Beginning today, box office smash The Super Mario Bros. begins its dominance of the VOD charts. Below is the official press release: Universal City, California, May 15, 2023 – Shattering box-office records and generating over a billion dollars worldwide, Nintendo and Illumination’s animated spectacular THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE blasts into homes tomorrow, May 16, 2023, exclusively on…
I am always happy to take part in AFIFest. AFIFest 2022 is set to begin, running November 2nd-6th, 2022. It is the first time since 2019 that it will be a fully in-person festival. (In 2020, it was entirely virtual, and 2021 was a hybrid festival.) It is wonderful that things are beginning to return…
The further you step into the dark, the harder it is to breathe. Directed by Ron Howard, the new trailer for Thirteen Lives highlights the terror that exists for those who risk their lives for others. While we often think of the fear experienced by those in danger, the courage to fight their own demons…
The CF Toronto Eaton Centre has officially gone batty. In partnership with Warner Bros. Canada, the Eaton Centre is celebrating the release of Matt Reeves? The Batman with a stunning exhibit in the central concourse that will surely draw attention. From now until March 8th, The Batman’s Colony of Bats invites viewers to stop by to untangle a mystery…
With Luna, Chip & Inkie: Adventure Rangers Go, Knowledge Network finally step into the world of children’s animation. With fun and silliness, these three miniature heroes look to help solve problems of their friends in the forest! The following comes from their press release: Toronto and Vancouver, January 25, 2022 ??British Columbia?s trusted viewer-supported public…
Sometimes reality is scarier than fiction. Directed by Kristine Stolakis, the new trailer for Pray Away tells the story of the development of Exodus International. In the new footage, the trailer focuses on the damage left behind when one tries to erase another’s story. By using theology as a hammer, those involved at Exodus denied…
Now that AFI Docs has wrapped up, it?s time to see the winners and to make note of my favorites. Here are the award winners from the festival: AUDIENCE AWARD: FEATURE STORM LAKE DIRS: Jerry Risius and Beth Levision. For 30 years, in Storm Lake, Iowa, Art Cullen and his family have been publishing a…
One of my favorite film industry events is the annual AFI Fest in the fall. It always has a collection of the best films of the year. The American Film Institute has another important festival each year, AFI Docs, that centers on documentary films. AFI Docs usually takes place in Maryland (close to Washington, DC,…
It wasn?t supposed to go like that. After unexpectedly re-arranging the schedule to push Best Picture up and let the acting categories shine, the Academy clearly wanted to send a message. With the foregone conclusion that Chadwick Boseman would posthumously take Best Actor for his work in Ma Rainey?s Black Bottom, it was going to definitively…
Whether you’re aware of it or not, Canadian film is alive and well. The truth is that, while Canadian film continues to leave an impact on the industry, it is not very well known outside of our own borders. (Sometimes, not even within them!) In order to help spread the word about some of Canada’s…
