Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 30, 2007! We have a very quiet week for releases - only 2 in sight! In limited release this week is I'm Not There the avant garde Bob Dylan inspiration/recreation/impersonation film. In wide releases is Awake which every time I look into what it's about I walk a grey line between feeling like I've learned too much to being confused. It's fair to say it's a thriller.
If those are not to you likely feel free to check out some of the recently released films. I've heard The Mist is fun scary movie, there have been across-the-board glowing reviews and impressions of Enchanted and it looks like 3D is back to attack with Beowulf.
Have a great week!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Diaspora Film Festival
November 29 - December 2, 2007 at Innis Town Hall and the NFB, Toronto, Ontario
www.diasporafilmfest.com
Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival
Exploring Fantasy, Science Fiction and Anime on the wide screen December 4-8, 2007 at Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
www.fantasyworldwide.com
Giggleshorts Film Festival
International Comedy Short Film Festival
November 29 - Dec 1, 2007 at Brunswick Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
www.giggleshorts.com
Friday November 30, 2007 Releases
Awake
Writer/Dir: Joby Harold - directorial debut
Cast: Jessica Alba, Hayden Christensen, Terrence Howard
USA
I'm Not There
Dir: Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, Velvet Goldmine, Safe)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw
USA/Germany
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 30, 2007**
Friday, November 30, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 23, 2007!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 23, 2007! Short week of releases this week as many opened on Wednesday just prior to American Thanksgiving (happy turkey day to those south of the boarder! Don't forget to make some yummy soup with the leftover turkey!). It's also a week of really do-er's as all 4 Friday releases are writer/director all-in-one. Ok, on to what *is* being released!
In limited release this week we have the, yes this is the consensus on the description, zen documentary on cooking How to Cook Your Life as well as the new Noah Baumbach film Margot at the Wedding which has recieved a fair amount of buzz here and there and if I was just told the premise of the film I doubt I would be interested. However, every single time I see the preview I'm intrigued and want to know more. The actors all look very 'normal' and seem to have very 'normal' lives and it's drama all the way. I think it's really going to be one to watch.
Wide releases this week include the Stephen King adaptation The Mist, and for those already ready for Christmas This Christmas.
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 23, 2007! Short week of releases this week as many opened on Wednesday just prior to American Thanksgiving (happy turkey day to those south of the boarder! Don't forget to make some yummy soup with the leftover turkey!). It's also a week of really do-er's as all 4 Friday releases are writer/director all-in-one. Ok, on to what *is* being released!
In limited release this week we have the, yes this is the consensus on the description, zen documentary on cooking How to Cook Your Life as well as the new Noah Baumbach film Margot at the Wedding which has recieved a fair amount of buzz here and there and if I was just told the premise of the film I doubt I would be interested. However, every single time I see the preview I'm intrigued and want to know more. The actors all look very 'normal' and seem to have very 'normal' lives and it's drama all the way. I think it's really going to be one to watch.
Wide releases this week include the Stephen King adaptation The Mist, and for those already ready for Christmas This Christmas.
Have a great week!
Shannon
Festival Watch
New Serbian Film Festival
November 22-25, 2007 at The Bloor Cinema, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.bioskop.ca/
Reel Awareness Film Festival
November 22-25, 2007 at the NFB, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.aito.ca/
Spinning Wheel Film Festival
November 23-25, 2007, at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.swfftoronto.com/
Wednesday November 21, 2007 Releases
August Rush
Dir: Kirsten Sheridan (Disco Pigs)
Cast: Kreddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard USA
Enchanted
Dir: Kevin Lima (102 Dalmations)
Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon, Julie Andrews
USA
Hitman
Dir: Xavier Gens (Frontière(s))
Cast: Timothy Olyphant
France/USA
Friday November 23, 2007 Releases
How to Cook Your Life
Writer/Dir: Doris Dörrie (Nackt, Erleuchtung garantiert)
Zen documentary featuring cook Edward Espe Brown
Germany
Limited Release
Margot at the Wedding
Writer/Dir: Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Kicking and Screaming)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black
USA
The Mist
Writer/Dir: Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Majestic)
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher
USA
This Christmas
Writer/Dir: Preston A. Whitmore II ()
Cast: Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Laz Alonso, sharon Leal
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 23, 2007**
Shannon
Festival Watch
New Serbian Film Festival
November 22-25, 2007 at The Bloor Cinema, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.bioskop.ca/
Reel Awareness Film Festival
November 22-25, 2007 at the NFB, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.aito.ca/
Spinning Wheel Film Festival
November 23-25, 2007, at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.swfftoronto.com/
Wednesday November 21, 2007 Releases
August Rush
Dir: Kirsten Sheridan (Disco Pigs)
Cast: Kreddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard USA
Enchanted
Dir: Kevin Lima (102 Dalmations)
Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon, Julie Andrews
USA
Hitman
Dir: Xavier Gens (Frontière(s))
Cast: Timothy Olyphant
France/USA
Friday November 23, 2007 Releases
How to Cook Your Life
Writer/Dir: Doris Dörrie (Nackt, Erleuchtung garantiert)
Zen documentary featuring cook Edward Espe Brown
Germany
Limited Release
Margot at the Wedding
Writer/Dir: Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Kicking and Screaming)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black
USA
The Mist
Writer/Dir: Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Majestic)
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher
USA
This Christmas
Writer/Dir: Preston A. Whitmore II ()
Cast: Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Laz Alonso, sharon Leal
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 23, 2007**
Friday, November 16, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 16, 2007!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 16, 2007! With holiday season nearing (although still a month away, so there is lots of shopping time!), we are seeing family and fantasy films such as Enchanted, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Beowulf. Speaking of Beowulf I found the previews a little confusing on the animated vs live action factor. However it is in the list for possible nominations for the Oscar's for animated film so I guess that answers that!
In limited release this week we have the highly acclaimed yet disturbing fictionalized realism with Redacted as well as Before the Devil Knows Your Dead, Terror's Advocate, and the Canadian film Citizen Duane.
Wide releases this week include book-to-film Love in the Time of Cholera, the Canadian film Breakfast with Scot, Beowulf and family friendly Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Also, next-mid-week releases of Hitman, August Rush and Enchanted. The August Rush preview completely took my heart out so it goes on my list.
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 16, 2007! With holiday season nearing (although still a month away, so there is lots of shopping time!), we are seeing family and fantasy films such as Enchanted, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Beowulf. Speaking of Beowulf I found the previews a little confusing on the animated vs live action factor. However it is in the list for possible nominations for the Oscar's for animated film so I guess that answers that!
In limited release this week we have the highly acclaimed yet disturbing fictionalized realism with Redacted as well as Before the Devil Knows Your Dead, Terror's Advocate, and the Canadian film Citizen Duane.
Wide releases this week include book-to-film Love in the Time of Cholera, the Canadian film Breakfast with Scot, Beowulf and family friendly Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Also, next-mid-week releases of Hitman, August Rush and Enchanted. The August Rush preview completely took my heart out so it goes on my list.
Festival spotlight: Coverage of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival continues at Movie Moxie until November 18/07.
Have a great week!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Brazilian Film Festival
November 15-18 at The Bloor Cinema, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.brazilianfilmfestivalcanada.com/
One Minute Film & Video Festival
November 22 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bloor Cinema, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.minutefilmfest.com
Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival
Presenting features and shorts on the facts & mythology surrounding mental health and addiction
Continues until November 17 at Workman Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Presenting contemporary Asian cinema and work from the Asian diaspora
Continues until November 18, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.reelasian.com
...................sneeky sneeky............
August Rush has sneak previews this Saturday November 17, 2007 at 7:30pm at Varsity, Canada Square and Sheppard Grande. It opens in regular release Wednesday November 21, 2007 for more details see below
Friday November 16, 2007 Releases
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Dir: Sidney Lumet (Running on Empty, Gloria, The Wiz)
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris, Albert Finney
USA
Beowulf
Dir: Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express, Cast Away, What Lies Beneath, Forrest Gump)
Voices and, shall we say sometimes body templates?: Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Alison Lohman, Crispin Glover, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich
USA
Breakfast with Scot
Dir: Laurie Lynd (House <1996>, RSVP)
Cast: Noah Bernett, Thomas Cavanagh
Canada
Dir: Michael Mabbott (The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico)
Cast: Douglas Smith, Devon Bostick, Alberta Watson, Vivica A. Fox, Jane McGregor, Donal LogueCanada
Limited ReleaseLove in the Time of Cholera
Dir: Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mona Lisa Smile, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Javier Bardem, Benjamin Bratt, Marcela Mar
USA
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
writer/Dir: Zach Helm - directorial debut
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Zach Mills, Ted Ludzik
USA
Dir: Brian De Palma (The Black Dahlia, Femme Fatale, Carlito's Way)
Cast: Patrick Carroll, Rob Devaney, Izzy Diaz, Ty JonesUSA/Canada
Limited ReleaseTerror's Advocate / L'avocat de la terreur
Dir: Barbet Schroeder (Murder By Numbers, Barfly)
Documentary
France
Wednesday November 21, 2007 Releases
August Rush
Dir: Kirsten Sheridan (Disco Pigs)
Cast: Kreddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard USA
Enchanted
Dir: Kevin Lima (102 Dalmations)
Cast: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon, Julie Andrews
USA
Hitman
Dir: Xavier Gens (Frontière(s))
Cast: Timothy Olyphant
France/USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 21, 2007**
Friday, November 09, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 9, 2007!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 9, 2007! We are in the gentle balance of fall to awards, er... holiday season which can be seen by the varied releases this week.
We are filled to the brim with limited releases this week. A selection of the realms of the real with documentaries Jimmy Carter Man From Plains and Darfur Now, docudrama Music Within and based on real life events This is England. Javier Bardem stars in No Country for Old Men, as one of biggest buzz performances this year. Rounded out the limited releases is Bollywood film Saawariya and a a re-release of the classic scifi film Blade Runner - The Final Cut.
Wide releases this week include some oddly time placed films for November such as the holiday film Fred Claus and the scare-over past October with P2. Out of the wide releases I would be more inclined to check out Robert Redford's Lions For Lambs.
Festival spotlight: be sure to check out Movie Moxie as I'll be covering the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Nov 14-18/07.
Have a great week!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Presenting contemporary Asian cinema and work from the Asian diaspora
November 14-18, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.reelasian.com
Regent Park Film Festival
Featuring films relevant to the communities in Regent Park
Continues to November 11, 2007 at the Nelson Mandela Public School, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.regentparkfilmfestival.com
Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival
Presenting features and shorts on the facts & mythology surrounding mental health and addiction
Continues until November 17 at Workman Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com
Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival
November 8-11, 2007 at Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tjsff.ca/
Friday November 9, 2007 Releases
Blade Runner: The Final Cut **originally released 1982
Dir: Ridley Scott (Alien, G.I. Jane, Gladiator, American Gangster)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
USA
Limited Release
Darfur Now
Writer/Dir: Ted Braun
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Fred Claus
Dir: David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, Shanghai Knights)
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz
USA
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains
Dir: Jonathan Demme (Neil Young: Heart of Gold, THe Manchurian Candidate <2004>)
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Lions for Lambs
Dir: Robert Redford (A River Runs Through It, The Horse Whisperer)
Cast: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Peña, Derek Luke, Andrew Garfield
USA
Music Within
Dir: Steven Sawalich - feature film directorial debut
Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Michael Sheen
USA
Limited Release
No Country for Old Men
Writers/Dir: Joel and Ethan Coen (Fargo, The Man Who Wasn't There, O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Cast: Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald
USA
Limited Release
P2
Dir: Franck Khalfoun - directorial debut
Cast: Rachel Nichols, Wes Bentley
USA
Saawariya
Dir: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black, Devdas)
Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor
India
Limited Release
This is England
Writer/Dir: Shane Meadows (Dead Man's Shoes, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands)
Cast: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Joe Gilgun
UK
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 9, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 9, 2007! We are in the gentle balance of fall to awards, er... holiday season which can be seen by the varied releases this week.
We are filled to the brim with limited releases this week. A selection of the realms of the real with documentaries Jimmy Carter Man From Plains and Darfur Now, docudrama Music Within and based on real life events This is England. Javier Bardem stars in No Country for Old Men, as one of biggest buzz performances this year. Rounded out the limited releases is Bollywood film Saawariya and a a re-release of the classic scifi film Blade Runner - The Final Cut.
Wide releases this week include some oddly time placed films for November such as the holiday film Fred Claus and the scare-over past October with P2. Out of the wide releases I would be more inclined to check out Robert Redford's Lions For Lambs.
Festival spotlight: be sure to check out Movie Moxie as I'll be covering the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Nov 14-18/07.
Have a great week!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Presenting contemporary Asian cinema and work from the Asian diaspora
November 14-18, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.reelasian.com
Regent Park Film Festival
Featuring films relevant to the communities in Regent Park
Continues to November 11, 2007 at the Nelson Mandela Public School, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.regentparkfilmfestival.com
Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival
Presenting features and shorts on the facts & mythology surrounding mental health and addiction
Continues until November 17 at Workman Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com
Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival
November 8-11, 2007 at Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tjsff.ca/
Friday November 9, 2007 Releases
Blade Runner: The Final Cut **originally released 1982
Dir: Ridley Scott (Alien, G.I. Jane, Gladiator, American Gangster)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
USA
Limited Release
Darfur Now
Writer/Dir: Ted Braun
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Fred Claus
Dir: David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, Shanghai Knights)
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz
USA
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains
Dir: Jonathan Demme (Neil Young: Heart of Gold, THe Manchurian Candidate <2004>)
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Lions for Lambs
Dir: Robert Redford (A River Runs Through It, The Horse Whisperer)
Cast: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Peña, Derek Luke, Andrew Garfield
USA
Music Within
Dir: Steven Sawalich - feature film directorial debut
Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Michael Sheen
USA
Limited Release
No Country for Old Men
Writers/Dir: Joel and Ethan Coen (Fargo, The Man Who Wasn't There, O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
Cast: Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald
USA
Limited Release
P2
Dir: Franck Khalfoun - directorial debut
Cast: Rachel Nichols, Wes Bentley
USA
Saawariya
Dir: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Black, Devdas)
Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor
India
Limited Release
This is England
Writer/Dir: Shane Meadows (Dead Man's Shoes, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands)
Cast: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Joe Gilgun
UK
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 9, 2007**
Friday, November 02, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 2, 2007!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 2, 2007! We have a fantastic selection this week of films from award winners to big names to home grown talent.
Our limited releases this week include 3 Canadian films, which is so exciting to see! They are: Surviving My Mother, Hot Docs award winning documentary The Bodybuilder and I, and the highly acclaimed Bruce McDonald film The Tracey Fragments. Rounding out the limited releases is the award winners galore with Romania's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Israel's The Bubble.
Wide releases this week include Martian Child and Lars and the Real Girl in which one of the major characters is a lifesize doll, not a girl. Lars and the Real Girl has received a lot of interested, and themes of social disconnect and loneliness are no stranger to films in recent years, but I have to admit it pains me to see a major female character in a film is literally as a object. Also hitting the theatres this week is American Gangster which is a total talent fest starring both Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe directed by Ridley Scott, now that is a promising line up.
Have a great week!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Abilities Arts Festival
Showcasing artistic excellence by artists with disabilities
Continues to November 4, 2007 at Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.abilitiesartsfestival.org
Regent Park Film Festival
Featuring films relevent to the communities in Regent Park
November 7-11, 2007 at the Nelson Mandela Public School, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.regentparkfilmfestival.com
Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival
Presenting features and shorts on the facts & mythology surrounding mental health and addiction
November at Workman Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com
Friday November 2, 2007 Releases
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days / 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile
Writer/Dir: Cristian Mungiu (Lost and Found, Occident)
Cast: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov
Romania
Limited Release
American Gangster
Dir: Ridley Scott (Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, G.I. Jane, Alien)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor
USA
The Bodybuilder and I
Writer/Dir: Bryan Friedman - directorial debut
Documentary
Limited Release
Canada
The Bubble
Dir: Eytan Fox (Walk on Water)
Cast: Yousef Sweid, Alon Friedman, Lior Ashkenazi
Israel
Limited Release
Lars and the Real Girl
Dir: Craig Gillespie (Mr. Woodcock)
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Kelli Garner, Paul Schneider
USA
Martian Child
Dir: Menno Meyjes (Max)
Cast: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt
USA
Surviving My Mother
Dir: Émile Gaudreault (Mambo Italiano, Wedding Night / Nuit de noces)
Cast: Caroline Dhavernas, Ellen David, Adam J. Harrington, Véronique Le Flaguais, Colin Mochrie
Canada
Limited Release
The Tracey Fragments
Dir: Bruce McDonald (Highway 61, Hard Core Logo, Dance Me Outside)
Cast: Ellen Page, Ari Cohen, Max McCabe-Lokos, Max Turnball
Canada
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 2, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 2, 2007! We have a fantastic selection this week of films from award winners to big names to home grown talent.
Our limited releases this week include 3 Canadian films, which is so exciting to see! They are: Surviving My Mother, Hot Docs award winning documentary The Bodybuilder and I, and the highly acclaimed Bruce McDonald film The Tracey Fragments. Rounding out the limited releases is the award winners galore with Romania's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Israel's The Bubble.
Wide releases this week include Martian Child and Lars and the Real Girl in which one of the major characters is a lifesize doll, not a girl. Lars and the Real Girl has received a lot of interested, and themes of social disconnect and loneliness are no stranger to films in recent years, but I have to admit it pains me to see a major female character in a film is literally as a object. Also hitting the theatres this week is American Gangster which is a total talent fest starring both Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe directed by Ridley Scott, now that is a promising line up.
Have a great week!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Abilities Arts Festival
Showcasing artistic excellence by artists with disabilities
Continues to November 4, 2007 at Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.abilitiesartsfestival.org
Regent Park Film Festival
Featuring films relevent to the communities in Regent Park
November 7-11, 2007 at the Nelson Mandela Public School, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.regentparkfilmfestival.com
Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival
Presenting features and shorts on the facts & mythology surrounding mental health and addiction
November at Workman Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com
Friday November 2, 2007 Releases
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days / 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile
Writer/Dir: Cristian Mungiu (Lost and Found, Occident)
Cast: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov
Romania
Limited Release
American Gangster
Dir: Ridley Scott (Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, G.I. Jane, Alien)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor
USA
The Bodybuilder and I
Writer/Dir: Bryan Friedman - directorial debut
Documentary
Limited Release
Canada
The Bubble
Dir: Eytan Fox (Walk on Water)
Cast: Yousef Sweid, Alon Friedman, Lior Ashkenazi
Israel
Limited Release
Lars and the Real Girl
Dir: Craig Gillespie (Mr. Woodcock)
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Kelli Garner, Paul Schneider
USA
Martian Child
Dir: Menno Meyjes (Max)
Cast: John Cusack, Bobby Coleman, Amanda Peet, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt
USA
Surviving My Mother
Dir: Émile Gaudreault (Mambo Italiano, Wedding Night / Nuit de noces)
Cast: Caroline Dhavernas, Ellen David, Adam J. Harrington, Véronique Le Flaguais, Colin Mochrie
Canada
Limited Release
The Tracey Fragments
Dir: Bruce McDonald (Highway 61, Hard Core Logo, Dance Me Outside)
Cast: Ellen Page, Ari Cohen, Max McCabe-Lokos, Max Turnball
Canada
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 2, 2007**
Friday, October 26, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 26, 2007!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 26, 2007! I hope you had a great week, I've been spending mine by watching scary movies at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, which just closed last night. If scary movies are your bag, I'd highly recommend checking it out next year, it was a wild ride!
Our limited releases this week include Rails & Ties the directorial debut of Allison Eastwood (Clint Eastwood's daughter), Kenneth Branagh's latest Sleuth, documentary where the title tells you all you need to know 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama and finally Control, the biopic on Joy Divisions frontman, Ian Curtis which is my pick of the bunch this week.
We have only 2 wide releases this week: Dan in Real Life starring Steve Carell and the only scary film of the bunch just in time for Halloween Saw IV. How they make a new Saw film almost yearly is beyond me.
Have a happy Halloween!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Est Docs Film Festival
Estonian Documentary Film Festival
Continues until October 26, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.estdocs.com/
Planet in Focus Film Festival
International Environmental Film and Video Festival
Continues until October 28, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.planetinfocus.org/
Friday October 26, 2007 Releases
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Writer/Dir: Rick Ray - feature film directorial debut
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Control
Dir: Anton Corbijn - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, Craig Parkinson
UK/USA/Australia/Japan
Limited Release
Dan in Real Life
Dir: Peter Hedges (Pieces of April)
Cast: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook
USA
Rails & Ties
Dir: Allison Eastwood - directorial debut
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Miles Heizer
USA
Limited Release
Saw IV
Dir: Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, Saw III)
Cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scotto Patterson, Betsy Russell
USA
Sleuth
Dir: Kenneth Branagh (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Dead Again, Henry V)
Cast: Michael Caine, Jude Law
USA
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 26, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 26, 2007! I hope you had a great week, I've been spending mine by watching scary movies at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, which just closed last night. If scary movies are your bag, I'd highly recommend checking it out next year, it was a wild ride!
Our limited releases this week include Rails & Ties the directorial debut of Allison Eastwood (Clint Eastwood's daughter), Kenneth Branagh's latest Sleuth, documentary where the title tells you all you need to know 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama and finally Control, the biopic on Joy Divisions frontman, Ian Curtis which is my pick of the bunch this week.
We have only 2 wide releases this week: Dan in Real Life starring Steve Carell and the only scary film of the bunch just in time for Halloween Saw IV. How they make a new Saw film almost yearly is beyond me.
Have a happy Halloween!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Est Docs Film Festival
Estonian Documentary Film Festival
Continues until October 26, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.estdocs.com/
Planet in Focus Film Festival
International Environmental Film and Video Festival
Continues until October 28, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.planetinfocus.org/
Friday October 26, 2007 Releases
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Writer/Dir: Rick Ray - feature film directorial debut
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Control
Dir: Anton Corbijn - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, Craig Parkinson
UK/USA/Australia/Japan
Limited Release
Dan in Real Life
Dir: Peter Hedges (Pieces of April)
Cast: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook
USA
Rails & Ties
Dir: Allison Eastwood - directorial debut
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Marcia Gay Harden, Miles Heizer
USA
Limited Release
Saw IV
Dir: Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, Saw III)
Cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scotto Patterson, Betsy Russell
USA
Sleuth
Dir: Kenneth Branagh (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Dead Again, Henry V)
Cast: Michael Caine, Jude Law
USA
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 26, 2007**
Friday, October 19, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 12 and 19, 2007!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to the double issue after the fact Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 12 and 19, 2007! I was vacationing last week and hence the double issue. I am liking this idea of vacations! Who knew it could be such a treat?
I have an interesting piece of information that came up during my research - it's been a while since one of these fun tidbits: imdb search for 'comebacks' most popular result was 'Bill Clinton'. Bizarre.
We have a mammoth amount of releases and festivals, many of which I would like to see. Some of the surprizing things have been such as My Kid Could Paint That is actually a critical look at the surprize popularity of a four year old painter and solid positive reviews for 30 Days of Night.
Although there are many fine films to choose from, I will have to put selections on hold til next week as I will be seeing all things scary at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Daily festival coverage will be available over at Movie Moxie from Oct 19-25, 2007.
Have a spooktacular week!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Est Docs Film Festival
Estonian Documentary Film Festival
October 19-26, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.estdocs.com/
ImagineNATIVE Film Fesitval
Celebratint the latest works by Indigenous peoples in film, video, radio and new media
October 17-21, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.imagineNATIVE.org/
Planet in Focus Film Festival
International Enviornmental Film and Video Festival
October 24-28, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.planetinfocus.org/
Student Shorts Film Festival
Celebrating the best student films
October 18-20, 2007 at Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.studentshorts.com/
Toronto After Dark Film Festival
New horror and fantasy cinema
October 19-25, 2007 at The Bloor Cinema (1 screeening of shorts at Innis), Toronto, Ontario
http://www.torontoafterdark.com/
The Toronto International Latin Film Festival
Spanish and Latin films from around the world
October 13-20, 2007 at The Royal, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tilff.com/
Friday October 12, 2007 Releases
American Venus
Writer/Dir: Bruce Sweeney (Last Wedding)
Cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Matt Craven, Agam Darshi
Canada
Limited Release
Death at a Funeral
Dir: Frank Oz (The Stepford Wives, Bowfinger, The Dark Crystal)
Cast: Matthew MacFayden, Alan Tudyk, Peter Dinklage, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan
Germany/UK/USA
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Dir: Shekar Kapur (Elizabeth, Bandit Queen)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Samantha Morton
UK/France
King of California
Writer/Dir: Mike Cahill - directorial debut
Cast: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood
Mexico/USA
Limited Release
We Own the Night
Writer/Dir: James Gray (The Yards, Little Odessa)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Whalberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall
USA
Weirdsville
Dir: Allan Moyle (New Waterford Girl, Empire Records, Pump Up the Volume)
Cast: Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning
Limited Release
Canada/USA
Why Did I Get Married
Writer/Dir: Tyler Perry (Daddy's Little Girls, Madea's Family Reunion)
Cast: Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Jill Scott, Sharon Leal, Malik Yoba
USA
Friday October 18, 2007 Releases
30 Days of Night
Dir: David Slade (Hard Candy)
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster
New Zealand/USA
The Comebacks
Dir: Tom Brady (The Hot Chick)
Cast: David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Melora Hardin, Brooke Nevin, Matthew Lawrence
USA
Gone Baby Gone
Dir: Ben Affleck - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman
USA
My Kid Could Paint That
Dir: Amir Bar-Lev (Fighter)
Documentary on the story of 4 year old painter Marla Olmstead
USA/UK
Rendition
Dir: Gavin Hood (Tsotsi, A Reasonable Man)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Omar Metwally, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin
USA/South Africa
Reservation Road
Dir: Terry George (Hotel Rwanda)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, Mira Sorvino
USA
Limited Release
The Things We Lost in the Fire
Dir: Susanne Bier (After the Wedding)
Cast: Halle Berry , Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny
USA/UK
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 12 & 19, 2007**
Welcome to the double issue after the fact Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 12 and 19, 2007! I was vacationing last week and hence the double issue. I am liking this idea of vacations! Who knew it could be such a treat?
I have an interesting piece of information that came up during my research - it's been a while since one of these fun tidbits: imdb search for 'comebacks' most popular result was 'Bill Clinton'. Bizarre.
We have a mammoth amount of releases and festivals, many of which I would like to see. Some of the surprizing things have been such as My Kid Could Paint That is actually a critical look at the surprize popularity of a four year old painter and solid positive reviews for 30 Days of Night.
Although there are many fine films to choose from, I will have to put selections on hold til next week as I will be seeing all things scary at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Daily festival coverage will be available over at Movie Moxie from Oct 19-25, 2007.
Have a spooktacular week!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Est Docs Film Festival
Estonian Documentary Film Festival
October 19-26, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.estdocs.com/
ImagineNATIVE Film Fesitval
Celebratint the latest works by Indigenous peoples in film, video, radio and new media
October 17-21, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.imagineNATIVE.org/
Planet in Focus Film Festival
International Enviornmental Film and Video Festival
October 24-28, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.planetinfocus.org/
Student Shorts Film Festival
Celebrating the best student films
October 18-20, 2007 at Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.studentshorts.com/
Toronto After Dark Film Festival
New horror and fantasy cinema
October 19-25, 2007 at The Bloor Cinema (1 screeening of shorts at Innis), Toronto, Ontario
http://www.torontoafterdark.com/
The Toronto International Latin Film Festival
Spanish and Latin films from around the world
October 13-20, 2007 at The Royal, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tilff.com/
Friday October 12, 2007 Releases
American Venus
Writer/Dir: Bruce Sweeney (Last Wedding)
Cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Matt Craven, Agam Darshi
Canada
Limited Release
Death at a Funeral
Dir: Frank Oz (The Stepford Wives, Bowfinger, The Dark Crystal)
Cast: Matthew MacFayden, Alan Tudyk, Peter Dinklage, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan
Germany/UK/USA
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Dir: Shekar Kapur (Elizabeth, Bandit Queen)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen, Samantha Morton
UK/France
King of California
Writer/Dir: Mike Cahill - directorial debut
Cast: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood
Mexico/USA
Limited Release
We Own the Night
Writer/Dir: James Gray (The Yards, Little Odessa)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Whalberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall
USA
Weirdsville
Dir: Allan Moyle (New Waterford Girl, Empire Records, Pump Up the Volume)
Cast: Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning
Limited Release
Canada/USA
Why Did I Get Married
Writer/Dir: Tyler Perry (Daddy's Little Girls, Madea's Family Reunion)
Cast: Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Jill Scott, Sharon Leal, Malik Yoba
USA
Friday October 18, 2007 Releases
30 Days of Night
Dir: David Slade (Hard Candy)
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster
New Zealand/USA
The Comebacks
Dir: Tom Brady (The Hot Chick)
Cast: David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Melora Hardin, Brooke Nevin, Matthew Lawrence
USA
Gone Baby Gone
Dir: Ben Affleck - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman
USA
My Kid Could Paint That
Dir: Amir Bar-Lev (Fighter)
Documentary on the story of 4 year old painter Marla Olmstead
USA/UK
Rendition
Dir: Gavin Hood (Tsotsi, A Reasonable Man)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Omar Metwally, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin
USA/South Africa
Reservation Road
Dir: Terry George (Hotel Rwanda)
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, Mira Sorvino
USA
Limited Release
The Things We Lost in the Fire
Dir: Susanne Bier (After the Wedding)
Cast: Halle Berry , Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny
USA/UK
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 12 & 19, 2007**
Friday, October 05, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 5, 2007!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 5, 2007! We have many anticipated films this week as we move more and more into the fall which could bring us to some early Oscar bait before we break to the scary Halloween films which in the past years have been few and far between.
Our limited releases this week include some of the most anticipated films of the fall. The biggest contender for anticipation is Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. I will admit I was intrigued by the trailer and I loved The Royal Tenenbaums but the tone and pace appear to be so similar I wonder how much more it has to offer. We also have Michael Clayton, it's been a while since we've had a legal thriller and it looks like this one will fit the bill. Lastly but not leastly, we have Ang Lee's Lust, Caution which was hugely anticipate at the film festival this year and then resulted in many lukewarm comments. I still have hope for it and am always happy to see anything with Tony Leung.
Wide releases this week include the Farrelly brothers pseudo date movie The Heartbreak Kid with Ben Stiller, young-people targeted yet epic The Seeker: The Dark is Rising and finally the wrong side of the tracks story Feel the Noise which one first look appeared to possible be a dance movie, alas it's focused on a rapper. There could still be some groovin' in it so out of the wide release it would be my pick.
If you are already getting into the Halloween groove, feel free to check out my film blog: http://www.moviemoxie.blogspot.com/ where October is scary movie month with daily posts and reviews of scary films old and new.
Festival Watch
Indie Can Film Festival
Film festival dedicated to the independent low budget filmmaker
October 4-7, 2007 at Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.indiecanfilmfestival.com/
Kino Art Festival
First Annual Festival of Russian Film and Art
October 4-7, 2007 at Royal Theatre and NFB, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.kinoartfestival.com/
Friday October 5, 2007 Releases
The Darjeeling Limited
Dir: Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou)
Cast: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman
USA
Limited Release
Feel the Noise
Dir: Alejandro Chomski (Hoy y mañana / Today and Tomorrow)
Cast: Omarion Grandberry, Zulay Henao, James McCaffrey, Kelita Smith, Giancarlo Esposito, Victor Rasuk
USA
The Heartbreak Kid
Dir: Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly (Fever Pitch, Stuck on You, Shallow Hal)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman
USA
Lust, Caution / Se, jie
Dir: Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, Eat Drink Man Woman)
Cast: Tony Leung, Tang Wei, Joan Chen
USA/Taiwan
Limited Release
Michael Clayton
Writer/Dir: Tony Gilroy – directorial debut
Cast: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack
USA
Limited Release
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
Dir: David L. Cunningham (To End All Wars, Beyond Paradise)
Cast: Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Frances Conroy, Drew Tyler Bell, Wendy Crewson
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 5, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 5, 2007! We have many anticipated films this week as we move more and more into the fall which could bring us to some early Oscar bait before we break to the scary Halloween films which in the past years have been few and far between.
Our limited releases this week include some of the most anticipated films of the fall. The biggest contender for anticipation is Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited. I will admit I was intrigued by the trailer and I loved The Royal Tenenbaums but the tone and pace appear to be so similar I wonder how much more it has to offer. We also have Michael Clayton, it's been a while since we've had a legal thriller and it looks like this one will fit the bill. Lastly but not leastly, we have Ang Lee's Lust, Caution which was hugely anticipate at the film festival this year and then resulted in many lukewarm comments. I still have hope for it and am always happy to see anything with Tony Leung.
Wide releases this week include the Farrelly brothers pseudo date movie The Heartbreak Kid with Ben Stiller, young-people targeted yet epic The Seeker: The Dark is Rising and finally the wrong side of the tracks story Feel the Noise which one first look appeared to possible be a dance movie, alas it's focused on a rapper. There could still be some groovin' in it so out of the wide release it would be my pick.
If you are already getting into the Halloween groove, feel free to check out my film blog: http://www.moviemoxie.blogspot.com/ where October is scary movie month with daily posts and reviews of scary films old and new.
Festival Watch
Indie Can Film Festival
Film festival dedicated to the independent low budget filmmaker
October 4-7, 2007 at Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.indiecanfilmfestival.com/
Kino Art Festival
First Annual Festival of Russian Film and Art
October 4-7, 2007 at Royal Theatre and NFB, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.kinoartfestival.com/
Friday October 5, 2007 Releases
The Darjeeling Limited
Dir: Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou)
Cast: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman
USA
Limited Release
Feel the Noise
Dir: Alejandro Chomski (Hoy y mañana / Today and Tomorrow)
Cast: Omarion Grandberry, Zulay Henao, James McCaffrey, Kelita Smith, Giancarlo Esposito, Victor Rasuk
USA
The Heartbreak Kid
Dir: Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly (Fever Pitch, Stuck on You, Shallow Hal)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman
USA
Lust, Caution / Se, jie
Dir: Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, Eat Drink Man Woman)
Cast: Tony Leung, Tang Wei, Joan Chen
USA/Taiwan
Limited Release
Michael Clayton
Writer/Dir: Tony Gilroy – directorial debut
Cast: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack
USA
Limited Release
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
Dir: David L. Cunningham (To End All Wars, Beyond Paradise)
Cast: Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Frances Conroy, Drew Tyler Bell, Wendy Crewson
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 5, 2007**
Friday, September 28, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 28, 2007
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 28, 2007! It's bizarre to see films that had huge buzz at TIFF 07 come out so quickly, and then to be in such limited release, and for the limited releases of those for to be the American films. Wild. A clear half of the releases this week are hot of the festival trail. With a sizable eight releases this week, there should be something for everyone.
Our limited releases this week include the occult under toned Puffball, hot buzz Sean Penn directed film Into the Wild, and click flick The Jane Austen Book Club.
Wide releases this week include the Canadian Shake Hands with the Devil, a docudrama based on the autobiographical book by General Romeo Dallaire and his experience during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. What stuck with me the most about this film was during the Q&A, director Roger Spottiswoode said that when Dallaire watched the film he commented that for the first 5 minutes he was watching Roy Dupuis, and after that he was watching himself. Now that is some amazing acting. Other wide releases include Feast of Love, The Game Plan, Silk and long time coming release of The Kingdom - for which previews have been shown since January and have had at least two very different tones.
Festival Watch
Commffest
Community Film Festival
September 27-30, 2007 at Rainbow Cinemas, 80 Front St E, Toronto, Ontario
www.commffest.com
Friday September 28, 2007 Releases
Feast of Love
Dir: Robert Benton (The Human Stain, Nobody's Fool <1994>)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Selma Blair
USA
The Game Plan
Dir: Andy Fickman (She's the Man)
Cast: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Madison Pettis, Kyra Sedwick
USA
Into the Wild
Dir: Sean Penn (The Pledge)
Cast: Emile Hirsch, William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Jena Malone
USA
Limited Release
The Jane Austen Book Club
Writer/Dir: Robin Swicord - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Lynn Redgrave
USA
Limited Release
The Kingdom
Dir: Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, The Rundown)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman
USA
Puffball
Dir: Nicolas Roeg (Two Deaths, Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell To Earth)
Cast: Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Oscar Pearce, Donald Sutherland
UK/Ireland/Canada
Limited Release
Shake Hands With the Devil
Dir: Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies, The 6th Day, Shoot to Kill)
Cast: Roy Dupuis, James Gallanders, Michel Mongeau, Owen Lebakeng Sejak, Deborah Kara Unger
Canada
Silk
Dir: François Girard (The Red Violin, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould)
Cast: Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Alfred Molina, Koji Yakusho, Mark Rendall, Miki Nakatani
Canada/Italy/Japan/UK/France
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 28, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 28, 2007! It's bizarre to see films that had huge buzz at TIFF 07 come out so quickly, and then to be in such limited release, and for the limited releases of those for to be the American films. Wild. A clear half of the releases this week are hot of the festival trail. With a sizable eight releases this week, there should be something for everyone.
Our limited releases this week include the occult under toned Puffball, hot buzz Sean Penn directed film Into the Wild, and click flick The Jane Austen Book Club.
Wide releases this week include the Canadian Shake Hands with the Devil, a docudrama based on the autobiographical book by General Romeo Dallaire and his experience during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. What stuck with me the most about this film was during the Q&A, director Roger Spottiswoode said that when Dallaire watched the film he commented that for the first 5 minutes he was watching Roy Dupuis, and after that he was watching himself. Now that is some amazing acting. Other wide releases include Feast of Love, The Game Plan, Silk and long time coming release of The Kingdom - for which previews have been shown since January and have had at least two very different tones.
Festival Watch
Commffest
Community Film Festival
September 27-30, 2007 at Rainbow Cinemas, 80 Front St E, Toronto, Ontario
www.commffest.com
Friday September 28, 2007 Releases
Feast of Love
Dir: Robert Benton (The Human Stain, Nobody's Fool <1994>)
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Selma Blair
USA
The Game Plan
Dir: Andy Fickman (She's the Man)
Cast: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Madison Pettis, Kyra Sedwick
USA
Into the Wild
Dir: Sean Penn (The Pledge)
Cast: Emile Hirsch, William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Jena Malone
USA
Limited Release
The Jane Austen Book Club
Writer/Dir: Robin Swicord - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Lynn Redgrave
USA
Limited Release
The Kingdom
Dir: Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, The Rundown)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Ashraf Barhom, Ali Suliman
USA
Puffball
Dir: Nicolas Roeg (Two Deaths, Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell To Earth)
Cast: Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Oscar Pearce, Donald Sutherland
UK/Ireland/Canada
Limited Release
Shake Hands With the Devil
Dir: Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies, The 6th Day, Shoot to Kill)
Cast: Roy Dupuis, James Gallanders, Michel Mongeau, Owen Lebakeng Sejak, Deborah Kara Unger
Canada
Silk
Dir: François Girard (The Red Violin, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould)
Cast: Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Alfred Molina, Koji Yakusho, Mark Rendall, Miki Nakatani
Canada/Italy/Japan/UK/France
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 28, 2007**
Friday, September 21, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 21, 2007!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 21, 2007! I'm trying to get back into the groove of regular releases as well as days not spent in back to back screenings and I tell ya - not so exciting! Bring me Q&A's, line ups and concession food any day! Well, maybe not concession food...
Our limited releases this week included 2 of the hottest tickets from TIFF: In the Valley of Elah as well as one of the most descriptive titles in ages, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Limited releases don't end there, we also have space themed documentary In the Shadow of the Moon and long time coming to regular release Sunflower.
Wide releases for this week include a modern telling of Snow White with Sydney White, the possibly most successful film series based on a video game (is there more than one?) Resident Evil: Extinction, and the 'comedy' Good Luck Chuck.
Seeing as TIFF has come and gone it seems only normal for Oscar buzz to start up. With that we have the announcement of the 2008 Oscar show will be Jon Stewart reprising his 2006 role. I am not overjoyed, but I know people will be. Every year is a gamble!
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
.....................sneeky sneeky............
The Game Plan starring The Rock and Kyra Sedgwick, directed by Andy Fickman (She's the Man) has a sneak preview this Saturday September 22, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Scotiabank Theate, Empire Theatres and various other locations in Toronto.
Friday September 21, 2007 Releases
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Dir: Andrew Dominik (Chopper)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker
USA
Limited Release
Good Luck Chuck
Dir: Mark Helfrich – directorial debut
Cast: Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler
USA
In the Shadow of the Moon
Dir: David Sington - feature film directorial debut
Documentary on the Apollo space program visit to the Moon
UK/USA
Limited Release
In the Valley of Elah
Dir: Paul Haggis (Crash <2004>, Red Hot)
Cast: Tommy Lea Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon, James Franco
USA
Limited Release
Resident Evil: Extinction
Dir: Russell Mulcahy (Swimming Upstream)
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Ian Glen, Ashanti Douglas
France/Australia/Germany/UK/USA
Sunflower / Xiang ri kui
Dir: Zhang Yang (Quitting / Zuotian)
Cast: Joan Chen, Sun Haiying, Liu Zifeng
Hong Kong/China/The Netherlands
Limited Release
Sydney White
Dir: Joe Nussbaum (Sleepover, George Lucas in Love)
Cast: Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Matt Long
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 21, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 21, 2007! I'm trying to get back into the groove of regular releases as well as days not spent in back to back screenings and I tell ya - not so exciting! Bring me Q&A's, line ups and concession food any day! Well, maybe not concession food...
Our limited releases this week included 2 of the hottest tickets from TIFF: In the Valley of Elah as well as one of the most descriptive titles in ages, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Limited releases don't end there, we also have space themed documentary In the Shadow of the Moon and long time coming to regular release Sunflower.
Wide releases for this week include a modern telling of Snow White with Sydney White, the possibly most successful film series based on a video game (is there more than one?) Resident Evil: Extinction, and the 'comedy' Good Luck Chuck.
Seeing as TIFF has come and gone it seems only normal for Oscar buzz to start up. With that we have the announcement of the 2008 Oscar show will be Jon Stewart reprising his 2006 role. I am not overjoyed, but I know people will be. Every year is a gamble!
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
.....................sneeky sneeky............
The Game Plan starring The Rock and Kyra Sedgwick, directed by Andy Fickman (She's the Man) has a sneak preview this Saturday September 22, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Scotiabank Theate, Empire Theatres and various other locations in Toronto.
Friday September 21, 2007 Releases
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Dir: Andrew Dominik (Chopper)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker
USA
Limited Release
Good Luck Chuck
Dir: Mark Helfrich – directorial debut
Cast: Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler
USA
In the Shadow of the Moon
Dir: David Sington - feature film directorial debut
Documentary on the Apollo space program visit to the Moon
UK/USA
Limited Release
In the Valley of Elah
Dir: Paul Haggis (Crash <2004>, Red Hot)
Cast: Tommy Lea Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon, James Franco
USA
Limited Release
Resident Evil: Extinction
Dir: Russell Mulcahy (Swimming Upstream)
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Ian Glen, Ashanti Douglas
France/Australia/Germany/UK/USA
Sunflower / Xiang ri kui
Dir: Zhang Yang (Quitting / Zuotian)
Cast: Joan Chen, Sun Haiying, Liu Zifeng
Hong Kong/China/The Netherlands
Limited Release
Sydney White
Dir: Joe Nussbaum (Sleepover, George Lucas in Love)
Cast: Amanda Bynes, Sara Paxton, Matt Long
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 21, 2007**
Friday, September 14, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 14, 2007!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 14, 2007! Quick newsletter this week and I'm still completely immersed in TIFF 07, and in fact three of this weeks releases are a part of TIFF this year: Across the Universe, The Brave One and Eastern Promises. Sidenote to those heading out to the theatre this weekend - make sure you check listings carefully for showtimes on Friday and Saturday, as many theatres in the downtown core will still be showing TIFF films.
Our limited releases this week are the 60's romance Across the Universe as well as the critically acclaimed Eastern Promises. I have to say I am mighty surprized to see Eastern Promises is only showing at one theatre, perhaps that will expand to more theatres next week.
Wide releases for this week included revenge flick The Brave One, war journalist drama The Hunting Party and Mr. Woodcock which is being billed as 'comedy'.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Toronto International Film Festival
September 6-15, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tiff07.ca/
Friday September 14, 2007 Releases
Across the Universe
Dir: Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus)
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson
USA
Limited Release
The Brave One
Dir: Neil Jordon (Breakfast at Pluto, The Good Thief, The End of the Affair)
Cast: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt
USA/Australia
Eastern Promises
Dir: David Cronenberg (A History of Violence, Naked Lunch, Spider)
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel
UK/Canada/USA
Limited Release
The Hunting Party
Writer/Dir: Richard Shepard (The Matador)
Cast: Richard Gere, Terrence Howard
USA/Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mr. Woodcock
Dir: Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl)
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Saradon
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 14, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 14, 2007! Quick newsletter this week and I'm still completely immersed in TIFF 07, and in fact three of this weeks releases are a part of TIFF this year: Across the Universe, The Brave One and Eastern Promises. Sidenote to those heading out to the theatre this weekend - make sure you check listings carefully for showtimes on Friday and Saturday, as many theatres in the downtown core will still be showing TIFF films.
Our limited releases this week are the 60's romance Across the Universe as well as the critically acclaimed Eastern Promises. I have to say I am mighty surprized to see Eastern Promises is only showing at one theatre, perhaps that will expand to more theatres next week.
Wide releases for this week included revenge flick The Brave One, war journalist drama The Hunting Party and Mr. Woodcock which is being billed as 'comedy'.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Toronto International Film Festival
September 6-15, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tiff07.ca/
Friday September 14, 2007 Releases
Across the Universe
Dir: Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus)
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson
USA
Limited Release
The Brave One
Dir: Neil Jordon (Breakfast at Pluto, The Good Thief, The End of the Affair)
Cast: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt
USA/Australia
Eastern Promises
Dir: David Cronenberg (A History of Violence, Naked Lunch, Spider)
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel
UK/Canada/USA
Limited Release
The Hunting Party
Writer/Dir: Richard Shepard (The Matador)
Cast: Richard Gere, Terrence Howard
USA/Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mr. Woodcock
Dir: Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl)
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Saradon
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 14, 2007**
Friday, September 07, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 7, 2007!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 7, 2007! It's so hard to concentrate on this week's regular releases with the festival in town! We actually have a healthy selection for this time of year - usually it's only one or two films.
We have one limited release this week with Hatchet, which appears to be quite the gorefest film from Coffee & Donuts director Adam Green.
If this weeks wide releases sound familiar that's because they were all sneak previews last week? But, if you didn't get out to them then here is your chance to see: 3:10 to Yuma, The Brother's Soloman and Shoot 'Em Up. 3:10 to Yuma is a remake of the 1957 original, and I would recommend it as it's a compelling story and has great acting as well.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Toronto International Film Festival
September 6-15, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tiff07.ca/
...............sneeky sneeky..................
The Hunting Party starring Richard Gere and Terrence Howard, written and directed by Richard Shepard (The Matador) has a sneak preview this Saturday September 8, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Beach Cinema, Silver City Yonge & Eglinton, Silver City Mississauga and various other locations in Toronto.
Friday September 7, 2007 Releases
3:10 to Yuma
Dir: James Mangold (Walk the Line, Identity)
Cast: Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Ben Foster, Gretchen Mol, Peter Fonda
USA
The Brothers Solomon
Dir: Bob Odenkirk (Let's Go to Prison)
Cast: Will Arnett, Will Forte, Kristen Wiig
USA
Hatchet
Writer/Dir: Adam Green (Coffee & Donutes)
Cast:Joel Moore, Kane Hodder, Robert Englund
USA
Limited Release
Shoot 'Em Up
Dir: Michael Davis (Monster Man, 100 Women)
Cast: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 7, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday September 7, 2007! It's so hard to concentrate on this week's regular releases with the festival in town! We actually have a healthy selection for this time of year - usually it's only one or two films.
We have one limited release this week with Hatchet, which appears to be quite the gorefest film from Coffee & Donuts director Adam Green.
If this weeks wide releases sound familiar that's because they were all sneak previews last week? But, if you didn't get out to them then here is your chance to see: 3:10 to Yuma, The Brother's Soloman and Shoot 'Em Up. 3:10 to Yuma is a remake of the 1957 original, and I would recommend it as it's a compelling story and has great acting as well.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Toronto International Film Festival
September 6-15, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tiff07.ca/
...............sneeky sneeky..................
The Hunting Party starring Richard Gere and Terrence Howard, written and directed by Richard Shepard (The Matador) has a sneak preview this Saturday September 8, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Beach Cinema, Silver City Yonge & Eglinton, Silver City Mississauga and various other locations in Toronto.
Friday September 7, 2007 Releases
3:10 to Yuma
Dir: James Mangold (Walk the Line, Identity)
Cast: Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Ben Foster, Gretchen Mol, Peter Fonda
USA
The Brothers Solomon
Dir: Bob Odenkirk (Let's Go to Prison)
Cast: Will Arnett, Will Forte, Kristen Wiig
USA
Hatchet
Writer/Dir: Adam Green (Coffee & Donutes)
Cast:Joel Moore, Kane Hodder, Robert Englund
USA
Limited Release
Shoot 'Em Up
Dir: Michael Davis (Monster Man, 100 Women)
Cast: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 7, 2007**
Friday, August 31, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 31, 2007
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 31, 2007! Regular releases, sneak previews and festival madness this week - there is so much to cover! We have four releases this Friday plus the mid week release already in theatres Balls of Fury. When researching Balls of Fury I came across an actor with I believe has the most roles I've seen on imdb - count 'em at 313. The actor in question is James Hong, whom my strongest memory of him is as David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China where he had some great lines such as "Shut up Mr Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!".
Our limited releases this week are Lady Chatterley based on DH Lawrence novel and Greg & Gentillon which reminds me slightly of "Flight of the Conchords", but comedians instead of musicians.
In wide release it's a lot of darkness for the last weekend of the summer with Death Sentence which is a front-runner of 'preview shows you the entire film' award and our second wide release is the Rob Zombie directed Halloween, which comes to us almost 30 years after the original. I'm surprized at the timing of the release of Halloween, it's quite a while before the holiday itself.
I'm also suprized there is no family fare being released this week in anticipation of the long weekend. Perhaps barbeques and lawn chairs are favoured over dark theatres.
As many of you know it's TIFF time of the year. I will be attending this year and seeing around 40+ films. I will be documenting my festival experience by updated my newest film blog daily during the festival from Sept 6-15/07. Feel free to check it out at: http://moviemoxie.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Ukrainian Zabava Festival
August 31-September 3, 2007 at Studio Theatre at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com
Toronto International Film Festival
September 6-15, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tiff07.ca
...............sneeky sneeky..................
Holy smokes, there are 3 sneak previews this week! That's a record for sure.
3:10 to Yuma starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe, directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, Identity) has a sneak preview this Sunday September 2, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Scotiabank Theatre, Silver City Yonge & Eglinton and various other locations in Toronto.
The Brothers Solomon starring Will Arnett, Will Forte and Kristen Wiig, directed by Bob Odenkirk (Let's Go to Prison) has a sneak preview on Wednesday September 5, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto.
Shoot 'Em Up starring Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti and Monica Bellucci, written & directed by Michael Davis (Monster Man, 100 Women) has a sneak preview this Saturday September 1, 2007 at 10:00pm at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto.
3:10 to Yuma, The Brothers Solomon and Shoot 'Em Up are all scheduled for regular release September 7, 2007
Wednesday August 29, 2007 Releases
Balls of Fury
Dir: Ben Garant (Reno 911!: Miami)
Cast: Dan Fogler, Christopher Walker, Maggie Q, Masi Oka, James Hong, George Lopez
USA
Friday August 31, 2007 Releases
Death Sentence
Dir: James Wan (Dead Silence, Saw)
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preson, Garrett Hedlund, John Goodman
USA
Greg & Gentillon
Dir: Matthiew Klinck - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Thomas Michael, Louis Durand
Canada
Limited Release
Halloween
Dir: Rob Zombie (House of 1000 Corpses)
Cast: Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Sheri Moon, Udo Kier
USA
Lady Chatterley
Dir: Pascale Ferran (L'Âge des possibles)
Cast: Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coullo'ch
Belgium/France/UK
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 31, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 31, 2007! Regular releases, sneak previews and festival madness this week - there is so much to cover! We have four releases this Friday plus the mid week release already in theatres Balls of Fury. When researching Balls of Fury I came across an actor with I believe has the most roles I've seen on imdb - count 'em at 313. The actor in question is James Hong, whom my strongest memory of him is as David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China where he had some great lines such as "Shut up Mr Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!".
Our limited releases this week are Lady Chatterley based on DH Lawrence novel and Greg & Gentillon which reminds me slightly of "Flight of the Conchords", but comedians instead of musicians.
In wide release it's a lot of darkness for the last weekend of the summer with Death Sentence which is a front-runner of 'preview shows you the entire film' award and our second wide release is the Rob Zombie directed Halloween, which comes to us almost 30 years after the original. I'm surprized at the timing of the release of Halloween, it's quite a while before the holiday itself.
I'm also suprized there is no family fare being released this week in anticipation of the long weekend. Perhaps barbeques and lawn chairs are favoured over dark theatres.
As many of you know it's TIFF time of the year. I will be attending this year and seeing around 40+ films. I will be documenting my festival experience by updated my newest film blog daily during the festival from Sept 6-15/07. Feel free to check it out at: http://moviemoxie.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Ukrainian Zabava Festival
August 31-September 3, 2007 at Studio Theatre at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com
Toronto International Film Festival
September 6-15, 2007 at various locations, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.tiff07.ca
...............sneeky sneeky..................
Holy smokes, there are 3 sneak previews this week! That's a record for sure.
3:10 to Yuma starring Christian Bale and Russell Crowe, directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line, Identity) has a sneak preview this Sunday September 2, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Scotiabank Theatre, Silver City Yonge & Eglinton and various other locations in Toronto.
The Brothers Solomon starring Will Arnett, Will Forte and Kristen Wiig, directed by Bob Odenkirk (Let's Go to Prison) has a sneak preview on Wednesday September 5, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto.
Shoot 'Em Up starring Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti and Monica Bellucci, written & directed by Michael Davis (Monster Man, 100 Women) has a sneak preview this Saturday September 1, 2007 at 10:00pm at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto.
3:10 to Yuma, The Brothers Solomon and Shoot 'Em Up are all scheduled for regular release September 7, 2007
Wednesday August 29, 2007 Releases
Balls of Fury
Dir: Ben Garant (Reno 911!: Miami)
Cast: Dan Fogler, Christopher Walker, Maggie Q, Masi Oka, James Hong, George Lopez
USA
Friday August 31, 2007 Releases
Death Sentence
Dir: James Wan (Dead Silence, Saw)
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preson, Garrett Hedlund, John Goodman
USA
Greg & Gentillon
Dir: Matthiew Klinck - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Thomas Michael, Louis Durand
Canada
Limited Release
Halloween
Dir: Rob Zombie (House of 1000 Corpses)
Cast: Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Sheri Moon, Udo Kier
USA
Lady Chatterley
Dir: Pascale Ferran (L'Âge des possibles)
Cast: Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coullo'ch
Belgium/France/UK
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 31, 2007**
Friday, August 24, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 24, 2007
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 24, 2007! Well, I hate to break it to you but the summer is winding down. The breeze that used to bring a nice sigh of relief now is backed by a bit of a chill. In movie terms, I realized it when seeing The Bourne Ultimatum as I realized it was the last film I was anxiously awaiting seeing, and therefore could relax and watch the previews instead of being prepped look away in case of spoilers. All in all it feels like it's been a good summer and we've had some great flicks along with the third Bourne, fifth Harry Potter, Hairspray and one of the front runners of this year so far for me: Sunshine.
Enough memories, what is in our future? Well our one limited release is about just that: The 11th Hour is an environmental look at our planet and what we can do to help. It' s one of the two films this week that has multiple directions. The other of which falls in our wide releases with The Nanny Diaries.
Also in wide release is a sport flick Resurrecting the Champ, comedy Mr. Bean's Holiday and the action star madness of Jet Li & Jason Statham in War. I had to search through my archives to find the quote regarding Jet Li because if memory serves I thought he was not going to do more action films. Alas, the quote used during the promotion of Fearless was "Jet Li's final martial arts epic". Seeing as War is present day and a 'normal' (?) action flick I dare say that quote still stands the test of time. My original post on such topic is in this newsletter back issue. The final wide release is Balls of Fury which opens next Wednesday.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Bicycle Film Festival
August 23-26, 2007 at The Royal, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.blogger.com/www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/
Taiwan: Ilha Formosa Festival
August 24-26, 2007 at the Studio Theatre in Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
Rue Morgue Festival of Fear
National Horror Expo
August 24-26, 2007 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.blogger.com/www.rue-morgue.com/festival.php
Friday August 24, 2007 Releases
The 11th Hour
Dir: Nadia Conners & Leila Conners Petersen - directorial debuts
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
USA
Limited Release
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Dir: Steve Bendelack (The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse)
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Willem Dafoe
UK/France
The Nanny Diaries
Dir: Shari Springer Berman (American Splendor) & Robert Pulcini (American Splendor)
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Nicholas Art, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
USA
Resurrecting the Champ
Dir: Rod Lurie (The Contender, The Last Castle)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Teri Hatcher
USA
War
Dir: Philip G. Atwell - directorial film debut
Cast: Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Luis Guzmán, Steph Song
USA
Wednesday August 29, 2007 Releases
Balls of Fury
Dir: Ben Garant (Reno 911!: Miami)
Cast: Dan Fogler, Christopher Walker, Maggie Q, Masi Oka, James Hong, George Lopez
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 24, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 24, 2007! Well, I hate to break it to you but the summer is winding down. The breeze that used to bring a nice sigh of relief now is backed by a bit of a chill. In movie terms, I realized it when seeing The Bourne Ultimatum as I realized it was the last film I was anxiously awaiting seeing, and therefore could relax and watch the previews instead of being prepped look away in case of spoilers. All in all it feels like it's been a good summer and we've had some great flicks along with the third Bourne, fifth Harry Potter, Hairspray and one of the front runners of this year so far for me: Sunshine.
Enough memories, what is in our future? Well our one limited release is about just that: The 11th Hour is an environmental look at our planet and what we can do to help. It' s one of the two films this week that has multiple directions. The other of which falls in our wide releases with The Nanny Diaries.
Also in wide release is a sport flick Resurrecting the Champ, comedy Mr. Bean's Holiday and the action star madness of Jet Li & Jason Statham in War. I had to search through my archives to find the quote regarding Jet Li because if memory serves I thought he was not going to do more action films. Alas, the quote used during the promotion of Fearless was "Jet Li's final martial arts epic". Seeing as War is present day and a 'normal' (?) action flick I dare say that quote still stands the test of time. My original post on such topic is in this newsletter back issue. The final wide release is Balls of Fury which opens next Wednesday.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Bicycle Film Festival
August 23-26, 2007 at The Royal, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.blogger.com/www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/
Taiwan: Ilha Formosa Festival
August 24-26, 2007 at the Studio Theatre in Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
Rue Morgue Festival of Fear
National Horror Expo
August 24-26, 2007 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.blogger.com/www.rue-morgue.com/festival.php
Friday August 24, 2007 Releases
The 11th Hour
Dir: Nadia Conners & Leila Conners Petersen - directorial debuts
Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio
USA
Limited Release
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Dir: Steve Bendelack (The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse)
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Willem Dafoe
UK/France
The Nanny Diaries
Dir: Shari Springer Berman (American Splendor) & Robert Pulcini (American Splendor)
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Nicholas Art, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti
USA
Resurrecting the Champ
Dir: Rod Lurie (The Contender, The Last Castle)
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Teri Hatcher
USA
War
Dir: Philip G. Atwell - directorial film debut
Cast: Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Luis Guzmán, Steph Song
USA
Wednesday August 29, 2007 Releases
Balls of Fury
Dir: Ben Garant (Reno 911!: Miami)
Cast: Dan Fogler, Christopher Walker, Maggie Q, Masi Oka, James Hong, George Lopez
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 24, 2007**
Friday, August 17, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 17, 2007
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 17, 2007!
Our limited releases are soaring with music as El Cantante based on the true story of salsa singer Hector Lavoe and Gypsy Caravan follows 5 Romani groups on tour. Rocket Science rounds out our limited releases this week.
Our wide releases include one film that the remakes of it alone make it something to talk about, you've guessed it: The Invasion. It's the fourth version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the original was released in 1956 with remakes following in 1978 and 1993. It will be interesting to see how this one holds up in comparsion. The historical adventure flick The Last Legion and teen comedy Superbad are also in wide release this week.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Filipinos Making Waves Festival
Films screenings on August 17, 18 & 19, 2007 at the Studio Theatre in Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
Friday August 17, 2007 Releases
El Cantante
Dir: Leon Ichaso (Piñero, Sugar Hill)
Cast: Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Bernard Hernandez
USA
Limited Release
Gypsy Caravan
Dir: Jasmine Dellal (American Gypsy: A Stranger in Everybody's Land)
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
The Invasion
Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel (Das Experiment, Downfall / Der Untergang)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jeffrey Wright
USA
The Last Legion
Dir: Doug Lefler - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Colin Firth, Aishwarya Rai, Ben Kingsley, Thojmas Sangsta, Kevin McKidd
USA/UK/France
Rocket Science
Writer/Dir: Jeffrey Blitz (Spellbound)
Cast: Reece Daniel Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas D'Agosto, Vincent Piazza, Aaron Yoo
USA
Limited Release
Superbad
Dir: Greg Mottola (The Daytrippers)
Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 17, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 17, 2007!
Our limited releases are soaring with music as El Cantante based on the true story of salsa singer Hector Lavoe and Gypsy Caravan follows 5 Romani groups on tour. Rocket Science rounds out our limited releases this week.
Our wide releases include one film that the remakes of it alone make it something to talk about, you've guessed it: The Invasion. It's the fourth version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the original was released in 1956 with remakes following in 1978 and 1993. It will be interesting to see how this one holds up in comparsion. The historical adventure flick The Last Legion and teen comedy Superbad are also in wide release this week.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Filipinos Making Waves Festival
Films screenings on August 17, 18 & 19, 2007 at the Studio Theatre in Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
Friday August 17, 2007 Releases
El Cantante
Dir: Leon Ichaso (Piñero, Sugar Hill)
Cast: Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Bernard Hernandez
USA
Limited Release
Gypsy Caravan
Dir: Jasmine Dellal (American Gypsy: A Stranger in Everybody's Land)
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
The Invasion
Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel (Das Experiment, Downfall / Der Untergang)
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jeffrey Wright
USA
The Last Legion
Dir: Doug Lefler - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Colin Firth, Aishwarya Rai, Ben Kingsley, Thojmas Sangsta, Kevin McKidd
USA/UK/France
Rocket Science
Writer/Dir: Jeffrey Blitz (Spellbound)
Cast: Reece Daniel Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas D'Agosto, Vincent Piazza, Aaron Yoo
USA
Limited Release
Superbad
Dir: Greg Mottola (The Daytrippers)
Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
USA
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 17, 2007**
Friday, August 10, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 10, 2007
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 10, 2007. This week we truly have a little of everything with biopics, comedies (romantic & action-oriented although not in the same film, shucks!), horror, drama and fantasy!
In limited release this week we have the Canadian A Stone's Throw. Go Canadian film! It's been a bit since we saw a new Canadian release. If you are looking for artist biopics, look no further with two to choose from this week: Klimt and Moliere. Rounding out the limited releases, Julie Delpy wears multiple hats by directing, writing and starring in this week's release of 2 Days in Paris. Julie Delpy is likely best known for her acting roles (Before Sunset & American Werewolf in Paris), however this film is her second feature as director.
In wide release, and I dare say my pick of the bunch, is Stardust based on Neil Gaiman novel. It looks quite interesting and I'm a sucker for Fantasy, alternate worlds and ideas? Bring it on. The remaining wide releases are the werewolf flick Skinwalkers and Brett Ratner's third installment in the Rush Hour films with Rush Hour 3. Am I the only one that gets Brett Ratner mixed up with Brent Spiner? Every time I hear he is directing in my mind I hear "Data is directing a film!". Perhaps, perhaps not.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Hot & Spicy Food Festival
Films screenings on August 11 & 12, 2007 at the Studio Theatre in Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
Filmi South Asian Film Festival
August 9 - 12, 2007 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario
http://www.filmi.org/
Wednesday August 8, 2007 Releases
Daddy Day Camp
Dir: Fred Savage
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Paul Rae
USA
Friday August 10, 2007 Releases
2 Days in Paris
Writer/Dir: Julie Delpy (Looking for Jimmy)
Cast: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Marie Pillet, Albert Delpy
Germany/France
Limited Release
Klimt
Dir: Raoul Ruiz (Días de campo, Les Âmes fortes)
Cast: John Malkovich, Saffron Burrows, Veronica Ferres
Austria/France/Germany/UK
Limited Release
Moliere
Dir: Laurent Tirard (Prête-moi ta main / I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single)
Cast: Romain Duris, Laura Morant, Fabrice Luchini, Ludivine Sagnier
France
Limited Release
Rush Hour 3
Dir: Brett Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand, Red Dragon, The Family Man, Rush Hour)
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Vinnie Jones, Noémie Lenoir, Max Von Sydow
USA
Skinwalkers
Dir: James Isaac (Jason X)
Cast: Rhona Mitra, Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Kim Coates, Natassia Malthe
USA/Germany
Stardust
Dir: Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Ricky Gervais, Robert De Niro, Sienna Miller, Peter O'Toole
UK/USA
A Stone's Throw
Dir: Camelia Frieberg - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Kris Holden-Reid, Kathryn MacLellan, Lisa Ray, Aaron Webber
Canada
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 10, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 10, 2007. This week we truly have a little of everything with biopics, comedies (romantic & action-oriented although not in the same film, shucks!), horror, drama and fantasy!
In limited release this week we have the Canadian A Stone's Throw. Go Canadian film! It's been a bit since we saw a new Canadian release. If you are looking for artist biopics, look no further with two to choose from this week: Klimt and Moliere. Rounding out the limited releases, Julie Delpy wears multiple hats by directing, writing and starring in this week's release of 2 Days in Paris. Julie Delpy is likely best known for her acting roles (Before Sunset & American Werewolf in Paris), however this film is her second feature as director.
In wide release, and I dare say my pick of the bunch, is Stardust based on Neil Gaiman novel. It looks quite interesting and I'm a sucker for Fantasy, alternate worlds and ideas? Bring it on. The remaining wide releases are the werewolf flick Skinwalkers and Brett Ratner's third installment in the Rush Hour films with Rush Hour 3. Am I the only one that gets Brett Ratner mixed up with Brent Spiner? Every time I hear he is directing in my mind I hear "Data is directing a film!". Perhaps, perhaps not.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch
Hot & Spicy Food Festival
Films screenings on August 11 & 12, 2007 at the Studio Theatre in Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/
Filmi South Asian Film Festival
August 9 - 12, 2007 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario
http://www.filmi.org/
Wednesday August 8, 2007 Releases
Daddy Day Camp
Dir: Fred Savage
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Paul Rae
USA
Friday August 10, 2007 Releases
2 Days in Paris
Writer/Dir: Julie Delpy (Looking for Jimmy)
Cast: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Marie Pillet, Albert Delpy
Germany/France
Limited Release
Klimt
Dir: Raoul Ruiz (Días de campo, Les Âmes fortes)
Cast: John Malkovich, Saffron Burrows, Veronica Ferres
Austria/France/Germany/UK
Limited Release
Moliere
Dir: Laurent Tirard (Prête-moi ta main / I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single)
Cast: Romain Duris, Laura Morant, Fabrice Luchini, Ludivine Sagnier
France
Limited Release
Rush Hour 3
Dir: Brett Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand, Red Dragon, The Family Man, Rush Hour)
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Vinnie Jones, Noémie Lenoir, Max Von Sydow
USA
Skinwalkers
Dir: James Isaac (Jason X)
Cast: Rhona Mitra, Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Kim Coates, Natassia Malthe
USA/Germany
Stardust
Dir: Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake)
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Ricky Gervais, Robert De Niro, Sienna Miller, Peter O'Toole
UK/USA
A Stone's Throw
Dir: Camelia Frieberg - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Kris Holden-Reid, Kathryn MacLellan, Lisa Ray, Aaron Webber
Canada
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 10, 2007**
Friday, August 03, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 3, 2007
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 3, 2007: A Dragnet Version! Just the facts this week, enjoy.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Friday August 3, 2007 Releases
Arctic Tale
Dir: Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson - feature film directorial debuts
Documentary
Narrator: Queen Latifah
Limited Release
USA
Becoming Jane
Dir: Julian Jarrold (Kinky Boots, Some Kind of Life)
Cast: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters
Limited Release
UK/USA/Ireland
The Bourne Ultimatum
Dir: Paul Greengrass (United 93, The ourne Supremacy)
Cast:matt Damon, Joan Allen, Julie Stiles, David Strathairn
USA
Bratz
Dir: Sean McNamara
Cast: Nathalia Ramos, janel Parris, Skyler Shaye, Chelsea Staub
USA
Hot Rod
Dir: Akiva Schaffer - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Sissy Spacek, Ian McShane
USA
Underdog
Dir: Frederik Du Chau (Racing Stripes, Quest for Camelot)
Cast: James Belushi, Peter Dinklage
USA
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Dir: Curt Johnson
Documentary on the animal rights movement
USA
Limited Release
Wednesday August 8, 2007 Releases
Daddy Day Camp
Dir: Fred Savage
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Paul Rae
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 3, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday August 3, 2007: A Dragnet Version! Just the facts this week, enjoy.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Friday August 3, 2007 Releases
Arctic Tale
Dir: Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson - feature film directorial debuts
Documentary
Narrator: Queen Latifah
Limited Release
USA
Becoming Jane
Dir: Julian Jarrold (Kinky Boots, Some Kind of Life)
Cast: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters
Limited Release
UK/USA/Ireland
The Bourne Ultimatum
Dir: Paul Greengrass (United 93, The ourne Supremacy)
Cast:matt Damon, Joan Allen, Julie Stiles, David Strathairn
USA
Bratz
Dir: Sean McNamara
Cast: Nathalia Ramos, janel Parris, Skyler Shaye, Chelsea Staub
USA
Hot Rod
Dir: Akiva Schaffer - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Sissy Spacek, Ian McShane
USA
Underdog
Dir: Frederik Du Chau (Racing Stripes, Quest for Camelot)
Cast: James Belushi, Peter Dinklage
USA
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Dir: Curt Johnson
Documentary on the animal rights movement
USA
Limited Release
Wednesday August 8, 2007 Releases
Daddy Day Camp
Dir: Fred Savage
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Paul Rae
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 3, 2007**
Friday, July 27, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 27, 2007!!!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 27, 2007! Otherwise known as "somewhere between July and August" to Simpsons fans who this week get what they have possibly been waiting for up to 18 years: The Simpsons Movie.
In limited release we have the French film, My Best Friend starring Daniel Auteuil which looks to be quite a promising comedy. Also gracing limited screens is the biopic Talk to Me based on the life of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene during the 60's.
In wide release along with The Simpsons we have the thriller I Know Who Killed Me which from the title font and preview I believed to be part of the I Know What You Did Last Summer series, however it is not - it's a stand alone movie, at least for now. If you're looking for a more feel good romantic comedy a likely candidate would be No Reservations with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart.
If none of this weeks releases are really jumping out at you I am happy recommend Sunshine, which opened last week in 1 theatre but has expanded to 7 theatres. It is an excellent, tense SciFi film with spectacular visuals & sound as well as a solid story. It makes it easily into my favourite films of 2007.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch:
Peace Reel Outdoor Film Festival
Sundays in July at 8pm at Christie Pits in Toronto, Ontario
July 29, 2007: The Battle of Algiers
With 2 shorts: Juggling in Mosul & Career Opportunity
Fundraising evening for Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
www.artistsagainstwar.ca/
Friday July 27, 2007 Releases
I Know Who Killed Me
Dir: Chris Sivertson (The Lost)
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough
USA
My Best Friend / Mon Meilleur Ami
Dir: Patrice Leconte (L'Homme du Train / The Man on the Train)
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Julie Durand, Julie Gayet
France
Limited Release
No Reservations
Dir: Scott Hicks (Snow Falling on Cedars, Shine)
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson
USA/UK
The Simpsons Movie
Dir: David Silverman (Monsters, Inc., The Road to El Dorado)
Voices: Dan Catellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
USA
Talk To Me
Dir: Kasi Lemmons (The Caveman's Valentine)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Mike Epps and Martin Sheen
USA
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 27, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 27, 2007! Otherwise known as "somewhere between July and August" to Simpsons fans who this week get what they have possibly been waiting for up to 18 years: The Simpsons Movie.
In limited release we have the French film, My Best Friend starring Daniel Auteuil which looks to be quite a promising comedy. Also gracing limited screens is the biopic Talk to Me based on the life of Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene during the 60's.
In wide release along with The Simpsons we have the thriller I Know Who Killed Me which from the title font and preview I believed to be part of the I Know What You Did Last Summer series, however it is not - it's a stand alone movie, at least for now. If you're looking for a more feel good romantic comedy a likely candidate would be No Reservations with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart.
If none of this weeks releases are really jumping out at you I am happy recommend Sunshine, which opened last week in 1 theatre but has expanded to 7 theatres. It is an excellent, tense SciFi film with spectacular visuals & sound as well as a solid story. It makes it easily into my favourite films of 2007.
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch:
Peace Reel Outdoor Film Festival
Sundays in July at 8pm at Christie Pits in Toronto, Ontario
July 29, 2007: The Battle of Algiers
With 2 shorts: Juggling in Mosul & Career Opportunity
Fundraising evening for Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
www.artistsagainstwar.ca/
Friday July 27, 2007 Releases
I Know Who Killed Me
Dir: Chris Sivertson (The Lost)
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough
USA
My Best Friend / Mon Meilleur Ami
Dir: Patrice Leconte (L'Homme du Train / The Man on the Train)
Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Julie Durand, Julie Gayet
France
Limited Release
No Reservations
Dir: Scott Hicks (Snow Falling on Cedars, Shine)
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson
USA/UK
The Simpsons Movie
Dir: David Silverman (Monsters, Inc., The Road to El Dorado)
Voices: Dan Catellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
USA
Talk To Me
Dir: Kasi Lemmons (The Caveman's Valentine)
Cast: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Mike Epps and Martin Sheen
USA
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 27, 2007**
Friday, July 20, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 20, 2007!!!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 20, 2007! Never did I think I would face such a dilemma as has come up this week. Which film to see: the inspirational musical remake of Hairspray or the sci-fi extravaganza of Sunshine. Is everyone else in the same boat? What a predicament.
In limited release this week (along with Sunshine surprizingly) is the Canadian Manufacturing Dissent a documentary with a critical look at documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, The Cemetery Club, a documentary following a group of regularly meeting Holocaust survivors, and Interview a remake of Theo van Gogh's 2003 film of the same name, this time directed and starting Steve Buscemi.
In wide release we have Hairspray along with I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry which I wonder if it is actually a drama in the guise of comedy reminiscence of Robin William's films in the 80's (think Club Paradise and Good Morning, Vietnam). Jury is still out on that one.
Now, the big question is, did anyone *not* get out to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? From the box office breaking figures it appears not. So far, word on the street is not if you liked it, but rather now much you liked it in comparison to the other four films. I've heard answers all across the board, but the general consensus is, it's a hit!
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch:
Peace Reel Outdoor Film Festival
Sundays in July at 8pm at Christie Pits in Toronto, Ontario
July 22, 2007: The Prisoner
With 2 shorts: Reel Bad Arabs & Where is Iraq?
Fundraising evening for Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
www.artistsagainstwar.ca/
...............sneeky sneeky..................
Talk To Me starring Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Mike Epps and Martin Sheen, directed by Kasi Lemmons (The Caveman's Valentine) has a sneak preview this Saturday July 21, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Cumberland Theatre in Toronto. Talk to Me opens in regular release July 27, 2007
Friday July 20, 2007 Releases
The Cemetery Club / Moadon beit hakvarot
Writer/Dir: Tali Shemesh - feature film directorial debut
Documentary
Israel
Limited Release
Hairspray
Dir: Adam Shankman (The Pacifier, Bringing Down the House, A Walk to Remember)
Cast: Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Zac Efron
USA
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Dir: Dennis Dugan (The Benchwarmers, National Security, Happy Gilmore)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Ackroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi
USA
Interview
Dir: Steve Buscemi (Lonesome Jim)
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Sienna Miller, Michael Buscemi, Tara Elders
USA
Limited Release
Manufacturing Dissent
Writers/Directors: Debbie Melnyk (Citizen Black) and Rick Caine (The Frank Truth)
Documentary on documentary filmmaker Michael Moore
Canada
Limited Release
Sunshine
Dir: Danny Boyle (28 Days Later..., Trainspotting, Millions)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Cliff Curtis, Rose Byrne, Hiroyuki Sanada
UK
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 20, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 20, 2007! Never did I think I would face such a dilemma as has come up this week. Which film to see: the inspirational musical remake of Hairspray or the sci-fi extravaganza of Sunshine. Is everyone else in the same boat? What a predicament.
In limited release this week (along with Sunshine surprizingly) is the Canadian Manufacturing Dissent a documentary with a critical look at documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, The Cemetery Club, a documentary following a group of regularly meeting Holocaust survivors, and Interview a remake of Theo van Gogh's 2003 film of the same name, this time directed and starting Steve Buscemi.
In wide release we have Hairspray along with I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry which I wonder if it is actually a drama in the guise of comedy reminiscence of Robin William's films in the 80's (think Club Paradise and Good Morning, Vietnam). Jury is still out on that one.
Now, the big question is, did anyone *not* get out to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? From the box office breaking figures it appears not. So far, word on the street is not if you liked it, but rather now much you liked it in comparison to the other four films. I've heard answers all across the board, but the general consensus is, it's a hit!
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch:
Peace Reel Outdoor Film Festival
Sundays in July at 8pm at Christie Pits in Toronto, Ontario
July 22, 2007: The Prisoner
With 2 shorts: Reel Bad Arabs & Where is Iraq?
Fundraising evening for Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
www.artistsagainstwar.ca/
...............sneeky sneeky..................
Talk To Me starring Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Mike Epps and Martin Sheen, directed by Kasi Lemmons (The Caveman's Valentine) has a sneak preview this Saturday July 21, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Cumberland Theatre in Toronto. Talk to Me opens in regular release July 27, 2007
Friday July 20, 2007 Releases
The Cemetery Club / Moadon beit hakvarot
Writer/Dir: Tali Shemesh - feature film directorial debut
Documentary
Israel
Limited Release
Hairspray
Dir: Adam Shankman (The Pacifier, Bringing Down the House, A Walk to Remember)
Cast: Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Zac Efron
USA
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Dir: Dennis Dugan (The Benchwarmers, National Security, Happy Gilmore)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Ackroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi
USA
Interview
Dir: Steve Buscemi (Lonesome Jim)
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Sienna Miller, Michael Buscemi, Tara Elders
USA
Limited Release
Manufacturing Dissent
Writers/Directors: Debbie Melnyk (Citizen Black) and Rick Caine (The Frank Truth)
Documentary on documentary filmmaker Michael Moore
Canada
Limited Release
Sunshine
Dir: Danny Boyle (28 Days Later..., Trainspotting, Millions)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Cliff Curtis, Rose Byrne, Hiroyuki Sanada
UK
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 20, 2007**
Friday, July 13, 2007
Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 13, 2007!!!
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 13, 2007! Oh... Friday the 13th, scary! With the exception of Captivity, all of our releases this week are limited releases. Were they scared away by the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, perhaps? I think maybe. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of news to share as I've been scared away from researching to avoid inadvertantly finding out anything about the latest adventures at Hogwart's until I've seen the film.
In other film related news, the TIFF 07 (tiff07.ca) site is live and passes are now available for this year's Toronto International Film Festival. I'm really looking forward to this year which will be the first time I will be able to focus 100% on just seeing the films (and posting about it!), and will not have other obligations other than things such as eating and sleeping. Exciting times ahead!
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch:
Peace Reel Outdoor Film Festival
Sundays in July at 8pm at Christie Pits in Toronto, Ontario
July 15, 2007: Kanehsatake
www.artistsagainstwar.ca/
Caribbean Tales Film Festival
July 13-15, 2007 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario
http://www.caribbeantales.ca/
Wednesday July 11, 2007 Releases
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dir: David Yates (The Tichborne Claimant)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith
UK/USA
Friday July 13, 2007 Releases
The Boss of it All / Direktøren for det hele
Writer/Dir: Lars von Trier (Dogville, Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves)
Cast: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Benedikt Erlingsson, Iben Hjejle
Denmark/Sweden/Iceland/Italy/France/Norway/Finland/Germany
Limited Release
Captivity
Dir: Roland Joffé (The Scarlet Letter, Fat Man and Little Boy, The Mission, The Killing Fields)
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Baniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney, Laz Alonso, Chrysta Olson
USA/Russia
Introducing the Dwights / Clubland
Dir: Cherie Nowlan (The Wedding Party / Thank God He Met Lizzie)
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Rebecca Gibney, Khan Chitterden, Richard Wilson, Russell Dykstra
Australia
Limited Release
Joshua
Dir: George Ratliff (Hell House, Plutonium Circus)
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan, Celia Weston
USA
Limited Release
Vitus
Dir: Fredi M Murer (Downtown Switzerland, Vollomond / Full Moon)
Cast: Teo Gheorghiu, Fabrizio Borsani, Julika Jenkins, Urs Jucker
Switzerland
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 13, 2007**
Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday July 13, 2007! Oh... Friday the 13th, scary! With the exception of Captivity, all of our releases this week are limited releases. Were they scared away by the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, perhaps? I think maybe. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of news to share as I've been scared away from researching to avoid inadvertantly finding out anything about the latest adventures at Hogwart's until I've seen the film.
In other film related news, the TIFF 07 (tiff07.ca) site is live and passes are now available for this year's Toronto International Film Festival. I'm really looking forward to this year which will be the first time I will be able to focus 100% on just seeing the films (and posting about it!), and will not have other obligations other than things such as eating and sleeping. Exciting times ahead!
Have a great weekend!
Shannon
Festival Watch:
Peace Reel Outdoor Film Festival
Sundays in July at 8pm at Christie Pits in Toronto, Ontario
July 15, 2007: Kanehsatake
www.artistsagainstwar.ca/
Caribbean Tales Film Festival
July 13-15, 2007 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario
http://www.caribbeantales.ca/
Wednesday July 11, 2007 Releases
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dir: David Yates (The Tichborne Claimant)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith
UK/USA
Friday July 13, 2007 Releases
The Boss of it All / Direktøren for det hele
Writer/Dir: Lars von Trier (Dogville, Dancer in the Dark, Breaking the Waves)
Cast: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Benedikt Erlingsson, Iben Hjejle
Denmark/Sweden/Iceland/Italy/France/Norway/Finland/Germany
Limited Release
Captivity
Dir: Roland Joffé (The Scarlet Letter, Fat Man and Little Boy, The Mission, The Killing Fields)
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Baniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney, Laz Alonso, Chrysta Olson
USA/Russia
Introducing the Dwights / Clubland
Dir: Cherie Nowlan (The Wedding Party / Thank God He Met Lizzie)
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Rebecca Gibney, Khan Chitterden, Richard Wilson, Russell Dykstra
Australia
Limited Release
Joshua
Dir: George Ratliff (Hell House, Plutonium Circus)
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan, Celia Weston
USA
Limited Release
Vitus
Dir: Fredi M Murer (Downtown Switzerland, Vollomond / Full Moon)
Cast: Teo Gheorghiu, Fabrizio Borsani, Julika Jenkins, Urs Jucker
Switzerland
Limited Release
**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 13, 2007**
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