Movie Box Review

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday March 16, 2012! We have a heck of a lot of films out in release this week and it's an especially good lot for documentary (and Sesame Street!) fans with The Bloor Hot Docs cinema opening it's doors for it's first week of regular releases.

In limited release this week we have 9 limited releases and I'm chopping at the bit to see King of Devil's Island / Kongen av Bastøy with Stellan Skarsgård set in prison in the early 20th century Norway which is playing at the Carlton. Then we hot over to The Bloor which re-opens it's doors with the documentary goodness of Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey centred on on Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash (I almost wrote "Muppeteer") as well as Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel a documentary on prolific independent B-movie filmmaker Roger Corman. There are more documenataries to go around including Jennifer Baichwal's Payback, which is based of the Margaret Atwood book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, Jiro Dreams of Sushi following a master sushi chef and The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jane following the transformation of Genesis P-Orridge and Lady Jaye Breyer P'Orridge to become more and more like each other. Getting to the more fictional we have Being Flynn which is actually based on a true story and then Off World which looks amazing and heartbreaking, and our comedy of the limited releases is Casa de mi Padre starring Will Ferrell.

In wide release this week we have 2 releases and the biggie is 21 Jump Street, a reboot of the 1980's TV show about cops going undercover to suss out the drug scene in high school and this new version starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill certainly is going for comedy as it's a approach and looks pretty good. Rounding out the releases is Jeff, Who Lives at Home starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms; directed by The Duplass Brothers (Cyrus, Baghead).

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Canadian Music Week Film Festival
March 21 - 25, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Nepali Film Festival
March 17, 2012 at Innis Town Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday March 16, 2012 Releases

21 Jump Street
Dir: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
Cast: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jane
Dir: Marie Losier - feature film directorial debut
Documentary centred on Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye Breyer P'Orridge
USA/Germany/UK/The Netherlands/Belgium/France
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey
Dir: Constance Marks (Green Chimneys)
Documentary on Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Being Flynn
Dir: Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, American Pie)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor, Wes Studi, Julianne Moore
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Casa de mi Padre
Dir: Matt Piedmont
Cast: Will Ferrell, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Genesis Rodriguez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Dir: Alex Stapleton - feature film directorial debut
Documentary on Roger Corman
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Dirs: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass (Cyrus, Baghead)
Cast: Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, Susan Sarandon
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Dir: David Gelb - feature film directorial debut
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

King of Devil's Island / Kongen av Bastøy
Dir: Marius Holst (Blodsbånd, Tito är död)
Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Benjamin Helstad, Kristoffer Joner
Norway/France/Sweden/Poland
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Off World
Writer/Dir: Mathieu Guez (Late Fragment)
Cast: Marc Abaya, Irma Adlawan, Marco Morales
Canada/Philippines
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Payback
Dir: Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes, Act of God)
Documentary
Canada
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 March 16, 2012**

Images: John Carter Poster (Early Version) / Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (Courtesy of Alliance Films

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday March 9, 2012! It's a bit of a quieter week of releases this week but there is big news on the Canadian film front with The Genies Awards last night where Monsieur Lazhur when home with 6 awards including Best Motion Picture, director, adapted screenplay, editing and 2 acting awards. A Dangerous Method picked up 5 awards including best supporting actor to Viggo Mortensen (who was in attendance!) and fan & critic favourite Café de Flore went home with 3 awards. Now let's a look at what's new in theatres this week.

In limited release this week we have just one release, which is highly unusual here in Toronto! That film is Salmon Fishing in the Yemen from Chocolat director Lasse Hallström starring Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas and I have to say it actually looks quite quirky and sweet.

In wide release this week we have several films to choose from including the epic science fiction/adventure/action/sword & sandal-ish film John Carter which is just getting thrashed by advance reviews but I'm not going to let that stop me making up my mind for myself and heading out to see it, especially as it's on my most anticipated films of the year. Next up we hve 'in the style of a single take' horror film Silent House. Now, I'm always up for a good horror film but I have red flags pop up in my brain when the promo says stuff like it's like nothing you've ever experienced before!! And then find out it's a remake of the Spanish film La casa muda. I'm not saying that it isn't '88 minutes of terror', only that trying to pull the 'new' card on the horror crowd will be received with raised eyebrows as we've seen a lot. Of course I'll still likely see it. Also out in wide releases is the critically acclaimed comedy Friends with Kids, Bollywood film Kahaani and Eddie Murphy comedy A Thousand Words.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Continues until March 9, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Irish Film Festival
March 9 - 10, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Special Screening

Spirited Away: The Films of Studio Ghibli
March 10 - April 13, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bloor Reopening Free Open House
The Bloor is on the brink of re-opening it's doors as the newly renovated The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, and in celebration they are having a free open house on Monday March 12 & Tuesday March 13, 2012 with screenings of the documentary Waste Land. Find out the details on the open house here. The Bloor will re-open next week Friday March 16, 2012 with tons of interesting documentaries, special events and more - see schedule here.

Friday March 9, 2012 Releases

Friends with Kids
Writer/Dir: Jennifer Westfeldt
Cast: Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox, Edward Burns
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

John Carter
Dir: Andrew Stanton
Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston, Thomas Hayden Church, Willem Dafoe
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Kahaani
Dir: Sujoy Ghosh,
Cast: Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee and Nawazuddin Siddiqui
India
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Dir: Lasse Hallström (Chocolat)
Cast: Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Kristin Scott Thomas
UK
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Silent House
Dir: Chris Kentis, Laura Lau
Cast: Elizabeth Olsen
USA/France
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

A Thousand Words
Dir: Brian Robbins
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Cliff Curtis, Clark Duke, Allison Janney
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of March 9, 2012**

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday March 2, 2012!

In limited release this week we have an exciting mix of films from near, far and real including 2 documentaries with Family Portrait in Black and White and recent Oscar winning Undefeated, Canadian teen gambling thriller The Odds, comedy Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie and crime/drama Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. But, I think my pick of the week is going to be between these two: either the Japanese book to film adaptation of Norwegian Wood or Hong Kong action/western Let the Bullets Fly set in the 1920's and starring Chow Yun-Fat. So many exciting choices!

In wide release this week we have 2 films to choose from with the 3D animated comedy of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and the teen comedy centred of making the best party ever! in Project X.

Edit: Late add for London Paris New York which also was released on March 2, 2012.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival
February 29 - March 9, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday March 2, 2012 Releases

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Dir: Chris Renaud
Voices: Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle, Betty White
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Family Portrait in Black and White
Dir: Julia Ivanova
Documentary
Ukraine/Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Let the Bullets Fly / Rang zidan fei
Dir: Jiang Wen (The Sun Also Rises)
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Jiang Wen, Ge You, Carina Lau, Feng Xiaogang
China/Hong Kong
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Norwegian Wood / Noruwei no mori
Dir: Tran Anh Hung (The Scent of Green Papaya)
Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara
Japan
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Odds
Writer/Dir: Simon Davidson - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Tyler Johnston, Julia Maxwell, Calum Worthy, Jaren Brandt Bartlett
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Three Monkeys, Climates, Distant)
Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Project X
Dir: Nima Nourizadeh - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
DirS: Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim - feature film directorial debuts
Cast: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, John C. Reilly, Robert Loggia, Jeff Goldblum, Will Forte, William Atherton, Erica Durance
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Undefeated
Dirs: Dan Lindsay & T.J. Martin (Last Cup: Road to the World Series of Beer Pong)
Documentary
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 March 2, 2012**

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday March 2, 2012!

In limited release this week we have an exciting mix of films from near, far and real including 2 documentaries with Family Portrait in Black and White and recent Oscar winning Undefeated, Canadian teen gambling thriller The Odds, comedy Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie and crime/drama Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. But, I think my pick of the week is going to be between these two: either the Japanese book to film adaptation of Norwegian Wood or Hong Kong action/western Let the Bullets Fly set in the 1920's and starring Chow Yun-Fat. So many exciting choices!

In wide release this week we have 2 films to choose from with the 3D animated comedy of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and the teen comedy centred of making the best party ever! in Project X.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival
February 29 - March 9, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday March 2, 2012 Releases

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Dir: Chris Renaud
Voices: Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle, Betty White
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Family Portrait in Black and White
Dir: Julia Ivanova
Documentary
Ukraine/Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Let the Bullets Fly / Rang zidan fei
Dir: Jiang Wen (The Sun Also Rises)
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Jiang Wen, Ge You, Carina Lau, Feng Xiaogang
China/Hong Kong
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Norwegian Wood / Noruwei no mori
Dir: Tran Anh Hung (The Scent of Green Papaya)
Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara
Japan
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Odds
Writer/Dir: Simon Davidson - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Tyler Johnston, Julia Maxwell, Calum Worthy, Jaren Brandt Bartlett
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Three Monkeys, Climates, Distant)
Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Turkey/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Project X
Dir: Nima Nourizadeh - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
DirS: Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim - feature film directorial debuts
Cast: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, John C. Reilly, Robert Loggia, Jeff Goldblum, Will Forte, William Atherton, Erica Durance
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Undefeated
Dirs: Dan Lindsay & T.J. Martin (Last Cup: Road to the World Series of Beer Pong)
Documentary
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 March 2, 2012**

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday February 24, 2012! It is a busy week for film fans with not only having The Oscars this weekend (see my handy three different detailed Oscar lists: detailed list by category, a film list with detailed nominations by film, and a simple film list with # of nominations), but we also have 12 new films hitting theatres and five of those are Canadian or Canadian co-pros! Busy times, and great choices.

In limited release this week we have 7 films in releases including 4 Canadian releases starting with Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself) (see podcast review here) which is really funny, intelligent dark comedy that not only got me laughing but also had me thinking about interesting ideas about identity, artistic ownership, and of course doppelgängers. We also have Snow, a documentary style film following a woman who comes to Canada after a tsunami, Donovan's Echo starring Danny Glover and Bruce Greenwood and the 3D animated film The Prodigies 3D with a gaming feel but also teens-on-revenge theme which looks pretty interesting and I'm surprized it's only opening in 1 theatres. More limited releases this week include Rampart, a 1999 Los Angeles set film following a renegade veteran cop played by Woody Harrelson, biography documentary Shalem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness and The Flowers of War starring Christian Bale as a man who pretends to be a priest in 1937 Nanjing.

In wide release this week we have 5 releases including the Canadian co-pro Hockey film Goon which follows a player whose literally there to be a fight instigator and this one got tons of press yesterday about the controversy to take down these posters with Jay Baruchel for Goon here in Toronto. It got people talking about a Canadian film so... there is that :) Also out in wide relases we have Gone starring Amanda Seyfried as a non-often believed survivor who is up against all odds to save her own sister from the man she escaped from, Act of Valor which is going with a real-feel being based on real events, but still narrative film about SEALs, CIA and terrorists. Also out in wide releases is Tyler Perry's Good Deeds and Jennifer Aniston/Paul Rudd comedy Wanderlust.

Have a great Oscar weekend! I'll be live-tweeting & Facebook-ing throughout the show, so come & say Hi or follow along for winner (and pretty dress) updates.

Edit: 2 late adds that I missed the first time round: Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya & Jodi Breakers. I look carefully for the Bollywood films, but sometimes they miss the first pass. I'm happy I found them in the listings!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Reel Artists Film Festival
February 23 - 26, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival
February 26 - March 9, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday February 24, 2012 Releases

Act of Valor
Dir: Mike McCoy & Scott Waugh - feature film directorial debuts
Cast: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Donovan's Echo
Dir: Jim Cliffe - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Danny Glover, Bruce Greenwood, Natasha Calis, Sonja Bennett
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself)
Dir: Kris Elgstrand and Dylan Akio Smith (The Cabin Movie)
Cast: Brad Dryborough, Tygh Runyan, Ben Cotton, Matty Finochio
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

The Flowers of War
Dir: Zhang Yimou (House of the Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower / Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)
Cast: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi
China/Hong Kong
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Gone
Dir: Heitor Dhalia (Adrift, Drained)
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Daniel Sunjata, Wes Bentley
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Dir: Tyler Perry (I Can Do Bad All By Myself, My Did I Get Married?)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Brian White, Gabrielle Union, Eddie Cibrian
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Goon
Dir: Michael Dowse (Fubar, Fubar II)
Cast: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Liev Schreiber, Marc-André Grondin, Eugene Levy
Canada/USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Prodigies 3D
Dir: Antoine Charreyron
Voices: Jeffrey Evan Thomas, Lauren Ashley Carter, Moon Dailly
UK/Canada/Belgium/India/Luxembourg/France
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Rampart
Dir: Oren Moverman (The Messenger)
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney Weaver
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Shalem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Writer/Dir: Joseph Dorman (Arguing the World)
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Snow
Writer/Dir: Rohan Fernando (Trudeau's Other Children)
Cast: Sobaz Benjamin, Himaly Fernando, Mohan Fernando
Canada/China
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Wanderlust
Dir: David Wain (Role Models)
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Malik Ackerman
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of February 24, 2012**

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday February 24, 2012! It is a busy week for film fans with not only having The Oscars this weekend (see my handy three different detailed Oscar lists: detailed list by category, a film list with detailed nominations by film, and a simple film list with # of nominations), but we also have 12 new films hitting theatres and five of those are Canadian or Canadian co-pros! Busy times, and great choices.

In limited release this week we have 7 films in releases including 4 Canadian releases starting with Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself) (see podcast review here) which is really funny, intelligent dark comedy that not only got me laughing but also had me thinking about interesting ideas about identity, artistic ownership, and of course doppelgängers. We also have Snow, a documentary style film following a woman who comes to Canada after a tsunami, Donovan's Echo starring Danny Glover and Bruce Greenwood and the 3D animated film The Prodigies 3D with a gaming feel but also teens-on-revenge theme which looks pretty interesting and I'm surprized it's only opening in 1 theatres. More limited releases this week include Rampart, a 1999 Los Angeles set film following a renegade veteran cop played by Woody Harrelson, biography documentary Shalem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness and The Flowers of War starring Christian Bale as a man who pretends to be a priest in 1937 Nanjing.

In wide release this week we have 5 releases including the Canadian co-pro Hockey film Goon which follows a player whose literally there to be a fight instigator and this one got tons of press yesterday about the controversy to take down these posters with Jay Baruchel for Goon here in Toronto. It got people talking about a Canadian film so... there is that :) Also out in wide relases we have Gone starring Amanda Seyfried as a non-often believed survivor who is up against all odds to save her own sister from the man she escaped from, Act of Valor which is going with a real-feel being based on real events, but still narrative film about SEALs, CIA and terrorists. Also out in wide releases is Tyler Perry's Good Deeds and Jennifer Aniston/Paul Rudd comedy Wanderlust.

Have a great Oscar weekend! I'll be live-tweeting & Facebook-ing throughout the show, so come & say Hi or follow along for winner (and pretty dress) updates.

Shannon

Festival Watch

Reel Artists Film Festival
February 23 - 26, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival
February 26 - March 9, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday February 24, 2012 Releases

Act of Valor
Dir: Mike McCoy & Scott Waugh - feature film directorial debuts
Cast: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Donovan's Echo
Dir: Jim Cliffe - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Danny Glover, Bruce Greenwood, Natasha Calis, Sonja Bennett
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Doppelgänger Paul (Or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself)
Dir: Kris Elgstrand and Dylan Akio Smith (The Cabin Movie)
Cast: Brad Dryborough, Tygh Runyan, Ben Cotton, Matty Finochio
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

The Flowers of War
Dir: Zhang Yimou (House of the Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower / Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)
Cast: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi
China/Hong Kong
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Gone
Dir: Heitor Dhalia (Adrift, Drained)
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Daniel Sunjata, Wes Bentley
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
Dir: Tyler Perry (I Can Do Bad All By Myself, My Did I Get Married?)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Brian White, Gabrielle Union, Eddie Cibrian
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Goon
Dir: Michael Dowse (Fubar, Fubar II)
Cast: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Liev Schreiber, Marc-André Grondin, Eugene Levy
Canada/USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Prodigies 3D
Dir: Antoine Charreyron
Voices: Jeffrey Evan Thomas, Lauren Ashley Carter, Moon Dailly
UK/Canada/Belgium/India/Luxembourg/France
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Rampart
Dir: Oren Moverman (The Messenger)
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney Weaver
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Shalem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Writer/Dir: Joseph Dorman (Arguing the World)
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Snow
Writer/Dir: Rohan Fernando (Trudeau's Other Children)
Cast: Sobaz Benjamin, Himaly Fernando, Mohan Fernando
Canada/China
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Wanderlust
Dir: David Wain (Role Models)
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Malik Ackerman
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of February 24, 2012**

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday February 17, 2012! It's another week of exciting release here in Toronto and I'm excited because it's also our 2nd week in a row of Book to Film Club releases as last week we had The Woman in Black (see podcast review here) and this week we have The Secret World of Arrietty / Kari-gurashi no Arietti based on The Borrowers by Mary Norton. But before we get to the super big films, let's have a look at our limited release titles.

This week in limited release this week we have a whole slew of interesting films including Puppet, which really caught my eye as it's a documentary on puppeteering that looks like it takes head on both the love and criticism of the craft. And seriously, I had no idea there was criticism of it, I mean.. really? Who doesn't like puppets? Puppets are awesome. Another film that was already on my radar and now excited to see in release is the Love (2012), a Taiwan/China co-pro that's a really sweet looking romantic comedy which I actually saw the trailer for earlier this year in the theatre when I went to The Viral Factor. I love how many international films we have the opportunity to see here in Toronto, and that continues even mre with this weeks releases of highly acclaimed and Oscar-nominated WWII biopic film In Darkness, South Korean romantic comedy Dancing Queen and Bollywood film Ekk Deewana Tha.

In wide release this week we have our first of the 2012 Book to Film Club releases with The Secret World of Arrietty / Kari-gurashi no Arietti based on the kids book The Borrowers and the film version is from Japan, although it's re-voiced here with North American actors which will be interesting to see, and hear! I'm really looking forward to it and I really enjoyed the book. We also have Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which my first instinct is just to rag on it as I didn't like the first one (and I don't think I was alone in that), but when I honestly take in my own reaction to the trailer to this new one, I have to admit it looks like fun, although it also does look like a frighteningly close possibly pseudo sequel to Drive Angry. Last up for wide releases is This Means War which has some special screening releases for Valentine's Day, but 'officially' opens today.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Reel Artists Film Festival
February 22 - 26, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday February 17, 2012 Releases

Dancing Queen
Dir: Lee Suk-Hoon
Cast: Hwang Jung-min, Um Jung-Hwa, Jung Sung-Hwa, Ra Mi-Ran
South Korea
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Ekk Deewana Tha
Dir: Gautham Menon
Cast: Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson, Sachin Khedekar
India
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Dir: Brian Taylor & Mark Neveldine (Gamer, Crank)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Violante Placido, Ciaran Hinds, Idris Elba, Fergus Riordan, Anthony Stewart Head
USA/United Arab Emirates
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

In Darkness
Dir: Agnieszka Holland (Julie Walking Home, The Secret Garden (1993))
Cast: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska
Poland/Germany/France/Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Love (2012)
Dir: Doze Niu (What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!)
Cast: Wei Zhao, Mark Chao, Eddie Peng, Amber Kuo
Taiwan/China
Limited Release
Official Facebook Page, IMDb Page, Trailer

Puppet
Dir: David Soll
Documentary - feature film directorial debut
Canada/US
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

The Secret World of Arrietty / Kari-gurashi no Arietti
Dir: Hiromasa Yonebayashi - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, David Henrie, Moises Arias
Japan
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

This Means War
Dir: McG (Terminator Salvation, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Charlie's Angels)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of February 17, 2012**

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday February 17, 2012! It's another week of exciting release here in Toronto and I'm excited because it's also our 2nd week in a row of Book to Film Club releases as last week we had The Woman in Black (see podcast review here) and this week we have The Secret World of Arrietty / Kari-gurashi no Arietti based on The Borrowers by Mary Norton. But before we get to the super big films, let's have a look at our limited release titles.

This week in limited release this week we have a whole slew of interesting films including Puppet, which really caught my eye as it's a documentary on puppeteering that looks like it takes head on both the love and criticism of the craft. And seriously, I had no idea there was criticism of it, I mean.. really? Who doesn't like puppets? Puppets are awesome. Another film that was already on my radar and now excited to see in release is the Love (2012), a Taiwan/China co-pro that's a really sweet looking romantic comedy which I actually saw the trailer for earlier this year in the theatre when I went to The Viral Factor. I love how many international films we have the opportunity to see here in Toronto, and that continues even mre with this weeks releases of highly acclaimed and Oscar-nominated WWII biopic film In Darkness, South Korean romantic comedy Dancing Queen and Bollywood film Ekk Deewana Tha.

In wide release this week we have our first of the 2012 Book to Film Club releases with The Secret World of Arrietty / Kari-gurashi no Arietti based on the kids book The Borrowers and the film version is from Japan, although it's re-voiced here with North American actors which will be interesting to see, and hear! I'm really looking forward to it and I really enjoyed the book. We also have Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which my first instinct is just to rag on it as I didn't like the first one (and I don't think I was alone in that), but when I honestly take in my own reaction to the trailer to this new one, I have to admit it looks like fun, although it also does look like a frighteningly close possibly pseudo sequel to Drive Angry. Last up for wide releases is This Means War which has some special screening releases for Valentine's Day, but 'officially' opens today.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Reel Artists Film Festival
February 22 - 26, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday February 17, 2012 Releases

Dancing Queen
Dir: Lee Suk-Hoon
Cast: Hwang Jung-min, Um Jung-Hwa, Jung Sung-Hwa, Ra Mi-Ran
South Korea
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Ekk Deewana Tha
Dir: Gautham Menon
Cast: Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson, Sachin Khedekar
India
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Dir: Brian Taylor & Mark Neveldine (Gamer, Crank)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Violante Placido, Ciaran Hinds, Idris Elba, Fergus Riordan, Anthony Stewart Head
USA/United Arab Emirates
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

In Darkness
Dir: Agnieszka Holland (Julie Walking Home, The Secret Garden (1993))
Cast: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska
Poland/Germany/France/Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Love (2012)
Dir: Doze Niu (What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!)
Cast: Wei Zhao, Mark Chao, Eddie Peng, Amber Kuo
Taiwan/China
Limited Release
Official Facebook Page, IMDb Page, Trailer

Puppet
Dir: David Soll
Documentary - feature film directorial debut
Canada/US
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

The Secret World of Arrietty / Kari-gurashi no Arietti
Dir: Hiromasa Yonebayashi - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, David Henrie, Moises Arias
Japan
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

This Means War
Dir: McG (Terminator Salvation, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Charlie's Angels)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of February 17, 2012**

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday February 10, 2012!

In limited release this week we have just two releases to choose from and from them are the highly acclaimed and anticipated We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and starring the formidable Tilda Swinton and we also have the French drama The Snows of Kilimanjuro.

In wide release this week we have and interesting array of choices including political thriller/action flick Safe House starring Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington or if you are revving up for Valentine's there is The Vow starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams as a couple that go through the challenge of memory loss together. If you are looking for adventure there is Journey 2: The Mysterious Island with The Rock (which might be my pick this week!), the 3D releases of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and the Bollywood release of Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.

If you are looking for a new Valentine's Day pick we do have a mid-week release on February 14, 2012 with This Means War starring Tom Hardy & Chris Pine as two men both trying to win the hear of Reese Witherspoon. Oh, and they are both ...spies. I love both those actors but it looks like their characters spend more time wreaking havoc on each other than trying to woo the girl. Not quite *that* romantic...

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Special Screening

Oscar Nominated Shorts
Animated and live action shorts grouped together in separate programs playing at TIFF Lightbox as of February 10, 2012

Friday February 10, 2012 Releases

Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
Dir: Shakun Batra - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Ratna Pathak
India
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Dir: Brad Peyton (Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl [short])
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Luis Guzman, Vanessa Hudgens, Kristin Davis, Michael Caine
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Safe House
Dir: Daniel Espinosa (Outside Love, Babylonsjukan)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Vera Farmiga, Fares Fares, Robert Patrick
USA/South Africa
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Snows of Kilimanjuro
Dir: Robert Guédiguian (Loady Jane, Journey to Armenia)
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan
France
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D
Writer/Dir: George Lucas (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, American Graffiti)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Terence Stamp, ay Park
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Vow
Dir: Michael Sucsy - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, Jessica Lange
USA/Brazil/France/UK/Australia/Germany
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

We Need to Talk About Kevin
Dir: Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar)
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, John C. Reilly
USA/UK
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Tuesday February 14, 2012 Releases

This Means War
Dir: McG (Terminator Salvation, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Charlie's Angels)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of February 10, 2012**

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday February 10, 2012!

In limited release this week we have just two releases to choose from and from them are the highly acclaimed and anticipated We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and starring the formidable Tilda Swinton and we also have the French drama The Snows of Kilimanjuro.

In wide release this week we have and interesting array of choices including political thriller/action flick Safe House starring Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington or if you are revving up for Valentine's there is The Vow starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams as a couple that go through the challenge of memory loss together. If you are looking for adventure there is Journey 2: The Mysterious Island with The Rock (which might be my pick this week!), the 3D releases of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and the Bollywood release of Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.

If you are looking for a new Valentine's Day pick we do have a mid-week release on February 14, 2012 with This Means War starring Tom Hardy & Chris Pine as two men both trying to win the hear of Reese Witherspoon. Oh, and they are both ...spies. I love both those actors but it looks like their characters spend more time wreaking havoc on each other than trying to woo the girl. Not quite *that* romantic...

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Special Screening

Oscar Nominated Shorts
Animated and live action shorts grouped together in separate programs playing at TIFF Lightbox as of February 10, 2012

Friday February 10, 2012 Releases

Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
Dir: Shakun Batra - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Ratna Pathak
India
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Dir: Brad Peyton (Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl [short])
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Luis Guzman, Vanessa Hudgens, Kristin Davis, Michael Caine
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Safe House
Dir: Daniel Espinosa (Outside Love, Babylonsjukan)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Vera Farmiga, Fares Fares, Robert Patrick
USA/South Africa
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Snows of Kilimanjuro
Dir: Robert Guédiguian (Loady Jane, Journey to Armenia)
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan
France
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D
Writer/Dir: George Lucas (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, American Graffiti)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Terence Stamp, ay Park
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Vow
Dir: Michael Sucsy - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, Jessica Lange
USA/Brazil/France/UK/Australia/Germany
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

We Need to Talk About Kevin
Dir: Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar)
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, John C. Reilly
USA/UK
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Tuesday February 14, 2012 Releases

This Means War
Dir: McG (Terminator Salvation, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Charlie's Angels)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of February 10, 2012**

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday February 3, 2012! I'm so excited for this weeks releases, we are back up to our whopping number of films to enjoy with 11 coming to Toronto theatres; plus 2 of those are paranormal and tons are Canadian! It's a great week to be a film lover.

In limited release this week we have 6 films to enjoy and I'm delighted to see that we are getting the spooky film The Innkeepers out in release here in Toronto, it's a fantastic paranormal film that I had a chance to see at Toronto After Dark in 2011 and I just adored. I also shared videos from the Intro and Q&A with director Ti West from the screening at Toronto After Dark, but would strongly recommend only watching them after seeing it as they are very spoiler-heavy. This week is also a big week for Canadian release in limited releases as we have the quirky Canadian comedy Moon Point (hear my podcast review of Moon Point here) which I found to be a quirky & charming delight, the much anticipated Le Vendeur straight from Canada's Top Ten and is high on my to-see list, and we also have the Canadian documentary Inside Lara Roxx following adult film star Lara Roxx who contracted HIV very early in her career. Also out in limited release is Madonna's second turn in the director's chair with historical drama W./E. as well as the release of Mexican film Miss Bala bridging the challenges of an aspiring beauty queen amid a culture of crime.

In wide release this week we have 5 films to choose from and I can hardly contain my excitement for the release of The Woman in Black, a supernatural historical story following Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe of th Harry Potter series), a young lawyer to settle the affairs of an eccentric client after their passing and also a 2011 Movie Moxie Book to Film Club Selection. We also have the teen superpowers flick Chronicle, Canadian documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc and the based on a true story of trapped whales under ice film: Big Miracle. Also out in limited release is the Oscar nominated historical set Albert Nobbs starring Glenn Close as a woman who poses as a man to survive in nineteenth century Ireland.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

The Great Digital Film Festival 2012
A selection of classic, cult and popular film shown in digital or High Definition including Serenity, Lost Boys, Spaceballs and so much more
February 3 - 9, 2012 at Cineplex theatres in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday February 3, 2012 Releases

Albert Nobbs
Dir: Rodrigo Garcia
Cast: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Janet McTeer, Aaron Johnson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
UK/Ireland
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Big Miracle
Dir: Ken Kwapis (He's Just Not That Into You, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants)
Cast: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Danson
USA/UK
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Chronicle
Dir: Joshua Trank - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Dane DeHaan, Ashley Hinshaw, Michael Kelly
UK/USA
Official Facebook Page, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Innkeepers
Writer/Dir: Ti West
Cast: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, George Riddle
USA
Limited Release
Official Facebook Page, IMDb Page, Trailer

Inside Lara Roxx
Dir: Mia Donovan
Documentary
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Miss Bala
Dir: Gerardo Naranjo (Voy a explotar, Malachance)
Cast: Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez and Irene Azuela
Mexico
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Moon Point
Dir: Sean Cisterna - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Nick McKinlay, Paula Brancati, Kyle Mac, Kristen Gutoskie
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Pink Ribbons, Inc
Dir: Léa Pool (The Blue Butterfly, Emporte-moi)
Documentary
Canada
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Le Vendeur / The Salesman
Writer/Dir: Sébastien Pilote - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Gilbert Sicotte, Nathalie Cavezzali, Jérémy Tessier, Jean-Francois Boudreau, Pierre Leblanc
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

W./E.
Dir: Madonna (Filth & Wisdom)
Cast: Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D’Arcy, Oscar Isaac
UK
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Woman in Black **2011 Movie Moxie Book to Film Club Selection**
Dir: James Watkins (Eden Lake)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White
UK/Canada/Sweden
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of February 3, 2012**

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday February 3, 2012! I'm so excited for this weeks releases, we are back up to our whopping number of films to enjoy with 11 coming to Toronto theatres; plus 2 of those are paranormal and tons are Canadian! It's a great week to be a film lover.

In limited release this week we have 6 films to enjoy and I'm delighted to see that we are getting the spooky film The Innkeepers out in release here in Toronto, it's a fantastic paranormal film that I had a chance to see at Toronto After Dark in 2011 and I just adored. I also shared videos from the Intro and Q&A with director Ti West from the screening at Toronto After Dark, but would strongly recommend only watching them after seeing it as they are very spoiler-heavy. This week is also a big week for Canadian release in limited releases as we have the quirky Canadian comedy Moon Point (hear my podcast review of Moon Point here) which I found to be a quirky & charming delight, the much anticipated Le Vendeur straight from Canada's Top Ten and is high on my to-see list, and we also have the Canadian documentary Inside Lara Roxx following adult film star Lara Roxx who contracted HIV very early in her career. Also out in limited release is Madonna's second turn in the director's chair with historical drama W./E. as well as the release of Mexican film Miss Bala bridging the challenges of an aspiring beauty queen amid a culture of crime.

In wide release this week we have 5 films to choose from and I can hardly contain my excitement for the release of The Woman in Black, a supernatural historical story following Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe of th Harry Potter series), a young lawyer to settle the affairs of an eccentric client after their passing and also a 2011 Movie Moxie Book to Film Club Selection. We also have the teen superpowers flick Chronicle, Canadian documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc and the based on a true story of trapped whales under ice film: Big Miracle. Also out in limited release is the Oscar nominated historical set Albert Nobbs starring Glenn Close as a woman who poses as a man to survive in nineteenth century Ireland.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

The Great Digital Film Festival 2012
A selection of classic, cult and popular film shown in digital or High Definition including Serenity, Lost Boys, Spaceballs and so much more
February 3 - 9, 2012 at Cineplex theatres in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday February 3, 2012 Releases

Albert Nobbs
Dir: Rodrigo Garcia
Cast: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Janet McTeer, Aaron Johnson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
UK/Ireland
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Big Miracle
Dir: Ken Kwapis (He's Just Not That Into You, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants)
Cast: Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Kristen Bell, Dermot Mulroney, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Danson
USA/UK
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Chronicle
Dir: Joshua Trank - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Dane DeHaan, Ashley Hinshaw, Michael Kelly
UK/USA
Official Facebook Page, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Innkeepers
Writer/Dir: Ti West
Cast: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis, George Riddle
USA
Limited Release
Official Facebook Page, IMDb Page, Trailer

Inside Lara Roxx
Dir: Mia Donovan
Documentary
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Miss Bala
Dir: Gerardo Naranjo (Voy a explotar, Malachance)
Cast: Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez and Irene Azuela
Mexico
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Moon Point
Dir: Sean Cisterna - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Nick McKinlay, Paula Brancati, Kyle Mac, Kristen Gutoskie
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Pink Ribbons, Inc
Dir: Léa Pool (The Blue Butterfly, Emporte-moi)
Documentary
Canada
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Le Vendeur / The Salesman
Writer/Dir: Sébastien Pilote - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Gilbert Sicotte, Nathalie Cavezzali, Jérémy Tessier, Jean-Francois Boudreau, Pierre Leblanc
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

W./E.
Dir: Madonna (Filth & Wisdom)
Cast: Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, James D’Arcy, Oscar Isaac
UK
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Woman in Black **2011 Movie Moxie Book to Film Club Selection**
Dir: James Watkins (Eden Lake)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White
UK/Canada/Sweden
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of February 3, 2012**