August is traditionally when studios dump their waste products quietly between the adrenaline-bang of the summer and the prestige-clang of the fall. This weekend has a mix of probably worth your money films premiering, each with a strong oral fixation: you'll get some jaw-detaching, some same-sex lip-locking, and some jaw-droppingly bad voice acting! (Who else loves hyphens?!) Alexander Aja has made some gory films, including his debut, Haute Tension, and the Hills Have Eyes......

We start today's blog roundup with more line eavesdropping. This time it's a couple complaining about their single tickets and the definition of "best seat available." The gist of the complaint: The woman was arguing that "Best seat available" should mean she should be able to wait until the last minute and then choose empty seats on the floor. "They used to let us do that." She really hated that those who were lucky enough......

Secrets. Incest. Ghosts. A troublesome dead body. These elements and more form the basis of "Volver", Pedro Almodovar's stunning new film that has its North American premiere here at TIFF. You'd expect nothing less than a masterpiece when you take one of the world's best directors (Bad Education, Talk to Her, All About My Mother) and reunite him with some of his most-beloved cast members of films past. With Volver, which means "to return", Almodovar......