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Shrieking Tweens Fight Off ‘Saw’ in Bloody Multiplex Standoff

1:30AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your fail-safe weekly guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or potentially doomed at the movies. Today brings us another oversaturated batch of fall releases offering more variety than prestige (or quality for that matter), but we’ll help you sort through the mess with a glimpse at the week’s (and maybe the year’s) best film, Ed Norton’s latest loser and a sampling of what’s new on DVD. As always, our opinions are our own, but franchise opportunities are available. Inquire inside! More »

Today in Toronto Hell: Paris Shows, ‘Che’ Sells, Kevin Smith Wins a Crapfight

4:30AM STV | With most of the industry having seen what it came for and Jeremy Piven having released his date(s) back into the Canadian wild, the 2008 Toronto Film Festival is all but over. But, as befits the event’s stature, the whirlwind since our last Toronto Hell round-up deserves a closer look — from the Paris Hilton doc you’ll never see again to Kevin Smith literally keeping Zack and Miri’s shit together, enjoy the news others traveled thousands of miles for from the comfort of your own industrial slave galley: