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Gladiator movie fans can start getting excited as a new set video for the upcoming sequel was just released. Gladiator 2 is set to return to the big screen, and we can expect to see the iconic sands of the Colosseum while gladiators fight to their deaths. A recent set video, shared by Morocco's Minister of Culture, Mohammed Mehdi Bensaid, has generated buzz among fans by hinting at an epic city siege battle set to take place in the movie​ as reported by Collider.

The first Gladiator film followed the epic saga of Maximus (portrayed by Russell Crowe), a respected Roman general that has fallen to become a slave gladiator. The intense battle Maximus has faced in the gladiatorial arenas served as a testament to his courage and mettle. It made him a beacon of hope for those oppressed by the new emperor’s tyranny. Notably, the first film commenced...

Making headlines ever since its announcement is director Sujeeth’s gangster drama ‘Og’. One of the most awaited upcoming films, ‘Og’ features power star Pawan Kalyan and Priyanka Mohan in the lead.

The film’s third schedule is currently in progress in Hyderabad. Meanwhile, coming in as a big update, actor Emraan Hashmi has now joined the cast of the film.

The Telugu drama will star Emraan Hashmi playing the nemesis in the film. An important character, Emraan’s addition to the film has come in as great news for cine-lovers across India.

Talking about making debut in the Telugu film industry, Emraan Hashmi shares, “I am excited to embark on this new journey with ‘Og’. The movie has a strong and gripping script and it offers me a challenging role that I am looking forward to working with Pawan Kalyan Sir, Sujeeth, Danayya Sir and the team. I am...

Aditya Roy Kapur, who will be soon seen in the streaming release ‘The Night Manager Part 2’, has started shooting for his next film ‘Metro… In Dino’ at Mumbai’s Film City in the Goregaon area. ‘Metro… In Dino’, which also stars Sara Ali Khan, is being directed by Anurag Basu, who is known for films like Gangster’, ‘Barfi’, ‘Murder’, ‘Jagga Jasoos’ and ‘Ludo’. The film marks another collaboration between Anurag and music composer Pritam.

While the movie is an ensemble drama, as per sources, the director will first focus on the track of Aditya and Sara Ali Khan’s characters. Aditya will be collaborating with Anurag Basu post the success of Ludo.

A source revealed, “Aditya began with an emotional sequence. Anurag has lined up the most challenging scenes at the start, with Sara expected to join the project later this week.”

The Film City stint will be a week-long affair,...

Film and TV actress Deepshikha Nagpal, who is currently seen in the show ‘Na Umra Ki Seema Ho’, has undergone a major surgery and has shared her experience of recovering from it and resuming work.

She said: “Recently I got sick from food poisoning due to which I had a very bad stomach ache so I consulted a doctor who asked me to get it checked because the pain was persistent, so I underwent sonography and discovered I had cysts in my stomach. The size of the cysts was comparable to that of a 10-week pregnancy. The doctor advised me to get the cysts removed because they were serious and could complicate and worsen my health if they were left untreated.”

“And since we had a major drama coming up in the show I was fully packed on my schedule so without informing anyone I completed my parts and waited...

Idris Elba, who starred as Russell "Stringer" Bell on The Wire for three seasons reveals that, in some ways, the role hurt his career. First airing on HBO in 2002, The Wire ultimately ran for five seasons until its conclusion in 2008. The series chronicles the lives of the drug dealers, law enforcement officers, and innocent bystanders who get caught up in the Baltimore drug scene, with Elba's Bell serving as the right-hand man to drug kingpin Avon Barksdale.

In a recent interview with The Guardian, Elba reveals that, although his role on The Wire was really his big break in many ways, it also hurt his career in others. After convincingly playing an American for three seasons, the actor explains that his British heritage actually resulted in less interesting roles coming his way. Check out Elba's full comment below:

“Most people thought I was American during The Wire and then when they realised I was not,...

In his lifetime, Tracy Marrow has been everything from a dancer and a DJ, to a thief and a weed dealer. Yet, from the minute Marrow became Ice-t, his renown developed and grew.

Initially, being Ice-t meant becoming hip-hop’s most incendiary voice, a sinister avatar of the reality-rap style tagged by the press as “gangster”. Equally famous was Ice-t’s gig as an actor-with-attitude in films such as “New Jack City” and — since 2000 — for television producer Dick Wolf’s police drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” as NYPD Detective Odafin Tutuola.

Ice-t brings street cred to everything he does — including commercials. He beams with pride discussing his hood past and how its raw-knuckle spirit remains. Even seeing Ice-t riding a spin cycle, promoting Cheerios and heart health, is hardcore. And it all starts with hip-hop. Despite its current state of musicality being — in his words, “goofy” — Ice-t is...

Bollywood A-lister Kartik Aaryan will headline “Aashiqui 3,” the third instalment in the hit franchise, with Anurag Basu (“Barfi!”) to direct.

The franchise was launched in 1990 by T-Series and Vishesh Films with hit film “Aashiqui,” directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starring Rahul Roy and Anu Aggarwal. The franchise was revived in 2013 with “Aashiqui 2,” directed by Mohit Suri and starring Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur, which was also a box office success.

The second part of the musical love story was a spiritual successor rather than a direct sequel and the third part will continue in that vein. Pritam, who has a long and successful working relationship with Basu, having composed the hit scores of several of his films, including “Barfi!,” “Gangster” and “Life in a… Metro,” will provide the songs.

Producer Mukesh Bhatt of Vishesh Films said. “On the evening of Aug. 16, 1990, a day before the ‘Aashiqui’ release, Gulshanji...

Idris Elba stopped by The Tonight Show to discuss his forthcoming film Beast. The actor, who is also a DJ, took the opportunity to explain to host Jimmy Fallon how he ended up on Jay-Z’s 2007 LP American Gangster, as well as Paul McCartney’s 2021 effort McCartney III Reimagined.

“Both these albums I’m on, and both those artists don’t know I’m on those albums,” Elba confirmed to Fallon “You know what I mean? I literally hustled my own on to those albums.”

The actor recounted how he...

The new trailer for the upcoming thriller Mean Dreams carries the tragic burden of including one of the final roles completed by the late Bill Paxton. The actor, who recently passed away at the age of 61, is beloved by fans of blockbusters and independent film alike, having built a career that spanned four decades. He delivered memorable roles in every genre, but it seems as though this particular parting gift might well be one for the ages. Featuring a nuanced amplification of the kind of disturbing violence contained in his own directorial debut, Frailty, Bill Paxton looms over this promotional footage of Mean Dreams with a terrifying intensity.

Directed by Nathan Morlando (Gangster), and with a script that marks the feature length debut of writers Kevin Coughlin and Ryan Grassby, Mean Dreams centres on two teenagers and their attempts to escape their abusive domestic situations while falling in love in rural America.

A couple of years ago director Nathan Morlando arrived on the scene with Edwin Boyd (review), a passion project which told the true story of the titular character, a former bus driver who turned to robbing banks to support his family. For his follow-up, Morlando has stayed within the thriller genre but this time with a story which focuses on two teens that get themselves into serious trouble with some very bad people.

Mean Dreams stars relative newcomer Josh Wiggins as Jonas, a teen living in rural Canada who has left school to work the farm and help the family stay afloat while Sophie Nélisse is Casey, the pretty young daughter of the new town deputy (played by [Continued ...]...

Director Nathan Morlando made a bit of a splash a couple of years ago with his feature film debut Edwin Boyd, a period heist movie I wasn't particularly impressed with but which suggested Morlando showed potential given the right material and with his sophomore feature, it seems he may have found his stride.

Mean Dreams, which premiered at Cannes earlier this year, stars Sophie Nélisse (a complete revelation in 2013's otherwise forgettable The Book Thief) as Casey and relative newcomer Josh Wiggins as Jonas, a pair of teenagers desperate to escape their abusive homes. They devise a plan to steal some money and try to escape their rural living only to find [Continued ...]...

It won’t be the first film about the Somali pirates to come out, but it might be the only one that claims to be told from the pirates’ perspective. In an interview with THR, Jim Sturgess confirmed his role in “The Lion’s Share,” an indie to be directed by Nathan Morlando (“Citizen Gangster”), and while the foundation of his part in the film is innocent enough -- "I play a journalist who basically goes to try and uncover that story and that world" -- it tackles the issue from an unexpected angle. "[It's] set in Africa, based on the point of view of the Somali pirates," the actor explained. "I was really blown away when I read the script. It really gives a voice and a perspective to a big problem. But you see the origins and foundation of where the problem came from. And, of course, it comes...

New York, NY (September 19, 2012) – IFC Films has acquired from Myriad Pictures the U.S. distribution rights to Director/Writer Ruba Nadda’s (Cario Time) thriller Inescapable, which premiered as a Gala Presentation at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Alexander Siddig (Cario Time, Kingdom of Heaven), Joshua Jackson (Lay the Favorite, “Fringe”) and Marisa Tomei (Crazy, Stupid Love., The Wrestler, My Cousin Vinny). Thefilm was produced by Daniel Iron (Citizen Gangster, Cairo Time, Away From Her, The Bang Bang Club, The Red Violin) and Lance Samuels (The Bang Bang Club). Christine Vachon (Boys Don’t Cry, Far From Heaven), of Killer Films, Kirk D’Amico (Margin Call, The Good Girl) of Myriad Pictures and Mark Slone of Alliance Films serve as Executive Producers. Alliance Films is distributing Inescapable in Canada. Inescapable is the story of a Syrian expatriate (Siddig) whose journalist daughter goes missing in Damascus. He returns...

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Quadrophenia (Criterion) Franc Roddam’s 1979 film based on The Who’s classic rock opera tells the story of working class lad Jimmy (Phil Daniels) struggling to find his identity in a rapidly changing Britain, circa 1965. Jimmy is a “mod,” a youth movement dedicated to wearing snappy suits, driving Vespa motor scooters bedecked with side mirrors, popping amphetamines and obsessed with the new sound of bands like The Who and The Kinks. Their other pastime is engaging in bloody brawls with “rockers,” throwbacks to the 1950s, who listen to Elvis and Gene Vincent, wear leather biker gear, grease in their hair and drive massive motorcycles a la Marlon Brando in “The Wild One.” Often cited as a worthy successor to “Rebel Without a Cause” as the greatest angry youth picture ever made, it is that and more, including a first cousin to the “kitchen sink” dramas of scribes John Osborne,...

Citizen Gangster’s story resonates with any person who’s down on their luck in an era when times are tough and jobs are nowhere to be found, but in its attempts to reinvent the criminal as celebrity concept the film falters as the writing breaks down. It tries to be similarly insightful about veterans as the odd men out of peace time, feeling estranged from the real world and driven to lives that give them the adrenaline rush their wartime tour hooked them on. In trying to tie these elements together in a criminal drama, the script jumps back and forth without ever really finding a singular approach to who its characters are. Luckily, Citizen Gangster has a capable cast of Scott Speedman, Kevin Durand, Brian Cox, William Mapother, and Kelly Reilly to keep it moving.

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Like American outlaws Jesse James and John Dillinger, in the late 1940s and early 1950s Canada had Edwin Boyd, our own notorious bank robber who somehow managed to gain public support and become a media darling.

In director Nathan Morlando's Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster, Toronto native Scott Speedman (The Vow, Barney's Version) plays Boyd, a World War II vet who returns home to Toronto with dreams of becoming a Hollywood star. But he also has a wife (Kelly Reilly) and young family to support, and after being rejected by a Toronto acting school and quitting his job as a bus driver, he starts robbing banks to pay the bills, using his charm and flair for the dramatic to do it with style.

We spoke with Speedman, who earned a Best Actor Genie nomination for his performance, after the movie’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Rue Morgue fans, the wait is almost over. Written and directed by the Morgue's Rodrigo Gudino, The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh has a premiere screening date.

The Cannes Film Festival 2012 will be the place for the screening, with one show on May 19 and another on May 23. The film stars Aaron Poole (Small Town Murder Songs, Gangster Exchange), with Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, Julian Richings (X-Men 3: The Last Stand, Wrong Turn, Cube), Stephen Eric McIntyre (High Life, Fear X, The Lookout), Genie award winner Charlotte Sullivan (Population 436, Defendor, Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster) and cult television icon Mitch Markowitz ("The Hilarious House of Frightenstein") rounding out the cast.

For more information on Rue Morgue Cinema visit rue-morgue.com.

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Producer Marco Pecota and writer/director Rodrigo Gudino of Rue Morgue Cinema announced their feature film debut The Last Will and Testament of...

Citizen Gangster, Nathan Morlando’s gripping directorial debut, is inspired by the true story of notorious Canadian bank robber and gang leader Eddie Boyd. After serving in World War II, Boyd finds himself at home in Toronto with a growing family and no real prospects. There are few jobs, and Boyd is both a dreamer and impulsive—a dangerous combination....

Last weekend, "The Hunger Games" dropped out of the top spot at the box office Nationwide Releases "The Five-Year Engagement" What's the story? Um, a five-year engagement, duh! In this charming romantic comedy, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt play an engaged couple attempting to tie the knot. Obviously, this doesn't happen right away, as their plans for marriage continuously get delayed over and over and over again. Box-office prediction: The rom-com "Think Like a Man" was number one at the box office last weekend, so "Engagement" will have to deal with some competition from that. However, Jason Segel has a dedicated following, and the film was produced by Judd Apatow. $17 million

[Showtimes & Tickets] "The Raven" What's the story? In "The Raven," John Cusack plays legendary author Edgar Allan Poe. The film imagines how the last days of Poe's life were spent (they're still a mystery to this day): chasing around a...

Edwin Alonzo Boyd was one of Canada’s prominent bank robbers following World War II. A splashy, glamorous war vet with a flair for theatrics, he managed to swindle several financial institutions in between two daring prison breaks, all in the name of his wife and children. And yet, the reason why this story hasn’t circulated all that much before “Citizen Gangster” is because Boyd’s story really is a whole lot like any other bank robbers'. Once you’ve seen a few of these movies, there’s not a whole lot of variation.

Scott Speedman is Boyd, a veteran-turned-working stiff who can’t seem to hold onto a job, either due to restlessness or a rough-and-tumble economy. Feeling the crunch of wife Doreen (Kelly Reilly) and their two kids, he also can’t escape his thirst for showmanship. In the first scene, he returns home with bad news banging around in his head,...

The summer blockbuster season may be just around the corner, but you wouldn't know it from the dull group of releases hitting theatres this weekend. When a Disney nature documentary and a Nicholas Sparks adaptation are your only real options, you know you might be in trouble. That being said, Chimpanzee doesn't look half-bad and The Lucky One could finally knock The Hunger Games off its perch at the box office. Also in wide release we have Think Like a Man starring Chris Brown and Kevin Hart, and in select theatres we have a few other docs including Marley and Fightville. Lawrence Kasdan's Darling Companion and Mary Harron's The Moth Diaries are also playing on a few screens each. What will you be checking out this weekend? Chimpanzee The Lucky One Think Like a Man Marley (limited) To The Arctic 3D (limited) Darling Companion (limited) Jesus Henry Christ...

A busy week in trailer land. Before you scroll down to check out this week's videos, check out the trailers for House at the End of the Street, People Like Us and Citizen Gangster. Also, Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy get re-imagined and team up to fight the Boogeyman in the new Rise of the Guardians trailer. Meanwhile, Adam Sandler voices Dracula in Hotel Transylvania and the Total Recall reboot teases a new trailer hitting the Web on Sunday. Two movies get wide releases this weekend. Check out Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer in Mirror Mirror interviews and Sam Worthington and Liam Neeson in our Wrath of the Titans interviews below. Mirror Mirror Cast Interviews:   Wrath of the Titans Cast Interviews:   Board games...

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Trailer, poster and images for Citizen Gangster, starring Scott Speedman. Citizen Gangster from IFC Films has a well-known cast, including names like Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand, Brian Cox, Joseph Cross, William Mapother, Brendan Fletcher and Charlotte Sullivan. The film marks the feature debut of helmer and writer Nathan Morlando, and is based on the true story of Edwin Boyd (Scott Speedman), the man who became postwar Toronto's most famous criminal. Edwin Boyd has returned from WWII and is dismayed by public indifference towards veterans and humiliated by his inability to fulfill his dream of being a Hollywood star or provide for his children and wife Doreen (Kelly Reilly). Seeing only disappointment in the face of his policeman father (Brian Cox), Eddie is desperate and starts to rob banks. But what starts as friendly and flirtatious robberies, performed while wearing thick makeup, evolves over time into a career that when mixed...

Trailer, poster and images for Citizen Gangster, starring Scott Speedman. Citizen Gangster from IFC Films has a well-known cast, including names like Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand, Brian Cox, Joseph Cross, William Mapother, Brendan Fletcher and Charlotte Sullivan. The film marks the feature debut of helmer and writer Nathan Morlando, and is based on the true story of Edwin Boyd (Scott Speedman), the man who became postwar Toronto's most famous criminal. Edwin Boyd has returned from WWII and is dismayed by public indifference towards veterans and humiliated by his inability to fulfill his dream of being a Hollywood star or provide for his children and wife Doreen (Kelly Reilly). Seeing only disappointment in the face of his policeman father (Brian Cox), Eddie is desperate and starts to rob banks. But what starts as friendly and flirtatious robberies, performed while wearing thick makeup, evolves over time into a career that when mixed...

Trailer, poster and images for Citizen Gangster, starring Scott Speedman. Citizen Gangster from IFC Films has a well-known cast, including names like Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand, Brian Cox, Joseph Cross, William Mapother, Brendan Fletcher and Charlotte Sullivan. The film marks the feature debut of helmer and writer Nathan Morlando, and is based on the true story of Edwin Boyd (Scott Speedman), the man who became postwar Toronto's most famous criminal. Edwin Boyd has returned from WWII and is dismayed by public indifference towards veterans and humiliated by his inability to fulfill his dream of being a Hollywood star or provide for his children and wife Doreen (Kelly Reilly). Seeing only disappointment in the face of his policeman father (Brian Cox), Eddie is desperate and starts to rob banks. But what starts as friendly and flirtatious robberies, performed while wearing thick makeup, evolves over time into a career that when mixed...

Looking to capitalize on Jennifer Lawrence's spiking fame, Relativity has released a trailer for House at the End of the Street. The low-budget horror film uses the familiar plot line of a divorced mother and her daughter who find a house of their dreams in a small, upscale, rural town. But then inexplicable events start to happen… House arrives in theaters September 21 and should probably make back its $7 million budget in one weekend. Based on a real World War II veteran and family man turned bank robber, Scott Speedman stars as Eddie Boyd in Citizen Gangster. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances and torn between a need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to become a Hollywood star, he discovers a way to do both by robbing...

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If you were disappointed that Scott Speedman took a flyer on the last “Underworld” movie, you’re probably not the only one. So what has the former lycan/vampire hybrid been doing with his time now that he isn’t battling alongside Kate Beckinsale? Starring in a true-life gangster movie about a bank robber in Canada post-wwii, apparently. Check out the trailer, poster, and some images for Scott Speedman’s “Citizen Gangster”. It sure has a great cast, including the always great Brian Cox and Kevin Durand, who is always shamefully underrated in my opinion. Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers a way to do both, robbing banks Hollywood style, but...

Kaelen Meuiner, Garret Dillahunt, Oliver Sherman Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau: Genie Award Winners INTERPRÉTATION Masculine Dans Un Premier RÔLE / Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role * Fellag – Monsieur Lazhar Garret Dillahunt – Oliver Sherman Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method Patrick Huard – Starbuck Scott Speedman – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE Dans Un Premier RÔLE / Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role Catherine De LÉAN – Nuit #1 Pascale Montpetit – The Girl in the White Coat * Vanessa Paradis – Café de Flore Rachel Weisz – The Whistleblower Michelle Williams – Take This Waltz INTERPRÉTATION Masculine Dans Un RÔLE De Soutien / Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role Antoine Bertrand – Starbuck Kevin Durand – Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster Marin Gerrier – Café de Flore Taylor Kitsch – The Bang Bang Club * Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method INTERPRÉTATION FÉMININE Dans Un RÔLE De Soutien / Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role Roxana Condurache – The Whistleblower...

Viggo Mortensen (Sigmund Freud), Michael Fassbender (Carl Jung), A Dangerous Method Monsieur Lazhar Tops Genie Awards Meilleur Film / Best Motion Picture A Dangerous Method – Martin Katz, Marco Mehlitz, Jeremy Thomas CAFÉ De Flore – Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin, Jean-Marc Vallée * Monsieur Lazhar – Luc Déry, Kim McCraw Starbuck – André Rouleau The Whistleblower – Christina Piovesan, Celine Rattray Meilleure RÉALISATION / Achievement In Direction David Cronenberg – A Dangerous Method Steven Silver – The Bang Bang Club Jean-marc VALLÉE – Café de Flore * Philippe Falardeau – Monsieur Lazhar Larysa Kondracki – The Whistleblower Meilleures Images / Achievement In Cinematography Miroslaw Baszak, C.S.C. – The Bang Bang Club Pierre Cottereau – Café de Flore Jon Joffin – Daydream Nation * Jean-FRANÇOIS Lord – Snow & Ashes Ronald Plante – Monsieur Lazhar Meilleur Montage / Achievement In Editing Jean-FRANÇOIS Bergeron – The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom Michael Czarnecki – In Darkness Patrick Demers – Jaloux * STÉPHANE Lafleur – Monsieur Lazhar Ronald Sanders, C.C.E. A.C.E. – A Dangerous Method...

As we roll into Berlin where War Witch (aka Rebelle) (Isa: Films Distribution) by Kim Nguyen is in Competition. While it’s Kim’s 4th feature, this is the first of his films to have a world premiere at an international festival. This is exceptional as well because the last time the Canadians had a Canadian director in Competition at the Berlinale was in 1999 with Emporte-Moi ! Guy Madden’s Keyhole holds a Berlinale Special slot. Guy is Canada’s cultural ambassador in Berlin and a regular at the Festival and sat on the Berlinale’s Official Jury last year – with Isabella Rossellini.

Sheldon Larry’s Leave It on the Floor (Isa: Arrow) is a U.S.-Canadian Co-pro which has played Laff, Tiff and is now in the Panorama.

Films in the Forum include Green Laser by another Berlinale favorite, John Greyson. Green Laser is his 8th film at the festival. His first was Urinal in 1989. Denis Côté’s Bestiary, straight from Sundance, and Francine, the first narrative feature by Melanie Shatzky (Canada) and Brian M. Cassidy (U.S.) the team that directed Patron Saints (Tiff 2011, Rotterdam 2012) are are all in the Forum.

4 films are in the Forum Expanded:

Chris Kennedy’s 349 (For Sol LeWitt)(1min long!) in Tiff 2011 Wavelength Program: Schedule

American Colour, Tiff 2011 Wavelength Program: Schedule

Road Movie by Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzkystarring Melissa Leo (Frozen River) Tiff 2011 Future Projections: Schedule, a 6-channel installation produced by The National Film Board of Canada. Elle Flanders’ documentary Zero Degrees of Separation was screened in the Forum section of the Berlin Festival in 2005.

The Tiny Ventriloquist by Steve Reinke, (with contribution from James Richards). The installation will be presented at the McLuhan Salon of the Canadian Embassy

In Berlinale Shorts Competition, The Man That Got Away by Trevor Anderson is his second film in this section (2009 The Island). His doc short The High Leve Bridge was in Sundance in 2010.

All we have to do now is wait to see which prizes go to them! Last year Canadian productions came away with three.

Perspective Canada will present 16 titles at the Market:

Café de Flore - Jean-Marc Vallée, Films Distribution, France

China Heavyweight (Straight from Sundance) - doc - Yung Chang Cat & Docs, France & EyeSteelFilms

Décharge (Trash) - Benoit Pilon, eOne

Edwin Boyd - Nathan Morlando, Myriad Pictures, USA

French Kiss - Sylvain Archambault ,Delphis

Goon - Michael Dowse, Myriad Pictures, USA

La Peur de l'eau - Gabriel Pelletier, eOne

Marécages - Guy Édoin, Fortissimo Films

Monsieur Lazhar - Philippe Falardeau, Films Distribution, France

Nuit #1 - Anne Émond, Wide Management, France

Payback (Straight from Sundance) - doc- Jennifer Baichwal, National Film Board of Canada

Pink Ribbons - doc - Léa Pool, National Film Board of Canada

Pour l'amour de dieu - Micheline Lanctôt, Filmoption

Roméo onze - Ivan Grbovic, Reprise Films

Surviving Progress - doc- Mathieu Roy + Harold Crooks, National Film Board of Canada

Take this Waltz - Sarah Polley, TF1 International, France...

The 10th annual list from Tiff (in alphabetical order): Café de flore — Jean-Marc Vallée A Dangerous Method — David Cronenberg Edwin Boyd — Nathan Morlando Hobo With a Shotgun …...

It’s been another fantastic year for Canadian cinema and there is a good chance a few films will crack our staff’s best of 2011 list (which we will be posting sometime between Christmas and New Years). Until than, you can also check out Tiff’s selections of the top 10 best features and top 10 best short films of 2011, as determined by a panel of industry professionals, during tonight’s 11th annual Canada’s Top Ten announcement.

Here is the press release:

Established in 2001, Canada’s Top Ten celebrates excellence in Canadian cinema and raises public awareness of Canadian achievements in film. Taking place from January 5 to 15, 2012 at Tiff Bell Lightbox, the programme features a panel discussion and public screenings accompanied by introductions and Q&A sessions with filmmakers. Select films will tour major cities across the country, including Vancouver’s Pacific Cinematheque, Edmonton’s Metro Cinema and Ottawa’s ByTowne Cinema.

Poster for Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Innkeepers, Magic Trip, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, Into the Abyss, Paranorman, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, New Year's Eve, and teaser art for Lords of Salem.

Dwayne Johnson has a brief video update from the set of the "G.I. Joe" sequel where he teases one of the action sequences.

"CBS has given full season orders to the network's top two freshman dramas – "Unforgettable" and "Person of Interest"…" (full details)

"Marcus Webb has filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court claiming that "The Expendables" is “in some places identical” to his 2006 short story and screenplay "The Cordoba Caper". Webb claims there were also several more unusual similarities between his script and Stallone’s film…" (full details)

"Bargain retailer H&M will launch a new line inspired by the upcoming film "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo...

IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to "Edwin Boyd," the bank-robber movie that won Best Canadian First Feature at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Nathan Morlando, the movie is based on the true story of Edwin Boyd, the notorious Canadian bank robber whose charm and ability to elude police turned him into a pop-culture hero. Scott Speedman ("Underworld," "Barney's Version") plays Boyd. Kelly Reilly ("Sherlock Holmes," "Me and Orson Wells"), Kevin Durand ("Real Steel," "Legion") and Brian Cox ("The Bourne Identity") also star. Myriad Pictures is distributing the film worldwide...

Nathan Morlando's "Edwin Boyd," the winner of Best Canadian First Feature at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, has found a U.S. distributor in IFC's Sundance Selects arm. The film stars Scott Speedman ("Underwold," "Barney's Version") as the titular character, one of Canada's most notorious and charismatic bank robbers. Myriad Pictures will distribute the film in all other markets. IFC Films Acquires Toronto Winner Edwin Boyd For U.S. From Myriad ...

IFC Films has acquired from Myriad Pictures the U.S. distribution rights to director Nathan Morlando’s elegant bank robber action/drama Edwin Boyd, starring Scott Speedman (Underworld, Barney’s Version, Good Neighbours), Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes, Me and Orson Welles ), Kevin Durand (Real Steel, Legion) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity, X-Men 2). Based on true events, Speedman plays title character Edwin Boyd, one of Canada’s most notorious bank robbers, who became famous and a pop-culture hero for his charm, good looks and ability to elude the police and break out of jail. The film is produced by Allison Black, Morlando’s partner in their company euclid 431 pictures. Myriad Picture’s CEO Kirk D’Amico (Margin Call) and Daniel Iron (Away From Her) are Executive Producers. The deal was negotiated by D’Amico, Cassian Elwes, and Arianna Bocco, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Production, for Sundance Selects/IFC Films. Edwin Boyd...

IFC lands heist drama Edwin Boyd, starring Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand and Brian Cox. IFC Films will distribute Myriad Pictures' heist drama in the U.S., which is helmed and scripted by Nathan Morlando, reports Variety. This comes after the film made its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival and won the Skyy Vodka Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film. Speedman stars in the film which is set in the 1940s and 1950s based on true events, playing Canada's notorious bank robber, who gained fame with his good looks and charm and ability to dodge the police and escape jail...

IFC lands heist drama Edwin Boyd, starring Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand and Brian Cox. IFC Films will distribute Myriad Pictures' heist drama in the U.S., which is helmed and scripted by Nathan Morlando, reports Variety. This comes after the film made its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival and won the Skyy Vodka Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film. Speedman stars in the film which is set in the 1940s and 1950s based on true events, playing Canada's notorious bank robber, who gained fame with his good looks and charm and ability to dodge the police and escape jail...

The 32nd American Film Market (Afm) – taking place Nov. 2-9 in Santa Monica, CA – will be screening 395 films, including 65 world premieres and 295 market premieres – the works of prominent actors and directors including Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Jackie Chan, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Fassbender, William Friedkin, Amy Heckerling, Kiera Knightly, Richard Linklater, Matthew McConaughey, Carey Mulligan, Seth Rogen, Martin Scorsese, Todd Solondz, Aurdrey Tautou and Michelle Williams. The 2011 Afm will take place Nov. 2-9 in Santa Monica, CA.

Films making their World Premieres include A Gang Story, starring Gérard Lanvin and Tchéky Karyo; Bad Karma, starring Ray Liotta, Dominic Purcell and Rhona Mitra; Columbus Circle, starring Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Giovanni Ribisi and Kevin Pollak; Nobel’S Last Will, starring Malin Crépin, Björn Kjellman and Leif Andrée; Snowflake, The White Gorilla, starring Elsa Pataky and Pere Ponce; Special Forces, starring Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou and Benoit Magimel; and The Expatriate, starring Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko.

We Canadians are often stereotyped as nice and polite, and even our bank robbers follow this pattern. Edwin Boyd is a biopic of Canada’s most famous thief, and it is a solid first feature, written and directed by Nathan Morlando. It follows a fairly standard biopic plot: we are introduced to Boyd (Scott Speedman), and his struggle to earn a living and provide for his wife and children after serving in WWII. He wants to be an actor and singer, but can’t afford classes. But what he does have is good looks and charm, and he uses those to rob banks. He is caught, jailed, breaks out of jail and forms the Boyd Gang, who wreaked havoc for years before being caught again.

Speedman continues to grow as an actor. The camera often rests on his face, and you can see the wheels turning in his eyes, not...

The Toronto Film Festival came to a close this weekend with the various award winners announced.

The Cadillac People’s Choice Award went to Nadine Labaki’s "Where Do We Go Now?" which follows a group of women protecting their war-torn community. The runners up were "A Separation" and "Starbuck".

The Cadillac People’s Choice Documentary Award went to Jon Shenk’s "The Island President" which covers Maldives leader Mohamed Nasheed. The runners up were "First Position" and "Pearl Jam Twenty".

The Midnight Madness audience winner was Gareth Evans’ already buzzed about Indonesian action film "The Raid". The runners up were home invasion thriller "You’re Next" and Bobcat Goldthwait’s "God Bless America".

The Skyy Vodka Award for best Canadian first feature was won by Nathan Morlando's "Edwin Boyd" starring Scott Speedman. Anne Émond’s "Nuit #1" also got a special citation. The City Of Toronto Award For Best...

The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival has come to a close. We covered the hell out of it and we've got loads of interviews still to post. Today, Tiff announced the winners in three award categories for Canadian films and the winners of the Cadillac People's Choice Awards. Nathan Morlando's crime drama Edwin Boyd (pictured above) won Best Canadian First Feature Film, Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar picked up the award for Best Canadian Feature Film, and Ian Harnarine' Doubles With Slight Pepper was awarded Best Canadian Short Film. As for the Cadillac People's Choice Awards, Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now? won the top prize, Jon Shenk's The Island President won in the documentary category, and Gareth Evans' The Raid picked up the award for The Cadillac People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award. Hit the jump for the full press release along with a...

"A largely non-competitive festival, Toronto gives out very few awards," notes Twitch editor Todd Brown, "the most prominent of which are the People's Choice picks, three awards given based on audience ratings of the films with one each awarded to the Midnight Madness section, the Real to Reel documentary section and the overall festival at large." And as an executive producer on The Raid, his congratulations to the film's team for winning the People's Choice Award for Midnight Madness are particularly jubilant. The runners-up are Adam Wingard's You're Next and Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America, and roundups on both are on the way, but first:

"Audiences will be scrambling to find enough compound adjectives to describe Gareth Huw Evans hard-driving, butt-kicking, pulse-pounding, bone-crunching, skull-smashing, blood-curdling martial arts siege movie, The Raid," writes David Rooney in the Hollywood Reporter. "Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions grabbed Us rights prior to Toronto...

As I sit here in the Toronto airport waiting for my flight back to New York City, Tiff has announced their winners of the 2011 fest. The top prize, recently given to films that would go on to win Best Picture including The King’s Speech and Slumdog Millionaire, has gone to something unexpected. In my ten days and almost 40 screenings attended, I didn’t hear a single person mention it.

The Cadillac People’s Choice Award, voted on by fest audience was the drama Where Do We Go Now?, directed by Nadine Labaki. The official synopsis reads, “set against the backdrop of a war-torn country, [the film] tells the heartwarming tale of a group of women’s determination to protect their isolated, mine-encircled community from the pervasive and divisive outside forces that threaten to destroy it from within.” I supposed we can look for it in the Best Foreign Oscar race. Runners...

Director Nadine Labaki's comedy "Where Do We Go Now?" has won the Cadillac People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Premise of the film follows a group of women in Lebanon who use a variety of schemes to distract their men from tensions that threaten their community.

Runners-up include "Starbuck" and "A Separation".

Audience award winners in the Documentary and Midnight Madness categories are "The Raid" and "The Island President".

The People’s Choice Award is the chief award handed out at Tiff, which does not convene a jury to vote the way the Cannes and Venice film festivals do.

A small jury awarded cash prizes for Canadian films including $30,000 for Best Canadian Feature Film, "Monsieur Lazare", $15,000 for Best Canadian First Feature Film, "Edwin Boyd" and $10,000 for Best Canadian Short Film, "Doubles With Slight Pepper".

And the winners are :

People’s Choice Award: "Where Do We Go Now?...

Nadine Labaki, Where Do We Go Now? Cadillac People's Choice Award Nadine Labaki for Where Do We Go Now? Cadillac People's Choice Midnight Madness Award Gareth Evans for The Raid Cadillac People's Choice Documentary Award Jon Shenk for The Island President   The International Federation of Film Critics Awards Prize Discovery Axel Petersén for Avalon The International Federation of Film Critics Awards Prize Special Presentation Gianni Amelio for The First Man   Canadian Awards City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian Feature Philippe Falardeau for Monsieur Lazhar Skyy Vodka Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film Nathan Morlando for Edwin Boyd Award for Best Canadian Short Film Ian Harnarine for Doubles with Slight Pepper Where Do We Go Now? photo: Tiff...

Feature Films – People’s Choice Award: Where Do We Go Now?, directed by Nadine Labaki

Documentaries – People’s Choice Award: The Island President, directed by Jon Shenk

Midnight Madness – People’s Choice Award: The Raid, directed by Gareth Evans

Discovery Section – Fipresci Prize: Avalon, directed by Axel Petersen

Special Presentations Section – Fipresci Prize: The First Man, directed by Gianna Amelio

Best Canadian Feature Film: Monsieur Lazare, directed by Philippe Falardeau

Best Canadian First Feature Film: Edwin Boyd, directed by Nathan Morlando

Best Canadian Short Film: Doubles with Slight Pepper, directed by Ian Harnarine...

HollywoodNews.com: And this year’s winners of the Toronto International Film Festival are:

Cadillac People’s Choice Awards

As voted by Festival attendees:

Cadillac People’s Choice Award

Nadine Labaki for Where Do We Go Now?

Cadillac People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award

Gareth Evans for The Raid

Cadillac People’s Choice Documentary Award

Jon Shenk for The Island President

Canadian Awards

As voted by the Canadian Film Jury

City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian Feature

Philppe Falardeau for Monsieur Lazhar

Skyy Vodka Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film Nathan Morlando for Edwin Boyd

Award for Best Canadian Short Film

Ian Harnarine for Doubles With Slight Pepper

The International Film Critics’ Awards

The International Federation of Film Critics Awards Prize Discovery

Axel Petersén for Avalon

The International Federation of Film Critics Awards Prize Special Presentation

Gianni Amelio for The First Man

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The 2011 Toronto Film Festival is drawing to a close, and the festival just handed out its prizes. The winners: Cadillac People’s Choice Award Nadine Labaki-directed Where Do We Go Now? Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Documentary Jon Shenk-directed The Island President Cadillac People’s Choice Award For Midnight Madness Gareth Evans-directed The Raid City of Toronto and Astral Media’s The Movie Network Award For Best Canadian Feature Philippe Falardeau-directed Monsieur Lazhar Skyy Vodka Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film Nathan Morlando-directed Edwin Boyd Fipresci Prize For Special Presentations Section Gianni Amelio-directed The First Man Fipresci Prize For Discovery Programme Axel Petersen-directed Avalon (Sweden) Best Canadian Short Film Ian Harnarine-directed Doubles With Slight Pepper...

The list as they came in [thanks to The Lost Boy]

Best Canadian First Feature Edwin Boyd, directed by Nathan Morlando (Paolo's review, Amir's review)

Best Canadian Feature Monsieur Lazhar, directed by Philippe Falardeau

Best Canadian Short Film Doubles With Slight Pepper by Ian Harnarine

People's Choice Midnight Madness The Raid, directed by Gareth Huw Evans

People's Choice Documentary The Island President by Jon Shenk

International Critics Special Presentations The First Man, directed by Gianni Amelio

International Critics Discovery Section Avalon directed by Axel Petersen 

And the biggie, the People's Choice Award, which often signifies Oscar attention in either Best Picture or Foreign Film categories is Where Do We Go Now? the musical from Lebanon which is from the director of Caramel. It was recently submitted for Oscar consideration for Best Foreign Language Film.

Update: Here's the international trailer.

It's officially one to watch now, a very likely nominee if past awards are indication. Runners...