The following short reviews
of films opening on Tuesday, Sept. 14 at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival are by James Adams, James Bradshaw, Guy Dixon, Rick Groen, Liam Lacey, Gayle MacDonald, Dave McGinn, J. Kelly Nestruck, Johanna Schneller and Brad Wheeler.
With dozens
of films opening at year - end, the Academy population lacks the time and energy to attend all those screenings in theaters.
Here is a list
of films opening between now and the end of the year.
Following a roundup of reviews
of films opening this weekend, a look ahead at some of the titles rolling out through Christmas,...
The 2017 Fall Movie Preview is a snapshot
of the films opening through early November.
The second act
of the film opens with Jobs preparing to introduce the NeXT computer, in 1988.
... except that all three
of those films open in the Baltimore - area market today, and I've been sitting on my thoughts about one of them for a few weeks.
The local language version
of the film opened in Japan on July 8 through Toho and grossed JPY3 billion ($ 26.5 million).
Both of those films opened in the mid-summer blockbuster season, not on Halloween weekend.
MG Do you think his use
of film opened up different routes in his painting practice, beyond the capture of images?
Not exact matches
Cast Martin Short as the Canadian ambassador, Molly Parker as his tart - tongued aide and Christopher Plummer as the entire nation
of Iceland — you've got the
opening - night
film for next year's Toronto International
Film Festival.
The Disney
film shattered box - office records over the weekend, edging past «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» to set the highest
opening weekend
of all time.
Analysts were forecasting weekend sales
of $ 41 million to $ 47 million for the Spielberg
film, a respectable
opening for a movie with a production budget set at $ 150 million to $ 175 million by people with knowledge
of the matter, and additional millions in marketing costs.
«The Interview,» the Sony Pictures
film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,
opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the United States on Christmas Day, drawing many sell - out audiences and statements by patrons that they were championing freedom
of expression.
First
opened by the Zelepos family on Main Street in Mystic, Conn., this seaside establishment serves as the backdrop to the 1988
film of the same name, starring Julia Roberts.
For most
of the
films that were offered in both two and three dimensions this summer, the enhanced versions accounted for less than 50 %
of opening weekend revenues.
The
opening scene
of «Spectre,» the latest James Bond
film, centers on a Dia de los Muertos (Day
of the Dead) parade shot on location in Mexico City.
It went on to become the highest - grossing
film in the US over President's Day weekend, highest
opening all - time for an R - rated movie, and the highest - grossing for the month
of February.
That makes her death even more tragic, but in the first «Guardians
of the Galaxy,» it's still an emotional moment that
opens the
film.
With the exception
of the third
film, «Tokyo Drift,» each
opening weekend has been bigger than the last.
The first superhero blockbuster
film of 2018 is gearing up for a huge box - office
opening this weekend.
Eight years after James Cameron «s Avatar premiered and became the highest - grossing
film of all time, a theme park replicating the
film's locale has
opened at Walt Disney World.
First announced in 2012, the Avatar theme park was intended to
open alongside Cameron's sequel
of the
film, but the director has since delayed the movie until 2020.
Analysts knew the
film version
of the book would do well, but they didn't quite expect this: The Hunger Games raked in US$ 152.5 million on its
opening weekend, the third - best for any movie, ever.
In other words, the two groups both said they were testing Twitter's predictive ability; in reality, they both examined the accuracy
of predictions using tweets and additional data sources like movie
openings in theaters and
film ratings on International Movie Database and Rotten Tomatoes.
Every element
of films or drama just be
open to ideas and sometimes you get ideas as you're going and it's great to be able to incorporate them because you're not glued into one thing.
Those numbers took many by surprise (the
film's $ 60 million
opening weekend was well above early predictions
of $ 40 million).
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana - made
films are being shown alongside the work
of filmmakers from across the world at the New Orleans Film Festival, which
opened Thursday night with a red - carpet showing
of the Louisiana - shot thriller «The Paperboy.»
While AI may not necessarily be as nefarious as the intelligent computer system Skynet from the popular Terminator
film franchise, the use and potential
of AI has come a long way and
opened a multitude
of possibilities.
Seeing a severed hand as one
of the
opening shots
of a
film meant for families probably would have been a difficult conversation to have with children too young to recall 1980's «Empire Strikes Back.»
The
film surpassed Frozen's record
of $ 67.4 million to earn the biggest debut ever for a non-Pixar Disney animated
film, and it also scored the fourth - highest March
opening weekend in box office history.
That puts the Sony Pictures
film on pace to swing to a $ 120 million
opening, short
of the record - breaking $ 151 million debut
of 2007's Spider - Man 3 but according to Variety topping even the sunniest expectations for the
film, which stars 21 - year - old actor Tom Holland in the title role.
While Black Panther rode a huge wave
of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest
opening weekend ever for the month
of February (and the fifth - largest
of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number
of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing
film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days
of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts
of attacks at screenings
of the movie.
The
film opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the U.S. on Christmas Day, drawing crowds
of people who said they were championing freedom
of expression.
In entertainment, Texas Guinan, a former silent
film star from Waco, Texas, partnered with a gangster and
opened one
of Manhattan's first nightclubs, starring as its raucous, wisecracking hostess.
The
film opens just before the unveiling
of the Macintosh, in 1984.
So in 2011, he began
filming the show with Channel 4, a «fly - on - the - wall drama» following the love lives, arguments and parties
of his friends who were (and still are) constantly visiting London's best restaurants, bars, shops and club
openings.
The
opening of «The Last Crusade,» which portrays a young Indiana Jones (played by the late River Phoenix), plays like a standalone short
film.
The Big Short, the
film adaptation
of Michael Lewis» book
of the same name about the causes
of the financial crisis,
opens in UK cinemas this weekend.
Soderbergh was very
open about feeling that he had lost the plot with those
films, but they're still highly fascinating documents
of a frustrating moment in global politics, featuring a stellar performance by Benicio Del Toro.
In the works since early September, the UA deal has left Wagner and Cruise «completely
open right now» to all varieties
of film projects, Wagner told TIME, «ranging from high concept to smaller, character - driven
films.»
A sex
film of Reilly and his Chinese girlfriend was sent to GSK board members — including the chief executive Andrew Witty — which blew
open the scandal.
His lawyers claimed in court papers on Friday that the adult
film actress — who allegedly had an affair with him beginning in 2006 — has violated a confidentiality agreement at least 20 times,
opening her up to damages
of $ 20 million.
The first four months
of 2018 saw the third highest - grossing movie
of all time and the highest
opening weekend ticket sales ever achieved by a
film.
Once a sector has been cracked
open, operational restrictions come in to play — witness the ongoing regulation
of the
film market through censorship, import quotas and central government decisions on movie release dates.
«While we recognize our ultimate goal
of eliminating plastic
film from our operations altogether won't happen overnight, we believe our customers are
open to supporting this goal by switching to reusable bags.»
«What we've seen through technological changes, the shift from
film to video
opened up a lot
of opportunities for women to move behind the camera,» she said.
FILE - In this May 16, 2012 file photo producer Harvey Weinstein arrives for the
opening ceremony and screening
of Moonrise Kingdom at the 65th international
film festival, in Cannes, southern France.
Braid would be the first feature
film fully financed this way, its makers say, potentially
opening up
film production to a wider world
of emerging talents and prospective investors.
It is here that the title line
of the
film fits chronologically: but Welles chooses instead to flash - forward to this moment for the movie's
opening, so we hear Falstaff say, «We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Shallow,» before we know just why thinking
of his youthful escapades makes him so heavy - hearted.