Dylan O’Brien
Born: August 26, 1991 in New York City, New York, USA
I feel like I’m good with girls. I understand them and am good at loving them. I’ve always felt like that’s been natural for me.
 THE INTERNSHIP2013 dir. Shawn Levy Stars: Owen Wilson Vince Vaughn |
Melissa McCarthy
Born: August 26, 1970 in Plainfield, Illinois, USA
[harsh review from a critic focusing on her weight] I felt really bad for someone who is swimming in so much hate. I just thought, that’s someone who’s in a really bad spot, and I am in such a happy spot. I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids who are mooning me and singing me songs.
| BRIDESMAIDS dir. Paul Feig Stars: Kristen Wiig Maya Rudolph |
 LIFE AS WE KNOW ITdir. Greg Berlanti Stars: Katherine Heigl Duhamel |
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| TAMMY 2014 dir. Ben Falcone Stars: Melissa McCarthy Susan Sarandon |
 ST. VINCENT DE VAN NUYS2014 dir. Theodore Melfi Stars: Melissa McCarthy Bill Murray |
Chris Pine
Born: August 26, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA
[2009] I’ve seen what can happen to an actor when he’s just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it’s ten years later, your career’s happened, and you haven’t had any control. I still assume that, any day, I’m going to be exposed as a fraud. That, like I once heard Gene Hackman say, the acting police are going to burst in and take away my card.
| STRETCH 2014 dir. Joe Carnahan Stars: Chris Pine Jessica Alba |
 UNSTOPPABLEdir. Tony Scott Stars: Denzel Washington Chris Pine |
 CARRIERS2006 dir. �lex Pastor David Pastor Starring: Chris Pine Piper Perabo |
 Star Trek2009 Directed by Abrams Starring Chris Pine Zachary Quinto |
| BLIND DATING 2006 dir. James Keach Stars: Chris Pine Anjali Jay |
 Bottle Shock2008 dir. Randall Miller Cast Bill Pullman Chris Pine |
 RISE OF THE GUARDIANSdir. Peter Ramsey Stars: Hugh Jackman Alec Baldwin |
 THIS MEANS WAR dir. McG Stars: Reese Witherspoon Chris Pine |
 STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS2013 dir. J.J. Abrams Stars: Chris Pine Zachary Quinto |
 JACK RYAN2013 dir. Kenneth Branagh Stars: Chris Pine Kevin Costner |
| JUST MY LUCK 2006 dir. Donald Petrie Stars: Lindsay Lohan Chris Pine |
This festival aims to bring together all corners of the globe to share passion of filmmakers.
Interview with Festival Director Danny MAlin
Matthew Toffolo: What is your Film Festival succeeding at doing for filmmakers?
-We are a platform geared towards our local community getting an opportunity to share their work infront of their peers. We are also an international festival offering the chance for international works to get recognized in a market with diverse talents.
MT: What would you expect to experience if you attend the festival this year (2016)?
-The Festival this year will have tones of glamor and exposure and a chance for many to get connected and network heavily within our Montreal market.
MT: What are the qualifications for the selected films?
A wide variety of categories are allowing films to be selected, including best actors, directors, quality cinematography, humor and above all great work.
MT: Do you think that some films really don’t get a fair shake from film festivals? And if so, why?
-Some films do not stand a chance, and as a filmmaker myself, we understand it can be disappointing to not receive recognition, however, rejection is a good way for a filmmaker to take a good look at their work and ask themselves how they can step it up.
MT: What motivates you and your team to do this festival?
-Pro activity. Monkey See-Monkey Do. When people such as myself (Danny MAlin-Festival Director) lead by example of doing and creating works, others get fired up and inspired to make their own works.
MT: How has the festival changed since its inception?
-The Festival started out as a film race, and turned into an international festival. Branching worldwide and seeing what the rest of the world is doing allows artists to broaden their subject matter.
MT: Where do you see the festival by 2020?
-5 times greater than the awesome it is already.
MT: What film have you seen the most times in your life?
– Myself(Danny MAlin), I watched Beetlejuice more than 60 times when I was a child, one of my latest films SWEET AS was heavily influenced by that film.
MT: In one sentence, what makes a great film?
-Good sound quality, unique storyline and tolerable actors.
MT: How is the film scene in your city?
-We are a passionate film city with immense potential of superstar actors, waiting for a break.
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Danny MAlin, a studied actor at various institutions in Montreal, LA, and NYC, grew up playing and winning many championships in baseball and hockey. He took his leadership skills and eased his way into Directing, having created more than 200 original works since 2010.
Interviewer Matthew Toffolo is currently the CEO of the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival. The festival that showcases 10-20 screenplay and story readings performed by professional actors every month. And the FEEDBACK Monthly Fesival held in downtown Toronto on the last Thursday of every single month. Go to http://www.wildsound.ca for more information and to submit your work to the festival.
Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
TONI ERDMANN (Germany 2016) ***1/2
Directed by Maren Ade
Stars: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn
Review by Gilbert Seah
German director Maren Ade’s third movie that was the toast of Cannes is that rare German comedy that has much to enjoy. Germans are more known for their rigidity than for their sense of humour, so TONI ERDMANN the film makes a welcome departure from there Germans we know.
The name in the title belongs to the father, a practical joker who means well. But no one really likes a practical joker least of all the one that the joke is on. That one happens to be his daughter, an important oil consultant in the international business world. So, her patience is tested up to the cry last reel. The humour in the film is sly and sometimes laugh out loud funny, many of them being the practical jokes that Toni puts on her daughter.
Despite the rather predictable ending, TONI ERDMANN ends up a charming film about a father and daughter relationship. Based on the director’s real practical joker father who also wore fake teeth, the ones she gave to him to play practical jokes with.
Trailer: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=tHiBr8OrpKI
Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
JULIETA (Spain 2015) *** 1/2
Directed by Pedro Almodovar
Stars: Adriana Ugarte, Rossy de Palma, Emma Suárez
Review by Gilbert Seah
A film being looked forward to, as it is based on Canadian author and Nobel Prize Winner Alice Munro’s short stores from her book “Runaway”.
Written and directed by Pedro Almodovar, his 20th film marks a departure from his signature melodrama to more high drama. Three short stores are combined into a strong narrative, told largely in flashback with a voiceover by the lead character, obviously called Julieta (Emma Suárez and Adriana Ugarte as older and younger versions of the film’s protagonist)
Film cineastes will be delighted to connect with film references from anything from the recent WINTER’S BONE seen in a poster to STRANGERS ON A TRAIN with a nod to author Patrician Highgate.
The film contains more dialogue than the standard Almodovar movie, and it is for this reason the director opted not to do the initial English languanger version with Meryl Streep in the title role. Aldmodovar’s use of bright colours is still felt throughout tho colourful story of life and regrets.
Trailer: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=NHkGsbz8rLY
Movie Reviews of films that will be playing at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in 2016. Go to TIFF 2016 Movie Reviews and read reviews of films showing at the festival.
ELLE (France/Germany 2016) ***1/2
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny
Review by Gilbert Seah
Paul Verhoeven is known for both his Dutch foreign films (SPETTERS, THE FOURTH MAN, SOLDIER OF ORANGE) and Hollywood blockbusters (TOTAL RECALL, ROBOCOP, SHOWGIRLS).
His first feature film in 10 years proves to be a critical success as already celebrated at Cannes. Based on the novel Oh… by Philippe Djian, and written by David Birke, the film trails the life of a businesswoman, Michèle (brilliantly portrayed by Isabelle Huppert), who is raped in her home by an unknown assailant and stalks him back.
Michèle rules her company like a tyrant but faces personal problems like her failed marriage to Richard (Charles Berling), her slacker son (Jonas Bloquet) and a lacklustre affair with Robert (Christian Berkel). But she has not come to terms with her father’s crime.
Her father is a serial killer who is still in prison without parole. Her mother is getting re-married to a young buck makes matters worse. Verhoeven plays his film slick and efficient, but the films slags a bit before picking up again. All of Michèle’s problems eventually come together in the solid narrative with a bang-on message. The rape scene is played several times, each time just as (but necessarily) gruesome. The film is Verhoeven at his twisted and perverted best.
Trailer: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=OVBEV1w7too
Truman Capote
Born: September 30, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died: August 25, 1984 (age 59) in Los Angeles, California, USA
I think I’ve written one masterpiece in my career and that’s “In Cold Blood”. It is a masterpiece and I don’t care what anyone says. I think I’ve also written three or four short stories that are as good as anything written in the English language.
[on Marilyn Monroe] She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a flamingo.
Aaliyah
Born: January 16, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: August 25, 2001 (age 22) in Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas
(August 25, 2001) Aaliyah and eight other people died in a plane crash on the return trip from shooting a music video in the Bahamas. The crash, which happened about 200 yards from Marsh Harbour Airport on Abaco Island in the Bahamas, was determined to have been caused by the plane being overweight by more than 700 pounds, and with one more person than the plane was rated for.
[interview in July 2001 with Germany’s “Die Zeit” newspaper that eerily predicts her death] It is dark in my favorite dream. Someone is following me. I don’t know why. I’m scared. Then suddenly I lift off. Far away. How do I feel? As if I am swimming in the air. Free. Weightless. Nobody can reach me. Nobody can touch me. It’s a wonderful feeling.
Regis Philbin
Born: August 25, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA
Married to :
Joy Philbin (1 March 1970 – present) (2 children)
I had a blocked artery. The great thing about it was that all the people sitting at home, watching on the couch, feeling the same thing…got up and called the doctor. I still get letters thanking me for saving people’s lives.
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