#TIFF15: “TRUTH”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Based on the Mary Mapes book Truth and Duty, in TRUTH Cate Blanchett plays Mapes, a CBS news producer, who along with Dan Rather (Robert Redford), uncover allegations that George W. Bush may have been AWOL from the U.S. National Guard for over a year during the Vietnam War. Four documents were presented as authentic in a 60 Minutes broadcast aired by CBS on Sept. 8, 2004, less than two months before the 2004 election, but it was later determined that ...
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#TIFF15: “INTO THE FOREST”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Of the many irrational fears I live with on a daily basis, INTO THE FOREST touches on two of them: an extended continent-wide power failure (a major plot point) and chainsaws (a smaller, yet significant plot point). Based on the beloved novel by the same name, Writer/Director Patricia Rozema takes us deep into a British Columbian forest where sisters Nell (Ellen Page) and Eva (Evan Rachel Wood) live with their father, Robert (Callum Keith Rennie) in a ...
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#TIFF15: “EYE IN THE SKY”
Review by Justin Waldman for Mr. Will Wong
In recent years cinema has seen a upswing in drone-based Movies, some of these titles have played commercial success and the festival circuit while others have been left in the dust of their own destruction. This year is no different as a star-studded cast makes its way to the TIFF '15 in Eye in The Sky, a drone movie riddled with political ineptitude. The Film does present some very interesting dilemmas and issues surrounding drone based missile ...
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#TIFF15: “EVERY THING WILL BE FINE”
Review by Jonathan Godfrey for Mr. Will Wong
This poetic look at life and death is helmed by New Wave master Wim Wenders. Led by James Franco, the Film tells the tale of Tomas. Tomas is a spirited young writer who feels himself afflicted on all angles. One day, while racked in mental anguish, Tomas accidentally runs a child over with his car... and from there we watch the years go by.
Wenders saga covers the twelve years that follow the tragedy. Rachel McAdams and Charlotte Gainsbourg ...
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#TIFF15: DAY 2 SPOTTINGS – GEORGE CLOONEY, JULIANNE MOORE, MATT DAMON, JESSICA CHASTAIN, KATE MARA, SEBASTIAN STAN, SANDRA BULLOCK, DONALD GLOVER
 We're officially kicking into high gear at TIFF '15 and it was a majorly star-studded day in the City with a couple marquee premieres taking place tonight, Our Brand is Crisis and The Martian!
See who we spotted today! Exciting!
Julianne Moore was at TIFF Bell Lightbox bright and early for an In-Conversation-With and she is gearing-up to promote the superb fact-based drama Freeheld which has her in-contention for Awards Season once again. We spotted her co-star Ellen Page last ...
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#TIFF15: “MISSISSIPPI GRIND”
Films have visited gambling addiction in the past like Owning Mahony and The Gambler, but Mississippi Grind from Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, goes a bit deeper into the psyche of our down-and-out hero Gerry, thanks to a flawless performance by Australian talent Ben Mendelsohn.
The story follows a pair of gamblers, the lucky Curtis (Ryan Reynolds) who seems to bring to Gerry good fortunes whenever he's around. Already in serious debt, Gerry hopes to make good with his wife Dorothy (Robin ...
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#TIFF15: “SPOTLIGHT”
Named after an actual group of investigative journalists at The Boston Globe, Spotlight gives us the true story and detailed process that led to the prosecution of a group of priests in a shocking abuse scandal in the Boston Archdiocese, placing sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests at the forefront of the media. These journalists were lauded and awarded a Pullitzer Prize for their work in this partly-Toronto-filmed drama.
We meet Michael (Mark Ruffalo), Matt (Brian d'Arcy ...
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#TIFF15: “BROOKLYN”
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Every now and then I will see a movie so perfect that I want to scream from the rooftop or grab strangers by the lapels and urge them to see it. BROOKLYN is perfection personified!
Set in 1952, it tells the compelling story of Ellis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), who leaves her widowed mother and older sister in Ireland to start a new life in America where she ultimately meets and falls in love with Tony (a blistering, compelling, career-making ...
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#TIFF15: DAY 1 SPOTTINGS – HELEN MIRREN, EMILY BLUNT, JOHN KRASINSKI, ELLEN PAGE, MICHAEL PENA, PATRICK STEWART, BENICIO DEL TORO, CHIWETEL EJIOFOR, SEBASTIAN STAN, JESSICA CHASTAIN, KATE MARA, SEAN BEAN, ODESSA YOUNG, SEAN BEAN, MARILYN LIMA + MORE!
We've only just begun! TIFF '15 officially has kicked-off and we're out spotting every one we can! See who was spotted around town today!
Chiwetel Ejiofor for The Martian. The Academy Award nominee for 12 Years a Slave is back this year in Ridley Scott's latest.
#ChiwetelEjiofor at #TIFF15 with #TheMartian.
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Odessa Young. Be on the lookout for this talented Australian actress who stars alongside ...
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#TIFF15: “MISS YOU ALREADY”
One of the greatest surprises to come out of TIFF '15 is BFF-Dramedy MISS YOU ALREADY. Director Catherine Hardwicke already has shown us flashes of her brilliance in her career and to this day we still are mesmerized by her 2003 effort Thirteen, before going on to achieve blockbuster success with Twilight.
This Film centers on two best friends in flashy Milly (Toni Collette) and confidante Jess (Drew Barrymore) and their inseparable bond. After Milly is diagnosed with breast cancer, their ...
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