Jonas Chernick
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Biography: Jonas Chernick is a Canadian actor and screenwriter born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is a graduate from the University of Manitoba with a major in Film Studies and Theatre. In 2000, he relocated to Toronto, Ontario. Jonas co-wrote, produced and starred in the sci-fi comedy feature film James vs. His Future Self (2019), which won four awards at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards. That same year, he starred in The Prague Orgy (2019), adapted from the Philip Roth novel, had a recurring role on the CBC / Netflix hit series Workin' Moms (2017) and was a guest star on the CTV / NBC hit series Transplant (2020). He also co-wrote and co-stars in "The Burning Season."
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Birthday: July 16, 1973
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Gender: Male
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7 Times Lucky
Overview: An aging con-man and a beautiful, ambitious student cross paths in a scam that promises to make them both rich.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-17
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The End of Sex
Overview: A young couple, feeling the pressures of parenting and adulthood, sends their kids to camp for the first time and embark on a series of sexual adventures to reinvigorate their relationship.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-28
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The Last Mark
Overview: After a young woman witnesses a mob hit, a seasoned assassin and his psychotic partner must track her down before she turns them in, but she proves to be the hardest mark to kill.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-25
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Ashgrove
Overview: Set during a pandemic that affects the world's water supply, one of the world's top scientists is battling to find a cure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-02
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Intimate Stranger
Overview: Karen lives alone with her son since he was separated from her husband. One night she meets a man who has all the qualities to be perfect, and they begin a wonderful relationship. But calls from an unknown constant concern to Karen, as suspected her ex-husband does not accept her new relationship.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-26
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My Awkward Sexual Adventure
Overview: A hyper-repressed and schlubby accountant (Jonas Chernick) strikes a deal with a worldly but disorganized stripper (Emily Hampshire): he'll help her with her crushing debt if she helps him become a better lover.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-11
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Blood Pressure
Overview: A middle-aged woman follows letters from an unseen admirer into potential danger.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-30
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L for Loser
Overview: A lowly young trophy shop employee who has never won anything other than a participation ribbon, is in love with his manager and stages a robbery to try to prove to her that he is in fact "a winner."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-01
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Lucid
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Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-11
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Inertia
Overview: Joseph is in love with Laura. Laura is in love with Bruce. Bruce is in love with Alex. Alex is in love with Joseph. While a mysterious germ in the water supply threatens the population of Winnipeg, Canada, four love-struck individuals struggle with a greater illness - the randomness and intensity of their own desire. A love triangle with four people.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-12
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The Burning Season
Overview: Alena and her husband spend a summer up at Luna Lake Resort. JB runs the place. He and Alena begin a dangerous and passionate secret affair. Summers only. That's the rule. Until they break it. A sexy and tragic love story - told backwards.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-10
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Masterpiece Monday
Overview: Lives unravel for different reasons...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-16
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Boy City
Overview: A comedy about a group of men in their 30s still pursuing their dream of becoming a successful boy band. From the director of From the Vine (WFF19). This virtual screening is eligible for the Whistler Film Festival audience award! Don't forget to vote for the film once you've viewed it.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-03
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Borealis
Overview: Jonah, an unemployed gambler, takes his estranged pot-smoking teen-aged daughter Aurora on a dangerous road trip to Churchill, Manitoba to show her the magnificent Northern Lights – before her vision disorder renders her completely blind.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-05
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Edge of Madness
Overview: 1851, Manitoba's Red River Valley. As winter sets in, a young woman on the edge of madness arrives exhausted at the fort, a wilderness station, claiming she murdered her husband. She's placed in a cell; for the next several months, she sews while the local prefect, Henry Mullen, investigates.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-18
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The Ashgrove Experiment
Overview: An indie film crew throw caution to the wind when they attempt to shoot a completely improvised drama where the film's big twist is being kept secret from their lead actress, while also navigating on-set mishaps, bizarre twists of fate, and the first year of a global pandemic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-14
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Surfacing
Overview: After years of battling severe depression, a young man learns to love himself and accept love from others after becoming caught in his therapist's personal life and recognizing her need for similar help.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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A Thousand Cuts
Overview: Tonight, on a live TV special, Roberta and her co-host Frasier will attempt to solve the notorious murder of famous horror novelist Bernard Balance, who 30 years ago was stabbed to death in his mansion, as his young son, Noah, disappeared - with only his remains found in a bonfire on the property.
Genres: Mystery Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-21
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The Pentagon Papers
Overview: This compelling political drama is based on the true story of high-ranking Pentagon official Daniel Ellsberg, who, during the Nixon era, strove to preserve American democracy by leaking top-secret documents to the New York Times and Washington Post. The documents in question would eventually become famous as the Pentagon Papers, which revealed the true reasons for U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-09
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A Swingers Weekend
Overview: Seemingly perfect couple Lisa and Dan plan a steamy swingers weekend, but things go south when a third couple drops in unexpectedly.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-18
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How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
Overview: In high school Cassie Cranston was slut-shamed out of the wholesome and repressed town of Beaver’s Ridge following a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity. Now, years later, a big city sex columnist, Cassie returns home to bury her mother and finds a chance for revenge when her prudish childhood nemesis insists she helps her old friends plan an orgy.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-19
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Eloise at the Plaza
Overview: Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. Her caretaker "Nanny" watches over her while her mom is away. Then one day, while trying to figure out how to get invited to a fancy ball as well as how to meet a visiting prince, Eloise makes a new friend around her age! So she decides to take him on a tour of the city - and all while plotting some matchmaking hijinks for her other friends too!
Genres: Comedy Family Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-27
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Time of Death
Overview: Following the death of CEO Robert Loring at precisely 10:44 pm, the FBI sends in Jordan Price, one of their best and brightest to solve the case. As other key executives are murdered at exactly the same time, Jordan finds herself investigating the past in order to solve the case. She quickly discovers the ultimate cover up and is under the gun to solve the mystery before the next victim is killed.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-19
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The Prague Orgy
Overview: In 1976 a famous American writer Nathan Zuckerman is challenged by Czech immigrant Sisovsky who implores him to retrieve valuable manuscripts from communist Czechoslovakia. The writer accepts this dangerous mission, where his every step is observed by secret police. Once in Prague, he meets Sisovsky‘s flamboyant and wild ex-wife Olga who is in possession of the manuscripts. The evolving relationship between the hot-headed Olga and Nathan is a confrontation between two worlds - the repressed East and free West. But, Olga won‘t give up the manuscripts to Nathan so easily…
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2019-10-10
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James vs. His Future Self
Overview: When an uptight time-travelling obsessed young scientist is visited by his nihilistic future self, he's told that he needs to give up his dream of becoming the world's first time traveler, or else. But when he won't go along with the plan, it becomes a wicked battle of man versus himself - literally.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-17
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Nostradamus
Overview: A medieval cult travels to the 20th century and kills people in an attempt to bring about the end of the world. The policeman must stop them by summoning the spirit of Nostradamus.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-27
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Recipe for a Perfect Christmas
Overview: The holiday season is turned upside down for a neophyte food critic JJ (Pope) when her uninhibited mother (Baranski) shows up unannounced. In an attempt to occupy her mom's time, JJ works out a deal with a young chef (Cannavale) that stirs up some matters of the heart.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-05
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