Those of us in Canada will be thrilled! While some of us have been able to see it already at the Drive-In, most of us waiting for theatre access to open again, haven’t quite had the chance to see A QUIET PLACE II. Great news, it arrives next month on Amazon Prime Video!

Synopsis:

The highly-anticipated thriller, A Quiet Place II premieres July 13, 2021. Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path. Cast includes Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou, Millicent Simmond, and Noah Jupe.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures)

Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to #win a Premium Video-on-Demand rental of SPIRIT UNTAMED.

Synopsis:

An epic adventure about a headstrong girl longing for a place to belong who discovers a kindred spirit when her life intersects with a wild horse, Spirit Untamed is the next chapter in the beloved story from DreamWorks Animation. 

Lucky Prescott (Isabela Merced, Dora and the Lost City of Gold) never really knew her late mother, Milagro Navarro (Eiza González, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw), a fearless horse-riding stunt performer from Miradero, a small town on the edge of the wide-open frontier. 

Like her mother, Lucky isn’t exactly a fan of rules and restrictions, which has caused her Aunt Cora (Academy Award® winner Julianne Moore) no small amount of worry. Lucky has grown up in an East Coast city under Cora’s watchful eye, but when Lucky presses her own luck with one too many risky escapades, Cora picks up stakes and moves them both back with Lucky’s father, Jim (Oscar® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal), in Miradero.

Lucky is decidedly unimpressed with the sleepy little town. She has a change of heart when she meets Spirit, a wild Mustang who shares her independent streak, and befriends two local horseback riders, Abigail Stone (Mckenna Grace, Captain Marvel) and Pru Granger (Marsai Martin, Little). Pru’s father, stable owner Al Granger (Emmy winner Andre Braugher, Fox’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine), is the best friend of Lucky’s father. 

When a heartless horse wrangler (Emmy nominee Walton Goggins, FX’s Justified) and his team plan to capture Spirit and his herd and auction them off to a life of captivity and hard labor, Lucky enlists her new friends and bravely embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to rescue the horse who has given her freedom and a sense of purpose, and has helped Lucky discover a connection to her mother’s legacy and to her Mexican heritage that she never expected. 

Spirit Untamed is the next chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s beloved franchise that began with the 2002 Oscar-nominated film Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron and includes an Emmy-winning TV series. The film is directed by Elaine Bogan (Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television’s Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia) and is produced by Karen Foster (co-producer, How to Train Your Dragon). The film’s co-director is Ennio Torresan (head of story, The Boss Baby), and the film’s score is by composer Amie Doherty (Amazon’s Undone, DreamWorks Animation’s Marooned).

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SPIRIT UNTAMED is available via Premium Video-on-Demand June 25, 2021.

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Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to #win a Voucher to see THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS in theatres, where available!

Synopsis:

The Boss is back, baby! Dreamworks Animation presents the comedy event of the summer! Alex Baldwin, Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Greenblatt, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Eva Longoria, James Marsden AND Amy Sedaris in THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS. 

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THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS is in theatres July 2, 2021.

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Enter for your chance to see SUMMER OF SOUL before it opens!

In 1969, one of the most important moments in music history was filmed but never seen… until now. 🎵

A powerful and transporting Documentary — part music film, part historical record — the feature includes never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension and more. 

Now’s your chance to win a pair of passes to the advanced screening of Summer of Soul in Montreal on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at the Cinema du Parc!

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SUMMER OF SOUL is in theatres and on #DisneyPlusStar July 2, 2021.

(Photo/video credit: Searchlight Pictures)

Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key star in upcoming Musical Comedy Series, SCHMIGADOON! Here’s a first look.

Synopsis:

A parody of iconic Golden Age musicals, “Schmigadoon!” stars Strong and Key as a couple on a backpacking trip designed to reinvigorate their relationship who discover a magical town living in a 1940s musical. They then learn that they can’t leave until they find “true love.” The six-episode season also stars Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit, Dove Cameron, Ariana DeBose, Fred Armisen, Jaime Camil, Jane Krakowski and Ann Harada. Martin Short guest stars. 

SCHMIGADOON! arrives July 16, 2021 on Apple TV+.

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Ed Sheeran is back and we’re loving this comeback single BAD HABITS and he’s definitely channeling JOKER in this stylish clip directed by Dave Meyers (Harry Styles – “Adore You”, Ariana Grande – “Positions”). Sheeran goes darker on this single and we are loving this new era already!

Download or stream the track here.

Enjoy!

(Photo/video credit: Warner Music)

We’ve waited so long for it! We proudly present the Trailer for Marvel‘s SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS!

Synopsis:

Marvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, who must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. The film also stars Tony Leung as Wenwu, Awkwafina as Shang-Chi’s friend Katy and Michelle Yeoh as Jiang Nan, as well as Fala Chen, Meng’er Zhang, Florian Munteanu and Ronny Chieng. 

“Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and produced by Kevin Feige and Jonathan Schwartz, with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and Charles Newirth serving as executive producers. David Callaham & Destin Daniel Cretton & Andrew Lanham wrote the screenplay for the film.

Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is in theatres on September 3, 2021.

(Photo/video credit: Marvel Studios)

NEMESIS takes us into the underworld of British Gangsters. Check-out the Trailer for this upcoming release starring Frank Conway and John Morgan.

Synopsis:

An Underworld kingpin – John Morgan – returns to London reigniting a feud with vengeful cop Frank Conway who is obsessed with bringing Morgan down and setting in motion a power play with his brother. The Morgan family gather in John‘s apartment to meet their daughter’s new girlfriend Zoe who is not what she seems and her arrival triggers a deadly game of cat and mouse ending in revenge and murder, as the family are trapped in their own home by a gang of armed intruders.

Vortex Media release NEMESIS on Digital and On-Demand July 30, 2021.

(Photo/video credit: Vortex Media)

This one’s for you fans of STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH! Here is brand-new mid-season Sneak Peek for you!

Synopsis:

“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in “The Clone Wars”) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War.

New Episodes of Original Animated Series from Lucasfilm stream Fridays Exclusively on Disney+.

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The 8th annual Future of Film Showcase Festival takes place July 9-22, 2021. FOFS is a short film festival featuring 12 works from Canada’s most promising new voices aged 40 and younger. Once again this year, the Festival will remain fully virtual and available to stream for free on CBC Gem.

Complete line-up:

Aries (2020)
Directed by Elian Mikkola
Language: Silent
Runtime 3:20m
A single window frame; a portal. As the circular nature of time begins to reveal itself, a new decade begins.

Faraway (2020)
Directed by Aziz Zoromba
Language: French, English and Arabic w/ French and English subtitles
Runtime: 17:53m
After being estranged from his family for his homosexuality, we observe a young Arab man over four seasons and from far away as he navigates his solitude – all the while attempting to reconnect with his mother.

Flower Boy (2019)
Directed by Anya Chirkova
Language: English
Runtime: 16:25m
As August creeps in, Nav forms an intimate bond with an audacious painter and a middle-aged laser tag owner. Just as he begins to find himself, summer inescapably comes to an end.

Kajanaqtuq (2020)
Directed by Ella Morton
Language: English
Runtime: 10:39m
Inuk elder Naulaq LeDrew reflects on her home in Nunavut, Canada.

My Head Aches When I Look Too Long (2020)
Directed by Callahan Bracken
Language: English
Runtime: 3:18m
Through a patchwork of digital and traditional animation techniques, My Head Aches When I Look Too Long follows a teenage boy as he confronts the implications of modern technology on his queerness.

Parlour Palm (2020)
Directed by Rebeccah Love
Language: English
Runtime: 24:37m
An overworked lawyer attempts to care for his partner while she descends into a climate-change-anxiety fuelled manic episode.

Sophie and Jacob (2021)
Directed by Max Shoham
Language: English
Runtime: 8:48m
Inspired by the true story of family, and finding home, no matter the circumstance. Sometimes home cannot be a place, and becomes simply a memory, a mindset.

Sunken Cave and a Migrating Bird (2020)
Directed by by Qiuli Wu
Language: Chinese with English subtitles
Runtime: 10:31m
Between a dilapidated building and a zoo, humans and animals are trapped. Out of boredom, two siblings decide to steal a fish from the artificial lake. Wandering about, they gradually realize their surroundings seem to echo mysteriously with the past of the land……

This is a Period Piece (2020)
Directed by Bruna Arbex
Language: English
Runtime: 14:26m
The short film tells the story of Riley, a 13 year old tomboy that confronts her fears of becoming a woman at the night she gets her period for the first time.

tulips are my father’s favourite flower (2019)
Directed by Nisha Platzer
Language: English
Runtime: 3:03m
This prosaic title serves as a jumping off point for the viewer to reflect on personal associations that arise from the abstract aesthetic of the work. Tulips… is shot on 16mm, hand processed, contact printed, tinted, and toned. Soundtrack by Apollo.

Wash Day (2020)
Directed by Kourtney Jackson
Language: English
Runtime: 9:52m
As they get ready for the day, three young Black women discuss the public perception of their Blackness in relation to their cultivation of a strong sense of self. Wash Day is an intimate exploration into how private, domestic acts such as washing your hair or putting on makeup
become a significant re-acquaintance with the body, before and after navigating the politics of one’s outwardly appearance.

Learn more about FOFS here.

(Photo/video credit: FOFS)