posted Friday, August 4, 2017
Without question, Charlize Theron (Monster, Prometheus), kicks ass! The 41-year-old Academy Award winning actress from South Africa came to slay in Atomic Blonde, a blast-to-the-past action movie about an elite M16 agent on a private mission in West Berlin, Germany, during the tail-end of the Cold War. And girl, she looks killer doing it. The […]
posted Monday, July 31, 2017
More than 3,000 runners, walkers and beer lovers are expected to lace up for the second annual Famous Canadian Beer Run on Sunday, September 17, 2017. The event features a scenic 5-kilometre run through Ontario Place, followed by a Craft Beer and Food Festival for participants at the finish line. This beer-themed event offers participants […]
posted Monday, July 24, 2017
*Spoiler Alert* while this review does not reveal any surprise elements, it could in fact spoil some aspects of the movie. Although scenes of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets landed at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con to a standing ovation, general audiences wondered what the hell “that new alien movie starring Rihanna” was […]
posted Friday, July 21, 2017
If you don’t know who John Boyega is, you must not like Science-Fiction Blockbuster movies. Currently, Boyega is on the cover of the August 2017 issue of GQ Magazine, the acting muse of Robert Downey Jr., and one of the lead roles in the latest Star Wars Franchise. His second of three films, The Last […]
posted Friday, July 21, 2017
Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer is a new book from Coach House Books that draws on range of voices from Toronto’s queer community. Named after a song by Jackie Shane, the Nashville born, pioneering trans R&B singer who made good in Toronto, Any Other Way is an eclectic illustrated history of a city that so […]
posted Wednesday, July 19, 2017
The Pfefferman family has found a new home on Showcase. Ahead of the Canadian broadcast premiere of the fourth season of Amazon Studios Transparent, Showcase brings viewers the first three seasons of the Golden Globe-winning series. Beginning July 21, Showcase will air three episodes back-to-back-to-back every Friday from 9-11 p.m. ET, culminating with the season three finale on September 22. […]
posted Monday, July 17, 2017
The legendary Lydia Lunch is making her way back to Toronto, and is a must-see for any punk rocker, feminist, no-wave music fan. This lady gets in your face with honesty. She tells it like it is, no holds barred. In November 2012, Lydia Lunch toured select cities across North America with a monstrous unit […]
posted Wednesday, July 12, 2017
After acclaimed performances at the Toronto Storytelling Festival, Nuit Rose, and Ontario Culture Days, Canton/Peterson Productions is proud to bring Coal From Hades: The Story of “Les Mouches Fantastiques” to the Hamilton Fringe Festival. Based on true events, this unique hybrid storytelling/theatre piece explores the lives and loves behind the creation of North America’s first […]
posted Monday, July 10, 2017
On July 8, 2017, news that 39 year-old actor/playwright, Nelsan Ellis had died in Los Angeles, California, soared to the top the internet’s trending topics. Ellis’ family released a statement two days later announcing he struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years. They went on to say that he “was ashamed of his addiction […]
posted Monday, July 10, 2017
The 1980s and early 1990s were a devastating time for Uganda, Rwanda and Congo, with millions of adults who died during the AIDS epidemic, the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and the sporadic violence that followed for years. Thousands of children were left without family or state support. In 2005, a group of Canadians came across 52 […]
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