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8 Films: A Brief Guide to the 2010 TIFF
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • September 22, 2010 @ 7:56pm
The first thing I noticed upon arriving at the Gala screening of Janie Jones at this year's Toronto International Film Festival was the inordinate number of beautiful and svelte six-foot-tall women towering over me -- enough to make anyone of normal proportions (i.e. myself) a trifle self-conscious.
Interview: Victor Webster, star of Heart of a Dragon, the new film inspired by Rick Hansen's journey
Posted by: Mark McLeod • September 13, 2010 @ 8:44pm
Canadian actor Victor Webster has been quite busy in the dozen years or so he's been in the business.
You know summer is officially over when the B movies hit the big screen to bridge the gap between blockbusters and award season. It may be early for the October horror movie season, but here come buckets of blood anyways with Robert Rodriguez's Machete. However, instead of just good old fashion movie magic corn syrup blood, it looks like tomato paste.
I know what you're thinking. This guy is giving a movie with man-eating fish as its main characters a 4 out of 5 star rating, and therefore must be an idiot and/or he doesn't know what he is talking about?
Well you're wrong, because this film is so GD entertaining it might just be the most fun you'll have at the movies all year.
With a mediocre summer for movies almost over, I was looking for one last film with a good cast. Having a good cast can make a film better than its script, and it can also save a movie from poor material (ie. The Expendables). The Takers falls into the latter category, with a cast of mainly up-and-coming or younger actors.
Going into The Switch I was expecting a funny comedy with a few serious moments to keep the movie grounded. Instead, to my surprise, it was the other way around, being mostly a genuinely serious film.
In need of a summer blockbuster that will put your brain on auto pilot for two hours, have some familiar faces, and put hair on your chest? Well then The Expendables will do the trick for you. This flick is jam-packed with past and present action superstars.
Get ready geeks, because this flick is bonkers! It's utterly bonkers from start to finish, but in the best possible way. Going into this movie with no knowledge of the graphic novel series it's based on, I had no expectations. Luckily, I did have a childhood filled with countless hours of Nintendo under my belt.
Going into yet another collaboration from Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay, I tried to keep an open mind about The Other Guys. Not being the biggest fan of either of their previous works, Step Brothers & Talladega Nights, I'll admit I was a bit skeptical this time around. However, I really liked it. Partly because of Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L.
Since the name The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was taken, director Jay Roach (Meet the Parents) titled this summer's hilarious comedy Dinner for Schmucks. It was inspired by a French film from the 90s called The Dinner Game.
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