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Movieforum: September 2008

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008. TIFF 2008: NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD. Directed by: Mark Hartley. Cast: Barry Humphreys, Jack Armstrong, Brian Trenchard-Smith, George Miller, Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford, Quentin Tarantino. The unjustly marginalized subject of "Ozploitation" is finally given its due in newcomer Mark Hartley's exhaustive- and exhausting! Takes its cues from Ron Mann who has built a career on challenging the definition of what a "documentary" can be. Picinic At Hanging Rock. And Peter Weir (. Recount...

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Movieforum: TIFF 2012 REVIEW: ANTIVIRAL

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Saturday, September 15, 2012. TIFF 2012 REVIEW: ANTIVIRAL. Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Douglas Smith. Written by: Brandon Cronenberg. Directed by: Brandon Cronenberg. Brandon Cronenberg claimed in the press notes and at the post-screening Q&A that he's never seen any of his father's films. Then there's something to be said of David's statement that "biology is destiny". It defies any categorization but one, and that is the term Cronenbergian. Sometime in presumably the near-f...

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Movieforum: TIFF 2012 REVIEW: A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE UNTRUE STORY OF MONTY PYTHON'S GRAHAM CHAPMAN

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Sunday, September 09, 2012. TIFF 2012 REVIEW: A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE UNTRUE STORY OF MONTY PYTHON'S GRAHAM CHAPMAN. A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE UNTRUE STORY OF MONTY PYTHON'S GRAHAM CHAPMAN. United Kingdom/United States, 2012). Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Cameron Diaz. Written by: Graham Chapman, David Sherlock (original text). Directed by: Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, Ben Timlett. This gleefully scattershot and raunchy 3D (! The filmmakers were able to solic...

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Movieforum: TIFF REVIEW 2012: DREDD 3D

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Friday, September 07, 2012. TIFF REVIEW 2012: DREDD 3D. United Kingdom/South Africa, 2012). Cast: Karl Urban, Lena Headey, Olivia Thirlby, Wood Harris. Written by: Alex Garland. My second screening of TIFF 2012 was also in 3D- if this keeps up, I may have to opt for prescription polarized lenses. Thankfully, the film' subject warranted the technique: who wouldn't embrace the chance to immerse oneself in the hell that is Mega-City One? Well, maybe not a lot of us. In 1977 and has run continuously since.

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Movieforum: TIFF 2012 REVIEW: BYZANTIUM

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Sunday, September 09, 2012. TIFF 2012 REVIEW: BYZANTIUM. United Kingdom/United States/Ireland, 2012). Cast: Gemma Arterton ,. Sam Reilly, Daniel Mays, Jonny Lee Miller, Caleb Landry Jones. Written by: Moira Buffini. Directed by: Neil Jordan. The always-surprising Neil Jordan revisits the world of the undead for the first time since his 1994 adaptation of a certain famous Anne Rice novel, but don't mention the "v-word"- no one in the film ever does. Via flashbacks, we learn that Clara violated the rules o...

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Movieforum: TIFF 2012 REVIEW: HYDE PARK ON HUDSON

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Sunday, September 09, 2012. TIFF 2012 REVIEW: HYDE PARK ON HUDSON. HYDE PARK ON HUDSON. United Kingdom, 2012). Cast: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivia Coleman. Directed by: Roger Mitchell. Of course, my theory was proven wrong by McG's miserable "Charlie's Angels", and I've felt the sting ever since. FDR might be most renowned for his New Deals, war heroism, and civil rights. West)and his wife, the Queen Elizabeth. Murray is that unique actor who can vividly evoke his cool c...

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Movieforum: TIFF 2012 REVIEW: ARGO

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Monday, September 10, 2012. TIFF 2012 REVIEW: ARGO. Cast: Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Brian Cranston, Alan Arkin, Philip Baker Hall, Clea DuVall. Written by: Chris Terrio. Directed by: Ben Affleck. This riveting, pulse-pounding race-against-time thriller is yet another one of those "based on a true story" deals that ignited more than enough controversy and cries of "foul" before it was even announced as one of TIFF's most-coveted galas. It even inspired one of the greatest SCTV parodies.

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Movieforum: TIFF 2012 REVIEW: PASSION

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012. TIFF 2012 REVIEW: PASSION. Cast: Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Paul Anderson, Karoline Herfurth, Rainer Bock. Written by: Brian DePalma and Natalie Carter, based on a screenplay by Alain Corneau. Directed by: Brian DePalma. Even DePalma's less-personal stint as a studio-director-for-hire found him highly energized and creative, evidenced by the enduring power of "The Untouchables", "Casualties Of War", "Carlito's Way", and of course, his remake of "Scarface". To hear DePalma ...

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Movieforum: TIFF 2012 REVIEW: HELLBENDERS

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Monday, September 10, 2012. TIFF 2012 REVIEW: HELLBENDERS. Cast: Clancy Brown, Dan Fogler, Macon Blair, Clifton Collins Jr., Robyn Rikoon. Written by: JT Petty. Directed by: JT Petty. This would-be orgy of blasphemy, making its World Premiere at TIFF, is essentially “Ghostbusters” with foul-mouthed, whoremongering drunken priests and naked demonesses, with a good deal less spent in the special FX department (even by the comparatively lower budgets spent on Reagan-era spectacles). Saint Elizabeth (Rikoon)...