#SPOTTED: CASTS OF “ORPHAN BLACK”, “KIM’S CONVENIENCE”, YANNICK BISSON AND MORE AT THE 2017 ACTRA AWARDS IN TORONTO
Honouring outstanding performances this past year among ACTRA members, the 2017 edition of the ACTRA Awards (now in its 15th year) were held at The Carlu tonight in Toronto. The organization contains 22,000+ members and it negotiates contracts on behalf of its cultural workers. Its jurisdiction ranges from independent film production, commercials, radio and television drama, telephony, video games and web-based content. ACTRA ensures members have protected minimum wage standards and ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “GET OUT” BRINGS MOVIEGOERS IN AT #1
It's been a great year for Universal Pictures who take the top of the Box Office with the Jordan Peele horror, GET OUT. Just earlier this year they topped the Box Office for three weeks with SPLIT. Exceeding all expectations, GET OUT debuts at number one with $28 million from 2,701 theatres across North America. It gets an ultra-rare 100% on the Tomatometer and an A- CinemaScore from Audiences.
Slipping to second after two weeks on-top is THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE with $18 million from 4,057 ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “SAIGON BODYGUARDS”
Rhombus Media x Mr. Will want to give Toronto Readers a chance first to see SAIGON BODYGUARDS, premiering in Toronto Thursday, March 2, 2017 at Cineplex Yonge & Dundas. The Film has the distinction in its native Vietnam of beating out ROGUE ONE: A Star Wars Story at the Box Office upon its opening there last Christmas.
Synopsis:
Two Saigon Bodyguards, Trinh, the handsome professional and Vien, the humorous womanizer, must embark on their most challenging mission - to rescue Henry, the ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN RUN-OF-ENGAGEMENT PASSES TO SEE “BITTER HARVEST”
D Films x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Run-of-Engagement Passes to see BITTER HARVEST.
Synopsis:
Two lovers, artist Yuri (Max Irons) and his childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks), are struggling to survive while caught in cruel dictator Joseph Stalin's brutal and deliberate starvation of the Ukrainian people from 1932 to 1933, known as the Holodomor (extermination by famine). This act of genocide remains to this day shrouded in secrecy and misinformation.
After ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “THE LAST WORD”
Elevation Pictures x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to see Sundance selection THE LAST WORD! Screenings take place on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in Toronto and Vancouver, Monday, March 13, 2017 in Winnipeg and Wednesday, March 15, 2017 in Halifax, Ottawa, Victoria, Edmonton and Calgary.
Synopsis
When a retired business women decides to write her own obituary, a young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth resulting in a life-altering friendship.
THE LAST ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS”
eOne Films x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to attend a special Advance Screening of GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS!
Screenings will be taking place across Canada on the following dates, some with Jay Baruchel in attendance!
GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS – Special Advance Screening Hosted by Jay Baruchel
Halifax – Thursday March 9th – Oxford – 7PM
Calgary – Tuesday March 14th – Chinook – 7PM
Vancouver – Wednesday March 15th – Scotiabank – ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “TABLE 19”
Fox Searchlight x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary a chance to attend an Advance Screening of TABLE 19! Screenings take place on Monday, February 27, 2017.
Synopsis:
Ex-maid of honor Eloise (Anna Kendrick) - having been relieved of her duties after being unceremoniously dumped by the best man via text - decides to hold her head up high and attend her oldest friend's wedding anyway. She finds herself seated at the 'random' table in the back of the ballroom with a ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO THE WORLD PREMIERE OF “GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS”
eOne Films x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to attend the World Premiere of GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS! The screening takes place Monday, March 6, 2017 at Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto with cast and crew in attendance!
Synopsis:
It’s a new day for the Halifax Highlanders. A pro lockout has reunited old teammates and brought a crew of new players to the bench; notably missing from the line-up, however, is everyone’s favourite enforcer and heart of the team, Doug “The ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN A “MOANA” BLU-RAY COMBO PACK
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada + Mr. Will want to win a MOANA Blu-ray Combo Pack!
Synopsis:
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana,” the sweeping story of a spirited teenager who sets sail on a daring adventure to save her people, starring newcomer Auli‘i Cravalho as the voice of brave and tenacious Moana and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (HBO’s “Ballers,” “Central Intelligence”) as the larger-than-life demigod Maui, has dazzled both critics and audiences. ...
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#SPOTTED: ZOEY DEUTCH + RY RUSSO-YOUNG IN TORONTO FOR THE TIFF NEXT WAVE FILM FESTIVAL WITH “BEFORE I FALL”
Right in time for Family Day weekend, Director Ry Russo-Young and actress Zoey Deutch arrived in Toronto for the TIFF Next Wave Film Festival. The weekend-long event features youth-centric programming and had the distinction of screening for us the Sundance selection, based on the Novel by Lauren Oliver.
The Teen Drama shot over 26 days in British Columbia with a half-Canadian crew, centers on a girl named Samantha (Deutch) who on her school's annual Cupid Day is set to take her relationship ...
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