Remakes OK, but how about some originality in your world?
Opinion If you’re wondering who the 2023 The Little Mermaid remake is for, it’s for me. And by “me,” I specifically mean millennials who were children...
Like an old married throuple
Sean Garrity, Jonas Chernick and Emily Hampshire have been doing it together for a long time. Making romantic comedies, that is. In 2012, the trio collaborated...
A duo once more, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon come up for ‘Air’
NEW YORK (AP) — While Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were writing “The Last Duel,” their first screenplay together since their 1997 breakthrough, “Good Will Hunting,”...
Disney developing live-action ‘Moana’ with Dwayne Johnson
NEW YORK (AP) — “Moana” will be the latest Walt Disney Co. animation to get the live-action treatment, and at least one star is coming back....
Canadian-American filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin to win MacDowell Medal
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. – Prolific filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin will receive the MacDowell Medal. MacDowell, an American arts organization, says the Canadian-American documentarian will be the first female...
Creed’s new challenger packs powerful punch in threequel
In this uneven but often powerful threequel, we see Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) reckoning with his past as this long-running franchise tries to find some...
Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival set to showcase artists’ work amid invasion
TORONTO – Several films will screen at the first Toronto Ukrainian Film Festival, set to take place next week. Organizer Roman Lysiak says the festival will...
‘Alice Darling’ shows complexity of female friendships and how they provide salvation
TORONTO – When it comes to female friendships, Anna Kendrick says the mutual respect and energy of a close friend group can be a source of...
Season’s beatings galore in yuletide bust-up
Take Home Alone. Ratchet up the violence, so that booby traps can kill. Now layer in another plot lifted from Miracle on 34th Street, in which...
City ready for its closeup
The two-dozen strong Manitoba film industry contingent that blitzed Los Angeles this week established a strong beachhead with the film industry there and officials believe they...