Who Killed the Montreal Expos?: Turns Out It Was A Team Effort
ReviewJim SlotekSports documentaries, The relationship between fans and franchises, Who Killed the Montreal Expos?, Jean-Francois Poisson, Netflix, Felipe Alou, Dennis Martínez, Larry Walker, Vladimir Guerrero Sr., Claude Brochu, Jeffrey Loria, Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard
Ballad of a Small Player: Colin Farrell Is the Ghost in the Casino in this Gambling Thriller
By Chris Knight
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Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro Finally Gives the 'Monster' His Say
ReviewJim SlotekFrankenstein, Victor Frankenstein as the real monster, Guillermo del Toro, Mary Shelley’s original novel, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Jacob Elordi as the creature, Toronto International Film Festival, Netflix
The Sandman, Season 2: When Its Creator is the Series' Own Worst Nightmare
ReviewJim SlotekCelebrity authors' sexual scandals, Cancel culture, Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Season Two, Dream of the Endless, Tom Sturridge, Netflix, Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer, Jenna Coleman, Showrunners Allan Heinberg and Jamie Childs, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Stephen Fry, Patton Oswalt, Jack Gleeson
Nobody Wants This: Kristen Bell And Adam Brody Bring Big Chemistry to An L.A. Love Story
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekNobody Wants This, Netflix, rom-com, Erin Foster, Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Timothy Simons, Tovah Feldshuh, Justine Lupe, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Series
Umbrella Academy S4: The Epic Fantasy Becomes Slapstick and Anticlimactic
ReviewJim SlotekThe Umbrella Academy, Netflix, Streaming series, Season Four, Elliot Page, adaptation, comic book, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Aidan Gallagher, David Cross, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Colm Feore, Sci fi, Superheroes
Dead Boy Detectives: Spinoff (sort of) of Gaiman's Sandman Intros a New Supernatural Scooby Gang
ReviewJim SlotekNeil Gaiman, Comics turned into TV series, Dead Boy Detectives, DC Comics of Magic, The Sandman universe, Kirby Jean Baptiste, Teen ghost detectives, George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Netflix
3 Body Problem: Game of Thrones Series Creators Turn to Dark, Conspiratorial ET Sci-Fi
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim Slotek3 Body Problem, Netflix, Alien invasion story, Chinese science fiction, Liu Cixin, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones, Benedict Wong, Video games as plot device, Rosalind Chao, Jess Hong, Jonathan Pryce
Original-Cin Q&A: Code 8 Part II’s Stephen and Robbie Amell on Hamilton’s Grainy Beauty
By Bonnie Laufer
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Live-Action Remake Achieves Success with Added Gravitas
ReviewJim SlotekAvatar: The Last Airbender, Remake, young adult, Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio Tarbell, Ian Ousley, Arden Cho, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Danny Pudi, Daniel Dae-Kim, Dalla James Liu, George Takeii, Amber Midthunder, Tamlyn Tomita, Netflix series, Netflix, Fantasy, Live-action
Star Trek: Prodigy - Cancellation Averted, With a New Season and a New Audience on Netflix
InterviewJim SlotekStar Trek: Prodigy, Prodigy cancellation averted, Netflix, Co-showrunners, Dan and Kevin Hageman, Brett Gray, Rylee Alazraqui, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Animated Trek series
Rebel Moon: Part 1 - A Child of Fire Sharply Mimics Star Wars… If Star Wars Was Lame
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekRebel Moon: Part 1 - A Child of Fire, Zack Snyder, Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Netflix, Ed Skrein, Sci fi, Space drama, space opera, Franchise
Rustin: Spotlighting the Dandy Hero of The Civil Rights Movement
ReviewJim SlotekRustin, TIFF 23, Civil Rights Movement, American Civil Rights, George C. Wolfe, Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Netflix, Jeffrey Wright, Aml Ameen, Martin Luther King, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Da‘Vine Joy Randolph
Fair Play: When the New Boss is Your Secret Workplace Lover, Things Get Sticky Fast
By Karen Gordon
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Reptile: Thriller Elevates Benicio Del Toro As Its Story Lards on the Twists
ReviewJim SlotekReptile, Netflix, TIFF 23, Benicia del Toro, Alicia Silverstone, Eric Bogosian, Thriller, Cop drama, Mystery, Frances Fisher, Ato Essandoh
Original-Cin Q&A: Director Peter Berg on Documenting OxyContin Horrors in New Series
By Bonnie Laufer
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PreviewJim SlotekPainkiller, Netflix, Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Peter Berg, Series, Adaptation, Oxycontin, Films shot in Toronto
Original-Cin Q&A: Nimona's Chloë Grace Moretz Touts Film For 'Anyone Who's Ever Felt Other-Than'
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekNimona, Animated features based on graphic novels, Super powered teen heroines, ND Stevenson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Shape shifters, Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Netflix
FUBAR: Arnold’s Back in Action… and We Missed Him!
ReviewJim SlotekFUBAR, Nick Santora, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Monica Barbaro, Fortune Feimster, Travis Van Winkle, Fabiana Udenio, Milan Carter, Gabriel Luna, Jay Baruchel, Scott Thompson, Netflix, Filmed in Canada, Toronto
Beef: New Netflix Series Unearths Dark Comedy from People Acting Very Badly
By Karen Gordon
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The Pale Blue Eye: Period Detective Yarn with Occult Overtones Brings Thrills and Chills
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Pale Blue Eye, Scott Cooper, Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Toby Jones, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Netflix, Period piece, Timothy Spall, Simon McBurney, Edgar Alan Poe, murder mystery, Supernatural thriller
