Sharkwater Extinction: Rob Stewart's finale is an investigative call to action to save sharks and humans
ReviewJim SlotekRob Stewart, Sharkwater Extinction, Sharkwater, Shark fin trade, Brock Cahill, SeaChange Agency, Rob Stewart death, California drift net ban, Shark products in food, Free diving with sharks, Mark the Shark, Oceanic Whitetip Sharks, Hammerheads
The Oath: Thanksgiving dinner devolves into anarchy in Trump's America
ReviewJim SlotekThe Oath, Ike Barinholtz, Actors turned director, Tiffany Haddish, Billy Magnussen, John Cho, Donald Trump, Fake news, Social discord, 21st Century fascism, Political arguments, Nora Dunn, Seth Rogen, Jay Duplass
Transformer: Festival favourite doc about transgender weightlifter shows what toughness means
Halloween: Clever Reboot Revives the Chills, Boosts the Thrills of Original Slasher Film
ReviewHalloween, Horror, David Gordon Green, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Myers, slasher flick, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, TIFF 2018, Reboot, Remake, Haluk Bilginer, Terminator, homage, Will Patton, Blumhouse Productions
Beautiful Boy: Performance-fueled addiction story proves Chalamet's Oscar nom was no fluke
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekBeautiful Boy, Addiction movies, Timothee Chalamet, Steve Carell, David Sheff, Nic Sheff, Tweak, Maura Tierney, Felix Van Groeningen, Call Me By Your Name, Oscar
The Guilty: Thriller Leverages Snug Space to Engage and Enthrall Its Audience
Studio 54: Enlightening doc captures a moment and tells us which Rolling Stones had to pay to get in
ReviewJim SlotekStudio 54, Disco, Steve Rubell, Ian Schrager, Matt Tyrnauer, Mike Myers, 54, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross, Sylvester Stallone, Jack Dushey, Valentino: The Last Emperor, Nile Rodgers, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Chic
Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What To See (and Skip) in Theatres…
By Original-Cin Staff
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ReviewFirst Man, Damien Chazelle, Ryan Gosling, TIFF 2018, Bad Times at the El Royale, Jeff Bridges, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, The Hate U Give, Amandla Stenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, All About Nina, Restoring Tomorrow, Free Solo, Meru, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Michael I, Knuckleball, Alex Honnold
First Man: Original and insightful take on haunted hero who landed the Eagle
ReviewJim SlotekTIFF fims, Oscar favourites, Damien Chazelle, First Man, Ryan Gosling, Neil Armstrong, The Right Stuff, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Apollo, Whiplash, La La Land, Josh Singer, Claire Foy, Patrick Fugit, Ed White, Jason Clarke, Corey Stoll, Buzz Aldrin, Chuck Yeager, Gil Scott-Heron, Whitey on the Moon, Andrea Tarkovsky, Solaris, Alfonso Cuarón, Tom Wolfe, Orpheus and Eurydice
The Hate U Give: Surprisingly Pointed Hollywood Film Straddles Black Lives Matter Debate
ReviewTIFF 2018, Anthony Mackie, Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, young adult, Drama, Black Lives Matter, Issa Rae, Russell Hornby, KJ Apa, Lamar Johnson, Common
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween: As Lame As You Imagine (But with Cool CGI!)
ReviewWendi McLendon-Covey, Nikola Tesla, Ari Sandel, JAck Black, Ken Jeong, RL Stine, Goosebumps, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Sequel, Kids flicks, The Duff, evil puppets
Restoring Tomorrow: Doc on Temple Rescue Feels Meh Despite its Ambitions
ReviewDocumentary, Aaron Wolf, Restoring Tomorrow, Jewish cinema, Jewish issues, Zach Braff, Burt Bacharach, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Religion, Old Hollywood, The Jazz Singer, Warner Brothers
Opening This Week: Searing Dramedy (All About Nina), Breathtaking Doc (Free Solo)
ReviewMary Elizabeth Winstead, Common, Beau Bridges, All About Nina, Dramedy, Comedy, MeToo, Free Solo, Documentary, Jimmy Chin, Alex Honnold, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, TIFF 2018, Tommy Caldwell
Rendezvous with Madness Launches With Lovely, Elegiac Song and the Sorrow
Preview, ReviewNFB, Rendezvous With Madness, Gene MacLellan, Catherine MacLellan, Ron Hynes, Robbie Robertson, Anne Murray, Canadian film, Documentary
Bad Times at the El Royale: Measured Pace, Extreme Weirdness Yield Truly Original Film
ReviewBad Times at the El Royale, Jon Hamm, Jeff Bridges, Dakota Johnson, Lewis Pullman, Drew Goddard, Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Pulp Fiction, The Cabin in the Woods, The Martian, Cailee Spaeny, Chris Hemsworth
Bigger: A great Schwarzenegger portrayal can't save this Joe Weider biopic
ReviewJim SlotekBigger, Joe Weider, Ben Weider, Tyler Hoechlin, Aneurin Barnard, Dunkirk, Mr. Universe, Mr. Olmpica, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilding, Calum Von Moger, George Gallo, Midnight Run, Colton Haynes, Jack Lalanne, Kevin Durand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Julianne Hough, Betty Weider
Knuckleball: Home Alone meets The Shining in an isolated Alberta farmhouse
ReviewJim SlotekKnuckleball, Michael Ironside, Home Alone, The Shining, Luca Villacis, Munro Chambers, Michael Peterson, Children in peril, Lloyd the Conqueror, Jason Voorhees, Kathleen Munroe, Krista Bridges
The Old Man & The Gun: A warmly subversive, gentle, modern Western, with Redford as The Sunset Kid
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Old Man & the Gun, Robert Redford retirement, American anti-heroes, Modern Westerns, Bank robbers, Forrest Tucker, David Grann, The New Yorker, San Quentin, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck, David Lowery, A Ghost Story
Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What To See (and Skip) in Theatres…
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, Interview, ViewsA Star is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliot, The Sisters Brothers, TIFF 2018, TIFF 2017, John C Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, Patrick DeWitt, Venom, Tp, Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Let the Corpses Tan, Elina Löwensohn, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Let the Corpses Tan: Ecstatic Visuals Power Hallucinogenic Crime Drama
ReviewDrama, Thriller, TIFF 2017, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears, Amer, Elina Löwensohn, Michelangelo Marchese, Hal Hartley, Michael Almereyda, Ennio Morricone
