#SXSW: “THE OXY KINGPINS”
By Amanda Gilmore
This informative Documentary uncovers the story of how a network of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and retailers worked together to create the opioid crisis.
Co-Directors Brendan FitzGerald and Nick August-Perna dive deep into the corruption from people at the top to the victims. We get to hear from people who illegally sold oxycontin, a lawyer attempting to hold the corporations accountable and one recovering addict. Through these ...
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#SXSW: “POTATO DREAMS OF AMERICA”
By Mr. Will Wong
Directed and written by Wes Hurley, this autobiographical Dark Comedy details his journey from a child fleeing the USSR with his mail order bride mother, to the United States. The Film through its central character Potato (Tyler Bocock), looks at his sexual identity and awakening with quirky humour as he goes through high school trying to conceal this part of his life from his adoptive father and homophobic schoolmates.
It also examines the American fetishization of ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: HOLLYWOOD SUITE TO AIR “WHAT ABOUT OUR FUTURE?”
HOLLYWOOD SUITE announced today that it will be premiering Documentary Short What About Our Future? on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 9pm ET.
Directed by Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos and ClĂĄudio Cruz, the Film follows a group of teens who organized the largest climate strike in Vancouverâs history, which included appearances by famous environmental activists Greta Thunberg and David Suzuki.
There also will be a conversation brought to you by David Suzuki Foundation and Hollywood Suite taking ...
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#SXSW: “INTRODUCING, SELMA BLAIR”
By Mr. Will Wong
Rachel Fleit directs this heartfelt and intimate portrait of the talented Selma Blair. After going public with her Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis in 2018, the Actress known for her roles in Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, Hellboy and many more fan favourites, has lived her life as an open book as she bravely battles against the illness.
Just picked-up by Discovery + in the U.S., the Film first will premiere at SXSW this week and without giving too much away, it grapples ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF “MY SALINGER YEAR”
Mongrel Media x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win a Digital Download of MY SALINGER YEAR starring Margaret Qualley (Once Upon A Time.... in Hollywood).
Synopsis:
In New York City in the late â90s, Joanna (Margaret Qualley) is a young aspiring writer who lands a day job at J.D. Salingerâs literary agency. While her eccentric, old-fashioned boss Margaret (Sigourney Weaver) assigns her to answer Salingerâs voluminous fan mail, Joanna struggles to find her own voice.
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#OSCARS: “MANK” LEADS 2021 OSCAR NOMINEES
Nominations were announced today for the 93rd Academy Awards with Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and leading the pack this year is David Fincher's MANK with ten nominations. The Netflix release details the life and uphill battles of Citizen Kane Co-Writer Herman J. Mankiewicz. NOMADLAND which comes into the Best Picture race as an early favourite, had seven nominations.
While there weren't many major surprises, Lakeith Stanfield finds himself up against his Judas and the Black Messiah ...
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#GRAMMYS: BEYONCĂ, H.E.R., TAYLOR SWIFT, BILLIE EILISH AND MEGAN THEE STALLION AMONG BIG WINNERS AT 2021 GRAMMYS
The 2021 Grammys were about female empowerment with female Artists taking home top prizes this evening at the socially-distanced ceremony hosted by Trevor Noah, which clocked-in at almost four hours.
Beyoncé became the most awarded female Artist of all time at the Awards, honouring Music's best, bringing her hardware tally to 28 Grammys tonight.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift took home Album of the Year for folklore, her first of two Discs to be released in 2020. Swift became the first ever ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW SNEAK PEEK FOR DISNEY’S “CRUELLA”
Another new sneak peek at Disney's CRUELLA surfaced tonight! This new re-imagination of the fashionable villain in 101 Dalmatians comes to theatres in May!
Synopsis:
Academy AwardÂź winner Emma Stone (âLa La Landâ) stars in Disneyâs âCruella,â an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious â and notoriously fashionable â villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil. âCruella,â which is set in 1970s London amidst the punk ...
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#INTERVIEW: SEBASTIAN STAN, ANTHONY MACKIE, KEVIN FEIGE, KARI SKOGLAND + MALCOLM SPELLMAN ON “THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER”
By Mr. Will Wong
Taking place after the events of AVENGERS: ENDGAME, THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER reunites Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) over six episodes as the duo take on a ruthless anti-patriotism group, the Flag-Smashers. The new Series continues Marvel's foray into Television, hot off the success of WandaVision. These two Series are just the first of least ten in development right now for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the MCU.
The Series in ...
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#SXSW: SXSW 2021 FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW
SXSW 2021 kicks-off March 16 and runs through March 20, 2021 this year. Team Mr. Will is thrilled to bring you coverage virtually this year, giving you the scoop on some of the hottest titles to premiere at the Festival. The Film Festival component of SXSW includes digital Premieres, Screenings, and Q&As, a total 75 films, 84 short films, 30 special events, 5 episode premieres, 6 episodic pilots and more.
Here are some of Team's most anticipated titles of SXSW 2021 which should be on your ...
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