Original-Cin 2020 Halloween Special: The Films That Most Freaked Us Out
By Original-Cin Staff
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Preview, ViewsJim SlotekHalloween, Jaws, Carrie, Wait Until Dark, Alien, Blair Witch Project, Die! Die! My Darling, Return of the Living Dead, Rosemary's Baby, Dead Alive, Hereditary, It Follows, The Witch, Open Water, The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Masks, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Poltergeist, The Ring, Scary movies
Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President: Music-Themed Doc on 39th President a Star-Gazer’s Delight
Review, PreviewJim SlotekJimmy Carter Rock & Roll President, Mary Wharton, Documentary, U.S. politics, Gregg Allman, The Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Bono, Cher, Warren Beatty, Dizzy Gillespie, Willie Nelson, Nile Rodgers, Paul Simon
Ravers: Low-Budget Sort-Of Zombie Film Too Awesomely Weird to Miss
Review, PreviewJim SlotekRavers, Horror movies, Bernard Pucher, Georgia Hirst, Zombies, Halloween, Drugs, Mutants, Parties, Lucio Fulci, Tough women, Natasha Henstridge
Bullets of Justice: Lurid, Crass, Vulgar Horror Lowers the Bar on Bar-Lowering
Over the Moon: Charming Animation Puts Science-Loving Girl in the Spotlight (and on the Moon!)
Review, PreviewJim SlotekOver the Moon, Animated film, Sandra Oh, Ken Jeong, Cathy Ang, Glen Keane, Asian Americans, Kid flicks, Kid's Movies
Original-Cin Q&A: Star Cathy Ang on Playing Smart, Cool, Inspirational Girl in Over the Moon
By Bonnie Laufer
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Interview, PreviewJim SlotekAnimation, Netflix, Over the Moon, Ken Jeong, Sandra Oh, Cathy Ang, Glen Keane, Children's movies, Asian Americans, Fantasy, Margaret Cho
Memories of Murder: Parasite Director’s 2nd Feature Offers Insight Into His Craft… and is Awesome
By Linda Barnard
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekBoon Joon-ho, Parasite, Memories of Murder, South Korean filmmakers, Sung-bo Shim, Kwang-rim Kim, Crime thriller, crime drama, Memories of Murder.
Toronto Jewish Film Festival: Gone Digital, Yes, But Still Exploring the Human Experience
By Linda Barnard
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Rebecca: New Take on Classic Daphne du Maurier Tale Haunted by Hitchcock Original
Review, PreviewJim SlotekDaphne Du Maurier, Gothic Romance, Thriller, Armie Hammer, Lily James, Kirstin Scott Thomas, Ben Wheatley, Rebecca, Netflix movies, Ann Dowd, Alfred Hitchcock, Remake
Making Monsters: Jumbled Horror Raids the Oeuvre for Bits and Pieces, Frankenstein-Style
I Am Greta: Up Close, Extremely Personal Doc on Teen Follows Global Crusade for Future
By Karen Gordon
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Soul-Baring Doc on Judy Rebick Kicks Off Virtual Rendezvous with Madness Festival
Body & Bones: Smitten Young Woman Making Bad Man Choices Remains Ripe Dramatic Terrain
Review, PreviewJim SlotekBody & Bones, Newfoundland, Melanie Oates, Kelly Van der Burg, Joel Thomas Hynes, Lawrence Barry, Jo Burg, Drama, Canadian
The Secrets We Keep: Post-War Thriller Entertaining Enough… If You Don’t Look Too Closely
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Secrets We Keep, Thriller, Nazis, Yuval Adler, Noomi Rapace, Chris Messina, Amy Seimetz, Joel Kinnaman, Hitchcockian, Drama, WWII
Totally Under Control: Trump’s Bungling of COVID-19 Pandemic Laid Bare in Timely Doc
When the Storm Fades: Curious Quasi-Documentary Highlights the Fallout from Deeds Gone Awry
The War with Grandpa: Shaky Kids-Versus-Codgers Comedy Too Blunt to Punt
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe War with Grandpa, Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Rob Riggle, Tim Hill, Oakes Fegley, Cheech Marin, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, Comedy, Family film, Holiday, Mad Dog and Glory
The Complex: Lockdown: Dramatic Virus Thriller Not So Thrilling (or Dramatic)
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Complex: Lockdown, Paul Raschid, Thriller, Virus, Michelle Mylett, Al Weaver, Kim Adis, Kate Dickie, Pandemic, The Andromeda Strain, Drama
A Fire in The Cold Season: Canuck Noir Offers Artful Take on Crime Thriller Genre
The Glorias: Exhausting Gloria Steinem Biopic a Clear Case of Less Would be More
Review, PreviewJim SlotekJulie Taymor, The Glorias, Biopic, Gloria Steinem, Women's right, Alicia Vikander, Julianne Moore, Bette Midler, Timothy Hutton, Janelle Monáe, Lorraine Toussaint
