Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'kingkong'
June 22, 2007
We’ve been looking for a way to talk about King Kong again for a while now. It’s unlikely you’ll remember, but Torontoist’s first Film Friday column was actually published in the week Peter Jackson’s remake hit cinema screens, yet that’s not (specifically) the reason we’ve been in the mood to mention it again. It just happens to be that a few weeks ago, with an evening to kill, we picked up Peter Jackson’s King......
Continue Reading "Film Friday: King Kong Fever"December 9, 2005
We here at Torontoist thought we’d try out a new weekly feature listing the best (and worst) films to be hitting Toronto’s screens in the following week, as a city which features both multiplexes, second run theatres and blessed with several vintage single screen movie houses, there’s a lot that can be missed. Released yesterday, Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha has received a cinema adaptation universally derided by reviewers. Golden’s novel is, much......
Continue Reading "The Week in Film: Gorillas in the Midst"November 5, 2004
This weekend boasts a bevy of to-do options. You could check out the Modigliani show at the AGO, which Torontoist did last weekend, or gallery stroll on Queen Westerly West. We couldn't get into Midnight Movies, but maybe you can. The mood musicians play Lee's Palace tonight. What else, you ask? On Saturday we'll do our best not to see Alfie, and try instead to check out something much more highbrow, like King Kong V.......
Continue Reading "Modigliani or Men in Tights"