Category: Lists
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Check out the best movies and TV series to stream in September 2022
Fall is here and with it a whole host of new, must-see titles. Remember when this time of year was quiet, movie- and television-wise? When you could focus on heading back to work and school and not experience any FOMO? Those were the days! Now, thanks to the streamers, content just keeps a-comin’ and we…
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10 stars who broke the silence around pregnancy loss
According to the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, roughly 15 to 20% of pregnancies in this country end in miscarriage. It seems a surprisingly high statistic but only when juxtaposed with how little pregnancy loss, and its resulting trauma, are discussed.
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20 pop culture moments from 2021 we haven’t stopped thinking about
Just when we all thought nothing could outdo 2020’s dramatic twists and turns, along came 2021. There were scandals, tragedies, high-profile interviews, break-ups and make-ups, memes and milestones—and, we don’t know how, but Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson and Ben Affleck seemed to be involved in almost everything.
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5 Things You Should Know About Disney’s Encanto
Written by Charise Castro Smith and Jared Bush, and directed by Bush and Byron Howard, Encanto features 8 new songs by award-winning composer and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda. That Shelf got to sit in on a press conference with the filmmakers and voice cast to find out more about Walt Disney Animation’s latest. Here are five things that…
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TIFF 2021: A Playlist of Memorable Soundtrack Moments
Each year after the festival wraps, we here at That Shelf take a look back at the soundtrack songs that stuck with us long after the film’s credits rolled. So after the awards have been announced and the final film screened, we pull together a playlist to remind us of another TIFF come and gone.…
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Remembering Robin Williams: 10 of his most memorable roles
It’s hard to believe that someone as full of life, energy and talent as Robin Williams is gone. Perhaps it’s even harder to think of someone who brought so much joy to others being in so much pain. From his earliest days on television in the delightfully comic “Mork and Mindy” to his later, more…
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TIFF 2014: The definitive, 14-track playlist
As the Toronto International Film Fest draws to a close once more, one of the final films to debut comes to the Ryerson courtesy of filmmaker Adam Wingard. Ring a bell? He was the creative genius behind the fab fright flick You’re Next from 2011. His follow-up, The Guest, wraps up the Midnight Madness programme Saturday…
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5 Reasons We Love…Benedict Cumberbatch
Narrowing down the talents and charms of one Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch to just five is no easy task. Though it may seem like the 38-year-old Brit actor has only recently come on the scene, thanks to his sit-up-and-take-notice, pitch-perfect performance as Sherlock Holmes, dedicated fans know better. Though he’s undoubtedly experiencing the kind of golden moment…
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Once Upon A Time: A look at the 10 best children’s book-to-movie adaptations
The end of 2014 will see not one but two children’s literature classics make their way to the big screen. Judith Viorst‘s brilliant 1972 classic Alexander and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day transitions into theatres first – starting this Friday – with Steve Carell heading up a cast that brings the story of…
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