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‘The Expendables’: Largest Release for Canadian Distributor Maple Pictures To Date
Posted on August 13, 2010 | No Comments
When Sylvester Stallone’s testosterone-driven throwback to the action films of the 1980s, The Expendables, opens in Canada today it will be the largest release in the history of distributor Maple...
TIFF 2010: A Closer Look at Ingrid Veninger’s ‘MODRA’
Posted on August 11, 2010 | No Comments
I started following the career of Canadian filmmaker and actress Ingrid Veninger after seeing Nurse.Fighter.Boy (which she co-wrote and produced) at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The film was...
TIFF 2010 Announces Lineup of Canadian Features
Posted on August 11, 2010 | No Comments
Earlier today the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced the lineup of Canadian feature films screening at this year’s festival. Among the selections (full list below) are Jacob Tierney’s Good...
Movies in the Park Screens ‘Some Like It Hot’ This Month in Riverdale Park East
Posted on August 9, 2010 | No Comments
Billy Wilder’s excellent 1959 Marilyn Monroe-Jack Lemmon-Tony Curtis comedy Some Like It Hot will be the featured film this month at Movies in the Park in Toronto’s Riverdale Park East...
Colossus Vaughan Cinemas Celebrating ‘Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore’ With A Mini Carnival
Posted on July 30, 2010 | No Comments
This Saturday (July 31, 2010) the Colossus Vaughan Cinemas will be hosting a mini carnival in celebration of the release of the Warner Bros. family film, Cats & Dogs: The...
Open Roof Films Coming to Amsterdam Brewery
Posted on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
For seven nights in August non-profit organization Open Roof Films will be hosting an outdoor movie and music series at the Amsterdam Brewery. The series launches on August 6 with...
E1 Entertainment is now Entertainment One
Posted on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
I received a press release last week from E1 Entertainment informing me that they are now Entertainment One (or eOne for short). While this news means absolutely nothing to 99%...
TIFF 2010: More Details on ‘Biutiful’, ‘Buried’, and ‘Made in Dagenham’
Posted on July 28, 2010 | No Comments
More details on films screening at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) keep pouring in after yesterday’s Galas and Special Presentations announcement by TIFF. As with Warner Bros. sending...
TIFF 2010: A Closer Look at Ben Affleck’s ‘The Town’
Posted on July 28, 2010 | No Comments
After the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced some of the selected films screening in the Galas and Special Presentations programmes at TIFF 2010 yesterday, I was contacted by Warner...
RIP Maury Chaykin (1949 – 2010)
Posted on July 28, 2010 | No Comments
Award-winning actor Maury Chaykin passed away today, which also marks his 61st birthday. Best known for his work in the 1994 Canadian film Whale Music (which he won a Genie...
TIFF 2010 Announces Galas and Special Presentations
Posted on July 27, 2010 | 3 Comments
At a press conference in Toronto today, 15 Galas and 35 Special Presentations were announced for the 35th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and with new films from Robert Redford,...
‘Green Zone’ Paintball Event (or How Universal Home Entertainment Almost Killed Me)
Posted on July 18, 2010 | No Comments
A few weeks ago Universal Home Entertainment put me on a bus and shipped me, and about 15 other people in the media, off for tactical paintball training to promote...
NFB Mediatheque Showcases the Best Animation and the Best Short Films
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No Comments
The NFB Mediatheque has two great events planned this month that should please both animation geeks and short film lovers alike. On Thursday, July 15 at 7 p.m. the Best...
TIFF 2010 Tickets Now On Sale
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No Comments
While VISA cardholders have been able to purchase tickets for the 35th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) since July 5, the box office opens for cash and debit shoppers beginning...
2010 DGC Nominees Announced
Posted on July 8, 2010 | No Comments
The Directors Guild of Canada announced the nominees for the 2010 DGC Awards today and Atom Egoyan’s Chloe (pictured), Jacob Tierney’s The Trotsky, Ruba Nadda’s Cairo Time, and John N....