not in order to forget the irrefutable but in order to face it, to think about it, to act on it more freely". Film critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya of ''RogerEbert.com'' considers the year of 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of 1939 being film's best year overall, citing examples such as '' Drive'', '' The Tree of Life'', '' Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'', '' Keyhole'', '' Contagion'', '' The Adventures of Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th Canadian Comedy Awards
The 13th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy of 2011. The ceremony was held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, on 26 August 2012 and was hosted by Alan Thicke. Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 26 categories. Winners in 5 categories were chosen by the public through an online poll and others were chosen by members of industry organizations. The awards ceremony concluded the Canadian Comedy Awards Festival which ran from 23 to 26 August. The TV series '' Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays'' led with seven nominations followed by the bilingual film ''French Immersion'' with five. They each won a Beaver for best male performance. The big winner was Halifax-based comedy troupe Picnicface, which won three Beavers for their eponymous TV series and three for their debut film, '' Roller Town''. This ceremony also i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Comedy Awards
The Canadian Comedy Awards (CCA) is an annual ceremony that awards the Beaver for achievements in Canadian comedy in live performance, radio, film, television, and Internet media. The awards were founded and produced by Tim Progosh in 2000. The CCA have been held in different cities, most often in Toronto and London, Ontario. Between 2003 and 2015, the awards were held as part of the Canadian Comedy Awards Festival, with showcase performances by nominees and other comedic talent. The Comedy Network broadcast the first two award ceremonies and several specials of festival performances. These broadcasts have earned two Gemini Award nominations. The awards are artist-driven with a mandate "To recognize, celebrate and promote Canadian achievements in comedy at home and abroad." They are run through a non-profit organization and volunteer committees, drawing membership from the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists ( ACTRA), the Canadian Actors' Equity Asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Apple (1980 Film)
''The Apple'' (also called ''Star Rock'') is a 1980 science fiction musical comedy film written and directed by Menahem Golan. It stars Catherine Mary Stewart as a young singer named Bibi, who, in a futuristic 1994, signs to an evil label named Boogalow International Music. It deals with themes of conformity versus rebellion, and makes use of biblical allegory including the tale of Adam and Eve. Principal photography took place in late 1979 in West Berlin. The film was panned by critics and has been considered to be one of the worst films ever made. Plot In a cut two-song prologue of the film named "Paradise Day," Mr. Topps (Joss Ackland) creates heaven and carves the first human, Alphie, out of a rock, sending Alphie to Earth to meet Bibi. The two take part in the 1994 Worldvision Song Festival. Despite being the most talented performers, they are beaten by BIM (Boogalow International Music) and its leader, Mr. Boogalow, who use underhanded tactics to secure a victory. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
