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News: TIFF - MIDNIGHT MADNESS '10 #9 - STAKE LAND

Jim Mickle's STAKE LAND, a pretty smart, contemplative take on the vampire post-apocalyptic road movie. MIDNIGHT MADNESS continues....

TIFF - MIDNIGHT MADNESS '10: #4 - VANISHING ON 7th

Last night we saw Brad Anderson's VANISHING ON 7th STREET which was pretty creepy! Plus: We can't seem to stop talking about Gackt... MIDNIGHT MADNESS 2010!.

News: TIFF - MIDNIGHT MADNESS '10 #8 - The Butcher, The Chef & The Swordsman

THE BUTCHER, THE CHEF & THE SWORDSMAN is astonishingly good! This is what MIDNIGHT MADNESS at TIFF is all about!.

News: Ek Paya Royacho Dariya(Lost Soul)

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News: REVIEW - The Green Hornet

Something doesn't quite mesh in Michel Gondry's latest film (featuring Seth Rogan as a super-hero), but still... cool fighting and good jokes.

WATCH THIS INSTEAD: Sanctum

Sanctum is NOT directed by James Cameron, but it DOES utilize his Avatar 3D camera technology so that must mean it'll make a ton of money, even if it stinks. Right?

News: VIDADIFH - Harold Raimis

VERY IMPORTANT DUDES & DUDETTES IN FILM HISTORY Show: Harold Ramis. He's kinda been involved in one way or another with almost all of the funny things and people over the last 30 years, so maybe he counts as a Very Important Dude?

The VIDADIFH Biography Show: James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks has a new movie out! To celebrate the release of How Do You Know, we here in the Film Lab thought we'd take a trip down memory lane and celebrate the man's ouvre...

WATCH THIS INSTEAD: Skyline

Skyline is made by the same guys who did Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. 'Nuff said. Do yourself a favour and go watch Monsters instead, you knuckleheads...

REVIEW: Arthur (2010)

When you get caught between the moon and New York City, the best that you can do, is fall in love WITH THE ARTHUR REMAKE starring Russell Brand. I know, I know...

WATCH THIS INSTEAD: Sanctum

Sanctum is NOT directed by James Cameron, but it DOES utilize his Avatar 3D camera technology so that must mean it'll make a ton of money, even if it stinks. Right?

News: Mash-up Trailer for ‘Toy Story 3: Inception’

News: 8 Steps Walking Dead

So this is more about comic books, but I thought it could apply to movies too! So true!

News: The Tarantino Mixtape

The Tarantino Mixtape - via Eclecticmethod.net Quentin mashup sets his most memorable movie scenes to his own eclectic soundtracks

News: WATCH THIS INSTEAD - The Last Airbender

WATCH THIS INSTEAD - On this special Happy Canada Day edition of WTI, Mike lets you know what to watch instead of M. Night's The Last Airbender.

WATCH THIS INSTEAD: Secretariat

Secretariat is ok I guess but I can think of another horse-racing movie that starts with 'S' that really inspires...

News: WATCH THIS INSTEAD - Killers

WATCH THIS INSTEAD - Killers: Ashton Kutcher sure is handsome, but I mean come on... A CIA assassin? Please... you're better off watching Jonah Hill play a music executive in GET HIM TO THE GREEK

News: VIDADIFH - Ron Mann

The Very Important Dudes and Dudettes in Film History Show - Ron Mann, one of our favourite documentary filmmakers.

News: Predators

'Predators' - First Behind-The-Scenes Look by Lawrence P. Raffel, Fri., Mar. 12, 2010 10:38 PM PST

2 Minute Critic: Hanna

Rajo tries to beat the clock but just has too much good stuff to say about Hanna, the awesome new film from director Joe Wright.

News: WATCH THIS INSTEAD - Salt

WATCH THIS INSTEAD - Salt

News: Kevin Smith and his involvement with Superman

This is a classic, classic story of Hollywood and its wrongness.

WATCH THIS INSTEAD: Jackass 3D

Boy was Jackass 3D ever good! but if it's not your cup of tea, Rajo's got a pretty good alternative for your weekend viewing...

News: WATCH THIS INSTEAD - Predators

WATCH THIS INSTEAD - Mike from thesubstream gets excited about the new Predators movie and turns you on to some classic Arnie Swartzenager to fill the void.

News: VIDADIFH - Happy 90th Ray Harryhausen

The Very Important Dudes and Dudettes in Film History Show: Ray Harryhausen edition. The elemental master of stop-motion monsterry.

WATCH THIS INSTEAD: The Dilemma

Vince Vaughn and Kevin James in The Dilemma... hoo boy. Ron Howard hasn't tried a comedy like this since 1999's disastrous Ed TV. Mike's got another film lined up for ya though...

News: Kubrick vs Scorsese mashup

Leandro Copperfield decided to do a video tribute to two of his favorite and greatest directors. It's a brilliant mashup.

News: Go See BLACK SWAN (Or Else)

Attention complainers about non-original theatrical remakes and sequels: Mike will threaten you with physical violence if you don't go out to see Black Swan this weekend.

WATCH THIS INSTEAD: 2010 Movie Crapfest In Review

See ya later, 2010! Mike runs off his list of the 5 worst cinematic atrocities of the past year in this, our last WTI installment of MMX! Happy New Year!

WATCH THIS INSTEAD: Limitless

While Rajo can certainly relate to Bradley Cooper's uninspired/unmotivated character in Limitless, he thinks that we can do better with our weekend viewing...

News: WATCH THIS INSTEAD - Inception

WATCH THIS INSTEAD - Inception

News: REVIEW- Another Year

Mike Leigh's new film is extremely well made, but if you're looking for space lasers, you are decidedly S.O.O.L. my friend.

News: thesubstream.com's TIFF 2010 Preview!

Check out what we've got in store for you over the next few weeks as the Toronto International Film Festival descends upon Hogtown!

News: REVIEW - Cyrus

Mike from thesubstream has a borderline inappropriate level of admiration for Jonah Hill, who struts his large stuff in the Duplass bros.' Cyrus

News: WATCH THIS INSTEAD - The Other Guys

Funny, but not their best effort.

News: WATCH THIS INSTEAD - The Expendables

The Expendables was truly, truly horrific, which is too bad because we are huge fans of 80s action heroes. And Drakkar Noir.

WATCH THIS INSTEAD: Sucker Punch

Zack Snyder's worst film, hands down. Watch it if you like your movies a little short on story, acting, logic, etc. Not even the cool action sequences can redeem it. Watch some vintage Gilliam instead.

News: GENRE JAM - Giant Hollywood Monsters

GENRE JAM: Giant Hollywood Monsters - A discussion on the once-vibrant Hollywood monster scene.