TORONTO - SEPTEMBER 04: Actors Michael Cera and Kat Dennings visit MuchOnDemand to promote their new film 'Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist' on September 4, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
"Holy truck you guys, George Michael Bluth (you may know him as Michael Cera) is going to be on MOD in an hour. Someone will have to hold me back from screaming "it's Mr. Manager!!" when he's answering a half serious question". Update!! Omg, he's so skinneh! What a cutie pie. He was here with Kat Dennings to promote Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist... Source: blog.muchmusic.com
"Comedy's current wunderkind, Michael Cera, stars in another super-smart teen comedy with the cool-factor of an indie-rock music mix. Cera plays the perennially hapless Nick, hopelessly in love with his ex-girlfriend and anaesthetized when it comes to the idea of finding anyone else. His special talent is making killer mix CDs, the entire series of which has been dedicated to his unrequited love. When his bandmates secure their struggling indie-rock group a gig in the city, he is vaguely excited. A legendary band is playing a secret show on the same night, and the chance to see them is a good argument for getting out of the house. But he lucks out when, after his gig, he meets Norah (Kat Dennings), who is cute, hassled and equally dissatisfied with the world of relationships. Nick and Norah embark on a wild chase through New York City as they endeavour to track down the secret show, find Norah's walkabout friend Caroline (Ari Graynor) and placate Nick's over-excited mates.These young protagonists are middle-class and music-obsessed. The wry, smartly written script and savvy pop-culture references make this a great companion piece to the 2007 Festival hit Juno, while Nick and Norah's apathetic shtick recalls the hip ennui of Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World.
Cera's comic timing is impeccable. His delivery is as meek and mawkish as his George Michael Bluth days, and his chemistry with charming newcomer Dennings simply crackles with the awkwardness of adolescence. Sollett's underground eye gives New York City a beating heart, and his choice of music – and musical cameos – will have you trainspotting the indie-rock playlist". Source: tiff08.ca
TORONTO - A constellation of Hollywood's biggest stars will materialize as the Toronto International Film Festival, North America's largest, unspools 249 features beginning tomorrow.
Some of the mostly hotly anticipated titles, all world or North American premieres, include:
* "Burn After Reading" - Joel and Ethan Coen's follow-up to the Oscar-winning "No Country for Old Men" is a spy comedy starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand.
* "Religulous" - Scaldingly funny documentary about organized religion, which Bill Maher treats with the same respect that Michael Moore showed for President Bush in "Fahrenheit 9/11." Directed by Larry Charles ("Borat").
* "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" - Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks in a title-described comedy from Kevin Smith.
* "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" - Michael Cera, who became a Canuck sex symbol in Toronto with "Juno" a year ago, returns in a quirky romantic comedy with the up-and-coming Kat Dennings.
* "Miracle at St. Anna" - Spike Lee's answer to "Flags of Our Fathers" is a World War II drama set in Italy starring Derek Luke.
* "Rachel Getting Married" -Jonathan Demme directs a dark comedy about a woman (played by Anne Hathaway) who leaves rehab for the nuptials of her sister.
* "The Duchess" - Keira Knightley dons period garb again as the extravagant 18th century Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, with Ralph Fiennes as the philandering duke.
* "The Secret Life of Bees" -Dakota Fanning as a 14-year-old in 1964 North Carolina who finds solace in beekeeping after the death of her mother.
* "Pride and Glory" - NYPD family saga stars Colin Farrell and Edward Norton as brothers-in-law caught up in a corruption scandal.
* "New York, I Love You" - 12-part film whose directors include Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Brett Ratner. Among the stars: Shia LaBeouf, Ethan Hawke, Julie Christie, Kevin Bacon and Orlando Bloom.
* "The Lucky Ones" - Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Pena as Iraq war vets on a road trip across America.
* "Flash of Genius" - Greg Kinnear as the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper who battled Detroit for years. Source: www.nypost.com
"2007 witnessed a considerable spike in the number of films willing to wade into thorny issues stemming from everything from the war in Iraq to the American intelligence community's conduct at home and abroad. The range of films were of varying quality and clarity (in terms of getting a message out) but perhaps most surprising was the fact that, by and large, moviegoers stayed away in droves, making works like In the Valley of Elah or Redacted box office flops.
Director Gavin Hood, following his electrifying 2005 breakthrough Tsotsi, fell victim to audience indifference as well, as his grim, angry polemic Rendition came and went with hardly any notice. It's a film, written by Kelley Sane, that feels a bit diffuse with its myriad characters and shifting narrative, but can't seem to shake its righteous fury long enough to connect with the story it's telling. It's a bit like Crash goes to Guantanamo Bay, as the turbulent world of geopolitical intrigue is uncomfortably welded to intimate, domestic drama.
Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally), an Egyptian-American, is on his way home to wife Isabella (Reese Witherspoon) and son Jeremy (Aramis Knight), when he's detained by American officials en route from South Africa to Chicago. Thus begins his hellish nightmare, being trapped in North Africa and enduring first-hand "extraordinary rendition," a controversial and unseemly practice that entails shadow agents of various governments relying on torture to secure information. Swept up in Anwar's ordeal is analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) and steely senator Corrine Whitman (Meryl Streep), both of whom want vastly different outcomes from Anwar's brutal interrogation. Parallel to this narrative runs that of Abasi Fawal (Yigal Naor), a high-level North African government operative whose personal and professional lives are more deeply entwined than he thinks.
All that exposition and I haven't even touched on the several other layers that make up the fantastically busy Rendition; I kept thinking throughout the film that it would be so much more compelling if the filmmakers would simply let the key stories breathe. But in order to drive home their point -- these insidious government practices have impact far beyond those spirited away from their lives -- Rendition must breathlessly leap between plotlines, stitching madly away in hopes that the finale comes together flawlessly.
But it ultimately does not -- there are plenty of astonishing performances (Metwally, Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, in particular) but the biggest problem with Rendition is that it stifles the drama. Just as anything notable or pulse-quickening transpires, Hood cuts away, letting the audience catch its breath, but also slowly loosening the film's grip.The DVD
The Video:
The 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer is immaculate, with no dirt or damage to be seen. It's a recently filmed production, so detail is sharp, colors are vivid and the overall image is spectacularly crisp, even during the numerous nighttime sequences. If there are any flaws, I didn't see them pop up in any noticeable way.
The Audio:
With a couple action sequences and some blood-chilling "interrogation" scenes, Rendition's Dolby Digital 5.1 has a few opportunities to shine, and does so. The dialogue is heard clearly, with no distortion or drop-out, while the score and sound effects fill in to subtle effect. An optional Dolby 2.0 track is on board, as are optional English and Spanish subtitles.
The Extras:
Few in number, but worthwhile, Rendition's bonus features are appropriately somber. Gavin Hood contributes an amiable, informative commentary track, touching on visual elements and the project's origins. The 27 minute, 38 second documentary "Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the 'War on Terror'," directed by Gillian Caldwell independently of the feature film production is presented in fullscreen and aims to put a human face on this mysterious practice. The 30 minute, five second featurette "Intersections: The Making of Rendition" (presented in anamorphic widescreen) is standard behind-the-scenes fare, with the film's theatrical trailer, presented in anamorphic widescreen, completing the disc". Source: www.dvdtalk.com
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TORONTO - SEPTEMBER 04: Actors Michael Cera and Kat Dennings visit MuchOnDemand to promote their new film 'Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist' on September 4, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
Update!! Omg, he's so skinneh! What a cutie pie. He was here with Kat Dennings to promote Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist... 
These young protagonists are middle-class and music-obsessed. The wry, smartly written script and savvy pop-culture references make this a great companion piece to the 2007 Festival hit Juno, while Nick and Norah's apathetic shtick recalls the hip ennui of Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World.
