“The Invention of Lying” hits theaters Oct. 2, 2009, and the stars walked the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival.
It’s a comedy set in a world (clearly fictional!) where no one has ever lied. That is, until a writer seizes the opportunity to lie for personal gain. The movie stars Ricky Gervais (who also wrote, directed and produced), Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Tina Fey, and Rob Lowe. It’s rated PG-13 for language including some sexual material and a drug reference.
Check out the stars on the red carpet. They look like they’re having a lot …read more

The Toronto International Film Festival is taking place Sept. 10 – 19, 2009. Here are a few pictures from here, there and everywhere. Some of the films screening at the festival include Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant!,” Joel and Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Man,” Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air,” and Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces.”
If any Film Gecko readers are AT the festival and want to send me photos, I’d love to post them. For now, here’s a few from INF:
Megan Fox

I would imagine that all the publicity an actor has to do would get tiring after a while. I mean, making the movie is probably just a small part of the acting business. Once you make the movie, you have to get out there and promote it.
But George Clooney says he’s all done with the publicity – although the story in The Hollywood Reporter’s Showbiz411.com blog doesn’t make it clear whether he’s just giving up Oscar promotion or movie promotion altogether. Is Clooney a big enough star that he doesn’t have to promote his movies? People will just …read more

Ok, I love Megan Fox as much as the next person, but does her wardrobe seem to be getting more hooker-ish? Here she is signing autographs at the world premiere of “Jennifer’s Body” at the Toronto International Film Festival.
She’s really working it, isn’t she? Whatever “it” is. Do you think she needs to tone it down? Or are you in the “go for it” camp? I mean, if we’re talking hooker, she’d definitely be a high-class one, right?
For all of Film Gecko’s coverage of the movie, click here. The slasher-cheerleader flick opens in theaters Sept. 18, 2009.

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What a cast this movie has! It’s “Gigantic”!
Zooey Deschanel, Paul Dano, John Goodman, Ed Asner and Jane Alexander star in “Gigantic,” a comedy that’s has just been picked up by First Independent Pictures.
Executive producer Dano plays a mattress salesman who wants to adopt a Chinese baby. Deschanel (pictured, with Mark Wahlberg) plays an off-kilter woman who distracts him during his quest. She’s SO good at the off-kilter women.
The film premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival and screened this weekend at the American Film Market, where the deal was closed. …read more

My friend and writing colleague, Charmian Christie, had the opportunity to talk with Ioan Gruffudd about his diverse acting career. Read on for their Q&A…
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With unconventional good looks and a name that’s easier to pronounce than read, Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced YO-en GRIFF-ith) might be the biggest celebrity you don’t know you know. Although instantly recognized in Britain, Gruffudd coasts under the radar of North American mainstream media, despite landing roles in major Hollywood films like Titanic, Fantastic Four, Black Hawk Down and 102 Dalmatians. And that’s fine with him. He thinks a bit of …read more

One of my favorite actors, Greg Kinnear, and Flash of Genius director Marc Abraham sat down with the Shootout boys at the Toronto Film Festival. Kinnear talks about the appeal of flawed characters and a movie about a windshield-wiper guy. The film will be in theaters Oct. 17, but check out my advance review here. It’s one of my favorite films so far this year.

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Wow, those New York Post folks are edgy, aren’t they? During a screening at the Toronto Film Festival last week, NYP film critic Lou Lumenick throttled Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert.
Here’s the scoop: Apparently, Ebert was sitting behind Lumenick during the screening of a film that included subtitles. Since Ebert is unable to speak after thyroid cancer, he tapped Lumenick on the shoulder to see if he’d move his head so he could see the film.
More after the jump…you wanna know what I think about this, don’t you?

Variety is reporting that Fox Searchlight Pictures has picked up director Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler at the Toronto International Film Festival for about $4 million. The drama won The Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
The film centers on Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke), a burned-out, 1980s-era pro wrestler. After suffering a heart attack during a small-time match, a doctor tells him he could die if he fights again.
So Robinson takes a job at a deli, moves in with an aging stripper, and tries to build a relationship with her son. But the call of …read more

Burn After Reading is playing at the Toronto Film Festival, and the stars were on the red carpet talking up the film. Tilda Swinton summed it up perfectly when she said that if you watch one segment of a Coen Brothers movie, you know right away it’s a Coen Brothers movie. I’m such a big fan of their films and look forward to seeing Burn After Reading.

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