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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?!)

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative, and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist.

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist.

Have you been looking around for the perfect Valentine's Day gift for that special someone? Nothing says "I love you" like tickets to Star Trek: The Music.

It’s that time of year again: the time when ironic bloggers across the world post links to the Star Wars Holiday Special, quip about how terrible it is, and boast about not being able to watch it all the way through (usually linking to the five-minute-long version of it on YouTube).

We don’t think we’ve ever lead with the same film two weeks in a row, but there’s a first time for everything. Did you get a chance to see Blade Runner: The Final Cut this week? We did. It was amazing. We really can’t think of a film we’d rather lead with (and there’s some good stuff this week). If you didn’t get a chance to see it, consider yourself massively lucky, because it’s still on at the Regent. Basically, you have to see it. It’s a cinema experience that you’ll regret missing for the rest of your life, probably.

This Friday, November 16, we (Newmindspace) will be hosting our very first lightsaber battle! This summer at Burning Man, we witnessed a 10,000-person lightsaber battle put on by a camp called Watto's Junkyard, easily the largest lightsaber battle since the Jedi Civil War. However, with our limited resources, we realized that without a large donation from a rich weirdo (which are plentiful in San Francisco), we would probably not be able to get the plastic, LED-lit, colour-changing expanding kind without some sort of fundraising "starter battle" first.

Though Brad Pitt might be sitting this one out, the Toronto After Dark Film Festival just unveiled the first seven of fourteen feature premieres for their critically acclaimed horror/fantasy fest. Now entering its second year, the current lineup includes (wait for it) David Arquette's horror film debut as writer/director, The Tripper (starring Paul Reubens, Jason Mewes, Lukas Haas, etc). As if that wasn't a sufficient enough reason to grab tickets, other flicks include the highly anticipated new zombie musical from Troma Films' Lloyd Kaufman (Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead) and the most expensive Russian fantasy film ever made (The Wolfhound). Also, a new sci-fi animation from Korea (Aachi & Ssipak, whose IMDB entry reads "In a future where energy is made from fecal matter...small-time hustlers try to get rich while fending off the mutated Diaper Gang"), two critically acclaimed new zombie outbreak films (Mulberry Street and Automaton Transfusion) and an award-winning documentary about one priest's attempt to shoot a Christian version of Star Wars (Audience Of One). Yes, sir. Torontoist is excited.

Nerds rejoice! It’s here! Well, it will be! Soon! Fan Expo Canada sets down at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Friday, August 24, opening at 4 p.m. and running until 6 p.m. on Sunday (regrettably not straight). Hosted by the sometimes questionable Hobby Star Marketing, the three-day event is home to a series of mini-expos relating to comics, science fiction, horror, anime, and gaming, and features enough guest appearances to keep the World of Warcraft player in your life erect for months. Of all the visiting celebrities, which run from the B-list right through to remedial math class, those not to be missed include the original Batman, Adam West; horror godfathers Dario Argento and George Romero; and David Prowse, the man behind the Vader suit for Star Wars episodes four through six. For ticket info and detailed schedules for each day, visit the Expo’s official website.

If you are of blog-reading age there is a good chance you either didn't see Star Wars in its initial theatrical release or were taken by your parents not too long after kicking that whole toilet-training thing.

Look out! Here comes David Lynch, man!

With the sun out, the temperatures high, one can only think of one thing—what's going on in the World of the -ist's?

If you're even a casual viewer of Cops, you'll know how spectacular a TASER takedown can be. Looking straight out of a Star Wars flick, this bug-zapper-for-people sends a whole whack of electricity into the body, disrupting muscular and nervous function and rendering the target helpless. The charge is meant to be non-lethal, and the various incarnations of the weapon have been widely adopted by police forces who enthusiastically hail their effectiveness.

We didn't actually spend the weekend with Crispin Glover (we didn't buy him breakfast or anything), but it got pretty close.

Tall Poppy Interview - Cecil Castellucci, Writer

Where do all the Star Wars fans work? They can't possibly show up to work looking like Chewie, or get weeks off at a time to wait in lines. Can they? Toronto fans waited in line, some since last week, for the first viewing of George Lucas's sixth and purportedly last official Star Wars film (we say official because there could be another Ewoks movie, which would be awesome). When the clock struck midnight this morning, thousands of millions of Star Wars faithful filtered and pilfered into downtown's Paramount, Y&E's SilverCity, and Sheppard's The Grand for the long awaited Hayden Christensen-Natalie Portman flick. Though critical reaction has been less than enthusiastic, Torontoist amongst others will most likely see the movie, get the fast food tie-ins, and check for the alleged Bush references.

Go on down and make sure these one-person shows are accompanied by more than the sound of one hand clapping. Check out the schedule of events and Scene Changes’ full run-down.

With George's arrival at the end of the month, the question to participate in the Ballistic Missile Defence System is more imminent than once thought. NDP leader Jack Layton (of mustache fame) and a slim majority of the Canadian public have come leaned toward the NO WAY side of the Missile debate. Prominent Canadians have also opposed using missiles for diplomacy. But, yesterday, Layton may have pushed too far with this "Bush-Martin" mock campaign signs.

President George W. Bush is expected to make his first stately visit to Canadian soil later this month, causing some concern in our nation's capital. As previously reported on Torontoist, a certain federal MP (that's you Carolyn Parrish!) has ridiculed the sitting president and his allies on multiple occasions, one time even calling American people "bastards."