The Noms for the Golden Globes
http://videotoronto.citytv.com/?fr_story=e19f82e58e55965fa6fa735a84fbc94fe6940316&rf=bm
So today kicks off award season you can click HERE to find out more about who was nominated. or check out this link.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
American Gangster an Oscar shoo-in
By Mina Hochberg | amNewYork Movie Critic
November 2, 2007
Remember the theme song to "American Gangster" because you'll probably be hearing it a lot at the Oscars next year. Ridley Scott's spellbinding epic is one of the most noteworthy movies to come out of the big studios this year. Set in the early 1970s, the film chronicles the legendary rise of real-life Harlem drugpin Frank Lucas, whose maximum-strength heroin, called Blue Magic, proliferated the streets with twice the potency at half the price.
Inspired by a New York magazine profile of Lucas in 2000, "Gangster" is not so much about drug culture as it is about the making of a fierce American entrepreneur. Lucas, who worked for years as the "driver" for a crime boss, used his go-getter initiative to travel to Vietnam in the middle of the war and personally broker a deal to import pure heroin via military transport. By cutting out the middle man, he crafted a business plan that landed him a gold mine.
Denzel Washington inhabits Lucas with the kind of uncanny ease that wins awards. Lucas is mild-mannered and unassuming -- well, except for the occasional outburst where he shoots a guy in the forehead in broad daylight or smashes another guy's head in with a piano lid at a party. He wears tasteful suits and takes his mother to church. He lives by principles -- principles that allow for maiming and killing, but principles nonetheless.
November 2, 2007
Remember the theme song to "American Gangster" because you'll probably be hearing it a lot at the Oscars next year. Ridley Scott's spellbinding epic is one of the most noteworthy movies to come out of the big studios this year. Set in the early 1970s, the film chronicles the legendary rise of real-life Harlem drugpin Frank Lucas, whose maximum-strength heroin, called Blue Magic, proliferated the streets with twice the potency at half the price.
Inspired by a New York magazine profile of Lucas in 2000, "Gangster" is not so much about drug culture as it is about the making of a fierce American entrepreneur. Lucas, who worked for years as the "driver" for a crime boss, used his go-getter initiative to travel to Vietnam in the middle of the war and personally broker a deal to import pure heroin via military transport. By cutting out the middle man, he crafted a business plan that landed him a gold mine.
Denzel Washington inhabits Lucas with the kind of uncanny ease that wins awards. Lucas is mild-mannered and unassuming -- well, except for the occasional outburst where he shoots a guy in the forehead in broad daylight or smashes another guy's head in with a piano lid at a party. He wears tasteful suits and takes his mother to church. He lives by principles -- principles that allow for maiming and killing, but principles nonetheless.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
TIFF Day 1
Day 1 - Tiff 07
So the funny thing about the toronto film fest is you never know what is going to happen. After an embarrassing moment on Breakfast Television in the morning (which we'll leave at that) I headed to the screening of 'Rendition' starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake G. The film was great and on my way out I ran into Roger Ebert who although looks like he is on his way to recovery still is not 100 per cent. You've gotta love his passion for being here though.
To the intercont hotel for some biz work and the first celeb sighting was Reese herself who walked into my elevator with her perky assistant. They shared a laugh and I laughed along, boy is she tiny though. Ran into friend and Star Tv reporter Hussien while he was waiting for Jake, when I saw Jake I realized most good hollywood actors are very short.
In the lobby media huddled around waiting for interviews as Hussein and I spoke to eager students raising money outside.
After lunch with Katie it was back to screenings. I took the time to see '4 Women", "When did you last see your father' (same guy who made shopgirl) and 'They Waited' All of which passed a lot of time.
The evening was filled with South Asian glory as I sat with Mira Nair and watched the new Santosh Sivan film 'Before the rains' great flick and Deepa Mehta and Vishal Bhardwaj were both there as well. Parties for the E channel and Flow lounge closed off the night.
On to day 2.
So the funny thing about the toronto film fest is you never know what is going to happen. After an embarrassing moment on Breakfast Television in the morning (which we'll leave at that) I headed to the screening of 'Rendition' starring Reese Witherspoon and Jake G. The film was great and on my way out I ran into Roger Ebert who although looks like he is on his way to recovery still is not 100 per cent. You've gotta love his passion for being here though.
To the intercont hotel for some biz work and the first celeb sighting was Reese herself who walked into my elevator with her perky assistant. They shared a laugh and I laughed along, boy is she tiny though. Ran into friend and Star Tv reporter Hussien while he was waiting for Jake, when I saw Jake I realized most good hollywood actors are very short.
In the lobby media huddled around waiting for interviews as Hussein and I spoke to eager students raising money outside.
After lunch with Katie it was back to screenings. I took the time to see '4 Women", "When did you last see your father' (same guy who made shopgirl) and 'They Waited' All of which passed a lot of time.
The evening was filled with South Asian glory as I sat with Mira Nair and watched the new Santosh Sivan film 'Before the rains' great flick and Deepa Mehta and Vishal Bhardwaj were both there as well. Parties for the E channel and Flow lounge closed off the night.
On to day 2.
Friday, September 7, 2007
TIFF IS HERE!!!
Are you ready for a buffet of movies and star gazing?
My Fav time of year homies.
My Picks.
Micheal Clayton
Juno
Rendition
Amal - By Richie Mehta
Elizabeth
I'll see you at the fest. If you see me say hi and send me pics of your celeb sightings.
My Fav time of year homies.
My Picks.
Micheal Clayton
Juno
Rendition
Amal - By Richie Mehta
Elizabeth
I'll see you at the fest. If you see me say hi and send me pics of your celeb sightings.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Bourne and 300
I watched Bourne tonight and though I love the franchise I am not sure they wrapped this one up. Its another classic shot'em up flick with jaw dropping stunts and well paced action. However, when you think about the 3 films as a franchise you can't help but think this is maybe the second best one. It should open number one this week but who knows in this wacky summer market.
Don't forget to check out 300 on HDDVD - You will love it.
Peace
oh and www.filmi.org if you are in Toronto this weekend.
Don't forget to check out 300 on HDDVD - You will love it.
Peace
oh and www.filmi.org if you are in Toronto this weekend.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
SUPERBAD IS FRICK'N FUNNY
I can't say too much about it yet because it is embargoes but the movie Superbad is SO FUNNY!!!! See it - and I'll review it later.
Peace
Peace
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Tickets on sale August 1st
Filmi South Asian Film Festival celebrates it 8th year
www.filmi.org
Filmi South Asian Film Festival (FSAFF) in association with Telus, will be celebrating its 8th year in Toronto. The 5-day Festival will be running from August 8th-12th. The festival celebrates cinema that originates from the South Asian Diaspora. Some of the highlights this year will be the feature film 'Life in a... Metro' about Mumbai, it corporate world and its affairs. Filmi will also showcase documentaries such as 'Personality' about the secret world of Bollywood Dancers and 'Office Tigers' about the lives of those who in outsourcing companies. Filmi8 will also have panel discussions, short films and parties during its 5 days. For more details please click
www.filmi.org
www.filmi.org
Filmi South Asian Film Festival (FSAFF) in association with Telus, will be celebrating its 8th year in Toronto. The 5-day Festival will be running from August 8th-12th. The festival celebrates cinema that originates from the South Asian Diaspora. Some of the highlights this year will be the feature film 'Life in a... Metro' about Mumbai, it corporate world and its affairs. Filmi will also showcase documentaries such as 'Personality' about the secret world of Bollywood Dancers and 'Office Tigers' about the lives of those who in outsourcing companies. Filmi8 will also have panel discussions, short films and parties during its 5 days. For more details please click
www.filmi.org
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
TIFF 2007
Looking around at the films slated for the fall I am going out on a limb and saying the following films/actors should be making an apparence in Toronto come Sept.
Tom Cruise should be here for LionsforLambs along with Robert Redford
Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe may return with American Gangster
Michael Clayton should bring out George Clooney
The Assassination of Jesse James may even bring Brad Pitt back to Toronto as well.
If you have your own ideas of who may be stopping by for the Toronto Film Fest 2007, post away.
Tom Cruise should be here for LionsforLambs along with Robert Redford
Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe may return with American Gangster
Michael Clayton should bring out George Clooney
The Assassination of Jesse James may even bring Brad Pitt back to Toronto as well.
If you have your own ideas of who may be stopping by for the Toronto Film Fest 2007, post away.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
May 26 2007
Ya so it's been a while. Any way the summer is in full swing and just in case you are box office crazy like my friend Gitesh in the states you can stay on top of it on boxofficeguru.com
The word out of Cannes is that Moore has made another 'sick' film with lots of surprises and that Oceans 13 is the same movie as Oceans 12 just with a couple of better actors.
On a personal note I'm over at Breakfast Tv in Toronto working behind the scenes while I continue my duties at Omni and Flow.
This week I'm hoping to post a review of Knocked Up prior to the release on Friday.
Have a good one.
The word out of Cannes is that Moore has made another 'sick' film with lots of surprises and that Oceans 13 is the same movie as Oceans 12 just with a couple of better actors.
On a personal note I'm over at Breakfast Tv in Toronto working behind the scenes while I continue my duties at Omni and Flow.
This week I'm hoping to post a review of Knocked Up prior to the release on Friday.
Have a good one.
Monday, March 19, 2007
The Namesake
Fox Searchlight generated the biggest opening weekend average of the year with the launch of Mira Nair's The Namesake which bowed to $248,552 from only six locations for a muscular per-theater average of $41,425. http://www.boxofficeguru.com/031207.htm
Starring Irfan Khan, Kal Penn, Tabu - the PG-13 film about an Indian family and their American-born children platformed in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Toronto and will expand on Friday (March 16) into additional markets.
Currently playing in NY, LA, SF and Toronto - THE NAMESAKE will open in 34 additional theaters on Friday, March 16 in cities such as Boston, Chicago, DC, Denver, Philadelphia, San Jose, Seattle, and Vancouver. The film will expand further on Friday, March 23 into Dallas, Detroit, Hartford, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Montreal, Oakland, Phoenix, San Diego, and St. Louis.
Monday, March 5, 2007
DVD Tuesdays
Okay guys had a chance to check out a few titles and here is what's worth the rent/buy.
- Beverly Hills Cop Collection (Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller) Buy Now!
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Widescreen) (Comedy) Buy Now!
- The Full Monty: Fully Exposed Edition (Comedy) Buy Now! - SKIP IT - Total waste of time and not the type of thing you;d exepect from Fox Searchlight.
- Let's Go to Prison (Comedy) Buy Now! -
this put the D in DUMB
- Peter Pan: 2-Disc Platinum Edition (Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical) Buy Now!
Yes a classic but yes a cash grab
- Requiem (Drama, Horror, Thriller) Buy Now!
Must see movie - One of the best films to come out in a long time.
- Revenge of the Nerds (The "We Got Bush" Edition) (Comedy) Buy Now!
UMMM - just for kicks watch it and try to understand what life was like before American Pie ruined everything for school based comedies.
- Beverly Hills Cop Collection (Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller) Buy Now!
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Widescreen) (Comedy) Buy Now!
- The Full Monty: Fully Exposed Edition (Comedy) Buy Now! - SKIP IT - Total waste of time and not the type of thing you;d exepect from Fox Searchlight.
- Let's Go to Prison (Comedy) Buy Now! -
this put the D in DUMB
- Peter Pan: 2-Disc Platinum Edition (Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical) Buy Now!
Yes a classic but yes a cash grab
- Requiem (Drama, Horror, Thriller) Buy Now!
Must see movie - One of the best films to come out in a long time.
- Revenge of the Nerds (The "We Got Bush" Edition) (Comedy) Buy Now!
UMMM - just for kicks watch it and try to understand what life was like before American Pie ruined everything for school based comedies.
Mohit Movies
Okay so we're up.
Top 5 Box Office this weekend.
| 1. | Wild Hogs (2007) | $38M | $38M |
| 2. | Zodiac (2007) | $13.1M | $13.1M |
| 3. | Ghost Rider (2007) | $11.5M | $94.8M |
| 4. | Bridge to Terabithia (2007) | $8.59M | $57.9M |
| 5. | The Number 23 (2007) | $6.5M | $24.1M |
Can someone tell me how Norbit is still in the top 10.
New podcast episode posted.
http://blogto.com/moviesto_podcast/
I'll be at the Hotdocs screening on Wednesday if you see me say Hi!!
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