Willem Dafoe
John Carter, the new 3D epic from Disney, is the story of John Carter (played by the ironically-named Taylor Kitsch), a bitter former military captain who finds himself transported to Mars, or "Barsoom" as the natives call it. All John Carter wants to do is mine a cave of gold on Earth, but when he meets the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris of Helium (Lynn Collins) and the four-armed giant warrior creature Tars Tarkas......
Danish director Lars von Trier has always had a unique approach to filmmaking. Since co-founding Dogme 95 in the mid-90s, he has confronted his audiences with difficult subjects using his very visceral style. In honour of his latest release, Antichrist, Toronto Film Scene is teaming with Entertainment One to giveaway two DVD copies of the film....
Wes Anderson’s latest feature, Fantastic Mr. Fox, is simultaneously silly, surreal, and contemplative, making an artful turn of his signature style. It appears that a great deal of effort went into the making of this stop-motion adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, and the impression it leaves makes it worthwhile. It also offers a welcome, hilarious break from the slick look and perfunctory humour of modern popular animated films. The story centers on a family of foxes – former bird thieves Mr. and Mrs. Fox (George Clooney and Meryl Streep) have settled into a quiet life after the birth of...
So often in horror, when the world has gone to hell and there’s no hope left, movies are written from the survivor’s perspective – I am Legend and Dawn of the Dead are just two such examples in an ocean of movies. Daybreakers decides instead to create a world where humans are hunted and our numbers are dwindling but to tell the story from the perspective of the winners of this war: The vampires. It’s an interesting and refreshing take on vampirism set many years in the future and one of the strongest offerings from the genre in many years....
