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OPEN POST: June Squibb and ScarJo at TIFF

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Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Here are June Squibb and Scarlett Johansson on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival last night. 95-year old Squibb stars in Johansson's directorial debut,  Eleanor the Great.   The film is about a nonagenarian named Eleanor who decides to make the move from Florida to New York after the death of her best friend, Bessie. In a bid to meet new people, Eleanor finds herself in a support group for Holocaust survivors. She passes her late best friend's survival story off as her own, and garners the attention of a 19-year old journalism student who wants to write a piece on Eleanor. The two begin to form a close bond, but how long before the truth comes out? The movie has received mixed reviews, with Variety writer Owen Gleiberman calling it an "unconvincing crowd pleaser." Letterboxd reviewers praised Squibb's performance but found the film to be "pedestrian."  Are there any films from TIFF that have piqued ...

The 2023 Holiday Movie Season Begins: What's Coming Up - Vanity Projects, Oscar Bait...and More!

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  The holiday movie season officially starts this later this week. If you find yourself fed up with the relatives on Thanksgiving Day or dealing with belligerent shoppers on Black Friday, then head out to the movies. You can deal with outrageous ticket prices and stale popcorn instead. Here are a few of the vanity projects and Oscar bait movies to select from.  Edit: The movies below will be released starting late this week through end December. Maestro: The Leonard Bernstein bio pic that's directed, co-written, and stars Bradley Cooper and his fake prosthetic nose. Bradley desperately wants an Oscar, and this movie is his second shameless attempt to convince everyone he’s the next Orson Welles or Frank Capra.  He's going to be campaigning hard for those Academy votes. The real Leonard Bernstein (left) vs. Bradley Cooper with fake nose: Photo: The New York Times Leave The World Behind: A paranoid thriller about a family who rents a vacation home. Think AirBnB + inte...