my old ass
#EDITORSNOTE: TEAM MR. WILL NAME THEIR BEST-OF 2024 FILM LISTS
What a fantastic year in Cinema 2024 was! The Team – Nicholas Porteous, Amanda Gilmore, Justin Waldman, David Baldwin and Mr. Will unveil for you their best-of 2024 film lists here which you absolutely cannot miss! There are some surprises!
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We thank you so much for your supporting all these years including 2024 and cannot wait to bring you the goods in 2025 whether it be first looks, screening pass giveaways, reviews or interviews, we will continue to be there for you!
To an epic 2025!
Team Mr. Will
#INTERVIEW: MEGAN PARK, MAISY STELLA AND KERRICE BROOKS ON “MY OLD ASS”
By Mr. Will Wong
Since its debut at Sundance earlier this year, anticipation has been high for Megan Park‘s MY OLD ASS. The Actress/Director/Writer who hails from Toronto, has built an impressive track record after Park‘s directorial debut THE FALLOUT swept awards at SXSW ’21, going on to universal praise.
This latest Feature, produced by Margot Robbie‘s Lucky Chap, centers on a teen named Elliott (Maisy Stella) who after getting high on mushrooms, meets her 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza) who warns her not to fall in love. Until she meets exactly the boy who her older self tells her not to fall for.
Park returned to Toronto, along with Stella (also from Toronto), Kerrice Brooks and Carter Trozzolo, who a friend Ro and young brother, Spencer, of Elliott. Also walking the yellow carpet at Cineplex Varisty Cinemas was Park‘s partner Actor/Singer-Songwriter Tyler Hilton who composes the Score for the Film.
Some carpet highlights:
We were thrilled to chat with Park, Stella and Brooks about their experiences working on this Comedy.
Park tells us “I think it’s hard to go into a movie expecting an audience to take away one thing. I don’t want to force any message on anyone, but it is really cool hearing people come out of the movie and when they go home, they call their mom or their dad. That always is really moving to me. I hope that people really feel something and are reminded of how quickly time goes by”.
Stella, who you might remember from TV series NASHVILLE and part of sister singing duo Lennon & Stella, tell us about how she got involved with the project. She says, “I read Megan‘s script for The Fallout and I taped for that, I met her through that and I just really fell in love with her and wanted to work with her so bad. So when I got the MY OLD ASS script it had her name on it, I knew to take it very, very seriously. It was such a good Script. It was such a perfect Script and you actually have to try very hard not to love it.
Full chats here:
Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release MY OLD ASS in select theatres September 27, 2024.
(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)
#FIRSTLOOK: “MY OLD ASS” CANADIAN POSTER
Today we get a new Canadian Poster for MY OLD ASS starring Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella! Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release this September.
Synopsis:
In this fresh coming-of-age story, an 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott (Maisy Stella) face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza).
But when Elliott’s “old ass” starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn’t do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what’s becoming a transformative summer.
Amazon MGM Studios and Indian Paintbrush present, A LuckyChap Production.
Written and Directed by Megan Park
Starring Maisy Stella, Percy Hynes White, Maddie Ziegler, Kerrice Brooks and Aubrey Plaza
Produced by Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara, Steven Rales
Executive Produced by Daniel Bekerman, Bronte Payne, Megan Park
#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “MY OLD ASS”
What would you tell your younger self? Toronto’s Megan Park directs MY OLD ASS, which premiered at Sundance and Inside Out ’24 to raves! Today we get to see the new Trailer! Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release in theatres this September.
In this fresh coming-of-age story, an 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott (Maisy Stella) face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self (Aubrey Plaza).
But when Elliott’s “old ass” starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn’t do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what’s becoming a transformative summer.
Amazon MGM Studios and Indian Paintbrush present, A LuckyChap Production.
Written and Directed by Megan Park
Starring Maisy Stella, Percy Hynes White, Maddie Ziegler, Kerrice Brooks and Aubrey Plaza
Produced by Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara, Steven Rales
Executive Produced by Daniel Bekerman, Bronte Payne, Megan Park
#INTERVIEW: 2024 INSIDE OUT 2SLGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL
The INSIDE OUT 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival is back on now till June 1, 2024 at TIFF Lightbox and online! Now in its 34th edition, the Festival boasts 106 films from 25 countries this year, including several exciting titles like opening night selection MY OLD ASS, starring Aubrey Plaza which just premiered at Sundance to raves; SPARK starring The Polititian‘s Theo Germaine and decorated Olympian-turned-Actor Danell Levya; CORA BORA starring Hacks’ Megan Stalter; Series STORIES FROM MY GAY GRANDPARENTS; and a pair of Best Friend Comedies in SISTERS and EXTREMELY UNIQUE DYNAMIC. WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP is the closing night selection, centering on a band setting out to ignite a musical revolution.
It was a pure delight seeing some of the incredible talent behind some of this year’s titles at the Festival on the colourful carpet last night at TIFF Lightbox, as part of Opening Night celebrations.
We chat with the following about their bonding experiences and what they hope audiences will take away from their productions:
•Theo Germaine and Danell Levya of SPARK
•Harrison Xu and Ivan Leung of EXTREMELY UNIQUE DYNAMIC
•Sarah Khasrovi and Kausar Mohammed of SISTERS
•Scott Farley, Jane Moffatt, James Kall, Alexander Nunez and Tricia Black of STORIES FROM MY GAY GRANDPARENTS
More on tickets and showtimes here.
(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)
#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 Park’s follow-up to her feature debut The Fallout, which received the Grand Jury Prize, Audience Award for Narrative Feature, and the Brightcove Award for Directing at SXSW in 2021, is a runaway crowd-pleasing hit. We’ve had these time-traveling, meeting-ones-self films before. Yet, Park makes it inventive and hilarious.
For one, Elliott meets her older self while on a shroom trip. During this encounter, she asks 39-year-old her (a truly compelling Plaza) for advice about what she can do to have a better life. Plaza’s Elliott warns her younger self (a breakout role for the vibrant Stella) against getting close to someone named Chad (Percy Hines White). But in true young-adult fashion, saying to stay away makes Elliott curious about him. What did Chad do to cause Elliott to warn her older self to steer clear?
This mystery that young Elliott tries to find out gets at the heart of the Film. It leads to an immensely moving moment near the end that will have all weeping. It leaves the audience with a poignant, uplifting message about how to live life. Park’s beautiful lesson: don’t live in the past, or the future, live for the moment and do it fearlessly.
My Old Ass screens at Sundance ’24:
Jan 20 at 7:00 PM at Eccles Theatre
Jan 21 at 9:15 AM at Prospector Square Theatre
Jan 22 at 9:15 PM at Magaplex Theatres at The Gateway – Theatre 1/2/3
Jan 24 at 10:00 AM at Library Center Theatre
Jan 28 at 9:20 PM at Rose Wagner Theatre
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