#SPOTTED: DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL TORONTO CHARITY SCREENING OF “SPECTRE”
Dignitas International is a medical and research organization which aims to transform patient health and health care systems for those most vulnerable.  Their amazing contributions include the Tisungane HIV/AIDS Clinic located at Zomba Central Hospital, where more than 20k patients  - adult and children alike -  have been placed on life-saving antiretroviral therapy. In Malawi, where 60-70% of Tuberculosis cases are from those already infected with HIV. Their Teen Club aims at ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “LOVE THE COOPERS”
Right in time for the Holidays! eOne Films + Mr. Will want to take Readers to see LOVE THE COOPERS! Screenings take place Wednesday, November 11, 2015 in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Halifax and Victoria.
Official Synopsis:
LOVE THE COOPERS follows the Cooper clan as four generations of extended family come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration. As the evening unfolds, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY” STARRING SACHA BARON COHEN + MARK STRONG
Hot on the heels of spy-comedy SPY which did phenomenal at the Box Office earlier this year, we have THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY!  The Action-Comedy stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Isla Fisher, Annabelle Wallis and PenÊlope Cruz.
Synopsis:
The estranged brother of a football hooligan with a perfect life and perfect girlfriend is one of MI6's deadliest assassins, and the two team up to save the world when they reunite.
See the hilarious Trailer:
Sony Pictures Canada ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: SUNDANCE WINNER “DIFRET” OPENS IN TORONTO THIS FRIDAY
After garnering raves and winning the World Cinematic Audience Award at Sundance last year, DIFRET now is set for a release here in Canada. I'm sure many of you remember the story which inspired this Film, in the news.
Synopsis:
DIFRETÂ chronicles a legal-precedent setting court case that outlawed the kidnapping of child brides in Ethiopia. It tells the story of a 14-year-old girl, Hirut Assefa (based on Aberash Bekele), who is kidnapped on her way home from school and subsequently grabs a ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “THE MARTIAN” DOMINATES A TEPID HALLOWEEN WEEKEND
THE MARTIAN continues to outdo itself. The TIFF '15 selection in its fifth week out finds enough gumption to take the top of the Box Office for 20th Century Fox a quiet Halloween weekend with $11.4 million from 3,218 theatres.  To date the Ridley Scott Film has made $182 million domestically.
GOOSEBUMPS, a former number one, rises to second this weekend with $10.2 million for Sony Pictures. Â It has made $57 million thus far and got a boost this weekend with a buy-one-adult-ticket and get a ...
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#HORSERACING: AMERICAN PHAROAH HEADLINES AN EMOTIONAL, STAR-STUDDED BREEDERS’ CUP 2015!
Having spent most of my childhood weekends at the racetrack with my parents, it has always been a dream of mine to attend the Breeders' Cup. The two-day championship series of races often decide divisional honours and Horse of the Year title in America, with 13 races totaling a whopping $24.5 million.  Although the event rotates from track to track annually, with our Woodbine  playing host once only in 1996, Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky would have the honour this year.
The track, ...
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#REVIEW: “VIKINGS” SEASON THREE
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Walking in blind to season three of any television series is akin to arriving late as someoneâs date to a college reunion where everyone already knows each other and their shared history. Whereas I had heard of VIKINGS, a monster audience and critical hit playing on the History Channel, I had never seen an episode, so, like the proverbial newbie at a reunion, I hunkered down, slipped in disc one from the handsomely packaged, recently released The ...
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#SPOTTED: JAMIE OLIVER IN TORONTO FOR “JAMIE’S SUPER FOOD” + “EVERYDAY SUPER FOOD”
Culinary genius Jamie Oliver has been in Toronto these past few days hard at work. Despite having visited in previous years for book signings and tours for his cookware and series, he really is giving it his all this time doing interviews with virtually every outlet in the city.
Oliver is promoting his latest series Jamie's Super Food and new book Everyday Super Food. Today, he is due to appear at Varsity Cinemas for a screening of the series, followed by a conversation with Liza Fromer of The ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: ZAC EFRON + ROBERT DE NIRO IN “DIRTY GRANDPA”
There Robert De Niro goes again, winnning our hearts with another against-the-senior-grain type role. We loved him so much in last month's The Intern and are happy to see he's still a big draw to the movies for fans. Check-out the above still, brand new from the upcoming road trip comedy, DIRTY GRANDPA in which he stars alongside Zac Efron. The Film takes place a few days before Jason's (Efron) wedding and both he and Grandpa Dick head on a trek to a Boca Raton retirement community. The two get ...
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#HORSERACING: MY 2015 WOODBINE RACING SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
It's been absolutely a stellar 2015 racing season at Woodbine Racetrack and even though we've still got a month to go before the curtain drops for the Thoroughbreds, both the 24-hour Casino and Standardbreds still are going into the New Year! Details and schedule here!
We've been there every step of the way this racing season.  The build-up to the Woodbine Oaks, won by likely champion three-year-old filly Academic. We were there for the thrill and fashion of North America's most historic ...
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