BLACK PANTHER reigns a third straight week at the Box Office with $62 million from 4,084 theatres for Marvel/Disney. It is just shy of the $500-million-mark in its third week out in North America.

RED SPARROW flies in its debut with $17.4 million from 3,056 theatres for 20th Century Fox. The Spy-Action-Thriller starring Jennifer Lawrence, gets 51% on the Tomatometer from Critics and a B CinemaScore.

DEATH WISH lands in third with $12 million from 3,847 theatres for eOne Films/MGM. It gets a 14% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore.

GAME NIGHT is in fourth with $10.2 million for Warner Bros., a total $33 million earned over two weeks.

PETER RABBIT continues to perform solidly in fifth with $9.1 million from 3,607 theatres for Sony Pictures. It has made $82 million over four weeks domestically.

ANNIHILATION is in sixth with $5.4 million, a total $20.4 million for Paramount Pictures over two weeks.

EVERY DAY rounds-out the Top Ten with $1.5 million from 1,669 theatres for Open Road Films/Elevation Pictures, a two week tally of $5.2 million.

Hailing from Arcadia, California, David Tao would find huge success in Asia in his late 20s as a Producer, Singer and Songwriter. Having won various accolades including the Taiwanese likeness of the Grammys, the Golden Melody Awards in which he was awarded Best New Artist, Best Producer, Best Song, Best Album and Best Mandarin Male Artist.

While he has taken a break from the spotlight for quite some time, he brought his I Love You Live! Tour to North America including stops in Las Vegas, Toronto and Vancouver.  He played Toronto’s Sony Centre for the Performing Arts to a full crowd performing his hits spanning the past 20 years ranging from material from his eponymous debut in 1997 to current single Mars Baby. Known best for fusing authentic Rock and R&B into the Mandopop scene, Tao to this day is regarded highly as a sought-after Producer.

Tao lit-up the stage with an uplifting charisma that had fans running to the edge of the stage for Selfies. One couple even got engaged at the Show, with Tao officiating!

We had the pleasure of meeting Tao whom we consider a huge idol, bringing us closer to our heritage growing-up and he was everything we imagined. Down-to-earth, friendly and approachable.

See some Snaps from the Show:

See him perform one of his biggest hits, I Love You (愛,很簡單) in his Encore:

More about Tao on his official Facebook Page here.

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This looks like pure gold! How could you go wrong with a Cast and Plot this amazing?

Synopsis:
Diane (Diane Keaton) is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage. Vivian (Jane Fonda) enjoys her men with no strings attached. Sharon (Candice Bergen) is still working through a decades-old divorce. Carol’s (Mary Steenburgen) marriage is in a slump after 35 years.

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Paramount Pictures Canada release BOOK CLUB Friday, May 18, 2018.

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If you enjoyed Netflix’s The Babysitter, you’ll have a second chance to see 15-year-old breakout star Judah Lewis in their upcoming Holiday Film, potentially-named Christmas Chronicles. The Film sees a pair of brothers planning to capture video of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve to prove he is real.

Starring alongside Kimberly Williams-Paisley (Nashville), Darby Camp (Big Little Lies) and screen legend Kurt Russell who has been seen on-set sporting a disheveled Santa look, Lewis was spotted in the Beaches filming with his Co-Stars earlier. The Film’s Santa sleigh decked-out in leather seats with a reindeer bonnet emblem was the talk of the neighbourhood!

Produced by Christopher Columbus (Home Alone) and directed by Clay Katis (The Angry Birds Movie), the Film originally was titled 12/24 and it wraps end of March. It is set to stream on Netflix in time for the Holidays in 2018.

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You know well our love of Horse Racing and that bond with horses. We have been curious about LEAN ON PETE since TIFF ’17 and now comes a Canadian release date and Trailer!

Synopsis:
Based on Willy Vlautin‘s award-winning novel, LEAN ON PETE tells the story of a homeless teen in Oregon whose best friend is a failing racehorse sets off on a difficult journey to find his only known relative, who once lived 1,000 miles away in Wyoming. Charlie Plummer and Chloë Sevigny star.

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Elevation Pictures release LEAN ON PETE Friday, April 13, 2018 in Toronto, additional cities to come.

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Yet another reason to sign-up for Amazon Prime! As of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel wasn’t reason enough! Check-out the Trailer for gripping THE LOOMING TOWER, set to premiere on the streaming service next month.

Synopsis:
Tracing the rising threat of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, The Looming Tower takes a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq. Premiering on Prime Video in Canada on March 1, 2018.

The Looming Tower stars Jeff Daniels (John O’Neill), Tahar Rahim (Ali Soufan), Wrenn Schmidt (Diane Marsh), Bill Camp (Robert Chesney), Louis Cancelmi (Vince Stuart), Virginia Kull (Kathy Shaughnessy), Ella Rae Peck (Heather), Sullivan Jones (Floyd Bennet) with Michael Stuhlbarg (Richard Clarke) and Peter Sarsgaard (Martin Schmidt). The Series is executive produced by Daniel Futterman (showrunner), Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright, Craig Zisk, and Adam Rapp (brother of Anthony).

Season Two of SNEAKY PETE (Marin Ireland, Giovanni Ribisi) premieres on the Service March 9, 2018.

Amazon Prime Video’s first ever-unscripted India Prime Original Series, THE REMIX is a music competition show where DJs and singers pair up to remix songs, giving their own flavor to popular Bollywood hits. The first two episodes stream March 9, 2018.

All six episodes of THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS, based on the Book of the same name and produced by Bryan Cranston, stream on March 30, 2018.

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Paramount Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Advance Passes to see SHERLOCK GNOMES in DIGITAL 3D in Toronto + Montreal as follows:

Toronto: Thursday, March 22nd, Cineplex Cinemas Yonge Dundas & VIP, Time: 6:30pm

Montreal (English): Thursday, March 22nd, Cineplex Starcite Montreal, Time: 6:30pm

Passes will be awarded in packs of four.

Synopsis:
Gnomeo (voiced by James McAvoy) and Juliet (voiced by Emily Blunt) recruit legendary detective Sherlock Gnomes (voiced by Johnny Depp) to investigate the disappearances of several garden gnomes.

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Paramount Pictures Canada release SHERLOCK GNOMES Friday, March 23, 2018.

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What a treat it was we got to see this young man! Nine-year-old Actor Deric McCabe is in Toronto in support of Disney’s A WRINKLE IN TIME! We’re sure many of you like us are excited for the Film Adaptation directed by Ava DuVernay and starring Oprah Winfrey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling, plus breakout star Storm Reid. The Fantasy Film has Montana-born McCabe starring as Charles Wallace, younger brother of the Film’s central character, played by Reid.

McCabe arrived in Toronto yesterday and was in awe in his Instagram story about the cool swag he received upon arrival and course the TV embedded in his bathroom mirror!

We met quickly the little guy who is big on swag at Breakfast Television where he was interviewed by Dina Pugliese. What a pro!

See our Snap. OMG. We are even on his Instagram story! Navigate slideshow by hovering cursor left and right.

#DericMcCabe stars in #AWrinkleinTime! This little guy is big on swag! A WRINKLE IN TIME hits theatres 3.9.18. Swipe left for more!

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada release A WRINKLE IN TIME Friday, March 9, 2018.

Don’t forget to book an experience in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal at an A WRINKLE IN TIME Escape Room! More details here.

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Following-up on the massive success of 2012’s WRECK-IT RALPH, comes its long-awaited Sequel. Check-out the brand-new Teaser for one of this Fall’s biggest Blockbusters!

Synopsis:
Video game bad guy Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz (voice of Sarah Silverman) navigate the vast and dynamic world wide web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope’s game, Sugar Rush.

See the Trailer:

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada release RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET: WRECK-IT RALPH 2 Wednesday, November 21, 2018.

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The 2018 HOT DOCS CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is shaping-up to be an exciting one with the announcement of their Special Presentations! Running April 26 to May 6, tickets for the Festival go on sale to the public March 20, 2018.

Special Presentations include:

Amal

D: Mohamed Siam | Lebanon, Egypt, France, Germany, Norway, Denmark | 2017 | 83 min | North American Premiere

Filmed over six turbulent years following the Tahrir Square uprising in Egypt, a feisty 14-year-old activist grows before our eyes into a commanding young woman, searching for her identity in a tinderbox of political turmoil and patriarchal systems.

Anote’s Ark

D: Matthieu Rytz | Canada | 2018 | 77 min | Canadian Premiere

As rising sea levels threaten to swallow the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati, its president races against the clock to secure the future of a population doomed to be among the world’s first climate change refugees.

Believer

D: Don Argott | USA | 2017 | 101 min | Canadian Premiere

Imagine Dragons frontman and devout Mormon Dan Reynolds struggles to reconcile his faith with his church’s hardening stance on homosexuality, and finds himself on a mission to combat growing suicide rates among Utah’s LGBTQ youth. Produced by Live Nation Productions.

Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man

D: Tommy Avallone | USA | 2018 | 70 min | International Premiere

“Bill Murray crashed my karaoke party.” “Bill Murray photobombed our engagement pictures.” Everyone knows someone with a “Bill Murray” story, but this inspirational and drop-dead-funny detective doc hunts down the myths and the man.

Chef Flynn

D: Cameron Yates | USA | 2018 | 83 min | Canadian Premiere

When a 10-year-old prodigy launches a restaurant in his parents’ house, his culinary creations lead to collaborations with some of the world’s best chefs and a New York Times Magazine cover. But with his career set to take off, can he handle the heat?

The Cleaners

D: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck | Germany, Brazil | 2018 | 88 min | Canadian Premiere

Dive into the shadowy world of internet content moderators, where fingers hovering over the delete key judge within seconds the lines between art and pornography, journalism and propaganda, censorship and free speech—with far-reaching consequences both online and off.

Constructing Albert

D: Laura Collado, Jim Loomis | Spain, Estonia | 2017 | 82 min | Canadian Premiere

In the high-stakes world of haute cuisine, legendary Catalonian restaurant elBulli casts a long shadow—but when it closes, the head chef’s younger brother draws on his long-unrecognized creative genius to fight for his own culinary vision.

The Devil We Know

D: Stephanie Soechtig | USA | 2018 | 88 min | International Premiere

Citizen activists unravel one of the largest environmental scandals of our time when West Virginian residents discover DuPont has been dumping a toxic chemical into the water supply—one that’s now found in the blood of over 99% of the world’s population.

Inventing Tomorrow

D: Laura Nix | USA | 2018 | 105 min | Canadian Premiere

Roused by the issues faced by their own communities, brilliant young minds from around the globe gather in Los Angeles for the world’s largest high school science fair, tackling environmental crises with ingenuity, inspiration and hope.

Love, Gilda

D: Lisa D’Apolito | USA | 2018 | 84 min | International Premiere

The vulnerable and effusive spirit of beloved comedian Gilda Radner is brought to life through newly discovered audio recordings, home movies, interviews with friends and diary entries read by performers she’s inspired, including Melissa McCarthy, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph.

On Her Shoulders

D: Alexandria Bombach | USA | 2018 | 94 min | International Premiere

After surviving enslavement and genocide, a resilient young Yazidi woman is thrust onto the international stage as a spokesperson for those who’ve suffered at the hands of ISIS, where she must learn to navigate bureaucracy, fame and good intentions.

The Oslo Diaries

D: Mor Loushy, Daniel Sivan | Canada, Israel | 2018 | 98 min | Canadian Premiere

Once upon a time, Israel and Palestine almost made peace. Personal diaries and never-before-seen archival footage bring raw emotion and new insights to the secret, complex negotiations—and eventual failure—of the Oslo Accords peace process.

Playing Hard

D: Jean-Simon Chartier | Canada, USA | 2018 | 90 min | World Premiere

A powerhouse Montreal game studio finally greenlights its next potential blockbuster, but egos and artistry collide with the bottom line as everything rides on the epic battle game—featuring samurais, knights and Vikings—hitting the jackpot.

Three Identical Strangers

D: Tim Wardle | USA | 2018 | 96 min | Canadian Premiere

In 1980 in New York, three teenagers discover by chance that they’re triplets who were separated at birth. Despite disparate upbringings, they enjoy their newfound fraternity and fame until relationships unravel under the dark mystery surrounding their adoptions.

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

D: Morgan Neville | USA | 2018 | 93 min | International Premiere

Mr. Rogers created a neighbourhood in which he connected with children through honesty, directness and love, while delicately introducing complex social issues. His work continues to resonate today, but have we failed to become the neighbours he hoped for?

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