#FIRSTLOOK: TORONTO IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
By Siobhán Rich for Mr. Will Wong
St. Patrick’s Day is almost here so that means the Toronto Irish Film Festival (TIRFF) is ready to take over the TIFF Bell Lightbox. From March 4th through 6th, the 6th annual installment of the Festival will boast an array Features, Documentaries and Shorts sure to thrill Film Lovers. This year, TIRFF will also be introducing a great new family-friendly addition to the lineup with the Best of Irish Animation.
Here are some day-by-day highlights to guide ...
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#FOOD: ENTER TO EXPERIENCE A CAKE BY DUFFLET PASTRIES
Dufflet Pastries has stamped itself a Toronto institution since 1975 and for years we've adored their cakes. The child of Queen of Cake® Dufflet Rosenberg was birthed out of her v. own kitchen, eventually shaping our ideas of Cakes and Pastries. If you've visited a local upscale grocers like Longo's or Whole Foods, you probably already have tasted their greatness without even realizing it. Their three cafe locations across Canada (Yonge + Eglinton, Queen + Bathurst and Queen + Woodbine) ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “FINDING DORY”
Finally a Trailer for FINDING DORY! We've waited 13 years for this! This follow-up to Finding Nemo has our favourite blue tang searching for answers about her past with friends Nemo and Marlin!
Watch the Trailer:
DISNEY•PIXAR release FINDING DORY Friday, June 17, 2016.
(Photo/video credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada)
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN “ROOM” ON BLU-RAY COMBO-PACK
Elevation Pictures + Mr. Will want to get you elevated! We want Readers across Canada to win copies of Academy Award-nominated ROOM on Blu-ray Combo Pack!
ROOM
To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . It's where he was born, it's where heand his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely inthe wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma it's the prison where she has been held forseven years. Through ...
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#OSCARS: “SPOTLIGHT”, LEONARDO DICAPRIO, BRIE LARSON TOP WINNERS AT 2016 OSCARS
SPOTLIGHT, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson and Alejandro González Iñárritu emerge as the big winners of the 88th Academy Awards, marking a finale to Awards Season in Hollywood.
Despite pundit predictions pointing to The Big Short winning Best Picture based on its Producers Guild Awards win, it would be Toronto-filmed SPOTLIGHT to take the coveted golden statue. The Catholic molestation scandal Drama also won for Best Original Screenplay.
With the acting categories being less open to ...
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#HORSERACING: A MORNING WITH BEHOLDER
We had the pleasure not only of stopping by Los Angeles amidst Awards Season last week, but also Santa Anita Park. This was no standard visit. We would be going to meet one of Horse Racing's brightest stars, the reigning queen and three-time champion, BEHOLDER.
We've been a fan of the six-year-old mare who in 20 stars to date, has been a model of consistency, excellent and if not, improving with every start. Her career has seen two Breeders' Cup victories in her two and four-year-old ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE TERRENCE MALICK’S “KNIGHT OF CUPS” IN TORONTO
eOne Films + Mr. Will want to take Toronto readers to see KNIGHT OF CUPS! The Screening takes place Thursday, March 16, 2016.
Synopsis:
Knight of Cups follows writer Rick (Christian Bale, The Fighter, American Hustle) on an odyssey through the playgrounds of Los Angeles and Las Vegas as he undertakes a search for love and self. Even as he moves through a desire-laden landscape of mansions, resorts, beaches and clubs, Rick grapples over complicated relationships with his brother (Wes ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “DEADPOOL” DOMINATES A THIRD STRAIGHT WEEK
For a third consecutive week, DEADPOOL dominates the Box Office in North America. Bringing-in $31 million from 3,856 theatres for 20th Century Fox this weekend, the foul-mouthed Action Hero earns $285 million thus far in its run.
GODS OF EGYPT starring Gerard Butler debuts in second with $13 million for eOne Films/Lionsgate Films from 3,117 theatres. It earns 13% on the Tomatometer from Critics, with a B- CinemaScore from Audiences.
KUNG FU PANDA 3 in its fifth week out earns $8.7 million, ...
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#SPOTTED: STARS IN HOLLYWOOD FOR OSCARS WEEK
So we came to Hollywood this Awards Season hoping to see a few stars. Since our unforgettable night at AN EVENING WITH CANADA'S STARS, honouring our country's best in Cinema, it seems we've experienced a bit of trouble finding starpower in this City on Oscars week. Where are the stars hiding?!?
Come on, let's go on a bit of search together, shall we?
Sylvester Stallone (Creed, Rocky)
BOOM! Found #Sly. #SylversterStallone #Creed #Rocky #Oscars #AcademyAwards
A photo posted by Mr. ...
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#CSA: JACOB TREMBLAY, EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI, EUGENE LEVY, CATHERINE O’HARA, LYRIQ BENT, ADAM BEACH + MORE STARS IN BEVERLY HILLS FOR “AN EVENING WITH CANADA’S STARS”
Now in its third thriving year, AN EVENING WITH CANADA'S STARS was held last night at the prestigious Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. Leading into the Academy Awards and Canadian Screen Week, the Gala honours Canadian accomplishments in Cinema during Awards Season and if any year, this was the year to celebrate. The Gala is brought to us by Telefilm Canada, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles.
Canada notched over 20 ...
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