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Original-Cin Q&A: Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne on Instant Family and lessons learned from real foster parents

November 12, 2018

By Bonnie Laufer

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In Interview Tags Instant Family, Foster families, Sean Anders, Mark Wahlberg, Daddy's Home, Rose Byrne, Isabella Moner, Tig Notaro, Julie Hagerty, Julianna Gamiz, Gustavo Quiroz, Transformer: The Last Knight, Family comedies
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Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What to See (And Skip) In the Theatres

November 9, 2018

By Original-Cin Staff

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In Preview Tags Dolphin Man, Boy Erased, Overlord, Transit, The Grinch, Weekly Roundup, The European Film Festival
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The Grinch: Reboot of Beloved Classic Isn’t Ho-Ho-Horrible But Definitely Pointless

November 9, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags The Grinch, Animated, Reboot, Remake, Christmas, Children's films, Dr Seuss, Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keenan Thompson, Angela Lansbury, Rashida Jones, Cameron Seely, Pharrell Williams, Tyler the Creator, Illumination Entertainment
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Overlord: Zombie Nazi Film (Yeah We Said It) Disturbs on Unintended Levels

November 9, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Overlord, JJ Abrams, Mark L. Smith, Billy Ray, Nazi, Horror, Historical film, Jovan Adepo, Dominic Applewhite, John Magaro, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Julius Avery, Gianny Taufer, Pilou Asbaek
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Boy Erased: Lucas Hedges shines, Joel Edgerton's direction pulls punches in true story of abusive Christian gay conversion

November 9, 2018

By Karen Gordon

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In Review Tags Boy Erased, Gerald Conley, Lucas Hedges, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Christian Gay Conversion Therapy, Love In Action, Manchester By The Sea
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Traveling To Europe on 28 Films (And No Dollars!) A Day: Spotlight on the EUFF

November 9, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Preview, Review Tags The Eighth Commissioner, Tonio, Omnipresent, The European Film Festival, The Chronicles of Melanie, I Am Not A Witch, Titanium White, Une Vie Ailleurs, Little Tito and the Aliens, Welcome to Germany, The Line, Rungano Nyoni, Hiam Abbass
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The Girl in the Spider's Web: Is a less punk, more pumped Lisbeth Salander just another action hero?

November 8, 2018

By Karen Gordon

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In Review Tags The Girl in the Spider's Web, Lisbeth Salander, Claire Foy, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Lakeith Stanfield, Mikael Blomkvist, Sverrir Gudnason, Fede Alvarez, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Original-Cin Q&A: Doc Producer Ed Barreveld Discusses Freediving Legend Jacques Mayol

November 7, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Interview Tags The Big Blue, Jean-Marc Barr, Ed Barreveld, Lure of the Triangle, Luc Besson, Dolphin Man, documentary, Jacques Mayol, freediving, Canadian co-productions
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Transit: Fascist Europe Past and Present Explored in Twisty Thriller

November 7, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Transt, TIFF 2018, Casablanca, Hitchcockian, German, Paula Beer, Christian Petzold, Franz Rogowski, 21st Century fascism, Godehard Giese, Matthias Brandt, Anna Seghers, Adaptation, Franz Kafka
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Your Weekend Film Roundup: What to See (and Skip) In The Theatres

November 2, 2018

By Original-Cin Staff

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In Review, Views Tags The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Bohemian Rhapsody, Burning, Weekly Roundup, Suspiria, Critics Picks, You're All Wrong, Mark Breslin, TIFF 2018
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: A Pretty Mess and a Mouse Monster

November 1, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Matthew Macfadyen, Morgan Freeman, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Lil Buck, Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Disney, House of Mouse, Christmas, Twilight, Wizard of Oz, Nutcracker, Ballet, Tim Burton, Narnia, Marius Petipa, Fantasia, Ashleigh Powell
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Suspiria: Dancing Witches, Nazis, And Fifty Shades Of Pretension

November 1, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Luca Guadagnino, Suspiria, Dario Argento, remake, Tilda Swinton, Thom Yorke, Dakota Johnson, Mia Goth, Chloe Grace Moretz, Thomas De Quincey, Horror, Thriller, Call Me By Your Name, Chloë Grace Moretz
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Burning: Near-Perfect Korean Thriller Unpacks Suspense with Social Critique

November 1, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Jun Jong-seo, Steven Yuen, Haruki Murakami, Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmakers, TIFF 2018, Thriller, The Walking Dead, Poetry, Secret Sunshine, Yoo Ah-in, William Faulkner
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Bohemian Rhapsody: Freddie Mercury Resurrected in Flawed but Gripping Biopic

October 30, 2018

By Kim Hughes

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In Review Tags Queen, Freddie Mercury, Biopic, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Wayne's World, Rami Malek, Mike Myers, Jamie Foxx, Ray Charles, Drama
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'You're all wrong!': Mark Breslin & Thom Ernst revisit recent films and reaction

October 29, 2018

By Mark Breslin and Thom Ernst

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Tags Contrarianism, A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, Barbra Streisand, Life Itself, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Brody, Mandy Patinkin, This Is Us, Dan Fogelman, First Man, Damien Chazelle, Bad Times at the El Royale, Rex Reed
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Your Weekend Film Roundup: What to See (and Skip) in the Theatres.

October 26, 2018

By Original-Cin staff

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In Review Tags Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener, Marielle Heller, Richard E. Grant, Jonah Hill, Mid90s, Skateboarding, Bel Canto, Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Ann Patchett, Paul Weitz, Hunger Killer, Gerard Butler, Johnny English Strikes Again, Rowan Atkinson, Ingmar Bergman, TIFF retrospectives
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Mid90s: Jonah HIll's directorial debut more S.E. Hinton-lite than edgy

October 26, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Mid90s, Jonah Hill, Moneyball, Harmony Korine, Kids, S.E. Hinton, Christopher Blauvelt, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Sunny, Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Katherine Waterston, Goo Galicia, Olan Prenatt, Ryder McLaughlin, Jarrod Carmichael, Del the Funky Homosapien
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Maria by Callas: Eccentric doc on opera icon flutters between events, creating a pastiche personality

October 25, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Maria by Callas, Maria Callas, Thomas Volf, Joyce DiDonato, David Frost, Aristotle Onassis, Terrence McNally, Franco Zeffirelli, Edward R. Murrow, Giovanni Battista Meneghini, Casta Diva, Norma, Carmen
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Hunter Killer: Long, Hard and Full of Seamen (Yup, We Went There…)

October 25, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Review Tags Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Hillary Clinton, action-adventure, thriller, espionage, Donovan Marsh, submarine, Russians, Toby Stephens, Michael Nyqvist, War Games
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Ingmar Bergman… 21st Century Superhero? Arguing for a New Crusader

October 24, 2018

By Liam Lacey

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In Preview Tags Ingmar Bergman, Retrospective, TIFF, TIFF 2018, Liv Ullman, Ethan Hawke, Olivier Assayas, David Cronenberg, Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, Through a Glass Darkly, Persona, Scenes from a Marriage, Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander, Palme D'Or, Swedish films
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