Trouble in the Garden: Family Discord Drama Is Timely but By-the-Numbers
Happy Death Day 2U: Sequel to mash-up of Scream and Groundhog day makes for smart horror - maybe too smart
Everybody Knows: Iranian Oscar winner directs Cruz and Bardem in richly-drawn Spanish missing child/village-with-secrets drama
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewAsghar Farhadi, Everybody Knows, A Separation, The Salesman, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Missing child drama, Toronto International Film Festival, Spanish Films, Spouses acting together
Alita: Battle Angel , Rodriguez/Cameron make a messy manga movie out of spare parts
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewAlita: Battle Angel, Yukito Kishiro, Gunnm, Robert Rodriguez, James Cameron, Manga, post-apocalypse, Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Keean Johnson, Avatar
Isn’t It Romantic: Rom-Com Skewers Rom-Coms While Impersonating Rom-Com
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part: Considerably less awesome the second time around
ReviewThe Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Duplo, Chris Pratt, The Lego Movie, Elizabeth Banks, Everything Is Awesome, This Song is Gonna Get Stuck Inside Your Head, Bricksburg, Lego Batman, Will Arnett, Guardians of the Galaxy, Corporate tie-ins, Pop culture references
Original-Cin Q&A/Review: Is The Prodigy's Jackson Robert Scott the scariest 10-year-old actor ever?
Interview, ReviewThe Entity, It, Jackson Robert Scott, Colm Feore, Nicholas McCarthy, Horror movies with evil children, Child actors, Taylor Schilling, Stephen King, Locke & Key
What Men Want: Gender-Bending Reboot a Garish Gumbo of Clichés
Arctic: Sublime Survival Story Pits Mads Mikkelsen Against a Blustery World
Preview, ReviewMaria Thelma Smáradóttir, Joseph Trapanese, Tómas Örn Tómasson, Mads Mikkelsen, Joe Penna\, Survival Story, Arctic, Feature debut, Cannes
The quirky Cold Pursuit: Liam Neeson takes revenge (what else is new?) in REALLY cold blood
ReviewCold Pursuit, Liam Neeson, Northern Ireland, Colorado, Hans Petter Moland, In Order of Disappearance, Hollywood remakes, Taken, Micheal Richardson, Tom Bateman, Tom Jackson, Quirky crime comedy
The Last Resort: A moment in time when a kosher Miami exploded in colour and life
ReviewJim SlotekThe Last Resort, Miami Beach, Jewish American history, The Fountainbleu Hotel, The Rat Pack, Jackie Gleason, Andy Sweet, Gary Monroe, Dennis Scholl, Kareem Tabsch, Edna Buchanan, Cuban "boat people", Cocaine
Miss Bala: Female-Led Action/Thriller Needs More Clarity... and Maybe Shorter Heels
Miniature: A very tiny documentary with big ideas
ReviewJim SlotekMiniature, Documentary, Dioramas, Dollhouses, Outsider art, Willard Wigan, Jimmy Cauty, The KLF, Tony Coleman, Margaret Meagher, Mighty Uke, Aftermath Dislocation Principle, Hypotopia, Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg
Into Invisible Light: The unbearable lack-of-lightness of being a rich widow
ReviewJim SlotekInto Invisible Light, Shelagh Carter, Jennifer Dale, Peter Keleghan, Stuart Hughes, Thomas Grey, Canadian movies, Middle-aged romances, Ousama Rawi, Martha Henry
Wonders of the Sea 3D: Eco-eye candy for kids from the Cousteaus and Schwarzenegger with lots to see and banalities to say
ReviewJim SlotekWonders of the Sea 3D, Jacques Cousteau, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Celine Cousteau, Fabien Cousteau, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ocean activism, Endangered marine life, Children's documenaries, The Sea of Cortez, The Bahamas, Maisy Kay
This Mountain Life: Doc Goes Very High But Not Very Deep
The Image Book: Oh So Meaningful But… Um… So Long… And… Um…
Racetime (La Course des Tuques): Quebec Animated Kids’ Film a Bumpy Ride
Serenity: Star-Laden Thriller Tanks Despite High-Minded Concept
The Kid Who Would Be King: Kiddo Spin on King Arthur Tale Sweet, Sassy but So-So
ReviewJoe Cornish, The Kid Who Would Be King, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Dean Chaumoo, Rebecca Ferguson, Angus Imrie, Kid flicks, King Arthur, Tom Taylor, Rhianna Dorris
