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Stackt Presents Jarritos & Amigos Celebrate Mexico – Nov 2, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Friday, November 1, 2019

by: in Art, Events, Featured Events, Film, Music, Outdoors, Toronto

Live from Toronto’s Stackt Market, Jarritos & Amigos celebrate Mexico on Day of the Dead!  Join in the festivities for all ages including face painting, Disney Pixar’s Coco film screenings, tasty eats, live music and even live Lucha Libre Wrestling. Be sure to stop by the Jarritos booth for #SuperGood soda & to grab some exclusive Jarritos […]

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imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival – 20th Anniversary, Oct 22 to 27, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Monday, October 21, 2019

by: in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Toronto, Trans

The 20th imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival offers a full program of works by Indigenous screen-content creators, running October 22-27, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario. Opening night gala is on Tuesday, October 22, featuring One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk by Zacharias Kunuk at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. On Sunday, October 27, the closing night gala is The […]

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“Zombieland: Double Tap” is the Halloween movie we’ve been waiting for!

posted Friday, October 18, 2019

by: in Art, Entertaining, Film

A decade after Zombieland became a horror cult classic, the lead cast (Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone) have reunited with director Ruben Fleischer (Venom) and the original writers Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (Deadpool) for Zombieland: Double Tap. The “Double Tap” in the title is a clever pun referring to “liking” or […]

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“The Laundromat” – all is not what it seems – Netflix (Oct 18)

posted Thursday, October 17, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Film, Television

When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin (Academy Award winner Meryl Streep) begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world’s wealthiest citizens amass even larger […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Toronto-based, Indigenous Trans actress Kiley May on her first major movie role in “IT: Chapter Two”

posted Friday, September 20, 2019

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

Perched atop the worldwide box office sits Pennywise the Killer Clown, a horror genre phenomenon and star of the biggest horror movie franchise of all time – cue maniacal clown laugh! With a 3-hour running time and a controversial opening scene, It: Chapter Two received mixed reviews upon its opening, but despite IT’s shortcomings, this cinematic funhouse […]

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James Franco’s “Zeroville” opens Sept 20, 2019 in Toronto

posted Wednesday, September 18, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Toronto

Based on author Steve Erickson’s 2007 novel, director James Franco (The Disaster Artist, The Sound and the Fury) stars as Ike Jerome, a.k.a. “Vikar,.” Vikar is a lost soul journeying through Hollywood in 1969, a land of myths, beauty and monsters. The studio system is in decay, and a new generation of brash filmmakers are […]

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The Last Porno Show – depicts Toronto’s underground at TIFF (Toronto)

posted Monday, September 9, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Toronto

Kire Paputts’ The Last Porno Show — a welcome follow-up to his debut, the 2015 TIFF hit The Rainbow Kid — introduces us to Wayne (Nathaniel Chadwick), a struggling actor who was traumatized as a child while living with his father Al (Christian Aldo), whom he hasn’t seen in years. Now a bit of an emotional mess, Wayne is […]

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Synonyms – tragicomedy about an Israeli in Paris screens at TIFF (Toronto)

posted Monday, September 9, 2019

by: in Events, Featured Events, Film, Toronto

WARNING: Do not go see this movie if full frontal male nudity offends you, as that’s the opening scene, and the first five minutes of this movie! The gay innuendos are heavy throughout, yet….well, you’ll have to watch it and see for yourself as to how this one plays out. Y oav, (Tom Mercier), a young […]

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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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“The Queen” screens at Drag Brunch, with a performance by Fontaine – July 28, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, July 25, 2019

by: in Drag, Events, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Toronto

Hot Docs is celebrating the herstory of drag this month with a special Drag Brunch event. On Sunday, July 28,the 1968 drag documentary The Queen, will be shown. This film is considered the mother of all drag documentaries, going behind-the-scenes of the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant. Prior to the screening, guests can enjoy mimosas and snacks, along with a […]

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