The Toronto film community lost one of its own yesterday when Adam Lopez, founder of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, passed away at the age of 52. Lopez had …
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Sean Baker‘s Palme d’Or-winner dramedy Anora won the 97th Oscars, taking home five statues for Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Director, Best Actress for Mikey Madison, and Best Picture. …
It was somewhat quietly reported last June that the Cineplex Cinemas Queensway theatre in Etobicoke is being proposed for demolition for a condominium complex and park, to be built on …
In some bad news that seemed inevitable, but still is quite sad, Toronto After Dark Festival Director Adam Lopez released a statement last night stating that due to forces beyond …
Back in January, it was first reported by TMZ that Mia Goth, director Ti West, and distributor A24 were all defendants in a lawsuit filed by a background actor on …
One day after it looked like this would be the final weekend in operation for the Revue Cinema, the Revue Film Society headed by Grant Oyston received an injunction from …
In January 2012, I wrote a blog post entitled Movie Theatres of My Life, listing the Toronto area cinemas I grew up attending, followed up a few months later by …
The problems plaguing the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival are continuing. With the film festival’s financial challenges continuing, Hot Docs has announced a temporary hiatus of its year-round programming. …
The first full trailer has dropped for Wicked: Part One, marketed as just Wicked. The film is an adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, …
Tomorrow morning the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is scheduled to announce the line-up for the 31st annual edition of the film festival to be held from April 25-May …
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was the big winner at the 96th Academy Awards, winning 7 of its 13 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Cillian Murphy and …
Film scholar David Bordwell has passed away at the age of 76 after a long struggle with a degenerative lung disease. The name would be familiar to anyone who has …
As a film franchise, Star Wars has been on hiatus since the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. Several film projects went in and out of …
For the first time since 1980, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has voted to go on strike. SAG-AFTRA will be joining the …
The first trailer has dropped for Asteroid City, the latest film by director Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson’s films have long since settled into a familiar formula, and stylistically Asteroid City …
Daniels’ sci-fi action-comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner at the 95th Academy Awards, winning 7 of its 11 nominated categories, including Best Picture, Best Director and …
This is a tough obituary post for me to write since it affects the rest of the Toronto film community and me quite personally. Suppose you have ever attended the …
Thirteen years after the original, James Cameron is finally back with Avatar: The Way of Water. The full trailer for the film has been released ahead of the film’s release …
Source: Variety The 94th Academy Awards happened last night and Sian Heder’s CODA ended up being the big winner of the night, winning all three awards it was nominated for, …
Source: Variety Revisiting a controversial plan from a few years ago, the Academy has made the announcement that there will be 8 categories that will not be presented during this …
Director and producer Ivan Reitman has died at the age of 75. Reitman is best known as the director of many popular comedies in the 1970s and 1980s, including 1979’s …
Source: Variety (H/T Indiewire) For years, the Academy Awards have been accused of being out of touch with the tastes of mainstream moviegoers, with probably one of the most notable …
Source: Oscars.org The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were made this morning in a video announcement hosted by Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross. Jane Campion’s Power of the …
Source: The Hollywood Reporter As is typical on the eve of the Academy Award nominations, the Razzie Awards released their nominations for the worst of the worst of 2021. Usually, …
I may have only seen the latest film earlier this week, but Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment have greenlit a sixth entry to the Scream franchise. Since its release on January …
The virtual DC FanDome convention happened this weekend, which included the debut of trailers for a number of DC film productions, including The Suicide Squad and the “Zack Snyder Cut” …
Oscar-winning Italian film composer Ennio Morricone has died at the age of 91. I thought that the best way that I can pay tribute to him to share some of …
It is with great sadness that I report that character actor Dick Miller has passed away at the age of 90. Miller first became known by his work with cult …
Clint Eastwood makes a return to the big screen in The Mule. A decade ago, it was thought that 2008’s Grand Torino would mark Clint Eastwood’s final time in front of the …
Taking some R&R for the next few days, but first a few of the latest movie news headlines. It is being reported that actor Topher Grace had to contact police …
After a many month absence, I am back to rounding up some of the interesting movie news headlines. Probably the top movie news item are the reports that Idris Elba …
Prepare for the night HE came home…again! 40 years after the events of John Carpenter’s Halloween, Michael Myers returns to terrorize the now elderly Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her family. …
Italian director Luca Guadagnino follows the award winning success of last year’s Call Me by Your Name with this remake of Dario Argento’s Suspiria. This new version stars Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton, both …
For this week’s Tuesday trailer, we have Disney’s new live action look at the adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It has been more than fifty year’s since the first Disney …
Last week, a trailer dropped for a new R-rated buddy cop film (with puppets) directed by Brian Henson (the son of Jim). The film is the first feature from “Henson …
It’s been a couple weeks, but I am back with some more news headlines. Black Panther Box Office Surpasses $1 Billion (Source: Box Office Mojo) Black Panther has been continuing its …
It’s been a busy week for me, but it’s now time to share some more news highlights. Older Oscar Voters Snubbing Get Out without Seeing It (Source: Gizmodo) Proving the …
Greg Sestero and Tommy Wiseau reunite on screen in Best F(r)iends. With the release of The Disaster Artist, the cult film The Room has probably been receiving more attention than it has …
The weekend is over and it’s time to dive into today’s movie news. Kevin Smith has Near-Fatal Heart Attack (Source: Twitter) Cult filmmaker Kevin Smith has a brush with death, …
Here is today’s movie news round-up. Visit Camp Crystal Lake (Source: ScreenCrush) For the hardcore Friday the 13th fans out there, you have a chance to tour the Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco Boy …
Here is my round-up of movie news around the web that interests me. Rush Hour 4 in Production (Source: ScreenCrush) It is being reported that both Jackie Chan and Chris …
We lost one of the undisputed masters of horror this past weekend, as George A. Romero passed away from cancer at age 77. Romero is probably best known for creating …