The Girl in the Spider's Web: Is a less punk, more pumped Lisbeth Salander just another action hero?
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Girl in the Spider's Web, Lisbeth Salander, Claire Foy, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Lakeith Stanfield, Mikael Blomkvist, Sverrir Gudnason, Fede Alvarez, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Transit: Fascist Europe Past and Present Explored in Twisty Thriller
ReviewTranst, TIFF 2018, Casablanca, Hitchcockian, German, Paula Beer, Christian Petzold, Franz Rogowski, 21st Century fascism, Godehard Giese, Matthias Brandt, Anna Seghers, Adaptation, Franz Kafka
Your Weekend Film Roundup: What to See (and Skip) In The Theatres
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, ViewsThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Bohemian Rhapsody, Burning, Weekly Roundup, Suspiria, Critics Picks, You're All Wrong, Mark Breslin, TIFF 2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: A Pretty Mess and a Mouse Monster
ReviewMatthew Macfadyen, Morgan Freeman, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Lil Buck, Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Disney, House of Mouse, Christmas, Twilight, Wizard of Oz, Nutcracker, Ballet, Tim Burton, Narnia, Marius Petipa, Fantasia, Ashleigh Powell
Suspiria: Dancing Witches, Nazis, And Fifty Shades Of Pretension
ReviewLuca Guadagnino, Suspiria, Dario Argento, remake, Tilda Swinton, Thom Yorke, Dakota Johnson, Mia Goth, Chloe Grace Moretz, Thomas De Quincey, Horror, Thriller, Call Me By Your Name, Chloë Grace Moretz
Burning: Near-Perfect Korean Thriller Unpacks Suspense with Social Critique
ReviewJun Jong-seo, Steven Yuen, Haruki Murakami, Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmakers, TIFF 2018, Thriller, The Walking Dead, Poetry, Secret Sunshine, Yoo Ah-in, William Faulkner
Bohemian Rhapsody: Freddie Mercury Resurrected in Flawed but Gripping Biopic
ReviewQueen, Freddie Mercury, Biopic, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Wayne's World, Rami Malek, Mike Myers, Jamie Foxx, Ray Charles, Drama
Your Weekend Film Roundup: What to See (and Skip) in the Theatres.
By Original-Cin staff
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ReviewJim SlotekMelissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener, Marielle Heller, Richard E. Grant, Jonah Hill, Mid90s, Skateboarding, Bel Canto, Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Ann Patchett, Paul Weitz, Hunger Killer, Gerard Butler, Johnny English Strikes Again, Rowan Atkinson, Ingmar Bergman, TIFF retrospectives
Mid90s: Jonah HIll's directorial debut more S.E. Hinton-lite than edgy
ReviewJim SlotekMid90s, Jonah Hill, Moneyball, Harmony Korine, Kids, S.E. Hinton, Christopher Blauvelt, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Sunny, Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Katherine Waterston, Goo Galicia, Olan Prenatt, Ryder McLaughlin, Jarrod Carmichael, Del the Funky Homosapien
Maria by Callas: Eccentric doc on opera icon flutters between events, creating a pastiche personality
ReviewJim SlotekMaria by Callas, Maria Callas, Thomas Volf, Joyce DiDonato, David Frost, Aristotle Onassis, Terrence McNally, Franco Zeffirelli, Edward R. Murrow, Giovanni Battista Meneghini, Casta Diva, Norma, Carmen
Hunter Killer: Long, Hard and Full of Seamen (Yup, We Went There…)
ReviewGerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Hillary Clinton, action-adventure, thriller, espionage, Donovan Marsh, submarine, Russians, Toby Stephens, Michael Nyqvist, War Games
Johnny English Strikes Again: Live and let this thing die already!
ReviewJim SlotekJohnny English, Johnny English Strikes Again, Rowan Atkinson, James Bond films, Spy spoofs, Olga Kurylenko, Skyfall, Emma Thompson, Ben Miller, William Davies, Jake Lacy, David Kerr, Year's worst comedies
Bel Canto: Middling Drama Elevated by Opera But Leaves Us Wanting More
ReviewJulianne Moore, Ken Wantanabe, Christopher Lambert, Bel Canto, Romance, hostages, drama, South America, Opera, Ryo Kase, Adaptation, Ann Patchett, Renee Fleming
Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Fact-Based Drama Brings the Best of Melissa McCarthy
ReviewCan You Ever Forgive Me?, Melissa McCarthy, Richard E Grant, Jane Curtin, Nicole Holofcener, Marielle Heller, Lee Israel, TIFF 2018, Black comedy, Drama, Noel Coward, Dorothy Parker, forgery, literary forgery, adaptation
Your weekend film roundup: What to see (and skip) in the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekHalloween, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, David Gordon Green, The Guilty, Gustav Möller, Jakob Cedergren, Beautiful Boy, Timothee Chalamet, Steve Carell, David Sheff, The Oath, Ike Barinholtz, Trump, Tiffany Haddish, Rob Stewart, Sharkwater Extinction, Sharkfin trade, Shark ingredients, Michael Del Monte, Trans bodybuilder, Janae Kroc, imagineNATIVE
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
