Michael Sinelnikoff
Biography: Michael Sinelnikoff is an actor, director and writer. Among his many non-acting credits are: first Director of Quebec's International "Cirque du Soleil" (1984).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 01, 1928
Deathday: N/A
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300
2007-03-07
300
Overview: Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
Genres: Action Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-07
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The Lost World
1999-02-01
The Lost World
Overview: A group of unlikely allies are assembled to go on an expedition deep within the Amazon forest in search of new discoveries.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-01
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Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
1998-01-01
Out of Mind: The Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
Overview: Haunted by disturbing dreams from an inherited book, a young man becomes interested in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.
Genres: Horror Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The Lost World
1998-10-13
The Lost World
Overview: A scientist discovers dinosaurs on a remote plateau in Mongolia.
Genres: TV Movie Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-13
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Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1993-09-17
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Overview: True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.
Genres: Romance Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-17
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The Velveteen Rabbit
2009-02-27
The Velveteen Rabbit
Overview: A lonely boy wins over his distant father and strict grandmother with help from a brave velveteen rabbit whose one wish is to become a real rabbit someday.
Genres: Animation Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-27
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Silent Night
2002-12-24
Silent Night
Overview: Fact-based World War II story set on Christmas Eve, 1944, finds a German Mother and her son seeking refuge in a cabin on the war front. When she is invaded by three American soldiers and then three German soldiers, she successfully convinces the soldiers to put aside their differences for one evening and share a Christmas dinner.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-24
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Shades of Love: Tangerine Taxi
1988-08-18
Shades of Love: Tangerine Taxi
Overview: An odd cab driver learns that a research scientist is in dire need of funding and reveals himself to be an eccentric philanthropist in disguise. Happiness ensues.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-18
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Promise Her Anything
1999-06-11
Promise Her Anything
Overview: A quaint small town that hasn't paid taxes since World War II draws the attention of an ambitious tax inspector in this comedy starring Billy Zane and Patrick Bergin.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-11
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C.A.T. Squad
1986-07-27
C.A.T. Squad
Overview: When terrorists start killing scientists who are working on NATO's laser defense program, an elite team, the Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad, is brought in to stop the killers.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-27
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Cursed
1990-04-05
Cursed
Overview: When a gargoyle falls off a church during a storm, a scientist and his assistant take it back to their lab, where they are doing genetic experiments. However, the gargoyle is possessed by an evil spirit and starts to interfere in their experiments.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-05
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Spearfield's Daughter
1986-05-25
Spearfield's Daughter
Overview: The daughter of a leading politician tries to carve out a career in the world of international journalism.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-25
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Day One
1989-05-12
Day One
Overview: Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-12
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The Lost World: Underground
2002-07-29
The Lost World: Underground
Overview: Further adventures of the explorers gang of the TV series, encountering ape men, dinosaurs and a tribe of albino underground dwellers.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-29
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If Looks Could Kill
1991-03-15
If Looks Could Kill
Overview: Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. He is beseiged by both the good guys and the bad guys. British Intelligence outfits him with a series of James-Bond-like gizmos, and Steranko sends more would-be assassins after him. Can Michael stop the evil Steranko's plans for European domination?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-15
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Time at the Top
1999-01-17
Time at the Top
Overview: 14-year old Susan Shawson travels back in time in her building's elevator. As altered by a retired physicist living in her building, it transports her from Philadelphia of 1998 back to the same place in 1881. There she meets Victoria Walker, a girl her own age in need of assistance with her own family problems. Gradually discovering the power of her time machine, Susan, Victoria, and her young brother Robert travel back and forth in time and succeed in changing both the past and the future.
Genres: Mystery Family Science Fiction Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-17
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Criminal Law
1989-04-28
Criminal Law
Overview: Ben Chase is an on-the-rise Boston attorney currently defending a wealthy client in a high-profile murder case. Martin Thiel is the wealthy young man on trial for a particularly brutal murder. The verdict sets Thiel free. Within 24 hours another grizzly and all-too-familiar murder has taken place with striking similarities to the first crime. Chase inexplicably agrees to act as his defense attorney; but this time it will be to gather evidence that will put away his client for good.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-28
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Chasing Holden
2001-10-28
Chasing Holden
Overview: Neil Lawrence is sent to a boarding school by his father. During the first days he meets T.J. who he falls in love with. After being assigned a paper on Holden Caulfield - the main character in J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" - Neil decides to go on a journey to meet Salinger, who he feels has played a huge role in his life. Neil & T.J. take off on a journey to New York City. A journey that leads to more then they both ever could have imagined - and changes both their lives forever.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-28
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The Quarrel
1991-03-01
The Quarrel
Overview: Montreal 1948. On Rosh Hashanah, Chaim (a Yiddish writer) is forced to think of his religion when he's asked to be the tenth in a minyan. As he sits in the park, he suddenly sees an old friend whom he hasn't seen since they quarrelled when they were yeshiva students together. Hersh, a rabbi, survived Auschwitz and his faith was strengthened by his ordeal, while Chaim escaped the Nazis, but had lost his faith long before. The two walk together, reminisce, and argue passionately about themselves, their actions, their lives, their religion, their old quarrel, and their friendship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-01
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The Final Heist
1991-10-24
The Final Heist
Overview: David King is an art thief who has retired to devote his time to his daughter on whom he dotes. He hasn't counted, however, on a mysterious gang who don't believe he is ready for retirement and who kidnap his daughter Gillian. If he doesn't do one more heist for them Gillian will be murdered.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-24
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Mon amie Max
1994-11-01
Mon amie Max
Overview: Catherine, a concert pianist, is surprised one night by the arrival of her best friend from childhood, Marie-Alexandrine (Max), whom she hasn't seen for 25 years. Catherine and Max were Québec's most promising young pianists in the mid-1960's when the adventurous Max gets pregnant. She wants to keep the child, but her mother forces her to give him up for adoption; afterwards, Max leaves Québec and music. Now, years later, she returns, obsessed with finding her son. She locates the adoption records, and social services contacts her son to ask if he wants to see her. He refuses, but she keeps trying. Is a relationship with him possible? And what about her musical talent?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-11-01
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Voices
1995-09-15
Voices
Overview: A story about real life early 20th century British composer and music critic Philip Arnold Heseltine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-15
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Mindfield
1989-12-15
Mindfield
Overview: In the long shadow of an experimental CIA mind control program, Sergeant Kellen O'Reilly begins experiencing violent flashbacks of his “treatments” at the hands of the sinister Dr. Satorius. When the body count on his latest case inexplicably begins pointing toward his own fragmented past, a romance with Satorius’ criminal prosecutor raises the stakes. O'Reilly must forge a path forward through a hall-of-mirrors conspiracy stretching from the Mafia to the highest levels of the CIA, culminating in a shocking, stadium-sized confrontation.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-15
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The Greatest Game Ever Played
2005-09-30
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Overview: A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-30
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Choices
1986-02-17
Choices
Overview: A 19 year old girl suddenly finds herself pregnant. Not wanting to face motherhood or dealing with the consequences of a child, she contemplates an abortion without the knowledge of her boyfriend. However, her father, a retired 62 year old judge discovers her situation and is strongly opposed to abortion in principle. However, he soon finds he has to re-examine his own beliefs as his younger 38 year old second wife suddenly announces she is also pregnant. The two, when first married, agreed that there would be no additional children. This accidental pregnancy is unacceptable to the older man who cannot see him being involved in a young child's life. In the end, all three must make choices.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-17
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