Barry Levinson will direct “Train,” an “L.A. Confidential”-like noir based on the novel by Pete Dexter. [Hollywood Reporter]
Everyone’s inner-pre-pubescent film critic, Sexman has an announcement for all those haters out there, he’s finally got Braces, fuckers! Great, now all he has to do is dig through the yellow pages for a voice coach and tanning salon and he will be on his way to filing in the vacant slot on Ebert and Roeper.[Filmdrunk.com]
The Toronto International Film Festival added 10 high-profile Spanish-language titles and 13 Asian pics recently including Jose Luis Cuerda’s Spanish Civil War-era “Blind Sunflowers,” starring Javier Camara (“Talk to Her”) and Maribel Verdu (“Pan’s Labyrinth”). [Variety] TIFF also has Phawat Panangkasiri’s “In the Shadow of the Naga,” and the Thai film is described as thus: “It’s a commercial film, but it has monks that commit violence and use guns that they point at the heads of people.” Ok! [Hollywood Reporter]


