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Extended Thoughts –“Let the Right One In” at Toronto After Dark
Director: Tomas Alfredson Novel: John Ajvide Lindqvist Screenplay: John Ajvide Lindqvist Producers: Carl Molinder, John Nordling Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl...
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Toronto After Dark Winners
Toronto After Dark had its wrap party about a week ago, and it was a very full and successful festival this, its third, year. Andrew covered TAD very thoroughly (I was the slacker), nearly reviewing...
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TAD Review: Mutant Chronicles
Director: Simon Hunter Writer: Philip Eisner Producers: Pras, Edward R. Pressman, Peter La Terriere, Tim Dennison, Stephen Belafonte Starring: Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, Sean Pertwee, Benno...
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It’s Alive!
Don’t know how much I actually have to say about this trailer as I’ve never seen the original 1974 version of It’s Alive. But here I thought I found a potential submission for next year’s Toronto After...
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TAD09: The First Announcements
I‘m sure at some point the boys will post an official TAD entry somewhere to track all of the stuff playing in Toronto from August 14th to 21st but the organizers have posted the first announcements...
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Toronto After Dark: BLACK DYNAMITE
The challenge in spoofing Blaxploitation flicks is that really, most of the classic entries in the genre are well into self parody already (Dolemite anyone?). The solution brought to the table by...
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Toronto After Dark: STRIGOI
With all the contortions and mutations that the vampire movie has taken in the past 75 (heck, the past 2) years, it is quite refreshing to see that there remains interesting potential in the genre....
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Toronto After Dark: THE CHILDREN
“You brought them into this world. Now … They will take you out” is the, frankly, pretty awesome marketing hook on the British juvenile-slasher film The Children. I choose my words carefully because...
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Toronto After Dark: GRACE
Let us put the cards down on the table, shall we? Most horror movies these days aim to titillate, not actually scare. When you are cheering for the victims (or the slasher) to be splattered or carved...
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“Live Evil” Gets Release Date and a Free Screeing in Vegas
For those that missed Toronto After Dark and all the goodness it had to offer, I may have found something for you to take the bite from your pain; maybe not the same thing, but possibly the next best...
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Toronto After Dark ’09: Festival Winners Announced
The 2009 edition of Toronto After Dark came to a close a week today, yet lingering thoughts of some of the best films still rattle around in my head. My personal favourites were Black (Row Three...
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Review: Død snø
Director: Tommy Wirkola Writers: Stig Frode Henriksen, Tommy Wirkola Producers: Terje Stroemstad, Tomas Evjen Starring: Vegar Hoel, Stig Frode Henriksen, Charlotte Frogner, Lasse Valdal, Evy Kasseth...
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Toronto After Dark 2011: The Innkeepers Review
There is a scene, perhaps midway through Ti West’s most recent film of spooky interiors and patient tracking-shots, where an underpaid employee struggles to get a bag of garbage in to the rear...
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Toronto After Dark In Summary
The thrills and spills of Toronto After Dark are over, and there has been a mountain of coverage here at row three, both of the films, and, controversially, how the festival fits into the Toronto...
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Toronto After Dark Full Line Up Announced
This will be my fourth year attending Toronto After Dark Film Festival. TADFF is where I broke my proverbial festival cherry and it holds a really special place in my heart. The organizers are an...
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Review: The Dirties
Director: Matthew Johnson Writers: Matthew Johnson, Josh Boles, Matthew Miller, and Evan Morgan Producers: Matthew Johnson, Matthew Miller, Evan Morgan, and Jared Raab Starring: Matthew Johnson and...
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Toronto After Dark 2014 Review: Predestination - Row Three
Never do yesterday what you should do tomorrow, reads a sign in the early minutes of The Spierig Brothers’ delightfully loopy new film. Another reads, If at last you don’t succeed never try again....
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Toronto After Dark 2014 Review: Time Lapse - Row Three
Opening with a shot of swirling red paint, which then has tiny flecks of white thrown into the mixture to disturb the surface and complicate the image, Bradley King and B.P. Cooper’s Time Lapse...
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