The Upside: Starry Dramedy A Textbook Case of the Trouble With Remakes
Review(Julianna Margulies, Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, Nicole Kidman, The Upside, remakes, French, TIFF 2017, Neil Burger, Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Destroyer: Nicole Kidman Vehicle Recasts Revenge as Good for the Gander
Capernaum: An Arabic-language Oliver Twist, but even more depressingly set in Beirut
ReviewJim SlotekCapernaum, Nadine Labaki, Cannes Jury Prize, Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Zain Al Rafeea, child marriage, Syrian refugees, Beirut, human trafficking, Undocumented workers
Original-Cin's Best & Worst of 2018: What We Enjoyed... And What We Endured
By Original-Cin Staff
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Views, ReviewJim SlotekZama, Burning, The Rider, Welcome to Marwen, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Show Dogs, Blindspotting, Eighth Grade, Green Book, Robin Hood, Nobody's Fool, Deadpool 2, The Death of Stalin, A Quiet Place, Hearts Beat Loud, The Happytime Murders, The Darkest Minds, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, TIFF 2018, Little Italy, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Night School, Shoplifters, Roma, First Man, Best of 2018, Worst of 2018
Lifechanger: A well-constructed tragic 'shape-shifter' thriller and doomed love story overcomes its flaws
On the Basis of Sex: RBG Biopic Delves Into Back Story of Contemporary Folk Hero
If Beale Street Could Talk: James Baldwin Adaptation Lovely to Look At, Hard to Plumb
ReviewTIFF 2018, Kiki Lane, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, James Baldwin, Adaptation, Drama, YA, Dave Franco, Barry Jenkins, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Ed Skrein
Vice: The Big Short Director’s Biopic of Dick Cheney a Terrifying, Hilarious Bullseye
ReviewVice, Adam McKay, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Biopic, Eddie Marsan, Sam Rockwell, The Big Short, Comedy, Drama, Tyler Perry, LisaGay Hamilton
What To See (And What to Skip) In Theatres This Week
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Preview, ReviewMary Poppins Returns, Vox Lux, Welcome to Marwen, Second Act, Aquaman, Bumblebee, Emily Mortimer, Travante Rhodes, Travis Knight, Mirai of the Future, They Shall Not Grow Old, The Great Buster: A Celebration, Movie podcasts
Welcome to Marwen: Robert Zemeckis' Hollywoodization deflates an amazing true story
ReviewJim SlotekMark Hogancamp, Welcome to Marwen, Marwencol, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, Bob Crane, Hogan's Heroes, Janelle Monae, Caroline Thompson, Leslie Mann, Nell Jackson, Documentaries turned drama
Bumblebee: Lighter, tighter and as much Mean Girls/Iron Giant as it is a Transformers movie
ReviewJim SlotekBumblebee, Transformers, Michael Bay, Travis Knight, Optimus Prime, Cybertron, Mean Girls, Iron Giant, Hailee Steinfeld, The Smiths, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Justin Theroux, Angela Bassett, John Ortiz, John Cena
Mirai of the Future: Adorbs Japanese Animation A Delight For the Small and Large
Second Act: If You Like Jennifer Lopez Rom-Coms, This Baby’s For You
ReviewJennifer Lopez, Romantic comedy, Treat Williams, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini, Charlyne Yi, Peter Segal, Second Act, Mahattan, Christmas movies
The Great Buster: Bogdanovich Doc on Silent Film Star Puts Legend Back in Lights
Reviewdocumentary, Buster Keaton, Silent Film Stars, Peter Bogdanovich, Comedy, Black and white, Hot Docs, Richard Lewis, Bill Hader, Dick Van Dyke, Quentin Tarantino, Werner Herzog, Johnny Knoxville
Aquaman: A big dumb entertaining CGI acid trip, and an empty-calorie seafood feast for the eyes
ReviewJim SlotekAquaman, James Wan, Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, DC Super-hero films, Trident of Atlan, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Temuera Morrison, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Movie monsters
Mary Poppins Returns: Dazzling Sequel Conjures All the Charm of the Original Classic
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewMary Poppins Returns, Sequel, Emily Blunt, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Colin FIrth, Ben Whishaw, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dick Van Dyke, Musical, Rob Marshall
Vox Lux: Director’s Stylized Take on Broken Society Full of Empty Calories
ReviewVox Lux, Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy, Willem Dafoe, TIFF 2018, Brady Corbet, Sia, Stacy Martin, pop culture, Her Smell
They Shall Not Grow Old: WWI Becomes Immersive in Peter Jackson’s Riveting, Tech-Boosted Doc
What To See (And What to Skip) In the Theatres This Weekend
ReviewJim SlotekSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lego Movie, Mary Queen of Scots, Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Blaze, Blaze Foley, Ethan Hawke, Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, The Mule, Clint Eastwood, The Straight Story, Nebraska, "Old man" road movies, Ben is Back, Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Peter Hedges, Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson, Christian Rivers, Super-Grid, Leo Fafard, Marshall Williams, post-apocalypse
Ben is Back: Hedges directs son Hedges in a decidedly off-kilter family Xmas story
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekBen is Back, Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton, Courtney B. Vance, Peter Hedges, About A Boy, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Pieces of April, Manchester By The Sea, Boy Erased, Awards season movies, Dysfunctional family movies, Christmas movies
