#TIFF25: “WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
A priest at a small church in rural New York has been killed under mysterious circumstances and Reverend Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) is the main suspect. The local police are stumped as to what happened, so they call in Master Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) to help solve the case.
WAKE UP DEAD MAN, the latest in Writer/Director Rian Johnson’s Knives Out series is very much what fans of this series (which have all World ...
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#TIFF25: “OBSESSION” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
Bear (Michael Johnston) has been pining for Nikki (Inde Navarrette) for a long time. He is unsure if she has similar feelings and is too nervous and indecisive to tell her how he really feels. So, with the help of a mysterious wooden trinket, Bear wishes that Nikki would fall madly in love with him. Rather suddenly, his wish comes true and the two become the couple Bear always wished they would be. But weird things start ...
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#TIFF25: “SACRIFICE” REVIEW
By David Baldwin
A number of A-list talent, including burnout movie star Mike Tyler (Chris Evans), are attending an environmental benefit in a gorgeous mine in Greece hosted by big tech billionaire Braken (Vincent Cassel). Things take a turn when a group of doomsday cult eco-terrorists led by Joan (Anya Taylor-Joy) take the crowd hostage and demand three people be sacrificed to a nearby volcano in order to save the world.
That description certainly ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER “THE SMASHING MACHINE”
Watch the new trailer for The Smashing Machine, from Silver Lion Best Director Award winner Benny Safdie, starring Dwayne Johnson and Academy Award nominee Emily Blunt. The film premiered to raves earlier this week at tiff50.
Only in theaters October 3rd via VVS Films.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4A8zfMClCM
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “CHRISTY”
Hot off its premiere at tiff50, we get a new look at Sydney Sweeney in CHRISTY! In theatres November 7, 2025.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCuj6LpRgGM
Directed by: David MichôdStarring: Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Katy O’Brian
Christy Martin (Sydney Sweeney) never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for punching people. Fueled by grit, raw determination, and an unshakable desire to win, she charges into ...
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#TIFF25: “ELEANOR THE GREAT” REVIEW
By Mr. Will Wong
Acclaimed Actress Scarlett Johansson tries her hand and directing in Dramedy ELEANOR THE GREAT, giving veteran Actress June Squibb a vehicle for recognition with a stellar performance, incredibly at the age of 95.
Hot off its Festival run, including a tiff50 debut, this Film centers on Eleanor (Squibb), who is about to lose her Holocaust-surviving friend Bessie (Ritz Zohar). Feeling alone, with the sense that her daughter Lisa (Jessica Hecht) is looking to admit her to a ...
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#TIFF25: DAY EIGHT HIGHLIGHTS – BRIAN COX, VINCE VAUGHN, SIMON REX, ALEXANDRA SHIPP, SHIRLEY HENDERSON AND MORE
we're in the final stretch! here are some highlights from tiff50 day eight! we'll be wrapping after today, trying to savour every last moment to cram in as many films as we can.. and maybe just one more red carpet!
•brian cox, shirley henderson, alexandra shipp, and alexandra wilkie at tiff for glenrothan•vince vaughn and simon rex at tiff for easy's waltz•the winner of our tiff50 survival pack… shamarra
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#FIRSTLOOK: TRAILER FOR “THE ROAD BETWEEN US: THE ULTIMATE RESCUE”
The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue will open exclusively in theatres across North America on October 3, 2025, with more than 125 prints in release. The rollout includes the top 20 markets, among them New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, Montreal, and West Palm Beach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcAf07EN-bQ
The film is being released theatrically by Forston Consulting in the U.S. and Cineplex Pictures in Canada following its world premiere at the ...
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#TIFF25: DAY SEVEN HIGHLIGHTS – HAN SO-HEE, FALA CHEN, SHU QI, PARK CHAN-WOOK AND MORE
tiff50 day seven for us was a real showcase of asian cinema, with some of asia's biggest stars doing the rounds!
some highlights include:
•han so-hee and jun jong-seo at tiff for project y•lee byung-hun and park chan-wook at an in-conversation•shu qi at tiff for girl•fala chen and edward berger at tiff for ballad of a small player
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#TIFF25: “CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Actor James McAvoy makes his directorial debut with this true story that’s stranger than fiction.
Silibil N’ Brains, a.k.a. Gavin Bain (Séamus McLean Ross) and Billy Boyd (Samuel Bottomley) are a Scottish rap duo from Dundee trying to make it big. The only issue is that no one takes these two thick-accented white dudes seriously in the rap game. So they hatch a plan: they’ll pretend to be hard-partying MCs from Southern ...
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