Is anyone else disappointed that the dystopian future promised in 1980s films isn’t here? If there’s one thing we’ve learned here at Torontoist, is that en masse, humans are terrible at predicting our future. It’s always so much more mundane than we expect it to be. The perfect example being The Running Man. Instead of audiences being unsatisfied unless they’re watching the most ridiculously violent reality TV shows possible, here people are absolutely satisfied......

If there’s one thing Torontoist likes to do, it’s moan about stuff, but on the face of it, that Palme d’Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days receiving a theatrical release here is something that should be received without complaint. After all, journalists have praised the film, including Norm Wilner at Metro, who calls the film "marvellous filmmaking." But really, it just gives us a chance to moan about the lack of......

GTA "bubble boy" has new hope after new experimental gene therapy. The donor: a very surprised Jerry Seinfeld. Dalton McGuinty challenges John Tory to explain where Tory will find $1.5 billion in budget cuts. Which is a good point, and begs the question why he didn't ask that, you know, at the debate. Shocking: Stephen Harper promises tax cuts. The government has a nearly $14 billion surplus this year, but it looks like Toronto......

Seriously, who cares about Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt or George Clooney or Ben Affleck or whoever? Jerry Seinfeld––one of the greatest comedians, one of the greatest television actors, and owner of 47 Porsches––is coming to Toronto on Wednesday. He'll be at the Manulife Centre (55 Bloor Street West) at 9:45 a.m. to promote Bee Movie, the new animated movie that he directs and stars in. According to IMDB, the plot summary is thus: "Barry......

As we all know, the CN Tower has officially been surpassed as the world's tallest free-standing structure—a title it held for thirty years. Silly as it may be, that title gave us a lot of pride. Of course, we still don't really understand what's inside the tower, and obviously we're too cheap to actually pay to go up to 360 and make use of the (we hear) incredible view, but it just made us feel......

Thanks to AEG Live, the same great people who gave us Justin Timberlake tickets to give away in April, we have yet another American cultural phenomenon looking to invade Canada: So You Think You Can Dance. So You Think You Can Dance comes to the Air Canada Centre on Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 8:00 p.m., and will feature the top 10 finalists from this season (which means, unfortunately, that it will not include the......

Torontoist would like to take a moment to wish all of our readers a very happy Festivus. Since the Seinfeld episode “The Strike” first aired on December 18, 1997, thousands of fans from all over the world have taken it upon themselves to establish their own annual Festivus celebrations, mostly happening on December 23. And yes, while the recent Michael Richards spat may have made it difficult to remain a Seinfeld fan, let’s not allow......

The real-life Soup Nazi Al Yeganeh will finally open his new store next week at the Eaton Centre. The grouchy soup salesman made the announcement last April, via a group of Canadian business men, and will attempt to expand to 100 franchises over the next five years. Probably a wise decision, the purveyor of gourmet soups is careful not to mention the word 'nazi': The Original SoupMan (TM) will celebrate the long anticipated grand opening......

An Ottawa businessman (and masochist?) has signed on to be the sole Canadian distributor of the Soup Nazi's soup. Al Yeganeh, the finicky brothmaster, made popular on Seinfeld, is getting ready to kiosk the world's malls with his brand of soup and sass. Why Canada? Says the CEO, "the Canadian weather is conducive to year-round soup consumption and the people there are health-conscious trend-setters and taste-makers." Taste-makers who deserve quality fast-food soup! But how is......