#FOOD: HONG SHING ANNOUNCE 2024 LUNAR NEW YEAR THREE DRAGONS DINNER MENU
Today, Hong Shing is excited to share the official menu for their upcoming Lunar New Year Three Dragons Dinner. Two of Toronto's beloved chefs, Chef Eva Chin and Chef Wallace Wong, have collaborated with Restaurateur Colin Li of Hong Shing to create an exquisite 6-course Cantonese-inspired menu, exclusively available for one night only.
Lunar New Year signifies unity, as families come together to share meals prepared with love. This year, you can witness the collaborative synergy of Eva, ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: KELLY ROWLAND STARS IN TYLER PERRY’S “MEA CULPA”
Kelly Rowland stars in Tyler Perry's MEA CULPA, coming February 23, 2024 to Netflix. Here's a first look at the Trailer!
Logline: A criminal defense attorney takes on the case of a seductive artist accused of murdering his girlfriend, but when burning desire takes hold things get hot… and dangerous.
Synopsis: When criminal defense attorney Mea Harper (Kelly Rowland) takes on the murder case of artist Zyair Malloy (Trevante Rhodes), the truth isn't as obvious as it seems. While she ...
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#SUNDANCE: “EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Writer-Director Titus Kaphar’s feature debut is a powerful look at breaking the cycle of generational trauma, the healing power of art, and an examination of what forgiveness means.
Established Artist Tarrell (André Holland) uses his paintings to find freedom from his past. A past that included trauma inflicted by his drug-addicted father La’Ron (John Earl Jelks) onto his mother Joyce (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) and him. Now, 15 ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER”
Today we get a new Trailer for AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, arriving February 22, 2024 on Netflix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByAn8DF8Ykk
About AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
Water. Earth. Fire. Air. The four nations once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world. With the current ...
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#OSCARS: “OPPENHEIMER” LEADS WAY AMONG 96TH ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES
Nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were announced today. Leading the way is Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER with a whopping 13 nominations and Yorgos Lanthimos' POOR THINGS, closely behind with 11 nominations.
Some surprises include exclusion of Charles Melton and Natalie Portman for MAY DECEMBER, and they've been in the running much of Awards Season. While nominated for Best Picture, PAST LIVES star Greta Lee wasn't among the list of nominees as well. The same can be said about ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PASSES TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF “BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE | PRIZE PACK
Paramount Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win passes to an Advance Screening of BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE!
Screenings take place February 12, 2024 as follows:
TORONTODate: Monday, February 12thTime: 7:00PM startLocation: Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
VANCOUVERDate: Monday, February 12thTime: 7:00PM startLocation: Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver
MONTREAL - ENGDate: Monday, February 12thTime: 7:00PM startLocation: Cineplex Cinemas Forum & VIP
MONTREAL - ...
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#SUNDANCE: “A DIFFERENT MAN” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Aspiring Actor Edward (Sebastian Stan) undergoes a radical facial reconstructive medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. However, his new face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play. A play based on himself — pre-surgery. Instead, theatre Director and Playwright Ingrid (Renate Reinsve) chooses Oswald (Adam Pearson) who meets the representation of the role. ...
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#SUNDANCE: “WINNER” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Reality Winner (Emilia Jones) is a brilliant young misfit from a Texas border town who finds her morals challenged while serving as an NSA contractor. A sarcastic, gun-loving, vegan, and CrossFit fanatic, Reality is an unconventional Whistleblower who ends up being prosecuted for exposing Russia’s hacking of the 2016 election.
Don’t confuse Winner with last year’s Reality. As Reality strictly depicted the interrogation that occurred inside Reality ...
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#SUNDANCE: “MY OLD ASS” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
My Old Ass is an entertaining, deeply funny, and tender film about living boldly.
The summer before college, bright-yet-irreverent Elliott (Maisy Stella) comes face-to-face with her older self (Aubrey Plaza) during a mushroom trip. The encounter spurs a funny and heartfelt journey of self-discovery and first love as Elliott prepares to leave her childhood home in Muskoka for Toronto to attend University.
Writer-Director Megan ...
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#SUNDANCE: “SEBASTIAN” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Finnish-British Writer-Director Mikko Mäkelä delivers this riveting character study of 25-year-old writer Max (Ruaridh Mollica) who currently works as a freelancer at a popular magazine in London and has multiple short stories under his belt. Now writing his debut novel, he begins living a double life as a sex worker for research.
There have been many movies about Sex Workers over the years. For the most part, those narratives have focused on ...
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