#FIRSTLOOK: “BLACK CAKE” COMING TO DISNEY+
Today, Disney+ unveiled the key art for “Black Cake,” an adaptation of Charmaine Wilkerson’s best-selling novel of the same name. The Original drama series will premiere with the first three-episodes on November 1, 1023 only on Disney+ in Canada.
“Black Cake” is a family drama wrapped in a murder mystery with a diverse cast of characters and a global setting, from Marissa Jo Cerar, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films, and Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment. The story takes place in ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES”
Paramount+ today released the official trailer and key art for its upcoming original horror film PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES, based on the terrifying and untold chapter from Stephen King’snovel Pet Sematary. A spine-chilling prequel that explores the origins of how death became different in the small town of Ludlow, Maine, PET SEMATARY: BLOODLINES will premiere Friday, October 6, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Brazil, and Saturday, ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR SEASON TWO OF “LAUNCHPAD”
Today, Disney+ unveiled the trailer and poster for Season 2 of Disney’s “Launchpad,” a collection of six short films from underrepresented filmmakers whose unique and evocative voices bring new perspectives to storytelling. In addition, Disney+ released one image from each of the exciting short films.
Disney’s “Launchpad” Season 2 is a collection of live-action shorts from a new generation of dynamic filmmakers. This season showcases six writers, five directors and one ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW POSTER AND SNEAK PEEK FOR “THE MARVELS”
Today, Marvel Studios released a new look at “The Marvels” and an exclusive new IMAX poster. “The Marvels” was made to be experienced in IMAX, including more than 30 minutes of IMAX exclusive 1.90:1 expanded aspect ratio—featuring up to 26% more picture in select sequences throughout the film. IMAX moviegoers will experience more of the image on screen with unprecedented crispness and clarity. Combined with next generation IMAX precision sound, audiences are in for a truly ...
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#TIFF23: “THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE” REVIEW
By George Kozera
Germany's official entry for Best International Feature for the 2023 Academy Awards, THE TEACHERS LOUNGE is an extraordinary movie that tackles issues as diverse as racism, teenage rebellion, and misinterpreted events or comments with aplomb and startling finesse. Due to a series of thefts at a high school, a seventh-grade Turkish student is interrogated by school executives, where new math teacher Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch in a hypnotic performance) is an unwilling ...
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#TIFF23: “LEE” REVIEW
By: Amanda Gilmore
Kate Winslet delivers another superb performance in this biopic about model-turned war-correspondent Lee Miller.
The Film follows Lee from the start of her photography career in 1938. The Second World War is just beginning and Lee has a desire to be more than a former model. When she moves to London with her partner Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgård), the blitz begins and Lee knows she must show the destruction of war.
She became a Photojournalist for ...
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#TIFF23: “LA CHIMERA” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
Set in 1980s Tuscany, the latest from Alice Rohrwacher follows a group of tomb raiders who seek old relics of the Etruscans. All in the group are hoping to strike it rich except their gifted leader, Englishman Arthur (Josh O’Connor), who’s on a spiritual quest into these tombs.
As the title suggests, Arthur is quite literally searching for a chimera: something hoped for but near impossible to achieve. Still grieving over his partner Beniamina’s passing, Arthur ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “THE NUN 2” IS BLESSED IN OPENING
THE NUN 2 debuts atop the Box Office with a huge opening, getting $32 million from 3,728 theatres for Warner Bros. Critics gave this Sequel 41% on the Tomatometer, but audiences clearly didn't care. Its predecessor opened in 2018 with $53 million.
In second is THE EQUALIZER 3, with $12 million from 3,965 theatres for Sony Pictures, a two week tally of $61 million.
Third is MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3 with $10 million from 3,650 theatres for Universal Pictures. This latest installment gets ...
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#TIFF23: “A DIFFICULT YEAR” REVIEW
By George Kozera
A DIFFICULT YEAR opens with a series of televised clips, spanning decades, where French government officials warn the citizens of France that they will be facing a difficult year. The audience then is thrown into a frantic “Black Friday’ sales event at a store where shoppers stampede over each other in a frenzied attempt to score a big screen TV or air fryer at affordable prices. We see Albert (Pio Marmai) get one of the last televisions, then arrive at the home of ...
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#TIFF23: DAY DAY FIVE SIGHTINGS – ETHAN HAWKE, LEE BYUNG-HUN, PARK BO-YOUNG, PARK SEO-JOON, BEN BARNES, GEMMA ARTERTON AND ALFRED ENOCH
We've reached that point of the Festival where things begin to wind down as some of the major trade publications begin to pack-up and head home. This however means more movies to see, and this perhaps is my favourite part of the Festival.
Day Five actually was quite intense. Earlier in the day we were lucky to spot right away the Cast of THE CRITIC en route to their midday Premiere. The whodunit stars Sir Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Enoch and Ben Barnes, who was a last minute ...
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