• Mary Poppins Finally Returns to Our Lives – and A Theatre Near You!

    Mary Poppins Finally Returns to Our Lives – and A Theatre Near You!

    One of my all-time favorite childhood movie is being remade.  If you guessed Mary Poppins then you would be right.  The official trailer dropped this week, and Emily Blunt is playing the one and only Mary.  This role was made famous by Julie Andrews in the 1964 classic musical fantasy.  Set in London 25 years after the…

  • Jonathan Majors Has Two Films Premiering at TIFF This Week

    Jonathan Majors Has Two Films Premiering at TIFF This Week

    The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is in full swing.  We are only halfway through week one of the festival, but already are seeing some incredible films.  In this post, I’m going to focus on one actor in particular – Jonathan Majors.  Majors, who turned 29 on Friday, has found himself as a breakout actor…

  • Crazy Rich Asians shows Diversity can make a Ton of Money

    Crazy Rich Asians shows Diversity can make a Ton of Money

    Jon M. Chu’s groundbreaking film – Crazy Rich Asians – has become the most successful Hollywood studio romantic comedy in almost a decade.  It finished with an estimated total of $117 million, which means it did better than Amy Schumer’s 2015, Trainwreck.  What’s interesting about this is that romantic comedies are a bit of an…