Best and Worst of the 2013 Toronto Film Festival

Posted by · 10:26 pm · September 13th, 2013

The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival delivered a strong slate of films this year as “Gravity,” “12 Years A Slave,” “Bad Words,” “Can A Song Save Your Life?” and “Afflicted” were among the best selected by HitFix’s editors. What were the worst? Let’s just say Matthew Weiner, James Franco and Atom Egoyan were three filmmakers who didn’t have a pleasant stay in Toronto.

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Toronto: Jason Bateman's 'Bad Words' lands at Focus

Posted by · 9:28 pm · September 7th, 2013

Focus Features will be aiming to turn “Bad Words” into a smash as the studio acquired the film earlier this morning. Written by Andrew Dodge (and a Black List entry in 2011), it be released worldwide by Focus in 2014.

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Review: 'Bad Words' is a dirty, hilarious smash for Jason Bateman

Posted by · 11:57 pm · September 6th, 2013

Jason Bateman shows a tremendous amount of directorial talent with the new comedy “Bad Words” which debuted at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival Friday night.

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25 most anticipated fall festival movies of 2013

Posted by · 6:40 pm · August 27th, 2013

HitFix’s editorial team breaks down the 25 most anticipated films screening at the Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festivals this fall including “Gravity,” “Labor Day,” “12 Years A Slave,” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and more.

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