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The horror, the horror THE UNLEASHED (Manuel H. DaSilva) Rating: N Here are some of the elements that appear in the new horror movie The Unleashed, screening at the Revue, the Regent and the Toronto Underground Cinema this weekend in an attempt to attract a distributor’s attention: a wizened old fortuneteller lady, a Ouija board, scary glowing eyes, a dark family secret and the menacing voice of Malcolm McDowell. Any one of those things could give audiences the creeps if used correctly. But in the hands of director and co-writer Manuel H. DaSilva, they’re just genre tropes that he doesn’t fully understand or exploit. How to find a listing
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festival bite me! toronto international body image film and arts festival
national film board, 150 john. 416-540-6659, bitemefilmfest.com.
fri 8-suN 10 – Festival of films exploring social justice issues surrounding identity and body image.$20 per day, stu $15; $40 three-day festival pass, stu pass $25. fri 8 – Opening night: Amazon Falls (2010) D: Katrin Bowen, and short film Gorgeous (1994) D: Kaz Cooke. Filmmaker Katrin Bowen in attendance. 8 pm. sat 9 – Flawed (2010) D: Andrea Dorfman. Noon. Made Over In America (2007) D: Bernadette Wegenstein & Geoffrey Alan Rhodes. 12:15 pm. Africa Rising (2009) D: Paula Heredia. 1:30 pm. Beauty Mark (2009) D: Diane Israel, Carla Precht & Kathleen Man. 2:45 pm. Asian American Beauty: A Discourse On Female Body Image (2007) D: Calvin Sun. 4 pm. Inside Out (2006) D: Zohreh Shayesteh. 4:20 pm. Weightless (2010) D: Faith Pennick. 5 pm. Arresting Ana (2008) D: Lucie Schwartz. 6 pm. Confessions Of A Superhero (2007) D: Matthew Ogens. 6:30 pm. Orgasm Inc. The Strange Science Of Female Pleasure (2009) D: Liz Canner. 8 pm. suN 10 – Beauty Does Lie: The Untold Stories Of Autoimmune Diseases (2006) D: Courtney G Smith. Noon. Wedding Night (2010) D: Sabina England. 1 pm. Pink Saris (2010) D: Kim Longinotto. 1:30 pm. Gen Silent (2010) D: Stu Maddux. 3:30 pm. Fat Chance (2007) D: Yuka Sekiguchi. 5:30 pm. Teeth (2007) D: Alice Arnold. 6:30 pm. Penis Dementia: The Search For The Perfect Penis (2005) D: Michael McNamara. 7 pm. Say My Name (2009) D: Mamamess. 8:15 pm.
After a prologue that includes most of the above elements (the scary glowing eyes are saved for later), The Unleashed tells the boring story of Madison Kennard, a young woman (Trisha Echeverria) who comes home for her mother’s funeral and quickly finds herself and her friends menaced by a malevolent force. Does it have something to do with the dusty old Ouija board they found in the basement next to the pentagram on the laundry room wall? What are the odds? Not only is The Unleashed the sort of movie where none of the characters has ever seen a horror film (and thus spend all their time lifelessly trading expository dialogue about restless spirits and mystical
conduits), but it also presumes its audience is equally ignorant and thus won’t be insulted by spookhouse gimmicks that were tuckered out back in the day of Night Of The Demons and Witchboard. It’s possible to make a brilliant horror movie on a nonexistent budget.
But The Unleashed is not that movie. It doesn’t even know what the brilliant ones are. Screens Friday (June 8) at the Regent, the Revue and the Toronto Underground Cinema, with repeat shows Saturday at the Regent and NormaN wilNer Revue.
thu 7-aug 31 – Closed for renovations.
The New Majority, and The Summer Way.
camera bar
national film board
panied by Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring music. 7 pm. Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, accompanied by Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer albums. 9 pm.
1028 Queen W. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca
150 john. 416-973-3012. nfb.ca/mediatheQue
sat 9 – Insomnia (2002) D: Christopher Nolan. 3 pm. Free.
thu 7-wed 13 – More than 5,000 NFB films available at digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. fri 8-suN 10 – Bite Me! Toronto International Body Image Film & Arts Festival. See listings, this page. wed 13 – Billy The Kid Unmasked (2004). 4 pm. Free.
cinematheQue tiff bell lightbox
reitman sQuare, 350 king W. 416-599-tiff (8433). tiff.net
thu 7 – Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1951) D: Radhu Karmakar. 6:30 pm. fri 8 – Awaara (1951) D: Raj Kapoor. 3 pm. Andaz (1949) D: Mehboob Khan. 7:15 pm. sat 9 – That Darn Cat (1965) D: Robert Stevenson. 2 pm. La Strada (1954) D: Federico Fellini. 5 pm. Limelight (1952) D: Charles Chaplin. 8 pm. Heaven (1998) D: Scott Reynolds. 11 pm. suN 10 – Judgment At Nuremburg (1961) D: Stanley Kramer. 1 pm. Madhumati (1958) D: Bimal Roy. 5 pm. moN 11 – Mughal-E-Azam (1960) D: K. Asif. 6:30 pm. tue 12 – Judgment at Nuremburg. 6:30 pm. wed 13 – Juliet Of The Spirits (1965) D: Federico Fellini. 6:30 pm. The Images Festival presents Arcade Fire: Neon Bible Archives (2009) D: Vincent Morisset. 7:30 pm. $10-$12. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) D: Michel Gondry. 9:30 pm.
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fox theatre
2236 Queen e. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca
thu 7 – Water For Elephants (2011) D: Francis Lawrence. 7 pm. Bridesmaids (2011) D: Paul Feig. 9:15 pm. fri 8 – Win Win (2011) D: Thomas McCarthy. 7 pm. Bridesmaids. 9:15 pm. sat 9 – Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) D: Frank Oz. 2 pm. Bridesmaids. 4 & 7 pm. Win Win. 9:30 pm. suN 10 – Muppets Take Manhattan. 2 pm. Bridesmaids. 4 & 6:45 pm. Win Win. 9:15 pm. moN 11-tue 12 – Bridesmaids. 6:45 pm. The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) D: Morgan Spurlock. 9:15 pm. wed 13 – Bridesmaids. 1:30 pm. Win Win. 7 pm. Conspirator (2010) D: Robert Redford. 9:15 pm.
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graham sPry theatre
cbc museum, cbc broadcast centre, 250 front W, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca
cinemas
thu 7-wed 13 – Continuous screenings Mon to
506 bloor W. 416-516-2330. bloorcinema.com
moN 11-wed 13 – Marshall McLuhan At 100:
bloor cinema
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Trisha Echeverria (left) and Jessica Salgueiro help unleash a dud.
Fri 9 am to 5 pm. Free.
thu 7-fri 8 – Marshall McLuhan At 100: The Man And His Message.
revue cinema
400 roncesvalles. 416-531-9959. revuecinema.ca
thu 7 – The Bang Bang Club (2010) D: Steven Silver. 7 pm. The Rendezvous (2010) D: Curt Truninger. 9 pm.
fri 8 – Jane Eyre (2011) D: Cary Fukunaga. 7 pm. Dark House Films presents The Unleashed (2011) D: Manuel H DaSilva. 9:30 pm. sat 9 – Labyrinth (1986) D: Jim Henson. 2 pm. Ghostbusters (1984) D: Ivan Reitman. 4:15 pm. Hanna (2011) D: Joe Wright. 7 pm. Dark House Films presents The Unleashed. 9:30 pm. suN 10 – Labyrinth. 2 pm. Ghostbusters. 4:15 pm. Win Win (2011) D: Tom McCarthy. 7 pm. Jane Eyre. 9 pm. moN 11 – Ghostbusters. 1 pm. Labyrinth. 3:15 pm. Kevin Courrier Lecture: Forbidden Desires: The films of Hitchcock and DePalma. 7 pm. Hanna. 9:10 pm. tue 12 – Win Win. 7 pm. Jane Eyre. 9 pm. wed 13 – L’Amour Fou (2010) D: Neel Eargood. 7 pm. Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961) D: Blake Edwards. 9 pm.
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the royal
608 college. 416-534-5252. theroyal.to
thu 7 – The Beaver (2011) D: Jodie Foster. 7 pm. Meek’s Cutoff (2010) D: Kelly Reichardt. 9 pm. fri 8-wed 13 – Check website for schedule.
toronto underground cinema
186 sPadina ave, basement. 647-992-4335, torontoundergroundcinema.com
thu 7 – Mean Girls (2004) D: Mark Waters. 7 pm. The Godfather (1972) D: ñ Francis Ford Coppola. 9 pm. fri 8 – The Unleashed (2011) D: Manuel H DaSilva. 9:30 pm. suN 10 – Mean Girls. 7 pm. moN 11-wed 13 – Check website for schedule.
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ontario Place cinesPhere 955 lake shore W. 416-314-9900. ontarioPlace.com
thu 7– Bugs! 10:30 am, 1, 3:30 & 6 pm. Hubble
3D. 11:45 am, 2:15 & 4:45 pm. U2 3D. 7 & 9 pm.
fri 8-sat 9 – Bugs! 11 am, 1:30 & 4 pm. Hubble
3D. 12:15, 2:45 & 5:30 pm. U2 3D. 7 & 9 pm. suN 10 – Bugs! 10:30 am, 1, 3:30 & 6 pm. Hubble 3D. 11:45 am, 2:15 & 4:45 pm. U2 3D. 7 & 9 pm. moN 11-wed 13 – Bugs! 11 am, 1:30 & 4 pm. Hubble 3D. 12:15 pm, 2:45 & 5:30 pm. U2 3D. 7 & 9 pm.
ontario science centre
770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre.ca
thu 7 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.
fri 8 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3, 5 & 9 pm.
Under The Sea. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. sat 9 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3, 5 & 9 pm. Under The Sea. Noon, 4 & 8 pm. IMAX Hubble. 2 pm. suN 10-wed 13 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3 & 5 pm. Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. IMAX Hubble. 2 pm.
reg hartt’s cineforum 463 bathurst. 416-603-6643.
thu 7 – The Blind Samurai Film Fest. 7 pm. The 3D Film Festival. 9 pm. sat 9 – Mae West: The Wickedest Woman Of The Movies. 7 pm. Metropolis (1927) D: Fritz Lang. 9 pm. suN 10 – The Power Of Faith At The Movies. 2 pm. Dark Age Ahead: Jane Jacobs. 5 pm. Who Censored Bugs Bunny? 7 pm. moN 11 – The Anarchist, Hallucinatory, Surrealist Film Fest. 7 pm. What I Learned With LSD (2010). D: Reg Hartt. tue 12 – Alice In The Wall: Alice In Wonderland, accompanied by Pink Floyd’s The Wall album. 7 pm. Oz Darkside: The Wizard Of Oz (1939) D: Victor Fleming, accompanied by Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon album. 8:30 pm. wed 13 – The Rite Of Dr. Caligari: The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (1920) D: Robert Wiene, accom-
= Critics’ Pick nnnnn = Top ten of the year nnnn = Honourable mention nnn = Entertaining nn = Mediocre n = Bomb
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