#TIFF24: DAY FOUR HIGHLIGHTS – SYDNEY SWEENEY, RON HOWARD, ANA DE ARMAS, JACOB ELORDI, MIKEY MADISON, DAISY EDGAR-JONES, JENNIFER LOPEZ, JHARREL JEROME AND MORE
This was by far the most the most hectic.of the Festival and we are thrilled at the names we spotted out and about today! Totally exhausting, but so rewarding!
Some of the names we saw:
•Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome for UNSTOPPABLE
•Margaret Qualley for THE SUBSTANCE
•Ron Howard, Daniel Brühl, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney and Ana de Armas for EDEN
•Brett Goldstein for ALL OF YOU
•Mena Suvari and Brandom Routh for ICK
•Rebecca Hall for THE ...
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#TIFF24: “EDEN” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
It is 1929 and Dr. Friedrich Ritter (Jude Law) and his partner Dora Strauch (Vanessa Kirby) have decided to renounce many of their worldly possessions to start fresh on the isle of Floreana. They are pleased with their decision, at least until other people show up on the island with their own agendas. And let’s just say that all of the new neighbours do not exactly get along.
That’s the short and sweet elevator pitch for Oscar-winning Director Ron Howard’s latest ...
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#TIFF24: “THE LIFE OF CHUCK” REVIEW – PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNER
By Nicholas Porteous
After Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep, Mike Flanagan teams-up with Stephen King once again, but The Life of Chuck is not a spooky spool to make you crawl under the sheets and cover your eyes. On the contrary. It's a movie about embracing the entirety of your existence. Even if you aren't Tom Hiddleston. And it's as much an end-of-the-world story as it is a toe-tapping dance picture. Our story begins with "Act Three", as the world appears to be coming to an end. ...
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#TIFF24: “BIRD” REVIEW
By Nicholas Porteous
Bailey, a lonely English girl, searches for an escape from her dysfunctional family existence in Andrea Arnold's Bird. One windy day on a hillside, she encounters a stranger--the titular Bird--who gives her a moment of much-needed, friendly attention. Bird (Franz Rogowski) is a man of few words, but that moment is enough to spark a unique partnership, shaking the foundations of both of their worlds. Bird is very much of a piece with Arnold's masterpiece American ...
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#TIFF24: “MR. K” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
Mr. K (Crispin Glover) is a traveling magician who needs a bed to sleep in before waking up early for his next show. The only problem is that when he wakes up, he cannot find the exit. He starts becoming acquainted with other guests who have not been outside in some time, and realizes quite quickly that something bizarre is going on within the walls of the hotel.
MR. K is a Kafka-esque nightmare that will either grip you from the start or keep you at a distance for the ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “WOLF MAN” TRAILER
What if someone you loved became something else?
From Blumhouse and visionary writer-director Leigh Whannell, the creators of the chilling modern monster tale The Invisible Man, comes a terrifying new lupine nightmare: Wolf Man.
https://youtu.be/pjX-UOg0dt4?si=teB4BqqKZd5OZFut
Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (Poor Things, It Comes at Night) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own ...
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#TIFF24: “THE LAST SHOWGIRL” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Director Gia Coppola’s latest is a stark look at how society and workplaces treat women as they age.
Shelley (Pamela Anderson) has been working as a showgirl at the last remaining tits and feather show on the Las Vegas strip. She’s been a part of the production since its conception three decades ago. When she finds out the show is being forced to close she has to confront the sacrifices she made in her personal life to be successful in her ...
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#TIFF24: “WE LIVE IN TIME” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield deliver emotionally raw performances in Director John Crowley’s latest.
We Live in Time tells the exhilarating romance between Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield). Their endearing romance begins in the quirkiest way when Almut hits Tobias with her car. From then on, they’re a unit. The two face life’s joys and upheavals together. They fight. They love. But most ...
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#TIFF24: DAY TWO HIGHLIGHTS – ELTON JOHN, FLORENCE PUGH, ANDREW GARFIELD, DEMI MOORE, TOM HIDDLESTON, ORLANDO BLOOM, CATRIONA BALFE
An exciting second day of TIFF '24 with many star-studded adventures!
•Orlando Bloom and Catriona Balfe for THE CUT•Tom Hiddleston, Mike Flanagan, Karen Gillan, Kate Siegel and Chiwetel Ejiofor for THE LIFE OF CHUCK•Eddie Huang for VICE IS BROKE•Shamier Anderson and Samir Oliveros for THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA•Sandra Oh, Honourary Chair of TIFF TRIBUTE Awards Gala•Teresa Palmer for ADDITION•Elton John, David Furnish and R.J. Cutler for ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE•Demi Moore ...
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#TIFF24: “NUTCRACKERS” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
Michael (Ben Stiller) is a big-time real estate developer in Chicago. He has a huge presentation coming up but needs to sign foster forms in person in rural Ohio for his four nephews first. Their parents were just killed in a car accident and despite having not seen the family in over a year, Michael is the next of kin. To his shock, he quickly learns upon arrival that he must stay with his nephews until a foster family is located and are open to adopting all four ...
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