Ebenezer: Scrooge Reboot Doesn't Best Past Adaptations But Doesn't Sully the Canon
ReviewJim SlotekEbenezer, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Reboot, Reimagining, Ti West, Johnny Depp, Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Ian McKellen, Tramell Tillman, Ellie Bamber, Daisy Ridley, Sam Claflin
Victorian Psycho: Hey, All That Corseted Repressed Emotion Has to Blow Sometime
ReviewJim SlotekVictorian-era thriller, Movies based on novels, Victorian Psycho, Author Virginia Feito, Psycho nanny movies, Maika Monroe, Jacobi Jupe, Evie Templeton, Jason Isaacs, Ruth Wilson, Directed by Zachary Wigon
How To Rob a Bank: Do Not Deposit Your Movie Money Here
ReviewJim SlotekHow To Rob a Bank, David Leitch, Drama, Heist films, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Anna Sawai, Pete Davidson, Rhenzy Feliz, John C. Reilly
Akashi: Delicate Domestic Drama Recalls the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema
I Play Rocky: Crowd-Pleasing Movie About a Crowd-Pleasing Movie Has Humour and Heart
Original-Cin Q&A: Being Heumann’s Director and Star on Giving Disability Visibility
By Bonnie Laufer
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Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Season 3 - Still Tolkien-Faithful Millennia Later
ReviewJim SlotekThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Season Three), Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Showrunner J.D. Payne, Nori Brandyfoot, Markella Kavenagh, Daniel Weyman as Gandalf, Charlie Vickers, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Ciarán Hinds, Eddie Marsan, Stories told over millennia, Appendices to the Trilogy
Reel Asian Film Festival Fêtes 30 Years of Essential Storytelling
Original-Cin Chat: 'Rings of Power' Cast & Showrunner Get their Sauron and Talk LOTR Lore
InterviewJim SlotekThe Rings of Power, Season Three, Charlie Vickers as Sauron, Showrunner J.D. Payne, Immersion in deep Tolkien, Simon Tolkien, Daniel Weyman as Gandalf, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Halbrand, Annatar, Jamie Campbell-Bower
Original-Cin Q&A: I Play Rocky's Anthony Ippolito and AnnaSophia Robb on Playing the Stallones
By Bonnie Laufer
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Harmony Gardens: Veteran Comic Pros Find a New Home on New Media
InterviewJim SlotekWeb series, Harmony Gardens, Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath, Creator Macaulee Cassaday, Comedy set in a retirement village, Short form content, Ann Pornel, Al Mukadam, YouTube, Convos TV
Oui, the Jury: Days and Nights Deliberating Canadian Bests at the Windsor Film Fest
By Chris Knight
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ViewsJim SlotekWindsor International Film Festival, $25k Best Canadian Film Prize, The film jury experience, Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney, Run Terry Run, Ba’s Book, Nekai Walks;, Nina Roza, Michael Mabbott, Rachel Ho, Chris Knight, Danish Vahidy, Barbara Ulrich
Queen at Sea: Sexual Consent, Dementia and Bureaucratic Fiat Clash in Drama of Youth vs Age
ReviewJim SlotekFilm about dementia, Moral questions about sexual consent, Queen at Sea, Director Lance Hammer, Tom Courtenay, Anna Calder-Marshall, Juliette Binoche, Florence Hunt, Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso, Movies based on actual court cases
Wild Horse Nine: McDonagh’s Latest a Portrait of Male Friendship, Dark and Funny
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekWild Horse Nine, TIFF '26, Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Sam Rockwell, Drama, Comedy, Black comedy, 1970s, Male relationships
The Mad Dog of Europe: When Hollywood Cowered Over a Film About Adolph Hitler
Original-Cin Q&A: Private Eyes Stars Jason Priestley, Cindy Sampson on Heading West for Series Reboot
InterviewJim SlotekJason Priestley, Cindy Sampson, Private Eyes, Private Eyes West Coast, Canadian production, Series, Global, Stack, Shawn Piller, Victoria, B.C., Canada, Drama
The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony: A Hopeful Trajectory for Determined Pakistani Girls
ReviewJim SlotekThe Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony, Habiba Nosheen, Documentary, Malala Yousafzai, Anna Maria Tremonti, Pakistan, Pakistani films, Women's issues, Women's stories, Canadian
Original-Cin Chat: VisionQuest Showrunner Terry Matalas on his Vision of Vision
ReviewJim SlotekMarvel Cinematic Universe, Disney+, VisionQuest, Showrunner Terry Matalas, Star Trek: Picard S3, Sequel to WandaVision, Paul Bettany, James Spader, Emily Hampshire, Todd Stashwick.
The Windsor International Film Festival: Elbows Up, and Please Turn Off Your Phones
PreviewJim SlotekWindsor International Film Festival, WIFF chief programmer Vincent Georgie, American patronage of Canadian event, I Play Rocky, The Ann Arbor Blues Festival in Exile, Paper Tiger, Festivals showing award season films, Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney, Julian, Run Terry Run, Nina Roza, The Debut, Fjord, La Bola Negra, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, As Far As I Can Remember… The Story of Goodfellas
Original-Cin Q&A: Anna Lambe on North of North’s Gift of Indigenous Visibility
By Bonnie Laufer
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