Film Fan Fridays for Friday April 3, 2009

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday April 3, 2009! It looks like April showers are trying to visit us, what better way to keep them at bay than by being tucked away in the theatre enjoying a great new film?

We have quite a few limited release this week starting with the spectacular documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil, which follows the dedicated metal band Anvil. Next up is Fanboys, following the fictional quest of five friends to snag a copy of Star Wars: Episode I from Skywalker Mansion. Fanboys is such a long awaited release that it arrives in theatres just two months before it will be released on DVD. Our remaining limited releases have us travellling with world with the German film Cloud 9, then over to a hotel in Goa for The Pool and finally Sin Nombre a Hondruas set thriller.

In wide release this week we have just 2 releases. First up is Adventureland, a comedy/coming of age film set in an amusement park circa 1987 which looks pretty charming. Our last release is Fast & Furious, which reunites all the key players from the original fast cars & cool people film but sans the "the's".

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

Cinéfranco
12th Annual Celebration of International Francophone Cinema
Continues until April 5, 2009 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Images Festival
Festival of independent film, video and other time-based media
Continues until April 11, 2009 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Si-Si Cine Toronto Latin Film Festival
April 3 - 5, 2009 at the NFB in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Singapore Film Festival
4rd annual festival introducing Singapore film to Canadians
April 3 - 4, 2009 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Tibet Film Festival
April 3 - 4, 2009 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Special Screening

Like screenings with stars and directors are there? Then this is your lucky week. The awesome documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil will have director Sacha Gervasi at the Saturday evening screenings and the band themselves will be at both the Friday and Saturday evening screenings. Enjoy!

Friday April 3, 2009 Releases

Adventureland
Writer/Dir: Greg Mottola (Superbad)
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig
USA
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Dir: Sacha Gervasi - directorial debut
Documentary on the rockin' & resilient Toronto metal band Anvil
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Cloud 9 / Wolke Neun
Dir: Andreas Dresen (Summer in Berlin / Sommer vorm Balkon)
Cast: Ursula Werner, Horst Rehberg, Horst Westphal, Steffi Kühnert
Germany
Limited Release
Official Film Site & German Trailer, IMDb Page

Fanboys
Dir: Kyle Newman - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Kristen Bell, Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler, Chris Marquette, Sam Huntington
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Fast & Furious
Dir: Justin Lin (Finishing the Game, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift)
Cast: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster
USA
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

The Pool
Dir: Chris Smith (American Movie)
Cast: Jhangir Badshah, Venkatesh Chavan, Ayesha Mohan, Nina Patekar
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Sin Nombre
Writer/Dir: Cary Fukunaga- feature film directorial debut
Cast: Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores
Mexico/USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of April 3, 2009**