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By Jeff Ames ON December 11, 2018 Thorbjorn Harr Joins Willem Dafoe in Disney’s Togo Actor Thorbjorn Harr is joining Willem Dafoe in the Disney adventure Togo, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dafoe will play Leonard Seppala, the owner and sled driver of Togo who rode the longest and most dangerous part of the journey. Balto and his driver Gunnar Kaasen rode the final leg of the journey, ultimately delivering diphtheria serum to stave off the epidemic in Nome. As a result, their contributions to the journey became much more well-known than those of other dogs and drivers. Seppala on the other hand went on to win an Olympic silver medal in the 1932 winter Olympics when sled dog racing was introduced as a demonstration sport, as well as defeating the famed dog “Chinook” in an exhibition race. He would go on to do his best to get Togo’s accomplishments recognized, to no avail. There is a video of Seppala from the Alaska film archives on Youtube, and the … [Read more...] about Thorbjorn Harr Joins Willem Dafoe in Disney’s Togo

By Star staff Mon., Dec. 10, 2018 Members of the Toronto Film Critics Association have named Alfonso Cuarón’s memory drama Roma the top film of 2018. The Mexican auteur, known for such previous works as Gravity and Children of Men, also received the TFCA’s prize for Best Director, for his film dedicated to the Indigenous nanny who helped raise him in the Mexico City neighbourhood of the title. The 38-member TFCA, led by Toronto Star movie critic Peter Howell and representing all major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print, broadcast and online outlets, shared the bounty for what turned out to be a strong year for film. Read more: Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is a masterpiece Article Continued Below The Favourite earns its Oscar buzz as a royally good time in very bad company TIFF strategically trades champagne for screen time for Canada’s Top Ten movies TFCA members gave two prizes each to Lee Chang-dong’s mystery … [Read more...] about Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is the top movie of 2018 for Toronto’s film critics

Once Upon a Deadpool By Christian Long ON December 10, 2018 BEGIN SLIDESHOWNickelback deserves respect in the newest Once Upon a Deadpool trailerRyan Reynolds’ own YouTube account has released the latest trailer from the upcoming PG-13 version of this summer’s Deadpool 2, now titled Once Upon a Deadpool. Here, Fred Savage, playing himself as Deadpool’s hostage, trashes Nickelback, which sends the Merc with a Mouth into a fit where he sings praises about the Canadian rock band, who end up as a go-to punchline despite their worldwide popularity. You can check out the trailer in the post below!Once Upon a Deadpool will contain footage from Deadpool 2, but edited down to a PG-13 format which means cutting some of the violence and language. Fans can also expect new footage “in the form of a framing sequence” in the revamped film that Ryan Reynolds and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick devised for the project.Fred Savage will reprise … [Read more...] about Nickelback deserves respect in the newest Once Upon a Deadpool trailer