Saw Kevin Smith on the red carpet before his movie Zak and Miri Make a Porno. What a nice guy. He was the only star I have seen come over to his fans and sign autographs. His movie was funny and surprisingly cute.
We are back from the film festival. Our celebrity spotting
list is...
Terence Howard
J K Simmons (editor in Spiderman)
Michael Cera (kid in SuperBad)
Jim Broadbent
Brad Pitt
Helen Hunt
Marilyn Manson
Evan Rachel Wood
Tommy Lee Jones
Laura Linney
Steven Dorff
Laura Linney
Ryan Gosling
Jake Gyllenhaal
The Jake sighting was across the street and such a glimpse, it
hardly counts. I wrote more about the tiff celebrity spottings and the
sad attempt to get some pictures over at Rocha-chatter.
Wonderful movie with Jim Broadbent and Colin Firth. Jim plays
Colin's dad who steals the spotlight and embaresses his son, but by the
end of the movie you still care about him. The actor that plays young
Colin was excellent.
Oh hey... lookee here... Colin Firth again. How did that
happen? Heh.
Helen Hunt directed and starred in this film about a 39 year
old woman dealing with a separation, wanting a child and meeting her
real mother. The dialogue had a jilting, abrupt quality to it... very
much Helen's style... which was odd to hear everyone conversing like
that. The story is great though and Bette Midler was awesome.
This was by far my favorite movie for the weekend. Esp being a
Jane Austen fan. Each member of the book club had a story going on and
some of them reflected an Austen plot. This film was warm, funny and
charming. I esp liked Emily Blunt (from The Devil Wears Prada)... her
character is a Francophile and wearst the cutest outfits. Hugh Dancy is
quite nice also.
I hardly have words for this film. I was completely
uncomfortable throughout the entire thing. There are scenes that are
shocking and horrible. My only consolation is the young actress was not
13 as she is in the film, but 19. It is a well made film... the
writing, the acting the plot. But there are too many terrible things, I
could have gone without seeing it... and esp wish it hadn't been the
movie we ended the festival with.
This year Nancy and Brian went to TIFF also and we were able to meet up for breakfast. There is a breakfast spot across from the Elgin Theatre called Eggspectation that was perfect. I kept calling it Eggceptional or Eggcitement.
