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Cons and Heists of TIFF 2025: ‘Tuner,’ ‘Fuze,’ ‘Carolina Caroline,’ ‘Little Lorraine’

September 13, 2025 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

One of the common narrative tropes that turned up at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival were films centered around con artists and heists. 

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Toronto International Film Festival Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Adam Carter Rehmeier, andy hines, auden thorton, Daniel Roher, David McKenzie, dustin hoffman, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Havana Rose Liu, j balvin, Jon Gries, joshua close, Kyle Gallner, Kyra Sedgwick, leo woodall, rhys darby, Sam Worthington, Samara Weaving, Stephen Amell, Stephen McHattie, Steve Lund, Theo James

Touch recap 1×01: ‘Pilot’

January 26, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of FOX

One day at precisely 3:18pm, Jake (David Mazouz), an eleven year-old boy who has never spoken (except in pretentious voice overs), trips the security alarm climbing a cell tower. Why is he up there? Because Jake is gifted: he has an understanding of the world and its mathematical connections. His story, as well as the stories of other random characters, are tied together in the new FOX series Touch, which aired a special, advance sneak preview on Monday.

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Filed Under: TV Tagged With: David Mazouz, FOX, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keifer Sutherland, Tim Kring, Titus Welliver, Touch

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