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Little Alex Horne is slowly convincing the entire world to make comedians do daft things for the Taskmaster, and we very much approve. There are currently seven international Taskmaster series running, while a handful of other attempts at international remakes finished after one season, and the newest iteration, Taskmaster Australia, is due to launch in 2023.

When you watch clips of the international versions, they are generally recognisably Taskmaster, from the red-carpeted stage and the clinical white room in the Taskmaster house to the graphics and Horne Section soundtrack. It’s all so comfortably familiar that – if you watch a version with subtitles – you quickly forget the contestants are speaking a different language altogether.

But there are some key differences, from the show’s format to each different country’s cultural quirks, that give Taskmaster’s international versions their own unique flavour.

Here’s a rundown of all the active international...

Film-maker, Ole Bornedal's (Nightwatch, Just Another Love Story) disturbing tale “begins in the sticks [where] the road only leads backwards and forwards” in “a snug haven for smug people”. A female narrator walks towards the camera introducing the lead characters in the small town Deliver Us From Evil is set.

All appears hunky-dory as we meet Bornedal's cast in Amelie style character intros, until we're told “Anna is an angel but her heart is too big – Anna is going to die soon”. The children's innocent questioning of their mother (“Is it Ok to hit evil people?”) is another subtle indication the mood will soon change.

After learning of Anna's imminent fate, Lars' (Jens Andersen) first appearance leaves us second-guessing how he might be involved as we watch him drunkenly driving a truck; miserably thinking about his now pregnant girlfriend, Scarlett (Pernille Vallentin). Our helpful narrator reaffirms he's unbalanced (“Tired of...

Chicago – Ole Bornedal’s “Deliver Us From Evil” is a superb B-movie that occasionally threatens to become something more substantial. It has the misfortune of being saddled with one of the most overused titles of recent years, though I am certain no one will be confusing it with Amy Berg’s brutal yet vital 2006 documentary on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Bornedal’s film is brutally dark yet also darkly humorous.

From the very first fade-in to the last droll frame, the picture is awash in the desaturated colors and harshly lensed grime that are commonplace in Danish cinema, which seems to perpetually exist beneath a dark cloud. An oddly inviting narrator sets up the action in deceptively peaceful western Jutland, while hinting at its more malicious undertones. There’s a memorable early moment when devoted mother Pernille (Lene Nystrøm) attempts to teach her children that there are no evil people,...

It's one of my favorite films of the past few years and Ole Bornedal's Deliver Us From Evil will be hitting Toronto cinema screens starting on October 8th. This is one nasty, gripping piece of work and I cannot recommend it highly enough for all of you Toronto locals.

Normal 0 false false false En-ca X-none X-none MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Montreal, Wednesday September 22nd, 2010 - After its Canadian Premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, its Quebec Premiere at the 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival, and a theatrical release in Montreal where it garnered raving reviews, Deliver Us From Evil (original Danish title Fri Os Fra Det Onde) will finally be screening in Toronto from October 8th at the Carlton Theatre with an English subtitled copy. The animated short film Land Of The Heads, provided by the Nfb, will be playing beforehand. 

Deliver Us From Evil

Lars and Johannes are brothers with very little in common.

A father returns to his old hometown with his young family. Events force him to face the small town's xenophobia Click here to read our french "Deliver Us From Evil" review, directed by Ole Bornedal, with Lasse Rimmer, Lene Nystrøm, Mogens Peterson, Jens Andersen, Bojan Navojec, Fanny Bornedal starring. A rock'n'roll vampire spoof about a down and out band, The Winners, who will do anything for a record deal. When their disgruntled manager tells them that they are getting .long in the tooth., he doesn't know that his words are truly prophetic. During a road trip, their humdrum image radically changes when Jennifer (Jessica Paré), the bass player, disappears one night with a hip vampire. She emerges with a sexually charged charisma that drives the audiences wild. Click here to...

It was one of my very favorite films last year and Ole Bornedal's nasty domestic thriller Deliver Us From Evil will begin its Canadian theatrical rollout September 7th! Read on for details!

Montreal, Tuesday August 17th, 2010 - After its Canadian Premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and its Quebec Premiere at the 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival, Deliver Us From Evil (French title DÉLIVREZ-nous Du Mal, original Danish title Fri Os Fra Det Onde) will finally start its Canadian tour of theatres in Montreal from September 7th at the Quartier Latin Theatre with a French subtitled copy and from September 10th at the AMC Forum Theatre with an English subtitled copy.

Lars and Johannes are brothers with very little in common. Johannes is a high-powered lawyer with a beautiful wife and two children; Lars is a truck driver and a drunken brute who beats his girlfriend. Having returned to his hometown in the country,...

The Danger After Dark film festival will host a series of horror and action thrillers at this years event. Included in the line-up are Big Tits Zombie 3-D, The Life and Death of a Porno Gang, RoboGeisha and Ole Bornedal's Dutch language film Fri Os Fra Det Onde (Deliver Us From Evil). The festival begins July 9th and Deliver Us from Evil involves a deadly auto accident and one man's desperate attempt to cover up the crime by blaming another. Have a watch of the trailer for the film in what is surely to be one of the best at the film festival.

A description of the film here:

"Deliver Us from Evil opens on a deserted coastal road as the film's narrator, a garishly dressed young woman, quickly introduces us to the film's principal characters. They include Anna, the angelic wife of the town's unofficial mayor, Ingvar,...

#10 - Deliver us From Evil Director: Ole Bornedal Cast: Lasse Rimmer, Lene Nystrom Long time listeners of Sound On Sight Radio will remember us raving about Ole Bornedal's Danish thriller, The Substitute. [1] Bornedal is back with his new film Deliver Us From Evil [2] which will be playing at this years Toronto International Film Festival. The film opens on a deserted coastal road as the film's narrator, introduces us to the film's principal characters. A happily married couple Johannes and Pernille and their two children return to their home town where they hope to raise their children in peace and away from the big city and all its problems. Only the small town isn't so peaceful when having to put up with Johanne's brother Lars, a suffering alcoholic. Luckily for Joahnne, helping him renovate his newly bought house is Alain, a Bosnian refugee who lost his family to the conflict...

• With today's final batch of films added to the Tiff line-up, I can now begin the process of completing my shortlist of films to see and in the same measure, give readers a heads up on exactly what an army of one will be covering in a 10-day, gargantuan-sized offering of a fest. With plenty of research and some hardcore planning, I'll be able to screen somewhere between 33 to 40 films - all depending on how much time I allocate towards sleep, travel, eating, interviews and boozing it up (oddly, I find the main wear and tear usually comes from the waiting in lines -- but a couple of pink pills and red bull should keep me going until day 7). I'll be publishing a list of 35 Tiff picks, knocking down one by one on a daily basis and in no particular order. We begin with the following, just announced title.

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