Let’s just get this out of the way – Charlize Theron is a bad ass. If her role as Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road didn’t convince you, then her turn as MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton definitely will. Based on the 2012 graphic novel The Coldest City, Atomic Blonde takes place in the middle of the Cold War, […]
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First Batch of Films Announced for TIFF 2017 in Special Presentations and Galas
The Toronto International Film Festival announced the first wave of Special Presentations and Galas today and it’s shaping up to be another great festival! TIFF 2017 brings 25 World Premieres to the Special Presentations and Galas, including Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated directorial debut, which will be the opening film for the Special Presentations. The closing night […]
CONTEST: Win Passes to see ‘The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature’
Enter for your chance to win a family pack of four (4) passes to see The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature at an advance screening in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Halifax. Screenings take place on August 5, 2017 at 10 am local time. There are three ways to win: Like our Facebook page, like the […]
CONTEST: Win Passes to see ‘The Glass Castle’
Enter for your chance to win double pass to see The Glass Castle at an advance screening in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Halifax and Victoria. All screenings take place on August 9, 2017. There are three ways to win: Like our Facebook page, like the contest post on Facebook, tell us why you want to see the […]
CONTEST: Win Advance Screening Passes to see ‘Wind River’
Thanks to VVS Films, we’re giving you the chance to see Wind River before anyone else in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Montreal! Screening Details: Toronto – August 10 Vancouver – August 10 – **MUST BE 19+ TO ENTER AND WIN** Calgary – August 14 Edmonton – August 14 Montreal – August 17 There are two […]
CONTEST: Win ROE passes to see ‘Lady Macbeth’ in theatres!
Enter for your chance to win a run-of-engagement pass to see Lady Macbeth in theatres! The film premiered at TIFF in 2016 and it’s coming back to Toronto (as well as Vancouver and Montreal)! To Win: 1. Follow us on Twitter 2. RT the contest post 3. Tell us which one of the three cities […]
CONTEST: Win an iTunes Digital Copy of ‘Phoenix Forgotten’
Courtesy of D Films, we’re giving away iTunes digital copies of Phoenix Forgotten to our readers in Canada! Contest Details: Like this contest post on Facebook and tag the friend you’d watch this frightening film with. Follow us and retweet this contest post on Twitter and tell us your favourite horror movie. Contest is open to Canadian residents […]
Special Guests Announced for FAN EXPO CANADA 2017
FAN EXPO CANADA, Canada’s largest comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, and gaming event, will feature some of the hottest names across genres for a four day, all-ages extravaganza. This year’s event will be held from August 31 – September 3, 2017 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Tickets are now available at fanexpocanada/tickets. Among this year’s […]
2017 Emmys: Full List of Nominations
HBO’s “Westworld” and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” top this year’s nominations with 22 nominations each. Leading the nominations in totals by platform are HBO (110), Netflix (91) and NBC (60). First time nominees include Claire Foy (“The Crown”), Milo Ventimilgia (“This Is Us”) and Donald Glover (“Atlanta”). Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen […]
‘To the Bone’ Review: Raw and Honest Storytelling
To the Bone is based on writer/director Marti Noxon’s personal struggle with eating disorders, specifically anorexia and bulimia. Her feature debut follows a 20-something year old, Ellen (Lily Collins), and her battle with anorexia. Obsessed with calorie counting (she can accurately tell you how many calories each item on her plate of food has), Ellen’s […]
Joseph Clement on ‘Integral Man’, Stanley Kubrick, and … Tomato Sauce?
Joseph Clement’s Integral Man was a hit at this year’s Hot Docs Festival. The documentary, filmed over several years, was a passion project for Clement who ended up spending a lot of time with James “Jim” Stewart, the owner of Integral House in Toronto, up until his death in 2014. Not so much a biography of […]
CONTEST: Win ‘Once Upon a Time in Venice’ on Blu-Ray!
Thanks to our friends at VVS Films, we’re giving our fans in Canada a chance to win a copy of Once Upon a Time in Venice on Blu-Ray! How to Win: Like the contest post on Facebook. In the Facebook comments, tell us what flavour of muffin Spyder eats in the film. Hint: You’ll have to watch […]
‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Review: A Refreshing Take on a Classic Character
Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is back and he’s having the time of his life. And so are all his friends. Even the villain. Tom Holland is the newest (age appropriate) Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Homecoming and he’s definitely the best one yet, in case that wasn’t clear enough for you from Civil War. We finally get to see a […]
‘The Journey’ Review: Too Focused on the Final Destination
After 40 years of violence in Northern Ireland, the ability to bring peace lies in the hands of the leaders of the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin (the political party of the Irish Republican Army). The Journey is the dramatization of how Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) and Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) eventually managed to put […]
Remembering Jonathan Demme at Hot Docs with ‘The Documentaries of Demme (+1): A Tribute’
From June 30 to July 19, 2017, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema will be paying tribute to the great filmmaker Jonathan Demme, who passed away on April 16, 2017. While Demme may be most well-known for directing the Academy Award winning, The Silence of the Lambs, The Documentaries of Demme (+1): A Tribute aims to highlight […]