Director Colin Hanks knew exactly where his latest documentary, "John Candy: I Like Me," would make its world premiere. Not at Cannes or Tribeca, Venice or New York - only Toronto. Candy grew up in ...

“John was elemental in that movie,” John C. McGinley said of his “Wagons East” co-star John Candy, now the subject of Colin Hanks’ new documentary “John Candy: I Like Me.“ Released in 1994, director ...

A member of that endangered species known as “The Everyman,” Candy's life sometimes read like unsubtle literature.

Early in director Colin Hanks’ profile of actor/comedian John Candy, interview subject Bill Murray worries that the movie won’t be interesting enough, because Candy was such a good guy that there aren ...

There are some entertainers who never really leave us, even long after they’re gone. John Candyhas always been one of those rare few, at least for me. Having grown up in the greater Toronto area, ...

TORONTO – In Ryan Reynolds' mind, there's no bad John Candy movie. And he would know – Reynolds has been a lifelong fan of that fellow Canadian, and produced the new documentary "John Candy: I Like Me ...

TORONTO — Asked to name his favorite John Candy movie in front of some 2,500 people on the opening night of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, Ryan Reynolds immediately began speaking in ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- From Freddie Bauer in "Splash," to the unforgettable "Uncle Buck, the heartbreaking Del Griffith in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles," and Gus Polinski, the polka king of the ...

The John Candy: I Like Me documentary includes a portion on the late star's feelings about body shaming. Splash actor Tom Hanks recalls Candy's reaction to the media fixating on his body. Stripes ...

Director Colin Hanks and producer Ryan Reynolds drove up to the Toronto debut of the film in a tribute to the destroyed Chrysler convertible from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Candy shared ...

“I’ve always found something weirdly familiar with him, and he shows up in all of my work,” Reynolds said of the late comedian Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism experience ...