#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “TÁR”

Hot off winning Cate Blanchett the Award for Best Actress in Venice, comes this new Trailer for TÁR!

Story:

From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world.
Director/Writer: Todd Field
Producers: Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, and Mark Strong

Focus Features and Universal Pictures Canada will release TÁR
in Toronto on October 14, 2022 in Vancouver and Montreal on
October 21, 2022 and Nationwide October 28, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada/Focus Features)

#FIRSTLOOK: “EASY-BAKE BATTLE: THE HOME COOKING COMPETITION”

We love Antoni Porowski and this finally is giving us full episodes of all him! EASY-BAKE BATTLE: THE HOME COOKING COMPETITION is coming soon to Netflix and the new Series sees home chefs duke it out in the kitchen under tight timelines to make simple, tasty creations!

Synopsis:

Life is complicated, but cooking doesn’t have to be! Enter Easy-Bake Battle, a new culinary competition series inspired by Hasbro’s iconic Easy-Bake Oven, featuring skilled and ultra clever home cooks, all with a ton of heart and soul, facing off and using their most ingenious kitchen hacks to prove who can make the easiest, fastest, and most delicious food.
Talent: Antoni Porowski
Executive Producers: Tara Long, Geno McDermott, Wes Kauble, Daniel Calin, and Antoni Porowski
Production Company: eOne
Format: 8 x 30 Minute episodes

EASY-BAKE BATTLE: THE HOME COOKING COMPETITION arrives October 12, 2022 on Netflix.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

#TIFF: TIFF ANNOUNCE UPCOMING FALL 2022 PROGRAMMING

Today, TIFF Cinematheque unveiled an exciting fall programming slate with a series of retrospectives, special screenings, new restorations, commemorative events, the return of Wavelengths Presents, exclusive New Releases, and many special guests at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Starting October 14, TIFF Cinematheque shines a light on contemporary Italian cinema with its comprehensive focus on four visionary filmmakers — Alessandro Comodin, Michelangelo Frammartino, Pietro Marcello, and Alice Rohrwacher — who have revitalized their national scene on a global level. The first series of its kind to draw resonances between these singular bodies of work, Lost and Beautiful: New Italian Cinema is a major 17-film retrospective curated by TIFF Cinematheque Senior Curator Andréa Picard and co-presented in partnership with Cinecittà, the Italian Cultural Institute, and the Consulate General of Italy, Toronto. Comodin and Frammartino will be in attendance for the opening weekend.

This Halloween season, TIFF is inviting audiences to explore HERROR, a series of honest, daring, and darkly satisfying horror films created by women, co-presented by Rue Morgue. Midnight Madness Presents will complement the lineup with a special presentation of Stephanie Rothman’s under-screened classic The Velvet Vampire, featuring a virtual Q&A with the filmmaker on October 29. Horror fans will be able to enjoy a lineup of women-centric films on digital TIFF Bell Lightbox on October 7: The Blair Witch Project, Crawl, The Lair Of The White Worm, The Ring, and You Won’t Be Alone.

TIFF will spotlight Nordic Noir films in November, the final of three retrospectives in a year-long series celebrating the best of Nordic cinema, which includes Morten Tyldum’s adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s novel Headhunters; and the adaptation of Arnaldur Indriðason’s book Jar City by director Baltasar Kormákur — made possible as part of Nordic Bridges 2022 in collaboration with Harbourfront Centre, Toronto.

Audiences can also look forward to the Canadian premiere of Pedro Costa’s haunting debut film and TIFF Official Selection O Sangue, newly restored in 4K; the Toronto premiere of the 2K restoration of Arthur Bressan’s Buddies on World AIDS Day, featuring an introduction by filmmaker John Greyson; the return of TIFF Wavelengths Presents, with the Toronto premiere of C.W. Winter & Anders Edström’s monumental, multiple–award-winning The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin); and the Canadian premiere of The African Desperate from installation artist and filmmaker Martine Syms, featuring a Q&A with Syms presented in partnership with Mercer Union.

Other in-person guests include Academy Award–winning writer John Irving, who will discuss his highly anticipated new novel The Last Chairlift, as well as The Cider House Rules; pop culture critic and podcaster Elamin Abdelmahmoud, who will present a screening of his favourite film, Moneyball, as part of TIFF’s Loved It series; American filmmaker and screenwriter Lodge Kerrigan to present the 4K restoration of Keane, his startling third feature and a 2004 TIFF Official Selection; and Argentine filmmaker Matías Piñeiro will present the Toronto premiere of his latest film, Isabella as part of MDFF Selects. Also, writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour joins us for a live remote Q&A following a screening of her cult hit A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night.

In addition, TIFF Bell Lightbox will be showing New Releases fresh off their run at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival, including Denmark’s entry for best international feature at the Oscars 2023, Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider; Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning film Triangle of Sadness; Decision to Leave, Park Chan-wook’s Cannes Best Director prize–winning film and Best International 2023 Oscar entry for South Korea; and Michael Grandage’s My Policeman, which was honoured with the TIFF Tribute Award for Performance (Ensemble). Additional internationally acclaimed films include Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985, Best International 2023 Oscar entry for Argentina; Juan Pablo González’s Sundance winner Dos estaciones; and Canadian actor Charlotte Le Bon’s directorial debut feature, Falcon Lake.

TIFF CINEMATHEQUE SERIES HIGHLIGHTS

Boosie Fade Film Club — October 6 and December 1
Presented in 35mm
TIFF’s ongoing series of cult classics that have made a huge impact on hip-hop and R&B culture is back in October with Spike Lee’s controversial cult favourite Bamboozled, in which a TV writer (Damon Wayans) pitches a minstrel show at the television network where he works in an attempt to get fired, only to have it become a huge success. Then in December, see the 1997 buddy comedy film BAP*S, about two diner girls (Halle Berry, Natalie Desselle) who become embroiled in a scheme to take advantage of a rich older man, only to find themselves growing emotionally attached to their victim.

HERROR — October 7–30
Panel Discussion – October 7
HERROR presents six women-written, -directed, and -centred films from the past decade that use genre and a gendered gaze to explore all manner of trauma: grief and motherhood (The Babadook, Prevenge), sexual (Revenge), racial (Master), intergenerational (Relic), and the sum total of patriarchal oppressions (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night). Following the screening of The Babadook on October 7, TIFF Cinematheque will feature a panel discussion with Andrea Subissati, Rue Morgue magazine executive director and the producer and co-host of the Faculty of Horror podcast; film writer and curator Sarah-Tai Black; and film critic and writer Carolyn Mauricette.

To Sidney, with Love — October 8–November 22
To mark the passing of icon and actor Sidney Poitier earlier this year and to celebrate his life, TIFF is a featuring a selection of Poitier’s filmography including Buck and the Preacher, which he also directed; Paris Blues; A Raisin in the Sun; To Sir, with Love; and In the Heat of the Night.

Forever Godard — October 9–15
After Jean-Luc Godard’s death just a few weeks ago, TIFF examines what his legendary work means to cinema with this trio of 35mm films from our Film Reference Library collection, including Breathless, Week-end, and Numéro deux.

New and Restored — October 13–December 1
A diverse and thrilling selection of recent restorations that have been painstakingly brought back to life. Films include Alain Resnais’ The War is Over (La guerre est finie), Sarah Maldoror’s Sambizanga, Edward Yang’s A Confucian Confusion, Lodge Kerrigan’s Keane, Pedro Costa’s O Sangue, Sara Gómez’s One Way or Another, Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Hyenas, Robin Phillips’s The Wars, Arthur Bressan’s Buddies, Jacques Rivette’s Love on the Ground, and a 35th anniversary screening of Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys.

Lost and Beautiful: New Italian Cinema — October 14–November 29
Filmmaker panel discussion – October 14
Lost and Beautiful: New Italian Cinema shines a light on four internationally celebrated contemporary Italian filmmakers — Alessandro Comodin, Michelangelo Frammartino, Pietro Marcello, and Alice Rohrwacher — who have revitalized their national cinema with uncompromising and visionary films. Frammartino and Commodin will attend in person for a panel discussing their work before their screening of Roberto Rossellini’s masterpiece Journey to Italy on October 14. Comodin will also introduce the Canadian premiere of his latest, award-winning film, The Adventures of Gigi the Law, and Frammartino will present his Festival favourite, Le Quattro Volte. In addition to numerous premieres and rarities, a free, accompanying publication Cinema According to Alessandro Comodin, Michelangelo Frammartino, Pietro Marcello, Alice Rohrwacher published by Cinecittà and Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Toronto will be available at TIFF Bell Lightbox for the duration of the series.

MDFF Selects — October 27–November 24
MDFF co-founder Kazik Radwanski will host a Q&A (virtual and in-person) with directors following their screenings.
MDFF Selects features a showcase of the world’s best, most challenging, and most provocative new international cinema. Films in this series include the folkloric film One Man Dies a Million Times, Jessica Oreck’s first narrative feature about a seed bank and the botanists who worked throughout the Siege of Leningrad during World War II, preceded by Canadian Filmmaker Carol Nguyen’s emotionally complex and meticulously composed portrait of intergenerational trauma in the TIFF 2019 Official Selection No Crying at the Dinner Table — winner of the Short Documentary Jury Award at SXSW, and selected by TIFF for Canada’s Top Ten Shorts.

Then on November 24, the Toronto Premiere of Isabella by Festival favourite Matías Piñeiro, who will be on hand to present the screening, starring longtime collaborators María Villar and Agustina Muñoz as two actors vying for the lead role in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, the director’s most structurally daring and artistically striking film to date.

Midnight Madness Presents — October 29
Virtual Q&A with filmmaker Stephanie Rothman
Since 1988, TIFF’s annual Midnight Madness programme has presented the wildest and strangest cinematic provocations from around the world. Inspiring contemporary films and feminist filmmakers, the undeniably stylish conceit of The Velvet Vampire and the playfulness of Rothman’s directorial voice will delight and dare the audience to reflect on the centuries of vampire fantasy.

Nordic Noirs — November 6–23
This retrospective traces the Nordic crime-fiction phenomenon to its roots in modern literature and the foundations of the region’s cinema itself. Each of the films in this series uses local elements to craft compelling and unique mysteries which stand with the best of the genre. Films include: Bodil Ipsen’s Melody of Murder, Baltasar Kormákur’s Jar City, Óskar Jónasson’s Reykjavik Rotterdam, Reynir Oddsson’s Story of a Murder, Morten Tyldum’s Headhunters, and Mikael Marcimain’s Call Girl.

Pure Cinematic Oxygen: The Films of Michael Roemer — November 16–25
This spotlight on the celebrated independent writer-director Michael Roemer features three of his narrative features: The Plot Against Harry, Nothing But a Man, and Vengeance is Mine — the only ones to have ever received theatrical release. Roemer suffered a disproportionate amount of bad release luck, which initially prevented his singular films from reaching audiences. The 94-year old filmmaker is finally being recognized for his astounding contributions to American independent filmmaking.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Nuit Blanche — October 1, 7pm–October 2, 7am – FREE
TIFF is proud to host Toronto-based artist Haneen Dalla-Ali’s animation and augmented reality installation Between a Rock and a Hard Place, bringing a remote, Southern Ontario landscape to downtown Toronto and showcasing it through the eyes of the immigrant. Dalla-Ali’s installation is part of Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s all-night celebration of contemporary art, which takes place from sunset on October 1 to sunrise on October 2

imagineNATIVE iNdigital Space — October 18 to 23 – FREE
The iNdigital Space is back and bigger than ever. Flowing from the TIFF Gallery into the TIFF Atrium, imagineNATIVE and TIFF are excited to share Indigenous new media with audiences! Featuring virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), video games, interactive web, audio, and more! Visit @imaginenative on socials for more information.

Sexual Politics and Storytelling, According to John Irving — October 25, 7pm
In-person talk by author John Irving
For more than 40 years, literary icon John Irving has been weaving themes of tolerance for sexual differences throughout his writing. His novels advocate for sexual minorities and reproductive rights with urgency and sincerity, while captivating readers with tragicomic turns and unforgettable characters. At this moment — with the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the US Supreme Court, and with US state legislators moving to curtail protections for 2SLGBTQ+ youth — Irving’s work has never felt more vital or timely.

Audiences are invited for a special evening as Irving reflects on the sexual politics that compel his storytelling. The author and screenwriter will launch his new novel, The Last Chairlift, look back at the Academy Award–winning film adaptation of The Cider House Rules, and speak to the parallel impulse of both works.

Viola Desmond Day — November 8–27 – FREE
Public Spaces Art — Activation in the TIFF Bell Lightbox Atrium
When Morning Comes screening — November 8

To commemorate the 76th anniversary of Viola Desmond’s historic stand against racial segregation on November 8, 1946, TIFF is presenting a special screening of Kelly Fyffe-Marshall’s debut feature that premiered at TIFF 2022, When Morning Comes, followed by a conversation about representation, authentic storytelling, and community with Black-led organizations that are at the forefront of supporting Black creators in the entertainment sector. In addition, from November 8 to November 27, TIFF is presenting free public artist activations programmed in partnership with Black Artists’ Networks in Dialogue (BAND) and Vintage Black Canada. Join us on November 8 at 6pm in the TIFF Bell Lightbox Atrium for a celebration of Black Toronto-based artists and creators. More details to be announced in the coming weeks.

TIFF Next Wave Presents: Open Screen — November 15, 6:30pm
Open Screen invites emerging filmmakers to share something on screen that they’ve created with a community of supportive peers. It can be a finished project or a work-in-progress, something they’ve screened before or something they’ve been sitting on for a while. Filmmakers will receive helpful perspectives and feedback on their work after it plays on the big screen.

His Name is Ray — November 22, 7pm – FREE
In acknowledgment of National Housing Day on November 22 and National Addictions Awareness Week (November 22–28), TIFF is screening Michael Del Monte’s documentary His Name is Ray followed by a conversation about the devastating opioid and housing crises in Toronto ― exacerbated by COVID-19 ― and the vital role of harm-reduction approaches in reducing the negative consequences associated with drug use.

Loved It: Elamin Abdelmahmoud on Moneyball — November 30, 7pm
Pop culture critic and podcaster supreme Elamin Abdelmahmoud revisits Moneyball, a baseball movie with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill that is not totally about baseball. Featuring Aaron Sorkin’s signature dialogue, it is one of the most riveting and defining movies of the 2010s.

NEW RELEASES

PLAYING AT TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX

Opens September 29
Ponniyin Selvan: I, KW Talkies
Mani Ratnam | India | 2022 | 170 mins.

Vandiyathevan (Karthi), sets out to cross the Chola land to deliver a message from the Crown Prince Aditha Karikalan (Vikram). Kundavai (Trisha Krishnan) attempts to establish political peace in the land as civil war is seemingly being plotted by vassals and petty chieftains.

Opens September 30
Argentina, 1985, Amazon Studios
Santiago Mitre | Argentina, United States | 2022 | 140 mins.

Inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo, and their young legal team of unlikely heroes in their David-vs-Goliath battle in which, under constant threat, they dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to bring justice to the victims of the Military Junta.

Opens October 6
Triangle of Sadness, Elevation Pictures
Ruben Östlund | Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, Greece | 2022 | 150 mins.

Ruben Östlund’s latest Palme d’Or–winning satire explores hypocrisy, greed, and thirst for power amongst the idle rich (and the luxury-cruise industry).

Opens October 7
Dos estaciones, Cinema Guild
Juan Pablo González | Mexico | 2022 | 99 mins.

In the bucolic hills of Mexico’s Jalisco highlands, iron-willed businesswoman Maria Garcia fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory.

Opens October 14
Falcon Lake, Sphère Films
Charlotte Le Bon | Canada, France | 2022 | 100 mins.

Canadian actor Charlotte Le Bon’s directorial debut, based on Bastien Vivès’s graphic novel, is part summertime coming-of-age story and part eerie gothic.

Opens October 21
My Policeman, Amazon Studios
Michael Grandage | United Kingdom, United States of America | 2022 | 113 mins.

This tale of forbidden romance and changing social conventions follows three people — policeman Tom (Harry Styles/Linus Roache), teacher Marion (Emma Corrin/Gina McKee), and museum curator Patrick (David Dawson/Rupert Everett) — and their emotional journey spanning decades.

Opens October 28
Decision to Leave, Mongrel Media
Park Chan-wook | South Korea | 2022 | 138 mins.

A dramatic love story is the beating heart of Park Chan-wook’s mesmerizing and lavish noir masterpiece, featuring the charismatic Chinese star Tang Wei.

Opens November 18
Holy Spider, Sphère Films
Ali Abbasi | Denmark, Germany, Sweden, France | 2022 | 116 mins

In Iran’s spiritual capital, Mashhad, a dangerous and brutal cat-and-mouse-game unfolds between a serial killer and a journalist seeking justice.

RENT ON DIGITAL TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX

Available September 30
Carmen, Vortex
Valerie Buhagiar | Malta, Canada | 2022 | 87 mins.

In a small Mediterranean village in Malta, Carmen (Natascha McElhone) has looked after her brother, the local priest, for her entire life. When the Church abandons Carmen and she is mistaken for the new priest, Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.

God’s Creatures, Sphère Films
Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States | 2022 | 94 mins.

A mother (Emily Watson) tells a lie to protect her son (Paul Mescal), ripping apart their family and close-knit community in this sweepingly emotional drama.

Available October 4
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Elevation Pictures
Dean Fleischer-Camp | United States | 2021 | 90 mins.

In this heartwarming mockumentary that mixes live action and stop-motion animation, a one-inch-tall shell (gently voiced by Jenny Slate) searches for his long-lost family.

Available to rent now
Celebrating Steven Spielberg Shelf
Now that he’s shown us his origin story with The Fabelmans, digital TIFF Bell Lightbox is happy to showcase a selection of Steven Spielberg’s work over the decades.

Schindler’s List (1993)
Amistad (1997)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Announced late last year, a new membership benefit has been added to TIFF Memberships for the duration of 2022: Members now receive free access to over 200 Cinematheque screenings, which includes new essentials, classics, rarities and recent restorations. Additionally, TIFF recently introduced the TIFF Under-25 Free Pass, which offers young film lovers under the age of 25 a pass to access a range of free benefits, such as tickets to Cinematheque screenings, encouraging them to take advantage of exclusive year-round benefits and be part of a community of up-and-coming film lovers.

(Photo credit: Prime Video)

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#FIRSTLOOK: “JACK RYAN” SEASON THREE

Jack is back! The highly anticipated third season of action-packed series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, starring John Krasinski, is premiering on Prime Video on Wednesday, December 21. All eight episodes of the global hit will stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Season Three of the action-thriller series finds Jack Ryan on the run and in a race against time. Jack is wrongly implicated in a larger conspiracy and suddenly finds himself a fugitive out in the cold. Now, wanted by both the CIA and an international rogue faction that he has uncovered, Jack is forced underground, crisscrossing Europe, trying to stay alive, while preventing a massive global conflict. In addition to Krasinski, also returning for the third season are Wendell Pierce as James Greer and Michael Kelly as Mike November, and joining the cast are new series regulars Nina Hoss as Alena Kovac and Betty Gabriel as Elizabeth Wright.

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is co-produced by Amazon Studios, Paramount Television Studios, and Skydance Television and executive produced by Andrew Form, Allyson Seeger, John Krasinski, Vaun Wilmott, Brad Fuller, and Michael Bay. Additionally, Tom Clancy and Skydance Television’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Bill Bost executive produce the third season, along with Mace Neufeld and Carlton Cuse.

JACK RYAN Season Three arrives December 21, 2022 on Prime Video Canada.

(Photo/video credit: Prime Video Canada)

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW STILLS FROM “THE RECRUIT”

Noah Centineo is back in new Series THE RECRUIT, new Spy Thriller Series produced by Doug Liman.

About THE RECRUIT:
THE RECRUIT centers around Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo), a young CIA lawyer whose first week on the job turns upside down when he discovers a threatening letter by former asset Max Meladze (Laura Haddock), who plans to expose the agency unless they exonerate her of a serious crime. Owen quickly becomes entangled in a dangerous and often absurd world of power politics and mischievous players, as he travels the world in hopes of completing his assignment and making a mark at the CIA.

The series is executive produced by Centineo, Doug Liman, Gene Klein, David Bartis and Adam Ciralsky and Alexi Hawley who also serves as Creator and Showrunner. The series also stars Fivel Stewart, Vondie Curtis Hall, Kristian Bruun, Aarti Mann, Colton Dunn and Daniel Quincy Annoh.

Series Credits:
Format: Drama; 8 x 1-hour episodes
Cast / Characters: Noah Centineo, Laura Haddock, Aarti Mann, Colton Dunn, Fivel Stewart, Daniel Quincy Annoh, Kristian Bruun, Vondie Curtis Hall, Byron Mann, Angel Parker, Kaylah Zander
Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer: Alexi Hawley
Executive Producers: Noah Centineo, Doug Liman, Gene Klein and David Bartis on behalf of Hypnotic, Adam Ciralsky and Charlie Ebersol
Production Company: eOne
Directors: Doug Liman (101- 102), Alex Kalymnios (103-104), Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr. (105-106), Julian Holmes (107-108)
Writers: Alexi Hawley (101-103, 108), George Ghanem (103), Amelia Roper (104), Hadi Deeb (105), Niceole Levy (106), Maya Goldsmith (107)
Filmed in: Los Angeles, California, United States; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Vienna, Austria

THE RECRUIT arrives December 16, 2022 on Netflix.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

#FIRSTLOOK: SHOCKTOBER RETURNS TO HOLLYWOOD SUITE

Hollywood Suite is thrilled to announce their 2022 Shocktober programming, including the premiere of the Hollywood Suite original production Cinema A to Z: Monsters on October 16, 2022, and the next two episodes in their rollout of the Blumhouse Into The Dark anthology on October 31, titled Uncanny Annie and The Body. Viewers can also stream 100 Halloween favourites on Hollywood Suite On Demand starting October 1, 2022.

From Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) to Zuul (Ghostbusters), Cinema A to Z: Monsters entertainingly explores why we are collectively attracted to monsters on film through interviews with film experts and fans. Horror lovers can catch a sneak peek of the docuseries in person at a special FREE screening of Ridley Scott’s Legend (1985) on October 12 at the Revue Cinema in Toronto. Hosted by Hollywood Suite’s very own cinematic encyclopedia Cam Maitland, the fun begins at 7pm ET. Tickets are available on the Revue Cinema’swebsite.

In the Into the Dark installment The Body, a cynical hitman struggles to transport a dead body on Halloween night while everyone assumes it is his killer costume. Also taking place on October 31, Into the Dark: Uncanny Annie follows a group of college students who get trapped in a mysterious board game that brings their darkest secrets and fears to life.

Additional Shocktober premieres include The Tingler (1959), Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (1971), He Knows You’re Alone (1980), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Clue (1985), April Fool’s Day (1986), The People Under The Stairs (1991), Dead Again (1991), Fear (1996), Hellboy (2004), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Ghost Rider (2007), and The Babadook (2012).

A full list of Shocktober selections available on Hollywood Suite On Demand this October:

Anaconda (1997)

Another Wolfcop (2017)

The Babadook (2012)

Backcountry (2014)

Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Blob (1958)

The Blob (1988)

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Bride of Chucky (1998

The Cabin In The Woods (2012)

Carrie (1976)

Cinema A to Z: Monsters (2022)

Clue (1985)

The Conspiracy (2011)

The Corruption of Divine Providence (2021)

The Craft (1996)

Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)

Creepshow (1982)

Cujo (1983)

Don’t Breathe (2016)

Eaten Alive (1976)

Eyes Without A Face (1960)

The Faculty (1998)

Faking A Murderer (2020)

Flee The Light (2021)

Friday The 13th (1980)

From Beyond (1986)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

The Funhouse (1981)

Ghost Rider (2007)

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

The Haunting (1963)

He Knows You’re Alone (1980)

Hellboy (2004)

House (1977)

In The Mouth Of Madness (1994)

Insidious (2010)

Into the Dark: All That We Destroy (2018)

Into the Dark: Blood Moon (2019)

Into The Dark: Crawlers (2019)

Into the Dark: Culture Shock (2018)

Into the Dark: Delivered (2019)

Into the Dark: Down (2018)

Into the Dark: Good Boy (2019)

Into the Dark: I’m Just F*cking with You (2018)

Into the Dark: My Valentine (2019)

Into the Dark: Pooka! (2018)

Into the Dark: Pure (2018)

Into the Dark: School Spirit (2018)

Into the Dark: Tentacles (2019)

Into the Dark: The Body (2018)

Into the Dark: The Current Occupant (2019)

Into the Dark: They Come Knocking (2018)

Into The Dark: Treehouse (2018)

Into the Dark: Uncanny Annie (2019)

Jacob’s Ladder (1990)

King Kong (1976)

Let The Right One In (2008)

Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (1971)

The Lost Boys(1987)

The Medusa Touch(1978)

Mother! (2017)

Murder By Death (1976)

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

Pet Sematary (1989)

Pet Sematary II (1992)

Piranha 3D (2010)

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

Practical Magic (1998)

Raising the Dead – Monochrome Edition (2020)

Raising the Dead: Re-Examining Night of the Living Dead (2020)

The Scarehouse (2014)

Scary Movie (2000)

Scary Movie 2 (2001)

Scream (1996)

Scream 2 (1997)

Scream 3 (2000)

Scream 4 (2011)

See No Evil (1971)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

The Shining (1980)

Slasher: Flesh and Blood (2021)

So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Strait-Jacket (1964)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

They Live (1988)

The Thing (1982)

The Tingler (1959)

Vampire’s Kiss (1989)

Vibes (1988)

The Void (2016)

Wait Till Helen Comes (2016)

The Warriors (1979)

What We Do In The Shadows (2014)

When A Stranger Calls (1979)

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Wolf (1994)

#FIRSTLOOK: “BLING EMPIRE” SEASON 3

The third season of our favourite Reality Show ever, is coming back real soon! Netflix‘s BLING EMPIRE delves a bit deeper into the complex friendships we love so much in the Series and while we get a tad less opulence here, this season really explores themes of healing, repair of friendships and closure.

Business is going well for Kane and his real estate ventures. One small spoiler: he brings Selling Sunset‘s Chrishell Stause over to a Hot Pot gathering this season! He also gets hired by Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty for a campaign, which really makes Kevin jealous, especially when he’s been struggling of late getting work as an aging model and really has to find ways to make some money. Their friendship has been on-the-rocks and we wonder if they will patch things up at all. We won’t give too much away, Kevin’s really down on his luck in every way, including love. This season continues to explore his and Kim‘s failed-to-launch relationship. It’s clear he still has feelings for her, whereas she’s not into it. But how crazy is it that she’s seeing a Healer who Kevin happens to start dating? She’s fully aware what she’s doing to him, but also knows he isn’t what she wants and that’s interesting. Kelly‘s introduced to a someone new by Kane and everything’s going well but her controlling ex-boyfriend Andrew resurfaces thanks to lapse in judgment by Queen Bee Anna, whom we hardly get enough of in this season. We do see her make right with Kim after a rocky past. And of course, who doesn’t love Kim? And we really see her archnemesis Christine on her Dancing with the Stars journey, and really getting into it with Kane and Jaime – which is what we signed-up for! She is still upset at them for stirring some trouble up last season between her and Anna. Also, where is Deborah? Remember Deborah who put Kane is his place Season Two??

Though this third season doesn’t quite have the same level of energy and fun as its prior seasons, it really lends itself to cleaning-up some of the messes that were made, especially in the second season. We miss some of the togetherness and the gatherings that brought everyone in the Cast out, in itself creating drama. Plus also those genuinely vulnerable moments in the adventures we went on. We still were so affected by Kim‘s search of her biological father and hope we get that level of emotion and truth again. We love the intimate conversations among the Cast, some who just simply don’t get along, but still have to be around each other in their circle.

So happy we didn’t have to wait too long for this new set of ten episodes. We’re still hopeful for a Cherie reunion especially after news of her getting married to Jessey finally. We do miss her lots! BLING EMPIRE Season Three arrives October 5, 2022 on Netflix.

#FIRSTLOOK: “SEX WITH SUE” TRAILER

She taught us everything we know! It’s about damn time Dr. Sue got her own Documentary!

Synopsis:

The feature-length documentary explores the prolific and decades-long career of world-renowned sex educator Sue Johanson. From the health room of a public school in Toronto to the late night stages of David Letterman and Conan O’Brien, Sue never shied away from her brand of “in-your-face” sex talk. Through the HIV/AIDS epidemic, facing o with anti-abortion activists and inadequate school curriculums, Sue was on the front lines, empowering her listeners with judgement-free guidance. Set in today’s sexually oversaturated world, where a rise in conservative politics threatens sexual education and rights, there has never been a more relevant time for audiences to learn the deeper story of Sue Johanson – and how necessary it is to carry on her legacy, even today. Follow W Network on Social for all the most up to date info on our new shows and movies!

Sex with Sue Premieres Monday October 10, 2022 at 9pm E/P Exclusively on W Network in Canada.

(Photo/video credit: W Network)

#FIRSTLOOK: FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF “NETFLIX IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD”

Today, September 27, 2022, marks the one year anniversary of NETFLIX IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, which was launched last year on World Tourism Day. Created by Netflix, the site gives fans both local and from around the world the opportunity to find and explore some of the Canadian filming locations for many of Netflix’s most popular films and series. As of today the site has been updated with new films and series including those filmed in Vancouver, Toronto, Vancouver Island, Surrey, Burnaby, Langley, Mahone Bay, Oakville and more. New titles added to Netflix in Your Neighbourhood are:

• Keep Breathing – This survival thriller limited series, executive produced by Canadian co-showrunners and writers Brendan Gall and Martin Gerro, was shot around BC including, Mission, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Vancouver Island and Vancouver
• Wedding Season – This romantic comedy was shot in Caledon and Toronto including Little India
• Virgin River – New locations have been added for this popular BC shot series including Vancouver, Burnaby and Langley
• Locke & Key – The final season of this series starring Canada’s own Connor Jessup was shot across Ontario and Nova Scotia including Woodstock, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Hamilton Ontario and Mahone Bay in Nova Scotia.
• Devil in Ohio – This limited series was shot around BC including Surrey, Langley and Delta. Some filming location highlights include Deas Island Regional Park, and The Telegraph Trail.
• 13th The Musical – Based on the hugely popular musical 13, this film adaptation was filmed in Ontario including Beeton, King City, Oakville and Toronto.

Visitors to Netflix In Your Neighbourhood can search by film or series title, or by province to discover the real life businesses and tourist destinations that are featured in their favourite Netflix productions.

Netflix filming productions stretch from Sooke, British Columbia to St. John’s, Newfoundland and benefit Canadian communities by creating jobs and investments in local businesses while also creating a desire among Netflix members to visit Canada and learn more about our cities, food, wilderness and culture.

#FIRSTLOOK: DWAYNE JOHNSON TO ATTEND EXCLUSIVE “BLACK ADAM ROCKS CANADA” FAN EVENT

Warner Bros. Pictures Canada has unveiled today additional details about global superstar Dwayne Johnson’s visit to Toronto to celebrate the theatrical release of BLACK ADAM this October.

On October 13, 2022, Johnson will attend ‘BLACK ADAM Rocks Canada’, an exclusive fan event at Cineplex’s The Rec Room in downtown Toronto. The event – which is presented by Audi Canada, Cineplex, and Rogers Sports & Media – will see more than 900 fans enjoy world-exclusive photo opportunities, complimentary food, and a special advance screening. Fans in attendance will also have the chance to win thousands in exclusive prizing including:

-A trip to Los Angeles for a winner and guest (includes airfare, hotel, and tickets to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood) – courtesy of IMAX®
-Annual CineClub Memberships – courtesy of Cineplex
-An evening at the Shangri-La Hotel in Toronto, including complimentary breakfast and afternoon tea for two
-Lower-bowl tickets to a professional hockey game in Toronto
-Lower-bowl tickets to a professional basketball game in Toronto
-An evening at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, including complimentary cocktails
-BLACK ADAM Under Armor prize packs
-McFarlane Toys prize packs
-Pre-paid credit cards

BLACK ADAM Rocks Canada will be hosted by Mark Strong (Strizzzy) and fans will also enjoy a DJ set from Recording Artist, Producer and the Official DJ of the Toronto Raptors, 4Korners. All attendees will receive exclusive BLACK ADAM swag to showcase their excitement.

Following the event, attendees will March to the Movie, led by Rhythm Works, from Cineplex’s The Rec Room to Cineplex’s Scotiabank Theatre Toronto where they will become among the first in Canada to watch BLACK ADAM, before its theatrical release on October 21.

There are a number of ways for fans to win their way into this exclusive event, details are below:

Beginning September 27, Rogers Sports & Media will offer coast-to-coast viewers of Breakfast Television, and listeners of SONiC (British Columbia), KISS 91.7 (Edmonton), and KISS 105.3 (Ottawa) the chance to win a trip to the event, including airfare and hotel accommodations. KISS 92.5 (Toronto), 100.5 (North Bay), and 102.7 (Kingston) will offer listeners in Ontario the chance to win to tickets to the event.

On a weekly basis, @WarnerBrosCA will surprise and delight select social followers with tickets to the event

@FANEXPOCanada will be giving away tickets on their social media

Cineplex will surprise and delight select CineClub members with tickets to the event

A wide range of local partners in Toronto will be hosting giveaways on their social media pages, including but not limited to: Dead Dog Records, Gotham Central Comics, Club Enhergy, Hairy Tarantula, Kops Records, Manic Coffee, See-Scape, Silver Snail, Storm Crow Manor, The Dock Ellis, The Grand Order of Divine Sweets.