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Oh man! What a pickle. This week we have the release of one of our favourite films in ages, This is England, and one of our favourite films of all time, Blade Runner, in its super-special, Ridley Scott-approved final cut.

Toronto factory worker finds World War II-era hand grenade in a box of used clothing. The bomb squad was called in. If Torontoist had found the grenade, though, you know we would be all like, "Hey! Free hand grenade!"

When Torontoist reader Maya Friedman posed the question, "If Torontoist were to get married (on a budget) where would the wedding be?" it got us thinking. Not only about where we’d get married, but how we’d do the rest on the cheap, too. Because if you’re like us, you feel a little sick when you’re watching Rich Bride, Poor Bride and the couple announces, “We spent $43,851 on our special day!”

If Torontoist wasn’t looking after the kids tonight, we’d be checking out The End of the Internet. The End is scheduled tonight at The Press Club (850 Dundas Street West) for precisely 9 p.m. The upstart, performance-based reading series, which has been ending the Internet for almost a year now, is hosted by man-about-town Louis Calabro.

If Torontoist had our druthers when on the road, we'd outfit our vehicle James Bond-style with a laser death ray for vaporizing the bad drivers in our path. Whether it's the arrogant jackass weaving and deeking through QEW traffic at breakneck speeds or the dear old bluehair oblivious to the space around her, it only takes a bad driver or two to really make commuting around the city a white-knuckled experience.

If Torontoist is as big a civics junkie as he claims to be he'd be sleeping over at council chambers Wednesday as council starts its big budget debate. Thanks to the intervention of Dalton and crew the city's budget will balance. But not before the city had to hike both residential and business taxes plus raise fees for services, TTC fares and god knows what else.

Individual tickets for shows at the festival go on sale today, and Torontoist will admit that we’re a little behind on our TIFF programme previews (who puts a festival straight after Labour Day, eh?) So we’re going to speed it up a bit, with coverage of the ‘big’ films – the Galas and Masters today and we’ll clear up the rest over the next couple of days. If you seriously fancy any of the films we’re mentioning here you can easily pick up tickets online at the Toronto International Film Festival home page, but we’ve got no idea if there are any tickets left. So if you’ve got your heart set on something and they’re all gone, keep it in mind most of the films below will eventually come out and cost ordinary cinema prices, so maybe check out something that might not instead?

Cirque du Soleil's much-anticipated new show, , opens tonight in that signature blue and yellow tent next to Ontario Place. If Torontoist's trusty informant (we're in with one of the ushers) is to be believed, Cirque's latest offering once again promises the usual suspension of the laws of physics, this time for a story involving a clown's funeral procession.

Though the cookies are comprised of mostly the same ingredients, dulce de leché chief among them, their baked ends are vastly different. Alfajores are dry and layered cracker cookies, wafer-like and not exceedingly sweet. Empolvados are richer, and more buttery. At Jumbo Empanadas, where both cookies come in at a reasonably-priced twoonie, the Empolvados always seem to taste freshest. And both are better than the sopapillas. Of course, baked goods should not inspire divisiveness. Perhaps you should go with a friend, and try both. Twice.

Next week we'll return to your regularly scheduled programming - cookies, cakes and confections.