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Silver Linings Playbook, the latest from David O. Russell (Flirting with Disaster, The Fighter) has taken the coveted People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival. It's coveted because you may have heard of a few of the past winners - The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire - The Artist was runner-up last year. Even foreign film sensations Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Amelie received major boosts by picking up this prize.

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Much Ado About Nothing by Joss Whedon

From announcement, this has been a highly anticipated film. Whedon, whose most recent release is The Avengers, has gotten his friends together and made a Shakespeare film (original dialogue in tact, though edited) at his house. The results are a moderate success. The adaptation sort of stumbles ...

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Cloud Atlas by Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer

It's kind of amazing. In posting the trailer for this, I had to watch it from beginning to end. Normally, I just grab the link and hit pause, because I don't want to be bothered. But that only proves what Cloud Atlas can do, if you let it take hold. Oh, don't get me wrong. This is overly-long (though it didn't feel like it); ...

Room 237 by Rodney Ascher

A fascinating documentary made up of interviews with several people who claim to have found the secret meanings behind Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. They range from a history of the European slaughter of the Indians to the film serving as Kubrick's admission that he helped the US government forge ...