Send Help: Sam Raimi Doesn’t Hate Romance, He Just Knows Where It Hurts
ReviewJim SlotekSam Raimi, Dark comedy, Romantic comedies that aren't, Send Help, Movies about being marooned, Rachel McAdams, Dylan O'Brien, Dennis Haysbert, Xavier Samuel, Chris Pang, Edyll Ismail
Wonder Man: Marvel Series Has a Slow Not-So-Superhero Sidekick Style
A Private Life: French Comic Thriller is a Veritable 'Only Murders in L’Arrondissement
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By Chris Knight
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Mercy: Chris Pratt Fronts a High-Tech Thriller with Low-Tech Results
ReviewJim SlotekAI law enforcement, High tech sci-fi, Mercy, Director Timur Bekmambetov, Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Kylie Rogers, Chris Sullivan, Proving innocence in 90 minutes
The Well: Dipping Back in For One More Dystopian Drama
By Chris Knight
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Honey Bunch: Dark, Moody, Medical-Themed Thriller Bedevilled by Details
ReviewJim SlotekHoney Bunch, Dark, Moody, Medical Themed Thriller, Canadian gothic thriller, Directors Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, Cinematographer Adam Crosby, Ben Petrie, Grace Glowicki, Kate Dickie, Julian Richings, Jason Isaacs, India Brown
5 Questions and Answers from Jodie Foster about A Private Life (the Film, Not Her Own)
H is for Hawk: Adaptation of Grief Memoir Lovely If Earthbound
ReviewJim SlotekH is for Hawk, Drama, Adaptation, Helen Macdonald, Philippa Lowthorpe, Emma Donoghue, Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Lindsay Duncan, Josh Dylan, Denise Gough, Falconry
At Starfleet Academy's Toronto Premiere, Trek Stars Talk About What It All Means
Sheepdog: A Dramatic Reminder that War is Hell
Dead Man’s Wire: Gus Van Sant Serves Up a Taut Slice of '70s Drama
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekContemporary films set in the '70s, Movies based on hostage taking, Dead Man’s Wire, Director Gus Van Sant, Hostage taker Tony Kiritsis, Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, Al Pacino, Scriptwriter Austin Kolodney
The Chronology of Water: Kristen Stewart's Directorial Debut Should Be in Awards Race, But Isn't
By Karen Gordon
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Yunan: A Tempest and Hanna Schygulla Give a Sad Man Reasons to Live
Sound of Falling: Giving Voice to the Ghosts of Young Womanhood
ReviewJim SlotekSound of Falling, Mascha Schilinski, Hanna Heckt, Filip Schnak, Lea Drinda, Martin Rother, Lena Urzendowsky, Laeni Geisseler, Zöe Baer, German, Cannes Jury Prize, Drama
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - Ralph Fiennes Goes Bananas in the latest 'Rage' Movie
ReviewJim SlotekSequels to 28 Days Later, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Ralph Fiennes goes gonzo, Writer Alex Garland, Producer Danny Boyle, Director Nia DaCosta, Alfie Williams, Jack O'Connell, Old Nick, Chi Lewis-Parry, Fast "zombies"
Original-Cin Q&A: Gus Van Sant on Dead Man's Wire and the Hostage-Taking That Inspired It
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekMovies based on hostage taking, Dead Man’s Wire, Director Gus Van Sant, Hostage taker Tony Kiritsis, Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, Al Pacino, Van Sant films shot in Toronto, Scriptwriter Austin Kolodney, TIFF '25
Primate: Evolution Takes a Step Back. Violence Leaps Ahead
The Choral: A Too-Gentle Nod to the Transformative Power of Art
ReviewJim SlotekThe Choral, TIFF '25, Alan Bennett, Nicholas Hytner, British film, Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Taylor Uttley, Amara Okereke, Mark Addy, WWI, Drama
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Boldly Going Nowhere, But So Very Youthfully
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek Discovery spin-off, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Seeking a younger audience, 32nd Century, The rebirth of The Federation, Holly Hunter, Gina Yashere, Costumers Avery Plewes and Gersha Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tatiana Maslany, Tig Notaro, Paul Giamatti
The Mother and the Bear: Korea Meets Wonderful Winnipeg in This Quirky Rom-Com
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Mother and the Bear, TIFF '24, Johnny Ma, Kim Ho-jung, Jonathan Kim, Won-Jae Lee, Winnipeg, Made in Canada, Rom-com, Korean
