gentleman Reg

Gentleman Reg @ Drake

Thursday dec 4th @ drake one member of the stars played at the drake underground.

It was the second time seeing Gentleman Reg and this time it was a more appreciative crowd.

The occasion was for the 7 1/2 LP great set crowd dance his patter in between was funny but sometimes bit inside clique for me.

Question just because the music is gay friendly do you have to be gay to only listen to the sounds of Gentleman Reg.

Make some Noise

FREE MUSIC

OK CONCERT @ Toronto Public Library for free to help promote the local music CD collection of indie acts. Cosponsored by Soundscapes and Exclaim.

Who was there Slim Twig, Masia One, Winter Gloves & Gentlemen Reg.

All ages show meaning the concert was suppose to end at 11pm so the young ones could meet their curfew but at last delay meant the show went into overtime, it was amusing watching the kids who had to leave Early or try to get an extension to their curfew.

The music was good and very indie right down to the hip hop represented by Masia One and her b-girl dancer's and female Dj.

Can't wait for next Make some noise instalment in the near year!

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I sell the Dead

TREEVENGE

The best of the shorts hands down... Jason Eisener master piece is great environmental horror flick with lots of themes that are relevant to today..

great film had everything packed in a too short 15min run..

I've never laughed screamed and cried so hard as in this 15 min revenge tale made by the trailer PARK team..

good reason to go the nfb and request the film made available..

where does this short go after it's debut.

I sell the dead

Victorian horror tale .

with zombie, vampire's and what ever else the dead turns in to...

only one small plot point miss what does the old man played Angus Scrimm do with the dead bodies dig up by the grave robber.. I don't think it was explained or I must have missed that part when it was explained..

Supernatural tale to the end and well acted as well..

something different to end Toronto After Dark..

Gala party and the director actors all mingled with the fans.

shout out to Glenn McQuaid, Larry Fressenden and all involved with the film they had a hard act to follow after seeing Treevenge which was a triumph and tour DE force..
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WHO IS KK DOWNEY

DAY 5 part duex,

Short film The bumblebee man by Ryan Caven well think ballet Shakespeare English and that's the bumblebee man. Musical and weird dancing short not so scary which is why it went so well with who is KK downey..

Darren curtis and Pat Kiely directered the interesting film indeed, part thriller, seemed semi autobiographical ala docu-fiction, but the acting totally bring the hysterical laughter to this film.. I want the novel Truck Stop Hustler to be real but atlas it is just a great prop.. Think the famous words by Andy wharol 15 min but instead the 2 main characters get 90 min of fame.. what makes it so horrifically funny is satire on the hipster crowd something we Canadians can so identify with especially if you live in the queen west, parkdale or Roncevelles area...

Music used in the film you bet your bottom dollar and no soundtrack to boot..

Hey producers one other way to get the film marketed to the public is if possible cut a your own self C.D that you can sell or send out to drum up publicity for the film the other side could have been fictitious reading of the Book Truck Stop Hustler by the real KK downey books on tape sell man..

see pah1971/myspace.com for South of Heaven.

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DAY 5

Vampire theme through out.
Short film : Ending The Eternal Justin McConnell 14min short all about a vampire who does not want to wake up anymore and finally really eternally sleep.. The killers for hire screwed up and ended in funny tragedy.

Next first person narrative comedy romantic horror vampire office style or takeoff or rip off depending on which side you are on.
Cast of known and un-known SNL Darell Hammond, KINTH Dave Foley, Clerks Jason Mewes, BFC Judd Nelson and small cameo by Robert Wagner round this cast of comedy made me wish I got to see the Swedish vampire movie.

4BIA (PHOBIA)

ALL THE WAY from Thailand we got 4 films put into one first one text, broken leg isolation and day of the dead all come together to start the audience off my self included screaming. The second cgi driven was just as scary but might not have been a fan favorite because the cgi was not scary enough for the audience..
Vengeance was heavily portrayed and revenge was severed scorching hot story simple school gang bullied and killed the wrong kid and he took out his anger in the most killing fashion.
the third film was laugh horror release 4 friends go camping white water rafting and tell ghost stories and what would happen if one of the four is killed or dies on the trip. Laugh and small dose of scare explode from this story and it prepares us for the last in the 4BIA betrayal murder? thriller or just jealousy don't know on this one story steward must accompany the princess back home. Last short in the 4 part series and the most confusing could not really get why the spirit of the princess was haunting the young stewardess..

The short lucky 10 was short sweet but hardly remember able but except for the fact the entrounge group who came to see their son family or friend's film on the big screen.. I'm sure all were proud of Manny Kargov.

next who is kk downey.

Toronto after dark day 4 -5

Red

So Monday first film thriller in small town RED by Trygve Diesen and Lucky McKee Cast Brian Cox Tom Sizemore under used Robert England and Amanda Plummer. Revenge, anger and finally a pay off in the end is how I would describe this film..

I want to read Jack Ketchum books it's seems his stuff is being made into films ala Stephen king. and this film was interesting indeed, what should you do when your dog is killed by the town's bully.. Every thing Brian Cox's character did was something we all would have done.. The difference is the quiet seething anger Mr cox portrayed is spectacular..

Even though there was no blood guts and gore in this film it was still interesting entry in to the festival this year, Oscar buzz well we see what happens through out the year but it surely should be a contender. The story was simple and well acted by all involved the audience could feel the main character's pain and the simple not realized love story between Av Ludlow and the reporter was a nice surprise..

Morality tale with a twist I hope all learn a lesson from this cautionary tale about revenge and seeking justice by any means necessary..

The short for the this film was VENGEANCE BY a Female Director Lanan Adcock hip hip hooray finally a female voice in the Horror, Sci-fi, action and cult genre. Peter Kuplowsky the programmer for short film found a gem in Ms Adcock's 5 min film.. about a women a crab and the sea went well with the longer film Red.

Almost forgot the use of music, colour red in both films were stylistically great way to portray anger or pure hate. ONE more thing Ms. Adcock come to T.o. to represent your film it would have been great to talk to you at the Pub After Dark..

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SEXY KILLER

Spain and Midnight Madness

Let me count the different genres or filmmakers who influenced Screen play writer Pablo cabezas and director Miguel Marti. Well there is pulp fiction and ending with the bride of Frankenstein.

The pop technic- color and the different version's of the song Barbie girl was a hoot from beginning to end...

The actress Marcarena Gomez is truly sexxy and a kickass killer who takes no prisoners in her quest for fresh blood or the thrill of killing for the sake of killing..

Finally a female hero and I don't mean villain that was strong powerful and never allowed herself to be the victim... Her sassy dialogs and breaking the third wall to get to the audience was totally inspiring and we girls can't wait for the sexxy killer Barbie doll...

Let me just say this movie, for me was the best midnight madness I've seen so far this year and I finally got my faith back in the programmer Collin Geddes...

I hope this film gets a distributer and gets a wide release it was fun and sexxy to watch...

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Eden Log

Sci-fi French style

If the truth be told I took a great nap during this film all those steepness nights during the other days had finally caught up with me .

What I say or heard my fellow midnight madness pals argue over this film is the visual take that the director Frank Vestiel used to make this film was it animated, or some new process of film making to show the dark sinister world , the character Tolbiac inhabits.

The audience goes through the Journey as if we too are crawling through many layers of levels and tunnels to unravel a great mystery..

At the Q&A the director was asked if he was influenced by the video game donkey kong at first I too as well the director found the question funny but after seeing it again and not sleeping through it I see why the question was asked....

Sometimes the si-fi is either a hit or miss at midnight madness this time it was a miss...

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Martyrs

MARTYRS BY Pascal Laugier

This is funnier if you read or speak out loud in a french accent not Quebec but Parisian French I was depressed when making this film and I wanted the audience to feel the torture that the characters were going through and experience the horror as well.

Well monsieur Laugier you have accomplished your goal... This film was band in france and I understand why the horrific scenes that happened to the 2 main actresses Morjana Ataoui and Myle`ne Jampano was truly hard to take at times and turned me off of French horror...

The si-fi, religious pseudo-cult as evil version of the rich society who have no regard for human life or children's life especially women ..

If you like your gore extra visual and can live through the torture scenes then MARTYRS IS FOR YOU.

The Burrowers

Western Ghost/ Monster Movie

The Burrowers by Jt Petty is not a new discovery he came to midnight madness back in o6 with s&m.
Another western was also intro deuced to the midnight madness crowd do u remember Takashi Miike film SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO si-fi ,blood lust and greed. If not I do anyway THE BURROWERS have scary sounding creatures and visually scarry ones too.

This was the first film which gave me legit feelings of freight. I jumped every time the sound of the burrow creatures were moving and actually screamed at the first kill...

The description in the book claims to be a terror take on John fords the searchers but the political message intended or not intended reminded me of the original George Romero night of the living dead where of course the black man would survive the zombies and be killed by the racist town police.

So when the only first nation or Indian tribe that can give everyone the secret to kill the burrower creatures they too with the black guy played by sean Patrick Thomas is killed by the sadistic northern or southern who cares army man in the end .

No one survives racism or the burrowers you are left wanting more....

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Acolytes

Jet

Jet is a rock band from Melbourne, Australia whose debut album Get Born released in 2003 has so far sold over a million copies throughout the world. The garage rock band from down under draw their influences from rock bands such as The Beatles, The Kinks, AC/DC, Oasis and The Rolling Stones. more...

[via FoxyTunes / Jet]

Ah to be a young teenager again an Acolytes to say the least. If you find a dead body or dead girl leave it alone, should be the mantra for dead girl, and for this movie.

The first thing that caught my senses was the explosive use of sound used in this film from one girls eye pod and the music she is listening to , to the silence of the serial killer's deaf wife.

At first I thought the film was going to be a straight forward revenge story about 2 boys getting revenge on the local pedophile in the suburb kind of story, but in reality or film land 3 storylines were being told but only one was fully invistedgated on screen so minor plot problem asside.

I kind like this film and will look for it on video just so i can find the cool soundtrack that will surely be added to the film.

The film was an Aussie thriller with little twists and predictable ending but sometimes predictable is not so bad....

Serial killer thriller in the suburbs of Australia hey it could happen remember Paul Bern dado and his wife Karla holmecka our Canadian version of serial killers.

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Not Quite Hollywood

Day 4 reel to real

Not Quite Hollywood by Mark Hartley is a cineastes buffet of Australian genre cinema of the seventies and eighties.

I discovered some directors and films I will have to go the local cool video strore no big chains allowed to see some the films mentioned in this documentry. I liked all the hollowood guest stars the director was able to get to talk too, about the Ozploitation of films from the land down under from Jamie lee Curtis to Quentin Tarantino.

The car crashes women or chicks with big boobs and serial killer types showed us the different side to austrialian films and actors directors an era that might have been forgotten if not for this upstart director Mark Hartley who took the time to find the directors and producers of the movies from a special time in austrlian movie history.

Names like brian trenchard-smith and steve railsback were able to show up in T.O. and answer questions at the Q& A .

The story is now told , go out and ask for these films The man from Hong Kong, Alvin Purple, Patrick, Turkey shoot , road games and mad dog morgan.

If Not ask for a retrospective to be added to the cinematheque of Ont jack man hall ago or local revue theatre like the bloor or the royal...

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Dead girl

Director's Marcel Sarmiento & Gadi Harel has brought the audience to sex slave torture but why is it not so funny.

Premise 2 boys teens skip school go to local abandoned mental hospital and discover a dead naked girl or so they think.

The screenplay is written by Trent Haaga one sick puppy who added the twist of having the dead girl be a ----- I can't ruin it for it you can I, you will have to see the movie for your self...

While watching this movie these three thoughts came to mind 1. I hate this movie . 2. this is rivers edge gone bad and 3. Stand by me / Stephen king the body...

Moral struggles aside the actress was either brave or a porn star cause she had to be naked throughout the movie. Turns out Candice Accola is the next up and coming actress she was brave .

The interesting thing is visually the movie looks great especially since it was completely shot digitally using the Codex "tape less" system you really couldn't tell.....

So coming of age story done through the point of view of 2 apathetic teens. Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) and Jt (Noah segan) represent the prettiness and the ugly-ness of being a teen.

Dead girl is twisted but I don't know if its too funny... I guess it 's a guy thing.

So hey are you truly going geek male style for this discovery.... or what females be-ware I'm not a feminist and thank goodness otherwise I wouldn't be able to handle this movie....


The thrills and chills are at a minimum sharp tongue 1 pah is still waiting to be scared.....

Death metal @ Midnight

DETROIT METAL CITY

J-pop/hiphop and Death metal rule the airwaves and the minds of japan's youth. Johannes Klauser 2nd has come from the hell to destroy you. Toshio Lee has visually brought audience to the era of kiss ruling the airwaves and corrupting the youth of that time.

Mika Omori has brought Kiminor Wakasugi manga series to life through live action..

The jokes were either in your face or the music would be..

The duality of the Kenichi Matsuama playing both parts of 2 opposite spectrum's in Tokyo brings the comedy either 2 ways slaps tick or subtle many times during dmc the audience was given privy to the world of death metal music being satirized.

Gene Simmons's guest staring in a cameo role as the villain gives the movie a sitcom feel but it was great to see him pass the torch and not act too campy.



I laughed and sung ALONG TO THE TREnDY SOUND OR death metal rock and roll.

The movie dmc is great musical discovery but I wonder how midnight madness it was..

eye catching yes, sonically interesting yes, easy to follow most definitely,.

Detroit Metal City look for it online listen to it if you dare....

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JCVD OPENING NIGHT @ MIDNIGHT

Pah's first movie for the night Jcvd pretty cool totally not what I expected and the music, action, plot and visual style interesting to say the least.

Party skipped the opening and went to park Hyatt instead.

Movies want to see Rocknrolla, The secret life of bees, me and Orson Welles and Detroit Metal city.

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Ok Toronto International film festival begins today.

Here is what Pah will be seeing my first film will jvc at midnight madness opening night film and I will review what I see and here.

So look here for the outsider's point of view or radio media point of view.


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