Invincible, Season Four: There's an 'I' in THIS Team, and It's Inspirational
ReviewJim SlotekAnimated comic book adaptations, Invincible, Season Four, Prime Video Canada, Creators Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley and Cory Walker, Absolute power used wisely, Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Walton Goggins, Tatiana Maslany, Mark Hamill
Monica's News: Polly Gallant-McLean Makes Child's-Eye-View of Smalltown Life Come Alive
Undertone: Placing Sound over Matter
ReviewJim SlotekUndertone, Horror, Prestige horror, Canadian film, Ian Tuason, Nina Kiri, Michèle Duquet, Adam DiMarco, Ryan Turner, Keana Lyn Bastidas, Jeff Yung
Project Hail Mary: When Aliens Remind Us How to be Human
ReviewJim SlotekProject Hail Mary, Andy Weir, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Adaptation, Science fiction, Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, Ken Leung, Lionel Boyce, Environmental issues, Space
What Does That Nature Say to You: Hong Sang-soo’s Polite Cruelty
The Things You Kill: A Prodigal Turk Entertains Dreams of Death in this Psychological Thriller
ReviewJim SlotekCanada's entry for the Oscars, The Things You Kill, Grief, Dreams of death and revenge, Written and directed by Alireza Khatami, Films set in Turkey, Ekin Koç, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Hazar Ergüçlü, Ercan Kesal
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come - Let the Infernal Games Begin!... um, Again!
ReviewJim SlotekHumans hunting humans horror, Horror sequels, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, David Cronenberg, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, Elijah Wood, Characters selling their souls
Space Cadet: Kid Koala’s Heartwarming Animation a Celebration of Visual Storytelling
Nash the Slash Rises Again! Doc Unwraps Underappreciated Toronto Talent
ReviewJim SlotekNash the Slash Rises Again!, Tim Kowalski, Colin Brunton, Kevan Byrne, Toronto story, Documentary, Paul Till, Gary Numan, Iggy Pop, Documentaries about musicians
Of Human Bandage: 'Nash the Slash Rises Again!' Filmers on Outsider Art and All Things Nash
InterviewJim SlotekOutsider-art musician, Nash the Slash, Nash the Slash Rises Again!, Director Tim Kowalski, Original 99-cent Roxy, Colin Brunton, Gary Numan, Iggy Pop, Richard Branson, Dindisc, Soundtracks for German Expressionist silent films
Islands: When Lost Souls Sabotage the Best-Laid Vacation Plans
The Dinosaurs: Spielberg Goes Genuinely Jurassic with Delightful Documentary Series
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Dinosaurs, Netflix, Documentary, Documentary series, Steven Spielberg, Amblin Studios, Silverback Films, Industrial Light and Magic, Nick Shoolingin-Jordan, Morgan Freeman
Protector: Milla Jovovich as a Badass Mom Bent on Vengeance
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekProtector, Adrian Grunberg, Milla Jovovich, Don Harney, Matthew Modine, Gabriel Sloyer, Revenge thrillers, Drama, Mothers’ Instinct, Thriller, Action
The Bride!: Here She Comes, Like It or Not (I Do)
ReviewJim SlotekThe Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz, Horror, Musical, Remake, Reimagining
Hair of the Bear: Trudeau and McLellan's Winter Thriller Pulls Punches But Eventually Lands One
Sweetness: Teen Take on 'Misery' Is a Solid Canadian Thriller
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin Chat: Alexandre Trudeau & James McLellan on War, Toughening Up and Hair of the Bear
Original-Cin Q&A: Youngblood Actor Ashton James on Slapshots and Remakes
By Bonnie Laufer
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Young Sherlock: An Elementary Success (Okay, He's a Little Older than That)
Jim SlotekYounger versions of established characters, Young Sherlock, Hero Tiffin, Moriarty as best friend, Dónal Finn, Director Guy Ritchie, Prime Video series, Max Irons, Natascha McElhone, Joseph Fiennes, Zine Tseng, Colin Firth
Everest Dark: Sherpas on a Corpse Hunt Add to the Bittersweet Beauty of Everest
ReviewJim SlotekOver-touristing of Mount Everest, Rising climber death tolls, Missing bodies, Everest Dark, Director Jereme Watt, Tenzing Norgay, Mingma Tsiri Sherpa, Sherpas in a search-project for bodies, Narrator Jaswant Dev Shrestha, Pasang Tenzing Sherpa
