The Call focuses on Jordan Turner (Halle Berry), an experienced 911 operator who takes over a call from a young woman (Abigail Breslin) caught in the clutches of a serial kidnapper/murder from Turner’s past.  

A short film anthology with multiple directors tackling an interconnected story about a group of teens on the Internet in search of the most banned movie ever, Movie 43 features a who’s who cast that dares to taunt their own reputations as celebrated performers in order to push the boundaries for a good cheap (and dirty) laugh.  

I had to catch myself in Toronto during the festival press screening of Cloud Atlas, the new film from Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis (Andy and Lana), and carefully consider what it would mean to define their adaptation of David Mitchell’s book as “novelistic.”