Film Fan Fridays for Friday March 30, 2012

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!


Images: Mirror Mirror (Courtesy of Alliance Films), Wrath of the Titans and Sleeping Sickness (Source: filmswelike)

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday March 30, 2012!

In limited release this week we have lots of films to choose from all over the world as well as home grown films like the Canadian comedy Servitude. Then we jet set off and can check out the Albanian set drama The Forgiveness of Blood, Hong Kong comedy Love in the Buff, South Korean suspense/thriller Nameless Gangster / Bumchoiwaui junjaeng and German drama Sleeping Sickness / Schlafkrankheit. If documentaries are more your thing there are a few to choose from including The Guantanamo Trap as well as Gerhard Richter Painting, a documentary on the German artist.

In wide release this week we have heavy hitters heading into the field with Mirror Mirror, a Snow White story from visionary director Tarsem Singh (The Cell, The Fall, Immortals) starring Lily Cole & Julia Roberts and Wrath of the Titans a follow up to the Clash of the Titans (2010), a remake of the 1980s sword & sandals film and it looks like they are definitely continuing with the massive amounts of action & effects of the redux, and will be in 3D.

Reduxing itself in 3D is the epic blockbuster Titanic which is refitted from it's 1997 version now in 3D and being released on Wednesday April 4, 2012, the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.


Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Canadian Film Festival
I've very excited to see the return of this celebration of Canadian film!
Check it out March 28 - 31, 2012 at The Royal in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cinéfranco
Continues until April 1, 2012 at TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
See my Cinéfranco Preview here or listen to it on the Movie Moxie Podcast here



Toronto Silent Film Festival
March 29 - April 3, 2012 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday March 30, 2012 Releases

The Forgiveness of Blood
Dir: Joshua Marston
Cast: Tristan Halilaj, Sindi Lacej, Refet Abazi
USA/Albania/Denmark/Italy
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Gerhard Richter Painting
Dir: Corinna Belz
Documentary
Germany
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Guantanamo Trap
Dir: Thomas Wallner
Documentary
Switzerland/Germany/Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Love in the Buff
Dir: Pang Ho-cheung (Dream Home / Wai dor lei ah yut ho)
Cast: Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Shawn Yue, Mini Yang
Hong Kong
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Mirror Mirror
Dir: Tarsem Singh (The Cell, The Fall, Immortals)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Sean Bean
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Nameless Gangster / Bumchoiwaui junjaeng
Dir: Jong-bin Yun
Cast: Min-sik Choi, Jung-woo Ha
South Korea
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Servitude
Dir: Warren P. Sonoda
Cast: Joe Dinicol, John Bregar, Kristen Hager, Enrico Colantoni, Dave Foley
Canada
Limited Release
Official Facebook Page, IMDb Page, Trailer

Sleeping Sickness / Schlafkrankheit
Dir: Ulrich Köhler
Cast: Pierre Bokma, Jean-Christophe Folly, Jenny Schily
Germany/France/The Netherlands
Limited Release
IMDb Page, Trailer

Wrath of the Titans
Dir: Jonathan Liebesman (Battle Los Angeles, Darkness Falls)
Cast: Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Danny Huston, Edgar Ramirez, Bill Nighy, Toby Kebbell,
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Wednesday April 4, 2012

Titanic in 3D
Writer/Dir: James Cameron
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Victor Garber, Frances Fisher
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of April 4, 2012**