“To accomplish this feat, Defendants have perpetrated one fraud after another, from the hiring of Plaintiffs based upon false promises, to the ongoing marketing and promotion of their rendition of the film as something which it is not – a film directed by Mathew Cullen”, says the suit.
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The film, based on a Martin Amis novel of same name, stars Billy Bob Thornton and was due to be shown on Friday night and then Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
Many of those I consider the best filmmakers in the business found success because of these festivals.
Variety said Cullen “genuinely deserves credit”, but added “sometimes you have to try to adapt a seemingly unadaptable book just to learn how truly unadaptable it is”.
This year, Switzer narrowed down 420 one-minute film submissions to 63, which are playing every five minutes on screens at subway platforms at subway stations across the Greater Toronto Area.
For the second time at the 2015 Toronto global Film Festival, a movie has been pulled from the roster amid creative differences and allegations of non-payment.
Known as an audience-friendly film festival, moviegoers vote to determine the victor of the major prize at the Festival, the Grolsch People’s Choice Award.
From Johnny Depp’s Whitey Bulger (“Black Mass“) to Robert Redford’s Dan Rather (“Truth“), an particularly giant variety of movies this fall are positive to stoke the ordinary accuracy debates that encompass dramatizations.
Ellen Page arrives at the world premiere of “Freeheld” at Roy Thomson Hall during the Toronto global Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on September 13, 2015.
Director Ridley Scott’s space adventure in “The Martian” has also made the list and has been heralded as an “ode to science”. It’s a large, winning entertainment that’s something seldom seen through 3-D glasses: an ode to science.
A film that deals with heady emotional issues is countered in “45 years” when a couple who approach their 45th wedding anniversary are suddenly confronted with a letter from their past and the lived-in peace of their marriage is tested.
BEASTS OF NO NATION: Cary Fukunaga’s West Africa child soldier drama will get a lot of attention for being Netflix’s first original narrative release when it hits the service on October 16.
THE DANISH GIRL: The good-looking meticulousness and overwhelming sense of “status” in the newest from director Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech”) leaves some chilly.
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Following the British music industry of the 1990’s, Kill Your Friends sees Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult) desperately claw his way to the top of the hedonistic chart scene, turning to even more desperate and, in turn, murderous methods to ensure his success. In a flowing and clever stream of consciousness, Anderson sifts via reminiscences of her rat terrier, Lolabelle, the nature of language and NSA surveillance.
