Talking Pictures

Tony Toscano

Tony Toscano is a nationally recognized movie critic and film historian who has been reviewing films for over 3 decades. Tony grew up in Southern California, just outside Los Angeles. While attending Jr. High School, Toscano began writing a weekly movie review column for his school paper.

Directly because of his weekly column, Tony was asked to write a film review for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Always interested in broadcasting and television, it’s no surprise Tony’s first job was a disc jockey at his hometown radio station and began to review films as a regular feature of his radio show.

Toscano attended Film and Television classes at San Bernardino Valley College in San Bernardino, California were he worked at the college radio station and the on campus PBS TV station. Tony also attended classes at the prestigious United States International University (U.S.I.U) in San Diego.

In the 80′s Tony moved from LA to Provo, Utah to co-host a morning radio show on Utah’s KABE FM 107 where his film reviews were heard once a week and became a staple of the popular morning program. Toscano began taking live calls from listeners and discussing current movies. “Talking Pictures” was born as a weekly interview segment with celebrated moviemakers.

In 1996 Tony made the jump from radio and newspapers to television. Beginning as a film critic on CBS in Salt Lake City, then to KJZZ TV in Salt Lake where he hosted the popular “Movie Review Show” and then his own production, “Talking Pictures.”

In 2008 Talking Pictures was added to the weekly line up of both ABC-4 and CW-30 in Salt Lake City.

Taking his Emmy Award winning “Talking Pictures” coast to coast, Toscano has been able to syndicate the program to over 60 million households around the USA and in nearly 30 countries worldwide.

Fellow reviewers regard Tony as “one of the country’s best celebrity interviewers.” His in-depth conversations with such notable stars as George Clooney, Harrison Ford, Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington show a different and more relaxed side of celebrities.

Additionally, Toscano is heard on a number of radio stations across the US, including the popular “Chunga Show” in Salt Lake City, where he is heard 3 times a week.

Toscano also co-hosted the acclaimed series “Hot Topics” for Atlanta’s ABC affiliate WSB TV.

Working with Utah students in apprenticeships and internship programs, Tony is instructing qualified and deserving students in the art of television production.

Tony Toscano is member in good standing of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA), former board member of the Salt Lake City Film Center and the founder of the Utah Film Critics Society.

When not previewing, reviewing or interviewing Tony can be found somewhere in the mountains of Utah stream fishing.