#PRODUCTWATCH: 2018 ACURA ILX
If you were in and around Roy Thomson Hall TIFF '18, you could not avoid Acura's presence at the Festival. We had the pure joy of test-driving the 2018 Acura ILX this TIFF. Sleek, stylish and sophisicated, we wouldn't have endured those late nights and early mornings without the ILX. It was our MVP, no doubt.
We felt sheer confidence owning the road, empowered by its 2.4-litre, 16-valve, DOHC, i-VTEC® 4-cylinder engine. The ILX operates at an impressive 201 horsepower, with engine torque of ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER AND POSTER FOR “MARY POPPINS RETURNS”
Right in-time for Christmas comes MARY POPPINS RETURNS! Check-out this gorgeous new Poster and Trailer!
Synopsis:
In Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns,” an all new original musical and sequel, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find the joy and wonder missing in their lives following a personal loss. Emily Blunt stars as the practically-perfect nanny with unique magical skills who can turn any ordinary task into an unforgettable, fantastic adventure and ...
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#TIFF18: DAY TEN – KRISTEN STEWART, LAURA DERN, JAMES JAGGER, JIM STURGESS + KELVIN HARRISON JR.
By Mr. Will Wong
It's hard to believe TIFF '18 already has come to an end! Amidst the half-hour sleeps and hustling venue to venue we now can finally take a deep breath and appreciate what a wonderful Festival it was yet again! While this edition definitely was a bit of endurance test - we were working right to the end - it is one of those things you look back at and miss greatly. We already are strategizing for TIFF '19 and believe us, we'll be ready!
A warmhearted thank you to all our ...
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#TIFF18: “GREEN BOOK” REVIEW
By Mr. Will Wong
While known much for his funny Films, Peter Farrelly, one-half of the Duo which brought us classics There's Something About Mary and Me, Myself & Irene, gifts us at TIFF '18 with the Sleeper Hit of the Festival, GREEN BOOK. The heartwarming Comedy details the unlikely friendship between a Concert Pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and his bouncer-turned-chaffeur Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen). While from completely opposite worlds, it is impossible not to be charmed by the ...
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#TIFF18: “BEAUTIFUL BOY” REVIEW
By Mr. Will Wong
Making its World Premiere at TIFF '18 is Felix Van Groeningen's adaptation of Memoirs Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff. The highly-buzzed Film details a father and son's battle through drug addiction, relapse and reconciliation.
Stars Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell shine in this beautifully-acted Awards Season contender, the former capturing the essence of addiction and his ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “THE PREDATOR” PREYS ON COMPETITION
THE PREDATOR, hot off its TIFF '18 debut last week, preys upon the competition and devours them to the tune of $24.7 million from 4,037 theatres at the Box Office this weekend, taking top spot for 20th Century Fox. It gets 34% on the Tomatometer and a C+ CinemaScore.
In second is last week's champ THE NUN, which takes $19 million in its second week for Warner Bros. The latest in the bankable Conjuring Franchise has a two week tally of $86 million domestically.
Debuting in third is A SIMPLE ...
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#TIFF18: “A PRIVATE WAR” REVIEW
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike) was an acclaimed Journalist who lived for covering stories on the front lines of war-torn nations. She lost an eye in a grenade attack in Sri Lanka, and started wearing an eye patch while continuing to cover the worst of stories. But as the years and wars wear on, so too does the PTSD of everything she’s seen.
In his Narrative Feature debut, Documentarian Matthew Heineman has crafted a Film that is gritty, real and ...
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#TIFF18: “COLD WAR” REVIEW
Review by George Kozera for Mr. Will Wong
Polish Director Pawel Pawlikowski’s follow-up to his Oscar winning “Ida” is another delectable black and white Feature that focuses strongly on his past and his heritage. Dedicated to his parents, COLD WAR is an exquisite love story between an older man and younger girl that is doomed from the start, yet lasts a decade throughout many countries in Europe during the cold war decade. Wiktor meets Zula when she auditions to join a folkloric song and ...
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#TIFF18: “ROMA” REVIEW
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
After stops at Venice (where it won the prestigious Golden Bear) and Telluride, Oscar-winning Director Alfonso Cuarón has brought ROMA to TIFF. The Film takes place in the early 1970s, revolving around live-in maid Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) and the middle-class family she works for in Mexico City’s Roma district.
The story at the heart of ROMA is important to the Film, but it comes secondary to the feeling and nostalgia Cuarón evokes in every frame ...
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#TIFF18: “HIGH LIFE” REVIEW
Review by David Baldwin for Mr. Will Wong
A spaceship housing criminals and screwups is heading for a Black Hole close to Earth. Monte (Robert Pattinson) is awake and tending to the care of the ship – while also taking care of his daughter, who was actually born on the ship. But not everything is cheerful as it seems.
Saying anything more would spoil the surprises legendary French Director Claire Denis has in store for audiences in her English language debut. Suffice to say, fluids are ...
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