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Review – “OUT on Stage” Season 1

posted Tuesday, January 22, 2019

by: in Disability, Film, Queer, Television

Comedy often comes from a source of pain. If you cannot laugh about it, then most likely you’ll cry – and who says you can’t do both? Throughout OUT on Stage’s first season, we see first-hand how the difficult experiences of being LGBTQ can provide comedy fodder. It’s extremely difficult to review stand-up comedy, as a […]

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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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“Making Montgomery Clift” – reflections on a Hollywood heartthrob – screens January 16th (Toronto)

posted Monday, January 14, 2019

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

Montgomery (Monty) Clift was one of the most influential actors in the history of cinema, bucking traditions on and off screen, but countless biographies have reduced him to labels like “tragically self-destructive” and “tormented.” The iconic Hollywood actor Montgomery Clift is brought to a new light by his nephew Robert Clift, who uncovers never-before-seen footage […]

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Sex Education debuts on Netflix January 11, 2019, starring Gillian Anderson

posted Wednesday, January 9, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Television

Launching worldwide with eight, one-hour episodes on January 11, 2019, Sex Education is a modern portrayal of sexual and romantic experiences, friendships and contemporary young adult life… and you’ll relive high school memories along the way. Meet Otis Milburn – an inexperienced, socially awkward high school student who lives with his mother, a sex therapist. Surrounded by […]

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“Bird Box” soars to the top of our watchlists, but is there a message behind the blindfolds?

posted Monday, January 7, 2019

by: in Celebrity, Film

Towards the end of 2018, a little birdie told me Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) would be starring in an exciting new thriller on Netflix. By the time December rolled around, there were still no leads, but as it turned out, the little birdie was right! Bullock’s new film is an adaptation […]

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“On The Basis of Sex” tells the triumphant true story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg

posted Monday, December 24, 2018

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

The holiday movie season is jam-packed with big-budget blockbusters and each and every one of them are vying for your attention (and money) this month. Opening at the bitter end of December – alongside CGI & family-friendly heavy hitters like Warner Bros.’ Aquaman and Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns – are some truly impressive political dramas. Vice, […]

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Dumplin’ stars Julie Murphy and Jennifer Anniston, with a soundtrack by Dolly Parton

posted Monday, December 10, 2018

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

“Dumplin’” is the plus-size, teenage daughter of a former beauty queen, who signs up for her mom’s pageant as a protest that escalates when other contestants follow her footsteps, revolutionizing the pageant and their small Texas town. Netflix has acquired the film,” which Jennifer Aniston stars in and is also the executive producer. The movie also […]

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“The Marriage” – husband, wife…and ex-lover

posted Monday, December 10, 2018

by: in Film, Queer

Kosovo’s Official Oscar Entry, THE MARRIAGE, is about a couple approaching the happiest day of their lives, as the husband to be is still in love with his best friend (played by one of Kosovo’s most prominent musician, Genc Salihu).  Their wedding in only two weeks, Anita and Bekim are adding the final touches to their big day. […]

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“Almost Almost Famous” – what’s it like being a music tribute artist?

posted Friday, December 7, 2018

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

On a road trip through an alternate universe, where famous musicians never died, Almost Almost Famous explores the lives of three of the world’s top tribute artists, the cost of borrowed fame, and the risk of getting ‘lost in the act’. Fifty years after trailblazers like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Jackie Wilson defined music […]

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“Anchor and Hope” – and baby makes…four…complicated!

posted Monday, December 3, 2018

by: in Film, Lesbian, Queer

In their mid-30s, Eva (Oona Chaplin) and Kat (Natalia Tena) have a fun and carefree simple life in their London canal boat until Eva, inspired by her exceptional mother Germaine (played by her real mother Geraldine Chaplin), presents Kat with an ultimatum: she wants a child, which Kat is not in favour of. Anchor and Hope […]

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