How INHERENT VICE has remained off our radars this long is a bit of a mystery, but brilliant Director Paul Thomas Anderson‘s latest effort is about to be seen next month at the New York Film Festival, where it is set to debut. Seen in this just-released still is a barely-recognizable Reese who must be applauded for re-inventing herself. Fall 2014 is slated with a triple-punch from the Oscar Winner with WILD, THE GOOD LIE and now THIS! Joaquin Phoenix always makes our day and it’s awesome seeing him in something more on the comedic side here.

Official Synopsis:

When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin…well, easy for her to say.

It’s the tail end of the psychedelic `60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that “love” is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip” or “groovy,” that’s being way too overused—except this one usually leads to trouble.

With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD Detectives, a tenor sax player working undercover, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists… Part surf noir, part psychedelic romp—all Thomas Pynchon (who wrote the Novel which the Film is based upon).

First of all, did we read right? ERIC ROBERTS?! Who not too long ago was in Toronto filming Suits?!? Can we say career resurgence??! This looks positively too good to be true.

Secondly, can we name the Cast? Look at this: Joaquin Phoenix, Katherine Waterston, Reese Witherspoon, Jena Malone, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short and Josh Brolin.  The last time we see Phoenix and Witherspoon on-screen together, Oscars got handed out…

 See the brand-new Trailer:

Was that Josh Brolin ordering a Pancake in Japanese?  That’s how you know you’ve found a Winner!

Warner Bros. releases INHERENT VICE on Friday, December 12, 2014.

(Photo credit: Warner Bros.)

We are thrilled to announce that Netflix will be streaming a Film we’re terribly excited about.  Our obsession in 2000 was CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, the multiple Oscar-winning Ang Lee Film.  And now Director Yuen Wo-Ping continues the legend with CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON: THE GREEN LEGEND.

Reprising her role as Yu Shu-Lien is Michelle Yeoh (Memoirs of a Geisha).  Donnie Yen also returns as Silent Wolf.

Netflix will stream the Original Movie on Friday, August 28, 2015.  It will also screen in IMAX in select theatres.

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Canadians have been asking for it and finally it has arrived!  After taking the rest of the World by storm, online Music service SPOTIFY launches in Canada today.

Canadians will have access to a catalog of over 20 million songs at $10 per month, letting you download and listen offline at 320 kbps and ad-free all you want on your mobile, tablet or desktop.

Business Partners to help ring-in the launch in Canada include Diet Coke, Honda Canada, Heineken, SUBWAY® Restaurants and TD Bank.

For more details on the Service, visit the SPOTIFY CANADA website here!

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I maintain that Victoria Duffield is so under-appreciated. I’ve been touting this young lady since her first Single and just released today is her new Video for PAPER PLANES. Uber-catchy, and I love that she always brings it with the dancing. Her Tunes are Earworms. LOVE.  And is that the CN Tower we see in the background there?  Toronto represent!

Check out the Video for Paper Planes:

Duffield‘s latest Disc ACCELERATE is on iTunes here.

(Photo/video credit: Warner Music Canada)

At long last! We’ve been wondering about where Fergie went and with marriage and childbearing to blame (how absolutely unacceptable! jk!) and before the end of 2014 it looks like we are getting one of our biggest Pop Music wishes, a return of The Duchess!!  The globetrotting Track gives love to Cities around the World well, because basically The Duchess is adored all around the World, naturally.

The Songstress, who now goes credited as Fergie Duhamel, teams with Dijon McFarlane (DJ Mustard), Shomari Wilson, Royce Thomas Theron Thomas on the Track which sounds more like a warm-up to things to come, now that we’re complaining. We’re just happy to hear new Music. We LOVED her 2006 Solo Debut, so this is a bit of a victory for us.

Check-out L.A.LOVE (la la) below:

Official Artwork:

The Track is now available on iTunes. Download here.

More, please.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Music | Mr. Will Wong)

We’ve seen it and loved it. Chelsea Handler is at her baddest in her latest release, UGANDA BE KIDDING ME LIVE and we want it no other way! Just when you thought it wasn’t possible to “go there”, believe me, SHE GOES ALL THE WAY IN! The totally politically-incorrect 70-minute laugh-fest has the Comedienne/Actress/Author/Television Personality pairing Photos from her life together with some of the most awkwardly-funny stories from her life including her Travels (from her Book, UGANDA BE KIDDING ME), the focus of this new Comedy Special.

Whether it be the time she pooped her pants, her loathing of tight vaginas or even rape she finds a way to own it, sell it and make it somehow laughable and that takes true talent. Black people, Lesbians, Asian people, Animals seem to be a recurring theme in her Routine and the observations are back back funnier than ever. Handler is mean, she’s nasty, but she’s downright real and there is something about that which connects to a post-Eminem era. At once, she always humbles herself with alarmingly-accurate timing.

One thing I’ve realized is that when it comes to Handler, I still prefer seeing her interact with Guests on Chelsea Lately. She has the uncanny ability of making us feel like we’re part of a Girls’ Night Out – a Friend – when she interviews and chats casually onscreen and somehow that bit of BFF charm gets lost in seeing her Live Shows.

Nonetheless, I can think of no funnier way to spend a Friday night at home seeing UGANDA BE KIDDING ME LIVE on Netflix!See the Trailer below:

We were lucky enough to attend Handler‘s CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG Tour back in 2010 and got to meet her!

Read about it here.

Netflix streams UGANDA BE KIDDING ME LIVE on Friday, October 10, 2014.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

After making a splash at TIFF ’14, The Equalizer balances its way to the top of the Box Office this weekend with an impressive $35 million from 3,236 theatres in its North American debut. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the Action-Drama reunites the Filmmaker with Denzel Washington after their Oscar-winning success with Training Day.  Although mixed, Reviews were not altogether bad for the Sony Pictures release, garnering 60% on the Tomatometer and an A- CinemaScore which just might help with word of mouth in coming weeks.  The Film, based on the popular ’80s TV Series, was made for approximately $55 million.

In its second week out, 20th Century Fox‘s The Maze Runner finds itself in second spot after a successful debut the weekend prior.  It pulls-in a solid $17.5 million this weekend from 3,638 theatres, cumulatively grossing $58 million domestically thus far.

Moviegoers hungry for some Family content, flocked to see Focus Features/eOne Films’ The Boxtrolls this weekend, earning $17.2 million from 3,464 theatres.  According to CinemaScore, the Animated Feature earns a B+ rating, while Critics gave it a decent 72% on the Tomatometer.  The Movie features the voicework of Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning  and Toni Collette.

In its second week out, star-studded Dramedy This is Where I Leave You finds itself in fourth spot with $7.2 million for Warner Bros. This brings its two-week tally to $22.2 million, just recouping back its $19 million budget.

Former Champ No Good Deed lands in sixth spot for Sony Pictures with $4.6 million in its third week, just ahead of A Walk Among the Tombstones from Universal Pictures/eOne Films which tallied-in with $4.2 million in its second week out.

A resilient Guardians of the Galaxy is in eighth spot in now its ninth week of release, with $3.7 million earned this weekend.  The Blockbuster from Marvel edges past the $320-million mark in U.S./Canada.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rounds-out the Top Ten with $1.4 million for Paramount Pictures in its eighth week out.  It edges ever-closer to that $200-million mark.

Celebrating the completion of an ambitious $60 million capital campaign towards the $360 million redevelopment of Toronto East General Hospital, the Laughter is the Best Medicine II Gala took place this evening at Allstream Centre. With soon-to-be-completed Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre being a primary point of focus, Stars came out to show their support for the fantastic Cause. Spotted were the likes of Comedian Gerry Dee and the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Jonas Siegel, Joffrey Lupul and more.

Emceeing the Black Tie Affair a second year, Toronto Funnyman Will Arnett continues to show his commitment to the Cause, while the likes of Comedian Mario Joyner, Cancer-surviving Singer Joseph Neale and Headliner Chris Rock took to the stage.  The Party moved over to Muzik Nightclub after midnight.

Arriving shortly after 9:00 PM, Rock graced an intimate Red Carpet before entertaining the Crowd, certainly not holding back with several of his bold yet daringly-funny political observations.  Any Fan of Chris Rock would certainly have known exactly what to expect and he delivered the laughs.

Tonight’s visit actually was the Emmy and Grammy Award Winner’s second visit to the City this month.  He received tons of acclaim for his latest Film Top Five at TIFF ’14 a couple weeks back, the Comedy sparking a bidding war before ultimately Paramount Pictures secured distribution rights in North America.

Guests tonight  had the opportunity to bid on a multitude of elaborate auction items, one including a Will Arnett-signed Rob Ford Bobblehead fetching $9k. Other auctions included a trip for two to Paris with a cooking course at prestigious Le Cordon Bleu.

To learn more about the Laughter is the Best Medicine II Gala, visit here.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

Directed by Fred Schepisi, WORDS AND PICTURES (Roxanne, Mr. Baseball) is a delightful Romantic-Drama we can’t wait for you discover.  D Films and Mr. Will want to give Canadian Readers a chance to win on DVD a copy of the Film starring Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche.

Official Synopsis:

An English teacher (Clive Owen) who’s also a writer is having a dry spell. He challenges the school’s new art teacher (Juliette Binoche), who is having difficulty of her own as her arthritis affects her ability to paint, to a “war” between words and pictures, in which the students have to decide which is more powerful. In the process, an unlikely romance begins.

Watch the Trailer:

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Official Artwork:

D Films release WORDS AND PICTURES on DVD in stores Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

Click here to order a Copy.

(Photo/video credit: D Films)

Finally! A Title we’re extremely excited about to film in our City this Fall. Acclaimed Writer/Actor/Director Thomas McCarthy and the Cast of Spotlight currently are in Boston beginning filming for the Drama based on a True Story. The Film centers on the Boston Globe‘s investigation, which began in 2001 uncovering an abuse scandal within the Boston Archdiocese involving several victims of sexual abuse at the hands of ordained Priests. Suicides resulted often among victims as a result of the shame they had experienced.

The Film stars Rachel McAdams (seen in above new Still), Stanley Tucci, Liev Schreiber, Mark Ruffalo, James Slattery, Billy Crudup, Brian d’Arcy James and Michael Keaton, the latter on the verge of a major career rebirth with all the acclaim BIRDMAN is receiving.

Filming takes place in Boston for the next week before heading to Toronto through early November. eOne Films will be handling distribution in Canada. We are terribly excited!

In other news, the Thriller Room starring Up-and-Comer Brie Larson is set to film in Toronto early October through mid-December. The Film its told from the perspective of a five-year-old Boy who is held captive in a room with is Mother, played by Larson.  Lenny Abrahamson directs the Project.

(Photo credit: eOne Films)