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Movie Review: ‘Warfare,’ a forensic portrait of combat, hunts war-movie clichés
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland ’s “Warfare” is more defined by what it isn’t than what it is. In their Iraq War -set film, there’s never any description of a wider strategy. There are no backstories to the American Navy SEALs whom we follow on an unspectacular mission. There’s not a short monologue about mom’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Rami Malek wants revenge in starry, globetrotting action pic ‘The Amateur’
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
Before Jack Ryan was introduced into the culture, Robert Littell imagined Charlie Heller, a quiet, CIA cryptographer who goes rogue on a quest for vengeance after his love is killed by terrorists. As star of “The Amateur,” in theaters Friday, Rami Malek gets to be both skittish nerd and coolly competent angel of death. He’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario says art museum investment is commitment to Canadian patriotism, identity
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
The Ontario government says a planned $50 million investment in the McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an investment in patriotism and Canadian culture. Ontario’s tourism and culture minister, Stan Cho, says it’s important to support Canadian institutions that preserve and promote our shared history and collective identity, “now more than ever.” He says the three-year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arcade Fire returns with single ‘Year of the Snake,’ date for new album
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Arcade Fire is planning its return after several years on the sidelines. The Montreal rock act has released a new single and music video for “Year of the Snake,” a taste of their upcoming seventh studio album “Pink Elephant.” It’s the first significant release from the band since lead singer Win Butler faced ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyer says Prince Harry was unfairly ‘singled out’ when stripped of UK security detail
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was treated unfairly when he was stripped of his British security detail, his attorney told appeals court judges Tuesday as he sought to win back his government-funded protection. Harry, whose rare appearance in court indicated the case’s importance to him, lost his police bodyguards in February 2020 after he stepped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Casting open for first-ever Canadian spinoff of MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore’
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
Tims, frostbite, laundry? Casting is now open for the first-ever Canadian iteration of MTV’s hit reality series “Jersey Shore.” Paramount Plus says it’s looking for 10 “fresh-faced, unapologetically wild Canadian singletons” to star in the show, which is set to film this summer and will be produced by Canada’s Insight Productions. The original “Jersey Shore,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK royals meet Italy’s president and enjoy a special tour of Rome’s Colosseum
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
ROME (AP) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla met Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Tuesday, the second day of a state visit to Italy that marks the British monarch’s first overseas trip since he was briefly hospitalized for side effects from his cancer treatment. The royal couple then visited some of Rome’s most iconic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: ‘Make Sure You Die Screaming’ is an absurd road trip novel for modern times
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em on a multi-day, drunk-driving road trip in middle-class middle of America to find their missing father with a garbage goth girl named Yivi whom they met two weeks ago in an Airbnb basement. That seems to be the mantra for “Make Sure You Die Screaming,” Zee Carlstrom’s debut ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tom Cruise to return to Cannes with ‘Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning’
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Three years after flying into the Cannes Film Festival with “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise is returning to the Croisette with “Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning.” Organizers of the French festival announced Tuesday that “Final Reckoning,” will screen out of competition at the 78th edition Cannes on May 14, ahead of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cineplex reports $29.5M March box office, down from $59.2M a year ago
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. says its box office revenue for March totalled $29.5 million, down from $59.2 million a year earlier when its results were powered by Dune: Part Two and Kung Fu Panda 4. The movie theatre company says the results for March this year were led by Disney’s Snow White and Mickey 17. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Every yard makes a difference. Native-plant champion Doug Tallamy’s got a new book explaining how
By Canadian Press on April 8th, 2025
If you’re a human living on this planet, you should get to know Doug Tallamy, the entomologist and University of Delaware professor whose groundbreaking 2006 book, “Bringing Nature Home,” supercharged the native plants movement. Tallamy made a case that our native birds and insects evolved with native plants, so they recognize them as food. The ... Read More »
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