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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: TIFF Audience Fave Scores and Soars

By Kim Hughes

ReviewNovember 16, 2017Comedy-drama, Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, TIFF 2017, awards contender

Justice League: Like Dumb and Dumber but with Cooler Threads

By Kim Hughes

ReviewNovember 15, 2017DC, Comics, Batman, Superman, superheroes, supervillain, Wonder Woman

Stegman Is Dead is alive with criminal idiocy

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 15, 2017Crime comedy, Tarantino-esque, Canadian, Michael Ironside, Michael Eklund, Bernice Lui

Thelma a more sexualized Carrie, with Scandinavian melancholy

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 15, 2017Psychological thriller, horror, Foreign-language Oscar, Joachim Trier, Norwegian movies, Carrie

Murder on the Orient Express: Straight Retelling of Classic Grinds On (and On)

By Kim Hughes

ReviewNovember 10, 2017Drama, Agatha Christie, adaptation, Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, suspense

Daddy’s Home 2: Middling Sequel Offers Equal Parts Laughs and Groans

By Liam Lacey

ReviewNovember 9, 2017comedy, Christmas, Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, sequels

Poor Agnes review/Q&A: Men... can't live with 'em, gotta kill 'em

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 9, 2017Horror, Canadian films, Fantasia Festival, Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Femme fatales

Tarkovsky Retrospective: 'Art as preparation for death' inspired today's hipster directors

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 9, 2017Retrospective, Russian, drama, Andrei Tarkovsky

My Friend Dahmer: When the killer was still only 'high school weird'

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 9, 2017True crime, Jeffrey Dahmer, Anne Heche, Graphic novels, Derf

Lady Bird: Coming-of-Age Tale Takes Wing with Ace Performances, Authentic Script

By Kim Hughes

ReviewNovember 8, 2017Comedy-drama, Coming of age, Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Greta Gerwig, Awards season movies

Review/Q&A: Killing of a Sacred Deer like watching meat run through a grinder

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 3, 2017Yorgos Lanthimos, Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Psychological thriller, The Lobster

Cannes winner The Square satirizes society through antic modern-art tale

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 3, 2017Foreign films, Ruben Ostlund, Force Majeure, Modern art, Elisabeth Moss

Novitiate: Nuns Caught in Reform Storm Find Habits Hard to Break

By Liam Lacey

ReviewNovember 3, 2017Drama, religion, Catholic, Melissa Leo, Margaret Qualley

Stories behind a Peterborough shelter intersect at Rendezvous with Madness fest

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 2, 2017Mental health issues, Film festivals, documentaries, The Warming Room, R.D. Laing

God's Own Country: Gentle English Drama Explores Salience of the Lambs

By Liam Lacey

ReviewNovember 2, 2017drama, indie, gay, love story, English

Thor: Ragnarok - A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to Armageddon

By Jim Slotek

ReviewNovember 2, 2017Thor, Hulk, Marvel, superheroes, supervillain, action-adventure, comic book

A Bad Moms Christmas: Almost Impressive in its Awfulness (But Not Quite)

By Kim Hughes

ReviewNovember 1, 2017Comedy, Christmas, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Bad movies

We're Terrified! Original Cin Critics Fess Up to Their Top 5 Scare-fests

By Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Karen Gordon, Kim Hughes and Bonnie Laufer

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 30, 2017Horror, horror-comedy, Halloween, classics, drama, critics picks

Todd Haynes takes it down a notch for overstimulated kids in Wonderstruck

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 27, 2017Children's films, Todd Haines, Hugo, Brian Seltznick

Thank You For Your Service: American Sniper writer misses in directorial debut

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 26, 2017PTSD, Miles Teller, Iraq, Jason Hall, Amy Schumer, Haley Bennett, American Sniper