After ‘Empire’ middling box-office take he left Hollywood and retreated back to Canada and did a lot of TV and movies not worth mentioning, but his new film, “Weirdsville,” finds him, at least ostensibly, back in form (Or at least with some decent press: the film was accepted at both the Toronto International Film fest and the recent Fantastic Fest that also screened “There Will Be Blood” – though the “Trainspotting shot in Canada but with more heart,” refrain is worrisome).

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