The Last Black Man in San Francisco: The scorched aftershock of gentrification played out as serio-comedy
ReviewJim SlotekThe Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot, Jimmie Falls, Jonathan Majors, Blindspotting, Sorry To Bother You, Paul Kantner, San Francisco gentrification, Rachel Solnit, Adam Newport-Berra, Emile Mosseri, Danny Glover, Jello Biafra, Tichina Arnold, Rob Morgan, Rob Richert, Bay Area gentrification
Midsommar: Indulgent psychodrama from the director of Hereditary drags, wobbles amid brightness and beauty
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekAri Aster, Hereditary, Toni Collette, Midsommar, Rosemary's Baby, Florence Pugh, The Wicker Man, Children of the Corn, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Pagan ritual horror movies, Isabelle Grill, Fighting with My Family
Spider-Man: Far From Home: Come for the teen comedy, endure the sound and Fury
ReviewJim SlotekSpider-Man: Far From Home, Tom Holland, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Tony Stark, Jacob Batalon, Zendaya, Angourie Rice, Reese Witherspoon, Tracy Fick, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Favreau, Jake Gyllenhaal
Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres
By Original-Cin Staff
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Yesterday: Novel Premise Elevates Director Danny Boyle’s Beatles-Loving Dramedy
ReviewYesterday, Danny Boyle, The Beatles, Kate McKinnon, Lily James, Ed Sheeran\, Himesh Patel, Music, Dramedy, Comedy
Ferrante Fever: Doc on modern lit's most successful recluse unsurprisingly devoid of substance
ReviewJim SlotekFerrante Fever, Elena Ferrante, Neapolitan Quartet, Hillary Clinton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jonathan Franzen, Giacomo Durzi, Elizabeth Strout, Ann Goldstein, Nasty Love, The Days of Abandonment, My Brilliant Friend
Isabelle: Cliché-Strewn Horror a Lesson in How Not to Make a Genre Film
Annabelle Comes Home: A Night at the Warrens' Evil Museum is an assembly-line of jump-scares
ReviewJim SlotekAnnabelle Comes Home, The Conjuring, James Wan, Peter Safran, Amityville Horror, Ed Warren, Madison Iseman, Mckenna Grace, Katie Sarife, Michael Cimino, Joseph Bishara
Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres
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Review, Preview, PodcastToy Story 4, Wild Rose, Dogman, Buddy, Anna, Child's Play, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Tony Hale, Weekly Roundup
Buddy: Touching Doc on Service Dogs Traces Human-Canine Relationships
Child’s Play: Ultra-Gory Reboot of Horror Classic Is Stupidly Fun (Did We Mention Gory?)
Anna: Luc Besson Thriller Not Quite A Feminist Fiesta But It Gives Good Action (Sorry)
Toy Story 4: Latest Chapter in Winning Franchise a Bracing Look at Childhood Lost
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewKeegan-Michael Key, Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Christina Hendricks, Annie Potts, Jordan Peele, Toy Story 4, Sequel, Franchise, Disney Pixar
Dogman: Dark Italian Drama Raised by Great Performance, Uncanny Setting
Wild Rose: Heartwarming Tale Persuasively Tallies the Price of Chasing Dreams
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir: Multinational co-production has a bit of everything but not enough of anything
ReviewJim SlotekThe Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Ken Scott, Seducing Doctor Lewis, The Grand Seduction, Starbuck, Bollywood stars, International co-productions, Romain Puértolas, Dhanush, Amruta Sant, Erin Moriarty, Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres
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Review, Preview, PodcastWeekly Roundup, There Are No Fakes, Late Night, Watergate, Shaft, Men in Black: International, The Dead Don't Die, Jim Jarmusch, Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Jamie Kastner, Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Rowntree, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mouthpiece, Patricia Rozema, Canadian, documentary, remake, Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Chloe Sevigny, Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Danny Glover
There Are No Fakes: Engrossing doc on Indigenous art fraud reveals bigger picture
By Karen Gordon
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Shaft: Lame Reboot Sucks the Cool Out of the Sassy Original (and Its Followups)
ReviewIsaac Hayes, Shaft, Tim Story, Ride Along, Remake, Samuel L. Jackson, Regina King, Richard Rowntree, Regina Hall, Blaxploitation
Men in Black: International - Aliens still walk among us, but the thrill is gone
ReviewJim SlotekMen in Black: International, Franchise reboots, Hellboy, Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Cute aliens, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Les Twins, Kumail Nanjiani, F. Gary Gray
