The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is gearing up to reveal the winners of its 2025 Screenwriters Lab Special Edition, a prestigious program dedicated to nurturing Canada’s most promising screenwriting talent. This competitive, multi-phase initiative empowers up to 12 Canadian screenwriters to develop their original feature film projects through intensive mentorship and industry access. Marking a…
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has named the four main characters who will be “big asset builders” of the DCU. James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU officially kicked off in December 2024 with Creature Commandos. Next up is Gunn’s Superman movie in July before Peacemaker Season 2 then premieres in August. Who are the…
Wing walking is an art older than sound cinema. Before movies included spoken dialogue, they were already filled with daredevils who risked — and sometimes lost — their lives performing incredible feats in and on top of airplanes. So when producer/star Tom Cruise and producer/co-writer/director Christopher McQuarrie turned the climax of Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning into maybe…
[Warning: Spoilers ahead for the John Wick franchise, in particular John Wick: Chapter 4.] As we waded into the mid-2010s, action cinema had become decidedly stale, particularly in the way the genre was shot and edited. The methods of action filmmaking hadn’t seen much innovation in some time, with the only notable shift of the…
Here you’ll find the Final Jeopardy clue for today, Tuesday, May 13. The business-related clue in yesterday’s episode stumped every contestant, but graduate student Andrew Jones still managed to become the new Jeopardy champion. As you might suspect, the scores weren’t very high, with Jones carrying only $5,600 into tonight’s game. Two new contestants, comedy…
Burger King is facing a class-action lawsuit over how they depict their iconic Whopper hamburger on television, compared to how it really looks in your hand. Nation’s Restaurant News reports that a Florida judge has approved a class-action lawsuit against the fast food giant for false advertisement. It’s possible someone will see a BK commercial and start craving a…
Artists in underground spaces across Winnipeg to Montreal selected the hands-on approach as an answer to Hollywood’s perfectionism and the detachment of digital filmmaking. This is the story of a rebellious band of filmmakers in Canada who dared to make films in raw, inventive, and wonderfully defiant ways. What drove them to do it to…
Tom Cruise has released a new video promoting the upcoming Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, highlighting even more of the incredible stunts he’ll be performing in the movie. The newest videos showcases Cruise prepping and then jumping out of a helicopter. In the videos, Cruise details a series of jumps he will perform in order…
When we first heard that Joseph Kosinski was making a movie about F1, the key selling point was that he was going to apply the same practical-first approach to racing as he did to aerial footage in Top Gun: Maverick. The latest trailer for the movie (which is simply titled F1) suggests it is borrowing a fair amount of its…
Canadian cinema has long been known for its reflective, emotional storytelling that often touches on deep human experiences—grief, tragedy, justice, and healing. Unlike many commercial blockbusters, Canadian films often focus on the quieter, more painful moments of life, including the loss of a loved one. These films not only entertain but also offer a mirror…