#SPOTTED: BOOTS RILEY IN TORONTO FOR “SORRY TO BOTHER YOU”
Following great success at Sundance earlier this year, Director Boots Riley brought his debut Feature SORRY TO BOTHER YOU to Toronto for a Canadian Premiere tonight.
Centering on a young man namedĀ Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) who is struggling to make ends meet. Decidedly, he takes on a Telemarketer job as a last ditch attempt before eviction from his uncle's garage. Taking on a new persona or what he calls his "white voice", Cassius finds himself excelling and climbing the corporate ...
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#BOXOFFICE: AN “INCREDIBLE” OPENING!
Nothing short of 'incredible'!Ā INCREDIBLES 2 debuts atop the Box Office in its bow this weekend taking $175.3 million from 4,410 theatres for Disney/Pixar. Not only does it get a rare A+ CinemaScore from Audiences, it gets also a 94% on the Tomatometer. By comparison to its 2014 Predecessor, it more than doubles the intake of that one's $70 million debut.
In second is last week's champ OCEAN'S 8, with $20.5 million for Warner Bros. from 4,145 theatres, a two-week tally of $80 million ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: TORONTO OPEN ROOF FESTIVAL RUNS JUNE 20 – AUGUST 22, 2018
The Open Roof Festival is about to take over Toronto's Lower Junction beginning June 20 though August 22, 2018, steps away from theĀ Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada (MOCA). Every Wednesday for 10 consecutive weeks, movie screenings will be paired with emerging local artists for an ultimate summer!
Films confirmed so far at the Festival include LOVE, SIMON, GAME NIGHT, THOROUGHBREDS, THE DEATH OF STALIN, THE GREEN FOG, GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI, BOOST and RUSHMORE.Ā Musicians ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: CINEPLEX EVENTS PRESENT “HANKSFEST” JULY 2018
Cineplex Events is celebrating the accomplishments and 62nd birthday of an icon, Tom Hanks this July! See once again on the big screen some of Hanks' greatest hits including Big (30th Anniversary), A League of their Own, Apollo 13 and Forrest Gump and fall in love with these classics all over again!
The schedule is as follows:
A League of their Own plays beginning July 3
Big plays beginning July 13
Apollo 13 plays beginning July 20
Forrest Gump plays beginning July 27
See ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TEASER FOR “DUMBO”
We all grew-up loving DUMBO and could really use some of that message again in an inclusive world. See the new Teaser from Tim Burton's live-action DUMBO.
Synopsis:
From Disney and visionary director Tim Burton, the all-new grand live-action adventure āDumboā expands on the beloved classic story where differences are celebrated, family is cherished and dreams take flight. Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) enlists former star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children Milly (Nico ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR SEASON 2 OF “GLOW”
We've missed these gorgeous ladies! Check-out this brand-new look at Season 2 of Netflix's GLOW!
Synopsis:
Season 2 follows the women of GLOW as they become local celebrities, confronting the good, the bad, and the ugly realities of their newfound fame. As Ruth and Debbie settle into the day-to-day of making a season of TV together, they confront lingering issues at the heart of their friendship. Sam is still Sam, but now he has a teenage daughter living with him and twenty episodes to churn ...
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#SPOTTED: JON HAMM, JEREMY RENNER + ED HELMS IN TORONTO FOR “TAG”
Toronto was "it" today as some of the star-studded Cast of TAG were in the City promoting the much-buzzed Comedy. Here today were an A-List trio of Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Baby Driver), Jeremy Renner (The Town, Avengers) and Ed Helms (The Hangover, The Office)Ā who star in the Jeff Tomsic Film about a group of five highly-competitive friends who go all-in when it comes to their playing tag, a tradition for them since the first grade. When one of them (Renner) who happens to be undefeated at the ...
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#SPOTTED: ROBERT DE NIRO, CHEF NOBU MATSUHISA, MAYOR JOHN TORY + MEIR TEPER AT NOBU TORONTO GROUND-BREAKING
Two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro might be known to many of us as a legendary presence on the big and small screen, however he also is just as successful as a businessman.Ā Turning heads this past weekend at the TONY Awards with some controversial statements about President Donald Trump, the Icon before a crowd of media, stakeholders and VIP members who filled a shut-down Mercer Street made apologies. The occasion was the gold shovel ground-breaking of his latest business venture ...
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#SPOTTED: DOMEE SHI IN TORONTO FOR “BAO”
Canada has every reason to be proud!Ā Toronto-raised, Chinese-born Domee Shi becomes the first ever female Director to helm a PIXAR Short in BAO, which plays before The Incredibles 2 in theatres next weekend when it gets released. The Short deals with the issue of depression for an empty-nesting mother who gets a second chance at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings comes to life! How adorable.
Unsure if you've seen it yet, but here is a Teaser:
We spotted Shi out ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “OCEAN’S 8” STEALS THE TOP SPOT IN DEBUT
It's girls' night out at the Box Office with OCEAN'S 8 stealing the top spot at the Box Office with $42 million fromĀ 4,145 theatres for Warner Bros. This bests 2004's OCEAN'S 12 which previously was the top opening in the Franchise with $39.1 million. Critics gave it a passable 69% on the Tomatometer while audiences gave the star-studded Heist Flick a resounding A CinemaScore.
A distant second is SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY with $14.3 million in week three, a total $176 million grossed ...
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