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“IT: Chapter 2” is a visceral sequel that floats to exciting new heights with prominent LGBT representation

posted Saturday, September 14, 2019

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The Fall movie season is here and it’s by far one of the most anticipated! Especially in Toronto, where the beginning of September marks the start of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Hoards of celebrities and movie insiders descend on the city to premiere movies and attend galas, but while stars like Joaquin Phoenix […]

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Queer Representation at TIFF – on now until Sept 15. 2019 (Toronto)

posted Friday, September 6, 2019

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The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is finally here and this year’s program is chalk-full of festival firsts and anticipated titles – the 2019 schedule features 333 films from 80+ countries across the globe! “2019 marks the first year as Co-Heads of TIFF,” says Artistic Director Cameron Bailey and Executive Director Joana Vicente in the […]

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“Scary Stories” is this summer’s monster mash smash

posted Thursday, August 15, 2019

by: in Art, Books, Celebrity, Entertaining, Film, Toronto

Who among us doesn’t love a good summer scare? And there are so many classic horror stories that either take place in or are released during the summer season, but up until “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” debuted last weekend, the horror genre in 2019 has seen one too many lacklustre sequels and […]

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It’s absurd! It’s insane! It’s…”SHAZAM!”

posted Saturday, April 13, 2019

by: in Art, Celebrity, Entertaining, Film, Toronto

We’re in the middle of a cinematic superhero sandwich this month as both Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame acts as the metaphorical Marvel bun to DC’s monkey in the middle, Shazam! And while this refreshing new superhero movie opened with a rewarding $53.5 million at the domestic box office last weekend, Warner Bros. Entertainment has a long way to […]

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Dumbo is the ‘Prince of Elephants’ in Tim Burton’s new Disney live-action remake

posted Tuesday, April 2, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Entertaining, Film

It’s shaping up to be another stellar year for Walt Disney Studios as the production company can now confirm two high-flying #1 motion pictures by the end of March. Both Captain Marvel and Dumbo debuted at number one at the box office on their respective opening weekends and the set of films account for two of the […]

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Lupita Nyong’o is shear-ly brilliant in Jordan Peele’s “Us”

posted Saturday, March 23, 2019

by: in Film

“I Got 5 On It” by Luniz is a “dope song,” says Gabe Wilson (Winston Duke, Black Panther) en route to his summer home in Santa Cruz, California, accompanied by his wife Adelaide (Lupita Nyong’o, Black Panther) and two kids, Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph, who will voice young Nala in Disney’s upcoming The Lion King) and […]

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“Captain Marvel” is full of action, 90’s nostalgia and girl power!

posted Friday, March 8, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Entertaining, Film

The wait is over! Disney/Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel (aka “Sparklefists” for all you comic fans) has officially crash-landed into a theatre near you! On International Women’s Day, no less! How fitting, considering this is the first MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) superhero movie starring a female lead. Academy Award-winning actress Brie Larson (Room) explodes onto the […]

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“Greta” boasts an intriguing concept but delivers an absurd story

posted Wednesday, March 6, 2019

by: in Art, Celebrity, Entertaining, Film, New York City, Toronto

It’s March Madness at the movies and brand new motion pictures like How To Train Your Dragon: Hidden World and Tyler Perry’s A Madea’s Family Funeral are burning up the box office! But while the entire world awaits Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel, there’s a little movie called Greta that dares to compete with this month’s […]

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“Velvet Buzzsaw” is artsy, bloody and disappointingly bad

posted Monday, February 11, 2019

by: in Art, Art Gallery, Celebrity, Comedy, Design, Entertaining, Film, Gallery, Lesbian, Queer

With few enticing options at the cinema and some frightful weather outside, many moviegoers are opting to stay home and stream their winter blues away, instead. And at the stroke of February, the Netflix original movie Velvet Buzzsaw was released to some hungry binge watchers! Shortly thereafter, a general online consensus points to the film’s despondent […]

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“Glass” completes M. Night Shyamalan’s 19-year-old trilogy with a shattering conclusion

posted Saturday, January 19, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Entertaining, Film, Lesbian

“Whoa.” It’s the first word I uttered as the credits for “Glass” started to roll at the Universal Studios Canada advanced screening. I had no other words to describe the events that transpired on the big screen in front of me, and since this film is the first “big movie” of 2019, my short (but […]

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