By Any Means: Mark Wahlberg, The Mob and U.S. Civil Rights Action… Go Figure
ReviewJim SlotekBy Any Means, Elegance Bratton, Sascha Penn, Mark Wahlberg, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, David Strathairn, Nicole Beharie, US Civil Rights Movement, Drama, Crime drama, mobsters, fact-based drama
Dear You: Tale of Chinese Ex-Pats, Never Heard From Again, Resonates with Present Day Asian Audiences
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian - Playful Special Ties Three Seasons of Mando, Just for Fun
ReviewJim SlotekLEGO Star Wars franchise, LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Grogu, Amy Sedaris, Katee Sackhoff, Emily Swallow, Temuera Morrison, Bill Burr, Gavin Hammon, Rosario Dawson, Nick Nolte, Giancarlo Esposito, Directed by Chris Buckley
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Season 4, Ep. 7 - This Time the Gimmick is a Soap Opera
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 4 plot gimmicks, Episode 7 - Soap Opera genre, Days of our Lives spoof, Anson Mount, Babs Olusanmokun, Jess Bush, Rhys Darby, Director Anna Dokoza, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose-Gooding
The Sun Never Sets: Love Story Threads the Needle to Land Someplace Real
By Chris Knight
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Coyote vs. ACME: A Furry Cartoon Erin Brockovich Fights the Power
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekLooney Tunes, Coyote vs. ACME, Suing ACME products for injury, Cartoon spoof of corporate corruption, Director Dave Green, New Yorker comic essay by Ian Frazier, Will Forte, Lana Condor, John Cena, Looney Tunes voicemail Eric Bauza
The Salt Path: Deeply Flawed Drama Paved with Good Intentions
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 4, ep. 6: Why Starfleet Officers are Masters of Disaster
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek: Strange New Worlds - Episode 406: “Off Hour”, Warp accident, Penultimate season, Star Trek "disaster" episodes, Director: Dan Liu, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Babs Olusanmokun, Martin Quinn
Finding Emily: A Fun Modern Day Rom-Com with a '90s Vibe
By Chris Knight
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Spa Weekend: No Rest or Rejuvenation for Viewers of this Hackneyed Comedy
By Karen Gordon
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All Night Wrong: Two Wrongs Make an Alright Action Comedy
By Chris Knight
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Late Fame: Willem Dafoe Headlines a Lively Poets’ Society
By Chris Knight
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Insidious: Out of the Further - The Horror Franchise Birthed at TIFF Goes 'Further' Than Ever
ReviewJim SlotekInsidious: Out of the Further, TIFF Midnight Madness movies, James Wan, Slasher movies versus jump-scares, Lin Shaye, Amelia Eve, Writer/director Jacob Chase, Island Austin, Sam Spruell, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Brandon Perea
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 4, ep. 5: Yeah, This is the 'Muppet' One
TIFF 2026: The True North Stays Strong and Free with Multiple Canuck Titles
All Wishes Come True!: A Mortal Heist, Immortal Foes, and Doomsday in China's Animated Hit
ReviewJim SlotekBillion dollar box office animated films, Chinese animated films, Chinese legends adapted to screen, All Wishes Come True!, Mortals tricking the gods, Writer-director Zhengxing Mu, Li Shaozhe, Hao Chen, Yuze Han, Yunqi Zhang
Lion: Docuseries Tracking Lion Cub’s Ascent to Adulthood Paws Its Way into Hearts
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 4, Ep. 4: The Klingons are Back! In Black (and White)
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 4, Ep. 4, The return of the Klingons, Episodes shot in black and white, “A Case of Chiaroscuro”, Rebecca Romijn, Babs Olusanmokum, Celia Rose-Gooding, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Director Meera Menon
The End of Oak Street: It’s Not the Dinosaurs That Will Surprise You
ReviewJim SlotekThe End of Oak Street, David Robert Mitchell, Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Christian Convery, Maisy Stella, Horror, Comedy, Thriller, 1980s, Suspence
The Wrong Girls: Dumb and Dumber… and Yet So, So Not
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Wrong Girls, Dylan Meyer, Kristen Stewart, Alia Shawkat, Kate McKinnon, Geena Davis, LaKeith Stanfield, Seth Rogen, Kuma, Stoner humour, Comedy
