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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'goodwillhunting'

February 26, 2008

Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. From downtown to Uxbridge, the Undercover Brother knows how to have fun in the GTA. Reel Toronto's crack team of detectives......

Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Undercover Brother!"

January 3, 2008

Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. Toronto is cheaper to film in than Boston. How do you like them apples? Good Will Hunting does it right. See,......

Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: Good Hogtown Hunting"

November 20, 2007

Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city. The flag is a dead giveaway that this is not commencement at U of T. The University of Toronto has appeared......

Continue Reading "Reel Toronto: PCU of T"

August 15, 2007

It seems like ages ago that calling our fair city "Hollywood North" meant something. Blockbusters used to set up shop on a regular basis and you could stroll through the University of Toronto campus and see pylons, trucks, and signs for a film going by the rather odd name "Good Will Hunting." So much hooplah and many huzzahs greeted news that The Incredible Hulk would be filming here this summer. A "re-boot" of the......

Continue Reading "Hulking out in Hogtown"

July 29, 2006

Those of you putting off watching Mean Girls until those exorbitant movie rental prices come down ($4?! Ridiculous!!) can breathe a sigh of relief. A hot, fire-haired, pre-bulimic sigh of relief. Every year, the University of Toronto presents a free film in the back field of their downtown campus. Past films have included Good Will Hunting - presumably fitting for the U of T crowd since it traces the intellectual and emotional growth of a......

Continue Reading "Mean Girls to Win Over Toronto Academia?"

February 22, 2005

Half Life, the new play by mathematician/playwright John Mighton that opens in previews tonight at the Tarragon, is not a memory play – but it is a play about remembering and forgetting. It takes place an old folks home where an elderly man is reacquainted with an old flame from before the war. The couple falls back in love, but their respective children are sceptical that the two ever knew each other at all before......

Continue Reading "Theatre Tuesday: I Will Remember You... Maybe."

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