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James Gunn's new DC Universe officially kickstarts later this year with the animated series Creature Commandos. The ragtag group of incarcerated supernaturals shares a lot of similarities with Gunn's most popular team of cinematic superheroes, the Guardians of the Galaxy, but the director says there is one key difference between the two squads. An off-shoot of Task Force X (better known as the Suicide Squad), the Creature Commandos are Amanda Waller's undead division of anti-heros.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly to promote the upcoming series, Gunn was asked about the obvious ties between the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Creature Commandos. The filmmaker didn't deny that the two shared thematic similarities, labeling them both as "oddballs and irregular types." However, Gunn explained that the biggest difference between the two teams is their morality. He said:

"I'm used to dealing with oddballs and irregular types and weirdos. That's what Guardians is,...

Ahead of Superman, fans can look forward to Creature Commandos, which is set to stream on Max to be the official start of James Gunn's new DC Universe. New photos and a premiere date have just been revealed, but Gunn also just dropped some information about Creature Commandos that has fans speculating about a DC rumor becoming true. A classic DC World War II hero might be making his way into Gunn's larger Dcu plans.

On Instagram, Gunn confirmed that the publicity photo of G.I. Robot is alongside Easy Company, a World War II fighting unit in DC Comics that first appeared in Our Army at War #81 in April 1959. The team is typically led by Stg. Rock, who many fans have speculated is in the photo of G.I. Robot as the soldier with his arm wrapped around his hand. While Sgt. Rock appearing in James Gunn's Dcu...

The first animated entry in James Gunn's new DC Universe, Creature Commandos, finally has a release date. The seven-episode series debuting exclusively on Max releases Thursday, December 5. It will run weekly until January 16. The initial trailer back in July revealed the release window was in December, but now fans know exactly when they can sit down and start watching.

Characters from some of the previous Dceu franchises are still carrying over, notably the Gunn-directed Peacemaker, but Creature Commandos is the first show set strictly in the new Dcu. The stacked cast includes Viola Davis making her return as Amanda Waller after previously portraying the character in live-action across various entries in the now-defunct Dceu. Gunn's brother Sean Gunn is pulling double duty in the series as the voice of both GI Robot and Weasel, the latter of which appeared in 2021's The Suicide Squad. Although it's the first official entry,...

Alan Tudyk brags about his upcoming DC Universe series Creature Commandos, which he says is very good and is the best thing I had read in so long. Tudyk portrays Doctor Phosphorus on the animated Dcu show, and the character was originally introduced as a Batman villain in the comic books. The actor describes Doctor Phosphorus appearance by saying, He kind of looks like a Ghost Rider."

Batmans nearly 50-year-old radioactive adversary, Doctor Phosphorous, is making the leap from comic books to James Gunn and Peter Safrans DC Universe. And it is the talented actor Alan Tudyk who will be bringing the fiery Dr. Alex Sartorius, aka Doc Phosphorous, to life in the DCUs animated series, Creature Commandos. Tudyk boasts that the Suicide Squad-esque show is very good, and he even describes his character without giving away any juicy spoilers. Tudyk said of the show in an interview with Collider:

"It's very good.

Amanda Waller assembles a covert team of monstrous prisoners in the upcoming animated series Creature Commandos. The show features Frank Grillo, Viola Davis, David Harbour, and Maria Bakalova lending their voices to unique characters. Creature Commandos has completed animatics and voice recordings, teasing a promising upcoming preview at a film festival.

Warner Bros. has recently shared a new synopsis for its animated series, Creature Commandos, prior to the upcoming Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The series will be a part of the company's presentation at the event. According to the synopsis shared by DC Film News on X, the series will spotlight Amanda Waller, the formidable character known for assembling groups of unlikely heroes for perilous missions.

"From Executive Producer and writer James Gunn, Creature Commandos... follows Amanda Waller as she forms a black ops team out of monstrous prisoners."

New synopsis for 'Creature Commandos'"From Executive Producer and writer James Gunn,...

Frank Grillo describes Creature Commandos as "funny and filthy" with a hard R-rating. Grillo's character, Rick Flag Sr., is the boss of the group, bringing a gravitas and "I don't give a s--t" attitude. Grillo expresses excitement about his future in the Dcu, hinting at the possibility of playing his character in live-action and teasing some other secret projects.

Action star Frank Grillo, who will play Rick Flag Sr. in Creature Commandos, describes James Gunn's first Dcu animated series as "funny and filthy," and teases the show's R-rating. Although all eyes of DC fans are now on Superman: Legacy, which will start shooting next month, the reboot of the Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Comics franchise will in fact kick off later this year in the animated format with the release of Creature Commandos, a very ambitious project developed by Gunn himself. And it seems that it is going to be a wild adventure.

“Warrior Strong” is a new sports feature, directed by Shane Belcourt starring Jordan Johnson-Hinds, Sarah Podemski and Andrew Dice Clay, now streaming on AppleTV:

“…’Bilal Irving’, a headstrong aspiring professional basketball player is asked by his former high school principal ‘Jules’ to return to the school as assistant to head basketball coach ‘Avery Schmidt ‘.

Cast also includes Stephen Kalyn, Julian Young, Rosa Blasi, Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat, Raoul Bhaneja, Rohan Mead, Dylan Cook, Macaulee Cassaday, Aidan Kalechstein, Keenan Grom and Randy Jernier.

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Do frogs have ears? Why do birds sing? Do animals have nursery rhymes? How do dead leaves vanish in the winters? Such questions have been amusing children for generations. Adults sometimes have the answers to such questions, but these innocent questions asked by kids surely stop us in our tracks from time to time and make us ponder.

“Elinor Wonders Why” answers some of these questions and introduces kids to the many other ingenuities of nature.

This animated series with anthropomorphic characters is the perfect companion for your kids as they try to make sense of the world. The series is broadcast on PBS Kids, the network known for featuring educational cartoons such as, ”Sesame Street,” ”Donkey Hodie,” ”Pinkalicious & Peterrific,” “Molly of Denali,” and “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.”

Its creators, Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson have done a great job developing a show that educates and entertains young minds. The show...

"You were made a writer because someone somewhere needs your words." West End Films has revealed an official promo sales trailer for an indie animated featured titled Lamya's Poem, directed by the writer / producer Alexander Kronemer. This first premiered at the 2021 Annecy Film Festival a year ago, and it also played at the Zurich and Vancouver Film Festivals last year. A young refugee girl fleeing violence and war finds a book of poetry by the celebrated 13th century poet - Rumi. The book becomes a magical gateway where she meets the young Rumi when he was a refugee, escaping the terrible wars of his time. In a shared dream world populated by monsters and other threats that represent the perils they face on their respective journeys, she must help him write the poem that 800 years later will save her life. Featuring the voices of Mena Massoud, Faran Tahir, Millie Davis,...

Charlotte Review — Charlotte (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Tahir Rana and Eric Warin, written by Erik Rutherford and David Bezmozgis and starring Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, Mark Strong, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Raoul Bhaneja, Julian Richings, Jean-Michel Le Gal, Scott McCord [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Charlotte (2021): Animated Film Tells a Harrowing, Deeply Moving Tale...

Lifetime has set premiere dates for a pair of Fallen Angels Murder Club movies starring Toni Braxton and others and the Sarah Drew-led pic Stolen by Their Father. which Elizabeth Smart has joined as executive producer.

The Fallen Angels Murder Club anthology pics feature Braxton as Hollis Morgan, an ex-con-turned-amateur sleuth set out to investigate a series of murders at her book club. Fallen Angels Murder Club: Friends to Die For premieres at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 2, followed by Fallen Angels Murder Club: Heroes and Felons a week later, at 8 p.m. April 9. Read more about the films below.

Stolen by Their Father premieres at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 5. It stars Drew as Lizbeth Meredith, a mother who says goodbye to her young daughters for a non-custodial visit with their father — her abusive ex-husband — only to discover days later that he has kidnapped the girls and taken them to Greece.

For a second year in a row, CBS is starting off its bulk renewals with nods to Monday comedies The Neighborhood and Bob ♥ Abishola. This time around, the established duo — renewed for Seasons 5 and 4, respectively — is joined by red-hot comedy newcomer Ghosts, which has received an early second season renewal.

With Young Sheldon in Year 1 of a three-season pickup, CBS has secured its top four comedy series — which also are the four most watched comedy series on broadcast TV — for next season: #1 Young Sheldon, #2 Ghosts, #3 The Neighborhood and #4 Bob ♥ Abishola.

Also for the second consecutive year, a decision on Thursday sophomore comedies B Positive and United States of Al, both from Young Sheldon EP Chuck Lorre, is being pushed to later in the season. Last year, it came down to the wire, but both sitcoms ultimately were renewed. Of the two, United States of Al currently has a slight edge...

Exclusive: Lifetime has rounded out cast for both installments of Toni Braxton’s Fallen Angels Murder Club, and Angie Harmon’s Barstow (working title) movies. The movies fall under previously signed deals with Braxton and Harmon, in which they will star in and executive produce multiple films for Lifetime.

Eddie Cibrian has joined the first installment of Braxton’s Fallen Angels, while Kelly Hu joins the cast of the second film. Both films are based on the Hollis Morgan mystery book series by author R. Franklin James.

Cibrian stars as Avery Mitchell, Hollis Morgan’s (Braxton) charismatic boss, while Hu will make her debut in the second installment as the mysterious Joelle. Both productions have started filming and will premiere in 2022. Additionally, Harmon’s Barstow (working title) movies has added Kristoffer Polaha as Elliot, a mysterious stranger with a troubling past.

In the first installment of Fallen Angels Murder Club (wt), members of the Club must have two things in common – a love for books and have a criminal record. Hollis Morgan (Braxton) meets both requirements. Left holding the bag in an insurance fraud scheme concocted by her ex-husband, Hollis served her time and now hopes the court will pardon her conviction so she can return to law school and fulfill her dream of becoming a lawyer. But when a member of her book club is murdered in a scene straight out of the previous night’s novel, Hollis once again becomes the subject of police scrutiny. Refusing to get stuck with another bad rap, Hollis sets out to investigate her fellow club members and after a second book-inspired murder, she races to identify the killer before she becomes the next victim.

Cast also includes Keith D. Robinson, Lisa Berry, Yanic Truesdale (Gilmore Girls), Kaitlyn Leeb (Spinning Out), Humberly Gonzalez (Ginny & Georgia), Rainbow Sun Francks (Umbrella Academy), Henderson Wade, Rob Stewart, Raoul Bhaneja and Shawn Ahmed.

The Fallen Angels Murder Club films fall in line with Lifetime’s Broader Focus initiative which supports the hiring of women in key production roles. The movies are produced for Lifetime by Brain Power Studio and executive produced by Beth Stevenson, Nancy Yeaman, Toni Braxton and Rhonda Baraka. The films are written and directed by Baraka.

In Barstow (wt),Harmon stars as Hazel King, a single mother determined to shield her daughter from the life she once had while protecting and defending those who can’t protect themselves. Plucked off the streets of Las Vegas at 15, Hazel was trained as a hit woman until a surprisng pregnancy drives her to leave it all behind. Living as a single mother running a diner in Barstow with her teenage daughter, Hazel’s past eventually catches up with her and she’s pulled back in for one more hit.

Additional cast include Lauren Richards, George Paez, Tim Granaderos, Gabriel Rodriguez, Casey Mills, Ben Cain, Anthony Reynolds and Nelson Bonilla.

The Barstow movies are produced for Lifetime by Untitled Entertainment and executive produced by Angie Harmon, Michael Rosenberg, Laura Notarianni, Stan Spry and Eric Scott Woods. The first film is written by Tom Evans and directed by Howie Deutch.

Exclusive: Raoul Bhaneja , Sammi Rotibiand Keenan Jolliff will join the mysteries of Peacock’s Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol in recurring roles.

Written by Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie, The Lost Symbol (fka Dan Brown’s Langdon) follows the early adventures of famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Ashley Zukerman), who must solve a series of deadly puzzles to save his kidnapped mentor and thwart a chilling global conspiracy.

The Last Symbol is the third Brown novel featuring the Langdon character, following Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, and is set after the events of the latter. The trio of actors will also join Valorie Curry, Sumalee Montano, Rick Gonzalez, Eddie Izzard and Beau Knapp.

Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol is produced by CBS Studios, Imagine Television Studios and Universal Television,...

This Clarice review contains spoilers.

Clarice Episode 12

In Clarice episode 12, “Father Time,” Agent Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds) finally loses her shit and clocks someone, and the series is better off for it. The young agent who rose to the top of a media circus on her first serial killer case has been scrutinized, chastised, hypnotized, and downsized since returning to the field. She’s had to run amok straight into danger just to get a point across which will solve cases. Tonight, Clarice lashes out at everyone, packs her boxes, and runs until her legs give out. It provides the most satisfying episode the series has given so far.

Starling has even had enough of her chosen, as opposed to assigned, therapist. Dr. Renee Li (Grace Lynn Kung), is the very definition of calming. Just a few words from her mouth usually silence the lambs in Clarice’s head. But...

This Clarice review contains spoilers.

Clarice Episode 11

Clarice, episode 11, “Achilles Heel,” could almost be called the “I-told-you-so” episode. After half a season of knocking down Agent Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds) as a rogue, unreliable, dangerous or mentally unbalanced cop, almost every character who got screen time this season gets to say their version of “we should have listened to Clarice.” This bodes well for the investigation, but also for the psyches of her closest acquaintances.

In the last episode, Clarice decided Catherine Martin (Marnee Carpenter) had to face some consequences for her actions. The surviving victim of the serial killer Buffalo Bill took his mother hostage, not entirely intentionally, but functionally enough to warrant observation. Catherine’s mother, the Attorney General Ruth Martin (Jayne Atkinson), is incensed over the idea her daughter is being victimized by the system, especially since she gave strict orders to the agent she forced to go rogue,...

This Clarice review contains spoilers.

Clarice Episode 9

Clarice episode 9, “Silence is Purgatory,” offers a taste of temporary hell by exploring the connections of the show’s past and getting blocked from forward movement. The team is finally looking into the links between the River Murders and Alastor Pharmaceuticals. The company’s drug Reprisol is responsible for multiple cases of babies born with birth defects, and their well-connected attorney Joe Hudland (Raoul Bhaneja) keeps someone on the payroll just to kill anyone who steps forward.

“Silence is Purgatory” opens in the midst of the pre-shoe-leather phase of the investigation. The ViCAP team is working in the basement, out of sight from the prying eyes of the Bureau. They can’t even see each other that well. Even several levels beneath the FBI offices, behind closed doors, the agents are apparently still too wary to turn on the overhead lights. It makes...

This Clarice review contains spoilers.

Clarice Episode 8

Clarice episode 8, “Add-a-Bead,” mirrors the procedural with the psychological. Clarice (Rebecca Breeds) lets her emotions find a safe landing place as her ViCAP unit investigates the suicide of a medical student who jumped to her death.

The opening segments of Clarice episodes are very atmospheric and color the entire installment. The glass ball in the doctor’s office reflects deep memories, and Clarice reflexively responds. Dr. Renee Li (Grace Lynn Kung) is the psychiatrist the agent chose over all the doctors which were ordered by the agency, and it is because she speaks the same language.

The work, the work, it’s all about the work. Clarice just suffered post-traumatic stress in a job where trauma is a daily occurrence, take a day off. The hypnotist is very effective. Up until this point, Clarice would jump down the throat of anyone who so...

Neon has launched an uncut version trailer for Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi thriller ‘Possessor’.

The film follows elite corporate assassin, Tasya Vos. Using brain-implant technology, Vos takes control of other people’s bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

Directed by Cronenberg, the film stars Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rossif Sutherland and Raoul Bhaneja.

Also in trailers – Chilling first teaser trailer lands for Netflix series ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’

The film hits select US cinemas and drive-ins October 9th

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Neon has launched a red band teaser trailer for Brandon Cronenberg’s sci-fi thriller ‘Possessor’.

The film follows elite corporate assassin, Tasya Vos. Using brain-implant technology, Vos takes control of other people’s bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

Directed by Cronenberg, the film stars Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rossif Sutherland and Raoul Bhaneja.

Also in trailers – Jamie Foxx stars in trailer for ‘Project Power’

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Netflix, China’s Alibaba and France have thrown their weight behind the Annecy Animation Festival, with the festival set to showcase an in progress reveal of the U.S. streaming giant’s “The Cupcake Show!” plus a look back at cult movie “Animal Crackers,” as well as six French productions in its Work in Progress section, Annecy’s single most important program strand.

Distributed by Alibaba Pictures Group, “New Gods: Nezha Reborn,” from Ji Zhao, follows on the highest grossing animated movie ever in a single territory, earning over $700 million in China.

French productions are led by the hugely awaited “The Summit of the Gods,” produced by Jean-Charles Ostorero and the most ambitious movie to date from Didier and Damien Brunner.

Also in the French Wip mix is “The Island,” the latest from Romania’s Anca Damian, who won Annecy’s top pirize with “Crilic: The Path to Beyond,” as...

It's the big day for Teddy and Owen, but it looks like it will not be going off without a hitch.

Grey's Anatomy Season 16 Episode 21 -- the premature season finale -- will attempt to bring things full circle for Teddy and Owen.

However, Tom seems like he doesn't want the wedding to go ahead. If you watch Grey's Anatomy online, you know that would make sense.

Tom is madly in love with Teddy and the pair have been having an affair of late.

However, Teddy decided on Grey's Anatomy Season 16 Episode 20 that Owen was the man for her, and asked him if they could rush the wedding.

In the latest sneak peek from ABC, Owen and Tom are bickering because Tom has yet to approve Owen's time off, claiming that he didn't think it was urgent.

Teddy tries to play the expedited wedding off as a small gathering of family in the backyard.

Are you ready for the Grey's Anatomy season finale?

Grey's Anatomy Season 16 Episode 21 is serving as an early endpoint for the current season, thanks to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

While it was not supposed to be the end, it sure seems like there will be enough drama to tide fans over until the series returns for Season 17.

Titled "Put on a Happy Face," the installment looks set to bring many storylines to a head.

Teddy will be forced to face up to her deceit as her wedding to Owen looms, but Tom steps in and pleads with her to make the right decision.

If you watch Grey's Anatomy online, you know Teddy has been cheating on Owen with Tom, and has been wondering what to do for some time.

On Grey's Anatomy Season 16 Episode 20, she seemingly had an epiphany, which led to her moving the wedding up and vowing to...

Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.

-Gravitas Ventures has secured the worldwide rights to “Folk Hero & Funny Guy,” the debut film from writer-director Jeff Grace. The comedy follows a successful singer-songwriter who helps his friend’s struggling comedy career and broken love life by hiring him as his opening act on his solo tour. “Folk Hero & Funny Guy” premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and stars Alex Karpovsky, Wyatt Russell, Meredith Hagner, Melanie Lynskey, Hannah Simone, Heather Morris, Michael Ian Black and David Cross.

“It was impossible to resist the witty and memorable characters in Folk Hero & Funny Guy,” Nolan Gallagher, Founder and CEO of Gravitas Ventures, said in a statement. “It’s a laugh-out-loud bromance that we know will resonate with audiences near and far.

Shortly after the Sundance Institute named their January Screenwriter’s Lab roster, it’s another West coast entity that is offering some support to the next gen of producers. The San Francisco Film Society folks have bestowed the Producer Fellowships to Reena Dutt, Kyle Martin (who is know best from producing Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture and Lance Edmands’ Bluebird) and Kimberly Parker (who most recently produced Katie Says Goodbye – a title we had pegged for Sundance). Here is the press release.

This round of Sffs Producer Fellowships runs from January to June 2016, kicking off with a 5-day networking trip to the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to this excursion, over the course of the Fellowship each winner will receive:

A $25,000–$40,000 cash grant to be used for living expenses. Individual amounts depend on place of residence and estimated travel costs to participate in Bay Area fellowship components.

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The 2015 Portland Film Festival is Oregon’s largest film event of the year, with 80 narrative and documentary feature films and 134 short films selected out of 3500 Submissions.

This weeklong extravaganza also includes over 75 Master Classes, Two Lifetime Achievement Tributes, and an unprecedented live event featuring Several Thousand Festivalgoers As Extras in a record-setting Zombie Day Event.

Los Angeles – August 13, 2015 – Portland Film Festival announced today the feature film competition programs, opening and closing screenings, music and midnight sections, tribute presentations, northwest, and special screenings for the 2015 Portland Film Festival. The 3rd Annual festival is a weeklong event of 214 screenings of feature length and short films from around the world, red carpet world premieres, tributes to filmmaking legends, more than 50 hours of professional workshops, nightly after-parties and more.

The third annual Portland Film Festival will take place September 1 – 7th, 2015, in Portland, Oregon, at seven venues throughout the city,...

Buried beneath the Arctic ice since the Cold War, genetically modified Soviet soldiers have been rediscovered, reactivated and are ready to unleash devastating destruction. They are cold-blooded killing machines with super-human strength and one man, a scientist who has been searching for them his entire life, will try to stop the carnage before they complete their terrifying, top-secret mission. Dominic Purcell, Michael Ironside and Adam Beach star in Ice Soldiers, a pulse-pounding, action-packed thriller. Watch our exclusive clip, which features an attack on oil town, before picking up the Blu-ray or DVD today.

Ice Soldiers was released December 6th, 2013 and stars Dominic Purcell, Adam Beach, Michael Ironside, Gabriel Hogan, Benz Antoine, Raoul Bhaneja, Nicu Branzea, Greg Steven Brown. The film is directed by Sturla Gunnarsson.

Sarah Polley directs Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, and Luke Kirby in the romantic comedy Take This Waltz, which finds a devoted wife falling hard for another man. We have the third poster for Take This Waltz, which showcases the waning relationship between Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen's husband and wife characters. Check it out!

Take This Waltz comes to theaters June 29th, 2012 and stars Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Sarah Silverman, Luke Kirby, Raoul Bhaneja, Aaron Abrams, Jennifer Podemski, Vanessa Coelho. The film is directed by Sarah Polley.

Magnolia Pictures has released the first trailer for writer-director Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz, which debuts in theaters June 29. Watch as Michelle Williams, who is happily married to cookbook author Seth Rogen, unexpectedly falls in love with another man (Luke Kirby).

Take This Waltz: Trailer

Take This Waltz comes to theaters June 29th, 2012 and stars Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Sarah Silverman, Luke Kirby, Raoul Bhaneja, Aaron Abrams, Jennifer Podemski, Vanessa Coelho. The film is directed by Sarah Polley.

The Wagner/Cuban Company's Magnolia Pictures announced today they have acquired Us rights to Take This Waltz, the eagerly anticipated new film written, directed and produced by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and acclaimed actress Sarah Polley. Starring two-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby and Sarah Silverman, Take This Waltz is an insightful, sophisticated film about a young woman struggling to choose between a husband that she loves and another man that she has fallen passionately in love with. Magnolia did the deal with TF1 International.

Take This Waltz was produced by Susan Cavan along with Sarah Polley, and premiered last month at the Toronto International Film Festival. Michelle Williams plays twenty-eight-year-old Margot, happily married to Lou (Seth Rogen), a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel (Luke Kirby), a handsome artist that lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable. Warmly human, funny and bittersweet,...

We’re smashing out the images this afternoon because they’ve eben released on the Tiff website after being announced earlier today. Here is the first look at the Sarah Polley directed movie, Take This Walz which stars Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Raoul Bhaneja, Aaron Abrams and Luke Kirby.

Synopsis: Sarah Polley makes a welcome return to directing with her first feature since 2006 Festival favourite Away from Her. Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman and two-time Oscar®-nominee Michelle Williams star in this bittersweet story about a married woman struggling to choose between her husband and a man she’s just met.

After Away From Her, Canadian actress Sarah Polley will direct a second film. As a matter of fact, production has begun today in Toronto for the Canadian film Take This Waltz, Polley's second directorial work.

The film's story can be described like this according to the folks at IonCinema.com:

When 28-year-old Margot (Michelle Williams) meets Daniel (Luke Kirby), their chemistry is intense and immediate. But Margot suppresses her sudden attraction: she is happily married to Lou (Seth Rogen), a celebrated cookbook writer. When Margot learns that Daniel lives across the street from them, the certainty about her domestic life shatters. She and Daniel steal moments throughout the steaming Toronto summer, their eroticism heightened by their restraint. Margot finally gives in to desire and in doing so, discovers some unsettling truths about herself. Swelteringly hot, bright and colorful like a bowl of fruit, Take This Waltz leads us, laughing, through...

In this interview given to Samantha Gutstadt, from the online magazine RealTVfilms, Canadian director Kris Booth talks about the way his independent film At Home by Myself... with You got funded.

The story is centred on a beautiful woman (Kristin Booth) who has many phobias. The biggest of them all is to leave her apartment. During one day, this woman meets the nephew (Aaron Abrams) of one of her neighbours (Rosemary Dunsmore). Besides, both of the young people fall for each other. Will that guy manage to get this girl outside of her apartment?

The film also stars Shauna MacDonald, Ryan Blakely, Raoul Bhaneja, Jefferson Brown, Brandon Firla, Andrea McCulloch and Gordon Pinsent.

Finally, At Home by Myself... with You is already available on DVD in Canada.

In this interview given to the online cultural magazine Real TV Films, Canadian director Kris Booth talks to Samantha Gudstadt about his independent film At Home by Myself... with You. This film, which was made on a shoestring budget, is being showcased at the 2010 Cannes Film Market.

The story is centred on a beautiful woman (Kristin Booth) who has many phobias. The biggest of them all is to leave her apartment. During one day, this woman meets the nephew (Aaron Abrams) of one of her neighbours (Rosemary Dunsmore). Besides, both of the young people fall for each other. Will that guy manage to get this girl outside of her apartment?

The film also stars Shauna MacDonald, Ryan Blakely, Raoul Bhaneja, Jefferson Brown, Brandon Firla, Andrea McCulloch and Gordon Pinsent.

Finally, At Home by Myself... with You is already available on DVD in Canada.

While Xavier Dolan's Les amours imaginaires and Noah Pink's ZedCrew are competing at the Cannes Film Festival, other Canadian films will be looking for distributors. Now, let's have a look at the Canadian presence at the 2010 Cannes Film Market.

2 fois une femme

Director: François Deslile

Starring: Evelyne Rompré, Marc Béland, Étienne Laforge, David Boutin, Michelle Rossignol, Marie Brassard, Alexandre Goyette, Catherine de Léan and Brigitte Pogonat

After having her life threatened by her violent husband one night, Catherine heads for northern Quebec with her son under another identity. Slowly, she rebuilds her confidence and rediscovers who she is while trying to win over her son’s affection.

Stained

Director: Karen Lam

Starring: Tinsel Korey, Sonja Bennett, Steph Song, Anna Mae Routledge and Stephen Lobo

When Isabelle’s former lover suddenly appears at her shabby bookstore, she is elated and they resume their relationship. Her protective foster sister, Jennifer,...

Originally from Chicago, African-American actor Nicole J. Butler moved to Los Angeles 10 years ago. She now enjoys an acting career in which she seldom plays roles that stereotype African Americans. Though she confronts this issue from time to time and believes it can be an ongoing problem for some actors, she has more often than not taken jobs she has found comfortable and rewarding. After Butler studied theatre at the University of Iowa, she moved to L.A. and got stuck in corporate America for a few years. "I finally told myself, 'I didn't move to L.A. to be somebody's secretary,'" she says. "Once I got serious and told myself an acting career was going to happen now or never, I realized I needed to really do this or else go someplace where I could afford to buy property. So I started taking acting classes [at the Sanford Meisner Center] and looking for opportunities,...

Toronto International Film Festival

Director Allan Moyle has described Weirdsville as a Canadian Trainspotting, which is a bit of wishful thinking. It's true that this picture takes a slightly fractured, surreal look at a group of stoners, but it lacks the inventiveness and biting edge of Danny Boyle's landmark movie. While Moyle's offering has some quirky pleasures, it seems unlikely to achieve either major cult status or boxoffice success.

The plot interweaves a number of discordant plot strands. Dexter (Scott Speedman) and Royce (Wes Bentley) are druggies and low-level dealers who owe money to their drug boss, Omar (Raoul Bhaneja). They think they might be able to get out of the hole when they learn about a stash of money secreted in a safe belonging to a local businessman, but before they can bag the loot they have to contend with the apparent overdose of their pal Mattie (Taryn Manning). While trying to bury the body, they run into a bumbling gang of satanists crying for blood. Mattie revives unexpectedly, but the satanists target her as their next human sacrifice. Soon the chase is on, abetted by a band of midgets.

While some of the incidents in Willem Wennekers' script are bizarrely funny, director Moyle (Pump Up the Volume) fails to provide the energy necessary to keep us involved. The film jumps around following the misadventures of the characters, and the whole enterprise comes to be frenetic and convoluted rather than pleasingly impudent. One problem is that drug humor has lost much of its novelty by now. On the other hand, the satanists are an amusing troupe, with their clean-cut appearance belying their taste for torture. Jordan Prentice also has some tartly funny moments as a height-challenged security officer.

In fact, the cast is generally better than the material. Speedman and Bentley, who haven't quite been able to parlay their good looks and youthful promise into successful careers, demonstrate more charm incarnating these grungy characters than they have sometimes shown in blander heroic parts. Speedman plays the brainier and more responsible of the pals, while Bentley is his clueless sidekick. Both of them relish their walk on the seamy side. Manning, who made a strong impression in "Hustle & Flow," is wasted here, but Greg Bryk and Maggie Castle as the two earnest devil-worshippers bring a lot of flair to their loopy roles.

Technically, the film is fairly ragged, and it tries too hard to make a virtue of its kinkiness. Plotting is far too haphazard to hold the audience's attention. Although this macabre comedy has diverting touches, it fails to add up to a satisfying whole.

WEIRDSVILLE

Magnolia Pictures

ThinkFilm, Shoreline Entertainment, Darius Films

Credits:

Director: Allan Moyle

Screenwriter: Willem Wennekers

Producer: Nicholas Tabarrok

Executive producers: Michael Baker, Morris Ruskin, Perry Zimel

Director of photography: Adam Swica

Production designer: Oleg Savytski

Music: John Rowley

Costume designer: Alex Kavanagh

Editor: Michael Doherty

Cast:

Dexter: Scott Speedman

Royce: Wes Bentley

Mattie: Taryn Manning

Jason Taylor: Matt Frewer

Abel: Greg Bryk

Seamus: Dax Ravina

Treena: Maggie Castle

Omar: Raoul Bhaneja

Garry: James McQuade

Martin: Jordan Prentice

Running time -- 87 minutes

MPAA rating: R...