Toronto After Dark 2012

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Toronto After Dark 2012: Award Winners

The Audience Choice award winners of the 2012 Toronto After Dark Film Festival were announced today.  The awards were decided by either post-screening ballots or polls of over 100 all-access pass buyers. The fan-favourite zombie comedy Cockneys vs. Zombies won the gold award for Best Feature film, followed by Dead Sushi (silver) and A Fantastic […]

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Short Film Thoughts – Toronto After Dark 2012

In addition to the 20 feature films, there was also 29 short films that screened at Toronto After Dark.  The shorts were divided into two separate programmes: Canada After Dark consisted of 20 Canadian shorts films, which played before each of the features.  Then there was the Shorts After Dark showcase, which screened 9 international

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Game of Werewolves (Lobos De Arga) – Toronto After Dark 2012

I should probably begin by commenting that Game of Werewolves is the terrible localized title for the Spanish horror-comedy Lobos De Arga (which is literally translated to Werewolves of Arga).  I have no idea why it was decided to rename the film Game of Werewolves (perhaps it’s the success of Game of Thrones).  Since I

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A Fantastic Fear of Everything – Toronto After Dark 2012

A Fantastic Fear of Everything is a comedy/thriller, written and directed by Crispin Mills of the band Kula Shaker, which stars Simon Pegg as a writer named Jack.  Tired of being typecast as a children’s author, Jack has been working on a TV script about Victorian Serial Killers named Decades of Death.  Due to his

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Dead Sushi – Toronto After Dark 2012

Dead Sushi is an utterly ridiculous Japanese splatter comedy about an inn that has become under attack by swarms of…man-eating killer sushi.  The killer sushi are the creation of a disgruntled former member of a pharmaceutical company, of which the members happen to be visiting the inn.  Even though the premise of sushi that comes

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Listen to Me – The Liberal Dead Toronto After Dark Pubcast

A couple nights ago, I ventured into the world of podcasting, as I took part in a live “pubcast” for Dead Air: The Liberal Dead Podcast, which was recorded live at one of Toronto After Dark’s post screening pub nights. I’m acquainted with the show’s guest host Kirk Haviland and I thought that it would

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