Its official: The Toronto Film Festival and the Academy Awards have broken up.

Or, at least, theyre engaging in a trial separation.

From this critics perspective, thats a good thing.

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But that was then.

Over the last decade in Toronto, I admit I always got jazzed to see those big Oscar titles.

Which means that we may all hear a few more unexpected things.

(But he kept you guessing.)

Randy endures body blows, self-inflicted razor cuts, and being lacerated by barbed wire and a staple gun.

At times,The Wrestleris like The Passion of the Rourke.

What catches you up short is that Randy is no brute.