Dayna Eileen

I have become the resident foldable reviewer here at CGMagazine, so of course, I needed to check out the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 smartphone. I have looked at every version of the Z Fold line, some longer than others, and my general consensus has been that the smartphone juggernaut could do better—and other companies have been. Finally, with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6, it feels like Samsung is very slowly starting to catch up, but their massive headstart and top-of-the-line pricing have me demanding more.

Thanks to Nintendo Canada, I got to head out to PAX West to go hands-on with The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. There was a short demo playable on the PAX show floor, but I got to go behind closed doors to get a longer look at the newest entry to the Zelda franchise and friends, I’m excited.

What if you had a chance to flash through every single important moment in your relationship, beginning to end, good and bad? That is the journey that We Live In Time took us on at TIFF 2024 and it created this beautiful story, not just of love, but of life.

Coming out of The Last Showgirl at TIFF 2024, I am regretting ever going in. This movie has been the talk of Toronto, and before I’d seen the film, I could totally understand why. Pamela Anderson makes her first acting appearance in ages, Dave Bautista is in a serious role, plus appearances by Jamie Lee Curtis, Kiernan Shipka, Brenda Song and even Jason Schwartzman. What could go wrong? Well, it turns out, a lot. A lot could go wrong.

As I mentioned last week, Nintendo Canada brought us out to PAX West at the end of August to go hands-on with two new titles, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Super Mario Party Jamboree. The time has come to roll the dice and chat about what makes the newest entry to the Mario Party franchise great, and though the series is always a ton of fun, Super Mario Party Jamboree might be something special.

So rarely do you find a movie where everyone in it is inherently good. Flawed, yes, but still good, deep down. Yet, that is the case with Young Werther, which premiered today at the Toronto International Film Festival. The story is based on The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which was written in 1774. Like many classics, including Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet and Taming of the Shrew, they put a modern twist on the story, much like Baz Luhrmann Romeo & Juliet and 10 Things I Hate About You.

Heading into Emilia Pérez I knew very little about the film aside from all the buzz it was getting, it was a musical and that Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana were attached. Imagine my surprise when there was a full blown musical number surrounding vaginoplasty! I thought I may have dove into another Dicks the Musical, which was a lot of fun, but instead I got a truly very sincere look into a gender-affirming story that was a little bit wacky and a whole lot sweet.

I was lucky enough to work the red carpet for Millers in Marriage at TIFF 2024, and the general consensus among the cast and director/writer/actor Edward Burns was that they had seen generational films reflecting their lives in their teens and twenties, but now, as they’ve reached “a certain age,” no one is telling their stories. As I approach middle age myself, just a step before the stage depicted in the film, I can resonate with that sentiment. Burns captured this feeling well, but I think he could have delved a little deeper into the siblings’ experiences.

The Friend uses the idea of a dog missing his owner to help our characters process grief and regrets, but in its final moments opens up to a deeper look at those of us left behind when someone dies.

Unknown 9: Awakening has been on my radar since its first announcement, and after finally playing it at PAX West, my excitement for its October release has only grown.