I just wrapped up my interview with Cakelulu, also known as Jane from MJO and it went really well. She's a very talented woman and I'm really excited for her business venture! I think she's going...in love with someone, you need to physically, emotionally and mentally dive into that whole realm. See, I love George but I doubt I'm in love with George. You know? What else? Ah, I'm done.  

I'm really excited because this Wednesday I have an interview with Jane also better known as the Cakelulu from MJO. This will have been the second person I've interviewed. My attempts at interviewing Andrew...Listerine Agent Cool Blue. Weird. I told you it would be weird and lucid. So, anyone? Anyone want a jab at these interpretations? Be my guest... I'm off to watch "Chuck" now. In twenty minutes

Rain : The first Bahamian film ever to play at TIFF, Maria Govan’s first feature Rain is surprisingly good. The backbone of the story is familiar: a girl with a troubled home life has a talent ...Japanese crew, about a French writer who goes to Japan with his latest successful book and is stalked by the mysterious “Shundei Oe”, sort of a cross between J.D. Salinger and Jessica Fletcher. 6

Il y a longtemps que je t’aime [ I’ve Loved You So Long ]: My favourite film from TIFF this year. All the performances are perfect, particularly Kristin Scott Thomas and Elsa Zylberstein. It’s...about it but it did not seem all that interesting. American Swing : Engaging documentary about the history of Plato’s Retreat, a swingers’ club in Manhattan in the 1970s and early ’80s. 8

Fifty Dead Men Walking : According to this article , the version of the film shown at TIFF is different from an earlier version to which Martin McGartland (the subject of the film) objected. I am...it; I sort of remember the movie, mostly not being interested in it, and I don’t remember the movie as well as I remember the mistakes made by the TIFF French-English interpreter at the Q&A. 4

The Hurt Locker : The best action movie I’ve seen in years. This movie should be controversial, if anyone really pays attention to it. It shows the adrenaline rush of war, and why some soldiers crave... “okay, the acting is good but the story is exactly what I expected”. There’s enough drama but it needs some surprise. It is certainly worth seeing if you don’t know anything about it beforehand. 7

Here are this year's capsule reviews, ordered, as always, in my order of preference, starting with favorites and descending from there. There were fewer films I outright disliked this year than any...clearly believe that they're presenting an affirmative take on the roleplaying hobby, they're not only advancing a trite, easy thesis, but blindly abusing the trust placed in them by their subjects.

Achilles and the Tortoise [Japan, Takeshi Kitano, ****] Talentless painter pursues his creative obsession throughout a life of rejection and personal catastrophe. Satirical drama is less experimental...treatment. Ong Bak director showcases a new star in the ass-kicking firmament with crunching, head rattling fight choreography. The usual omnibus post collating the capsule reviews will come soon...

Flame & Citron [ Flammen & Citronen ]: A second Danish film this year that I did not care for. I guess I was hoping for a really compelling World War Two resistance story like Gaston’s War or...like Michael Moore. It was good to hear her talk about her work. The action genre may be denigrated by some of the film-festival crowd but, as Bigelow said, this kind of film maximizes the medium

Empty Nest [Argentina, Daniel Burman, ****] A woman's efforts to reinvent her life when her children leave home provokes a midlife crisis for her prickly novelist husband. Tone and subject matter...brings home unacceptable bride in the form of a glamorous race car driver (Jessica Biel.) Noel Coward adaptation takes a while to warm up, because only Colin Firth properly underplays the dialogue.