#TIFF23: “THE RESCUE: THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD (EL RAPTO)”
The international success of the Paramount+ Argentine original film THE RESCUE: THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD (EL RAPTO) continues. On Monday, September 11, the film had its North American Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The film was presented in the “Special Presentations” category. Lead actor Rodrigo de la Serna (Money Heist), the director and renowned filmmaker Daniela Goggi (Abzurdah, El Hilo Rojo) and the producer Benjamín Domenech from Rei Cine were ...
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TIFF23: “KNOX GOES AWAY” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
John Knox (Michael Keaton) is a hitman. He is cold, calculated, brilliant and also happens to have just been diagnosed with a very fast-moving form of dementia. With only weeks of lucidity left and frequent blackout spells, Knox must get his house in order and make amends before it is too late. And with the cops on his tail after a hit gone bad and his estranged son Miles (James Marsden) knocking at his door after a particularly bloody incident, things are not going to be ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PASSES TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF “THE CREATOR”
20th Century Studios Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of THE CREATOR.
Screenings take place September 27, 2023 as follows:
Toronto
Yonge & Dundas
7:00PM
Vancouver
Marine Gateway
7:00PM
Synopsis:
20th Century Studios, New Regency and Entertainment One release their epic sci-fi action thriller “The Creator,” which opens in theatres September 29, 2023. Directed by Gareth Edwards (“Rogue One,” ...
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#TIFF23: DAY SEVEN SIGHTINGS – AVA DUVERNAY, SALMA HAYEK PINAULT, CHLOE DOMONT, VIGGO MORTENSEN
The finish line is in sight for TIFF '23 but we're still out and about! We spotted Ava DuVernay doing the rounds earlier! The history-making Oscar-nominated BAFTA and Primetime Emmy winner looked stunning earlier and was so lovely to stop for a snap! Her film ORIGIN was a late add to the lineup at TIFF '23.
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Shortly after, we saw Oscar-nominated Actress Salma Hayek Pinault arriving to her Red ...
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#TIFF23: “HIT MAN” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) is a professor who moonlights as a surveillance operative for the police. He is asked to fill in as an “undercover hitman-for-hire” during one sting, and surprises everyone with the strength and believability of his performance. Gary quickly becomes the go-to undercover performer and one day meets Madison (Adria Arjona), who wants to hire him to kill her husband.
Talk about your classic meet cute.
HIT MAN, the latest from multi-hyphenate ...
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#TIFF23: “KILL” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
Tulika (Tanya Maniktala) and Army Commando Amrit (Lakshya) are in love and plan to get married. The only problem is, Tulika is engaged to someone else and is on her way on the Rajdhani Express train to meet him in New Delhi. Amrit is on the train as well, as are a large number of bandits armed to the teeth with blades of all sizes. When the bandits start robbing the passengers and put Tulika in grave danger, Amrit and his commando friend Viresh spring into action.
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#TIFF23: “THE NATURE OF LOVE” REVIEW
By George Kozera
We first meet Sophia (Magalie Lepine Blondeau) and Xavier (Francis-William Rheaume) at a dinner party with some close friends. The topics and conversations around the dining room table ooze with intelligentsia and witty banter. Once back home, this couple, who have been together for ten years without the “benefit” of marriage, retreat to separate adjoining bedrooms where Sophia asks Xavier if he was sexually attracted to one of the guests at the party who just happened ...
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#TIFF23: “DICKS: THE MUSICAL” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Dicks: The Musical is an instant Cult Classic.
Based on the off-Broadway musical Fucking Identical Twins by Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson (who also co-write and star here), you better believe there has never been a film quite like this before. It’s an uproarious Musical-Comedy riff off of The Parent Trap that needs to be seen to be believed.
It follows identical twin brothers Craig (Sharp) and Trevor (Jackson) who’ve never met each other. One was ...
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#TIFF23: “WILDCAT” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Ethan Hawke returns to the Director’s chair to explore the life and art of American Author Flannery O’Connor, who’s stunningly portrayed by his own daughter Maya Hawke.
Hawke and Co-Writer Shelby Gaines’s Script focuses on O’Connor’s life when she left New York City in 1950 and returned home to live with her mother Regina (a dazzling Laura Linney). It was here that she was diagnosed with lupus. At the ...
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#TIFF23: “FAIR PLAY” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Chloe Domont makes an assured, bold feature debut with the riveting Fair Play.
It follows couple Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) who live and work together, leading them to live double lives. In their private life, they are madly in love and share a cosy apartment. In their work life, their relationship is strictly platonic as it is a violation of company policy at their firm. Their love becomes tested ...
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