Film Fan Fridays for Friday February 10, 2012

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday February 10, 2012!

In limited release this week we have just two releases to choose from and from them are the highly acclaimed and anticipated We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver and starring the formidable Tilda Swinton and we also have the French drama The Snows of Kilimanjuro.

In wide release this week we have and interesting array of choices including political thriller/action flick Safe House starring Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington or if you are revving up for Valentine's there is The Vow starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams as a couple that go through the challenge of memory loss together. If you are looking for adventure there is Journey 2: The Mysterious Island with The Rock (which might be my pick this week!), the 3D releases of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and the Bollywood release of Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.

If you are looking for a new Valentine's Day pick we do have a mid-week release on February 14, 2012 with This Means War starring Tom Hardy & Chris Pine as two men both trying to win the hear of Reese Witherspoon. Oh, and they are both ...spies. I love both those actors but it looks like their characters spend more time wreaking havoc on each other than trying to woo the girl. Not quite *that* romantic...

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Special Screening

Oscar Nominated Shorts
Animated and live action shorts grouped together in separate programs playing at TIFF Lightbox as of February 10, 2012

Friday February 10, 2012 Releases

Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
Dir: Shakun Batra - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Boman Irani, Ratna Pathak
India
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Dir: Brad Peyton (Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl [short])
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Luis Guzman, Vanessa Hudgens, Kristin Davis, Michael Caine
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Safe House
Dir: Daniel Espinosa (Outside Love, Babylonsjukan)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Vera Farmiga, Fares Fares, Robert Patrick
USA/South Africa
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Snows of Kilimanjuro
Dir: Robert Guédiguian (Loady Jane, Journey to Armenia)
Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan
France
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D
Writer/Dir: George Lucas (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, American Graffiti)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz, Terence Stamp, ay Park
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Vow
Dir: Michael Sucsy - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, Jessica Lange
USA/Brazil/France/UK/Australia/Germany
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

We Need to Talk About Kevin
Dir: Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar)
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, John C. Reilly
USA/UK
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Tuesday February 14, 2012 Releases

This Means War
Dir: McG (Terminator Salvation, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Charlie's Angels)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of February 10, 2012**