#BOXOFFICE: “JURASSIC WORLD” HAS A MONSTROUS DEBUT
Just wow! JURASSIC WORLD blew away the competition this weekend with a stunning $200-million opening for Universal Pictures. Opening in 3,274 theatres, the Blockbuster bests its three Predecessors in the beloved Franchise in terms of opening. By comparison Jurassic Park 3 managed to make $181 million in its lifetime at the Box Office in 2001. This latest Installment eclipsed that Film already in its opening weekend. Audiences gave it a firm A at CinemaScore, although Critics were a bit ...
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#NEWMUSIC: MILEY CYRUS – “NIGHTMARE”
The term "Megastar" oftens gets thrown around but few actually are it in the truest sense of the word. Miley, is that. A brand new Track from the Cyrus surfaced earlier today and although nobody is quite sure whether the Song is a new Single or just an unreleased Track recorded prior, the Internet quickly is responding favourably to the uptempo break-up Tune, which appears to be a Dr. Luke ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF “CHAPPIE” ON DVD
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Canada and Mr. Will want to give Canadian Readers a chance to win a copy of Neill Blomkamp’s CHAPPIE, starring Dev Patel and Hugh Jackman, on DVD!
Official Synopsis:
In the near future, the streets are patrolled by police robots. One such robot is captured and reprogrammed to be the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. Named Chappie, his programmer Deon Wilson (Dev Patel) tries to teach the childlike robot about books and ...
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#INTERVIEW: ALFONSO GOMEZ-REJON ON “ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL”
By David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon started his Film career as a Production Assistant in 1990. Twenty-five years later he is being showered with unanimous praise for his second feature as a Director, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. “The response is so beautiful because it’s recognition for everyone who worked on the Film,” he says when asked about the critical and audience reaction to the Film. “It feels great.”
The Film tells the story of high school student Greg ...
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#INTERVIEW: THOMAS MANN & OLIVIA COOKE ON “ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL”
By David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Thomas Mann and Olivia Cooke may not be household names, but they will be this June after Fox Searchlight unspools Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. The Film rocked Sundance this past January, picking-up the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize. But on a sunny Toronto afternoon, they are just two courteous young adults apprehensive of how the howling wind is going to affect our interview.
“I just don’t want it to mess with the sound because the air ...
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#SPOTTED: TED DANSON IN TORONTO FOR “SAVE THE OCEANS, FEED THE WORLD”
Once voted TV Guide's number two (out of 25) Top Television Star and three-time Golden Globe Award Winner, pretty much everybody knows his name. Ted Danson's acting career has spanned 30 years, many of us growing-up watching him as Sam Malone on beloved Series, Cheers. We have nothing but fond memories of him in Toronto-filmed Comedy Three Men and a Baby, and subsequent Sequel, Three Men and a Little Lady. Even if you are a post-Millennial, you'd still recognize him from Curb Your ...
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#HORSERACING: 2015 RACING SEASON PREVIEW | “OFF TO THE RACES” SELFIE CONTEST!
Thanks to the Triple Crown-winning accomplishments of AMERICAN PHAROAH, the Public's interest in Horse Racing has been piqued once again. Many of us here in Toronto have front-of-the-line access to some of the World's best at Woodbine Racetrack - just minutes from the Toronto Pearson International Airport - and don't even know it!
For years now I've been singing the praises of the Sport. I grew-up with it and still love v. much to this day as an Ambassador. It is a great part of our ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “SPY” STAMPS MELISSA MCCARTHY QUEEN OF THE BOX OFFICE
Melissa McCarthy continues to stamp herself Queen of the Box Office, with her latest Comedy, SPY debuting at number one this weekend for 20th Century Fox with $30 million from 3,711 theatres. In fact, since 2011, a remarkable seven out of eight of her Films have debuted in the Top Three, this being her second Film since Identity Theft to debut on-top. In addition to commercial success, Critics adored the Film with remarkable 95% on the Tomatometer, while Audiences gave it a B+ ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER + POSTER FOR “BRIDGE OF SPIES”
One of 2015's most buzzed Films comes this October in Steven Spielberg's Cold War Thriller, BRIDGE OF SPIES and here's your first look! The timing would be perfect for a TIFF '15 Premiere, no?
Synopsis:
American attorney and U.S. Navy Reserve Commander James Donovan (Tom Hanks) finds himself in the middle of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on a near-impossible mission to negotiate the release of captured American U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers with the Soviet ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “THE WALK” BRAND NEW TRAILER | PREMIERES AT NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
I have been intrigued since seeing a Teaser but this looks just phenomenal. And maybe we just might see this at TIFF '15? A boy can dream, right? We know this much - the Film will open the 53rd New York Film Festival this September. You'll be gasping where this new Trailer ends off!
Official Synopsis:
Twelve people have walked on the moon. Only one has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.
Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), guided by his ...
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