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Project1:Layout 1 3/1/11 9:15 AM Page 1 CONTENTS APRIL 2011 | VOL 12 | Nº4 COVER STORY 42 MAN OF THE MOMENT Jake Gyllenhaal throws himself into the role of a Marine sent back in time, and into another man’s body, to stop a bomb from destroying a train in the sci-fi thriller Source Code. Here, the 30-year-old actor talks about falling for the fi lm’s cool premise, working with a crazy Canadian crew and his quest to be a good man BY INGRID RANDOJA REGULARS 6 EDITOR’S NOTE 8 SNAPS 10 IN BRIEF 14 SPOTLIGHT 16 ALL DRESSED UP 18 IN THEATRES 46 CASTING CALL 48 AT HOME 50 FINALLY... FEATURES PRESS CONWAY/KEYSTONE ISABELLA BY THIS PHOTO ARMANDO GALLO/RETNA-CORBIS. BY PHOTO COVER 22 FOOLS ABOUND 26 DEADLY DUO 30 SEXY LADY 34 PLAY MAKER On the set of the medieval Hanna stars Eric Bana and A look at the suddenly sexy Why Woody Harrelson has comedy Your Highness with Saoirse Ronan have murder career of Water for Elephants come to Toronto to direct his Danny McBride on their minds star Reese Witherspoon play Bullet for Adolf BY MARK PILKINGTON BY MARK PILKINGTON BY MARNI WEISZ BY MARNI WEISZ 36 KAT WOMAN Kat Dennings discusses fulfi lling male fantasies in Daydream Nation BY INGRID RANDOJA 38 STILL SCREAMING Emma Roberts admits to being scared silly on the set of Scream 4 BY KEVIN WILLIAMSON 4.29.11 4 | CINEPLEX MAGAZINE | APRIL 2011 Contents_April2011.indd 4 11-03-11 10:49 AM U i F tFi T ib t Ad i dd 1 11/02/11 9 48 AM Project1:Layout 1 3/1/11 9:20 AM Page 1 EDITOR’S NOTE PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR EDITOR MARNI WEISZ DEPUTY EDITOR INGRID RANDOJA ART DIRECTOR TREVOR STEWART ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR ALIZA KLEIN DIRECTOR, PRODUCTION SHEILA GREGORY CONTRIBUTORS MARK PILKINGTON, KEVIN WILLIAMSON ADVERTISING SALES FOR CINEPLEX MAGAZINE AND LE MAGAZINE CINEPLEX IS HANDLED BY CINEPLEX MEDIA. 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