#FIRSTLOOK: 2021 PENDANCE FILM FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

The fourth edition of the Pendance Film Festival takes place March 26-28, 2021 virtually. 54 films and 20 live panels & Q&As comprise the grassroots Film Festival. Highlights: 10 FEATURE FILMS SELECTED TO PENDANCE 2021 Five female filmmakers and films from six different countries headline a strong 10-feature-lineup. This year’s festival marks a lot of firsts—a World Premiere feature, a Canadian feature, and feature films from Uruguay, Finland, Germany and ... Read more

#FIRSTLOOK: “DAD STOP EMBARRASSING ME!” NEW TRAILER

Jamie Foxx stars in and produces new Netflix Sit-Com, DAD STOP EMBARRASSING ME! See the new Trailer! Synopsis :Brian Dixon (Jamie Foxx), successful business owner and bachelor, just unexpectedly became a full-time father to his teenage daughter Sasha (Kyla-Drew). Determined to turn over a new leaf, Brian’s going to need all the help he can get from his dad (David Alan Grier) and sister (Porscha Coleman) — and Sasha’s going to need all the help she can get learning how to fit into ... Read more

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “IN THE HEIGHTS”

From the genius mind of Lin-Manuel Miranda comes IN THE HEIGHTS! Check-out this brand-new look at the eagerly-awaited Musical coming soon to HBO MAX. Synopsis: Lights up on the vibrant and tight-knit community of Washington Heights... where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big. From Lin-Manuel Miranda and director Jon M. Chu, In the Heights stars Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie ... Read more

#FIRSTLOOK: 2021 TORONTO ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW

The 2021 Toronto Animation Film Festival runs online from March 24 to 27, 2021 and included this year in their lineup are Academy Award-nominated WOLFWALKERS,  Germán Acuña’s Nahuel and the Magic Book, Ujicha’s Violence Voyager, and including a special screening of Sony Pictures’ classic hit Heavy Metal, followed by a Q&A with director Gerald Potterton. The Festival is comprised of more than 100 Short Films and Features. Complete list of ... Read more

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “CONRETE COWBOY”

TIFF '20 selection CONCRETE COWBOY arrives next month on Netflix! See this new Trailer! Synopsis: When fifteen year-old Cole (Caleb McLaughlin) is expelled from school in Detroit, he is sent to North Philadelphia to live with Harp (Idris Elba), his estranged father. Harp finds solace in rehabilitating horses for inner city cowboys at the Fletcher Street Stables, a real-life black urban horsemanship community that has provided a safe haven for the neighborhood residents for more than 100 ... Read more

#FIRSTLOOK: “FARM CRIME” SEASON 2

Named by NOW Magazine as one of the top shows of 2018, FARM CRIME is back for a second season. Synopsis: Comprised of six episodes, Farm Crime Season 2 explores the largely unseen dark side of Canada's agriculture industry. The series covers a range of cases; from an invasion of the Asian giant hornet AKA ‘murder hornet’ in British Columbia to the heartbreaking story of a missing mare in Ontario and a million-dollar sting operation in the secretive world of Nova Scotia’s baby ... Read more

#FIRSTLOOK: HOLLYWOOD SUITE TO AIR “WHAT ABOUT OUR FUTURE?”

HOLLYWOOD SUITE announced today that it will be premiering Documentary Short What About Our Future? on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 9pm ET. Directed by Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos and Cláudio Cruz, the Film follows a group of teens who organized the largest climate strike in Vancouver’s history, which included appearances by famous environmental activists Greta Thunberg and David Suzuki. There also will be a conversation brought to you by David Suzuki Foundation and Hollywood Suite taking ... Read more

#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF “MY SALINGER YEAR”

Mongrel Media x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win a Digital Download of MY SALINGER YEAR starring Margaret Qualley (Once Upon A Time.... in Hollywood). Synopsis: In New York City in the late ‘90s, Joanna (Margaret Qualley) is a young aspiring writer who lands a day job at J.D. Salinger’s literary agency. While her eccentric, old-fashioned boss Margaret (Sigourney Weaver) assigns her to answer Salinger’s voluminous fan mail, Joanna struggles to find her own voice. See ... Read more

#OSCARS: “MANK” LEADS 2021 OSCAR NOMINEES

Nominations were announced today for the 93rd Academy Awards with Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and leading the pack this year is David Fincher's MANK with ten nominations. The Netflix release details the life and uphill battles of Citizen Kane Co-Writer Herman J. Mankiewicz. NOMADLAND which comes into the Best Picture race as an early favourite, had seven nominations. While there weren't many major surprises, Lakeith Stanfield finds himself up against his Judas and the Black Messiah ... Read more

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW SNEAK PEEK FOR DISNEY’S “CRUELLA”

Another new sneak peek at Disney's CRUELLA surfaced tonight! This new re-imagination of the fashionable villain in 101 Dalmatians comes to theatres in May! Synopsis: Academy Award® winner Emma Stone (“La La Land”) stars in Disney’s “Cruella,” an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil. “Cruella,” which is set in 1970s London amidst the punk ... Read more