Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 28, 2011

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday October 28, 2011! I really don't have too much to say this week as I'm still recovering from the Toronto After Dark Film Festival which closed last night to a packed out and boy, I am tired. Even so, let's look at this weeks astounding 11 releases.

In limited release this week we have Ayn Rand adaptation of Atlas Shrugged: Part I, art house fare with Almodovar's The Skin I Live In, western Straight to Hell Returns and Cell 211. We also have Martha Marcy May Marlene which played well at TIFF and the two documentaries Buck and Inni.

In wide release this week we have as Shakespeare a fraud ? film Anonymous, science fiction set film In Time, Puss in Boots which is based on a character in a French fairy tale from 1697 by Charles Perrault. Last up for wide releases is The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Brazil Film Fest
October 27 - 30, 2011 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

International Diaspora Film Festival
November 1 - 6, 2011 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Regent Park Film Festival
A free event with complimentary childcare
November 2 - 5, 2011 at Lord Dufferin Public School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday October 28, 2011 Releases

Anonymous
Dir: Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012)
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Rafe Spall, Vanessa Redgrave
UK/Germany
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Dir: Paul Johansson - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Edi Gathegi
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Buck
Dir: Cindy Meehl
Documentary - feature film directorial debut
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Cell 211
Dir: Daniel Monzón (The Kovak Box)
Cast: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann
Spain/France
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

In Time
Dir: Andrew Niccol (Gattaca)
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Matt Bomer, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Galecki and Vincent Kartheiser
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Inni
Dir: Vincent Morisset
Cast: Georg Hólm, Jon Thor Birgisson, Kjartan Sveinsson, Orri Pall Dyrason
Iceland/UK/Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Martha Marcy May Marlene
Writer/Dir: Sean Durkin
Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Puss in Boots
Dir: Chris Miller (Shrek the Third)
Voices: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Rum Diary
Writer/Dir: Bruce Robinson (Jennifer Eight, How to Get Ahead in Advertising)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Amber Heard, Michael Rispoli, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Skin I Live In / La piel que habito
Dir: Pedro Almodovar
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes()
Spain
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Straight to Hell Returns
Dir: Alex Cox (Repo Chick, Searchers 2.0)
Cast: Kathy Burke, Elvis Costello, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Courtney Love, Sy Richardson
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of October 28, 2011**