Can 'Moneyball' Overcome Baseball's Oscar Slump?

Columbia TriStar This year's Oscar game has barely begun. You could say we're still in the top of the first. But now that Sony's Moneyball has arrived in theaters after its successful premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the play-by-play commentary has begun. Is Moneyball, in which Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics, an awards player? Adapting Michael Lewis' best-selling nonfiction book, director Bennett Miller and screenwriters Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin steer a skillful course through a thicket of baseball lore to dramatize how Beane beat the odds and deep-pocketed teams like the NY Yankees by using statistical analysis to identify and bet on undervalued players. If that sounds dry, it isn't. Pitt lets go of his golden boy image -- Miller's camera zeroes in on every weary line on his face -- to become an underdog out to redefine the way the game is played. Attention will be paid. TORONTO REVIEW: Moneyball But what of prospects for the film itself? After catching a pre-opening screening, Awards Daily blogger Sasha Stone tweeted up a storm: "Will be a major Oscar player I think. First film I've seen that can win," she predicted, though conceding, "Long way to go still." Critic Leonard Maltin wasn't quite so sure, cautioning, "Moneyball is easy to admire, a bit more difficult to love." PHOTOS: 'Moneyball' Premiere in Oakland Appearing so early in the season, the movie faces hurdles. It will be judged not only by its critical reception (it has registered a rousing 94 percent approval rating on RottenTomatoes.com to date) but also its commercial success. Its opening weekend of $19.5 million was solid but not as robust as that of last year's Sorkin talkfest, The Social Network, which bowed with $22.4 million. Plus, as a fact-based story, it could be picked apart by sports fans because Jonah Hill's statistician is a heavily fictionalized character and several key A's players are ignored. EXCLUSIVE: New Study Shows Brad Pitt's 'Moneyball' Generating Major Buzz Online But the biggest obstacle Moneyball faces is the fact that Hollywood has just never shown much Oscar love for the game. It didn't start out that way: The Pride of the Yankees, starring Gary Cooper as NY slugger Lou Gehrig battling the disease that would be named after him, was a formidable contender. It scored 11 noms but lost its 1942 best picture bid to the war-themed Mrs. Miniver. Other biopics came up to bat: Jimmy Stewart played White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton in The Stratton Story; William Bendix and, later, John Goodman starred as Yankees legend Babe Ruth. But in Academy terms, they barely made it to first base. Q&A: 'Moneyball' Author Michael Lewis on Oscar Hopes, Working With Brad Pitt and His New 'Liar's Poker' Screenplay Meanwhile, boxing movies were bringing home the gold. Wallace Beery (The Champ), Robert De Niro (Raging Bull) and Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) won acting trophies for fight movies. Rocky and Baby even got the best picture prize. If boxing movies enjoy an advantage, it's because they're often tales of sweaty personal redemption. They connect with audiences because all that action in the ring is immediate and visceral in a way most baseball movies are not. Like the game itself, a lot of baseball movies are abstract and cerebral. The Natural played like a fable about the loss of American innocence. Field of Dreams was a fantasy about pursuing one's bliss. Onscreen, baseball becomes a metaphor -- something Moneyball explicitly acknowledges in its final reel. But if any movie can break the baseball slump, it is Moneyball because, as Lewis himself sees it, "It's not really a baseball picture." Brad Pitt Jonah Hill Aaron Sorkin Moneyball

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'Paranormal Activity 3' Trailer Shows Retro Scares (Video)

Vital The entire trailer for Vital's Paranormal Activity 3 has gone out also it discloses a movie that's going totally retro. The 3rd film within the studio's inexpensive, yet very effective, horror franchise dates back towards the eighties to exhibit the way the siblings within the first couple of films, Katie and Kristi (performed there by Katie Featherston and Sprague Grayden) first experienced the invisible demon that affected their lives. PHOTOS: Legendary Horror Movies As opposed to the top end video and surveillance camera footage that composed the very first two films, that one was shot on traditional video video cameras, filled with the time and date stamp on the screen. Paranormal Activity 3 is a little of the departure in the first couple of films, for the reason that it's directed by two actual documentarians, Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman from the Sundance smash Catfish. The Vital film is going to be launched March. 21, 2011. Paranormal Activity

Amazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet

NEW YORK - Amazon.com on Wednesday unveiled its much-anticipated Kindle Fire tablet, which will be a key competitor for Apple's iPad when it goes on sale in mid-November.our editor recommends'Downton Abbey' Becomes Britain's Top-Selling DVD Box Set of All-Time on Amazon4 Ways Amazon vs. Netflix is GoodAmazon Beats Google, Apple in Launching Cloud Music Storage Server Amazon said the tablet will cost $199, less than the cheapest iPad, and described it as "the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated Web browser, vibrant color touch screen and powerful dual-core processor." The e-tailer unveiled the tablet and three other new Kindle models at a launch event in NY on Wednesday. "Kindle Fire brings together all of the things we've been working on at Amazon for over 15 years into a single, fully-integrated service for customers," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and CEO. "We're offering premium products, and we're doing it at non-premium prices." The company said the Kindle Fire will offer more than 18 million pieces of content, including over 100,000 movies and TV shows from Amazon Instant Video, over 17,000,000 songs from Amazon MP3, over 1 million Kindle books, 100 exclusive graphic novels, including Watchmen, as well as Batman: Arkham City, Superman: Earth One, Green Lantern: Secret Origin and other DC Entertainment titles, hundreds of magazines and newspapers, and popular Android apps and games, such as Angry Birds. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Amazon.com

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'Pan Am' sales circle globe

"Pan Am" is off to a good start in the international marketplace, traveling the flight path set by "Mad Men."The Sony Pictures TV drama, which bowed Sunday to solid numbers on ABC, has already sold to about 100 territories, according to Sony.Australia, Canada, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Portugal and the U.K. are among the countries that have signed up for the early 1960s period ensembler starring Christina Ricci. In Blighty, "Pan Am" has been bought by BBC2, where it will screen later this fall.The appeal of "Pan Am" has likely been enhanced by the surprising success of "Mad Men" in key international markets. U.S. period pieces have traditionally been a hard sell in international markets, but "Mad Men" has been a strong performer in the U.K. and other markets for Lionsgate TV.With "Pan Am" mining the same time frame, international outlets may be looking at the show as a companion piece, or a competitive offering between "Mad Men" seasons. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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The Fantastic Food Truck Race Season 2 Champion Is ...

Team Hodge Podge's Chris Hodgson, Team Lime's Jesse Brockman Carrying out a coast-to-coast challenge and six defeated food trucks, the Lime Truck and Hodge Podge were the ultimate two rivals in Sunday night's finale of Food Network's The Fantastic Food Truck Race. Did The Lime Truck's undertake fresh California cuisine drive laps around its rival? Or did Hodge Podge's more inticate twist on comfort food propel it using the finish line first? The best stop: Miami, where the first truck to produce $15,000 and meet host Tyler Florence at South Point Park would win. Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows Starting with $500, the teams required to start serving As quickly as possible. Although Chris Hodgson had connections inside the city and may obtain high-finish elements like lobster, black truffles and foie gras. Lime Truck didn't use a plan in place but bought mussels for just about any red-colored-colored curry, crab for ceviche and beef for Philadelphia cheesesteak fries. Speed Bump No. 1 Tyler contacting the phone is certainly not so great, so after brisk sales by both trucks, they were annoyed to hear they have to start selling food without any heating elements around the trucks, that could be towed with a nearby impound. Only when the teams acquired $200 within the food they prepared in the truck would they be capable of pay back the impound. Hodge Podge started serving sashimi from the top their Volkswagen and quickly retrieved their truck. Lime Truck, however, fought utilizing their pavement mussel-cooking demonstration and were reunited utilizing their truck later. Regardless, they made an appearance to recoup your evening after they started serving in Little Havana, near several bars. Truck Stop Each team was up early to go to fishing inside the Atlantic Ocean. Utilizing their catch, they have to prepare one dish which will affect the competition. Chef Michael Schwartz of Michael's Genuine Refreshments would judge which dish was best and win a prize that Florence recommended will be a "game changer" inside the competition. Jesse from Lime Truck presented an amuse-bouche of raw sea food wrapped around shredded asparagus after which it a seared citrus sea food assigned with tuna tartare. It absolutely was considered, fresh, well-seasoned, well-carried out, with vibrant tastes but possibly slightly dated in concept. Hodge's king the spanish language spanish mackerel steak with taters, garlic clove clove, let us eat some let's eat some onions, heirloom tomato vegetables and kale assigned with remoulade sauce also got kudos, although Schwarz felt the dish may use some editing. Fulfill the trucks inside the Great Food Truck Race Season 2 Lime Truck needed the prize -- $1,500. They'd been trailing by about $100, now they were far inside the lead and closer to the $15,000 victory. Hodge Podge would be a little annoyed, nonetheless they retrieved quickly by its proper location at Kendall's Vehicle Clean. Lime Truck didn't do badly, either, by finding near a brewery. Within the finish in the evening, when Florence bought these to stop selling, Lime Truck had acquired greater than $13,000, while Hodge Podge had $12,000. They're unequalled earnings around the program. This final showdown requires a more compact amount time than we expected. Speed Bump No. 2 For your initial few several hours the next morning, the trucks required to sell only desserts. Sweets. Every morning. Lime Truck made a decision to accomplish the breakfast-as-dessert concept downtown, while Hodge Podge would concentrate on the employees inside a wholesale business where they bought their elements. Bread pudding, Nutella and mascapone quesadillas, bananas much less fosters, berry waffles, "puppy chow" ... what's not to love? The concept can be a hit, possibly selling even faster than your family menu. Hmm, we smell a spin-off truck! Both Hodge Podge and Lime Truck showed up at their $15,000 goal quickly, cleanup and race on see Florence. Have a look at our fall preview for galleries, scoop, premiere calendars plus much more! Ultimately, we view the Lime Truck trio increase to Florence, who's fitted within the best aviator shades, shorts and inscrutable expression. He demands that Daniel placed on his lime eco-friendly sweatband so they can match his partners in "full team regalia" before handing them a short-situation. Once they open it up up which is empty, they've lost. Once they find $100,000 inside, well, they have the $100,000. It was not empty. Lime Truck wins. Chef Jason Quinn desires to put part of the money toward opening their very own brick-and-mortar restaurant. Despite the fact that Hodge Podgers increase to find out them praising, and sad piano music plays over their entrance, the somber mood doesn't go on for extended. It absolutely was a worthy competition, Hodgson elevated closer to his sister and girlfriend, which he reflected, "It's the finest win of my existence." Aww! Champion to Lime Truck! Now, most of us perform the Lime Truck dance! Are you currently wanting while using individuals who win? You think your competitors was fair?

Jackie Chan can get serious in first 1911 trailer

The initial trailer for your war film 1911 has came out on the web and it shows action comedy star Jackie Chan coping with a more serious role.The sombre tone is hardly surprising, thinking about the truth that the film marks the 100th anniversary in the occasions it shows - the Xinhai Revolution as well as the founding in the Republic of China.Chan, who co-directs with Li Zhang, plays Huang Xing, the initial commander-in-chief in the military in the Republic of China.Since we're searching at wedding wedding anniversaries that are 100 years, 1911 apparently also chalks up Chan's 100th film.See the trailer below...1911 opens on 23 September 2011 in China and also on 12 October in the usa, getting a Uk date still being confirmed.

Test footage for that Goon seems online

Early test footage from comic-book movie The Goon continues to be published online, featuring the voices of Clancy Brown and Paul Giamatti."This really is early rough test animation for that David Fincher/Blur Galleries/Dark Equine created film The Goon," the 2-minute online video starts.The project is dependant on the Dark Equine Comics series compiled by Eric Powel.This really is good fun and showcases the comics' dark feeling of humour, however, you really owe it to you to ultimately mind to Blur's website watching the greater finished footage.The Goon is not entirely production yet. Because the test footage states, "This film continues to be searching for funding."

Gus Van Sant on Restless, Test-Screening Bad dreams and Why He Went For Breaking Beginning

After bookending the summer time with exclusive looks at festivals in Cannes and Toronto, acclaimed auteur Gus Van Sant brings his latest film, Restless, to theaters a few days ago in limited release. The end result of the unusual creative collaboration including co-producers Ron Howard and the daughter Bryce Dallas Howard, her former NY College friend and film writer Jason Lew, and also the visionary services Van Sant, Restless stars Mia Wasikowska like a crictally ill teen who sparks up a star-entered romance having a gloomy, funeral-crashes, imaginary friend-confiding orphan (performed by Henry Hopper). The 2-time Oscar-nominated director sitting lower with Movieline now to go over Restless’s festival reception, the main one-size-fits-all challenges of test tests, the twentieth anniversary of his classic My Very Own Private Idaho, and what he was thinking when tossing his title within the hat to direct The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning. You had been up in Toronto with this particular, and also you met a NY audience another evening. What’s your feeling of how audiences are experiencing Restless? It appears really positive. I’m pretty happy. Would you really such as this area of the process? The exchange using the audience? No, I don’t. However I know they are doing, to ensure that’s nice. Do test tests or what audiences say generally ever influence you? Yeah. I am talking about, I totally take advice for that audience, but sometimes the exam isn't just for advice. It could be also for approval. The tests have different methods for you to total the scores. It asks you, “Do you prefer charge character? Who’s your preferred character? Can you tell a buddy about this? Can you rate it excellent, good, fair, poor?” There’s a method to count individuals up so you receive a score, however it’s a score according to these arbitrary questions the score differs from another area of the test, like, “Are there any moments which were not fast enough? What are the moments which are too quickly? How have you such as the ending? Made it happen begin not fast enough?” Questions regarding pacing, communication and so on. Individuals could be one factor. But there may also be this worry about the general adding from the score, because it becomes a lot more like a grade on the paper in senior high school or college ow wherever. So you'd like that it is a+. Along with a 90 is definitely an A-, a 95 is definitely an A, a 99 is definitely an A+. As well as an 85 is really a B, along with a 75 is really a C. So you'd like so that it is 90. Remember the greatest grade you got? Yeah. I’ve become within the 90s like… three occasions? What’s the cheapest you got? 33. 33? No, wait. 32. On which? That Are Awesome was 32. You have a 32 on That Are Awesome? Which’s the main reason I don’t always consider the score. You are able to interpret that wrong. Those who are thinking about the score, then that’s the score. For them, it’s like senior high school: “If it’s 32, it’s failing. It’s failing. Which means the film’s destined to be failing.” There considering it just like a grade attending college. Their bosses are thinking about it just like a grade attending college. Their investors are thinking about it just like a grade attending college. And the things they're doing is dependant on their interpretation of this number. But you can aquire a score like this should you say, “Here’s a very funny Robin Williams movie. Arrived at it and laugh!” and you demonstrate to them a significant downer Robin Williams movie like One-Hour Photo. They provide you with a 32 and also you say, “What’s wrong?” Like it should be failing, you realize? You didn’t test drive it right. You are able to screw the exam up. As well as in the specific situation of some tests, it may be that you simply’re attempting to alter the profile from the movie. I frequently make dark comedies. [That Are Awesome] is really a dark comedy. The dark comedies are usually inside a non-releasable area. There might be romantic comedies. There might be dramas. But there’s no “dark comedy” mailbox for that advertising. So that they might test drive it like a romantic comedy if this’s really a dark comedy, and consequently you’ll obtain a low score. You’re saying, “Bring your date! You’re getting laid on that one!” After which Nicole [Kidman] kills her husband, and also the score is D or F because I’m not getting laid now. And also you question, “Gee, what went wrong?” Also it’s all since you’re attempting to make it into something it’s not. Are you currently ever enlightened whatsoever regarding your past films by speaking about the subject? Either with fans, or perhaps in interviews, or wherever? [Lengthy pause] Yeah, I suppose. James Franco is recutting My Very Own Private Idaho, and so i learned new things about that certain because I’ve seen that old footage. However I don’t really by speaking about the subject. I love hearing people discuss them you may learn new things about people’s responses for them. However I don’t always find out about the film. My Very Own Private Idaho turns 20 this season. What exactly are your insights 2 decades later — particularly considering James Franco’s work studying it? Which was the main one film — well, for the reason that era, before 2000 — it had been the main one film which was kind of my very own. A number of them, I modified others’s books. Which was the main one I type of cobbled as well as different elements. There is some Shakespeare inside it. It had been such as this collaged story. So there’s that aspect I love to remember. Have you got a personal relationship together with your films with time? Does your impression of these or their reminiscences ever change? No. I am talking about, they exist as films that others mention, but there’s no particular relationship.

J.K. Rowling, Hugh Grant and Sienna Burns to Testify About Phone Hacking Scandal

The inquiry in to the 'News from the World' phone-hacking scandal will get more star-studded using the news that 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling, Sienna Burns and Hugh Grant are required to become among individuals giving evidence in an inquiry purchased by British Pm David Cameron. They are been named "core participants" together with 43 other celebs, sports athletes along with other politicians who believe they've been the sufferers of media invasion. They are able to give evidence personally or via their lawyer in the inquiry, which starts in October at London's Royal Courts of Justice. Grant, obviously, once performed an extremely groovy (and make believe) PM within the film 'Love Really,' in which the greatest scandal he needed to cope with was fancying the lady who introduced him his tea and being caught boogieing towards the Pointer Sisters' 'Jump.' Rowling and Burns has both been popular paparazzi targets: In 2008, Rowling won a legitimate fight using the press after photographs were released within the Sunday Express of her boy. [via THR, Protector] Hugh Grant photo: Getty Images, J.K. Rowling and Sienna Burns photos: AFP/Getty Images

J.J. Abrams to Direct Star Trek 2

J.J. Abrams J.J. Abrams will direct the follow-up to his 2009 film Star Trek, Vulture reviews. Star Trek 2 returns Chris Pine as Capt. Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will write the script with Damon Lindelof creating. The film was slated for just about any June 2012 release, but will most likely be pressed back. Abrams' reboot, which chronicled the very first occasions of Capt. Kirk and also the USS Enterprise crew people, made $385 million worldwide.

Dustin Hoffman's 'Quartet' to Star Maggie Smith and Billy Connolly

LONDON Oscar winner Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins are all singing from Dustin Hoffman's song sheet for his U.K. set directorial debut "Quartet."Hoffman's cast, looking like a who's who of British talent, also includes Sheridan Smith and Michael Gambon and is set to shoot for nine weeks, beginning this week.BBC Films and DCM Productions are backing a Headline Pictures and Finola Dwyer Productions movie in association with Decca and sales and finance label HanWay Films.Based on Ronald Harwood's stage play of the same name, "Quartet" is billed as a film about redefining old age and growing old with hope.It tells the tale of a group of old folks who live in a home for retired opera singers. Every year on Giuseppe Verdi's birthday, the residents unite to give a concert to raise funds for their home. A new resident comes in and upsets the balance as old rivalry's appear.Hoffman's film is produced by FinolaDwyer and Stewart Mackinnon."Quartet" is bankrolled by BBC Films, DCM Productions and Decca.Executive producers are Jamie Laurenson (BBC Films), Dario Suter, Christoph Daniel and Marc Schmidheiny (all from DCM), Dickon Stainer (Decca), Xavier Marchand (Momentum) and Hoffman.HanWay is handling international sales.Deals inked already include Momentum for the U.K., Transmission for Australia / NZ, Delphi for Germany, Lusomundo for Portugal, A Film for Benelux, Vertice for Spain, Odeon in Greece, Elite Film AG in Switzerland, MG Film in former Yugoslavia, Front Row in the Middle East, Ster-Kinekor in South Africa and Atom Cinema in Taiwan. The Hollywood Reporter

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Rampart First Look: The Nasty, Nastier Side of Woody Harrelson

The buzz circulating around Rampart at the Toronto Film Festival has it either right on the fringe of the Oscar crop (with a few judicious cuts) or simply a curio with a ferocious turn by Woody Harrelson. And now viewers at home can finally get a look at what may or may not materialize as one of the season’s awards candidates — a bundle of NSFW clips have arrived online for your viewing pleasure. Well, maybe not pleasure, but you know. Harrelson tangles with everyone from lawyers like Sigourney Weaver and Robin Wright to his Messenger co-star Ben Foster, the latter of whose wheelchair-bound criminal gets a bit of a smackdown here. I’m surprised the producers have released as much of this film as they have here, even with their imperative to hustle up as much early buzz as possible for the awards derby to come. THR managed the first look; feast your eyes (and maybe switch to headphones) below…

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I Don't Know How She Does It: Film Review

In I Don't Know How She Does It, Kate Reddy is the "she" in question -- a fortysomething modern woman struggling to juggle the demands of motherhood and a high-pressure career. Portrayed with an effortless verve by ever-affable Sarah Jessica Parker, the central character in Douglas McGrath's comedy is easy to root for, even if the vehicle itself feels less than fresh and inspired. Based on the bestselling 2002 debut novel by Allison Pearson, the film conjures up aspects of everything from Bridget Jones's Diary (the book was originally set in London) to Baby Boom, while playing safely within the well-established parameters of formulaic romantic comedies. Still, thanks to Parker's empathetic performance and the fine work of her top-notch supporting cast, the Weinstein Company release should prove relatable to female audiences of a certain age and stage whose comparatively carefree Carrie Bradshaw days are, alas, behind them. Moving the setting to American soil, the screen version finds Parker's Kate lying awake nights mentally composing her all-important lists when not dashing to her job at a Boston financial management firm or back home to tend to her two young children and her unemployed architect husband, Richard (Greg Kinnear). But her carefully-honed balancing act is thrown off-kilter when a career-making new account means flying back and forth to New York, where she works closely with smooth exec Jack Abelhammer (reliable Pierce Brosnan) at the expense of being away from her resentful family. So how does she do it? As directed by McGrath (Emma, Infamous) and penned by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses) with a lot of stopping to address the camera (a trait shared by several other cast members) and other tired, sitcom-y bits of business that would seem more at home on the small screen. Fortunately McGrath ultimately moves beyond the shtick and keeps things moving at an agreeable pace, relying on his talented ensemble to capably close the deal. Whether she's frantically trying to pass off a deli-purchased cherry pie as homemade for her daughter's kindergarten bake sale or discovering she's suffering from an unpleasant attack of head lice at an inopportune moment, Parker makes unforced, amusing work out of the physical comedy while convincingly relaying Kate's heavier, more introspective dilemmas. As the professional/personal men in her life, Brosnan and Kinnear also do an effective job of underplaying their respective characters, maintaining a nice vulnerability; while Olivia Munn handily steals most of her scenes as Kate's coldly officious junior assistant, Momo. Opens: Friday, September 16 Production companies: The Weinstein Company Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Christina Hendricks, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Meyers, Olivia Munn Director: Douglas McGrath Screenwriter: Aline Brosh McKenna Executive producers: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Kelly Carmichael, Aline Brosh McKenna, Scott Ferguson, Ben Silverman Producers: Donna Gigliotti Director of photography: Stuart Dryburgh Production designer: Santo Loquasto Music: Aaron Zigman Costume designer: Renee Ehrlich Kalfus Editors: Camilla Toniolo, Kevin Tent Rating: PG-13, 95 minutes. Greg Kinnear Sarah Jessica Parker

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Film Fest Marks Terror Attacks That Stranded Stars

TORONTO (AP) The Sept. 11 attacks left plenty of Hollywood types stranded north in the border within the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival. This year, planners have produced a short film to mark the tenth anniversary in the tragedy.Some-minute film featuring reminiscences from festival bosses and filmmakers might have before every screening Sunday, the ten-year anniversary in the attacks. The recording clip will run rather than the sponsor reels have a tendency to precede festival tests."It appears back which that was like, this very strange atmosphere from the film festival that's about praising art and becoming fun, then to own this terrible event happen tomorrow,Inch mentioned festival co-director Cameron Bailey.Also marking the anniversary might be the Paul McCartney documentary "The Romance We Make," which tales the first sort Beatle's formulations for just about any memorial concert in New You'll be able to City monthly following a attacks. McCartney have been receiving the plane at New York's JFK airport terminal terminal waiting to fly to London when the attacks happened, as well as in the tarmac, he frequently see smoke billowing in the World Trade Center towers.Premiering Friday, every day before it begins airing on Showtime, the film features footage of McCartney practicing such Beatles hits as "Yesterday" and "Ensure It IsInch and interview segments through which he recalls how his parents' generation relied on music to handle the adversity of World War Ii.The festival shut lower for your relaxation from the following day from the attacks, getting rid of all films together with other occasions. Stars and filmmakers in Toronto to market their movies abandoned their interview agendas, holing up inside their suites to check out what is the news on tv or milling regarding luxury hotels to discuss information and commiserate with people searching to obtain word from family people in New You'll be able to City.Planners considered calling in the relaxation in the festival, which was only half way through and scheduled to use five more days using the following weekend. Nonetheless they felt it may be better to continue, yet in the subdued manner."We made a decision we'd continue the festival, but continue really different kind of way," mentioned festival director Piers Handling. "We folded away the red-colored-colored carpets, canceled the parties, canceled the sponsor bulletins. We needed the chilling out from this.InchWith planes grounded for the as well as the U.S.-Canadian border closed on and off following a attacks, stars, filmmakers, studio professionals while others within the festival required to make alternative travel plans. They leased cars and chartered buses to acquire home, although some who had films playing another half in the festival never handled to get at Toronto.Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley, who lives in Toronto, is at the festival in 2001 getting a relevant video clip she directed. Following a attacks, she pitched in to relieve the spirits of many people stranded in Toronto."We'd total the Us citizens we understood, my cousin which i, to own dinner and be together and spend some time watching television, because everyone was kind of alone in resort rooms and losing it,Inch mentioned Polley, who's within the festival again this time around around with "Take This Waltz," the second feature film she's directed.Tom Bernard, co-leader from the new the new sony Pictures Classics, immediately abandoned his festival plans and strategized how he may get where you can New You'll be able to City."I referred to as Hertz, leased an automobile with U.S. plates, bought a Toronto Walnut Leafs T-shirt together with a hockey stick," mentioned Bernard, who figured he might be capable of add to the united states . States by having an Indian reservation that straddles the border between Canada and New You'll be able to condition.It labored. The Customs agent saw his T-shirt, "asked for me how a Leafs i did so and let me through," Bernard mentioned. "You just felt just like you required to return. You've family, all the people at the office. It absolutely was an undesirable time."Many Hollywood affiliates were inside a press and industry screening of Mira Nair's "Monsoon Wedding" the morning of Sept. 11. They left of the marvelous, advantageous film in to a changed world two several hours following a attacks happened, hearing the scream of emergency vehicle sirens as Toronto government physiques ongoing alert while using relaxation from the U . s . States.According to Bailey, inside the festival's Sept. 11 online video, Nair recollects how "Monsoon Wedding" was one of the primary showing again when planners began again tests the following day from the attacks."The story she notifies happens when frightening it absolutely was simply to walk in on Sept. 12 thinking, is anybody stretching its like to be there?" Bailey mentioned. "And really, it absolutely was packed. People just made an appearance to require to obtain together."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Five Reasons 'Warrior' Is Your Next Must-See Movie

With the summer movie season officially wrapped, it's time to turn our filmgoing focus toward the generally more appealing fall fare. The first of this season's must-see movies is "Warrior" starring Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte, directed by Gavin O'Connor ("Miracle"). This film is about many things: honor, duty, love, family, but mainly it is the story of two brothers beaten down by bad luck and personal demons, who when left with no other options, enter a mixed martial arts tournament with the hope of being able to fulfill promises made to their loved ones. And O'Connor, who also co-wrote the film, pulled no punches (pun intended) in exposing audiences to the intense, gritty world of MMA. Check out five reasons why this film is a must-see after the jump. It Will Change The Way You Think About MMA Fighting I know nothing about MMA, nor do I like watching it, but the way in which O'Connor weaved it into and around the story, you come away with an understanding and appreciation for the artistic elements involved in the sport. For Tom Hardy, Superstar In The Making Those who have seen Hardy in "Bronson," have been privy to a glimpse of the British actor's crazy talent. From his swagger to his stare to his silence, Hardy's intensity as the damaged, estranged brother and son Tommy is unnerving. Not to mention his total bad-assery as a take-no-prisoners fighter in the cage. It's the way he plays out the subtle, nuanced cracks in the character's hardened exterior that really get to you, however. Grown Men Are Reduced To Tears If I haven't already made this point clear, a warm and fuzzy movie, "Warrior" is not. It is an almost nonstop, adrenaline-fueled assault on your emotions, each and every one of them, which is why members of all audiences will be moved to tears. (I saw at least two men dabbing at their eyes and sniffing as they walked out of the two screenings I attended - yes, I had to see it twice.) When is the last time you heard of a film that moved grown men to tears? Bear Witness To Nick Nolte's Soon-To-Be-Nominated Performance I can't think of a film in which Nolte has turned in a finer performance. And frankly, who thought he had any greatness left in him? Not me. But wowza. Nolte just knocks it out of the park as the broken and dejected formerly alcoholic father to Hardy and Edgerton's characters. There is one particular scene so devastating that when it played out onscreen I immediately thought, 'I will be seeing this again in clip form come awards season.' The Unconventional Ending No spoilers here, I promise, but by the time you get to the climax of this film, you feel as though you've been through a fight yourself. Even if you think you know what's coming. And you won't, which is a beautiful thing. Roger Ebert wrote that "This is a rare fight movie in which we don't want to see either fighter lose," and he is absolutely correct (See: "Grown Man Are Reduced To Tears" from above). "Warrior" is in theaters today, September 9. Will you be going to see "Warrior?" Tell us in the comments or on Twitter!

Beetlejuice Follow up May Now Happen

With Seth Grahame-Cruz spearheading itThe concept of a follow up to Tim Burton's ace 1988 spook comedy Beetlejuice is a which has sailed between your mobile phone industry's of fact and rumour just like a lost soul for a long time. Now, following a lengthy period lost in limbo, it might appear it's back, with Abraham Lincoln subsequently: Vampire Hunter author Seth Grahame-Cruz speaking in the idea because he launches his new production company. While there's been loose chatter in regards to a follow-as much as the Michael Keaton film, with even Burton themself handing Mars Attacks! author Jonathan Gems the idea of a Hawaii-set follow up (which experienced several script drafts but never found an effective solution of day), it certainly is appeared to break out from time to time, usually when the cast or even the director themself are requested about this, after which die out again. Well, like Beetlejuice themself requiring to possess his title known as several occasions before he'll appear, it appears as if the follow up continues to be pointed out enough to create it to existence. It is simply one mooted movie being come up with by Grahame-Cruz and creating friend David Katzenberg, who've signed a 2-year cope with Warners for his or her KatzSmith Productions company. Striving to operate similar to Qq Abrams' Bad Robot or Ron Howard and John Grazer's Imagine, they'll generate their very own output in becoming movies and much more. And it is nothing like Grahame-Cruz does not curently have a Burton connection. He authored the script for that presently shooting Dark Shadows and Burton is really a producer about the film version of Abraham Lincoln subsequently. Plus, we wager it does not hurt that Katzenberg may be the boy of Jeffrey...Still, in the sounds from it, they have got a great deal bubbling away and also have already proven themselves with books, scripts along with a Television show to their name. When the privileges could be exercised, Grahame-Cruz intends to write the Beetlejuice script, that is apparently likely to "reboot it by evolving the story from the original" (Unsure quite how that actually works, but we might yet discover). We are just crossing our fingers that Michael Keaton is going to be back...

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Speleers, Szohr & Pasqualino. Not a chance, it isn't an attorney - it is the cast from the horror comedy Love Bite.Andy p Emmony is pointing Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), Luke Pasqualino (Skins, The Borgias) and Erectile dysfunction Speleers (Eragon) inside a movie four buddies who find their nowheresville town stalked with a werewolf.Once the creature begins consuming local virgins, the 4 nonwinners decide you're ready to pop their cherries.You can, should you be hankering for any poster quote, say it is the Inbetweeners with teeth. Just saying.Love Bite begins shooting in Scotland on 9 October 2011.

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