The INSIDE OUT 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival is back on now till June 1, 2024 at TIFF Lightbox and online! Now in its 34th edition, the Festival boasts 106 films from 25 countries this year, including several exciting titles like opening night selection MY OLD ASS, starring Aubrey Plaza which just premiered at Sundance to raves; SPARK starring The Polititian‘s Theo Germaine and decorated Olympian-turned-Actor Danell Levya; CORA BORA starring Hacks’ Megan Stalter; Series STORIES FROM MY GAY GRANDPARENTS; and a pair of Best Friend Comedies in SISTERS and EXTREMELY UNIQUE DYNAMIC. WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP is the closing night selection, centering on a band setting out to ignite a musical revolution.

It was a pure delight seeing some of the incredible talent behind some of this year’s titles at the Festival on the colourful carpet last night at TIFF Lightbox, as part of Opening Night celebrations.

We chat with the following about their bonding experiences and what they hope audiences will take away from their productions:

•Theo Germaine and Danell Levya of SPARK
•Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung of EXTREMELY UNIQUE DYNAMIC
•Sarah Khasrovi and Kausar Mohammed of SISTERS
•Scott Farley, Jane Moffatt, James Kall, Alexander Nunez and Tricia Black of STORIES FROM MY GAY GRANDPARENTS

More on tickets and showtimes here.

(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA is set to dominate Memorial Day weekend with $27.5 million (and $35 million through Monday) from 3,804 theatres, garnering 89% on the Tomatometer. This is a Prequel to 2015’s MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth.

In second is Animated Feature GARFIELD THE MOVIE with a solid $24 million ($30 million through Monday) from 4,035 theatres for Sony Pictures. It gets 35% on the Tomatometer.

Third goes to IF with $16.8 million ($21.7 million through Monday) from 4,068 theatres for Paramount Pictures. In its second week its tally is brought to $64.2 in North America.

Fourth goes to KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES with $12.8 million ($16 million through Sunday), taking its run to $125 million for 20th Century Studios.

THE FALL GUY gets fifth with $5 million ($7 million through Monday), a run of $73 million for Universal Pictures to date.

Little Sister Portland is excited to announce the latest addition to Toronto’s vibrant brunch scene! Enjoy a weekend brunch at Little Sister Portland every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3pm. Get excited about a menu with an array of flavours to add to your weekends!

Enjoy the Indonesian Breakfast dish complete with nasi goreng topped with sunny side up eggs, accompanied by savoury elements like rich peanut sauce, crispy shrimp chips, and tangy pickles. For those seeking a unique brunch item, the Balinese spiced lamb burger is a showstopper. Juicy, tender lamb is expertly spiced, and served on a toasted bun. See the full menu below.

Brunch menu:

The Indonesian Breakfast $22

Nasi goreng, satay ayam, peanut sauce, shrimp chips, pickles, two sunny side up eggs

Tomato Sambal & Eggs $19

Poached eggs in fresh tomato and red pepper sambal, cilantro, grilled sourdough

Steak & Eggs $34

Grilled flank steak, two fried eggs sunny side up, corn hash, fresh chili sauce

Fried Chicken & Waffles $23

Indonesian fried chicken, spiced waffles, pickled chilis, gula java syrup

Bacon & Eggs $23

Grilled smoked pork belly, fresh chili sauce, pickled red onion, pineapple slaw, corn hash, two fried eggs sunny side up

Waffles & Fruit $19

Spiced waffles, tropical fruit salad, coconut whipped cream, gula java syrup

Lamb Burger & Fries $24

Balinese spiced lamb burger, curry ketchup, lettuce, pickled coleslaw, fries

Mushroom Toast & Eggs $22

Rendang mushrooms on grilled sourdough, two poached eggs, arugula salad

Sip and savour with unique beverage offerings! Kick off your day with a Breakfast Margarita, infused with marmalade – because who says you can’t have a margarita for breakfast? Or, enjoy a 90 minute bottomless mimosa special, with the usual juice pairings (and one unique surprise addition)! See the full beverage list below:

Brunch Beverages:

Breakfast Margarita $19

Patron silver, triple sec, pineapple, chili, mint, lime, breakfast marmalade

Indo Citrus Sangria

Single – $18

750ml Carafe – $55

St. Germain, limoncello, coconut liqueur, white wine, watermelon, lychee, coconut lemonade

It’s All Gone Peach Tong

Single – $18

750ml Carafe – $55

Dillon’s melon gin, peach liqueur, citrus cordial, cucumber, mint, peach black tea

Kintamani Rum Punch

Single – $18

750ml Carafe – $60

Bacardi tropical rum blend, house rum blend, passion fruit liqueur, mango, hibiscus red berry cordial, caribbean tea blend, angostura bitters

Electric Lemonade

Single – $18

750ml Carafe – $55

Grey goose citron, blue curacao, blue raspberry, chamomile ginger tea, citrus cordial, lemonade

House Mimosas

Single – $12

Bottomless (90 minutes) – $40

13 street sparkling brut/brut rosé

Choice of juice: lychee cactus pear, orange, grapefruit

Caesars Classic $15

Grey goose, worcestershire, clamato, tabasco, garnishes

Caesars: Auntie Pickles Big Dill Energy $17

Dill and jalapeno infused hendrick’s gin, cucumber and dill pepper sauce, green tabasco, house pickle brine, worcestershire, clamato, house pickles

Espresso Martini House Classic $18

Absolut vodka, kahlua, espresso

Espresso Martini: Double Double $18

Altos reposado tequila, screwball peanut butter whiskey, kahlua, berry dust, espresso

Non-Alcoholic Beverages:

Balinese Jamu Juice $13

Fresh turmeric, fresh galangal, ginger, honey, lemon, lime

Muy Bueno $13

Pineapple chili mint, lime cordial

Lychee Spritz $13

Lychee cactus pear, lemon cordial, sparkling water

To experience the rich, vibrant flavours of Indonesia right here in Toronto, reserve your seat here! For more information, follow Little Sister on Instagram @littlesisterto.

Netflix Canada and Mr. Will are thrilled to give Toronto readers a chance to attend a special Advance Screening of Netflix and Shondaland‘s BRIDGERTON SEASON 3 PART 2! The invite-only Screening takes place 7 PM on June 3, 2024 at The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre and you are encouraged to wear your finest Regency attire!

To enter for a chance to win, click “like” on this Post at MR. WILL ON FACEBOOK, IG or X! Tag a friend that you’d like to bring! Enter as many times as you wish.

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BRIDGERTON Season 3 Part 2, arrives June 13, 2024 at 3 A.M. EST only on Netflix.

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Benoit Blanc returns in his most dangerous case yet. The new title of the upcoming Rian Johnson KNIVES OUT film has been announced! Cannot wait to see the new Cast!

TITLE: WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
DIRECTOR: Rian Johnson
WRITER: Rian Johnson
PRODUCERS: Ram Bergman, Rian Johnson
CAST: Daniel Craig

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to win a copy of KUNG FU PANDA 4 on 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray™!

Synopsis: 

Po must train a new warrior when he’s chosen to become the spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace. However, when a powerful shape-shifting sorceress sets her eyes on his Staff of Wisdom, he suddenly realizes he’s going to need some help. Teaming up with a quick-witted corsac fox, Po soon discovers that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places.

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KUNG FU PANDA 4 will be available to own on Digital, 4K UHD, Blu-ray™ and DVD May 28, 2024.

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Paramount+ today announced that production is underway on the highly anticipated second season of the original drama series LIONESS. From Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan, the espionage thriller currently is filming in Texas and features a star-studded cast, including series lead and executive producer Zoe Saldaña, Canadian Laysla De Oliveira, Genesis Rodriguez, Emmy® Award nominee Michael Kelly, with Oscar winner Morgan Freeman, and Academy Award winner and executive producer Nicole Kidman. LIONESS is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios exclusively for Paramount+.

LIONESS, inspired by an actual U.S. Military program, follows the life of Joe (Saldaña) while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror. The series also stars Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Thad Luckinbill and Hannah Love Lanier.

The series is executive produced by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan, David C. Glasser, Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Jill Wagner, David Lemanowicz, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Friedman and Keith Cox and is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Season one of LIONESS set a new record as the service’s most-watched worldwide series premiere on launch day, at that time, with nearly six million total viewers in its first week across Paramount+ globally and a linear preview on the Paramount Network in the U.S.

In addition to LIONESS, Sheridan’s growing slate on Paramount+ includes YELLOWSTONE, TULSA KING and LANDMAN, which currently are all in production, and the upcoming third season of MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN, 1923, LAWMEN: BASS REEVES, and 1883.

For more information about Paramount+ and LIONESS, please visit www.paramountplus.com, and follow @ParamountPlusCA and @LionessPPlus on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

Warner Bros. Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Vancouver and Montreal a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of THE WATCHERS.

Screenings take place as follows:

SYNOPSIS

From producer M. Night Shyamalan comes “The Watchers,” written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and based on the novel by A.M. Shine. The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.

You can’t see them, but they see everything.

“The Watchers” stars Dakota Fanning (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Ocean’s Eight”), Georgina Campbell (“Barbarian,” “Suspicion”), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out,” “Outlander”) and Olwen Fouere (“The Northman,” “The Tourist”). The film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad. The executive producers are Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer. 

Joining writer/director Shyamalan behind-the-camera are director of photography Eli Arenson (“Lamb,” “Hospitality”), production designer Ferdia Murphy (“Lola,” “Finding You”), editor Job ter Burg (“Benedetta,” “Elle”) and costume design by Frank Gallacher (“Sebastian,” “Aftersun”). The music is by Abel Korzeniowski (“Till,” “The Nun”). 

New Line Cinema presents “The Watchers,” set to open in theatres in North America on June 7, 2024; it will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Beetlejuice is back! Oscar-nominated, singular creative visionary Tim Burton and Oscar nominee and star Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Burton’s award-winning Beetlejuice. Today, we get the official Canadian Trailer!

Keaton returns to his iconic role alongside Oscar nominee Winona Ryder (Stranger Things, Little Women) as Lydia Deetz and two-time Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt$ Creek, Corpse Bride) as Delia Deetz, with new cast members Justin Theroux (Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, The Leftovers), Monica Bellucci (Spectre, The Matrix films), Arthur Conti (House of the Dragon) in his feature film debut, with Emmy nominee Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Scream VI) as Lydia’s daughter, Astrid, and Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe (Poor Things, At Eternity’s Gate).

Beetlejuice is back! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.

Burton, a genre unto himself, directs from a screenplay by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Wednesday), story by Gough & Millar and Seth Grahame-Smith (The LEGO® Batman Movie), based on characters created by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson. The film’s producers are Marc Toberoff, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tommy Harper and Burton, with Sara Desmond, Katterli Frauenfelder, Gough, Millar, Brad Pitt, Larry Wilson, Laurence Senelick, Pete Chiappetta, Andrew Lary, Anthony Tittanegro, Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg executive producing.

Burton’s creatives behind the scenes includes director of photography Haris Zambarloukos (Meg 2: The Trench, Murder on the Orient Express); such previous and frequent collaborators as production designer Mark Scruton (Wednesday), editor Jay Prychidny (Wednesday), Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sleepy Hollow), Oscar-winning creature effects and special makeup FX creative supervisor Neal Scanlan (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman (Big Fish, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman); and Oscar-winning hair and makeup designer Christine Blundell (Topsy-Turvy).

A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice will be released only in theatres and IMAX on September 6, 2024 nationwide, and internationally beginning 4 September 2024. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Hawco Productions and CBC today announced that production is underway on new original series SAINT-PIERRE (10 x 60’), a new episodic police procedural currently filming in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, France and St. John’s Newfoundland. SAINT-PIERRE is the creation of Allan Hawco, Robina Lord-Stafford and Perry Chafe, with Hawco and Lord-Stafford as Showrunners. TJ Scott and John Vatcher will each direct two of the first four episodes, with Scott directing the pilot. The series will premiere on CBC and CBC Gem in Winter 2025 and is produced in association with global film and TV studio FIFTH SEASON, which is also handling global distribution on the show.

SAINT-PIERRE’s cast includes French star Josephine Jobert (Death in Paradise) as Arch, Canadian star, Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle, Caught, Jack Ryan) as Fitz, and James Purefoy as Sean Gallagher (Rome, Sex Education, The Following) rounding out the stellar team.

After the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector, Donny Fitzpatrick (Fitz), digs too deeply into a local politician’s nefarious activity, he is exiled to work in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon – the French Territory nestled in the Atlantic Ocean. Fitz’s arrival disrupts the life of Deputy Chief Geneviève Archambault (Arch), a Parisian transplant who is in Saint-Pierre for her own intriguing reasons.

As if by fate, these two seasoned officers — with very different policing skills and approaches — are forced together to solve unique and exciting crimes. Although the islands seem like a quaint tourist destination, the idyllic façade conceals the worst kind of criminal activity, which tend to wash up on its beautiful shores. At first at odds and suspicious of each other, Arch and Fitz soon discover that they are better together.

“Saint-Pierre et Miquelon is a unique place – the islands’ isolated location between North America and Europe makes it an ideal location to go unnoticed by the law, which sets it up to be the perfect place for this story,” says Hawco, Lord-Stafford and Chafe. “We’re excited for audiences to discover these compelling characters in this rarely seen before landscape.”

“SAINT-PIERRE offers audiences a fresh and exciting new procedural led by the talented duo of Allan and Josephine, set in a beautiful location that so many Canadians are curious about,” said Sally Catto, General Manager, Entertainment, Factual & Sports, CBC. “We look forward to working with Allan, Robina and Hawco Productions to bring Fitz and Arch’s adventures to life onscreen.”

Ava Mustos, Associate Director, Acquisitions at FIFTH SEASON, said: “It’s fantastic to be partnering with Allan Hawco on SAINT-PIERRE, a detective drama with a brilliant blend of mystery and humour, set against the vibrant and unique back drop of France’s Saint-Pierre et Miquelon islands. We’re delighted to have Josephine Jobert – already known to audiences from Death in Paradise – as our co-lead alongside Hawco. The chemistry between them is undeniable and we look forward to introducing audiences around the world to this dynamic, crime-solving duo.”

A CBC original production, SAINT-PIERRE is produced by Hawco Productions in association with global film and TV studio FIFTH SEASON. The new series is executive produced by Janine Squires, Erin Sullivan, Robina Lord-Stafford, Perry Chafe, John Vatcher and Hawco. For CBC, Sally Catto is General Manager, Entertainment, Factual & Sports; Trish Williams is Executive Director, Scripted Content; Sarah Adams is Director of Current Production, Drama; and Nicola Makoway is Executive in Charge of Production.

Hawco Productions was founded by actor, writer and producer Allan Hawco, harnessing his extensive experience from previous projects, his six successful seasons playing the lead and serving as the executive producer and showrunner on Republic of Doyle, and more recently, producing other CBC shows like Son of a Critch and Caught. Allan also has an international presence in projects that include Amazon’s Jack Ryan, Book of Negroes, and Quicksand.

(Photo credit: Tim Leyes)