Toronto Film Festival winners: This year’s People’s Choice Award went to Terry George’s drama Hotel Rwanda. U.S. actor Don Cheadle and British actress Sophie Okonedo star.
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About a Boy (2002) movie review: Chris and Paul Weitz’s moralistic ‘family’ comedy stars Hugh Grant as a self-centered dude who tragically discovers his inner family man.
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Training Day (2001) movie review: In a less showy role, Ethan Hawke effortlessly steals Antoine Fuqua’s mediocre cop thriller from Best Actor Oscar winner Denzel Washington.
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In Old Arizona (1928) movie review: Pre-Code Western is of interest as the first ‘outdoor’ talkie and for its risqué sensibility. Edmund Lowe and Best Actor Oscar winner Warner Baxter star.
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) movie review: Alfonso Cuarón’s big-screen version proves that CGI and movie magic aren’t the same thing. Daniel Radcliffe stars.
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Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) movie review: Michael Moore documentary incinerates the warmongering George W. Bush White House and members of the eagerly complicit American media.
Venice Festival winners: The Golden Lion went to the British abortion drama Vera Drake, angering Italian nativists rooting for the local drama The Keys to the House.