In Cold Light: Noir Drama About an Alberta Drug Dealer in Over Her Head is Cold Indeed
Dreams: Jessica Chastain Plays a Mexican Refugee's Saviour Turned Nightmare
The President’s Cake: Iraq Period Piece Is Just a Touch Too Sweet
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Original-Cin Chat: From Boba Fett to Buccaneer, The Bluff's Temuera Morrison Follows a Code
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The Bluff: In Praise of Women Buccaneers, Especially Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Midwinter Break: Marital Drama Has Big Potential, Small Payoff
Oscar Shorts in Theatres Now: Each Program Has at Least One Gem
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PreviewJim SlotekOscar nominated short films in theatres, Animation, live-action, and documentary, A Friend of Dorothy, Jane Austen’s Period Drama, Emma Thompson, The Devil Is Busy, Armed Only with a Camera, Perfectly a Strangeness, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, The Three Sisters, Retirement Plan, Domhnall Gleeson
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert - Elvis Has Left the Gift Shop, Enjoy the Show
Kokuho: Brotherly Rivalry in a Powerful Kabuki Epic
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"Wuthering Heights:" A Beautiful Brontë Adaptation, Stripped of Character Depth
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ReviewJim SlotekEmily Brontë, Modern Bronte's adaptations, “Wuthering Heights”, Writer/director Emerald Fennell, Margot Robbie, Hong Chau, Jacob Elordi, Charlotte Mellington, Martin Clunes, Shazad Latif
Montreal, My Beautiful: Joan Chen Luminous (As Usual) Is a Hit in Quebecois Film
ReviewJim SlotekMontreal, My Beautiful, Xiaodan He, Joan Chen, Charlotte Aubin, John Xu, Pei Yao Xu, Canadian, Drama, Hong Kong, Chinese, Immigrant stories
Cold Storage: Fungus-Among-Us Starts Strong in Overstretched Disease Horror
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die: Groundhog Day Meets The Terminator by Way of The Dirty Dozen
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ReviewJim SlotekGood Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, Gore Verbinski, Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple, Haley Lu Richardson, Sci-fi, Comedy, Futuristic, Black comedy, Apocalyptic themes
Forlorn at Finch, Middle-Aged at Midland: Hong Kong Immigrants Struggle to Get By
ReviewJim SlotekFinch & Midland, Canadian drama, Hong Kong, Scarborough, Timothy Yeung, Anthony Wong, Patrick Tam, Nina Paw, Harriet Yeung, Theresa Lee, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Jaden Kwan, Immigrant experience, Chinese
Pillion: Aloof Alexander Skarsgärd Meets Puppy-Eyed Harry Melling in Offbeat Dom-Com
ReviewJim SlotekPillion, Harry Lighton, Adaptation, LGBTQ+, Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgärd, Lesley Sharp, Douglas Hodge, Queer, Gay culture, Drama, British
Original-Cin Q&A: Joan Chen on Learning French (and Freedom) in Montreal, My Beautiful
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Soul’s Road: Canadian Country Star Dallas Smith as a Hometown Hero Seeking Redemption
ReviewJim SlotekSoul’s Road, Drama, Redemption, Canadian film, Joel Stewart, Dallas Smith, Camille Stopps, Allan Hawco, Celeste Desjardins, Geena Meszaros, Josh Collins, Charlie Gillespie
Scarlet: To See or Not to See an Animated Japanese Hamlet - That is the Question
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Whistle: Death Comes Early to Those Who Blow
