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Mad for it There's always been something endearing about the sincere and unblinking way in the Rendezvous With Madness film festival, dedicated solely to matters psychological, presents itself.

Actor Tom Hardy, shown in the film Bronson , is tipped to take over from Mel Gibson in Mad Max .

This is not the usual project we write about, but I just thought it sounded cool enough to mention.

R.M. Vaughan Published on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 4:44PM EDT Last updated on Thursday, Oct.

In either side of The Belcourt this week, you have your pick of movies based on the lives of real people and purportedly true exploits.

Charlize Theron is going 'Beyond Thunderdome' in what will be the first new 'Mad Max' movie in 25 years.

BBC Online Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron is to star in a fourth Mad Max film alongside British actor Tom Hardy, according to industry paper Variety.

Hey, folks. Capone in Chicago here, with a couple of films that are making their way into art houses around America this week or at least expanding to more theaters .

I do get a little fed up with the rumours that come out about a director "wanting" an actor for their film, or an actor "wanting" a role in a film, because basically it's nothing more than that.

Merrick here... George Miller's unending quest to return Max..."The Road Warrior"...that cop and driver...to the big screen has not died.

Nicholas Winding Refn, right, speaks highly of his star Tom Hardy: "Tom's performance is the whole movie.

It's far from set in stone, but rumors are spreading that actor Tom Hardy, who stars in Nicolas Winding Refn's acclaimed biopic Bronson is set to pick up where Mel Gibson left off as Mad Max in a fourth Road Warrior film, with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron joining him.

A few months ago, I wrote a list of actors I thought would make an excellent new Max Rockatansky.

A dirty Charlize Theron in head-to-toe leather? Sure, why not? When she's dirty she wins Oscars, when she's in tight leather.she's in tight leather.

FILM Some roles wring from an actor something they never had before, or might again.

THE kind of effort that actor-producerwriter Michael Jai White and writerdirector Scott Sanders put into Black Dynamite - shows the lack of thought that sometimes goes into the hard work of moviemaking.

Ever wonder what would happen if Jeffrey Dahmer could sing? Or if Ed Gein could juggle? Or if Adolf Hitler could paint? The notion of violent psychopaths getting the opportunity to express themselves has been done in the past, but Nicolas Winding-Refn's film "Bronson," takes it a step further and literally turns this particular lunatic into a ...

A Bit Of The Ultraviolence? With his thoroughgoing ruthlessness and his curious charm, Britain's infamous professional thug Charlie Bronson inspires comparisons to the psychotic anti-hero of A Clockwork Orange.

Battle-of-the-sexes comedy revolving around four couples vacationing on a tropical island who come to regret booking themselves at the therapy getaway when they learn that participation in the retreat's relationship counseling sessions is not optional.

Though Bronson , about England's most notorious inmate, fights and sweats to furnish some sort of point out of its menagerie of beat downs and stylistic gambles, it ultimately fails.