Toronto International Film Festival Announces First Slate of Documentaries and Midnight Madness Programming

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The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival is shaping up to be another great festival. Even with scaling back, the programmers at TIFF continue to select great films. Many of the documentaries announced today have a recurring theme of resistance. In a statement, TIFF Docs Programmer Thom Powers said, “We pay witness to rebels challenging the […]

First Batch of Films Announced for TIFF 2017 in Special Presentations and Galas

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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 […]

Special Guests Announced for FAN EXPO CANADA 2017

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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

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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 […]

Early Look at Disney/Pixar’s ‘Coco’ Showcases Stunning Animation and a Charming Story

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After stuffing our faces with churros, a very apropos treat, members of the press were invited to a special presentation of Disney/Pixar’s newest film, Coco. And it was an absolute delight. VIPPs (Very Important Pixar People™) Adrian Molina (co-director and writer) and Darla K. Anderson (producer) were in town to show clips of the film in all […]

Creative Visions: Hong Kong Cinema 1997-2017 – Celebrate 20 Years of Hong Kong Films

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The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is bringing Creative Visions: Hong Kong Cinema 1997-2017 to Toronto for one weekend only. As only one of 11 other cities in the world selected to host the event, Creative Visions will feature eight carefully curated films that celebrate Hong Kong films. The event will run from June 23 – […]

2016 Toronto International Film Festival Guests Announced!

We’re super excited for the 41st Toronto International Film Festival and after the announcement of the talent coming to the festival, excitement could be at an all time high. High profile movies making their debut at the festival include; The Promise, The Magnificent Seven, Snowden, Deepwater Horizon and The Edge of Seventeen. Filmmakers, creators and Artists expected to […]

Trailer: Ben-Hur #2

Ben-Hur has a big task ahead of it if it wants to surpass the brilliance of the Charlton Heston led behemoth that was the original movie. The original won 11 Academy Awards which has never been surpassed and only equaled by Titanic and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. While the trailer for the remake intrigues me it […]