The Internet is something we cannot live without, but has our obsession now led to feelings of dread against it? Filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores what is known as a “Techlash” in his latest Documentary, airing on CBC DOCS POV, THE INTERNET OF EVERYTHING.

Synopsis:
The Internet of Everything directed by award-winning filmmaker Brett Gaylor (Rip! A Remix Manifesto, Do Not Track) is a documentary that examines the hype and hubris hurtling towards the next frontier in the Internet’s evolution. Using the never-ending list of devices we are told we want, the film provides a landscape for a broader discussion about whether the Internet has indeed been a democratizing force or, instead, a fertile ground for the formation of new empires.

Kristina is developing a device that transmits fertility data to the cloud from inside a woman’s private parts; Nellie Bowles, a journalist for the New York Times, introduces a survivor of domestic abuse who was terrorized by her partner’s “smart home.” China’s smart city vision reward citizens for behaviour conforming to social norms, as well as Alphabet’s vision for a corporate neighbourhood built “from the Internet up.” In Barcelona, we grasp a new potential for the Internet to allow for the copying of physical goods, turning the material world of atoms into digital bits that can be transmitted at zero cost anywhere on earth.

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THE INTERNET OF EVERYTHING airs Sunday, March 22, 2020 on CBC DOCS POV 9:00 PM EST. It will also stream on CBC GEM.

(Photo/video credit: CBC)

Produced by Mindy Kaling, NEVER HAVE I EVER stars Toronto’s own Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and here’s your first look!

Synopsis:

Never Have I Ever is a new coming-of-age comedy about the complicated life of a modern-day first-generation Indian American teenage girl. The series stars newcomer, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi, an overachieving high school sophomore who has a short fuse that gets her into difficult situations. Never Have I Ever is created by executive producer Mindy Kaling, with Lang Fisher serving as executive producer, showrunner and writer.

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Cadbury Mini Egg-Chocolate Chip Cookies. Making the most of this Isolation! Covid-19 will NOT cancel Easter spirit! These definitely can be made year-round. Mini Eggs aren’t going anywhere! 🐰

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup organic granulated cane sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup softened butter
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon hot water
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup crushed Mini Eggs
1/4 cup chocolate chips

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Cream sugar and butter together. Add in egg. Then add in salt and vanilla extract. Dissolve baking soda into water, mix into creamed butter mixture. Mix in flour, Mini Eggs and chocolate chips till dispersed evenly. Grease baking sheet. Roll dough into 12 balls and space about 2 inches apart.

Bake 12 minutes. Remove from oven. Let cool on sheet for 30 minutes.

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Covid-19 fears could not stop ONWARD from claiming the top spot at the Box Office a second week. The Disney/Pixar Feature is #1 this weekend with $16 million, bringing it to $65 million in its second week domestically. This looks to be the start of a slow period at the Movies as the public is being encouraged to socially distance themselves and go into isolation amidst these challenging times.

Debuting in second is I STILL BELIEVE starring K.J. Apa and Britt Robertson. The Romance is based on a true story opens with $10.9 million from 2,600 theatres for Lionsgate Films/Mongrel Media. It gets 42% on the Tomatometer and an A Cinemascore.

BLOODSHOT opens in third with $9.3 million from 2,631 theatres for Sony Pictures. The Vin Diesel-led Action film earns 31% on the Tomatometer and gets a B CinemaScore.

THE INVISIBLE MAN lands in fourth with $6.2 million for Universal Pictures, a three week tally of $64.6 million.

THE HUNT after multiple delays finally sees a release and opens in fifth with $5.7 million from 2,200 theatres for Universal Pictures. The Satire gets 54% on the Tomatometer and a C+ CinemaScore.

This looks amazing! What is touted as Disney and Pixar‘s early Awards Season contender, take a look at this new Trailer for SOUL.

Synopsis:
Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before – a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human experience. As Joe desperately tries to show 22 what’s great about living, he may just discover the answers to some of life’s most important questions.

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SOUL is in theatres Friday, June 18, 2020.

(Photo/video credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada)

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win a copy of Academy Award-winning 1917 on Blu-ray!

Synopsis:
Sam Mendes, the Oscar®-winning director of Skyfall, Spectre and American Beauty, brings his singular vision to his World War I epic, 1917.

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake’s own brother among them.

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1917 is in stores Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)

Butter Toffee-Peanut Butter Cookies. Would you bake eight giant ones or a dozen smaller ones?

Ingredients:

1 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup soft unsalted butter
1/2 cup organic granulated cane sugar
1 egg
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup toffee peanuts
1/4 cup organic granulated cane sugar to roll to cookie balls in

Instructions:
1. Mix dry ingredients together in one bowl.
2. Cream wet ingredients together till smooth in another bowl.
3. Combine dry and wet mixtures and form dough into a ball. Add in Toffee Peanuts.
4. Chill in freezer for about 20 minutes.

5. Set oven to 350°F. Line with parchment paper.
6. Roll dough into balls and dip in reserved cane sugar.
7. Do a criss-cross pattern with fork gently to flatten cookies. If cookies split, guide them back to shape gently with fork.
8. Bake about 1-2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined cookie sheet, for 12 minutes.
9. Watch for cookies splitting during baking. Be careful and guide them back to shape gently with fork if need be.
10. Allow cookies to cool on sheet for about 20 minutes before removing with spatula. Makes eight giant cookies or a dozen average-sized cookies.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)

It’s upward for ONWARD which debuts on-top in its opening with $40 million from 4,310 theatres for Disney.  It earns 86% on the Tomatometer and an A- CinemaScore.

In second is last week’s champ, THE INVISIBLE MAN, with $14 million for Universal Pictures. It grosses $51.5 million into its second week.

THE WAY BACK earns $8.3 million from 2,718 theatres in its debut for Warner Bros., garnering a 87% score on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore.

EMMA. lands in sixth with $5.7 million from 1,565 theatres for Focus Features/Universal Pictures, a total $7.6 grossed to date.

1917 rounds-out the Top Ten with $1.7 million for Universal Pictures.

TROLLS WORLD TOUR boasts a star-studded Cast! Check-out this adorable new Trailer!

Synopsis:
A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), aided by her father King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie (James Corden), Chenille (Caroline Hjelt), Satin (Aino Jawo), Cooper (Ron Funches) and Guy Diamond (Kunal Nayyar) — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all.

Cast as members of the different musical tribes is one of the largest, and most acclaimed, groups of musical talent ever assembled for an animated film. From the land of Funk are Mary J. Blige, George Clinton and Anderson .Paak. Representing Country is Kelly Clarkson as Delta Dawn, with Sam Rockwell as Hickory and Flula Borg as Dickory. J Balvin brings Reggaeton, while Ester Dean adds to the Pop tribe. Anthony Ramos brings the beat in Techno and Jamie Dornan covers smooth jazz. World-renowned conductor and violinist Gustavo Dudamel appears as Trollzart and Charlyne Yi as Pennywhistle from the land of Classical. And Kenan Thompson raps as a newborn Troll named Tiny Diamond.

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Universal Pictures Canada release TROLLS WORLD TOUR Friday, April 10, 2020.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)

To get us excited about for upcoming release of Disney’s MULAN, here is Christina Aguilera with a new contribution to the Soundtrack, LOYAL BRAVE TRUE. She also has re-recorded REFLECTION for the live-action Feature.

Synopsis:
Acclaimed filmmaker Niki Caro brings the epic tale of China’s legendary warrior to life in Disney’s “Mulan,” in which a fearless young woman risks everything out of love for her family and her country to become one of the greatest warriors China has ever known. When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father.

“Mulan” features a celebrated international cast that includes: Yifei Liu as Mulan; Donnie Yen as Commander Tung; Tzi Ma as Zhou, Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan; Yoson An as Honghui; Ron Yuan as Sergeant Qiang; with Gong Li as Xianniang and Jet Li as the Emperor.

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Disney’s MULAN is in theatres Friday, March 27, 2020.

(Photo/video credit: Disney)