Posts Tagged ‘movies’

My predictions for the 2010 Academy Awards

By W. Andrew Powell • Mar 6th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards hits the air tomorrow night, so I thought, why not post my predictions? Better late than never, right?



Toronto: Win passes to ‘From Paris With Love’

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 26th, 2010 • Category: Contests, Features

Maple Pictures and The GATE are giving away a stack of double passes to see director Pierre Morel’s new film, From Paris With Love, starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.



Webb tapped for ‘Spider-Man 4′

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 20th, 2010 • Category: Features, Movies & DVDs

Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced today that director Marc Webb, who previously helmed (500) Days of Summer, will direct the upcoming Spider-Man 4 film.



Quotable ‘Hurt Locker’

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

This has to be the quote of 2009, my friends, courtesy of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker.

Jeremy Renner as bomb squad Staff Sergeant William James…



‘Food, Inc.’: Dinner with the enemy

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 3rd, 2010 • Category: Features, Movies & DVDs

Looking back on 2009, I’ve been making notes on all of my favorite films of the year, and while I can’t really count Food, Inc. as one of the best DVD or Blu-ray releases, since it had little in the way of tremendous extra features, it was definitely one of the best documentaries.



‘The Final Destination’ is one ridiculous ride

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 3rd, 2010 • Category: Movies & DVDs

Don’t judge me too harshly, but I’m currently watching the hilariously awful The Final Destination on Blu-ray, which reaches a whole new level of ridiculousness (this is the fourth film, after all). And yet somehow, I still have to admit, it’s pretty entertaining.



TIFF 09: A peek at the Canadian press conference

By W. Andrew Powell • Aug 4th, 2009 • Category: Movies & DVDs, Toronto Film Fest

As my last post confirms, this is indeed my favorite time of year, hands down. That’s because I just got back from the Canadian press conference for the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, which takes over the city from September 10 to 19. It’s like Christmas for film fanatics like myself, mainly because it gives me a chance to dine on my love of film for ten straight days, and meet a number of cool filmmakers who will be debuting their latest films.



Babe Spotlight: Cast of ‘Young People Fucking’

By W. Andrew Powell • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Babes, Features, Spotlight

Four couples and a threesome explore love and sex in one of the most talked about movies of the year: Young People Fucking.



Win passes to see ‘Young People Fucking’ in Toronto

By W. Andrew Powell • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Contests

Maple Pictures and The GATE are giving movie fans in Toronto a chance to win one of twenty double passes for a screening of the new comedy/drama Young People Fucking, which hits theatres on June 13.



Toronto After Dark extends 2008 festival

By W. Andrew Powell • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: Features, Movies & DVDs, News, Theatre & Events

The Toronto After Dark Film Festival announced great news for horror film fanatics: this year’s festival is set to run for a total of 8 nights, between October 17 to 24. That’s up one day from 2007, when the event packed in over 6,500 fans.