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TADFF 2010
Festival Awards Announced

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By Will
August 27, 2010

The fifth annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival wrapped up another successful run at the Bloor Cinema this past weekend. The fest featured the Canadian and world premieres of some of the craziest, funniest, most insane and gory films of the year. Yesterday, the festival announced the award winners from this year’s lineup; some 4300 votes were tallied to determine the audience award winners.

I have to say that I’m a little disappointed that Quentin Dupieux’s amazing Rubber didn’t win any of the main prizes. It was by far the most original film at After Dark (for which it won the Fan Choice award) and easily my favourite of the whole festival. In any event, congratulations to the filmmakers and festival organizers for another great year.

You can to read all of our reviews from this year’s festival here and see the full list of TADFF award winners after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

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TADFF 2010
Heartless Review

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By Will
August 24, 2010

British artist Philip Ridley has only directed three feature films in his career. I must confess that I am not familiar with his first two films, The Reflecting Skin and The Passion of Darkly Noon, but everyone I’ve talked to … Continue reading →

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The Walking Dead
Trailer

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By Will

AMC has just released the trailer for their new zombie-apocalypse TV series The Walking Dead which debuted at San Diego Comic Con last month. The series is being run by writer/director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist) and Gale … Continue reading →

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VIDEO SHELF
If Star Wars were a Silent Film

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By Will
August 23, 2010

Ever wonder what The Empire Strikes Back would have looked like if it had been made in 1919? Me neither! Despite that, we now have our answer in the form of this video. Never has old-timey piano evoked such raw … Continue reading →

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Epic Mickey
Cinematic Trailer

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By Will

Disney Interactive recently unveiled the intro cinematic for the upcoming Epic Mickey video game. The game is being developed by respected game designer Warren Spector (Sytem Shock, Deus Ex) and his Junction Point Studios. Epic Mickey puts the player in … Continue reading →

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TADFF 2010
Centurion Review

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By Will
August 22, 2010

When British director Neil Marshall isn’t making excellent horror films like Dog Soldiers and The Descent, he is making action movies. Fairly mediocre action movies. His last attempt at the action genre, the post-apocalyptic Doomsday, was both a critical and … Continue reading →

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TADFF 2010
Alien vs. Ninja Review

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By Will
August 20, 2010

How often does a film truly deliver on its premise? The very title of Alien vs. Ninja makes a promise to the audience that aliens and ninjas will go head-to-head in the film. Now I know what you’re thinking: this … Continue reading →

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Gameplay Trailer

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By Will
August 19, 2010

Square Enix and Eidos Montreal have finally released a gameplay trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The video comes on the heels of the impressive pre-rendered trailer for the game which debuted at this year’s E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo). Deus … Continue reading →

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