Jack Lockhart (Dermot Mulroney), Emma's father (Hayley Orrantia) and her high school frenemy (Janel Parrish) start dating so she embarks on a mission to break up the happy couple.

The film is directed by Prarthana Mohan and stars Dermot Mulroney, Janel Parrish, Hayley Orrantia, Michael Naizu and Emilie Modaff.

Christmas Is Canceled can be seen on Pro TV - Saturday, December 24, at 00:45 and re-run on Tuesday, December 27, at 01:00.

Based on the novel written by Robert Kimmel Smith, which has sold over 1.5 million copies, The War With Grandpa is a hilarious family comedy featuring an all-star supporting cast: Uma Thurman, Jane Seymour, Rob Riggle, Oakes Fegley, and Christopher Walken.  

Peter (Oakes Fegley) and his Grandpa Jack (Robert De Niro) used to be very close, but when Grandpa moves in with the family, Peter is forced to give up his most prized possession, his bedroom. Peter will stop at nothing to get his room back, scheming with friends to devise a series of pranks to drive him out. But, Grandpa doesn't give up easily and before long, it's an all out war!

Directed by Tim Hill and the screenplay was written by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember.

The War with Grandpa can be seen on Pro TV this Saturday, December 10, at 20:00 p.m. and re-run Sunday, December, 11 at 16:00 p.m.

Macey and Savanna may not have much. But they’ve got the perfect plan. With a ramshackle café teeter-tottering on the brink of extinction and their lives going nowhere fast, the two sisters conspire to win over their terminally ill Aunt Hilda - the family’s overbearing, curmudgeonly matriarch - in the hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her vast estate. But as Macey and Savanna soon discover, there may be other relatives who have the exact same idea.

Directed by Dean Craig, The Estate stars Toni Collette, Anna Faris, Kathleen Turner, David Duchovny, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston and Keyla Monterroso Mejia.

“I remember the first time reading it, crying with laughter – it was wet your pants funny,” says Toni Collette, who was the first cast member to  join The Estate.

What kept her in stitches during the course of filming in New Orleans, however, was Craig’s A-list ensemble – “the most talented, beautiful, hilarious group of people,” and the unexpected alchemy which ensued (fostered by the director’s openness to improvisation), that took things to the next level. “They’re all brilliant in their own right,” says Collette. “But collectively, something just seemed to magically happen.”

“Often, I’d be on the brink of forgetting my line, because I would be watching David Duchovny do something absolutely inappropriate and hysterical. We have Toni who is serenely thoughtful and beautiful. Rosemarie [DeWitt] and Ron [Livingston] playing James and Beatrice, who are incredibly subtle performers. And then Kathleen Turner who I had the honor of working with on Mom… It was just what I hoped for, which was a learning experience where I got to play the most brazen character - and certainly the most childish character - I’ve played yet.” says Faris.

The Estate is now playing in cinemas, distributed by Prorom and Ro Image.

The screenings take place at Cinema Elvire Popesco.

Thursday, July 21, 9:00 PM Official Competition (Spain).

A smart Spanish comedy about fame and pride with Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz. Record audience at TIFF 2022, where it closed the festival.

Saturday, July 23, 4:00 PM Everything Everywhere All At Once (USA).

Great hype in the US, a comedy with martial arts and parallel realities, adored by critics.

Tickets: https://eventbook.ro/festival/retrospectiva-tiff-bucuresti

When she finds out that she has to stay in a rehabilitation center for a year, the actress Candy hires her ambitious double, Paula, to take her place. But Paula steals her identity, career and boyfriend, and eventually kicks her out of the house.

Directed by Jamie Babbit, The Stand In stars Drew Barrymore, Sarah Jes Austell, Michael Zegen, T.J. Miller and Holland Taylor.

The Stand In can be seen on HBO Max.

Starring Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once will be released in cinemas in the US on March 25th.

Here are some reviews:

“Everything Everywhere does everything but buck your seats and spritz you with water, although I’m pretty sure the Daniels would be thrilled for the film to play in 4DX theaters that do just that. […] There are enough ideas in Everything Everywhere All at Once to fuel a dozen movies, or else a full-blown TV series, but the Daniels have shoehorned it all into a bombastic, emotionally draining 139 minutes”. (Peter Debruge, Variety).

“Everything Everywhere All at Once is a complex film that encompasses a variety of subjects, but it does justice to each of them with a carefully written script, marvelous performances, and a healthy dose of bizarre humor to counter its bleak story. Michelle Yeoh in particular gives a powerhouse performance in a story that puts a fresh, welcome spin on the idea of the multiverse”. (Rafael Motamayor, IGN).

“It's impossible to describe. It's unlike anything you've ever seen. It's the best American movie in years, and certainly the best movie to hit theaters since the pandemic began”. (Jacob Hall, Slashfilm).

“Here is an orgiastic work of slaphappy genius that doesn’t operate like a narrative film so much as a particle accelerator — or maybe a cosmic washing machine — that two psychotic 12-year-olds designed in the hopes of reconciling the anxiety of what our lives could be with the beauty of what they are”. (David Ehrlich, IndieWire).

“Ultimately, though, Everything Everywhere is best appreciated for its grandiose ambitions, bombarding the viewer with its frenetic style while telling a poignant story about an older woman trying to make peace with her not-so-wonderful life”. (Tim Grierson, Screen Daily).

Prorom will release Everything Everywhere All at Once soon in cinemas and VOD.

Foto: Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan.
Photo Credit: Allyson Riggs.