#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN TWO TICKETS TO A PREMIERE SCREENING AND ACCESS TO THE MONGREL TIFF PARTY!!
This year not only are we giving you the Scoop about Stars and the Films that will come to define the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, but here is your chance to get on the other side of the Barricade! Our dear Friends at Mongrel Media, who recently have gifted us with Passes to Before Midnight, Frances Ha, Blue Jasmine and more, generously are giving you a chance to win two tickets to a Premiere Screening and access to the Mongrel TIFF Party!
Some of the fabulous Films to be ...
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#TIFF13: FIRST BATCH OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, PREMIERES AND GALAS ANNOUNCED (UPDATED)
Anticipation is building for TIFF '13, with less than two months to go as Toronto prepares to light-up on Star Power! The first batch of Films were announced by Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey on July 23, 2013 at TIFF Bell Lightbox and indeed there are several exciting Galas and Premieres to take place in Toronto this September. Today, August 8, 2013 the Canadian Film Slate was unveiled also!
The Opening Night Gala slot goes to DreamWorks' highly-anticipated WikiLeaks Film, The Fifth ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: DAVID O. RUSSELL’S “AMERICAN HUSTLE”
Although there's been no confirmation of this premiering at TIFF '13, we're still holding hope that David O. Russell's (The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook) upcoming '70s-era Crime-Drama, American Hustle, will get a bow in Toronto here in September.
The Film is based on the True Story for the ABSCAM Operation in which a Con Artist and his Girlfriend are enlisted by Federal Agent to turn the tables on other Con Artists, Politicians and Mobsters.
This brand new Trailer looks and feels ...
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#TIFF13: “DON JON” STARRING JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT, SCARLETT JOHANSSON & JULIANNE MOORE
"I was just reading e-mails..."
Joseph Gordon-Levitt tries his hand (pardon the pun) at Acting/Writing and Directing in Don Jon, a Porn Addict from New Jersey who tries finding happiness with a Girl who potentially could be "the one". Although it wasn't formally announced at last week's list of Films to premiere at TIFF '13, this Comedy was later confirmed by Canadian Distributor Mongrel Media to screen at this year's Festival.
Don Jon features a superb Cast including Julianne Moore, Scarlett ...
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#TIFF13: “RUSH” STARRING CHRIS HEMSWORTH, NATALIE DORMER, OLIVIA WILDE & DANIEL BRÜHL
One of the Films to get the most buzz at TIFF '13 is Rush, which already has a great amount of Awards buzz surrounding it. Although Director Ron Howard certainly is no stranger to Toronto, having film Cinderella Man here about eight years ago. The Biography centers on Austrian Formula 1 Driver Niki Lauda who almost lost his life after a crash in 1976, taking-on British Rival James Hunt in a challenge. Insiders who've seen this Film already are raving how great it is and in a month's time we'll ...
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#TIFF13: “MAN OF TAI CHI” STARRING KEANU REEVES, TIGER HU CHEN & KAREN MOK
One of the Films to premiere at TIFF '13 has a familiar face behind the lens. Keanu Reeves tries his hand at directing in Martial Arts Flick Man of Tai Chi. Starring Action Star Tiger Hu Chen, Actress/Singer Karen Mok and Reeves himself, the Film centers on a Martial Artist, who is known for his phenomenal Tai Chi (a defensive, slow-form variety of Martial Arts) skills, being lured into an underground, high-stakes Fight Club.
Watch the Trailer below:
Although it premiered in Asia ...
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#TIFF13: TEASER FOR “GRAVITY” STARRING SANDRA BULLOCK AND GEORGE CLOONEY
"We've lost Houston, we've lost Houston".
Okay, they've definitely got our attention. After it being confirmed for a Premiere at TIFF '13 on Tuesday, we've all been googling Alfonso Cuarón's Sci-Fi Thriller, Gravity, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. The Film centers on Astronauts who attempt to return to Earth after debris crashes into their space shuttle, leaving them drifting alone in orbit.
Watch the gripping (pardon the pun!) Teaser below:
Warner Bros. releases ...
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#TIFF13: “12 YEARS A SLAVE” STARRING BRAD PITT, MICHAEL FASSBENDER, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH & CHIWETEL EJIOFOR
Although we don't know for sure, I'm almost certain this will be at TIFF '13 this September as it would be the perfect Launching Pad for its Oscar Campaign. Everything about the Drama 12 Years a Slave says Awards and a brand new Trailer just surfaced today for it! How can we resist the Canadian connection this Story and above all, Brad Pitt playing one of us?
Official Synopsis:
12 YEARS A SLAVE is based on an incredible true Story of one Man's fight for survival and freedom. In the ...
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#CANNES: “BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR” WINS TOP HONOURS AT CANNES
Concluding the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival, the Main Jury (headed by Steven Spielberg, including Nicole Kidman and Ang Lee) handed-out their Prizes earlier today. Winning top honours this year, the Palme d'Or, was Blue is the Warmest Colour (La vie d'Adèle), directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. The racy Drama, clocking-in at over three hours, is about a teenage Girl who has an affair with a Woman. It also has the distinction of winning the FIPRESCI Competition Prize.
In the acting ...
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2013 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL TITLES ANNOUNCED
Some pretty exciting announcements were made earlier today for this year's Cannes Film Festival, set to begin May 15, 2013 for a full eleven full days. In addition to Baz Luhmann's The Great Batsby 3-D opening the Festival, Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling, who teamed-up on 2010's excellent Drive will be back with Only God Forgives, which is in the race for the prestigious Palme d'Or; Kristin Scott Thomas also stars in the Film about a Gangster in Bangkok.
Several other notable Directors ...
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