Soon the 40th annual, Toronto Film Festival will be upon us and again I am proud to be volunteering for this fine event This year I will be taking up residence at the Bell Lightbox Theatre, but I am hoping to provide as many live reviews as I can during the festival.
Here are my picks for this year's festival
Demolition
Dir: Jean-Marc Vallee
Chosen as the opening night film for the festival, this one for French-Canadian director, Jean-Marc Vallee already has awards potential about it. When successful investment banker Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal) loses his wife in a car crash, his world begins to fall apart. With an actor like Gyllenhaal abroad, you know this story will be a hard hitting one. Also with support from the likes of Chris Cooper and Naomi Watts- this could be a festival highlight. Closer to the Edge's Best Director of 2014, Vallee is on a fine run of form and it looks like it will continue here!
The Martain
Dir: Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott again returns to the sci-fi genre and has brought with him one of the finest casts of 2015! Astronaut Mark Whatney (Matt Damon) is left behind and presumed dead after a disastrous mission to Mars. With limited supplies and little chance of survival, his only choice is to beam a signal back to earth. A cast also including Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor and surprisingly Kristen Wiig, Sir Ridley promises one of the big rides of this year.
Freeheld
Dir: Peter Sollett
Promising to be one the festival's rollarcoaster emotional rides, this effort from director Peter Sollett looks interesting. When New Jersey police detective Laurel (Julianne Moore) is diagnosed with cancer, she and her domestic partner Stacie struggle to secure her benefits to pay her for treatment. Featuring a pair a great pairing of Julianne Moore and Ellen Page, this is one story that is likely to capture our hearts.
Legend
Dir: Brian Helgeland
Tom Hardy is always has a fierce presence on screen, so just imagine the effect having him play two characters at once! Based on the story on notorious London mobsters, Ronnie and Reggie Kray (Both Tom Hardy) this film recounts the terror they beset upon the criminal underworld in the 1950s and 60s. Expect things to get heated and for Tom Hardy to be likely excellent twice over. The Krays were a formidable force, expect the film to follow suit!
Black Mass
Dir: Scott Cooper
In what could be one of the performances of 2015, Johnny Depp is infamous Boston mobster Whitey Bulger. Documenting his rise to becoming the most famous criminal in US history, director Scott Cooper has surrounded this film with a fine cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Joel Egerton and Kevin Bacon. Depp looks like he could be providing us with a career best turn here, expect Toronto audiences to go wild.
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