Joel Thomas Hynes

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Wildhood
6.4

Wildhood

Jun 17, 2022
Link est un adolescent rebelle qui habite avec son demi-frère et son oncle violent dans un parc à roulottes en Nouvelle-Écosse. Lorsqu’il découvre que sa mère biologique autochtone est toujours vivante, il fait une fugue pour la retrouver. Son chemin croise alors celui de Pasmay, un charismatique danseur Mi’kmaq qui l’accompagnera dans sa quête. Entre les deux jeunes hommes s’expriment un amour naissant et un partage inespéré de culture et de traditions.
Drama
Mother's Skin
1

Mother's Skin

Oct 01, 2022
Terre-Neuve, 1971. Une jeune fille de six ans négligée lutte pour faire face à la dépression de sa mère et à la rage alcoolique de son père. Elle passe ses journées seule, à se débrouiller toute seule pendant que son père travaille et sa mère dort. La nuit, la violence éclate, menaçant de déchirer sa famille. Mais lorsque la fillette découvre un secret caché dans leur maison, son monde dysfonctionnel prend un nouveau sens étrange. (La Distributrice de films)
Drama
A Christmas Fury
2

A Christmas Fury

Dec 03, 2017
The Hatching Matching and Dispatching story continues in A Christmas Fury - an outrageously funny TV movie with unexpected heart.
The Man of a Thousand Songs
1
A feature length documentary about extraordinary Canadian singer songwriter, Ron Hynes... an insightful and entertaining exploration of the creative process, the genesis of song, the meaning of performance and the vulnerability of an artist compelled to bare his soul through his music. The film is comprised of Ron performing his music (distinct and live for the camera), interwoven with very intimate black box 'interviews' with Ron (shot tightly and directly addressed to the camera), in which he discusses the songs and the life that informed them: late nights, dark alleys, marriage, children, divorce, his near death and recovery from drug addiction... and punctuated with back stage moments, insight from the street, and Ron's nephew author Joel Thomas Hynes, taking the role of 'chorus of the people'.
Documentary
The Bread Maker
2

The Bread Maker

Sep 10, 2003
Honey Reddigan is a celebrity at the Sweet Bea baking factory. She has just published her first romance novel, Carmen the Bee Keeper's Lover. Carmen, Honey's fictional heroine, is everything Honey ain't. In walks Edmund Goobie—a charming, commitment-phobic local TV personality. They begin a hot affair that quickly approaches relationship status. But happily-ever-after is not in the cards for this quirky couple. The affair comes to an end when they purchase a bread maker together and realize that they want different things. The monumental fight over the appliance forces Honey to change her life.
Drama
Little Man
1

Little Man

Mar 05, 2013
An 11 year old boy pays a farewell visit to his estranged father. What ensues is a strained and inappropriate, but heartfelt exchange between a father and son whose paths have crossed for the briefest of moments and likely won't again for a long time.
Drama
Party Pirate
1

Party Pirate

Oct 17, 2023
When Tommy is fired twice in the same week and finds out his brilliant best friend and lifeline, Costa, is leaving the country for a better job, he seizes an opportunity to prove his worth by taking his friends on a trip - in a stolen boat.
Comedy
Purgatory Jack
10

Purgatory Jack

Aug 20, 2023
Purgatory Jack is a neo-noir mystery thriller set in the afterlife, a dangerous landscape that’s run by a bloodthirsty, limb-collecting gang and populated with outlaws and outcasts. The latest case for musician turned grizzled private detective, Jack Marlin, is helping new arrival Viv Vacious, a punk pop star who overdosed, stay safe as she races against time to find her mother who committed suicide twenty years earlier. While navigating the treacherous terrain of hells waiting room, these two musicians from clashing eras unlock a murderous conspiracy and discover why blood is more than a drug in Purgatory.
Thriller
The Sparky Book
1

The Sparky Book

Jan 01, 2006
In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend, Sparky the dog, and Sparky's owner, a young girl suffering from a serious illness. The dog lords an unusual reign on a harbour city, but his bond to the girl is tested when her illness takes a dark turn.
Animation
Flankers
6

Flankers

Oct 14, 2014
On the eve of a storm in rural Newfoundland, feuding fishermen are forced to set their conflicts aside when an emergency arises.
Drama
Thick & Thin
1

Thick & Thin

Jul 18, 2006
For two best friends, Kathy and Selena couldn't seem more different. Kathy is confident, mysterious and alluring, while Selena is shy and inexperienced, forever standing in Kathy's shadow. However, when Selena is invited over the Kathy's house for the first time, hidden parts of Kathy's life are revealed, and her wall of confidence begins to crack. As brewing tension leads to a bitter face off between the girls, Kathy and Selena must choose between saving face and saving their friendship.
Drama
Hunting Pignut
2

Hunting Pignut

Sep 15, 2017
Bernice, a 15 year old misfit runs away from her rural Newfoundland community in search of Pignut, a tormented and violent gutter punk, after he steals her father's ashes right out of his urn.
Drama
The Con Artist
4.6

The Con Artist

Nov 25, 2010
An ex-con finds his plan to go straight foiled by a loan shark who manipulates his target into taking on one last heist.
Comedy
Goalie
6.8

Goalie

Mar 01, 2019
The life of a professional hockey player was not always a glamorous one. For legendary goaltender Terry Sawchuk, each save means one more gash to his unmasked face and one more drink to numb the pain. Sawchuk traveled across the country racking up 103 shutouts and 400 stitches to his face, proving that this is a man who lives, breathes, and dies a goalie.
Drama
Cast No Shadow
6.9

Cast No Shadow

Sep 13, 2014
One wild and tumultuous summer in the life of young Jude Traynor as he attempts to navigate his way through a life of delinquency and petty crime.
Drama
Down to the Dirt
2.5

Down to the Dirt

Oct 24, 2008
Thirty-year-old Keith Kavanagh (Joel Thomas Hynes) ekes his way through life in a small town. A hard-drinking hooligan, he keeps his ragged collection of poetry a closely guarded secret... as secret as his regret for the shattered relationship with his father. When Keith meets the darkly exotic Natasha (Mylène Savoie), his life is changed forever.
Drama
Crackie
5

Crackie

Jan 01, 2009
La vie sur le rocher n'a jamais semblé facile, mais pour Mitsy, c'est particulièrement difficile. L'adolescente a été abandonnée par sa mère, un parent particulièrement inapte, enclin à la fois au biberon et au commerce du sexe. Elle doit être élevée par sa grand-mère mercurielle Bride, bien intentionnée mais suffocante. Les rêves de Mitsy pour l'avenir reposent sur son désir d'être coiffeuse, mais son bien-être émotionnel actuel tourne autour d'un petit chien nommé Sparky, un chien inadapté indésirable auquel elle s'attache désespérément. Après que Bride ait accepté de laisser Mitsy prendre le chien comme animal de compagnie, l'adolescent tente désespérément de créer un endroit heureux et sûr pour que Sparky prospère.
Drama
Body & Bones
4

Body & Bones

Sep 15, 2019
Diminished by grief, 18-year-old Tess (Kelly Van Der Burg) is moving through her life like a ghost. The one thing that comforts her is listening to the music of Danny Sharpe (Joel Thomas Hynes), a local legend who left home almost 20 years ago. Tess is stunned when she wakes up one day to find him in her kitchen, igniting a spark of life in her that grows out of control.
Drama
A Small Fortune
5

A Small Fortune

Sep 16, 2021
Un pêcheur sans-le-sou de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard trouve un sac rempli d’argent et décide de le garder, à l'insu de son épouse enceinte.
Thriller
Bait
1

Bait

Feb 13, 2014
A 'bait' boyfriend is a fake boyfriend who's put in place to lure in a real boyfriend who's only interested in girls that are unavailable.
Drama
To Dublin with Love
1

To Dublin with Love

Sep 15, 2007
Inspired by the late poet Al Pittman's 'March Hare' late winter music and literary celebrations, director Barbara Doran-along with a clutch of her close friends, associates and artistic collaborators from St. John's and the rest of the Rock-travel to Dublin to examine the close cultural relationships between Newfoundland and Ireland in this boisterous documentary film.
Documentary
Ithaqua
1

Ithaqua

Jan 01, 1970
During the decline of the fur trade, a mercenary struggles to unite the survivors of a famine-stricken outpost plagued by a dark force that leaves its victims with an insatiable hunger.
Action
Little Man
1

Little Man

Mar 05, 2013
An 11 year old boy pays a farewell visit to his estranged father. What ensues is a strained and inappropriate, but heartfelt exchange between a father and son whose paths have crossed for the briefest of moments and likely won't again for a long time.
Drama
Little Man
1

Little Man

Mar 05, 2013
An 11 year old boy pays a farewell visit to his estranged father. What ensues is a strained and inappropriate, but heartfelt exchange between a father and son whose paths have crossed for the briefest of moments and likely won't again for a long time.
Drama
Cast No Shadow
6.9

Cast No Shadow

Sep 13, 2014
One wild and tumultuous summer in the life of young Jude Traynor as he attempts to navigate his way through a life of delinquency and petty crime.
Drama
Goalie
6.8

Goalie

Mar 01, 2019
The life of a professional hockey player was not always a glamorous one. For legendary goaltender Terry Sawchuk, each save means one more gash to his unmasked face and one more drink to numb the pain. Sawchuk traveled across the country racking up 103 shutouts and 400 stitches to his face, proving that this is a man who lives, breathes, and dies a goalie.
Drama
Cast No Shadow
6.9

Cast No Shadow

Sep 13, 2014
One wild and tumultuous summer in the life of young Jude Traynor as he attempts to navigate his way through a life of delinquency and petty crime.
Drama
Down to the Dirt
2.5

Down to the Dirt

Oct 24, 2008
Thirty-year-old Keith Kavanagh (Joel Thomas Hynes) ekes his way through life in a small town. A hard-drinking hooligan, he keeps his ragged collection of poetry a closely guarded secret... as secret as his regret for the shattered relationship with his father. When Keith meets the darkly exotic Natasha (Mylène Savoie), his life is changed forever.
Drama
Hammer
5.4

Hammer

Dec 05, 2019
A father faces a personal crisis when he discovers his estranged son fleeing a botched drug deal. The two men embark on a violent odyssey that grapples with themes of fatherhood, family and fate.
Crime
Clipper Gold
1

Clipper Gold

Oct 05, 2014
It's a fine, frail line between fantasy and reality when the doleful, downtrodden state of a couple's relationship unfurls against the backdrop of a feed of moose sausages and tea. Sexual frustration, co-dependency, domestic despair and just a hint of missing male libido all play out within the crestfallen subtleties of opposing table manners and passive aggressive tea-brewing rituals.
Drama
Clipper Gold
1

Clipper Gold

Oct 05, 2014
It's a fine, frail line between fantasy and reality when the doleful, downtrodden state of a couple's relationship unfurls against the backdrop of a feed of moose sausages and tea. Sexual frustration, co-dependency, domestic despair and just a hint of missing male libido all play out within the crestfallen subtleties of opposing table manners and passive aggressive tea-brewing rituals.
Drama
Orphan Black
7.799

Orphan Black

Aug 12, 2017
Marginale et orpheline, Sarah est témoin du suicide d'une femme. Elle décide de prendre l'identité de la défunte, qui lui ressemble étonnamment. Elle découvre qu'elles sont deux clones, que d'autres existent, et qu'elles sont la cible d'un tueur.
Drama
Hudson et Rex
8.4

Hudson et Rex

Feb 25, 2025
Le détective Charlie Hudson s'associe avec ce qu'il appelle son "animal hautement qualifié pour le maintien de l'ordre", un berger allemand nommé Rex, avec lequel il préfère faire équipe, car il ne dit rien.
Drama
Mary Kills People
7.466

Mary Kills People

Jun 17, 2019
Mary Harris, mère célibataire et médecin urgentiste le jour, aide en parallèle ses patients en phase terminale à mourir et partir d'après leurs propres termes. Tandis que sa double vie est mise en péril, Mary va vite comprendre qu'elle va devoir se battre si elle veut conserver son rôle d'ange de la mort.
Drama
Pretty Hard Cases
6.4

Pretty Hard Cases

Mar 08, 2023
Une représentation amusante et honnête de deux détectives radicalement différentes au début de la quarantaine à la suite du détective Guns and Gangs Sam et du détective Narcotics Kelly, qui sont de jour en jour de véritables héros d'action à leur manière: habiles, coriaces, déterminées et impitoyables. Mais la nuit, ils sont tous les deux aux prises avec la solitude, des familles dysfonctionnelles, des vies amoureuses foirées et le sentiment que leurs ambitions professionnelles ne correspondent peut-être pas totalement à leurs besoins personnels.
Comedy
Little Dog
6

Little Dog

Mar 07, 2019
Pro-boxer Tommy “Little Dog” Ross, the favourite to win a Championship Belt, has a world-class meltdown in the middle of the fight and walks out of the ring. We meet up with him again five years later, living a life of general self-destruction, when he is caught on video in a bar fight, prompting old rival Rico “Havoc” St. George to challenge him to a title rematch. Tommy struggles to get the noise of his strong-willed family out of his head in order to make the decision of whether or not to get back in the ring.
Comedy
Republic of Doyle
6.9

Republic of Doyle

Dec 10, 2014
Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.
Comedy
Republic of Doyle
6.9

Republic of Doyle

Dec 10, 2014
Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.
Comedy
Rookie Blue
7.7

Rookie Blue

Jul 29, 2015
Cinq jeunes bleus inexpérimentés qui sortent à peine de l'académie de police sont affectés dans le même commissariat de la 15e division de la ville de Toronto. Ces jeunes font des gaffes, comme griller un policier sous couverture, ou actionner une arme de service dans les vestiaires. La moindre petite erreur pour les cinq bleus peut avoir des conséquences fatales...
Drama
ReGenesis
7.4

ReGenesis

May 25, 2008
ReGenesis démarre de manière explosive avec la propagation en Amérique du Nord d’un virus qui sème la mort sur son passage. En première ligne face au fléau, le laboratoire NORBAC organisme spécialisé dans la lutte contre le bioterrorisme, les épidémies, et les mutations génétiques. S’engage alors une véritable course contre la montre menée par le charismatique David Sandstrom et son équipe…
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
ReGenesis
6

ReGenesis

Mar 07, 2019
Pro-boxer Tommy “Little Dog” Ross, the favourite to win a Championship Belt, has a world-class meltdown in the middle of the fight and walks out of the ring. We meet up with him again five years later, living a life of general self-destruction, when he is caught on video in a bar fight, prompting old rival Rico “Havoc” St. George to challenge him to a title rematch. Tommy struggles to get the noise of his strong-willed family out of his head in order to make the decision of whether or not to get back in the ring.
Comedy
ReGenesis
6

ReGenesis

Mar 07, 2019
Pro-boxer Tommy “Little Dog” Ross, the favourite to win a Championship Belt, has a world-class meltdown in the middle of the fight and walks out of the ring. We meet up with him again five years later, living a life of general self-destruction, when he is caught on video in a bar fight, prompting old rival Rico “Havoc” St. George to challenge him to a title rematch. Tommy struggles to get the noise of his strong-willed family out of his head in order to make the decision of whether or not to get back in the ring.
Comedy