Saoirse Ronan is back in this new Trailer for BLITZ to be released November 8, 2024 in Canada via Cineplex Pictures.

Directed by: Steve McQueen
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Paul Weller, Harris Dickinson
Synopsis: Sir Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.

About Cineplex Pictures
Cineplex Pictures, a division of Cineplex, is a distributor of a wide range of genre films. Recent titles include Borderlands, The Strangers: Chapter 1, The Queen of My Dreams, The Boy and the Heron, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, SAW X, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, and John Wick: Chapter 4.

CBC is marking the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday, September 30 with an extensive lineup of Indigenous-led original programming showcasing First Nations, Métis and Inuit perspectives and experiences across CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC News streaming channels, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBC Music and CBC Listen. Also known as Orange Shirt Day, CBC’s programming will include CBC LIVE NEWS SPECIAL – REMEMBERING THE CHILDREN: NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION, hosted by CBC News Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault from Ottawa, as well as the third edition of musical celebration RECLAIMED PRESENTS: ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl COME TOWARD THE FIRE and special F I R S T. from CBC Indigenous, exploring First Nations, Inuit and Métis trailblazers and their incredible accomplishments. 

*Select images are available here. Credit: Courtesy of CBC.*

CBC’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation lineup on Monday, September 30 includes:

Note: Radio-Canada programming information available here. 

Q WITH TOM POWER 

10 a.m. (10:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen 

Dr. Shirley Cheechoo, one of Canada’s most prominent voices in Indigenous film and theatre, joins Tom Power to talk about her life on stage and screen, and the healing and medicine she has found in art. Actor, producer and director Devery Jacobs (Rhymes with Young Ghouls, Blood Quantum, Reservation Dogs) came by the Q studio to talk about her journey to this moment – and what she wants for her own future.

COMMOTION WITH ELAMIN ABDELMAHMOUD

11 a.m. (11:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen

Elamin Abdelmahmoud speaks to three Indigenous cultural creators about how the concept of Indigenous Futurism is inspiring artists across all disciplines, and how its forward-thinking philosophies can promote the cause of Indigenous self-determination. 

THE NEXT CHAPTER 

1 p.m. (1:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen

(Saturday, September 28 at 2 p.m. (2:30 NT, 5pm MT, 5pm PT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen)

THE NEXT CHAPTER will air an all-Indigenous episode including a tribute to the late Darrel J. McLeod. 

CBC NEWS SPECIAL – REMEMBERING THE CHILDREN: NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION

2:30 p.m. ET on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC News Network, CBC News streaming channels, cbcnews.ca, the CBC News app and the CBC News YouTube Channel

CBC News Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault will be in Ottawa to host special live coverage of events to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, including the program Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation in association with APTN and CBC/Radio-Canada, to honour residential school survivors and pay tribute to the children who never made it home. 

F I R S T.

5 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. ET on CBC News streaming channels and begins streaming at 9 a.m. ET on CBC Gem

On the fourth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, CBC Indigenous is telling the stories of our truth. Today will be a tough day. Important, traumatic, stories will be shared by survivors. But we must also take the time to acknowledge that we are so much more than our trauma. Join CBC Indigenous as we focus on some of our truths. The truth that we are resilient, successful, amazing and smart. The truth that we were FIRST.  From new inventions, the law and outside the law, medicine and feats of great heights, in the sports world and beyond, let’s talk about the accomplishments of First Nations, Inuit and Métis trailblazers.

RECLAIMED PRESENTS: ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl COME TOWARD THE FIRE 

5 p.m. (5:30 NT) on CBC Music and CBC Listen

(Saturday, September 28 at 9 p.m. (10 AT, 10:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen)

Celebrating Indigenous talent, creativity and brilliance with live music performances by Sebastian Gaskin and Celeigh Cardinal from the main stage of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia. Hosted by Jeremy Ratt.

NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION SPECIAL 

8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen 

Falen Johnson hosts highlights from the day’s events in Ottawa commemorating National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, plus interviews with special guests.

All day on September 30, CBC Music will highlight Indigenous artists and composers, and CBC TV will air Indigenous-led documentaries including Behind Every Image, A Story (8 p.m., 8:30 NT) and Mashkawi-Manidoo Bimaadiziwin Spirit to Soar (9 p.m., 9:30 NT).

CBC Gem’s TRUTH & RECONCILIATION COLLECTION is available now with more than 20 films, specials and documentaries honouring the history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. The collection includes 2024 Hot Docs Audience Award winner YINTAH, meaning “land” in the Wet’suwet’en language, telling the story of the Wet’suwet’en people reoccupying their territory and resisting the construction of multiple pipelines. The film follows Tsakë ze’ Howilhkat Freda Huson and Tsakë ze’ Sleydo’ Molly Wickham, along with the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and fellow land defenders, as they reoccupy and protect their traditional land in a decade-long battle to keep out the companies that seek to exploit it. 

CBC’s ongoing coverage and recognition of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation includes: 

BOOKENDS WITH MATTEA ROACH 

Sunday, September 29 at 1 p.m. (1:30 NT, 3 PT) and Wednesday, October 2 at 1 p.m. (1:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen

Mattea Roach will speak with Tanya Talaga about her book The Knowing and the companion CBC documentary series, and with Penobscot Indian Nation citizen Morgan Talty about his latest novel Fire Exit.

THE KNOWING 

All four episodes available to stream on CBC Gem beginning Wednesday, September 25; episodes air weekly on CBC TV at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT)

THE KNOWING is a four-part CBC original narrative docuseries that follows journalist Tanya Talaga and her family’s eight-decade long search for family matriarch Annie Carpenter, revealing a story deeply intertwined with Canada’s Indian Residential School system. Using sweeping imagery of the land, blended with rare archival footage and deeply personal conversations with Survivors, knowledge holders and newly found family, Talaga takes viewers on an emotional journey of both familial reclamation and an exploration of Canada’s true history. 

KUPER ISLAND 

Eight-part series available on CBC Listen and everywhere podcasts are available. 

Long after the Kuper Island Residential School was torn down, the survivors remain haunted by what happened there. Investigative journalist Duncan McCue exposes undisclosed police investigations, confronts perpetrators of abuse, and witnesses a community trying to rebuild on top of the old school’s ruins and the unmarked graves of Indigenous children. 

CBC Books will feature digital content centred around the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, including a reading list curated by Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Webstad.

Webstad also visited the CBC Kids studio to discuss her new book Today is Orange Shirt Day. CBC Kids will showcase the best of their Indigenous-themed programming across CBC Kids YouTube, CBC Gem and the CBC Kids preschool morning broadcast schedule. CBC Kids News teen contributor Sophia Smoke, from Dakota Plains First Nation, hosts three videos to help students and teachers talk about the day including an explainer on the 94 Calls to Action, how to have respectful conversations with residential school survivors, and a feature interview with survivor Dorene Bernard from Sipekne’katik First Nation, who answers questions from kids across the country.

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Contributing Art Director Emily Kewageshig, an Anishinaabe artist raised in Saugeen First Nation #29, designed the CBC logo in 2021 to mark the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Her work captures the interconnection of life forms using culturally significant materials from the land. 

Following all the buzz surrounding series MONSTERS: THE ERIK & LYLE MENENDEZ STORY, comes a new Trailer for upcoming Documentary, THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS, coming to Netflix on October 7, 2024.

FORMAT: Documentary Film
RELEASING ON NETFLIX: October 7, 2024

In 1996, Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted for the murders of their parents in what became one of the most famous criminal cases of the late 20th century. For the first time in 30 years, and in their own words, both brothers revisit the trial that shocked the nation. Through extensive audio interviews with Lyle and Erik, lawyers involved in the trial, journalists who covered it, jurors, family, and other informed observers, acclaimed Argentinian director Alejandro Hartmann (Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta?, The Photographer: Murder in Pinamar) offers new insight and a fresh perspective on a case that people only think they know.

Directed By Alejandro Hartmann
Produced by Ross M. Dinerstein & Rebecca Evans
Executive Producers Ross Girard & Mark McCune
Co-Executive Producers Dani Sloane, Gina Scarlata, Cecilia Salguero, Will Mavronicolas & JP Quicquaro

Today, the teaser trailer and poster for the upcoming feature film, “Thunderbolts” debuted. Marvel Studios and a crew of indie veterans who sold out present “Thunderbolts,”an irreverent team-up featuring depressed assassin Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) alongside the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits.

The film also returns to the screen Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), in addition to some exciting new faces.

Jake Schreier directs “Thunderbolts*”with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek, Jason Tamez and Scarlett Johansson serve as executive producers.

Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts*” opens in theatres on May 2, 2025.

Today we get a new Trailer for CONCLAVE, in theatres this November via Elevation Pictures. The Drama stars a brilliant Cast, including Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow Elevation Pictures release October 25, 2024.

Synopsis:

From director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting a new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy and discovers a secret that could shake the very foundation of The Church.

Directed by Edward Berger
Written by Peter Straughan
Based on the novel by Robert Harris
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Carlos Diehz, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O’Byrne, Merab Ninidze, with Sergio Castellitto, and Isabella Rossellini

TRANSFORMERS ONE debuts atop the Box Office with $26 million from 3,978 theatres for Paramount Pictures. The star-studded Animated Feature gets 88% on the Tomatometer. Franchise best opening still goes to 2009’s TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN with $108 million.

A close second is BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE with $24.5 million from 4,172 theatres for Warner Bros. Over three weeks now, it has grossed $225 million.

Third goes to SPEAK NO EVIL with $5.7 million for Universal Pictures, reaching $21.2 million in its two week run.

Fourth is NEVER LET GO with $4 million for Lionsgate/Cineplex Pictures, from 2,667 theatres. It gets a passing 61% on the Tomatometer.

Rounding out the Top Five is THE SUBSTANCE with $3.5 million from 1,949 theatres for MUBI, hot off its TIFF ’24 Premiere, opening to raves at 88% on the Tomatometer

Canadian director Lowell Dean’s latest film DIE ALONE is a Saskatchewan-made film, starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith and Frank Grillo. It will come to Canadian theatres starting on September 27, 2024. See below for a theatrical list.

SYNOPSIS:

Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, a young man with amnesia teams up with an eccentric survivalist to find his missing girlfriend.

DIRECTOR: Lowell Dean
WRITER: Lowell Dean
CAST: Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Frank Grillo

RATING: TV-MA

GENRE: Thriller, Horror

RUN TIME: 91 minutes

DISTRIBUTOR: Filmoption

Canadian Theatres – Opening on Sept 27, 2024

Canadian Theatres – Opening on Sept 27th

Manitoba

Winnipeg: Cineplex Odeon McGillivray & VIP

Ontario

Toronto: Scotiabank Theatre Toronto

Burlington: Cine Starz Burlington

Ottawa: Cine Starz St. Laurent

Saskatchewan

Saskatoon: Scotiabank Saskatoon & VIP

Regina: Cineplex Cinemas Southland

Quebec

Montréal: Cinéma Cineplex Forum et VIP

Montréal: Cinéma Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin

Montréal: Cinéma Cineplex Odeon Brossard et VIP

Montréal: Cinéma Cineplex Laval

Québec City: Cinéma Cineplex Odeon Beauport

Gatineau: Cinéma Starcité Gatineau

Additional cities to follow

Mongrel Media x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto and Vancouver a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of THE OUTRUN starring Saoirse Ronan. We’ve missed her!

Screening info Toronto:
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 7PM
Cineplex Varsity Cinemas (55 Bloor St. W. Toronto , ON M4W 1A5)

Screening info Vancouver:
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 7PM
Cineplex International Village (88 W Pender St 3rd floor, Vancouver, BC V6B 6N9,)

Synopsis:

After living life on the edge in London, Rona (Saoirse Ronan) attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands — where she grew up — hoping to heal. Adapted from the bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot.

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THE OUTRUN opens October 4, 2024.

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Warner Bros. Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX!

SCREENING DETAILS:

SYNOPSIS

From acclaimed writer/director/producer Todd Phillips comes “Joker: Folie À Deux,” the much-anticipated follow-up to 2019’s Academy Award-winning “Joker,” which earned more than $1 billion at the global box office and remains the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. The new film stars Joaquin Phoenix once again in his Oscar-winning dual role as Arthur Fleck/Joker, opposite Oscar winner Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”).

“Joker: Folie À Deux” finds Arthur Fleck institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that’s always been inside him. The film also stars Oscar nominees Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) and Catherine Keener (“Get Out,” “Capote”), alongside Zazie Beetz, reprising her role from “Joker.”

Phillips, who was nominated for Oscars for directing, writing and producing “Joker,” directed “Joker: Folie À Deux” from a screenplay by fellow Oscar nominee Scott Silver & Phillips, based on characters from DC. The film was produced by Phillips, Oscar nominee Emma Tillinger Koskoff and Joseph Garner. Lady Gaga served as music consultant. The film’s executive producers are Michael E. Uslan, Georgia Kacandes, Silver, Mark Friedberg and Jason Ruder.

Working with Phillips behind the camera are his team from “Joker,” including Oscar-nominated director of photography Lawrence Sher, production designer Mark Friedberg, Oscar-nominated editor Jeff Groth, and composer Hildur Guđnadóttir, who won the Oscar for her work on the first film. New to the team is Oscar-nominated costume designer Arianne Phillips (“Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood,” “Don’t Worry Darling”). Ruder is the film’s executive music producer and the music supervisors are Randall Poster and George Drakoulias. Casting is by Francine Maisler (the “Dune” films, “Challengers”).

Warner Bros. Pictures Presents A Joint Effort Production, A Film by Todd Phillips, “Joker: Folie À Deux.” The film will be released worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and will be only in theatres nationwide on October 4, 2024.

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Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX nationwide October 4, 2024.

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A special teaser for SQUID GAME: SEASON 2 has been unveiled today as part of GEEKED WEEK celebrations! And now we too get a glimpse! The new season premieres December 26, 2024 on Netflix.

Synopsis:

Three years after winning Squid Game, Player 456 gave up going to the states and comes back with a new resolution in his mind. Gi-hun once again dives into the mysterious survival game, starting another life-or-death game with new participants gathered to win the prize of 45.6 billion won. Director Hwang Dong-hyuk, who made history at the 74th Primetime Emmys® becoming the first Asian to win Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, once again helms the series as director, writer, and producer. Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun, and Gong Yoo reprise their roles from Season 1 with an impeccable list of new cast members including Yim Si-wan, Kang Ha-neul, Park Gyu-young, Lee Jin-uk, Park Sung-hoon, Yang Dong-geun, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won, Jo Yu-ri, and Won Ji-an rounding out the ensemble of colorful characters in the new season.

S2 Premiere Date: December 26, 2024
Written and Directed by: Hwang Dong-hyuk
Executive Producers: Kim Ji-yeon, Hwang Dong-hyuk
Production Company: Firstman Studio

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