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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “DEVOTION”
Sony Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Advance Passes to see TIFF ’22 selection DEVOTION starring Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell and Joe Jonas.
Screenings take place as follows:
TORONTO – Monday, 11/21, 7PM @ Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas
VANCOUVER – Monday, 11/21, 7PM @ Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
Synopsis:
Devotion, an aerial war epic based on the bestselling book of the same name, tells the harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy’s most celebrated wingmen.
Directed by: JD Dillard
Screenplay by: Jake Crane & Jonathan A. H. Stewart
Based on the book by: Adam Makos
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Sony Pictures Canada release DEVOTION November 23, 2022.
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#TIFF22: “DEVOTION”
By David Baldwin
Ensign Jesse Brown (Jonathan Majors, the future big bad of the MCU) is an outsanding pilot and the US Navy’s first black Aviator in history. Sadly, the racist troops around him do not think much of this incredible achievement. Enter Lieutenant Tom Hudner (Glen Powell) who joins Brown’s squadron just before they are deployed to fight in the Korean War. Hudner wants to get close to his new Wingman, but Brown is suspicious of his motivations.
The true story of Brown and what happened to him before, during and after Korea is incredible. That story is the beating heart of DEVOTION, and is the exact reason why the Film feels so disappointing and uninteresting. It merely goes through the motions telling the story and embellishing facts along the way, never really stopping for any moments of introspection or even reactions to some of the tragic things that happen. It is not given the love and attention it needs, and feels so callously put together rather than being a powerful story of Heroism and the strength of the human spirit. This is a story that deserves to be told, yet feels like it could and should have been done better. The flight scenes are great (even if they will unfavourably be compared to the ones in Top Gun: Maverick), the sound is top-notch as is the look of the Film. But if we are not really caring about the characters or the story, then why do any of these technical achievements matter?
All of that said, Majors is very good in the role of Brown. He feels a little stifled in some scenes, yet still manages to do an admirable job carrying the film under the weight of the lackluster script. Powell is wonderful as always, and supporting turns from Thomas Sadoski, Joseph Cross, Joe Jonas and especially Christina Jackson (playing Brown’s firecracker of a wife Daisy) are all well-done. I just wish they were all in a better movie.
DEVOTION screens as follows at TIFF ’22:
Mon, Sep 12 IN-PERSON Cinesphere IMAX Theatre 6:00pm
Wed, Sep 14 IN-PERSON Cinesphere IMAX Theatre 9:00pm
Thu, Sep 15 IN-PERSON Cinesphere IMAX Theatre 5:30pm
#TIFF22: DAY 0 SIGHTINGS – GLEN POWELL AND NOÉMIE MERLANT
We’re one more sleep till TIFF ’22 begins and per tradition, we’re on it! So amazing seeing a couple names in-town already for the Festival already, despite their Films not yet premiering for a couple days.
NOÉMIE MERLANT
We’re actually really excited about this sighting! Merlant got her big breakthrough in 2019’s PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, which went on to win huge accolades. The French Actress who has been nominated twice for a César Award now stars in BABY RUBY at TIFF ’22 which is about an Vlogger/Influencer whose world unravels after she becomes a mother. Kit Harington also stars and the Film premieres Friday night. She’s just so lovely!
GLEN POWELL
This certainly isn’t GLEN POWELL‘S first TIFF but he’s back and riding the smash success of this Summer’s TOP GUN: MAVERICK in which he stars as Hangman. He can be see at TIFF ’22 in DEVOTION, which is getting some buzz, starring alongside Jonathan Majors. The Film which centers on the U.S. Navy’s first Aviator, his Wingman and the racism they encountered, premieres Monday at Cinesphere. Always a class act and couldn’t be more thrilled for his success!
Others we can confirm, arriving in the City tonight include Anna Kendrick, Yvonne Strahovski and Amy Redford.
We can’t wait to share more over these next few days as TIFF ’22 picks-up momentum!
Bookmark here for the latest Snaps and Reviews coming out of the Festival!
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW CHARACTER POSTERS FOR “TOP GUN: MAVERICK”
We’re getting so close to the release of TOP GUN: MAVERICK at long last. To get you pumped, here are some new Character Posters from the Blockbuster!
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of TOPGUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
DIRECTED BY
Joseph Kosinski
SCREENPLAY BY
Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie
STORY BY
Peter Craig and Justin Marks
BASED ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY
Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.
PRODUCED BY
Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY
Tommy Harper, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger,
Chad Oman, Mike Stenson
STARRING
Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis with Ed Harris and Val Kilmer
See the new Posters:
TOP GUN: MAVERICK IS IN THEATRES, DOLBY CINEMA, AND IMAX MAY 27, 2022.
(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures Canada)
#FIRSTLOOK: NEW CAST OF “TOP GUN: MAVERICK” PHOTOS
Some new Photos of your new recruits in TOP GUN: MAVERICK have been released! See the stars of this Summer’s most-awaited Blockbuster.
Synopsis:
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose”. Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
DANNY RAMIREZ AS ‘FANBOY’
JAY ELLIS AS ‘PAYBACK’
LEWIS PULLMAN AS ‘BOB’
MONICA BARBARO AS ‘PHOENIX’
GLEN POWELL AS ‘HANGMAN’
MILES TELLER AS LT. BRADLEY ‘ROOSTER’ BRADSHAW
TOP GUN: MAVERICK is in theatres Friday, June 26, 2020.
(Photo credit: Paramount Pictures)
#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “TOP GUN: MAVERICK”
We’ve waited so long for this! Hot off its presentation at Comic-Con comes this new Trailer for TOP GUN: MAVERICK!
See the Trailer:
Paramount Pictures Canada release TOP GUN: MAVERICK Friday, June 26, 2020.
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#FIRSTLOOK: “THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY”
Already having won raves in the UK, the rest of the world should be excited for THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY, streaming soon on Netflix!
Synopsis:
Directed by Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and based on the best-selling and much loved novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY sees Lily James (Downton Abbey, Cinderella) play free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton, who forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII. The film also stars Michiel Huisman (The Age of Adaline), Glen Powell (Everybody Wants Some, Hidden Figures), Matthew Goode (The Imitation Game, Downton Abbey), Jessica Brown Findlay (Victor Frankenstein, Downton Abbey) and Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd, The Boat That Rocked) with Tom Courtenay (45 Years, Doctor Zhivago) and Penelope Wilton (The BFG, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).
See the Trailer:
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY streams Friday, August 10, 2018.
(Photo/video credit: Netflix)
#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “HIDDEN FIGURES” IN TORONTO
20th Century Fox + Mr. Will want to take Readers in Toronto to an Advance Screening of hotly-anticipated HIDDEN FIGURES! The Screening takes place Wednesday, January 4, 2017.
Synopsis:
The inspirational true story of the first female African-American mathemetician, Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), and her two colleagues, Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), whose groundbreaking calculations helped NASA catch up in the “Space Race” with the Soviet Union and allowed John Glenn (Glen Powell) to become the first American astronaut to successfully make a complete orbit of the Earth.
In addition to helping launch John into orbit, the brilliant women crossed gender and race lines, defied expectations and battled stereotypes. In the process, they inspired generations of people to aim high and dream big.
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Mr. Will + The Cast of HIDDEN FIGURES
20th Century Fox Canada release HIDDEN FIGURES across Canada Friday, January 6, 2017.
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#SPOTTED: TIFF DAY 4 SIGHTINGS – AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON, MICHAEL SHANNON, RACHEL WEISZ, TARAJI P. HENSON, RAMI MALEK, OLIVIA COOKE, BILL NIGHY + MORE
TIFF fever continues throughout Toronto on the Festival’s fourth day! Premieres took place tonight including Fashion icon Tom Ford‘s NOCTURNAL ANIMALS starring Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and an in-absentia Jake Gyllenhaal. Also premiering tonight was Oscar bait DENIAL starring Rachel Weisz over at Princess of Wales Theatre. THE PROMISE starring Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale also premiered at Roy Thomson Hall tonight. An A-List Cast including Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Hudson appeared at the midday Premiere for Animated Feature SING over at Princess of Wales Theatre. The Premiere was followed by performances from both Hudson and Popstar Tori Kelly even.
See some of the names we spotted around today!
Bill Nighy, THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM
Olivia Cooke, KATIE SAYS GOODBYE
Chris Lowell, KATIE SAYS GOODBYE
Xavier Dolan, IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD
Auteur #XavierDolan at #TIFF16 for #ItsOnlytheEndofWorld.
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Lea Seydoux, IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD
Inseynity! #LeaSeydoux causing a commotion. She is at #TIFF16 for #ItsOnlytheEndofWorld.
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Gaspard Ulliel, IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD
Mireille Enos, KATIE SAYS GOODBYE
Sigourney Weaver, A MONSTER CALLS
Lewis MacDougall, A MONSTER CALLS
#LewisMacDougall, star of #AMonsterCalls. #TIFF16
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Felicity Jones, A MONSTER CALLS
Things got v. aggressive. #FelicityJones at #TIFF16 for #AMonsterCalls. #RogueOne #StarWars
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Michael Shannon, NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
Taraji P. Henson, HIDDEN FIGURES
Yes!!! Cookie Time!! #TarajiPHenson #TIFF16 #HiddenFigures #Empire
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Pharrell, HIDDEN FIGURES
Glen Powell, HIDDEN FIGURES
#ScreamQueens’ #GlenPowell at #TIFF16 with #HiddenFigures.
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Rachel Weisz, DENIAL
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Lucas Hedges, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Rami Malek, BUSTER’S MAL HEART
With #MrRobot star #RamiMalek at #TIFF16 with #BustersMalHeart
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ENTEGIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “EVERYBODY WANTS SOME”
Paramount Pictures Canada + Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to see the “spiritual sequel” to DAZED AND CONFUSED! Screenings for Richard Linklater’s EVERYBODY WANTS SOME, take place in Toronto, Ottawa + Montreal!
Synopsis:
A “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused set in the world of 1980 college life, Everybody Wants Some is a comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Get ready for the best weekend ever.
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Paramount Pictures Canada release EVERYBODY WANTS SOME on March 30, 2016 in Toronto, April 8, 2016 in Montreal/Vancouver and across Canada April 15, 2016.
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