#TIFF17: TITLES UNVEILED FOR 2017 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
By Siobhán Rich and Mr. Will Wong
Now in its 42th edition, the Toronto International Film Festival is set to go Thursday, September 7 - Sunday, September 17, 2017. Normally seen as a major precursor to Awards Season culminating in the Academy Awards, the Festival showcases several of the Films that will go on to prominence and glory in the coming months and also rare Films which may not ever be seen again outside the festival circuit. Cinema Lovers had plenty to rejoice today as the first ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “PATTI CAKE$” + PRIZE PACK
You've heard us rave about it and now it's your chance to see it! Fox Searchlight x Mr. Will are giving Readers in Toronto + Vancouver a chance to see PATTI CAKE$. Screenings take place as follows:
PATTI CAKE$ - TORONTO
Wed. Aug 23
7:00PM
Varsity
PATTI CAKE$ - VANCOUVER
Mon. Aug 28
7:00PM
International Village
Not in Toronto or Vancouver? Worry not! Â We also are giving Readers across Canada to win an official Prize Pack from the Movie!
Synopsis:
In a coming-of-age story ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “ANNABELLE: CREATION” SCARES ITS WAY TO THE TOP
People can't get enough of this creepy doll! ANNABELLE: CREATION debuts atop the Box Office with a smashing $36.5 million for Warner Bros. from 3,502 theatres. It gets 68% on the Tomatometer, with a B CinemaScore. This latest installment of The Conjuring Franchise still is unable to surpass its 2013 $41 million debut.
A distant second is DUNKIRK with $10.5 million in its fourth week out, a total $152 million also for Warner Bros.
Third is THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE with $8 million from ...
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#SPOTTED: KHALID IN TORONTO AT REBEL
He's definitely the future. 19-year-old Texas-born Singer/Songwriter Khalid has developed an ardent fan base rapidly over the past year and he's showing no signs of stopping any time soon.
Touring in support of his U.S. Billboard Hot 200 Top Ten-charting debut disc AMERICAN TEEN, he consistently has sold-out venues, delivering his unique Alternative/Electronic twist on R&B, adorned with his smooth Texan-inflected Baritone. Â
He brought his American Teen tour to Toronto's trendy Rebel ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “OUR SOULS AT NIGHT”
Some people just belong together on the big screen! Check out this new Teaser and images (above) from Venice Film Festival selection OUR SOULS AT NIGHT starring legends Jane Fonda and Robert Redford!
Synopsis:
Fifty years since playing newlyweds in Barefoot in the Park, Academy Award ® winners Robert Redford and Jane Fonda come together onscreen for the fourth time in Netflix’s Our Souls at Night, this time playing a couple who find love unexpectedly later in life.
See the ...
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#BOXOFFICE: “THE DARK TOWER” BRIGHT ON A DIM WEEKEND
Debuting atop the Box Office this weekend on a tepid weekend is Sony Pictures' THE DARK TOWER with a $19.6 million from 3,451 theatres across North America. Â The Stephen King adaptation musters only a 19% from Critics on the Tomatometer and a BÂ CinemaScore.
Former champion DUNKIRK slips to second this weekend with $17.4 million for Warner Bros. Â Thus far over three weeks it has grossed $132 million domestically.
In third is Sony Pictures' THE EMOJI MOVIE with $12.6 million in its second ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN”
We are approaching that time of the year when those emotionally heavy-hitting Films start surfacing. See the new Trailer for Awards Season contender, GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN.
Synopsis:
GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN gives a rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin (Will Tilston), whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny ...
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#INTERVIEW: DANIELLE MACDONALD ON “PATTI CAKE$”
One of Sundance Film Festival's biggest revelations this year is Writer/Director Geremy Jasper's feature debut PATTI CAKE$. The 70-minute Rap-Comedy follows a New Jersey girl's path to achieving the unlikely dream of becoming a famous Rapper. The Film won not only a standing ovation at the Festival, but raves critically too en route quickly to a distribution deal with Fox Searchlight.
While based somewhat on events that took place in Jasper's own life growing-up in New Jersey, the titular ...
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#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “GOOD TIME”
Elevation Pictures x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to attend an Advance Screening of GOOD TIME. Screenings take place as follows:
Toronto
Date: August 14th, 2017
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas (10 Dundas St E #402, Toronto, ON M5B 2G9)
Vancouver
Date: August 23rd, 2017
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas (88 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6B 6N9)
SYNOPSIS:
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother ...
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#SPOTTED: SOFIA BOUTELLA IN TORONTO FOR “FAHRENHEIT 451”
Few stars are rising faster than Sofia Boutella's. The Algerian-French Actress/Dancer has been in Toronto for just over a week and today began work on HBO's dystopian Ray Bradbury Novel Adaptation, FAHRENHEIT 451. The Film, which she tells us will be released next September, stars also Michael B. Jordan  (who also produces) and Michael Shannon.
Seen recently in KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, STAR TREK BEYOND, THE MUMMY and currently in ATOMIC BLONDE, Boutella's streak isn't stopping any time ...
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