You can’t stop Ellen Page. She’s already a Toronto Fest vet, having appeared in films selected for the ’02, ’04 and ’05 festivals. In addition to this experimental teen runaway drama remix, Page appeared at Toronto this year in Juno (reviewed right here) and The Stone Angel. I hear she also spent a couple days … Continue reading
Those open casting sessions for George Miller’s Justice League film sure are turning up some fresh faces. The first to get some public non-announcement (WB: We’ll announce the whole cast when it’s bloody ready, you Watchmen deflaters!) is the top-running actress to fill Wonder Woman’s wristbands, boots and corset: Jessica Biel, currently ‘in talks’ to … Continue reading
By and large I don’t like linking to images on IGN, not because the people over there aren’t cool (they definitely are) but because the company splashes that ugly logo on everything. Branding an image makes sense when you’re Getty Images, but not when you’re a website running someone else’s material for purposes of promotion. … Continue reading
Eight AM on a Sunday morning is not the ideal time to do a phone interview. But I’d been pestering Focus Features for a chance to talk to David Cronenberg since well before the Toronto Fest started, and when they kindly hooked me up with a one on one towards the end of my time … Continue reading
I feel like I should be unabashedly in critic love with Ellen Page, but I’m worried about her. She’s been wonderful in a couple films, but I fear that without some serious development she may burn through her bag of tricks even before she can have a 20-something flameout. It’s one thing to be preternaturally … Continue reading
Real details on Avatar, James Cameron’s first feature since 1997 that’s not about boats or sea creatures or his beard, have been sketchy. We haven’t seen significant character or creature designs or anything that communicates what this sucker is actually going to be like. Not that we need to guess too much, since Cameron has … Continue reading
More or less confirming info that we’ve known for over a month, Reuters ran an article this morning saying that Mad Max director George Miller is ‘in talks’ to head up Warner Brothers’ Justice League flick. Actually, the article calls him the Happy Feet director, which is true in some respect, but is also revisionist … Continue reading
I was as surprised as anyone when Smiley Face, the Gregg Araki-directed stoner comedy, was moved from a mid-summer dumping ground to halfway prestigous slot at the Toronto Film Fest. I didn’t see it there, but word wasn’t bad; audiences thought it was funny, at least. Speaking only for myself, the presence of the rather … Continue reading
This ain’t good. Run Fat Boy, Run, the David Schwimmer-directed, Michael Ian Black and Simon Pegg-scripted romantic comedy, won’t be seen this year. And this only days after Micah spent several minutes writing up the latest trailer. (A trailer, mind, you, which did nothing but hurt the film by making the script’s pedestrian ambitions all … Continue reading
Let’s pretend that you’re Ridley Scott, just sitting around one day waiting for American Gangster to open. Wait, let’s be Brian Grazer instead. So much more fun. Anyway, you’re just minding your own business when Jay-Z walks in, drops an entirely new record in your lap. “See what you can do with this,” he says … Continue reading