Sphere Films Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win a copy of Ari Aster’s BEAU IS AFRAID starring Joaquin Phoenix, on Blu-ray.

Synopsis:

Beau is a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man who lives with his mother in a small town. When his mother dies suddenly, Beau is forced to confront his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic journey back home. Along the way, he encounters a variety of strange and dangerous characters, including a group of bandits, a mysterious stranger, and a village wracked by an inexplicable plague. Beau must overcome his fears and find the strength to face his past if he is to survive and find his way home.

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Sphere Films Canada release BEAU IS AFRAID July 11, 2023.

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Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators chronicles the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and gripping behind-the-scenes stories of one of the biggest spectacles on television during the height of the ’90s. Told first hand from the stars who lived through it, this five part series reveals untold stories of the iconic American Gladiators’ triumph, turmoil, and ultimate price of fame. Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators premieres globally on Netflix on June 28, 2023.

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We love Michelle Buteau! The funnywoman finally gets her own moment and stars as Mavis Beaumont in upcoming Netflix Series, SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST! Here’s a new Trailer! Series is based on her collection of essays. She’s also in-town September for Just for Laughs!

Synopsis:

Meet Mavis Beaumont. She’s proudly thick, newly single and ready to take over the world as an aspiring stylist one fitting at a time. New York ain’t ready but you are! Inspired by Michelle Buteau’s hilarious memoir, Survival of the Thickest comes to Netflix July 13, 2023.

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Paramount Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Passes to an Advance Screening of eagerly-awaited MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE!

Screenings take place July 6, 2023 in

TORONTO

MONTREAL (ENGLISH) 

MONTREAL (FRENCH)

EDMONTON

VANCOUVER 

Synopsis:

In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.

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Paramount Pictures Canada release MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE July 12, 2023.

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“Stephen Curry: Underrated” is the remarkable coming-of-age story of one of the most influential, dynamic and unexpected players in the history of basketball. This feature documentary — blending intimate cinéma vérité, archival footage and on camera interviews — documents Curry’s rise from an undersized college player at a small town Division I college to a four-time NBA champion, building one of the most dominant sports dynasties in the world. It arrives July 21, 2023 on Apple TV+.

“Stephen Curry: Underrated” is directed by Peter Nicks. The film is produced by Peter Nicks and Ryan Coogler through Proximity Media, Erick Peyton through Curry’s Unanimous Media and Sean Havey, Ben Cotner and Marissa Torres Ericson. Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler and Emily Osborne are executive producing.

Director: Peter Nicks

Producers:

 Peter Nicks, Ryan Coogler, Sean Havey, Erick Peyton, Marissa Torres

                                    Ericson, Ben Cotner   

Exec. Producers: Sev Ohanian, Zinzi Coogler, Emily Osborne

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It was a fight of the Animated Features this weekend at the Movies! SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE would prevail over Disney and Pixar‘s ELEMENTAL with $19.4 million for Sony Pictures. This brings its run to $315 million domestically over four weekends. ELEMENTAL brought-in $18.3 million in its second weekend, a total run of $65 million.

Third also was a close call with THE FLASH prevailing with $15.1 million for Warner Bros. for a total $18.5 million. R-rated Comedy NO HARD FEELINGS starring Jennifer Lawrence debuted with $15 million from 3,208 theatres for Sony Pictures. Lawrence‘s latest gets 67% on the Tomatometer.

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS is poised to take fifth spot with $11.5 million for Paramount Pictures, a total of $122 million grossed to date domestically.

Happy Pride!! So much fun again this year at Pride Toronto, including the Saturday night main event, DRAG BALL featuring a who’s-who in Drag including Headliner SASHA COLBY, Season 15 RuPaul’s Drag Race winnner. The Drag Ball took place at Nathan Phillips Square, a five-hour celebration of Drag that filled the outside of City Hall.

Earlier in the week also was annual fixture Starry Night, taking place as part of the Green Space Festival at The 519 Centre, also a huge draw. Like the Drag Ball this featured the hottest names in Drag, both north and south of the Border, a tour-de-force four-hour-long showcase!

What was unique about this year’s edition of Starry Night was that all three headliners: Gottmik, Kerri Colby and Gigi Goode are transgender. Absolutely historic!

Toronto got so lucky this year. A pure joy finally getting to some of my favourite beloved Drag Queens including all-time fave, RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14 champion Willow Pill who headlined Disco Disco Thursday night. She is a genius.

So much respect for Drag Queens and the amount of skill, devotion and innovation that goes into their Art. Hope your Pride is amazing! 🌈❤️

See our Snaps:

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Australia’s Peach PRC (the “PRC” is an abbreviation of “Porcelain”) already is a huge sensation on the Internet, having amassed a large following not only for her Music as a Singer/Songwriter, but also her candidness as a Social Media Personality. Her fans adore her for her unfiltered manner, talking transparently about her challenges with sobriety and coping with mental health.

Currently on a promotional tour, Peach PRC has hit-up major markets like Los Angeles, New York and now Toronto, getting to finally meet her North American fans. Sporting a pink aesthetic Pixie image, she delivers eye-catching visuals and an infectious Pop sound.

Peach PRC, played an intimate set at Live Nation‘s lounge last night, performing a few songs from her repertoire for fans. After a day of interviews, she performed another intimate set at Universal Music Canada’s headquarters, fielding questions from fans – many who came dressed in pink and hair dyed in the colour – before taking some group photos afterward.

The Artist was forthcoming about feeling nervous and not feeling her best in spirits but you’d never know it as she performed three tracks, including “Perfect for You” which interpolates Paris Hilton‘s “Stars are Blind” and a cover of Hilary Duff‘s Lizzy McGuire era “What Dreams Are Made Of“.

See some highlights from her UMusic Live Showcase below:

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“Welcome, Foolish Mortals,” a new featurette for Disney’s frighteningly fun adventure “Haunted Mansion,” is available now. The film opens in theatres on July 28, 2023.

Directed by Justin Simien, the film features an all-star cast ensemble cast including LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon and Daniel Levy, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto as The Hatbox Ghost.

Inspired by the classic theme park attraction, “Haunted Mansion” is about a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters. The film’s producers are Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, with Nick Reynolds and Tom Peitzman serving as executive producers.

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In theatres July 14, 2023, here is a look at the Trailer for PSYCHO-PASS: PROVIDENCE to be released in Canada by Sony Pictures Canada.

Synopsis:

January 2118. Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane Tsunemori, receives a report of an incident on a foreign vessel – the body of Professor Milicia Stronskaya has been discovered. Behind the incident is a group known as the Peacebreakers, a foreign paramilitary organization and a new outside threat who are targeting the professor’s research papers known as the “Stronskaya Document”.

Reunited with Shinya Kogami, a former fugitive from the Criminal Investigation Department, Akane grapples with a case that quickly escalates beyond their expectations. The Stronskaya Papers could reveal a truth that would shake Japan’s government, and even the Sibyl System, to the core.

It is in this untold story that the missing link is revealed.

PSYCHO-PASS franchise: The franchise revolves around The Sibyl System, an authoritarian system that quantifies the human personality. Sibyl’s analysis dictates every aspect of the citizens’ future. In exchange for Sibyl’s rule, the citizens enjoy a peaceful life.

With all manner of mental states and trends being recorded and monitored, the standard by which an individual’s soul is measured is a number that people have come to call the PSYCHO-PASS.

Detectives, wielding guns called Dominators that measure criminal potential, work closely with enforcers who hunt down latent criminals before they can break the law.

The young inspector Akane Tsunemori, a part of the Criminal Investigation Department, and her partner, enforcer Shinya Kogami, wrestle with the question of how a fair and perfect society can be upheld and maintained by a system that could possibly be corrupt.

PSYCHO-PASS was an original anime project for television that began in 2012. Now, after ten years, comes the newest film that will act as the connective tissue between the movie PSYCHO-PASS Sinners of the System Case 3: On the Other Side of Love and Hate and season 3 of the PSYCHO-PASS TV series. The entire story will now finally be told.

Catch up on the past PSYCHO-PASS television series and films on Crunchyroll.

English Dub Cast: Kate Oxley (Akane Tsunemori), Robert McCollum (Shinya Kogami), Jessie James (Nobuchika Ginoza), Cherami Leigh (Mika Shimotsuki), Mike McFarland (Teppei Sugo), Z. Charles Bolton (Sho Hinakawa), Lindsay Seidel (Yayoi Kunizuka), Lydia Mackay (Shion Karanomori), Erin Kelly Noble (Frederica Hanashiro), Bruce DuBose (Arata Shindo), Eduardo Vildasol (Kei Mikhail), and Stephanie Young (Dominator).

Credits: Directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani. Series Composition by Tow Ubukata. Script by Makoto Fukami and Tow Ubukata. Original Character Design by Akira Amano. Character Design by Naoyuki Onda. Music by Yugo Kanno. Original Story Concept Written by Gen Urobuchi.

(Photo/video credit: Sony Pictures Canada)