Capping off a fairly late evening is Juno (the sophomore feature from the hip director of Thank You for Smoking) and the dialogue is absolutely delicious, diminutive actress Ellen Page is splendid – it’s a smart and savvy comedy and has Diablo Cody written all over it. This comes out in mid December can’t hardly wait to see it again.
Prolific Hong Kong director Johnnie To recently secured two US theatrical distribution deals after a working fro almost twenty years within the industry. Getting his start at the famous Shaw Brothers studios he would continue work as a producer and director until forming his own production company, MilkyWay Image, with collaborator Wai Ka-Fa.