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Cast: Cory McAbee, Rocco Sisto, Gregory Russell Cook
"The creators of "The American Astronaut" might resent
the "Rocky Horror" comparison, but let's face it: if you're
making a movie about a singing space cowboy who trades a cloned
female to workers on Jupiter for a princely young stud to be transported
to the all-female planet of Venus..."
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Cast: Jason Flemyng, Charley Boorman, Jack Davenport
"Tales of trapped heroes versus disembodied entities can begin
and end with a bang but succumb to second-act slump if there's not
enough backstory and scary "set pieces" to keep things
moving along..."
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Cast: Gram Wyoming, Pere Arquillue, Ernesto Alterio
"An "adventure" that refuses to play by any rules,
"Bunuel" has moments of delightfully Pythonesque absurdity,
and will likely resonate better to anyone familiar with the works
(and lives) of executed poet Lorca, painter Dali, and filmmaker
Bunuel..."
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Cast: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
"A rare talent who can infuse the most horrific of images with
a lyrical beauty and never loses sight of the human story amidst
genre trappings (vampires, mutants, decomposed phantoms), Guillermo
Del Toro has created his finest work yet..."
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Documentary. Directed by Vikram Jayanti
"Vikram Jayanti's documentary, shot on 16mm and digital video
for British television, perfectly captures Ellroy's schtick, encyclopedic
crime knowledge, unique take on recent American history (especially
the myth of Kennedy "Camelot"), many moods and contradictions..."
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Cast: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslett, Saffron Burrows
"A real Movie With A Capital "M", "Enigma"
is the sort of festival entry that gets the purists upset and sniffing
indignantly because it cost millions to produce, is easy to understand,
and brings stars out to the red carpet..."
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Cast: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Robbie Coltrane
"The film's better moments suggest Thomas Harris ghost-writing
"The Alienist", but overall I found the experience plodding
and completely lacking in suspense and all-out scares. There are
a few welcome nods to the comic: a pointless cameo by the Elephant
Man, and Detective Abberline's drug-fueled clairvoyance..."
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Cast: David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel
"And much like the tragedy that so profoundly affected us all
during this week, there are very few words that can express what
I think about "The Grey Zone" without them sounding
somewhat trite or cliched. So forgive me if they do; but there is
one thing I can say without hesitation. Go see this movie..."
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Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis
"It's a pity that with "Hearts In Atlantis", the
filmmakers went too far the other way. In robbing "Low Men"
of its fantasy elements, one of King's most moving fables has been
re-rendered toothless and ordinary..."
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Cast: Gene Hackman, Delroy Lindo, Rebecca Pidgeon
"Mamet's "Heist" should make its mark at the
box office thanks to its superior ensemble and David Mamet's loose-tongued
banter and taut direction. If criminals in real life were this quick-witted
and resourceful, we'd all be in a lot of trouble and Fox would have
a lot less programming..."
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Documentary. Directed by George Ratcliffe
"This chronicles the damnedest thing I've seen in ages (pun
intended): for the past ten years, the Trinity Christian School
in Cedar Hill, Texas, has presented "Hell House", literally,
a house of horrors tour depicting not the fictitious evils of witches
and zombies, but the very real "sins" of drugs, AIDS,
suicide, abortion, incest, and school violence..."
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Cast: Rhys Ifans, Salma Hayek, David Schwimmer
"Mike Figgis' "Hotel" is one part improvised melodrama,
one part "liberal" adaptation of "The Duchess Of
Malfi", one part technical exercise positioning digital video
as a replacement for celluloid, and one part self-indulgent wank
job..."
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Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto
"I was both delighted and sucker-punched when the lights came
up on "Ichi The Killer" -- truly, one of the most
repulsive films I've ever seen. It's also screamingly hilarious,
if you have any energy to chuckle between retching, flinching, and
doubting your sanity..."
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Cast: Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings
"A simple and lovely film about memories, loss, joy and reconciliation,
"Last Orders" brings together some of the best British
actors in a must-see for fans of any one of them..."
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Cast: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring
"Fans will warm to the familiar supernatural phantoms (an albino
cowboy here), kitschy, dimly-lit interiors, nerve-wracking sound
montages. Others will count the minutes until bolting for the exit
(as did many during the press screening. Cowards)..."
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Cast: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim
"This year, F. W. Murnau's masterwork, arguably the
most influential horror film of all time was awarded a deserved
spot in the prestigious Elgin lineup, and if the chance to see it
on the big screen in one of Canada's most gorgeous theatres wasn't
enough, the accompanying score was performed live by the Toronto
Symphony Orchestra!..."
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Cast: Steve Martin, Laura Dern, Helena Bonham-Carter
"Steve Martin plays a dentist again, but mercifully, he doesn't
have to sing or dance. Instead, he's fleeing cops, scaling rooftops,
and dodging bullets simply because he succumbed, understandably,
to the charms of patient Helena Bonham Carter..."
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Cast: Haruhiko Kato, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki
"As scary as "The Others", as accessible as "Scream",
"Pulse" reveals that the horror film can still be vital
and profound, even if marred -- somewhat -- by a cheesy end-title
pop song..."
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Cast: Christopher Eccleston; Timothy Spall
"The Contemporary World Cinema programme brought back the double-bill
with two new short films (although technically feature length, according
to MPAA guidelines) from "Shallow Grave" and "Trainspotting"
director Danny Boyle..."
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Cast: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna
"Speaking of laughter, I suppose it's easy for me, as an opera
lover, to dismiss much of the giggles I heard throughout the film
to ignorance, but part of me also sees how the film could have provoked
that laughter..."
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Cast: James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates
"Indie icon Richard Linklater, attending the festival to promote
his two new experimental features, took part in the "Dialogues"
series to present the cult film "Two Lane Blacktop" and
relish the opportunity to engage in some hearty "film geek"
on a movie that wasn't his own..."
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Cast: Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Kenji Matsuda
"Ryuhei Kitamura's "Versus" promises "Freefall
Ultra-Violence Non-Stop Entertainment Action", but after offering
nearly two full hours of dismemberment and martial arts mayhem,
why isn't it more fun?..."
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Cast: Wiley Wiggins , Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg
"Richard Linklater's new experimental feature is being
anticipated in the chatrooms as the next Great Savior of contemporary
American film, and while it is thought-provoking, witty, and utterly
unique when compared to the crop of most films of the past year,
there's something about it that smacked of warmed-over Ralph Bakshi..."
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Cast: Sam Neill, Om Puri, Gina McKee
"It's pretty rare that Sam Neill gives a bad performance,
and he doesn't disappoint here. Ludovic is the anchor in the film;
he is the caretaker of the last bastion of humanity in an inhumane
world, and Neill's gravity as an actor is a perfect fit..."
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