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FILM: Edgar Wright—still in town for the final days of shooting the very hush-hush Scott Pilgrim vs. The World—presents one last "Wright Stuff" double bill at the Bloor Cinema, this time with Scott Pilgrim Director of Photography Bill Pope. Wright has chosen two films from Pope’s cinematographic oeuvre, namely Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness (7 p.m.) and Trey Parker (with Matt Stone)’s Team America: World Police (9:30 p.m.). Between screenings, Pope and Wright will have a sit-down discussion about Pope’s experience on the films. Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor Street West), 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., $10 per film or $18 for both.

Last Night is that rarest of birds. Not only is it unabashedly set in Toronto, it's good! Even people outside of Canada saw it! And liked it!

In a change that just might be the culprit for all the Wayfarers, Toronto's film industry is shining brighter than it has in a while. As recently reported by the Star, Filmport, the almost one-year-old megastudio—still only in its first phase of development—is all but completely booked for production on various series, pilots, and feature films, most of them funded by major American studios. Despite in-fighting between the city and its various other studio owners over municipal funding for Filmport, this work is undoubtedly welcomed by the twenty-five thousand professional crew members and ten thousand unionized actors in Toronto.

We become unreasonably annoyed when bands release self-titled (non-debut) albums. With the obvious exception of Beatles-biting Weezer-style colour-coding, this approach strikes us as lazy and uncreative—at best, a misguided attempted at minimalism. We feel the same way about the title of the new Star Trek movie (i.e. "Star Trek"). "Fast & Furious," however, seems to breach through to a new level of demented beauty; following on The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, the streamlined title of the new one has become a discussion point in and of itself, with most reviews making sure to allude to it. Certainly that's the only thing about the movie that interests us. Well, that and that it's the fifth feature from director Justin Lin, whose 2002 debut Better Luck Tomorrow (sort of like Goodfellas set in a high school) once marked him as one of the most promising American filmmakers of the early part of the decade. Too bad what happened.

As has been discussed before, the Bloor has become a relevant location for the local community of film buffs, but to Torontoist it feels like it's never been as obvious as during the Edgar Wright–curated film season The Wright Stuff.

It was announced earlier today that Michael Cera is in final negotiations to play Scott Pilgrim in the film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, the hit comic by ex-Torontonian Bryan Lee O'Malley. Not that anyone should be particularly surprised by the casting choice: Cera is pretty much Hollywood's go-to guy for likable underdog characters nowadays.

Well, The Toronto International Film Festival is over for another year, and even the Torontoists who were deeply involved are breathing a sigh of relief, either getting back to normal life or letting themselves to finally succumb to stress based illnesses. Some final updates, however, with a round of reviews to let you know what you should or shouldn’t have missed, and what you should look out for in the future.