The King: Cinematic mashup of Shakespeare's 'Henrys' makes for thoughtful - albeit long - drama about why we make war
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe King, David Michôd, Joel Edgerton, Shakespeare's Henriad, Shakespearean movies, Timothée Chalamet, Ben Mendelsohn, Sir John Falstaff, Dean-Charles Chapman, William Gascoigne, The Battle of Agincourt, Sean Harris, Lily Rose Depp, Robert Pattinson
Parasite: Bong Joon Ho tackles the one per cent in a gloriously amoral, darkly-funny fraud fable
ReviewJim SlotekParasite, Bong Joon Ho, Cannes Palme D'or, Joker, Snowpiercer, The Host, Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-sik, Park So-dam, Lee Sun-kyun, Jo Yeo-jeong, Korean cinema, Award season favourites, Social disparity, Dark comedies
Dolce Fine Giornata: Meaty European Drama a Feast for Thinkers and Adults
ReviewDolce Fine Giortana, Jacek Borcuch, Krystyna Janda, Antonio Catania, Lorenzo de Moor, Kasia Smutniak, European, Polish films, italian movies, Drama
Harpoon: Ace (and Deservedly Hyped) Indie Horror Film Knocks it Out of the Park
The Addams Family: Animated kid-flick fails on creepy, kooky, spooky and ooky levels
ReviewJim SlotekThe Addams Family, Animated children's films, Charles Addams, Hotel Transylvania, Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston, Lurch, Cousin Itt, Snoop Dogg, Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Conrad Vernon, Chloe Grace Moretz, Elsie Fisher, Finn Wolfhard, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Gnome Alone, Charming, Cinesite animation
Rendezvous with Madness: Long-running Mental-Health Themed Festival Timelier Than Ever
Interview, Preview, Review, ViewsRendezvous With Madness, Geoff Pevere, Conviction, Retrospekt, Bedlam, Mental health issues, documentaries, Dramas, Toronto film festivals, Festival
Gemini Man: Ang Lee Actioner Has Will Smith Times Two But Single-Digit Thrills
Lucy in the Sky: Natalie Portman Space Drama Grounded by Ridiculous Plot
Preview, ReviewLucy in the Sky, TIFF 2019, Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Dan Stevens, Ellen Burstyn, Noah Hawley, NASA, Space adventure, Zazie Beetz, Reese Witherspoon
Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres This Week
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, PreviewJoker, The Laundromat., Robbery, Sometimes Always Never, Roger Waters Us + Them, Where’s My Ray Cohn?, First Love, Weekly Roundup, TIFF 2019
First Love: Provocateur Takashi Miike serves up betrayal, vengeance, and murder in his most crowd-pleasing film
Robbery: Half-cooked heist film can't keep its eyes - or its plot - on the prize
ReviewJim SlotekRobbery, Canadian movies, Feature debut, Corey Stanton, Jeremy Ferdman, Art Hindle, Rachel Wilson, Sera-Lys McArthur, Jennifer Dale, Father-son crime films, Caper films
The Laundromat: Steven Soderbergh’s Panama Papers Tale Mines Sadly Familiar Terrain
ReviewThe Laundromat., TIFF 2019, Steven Soderbergh, Scott Z Burns, Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, Gary Oldman, David Schwimmer, James Cromwell, Jeffrey Wright, Matthias Schoenaerts
Joker: Joaquin Phoenix Descends Believably into Madness in Gotham's Dark Heart
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekJoker, Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Zazie Beetz, TIFF 2019, Todd Phillips, Venice Film Festival, Gotham, Batman
Roger Waters Us + Them: Doc is Equal Parts Concert Film, Anti-Establishment Rally
Review, PreviewRoger Waters Us + Them, Documentary, Concert Film, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Sean Evans, Is This The Life We Really Want?, Jon Carin, Joey Waronker, Dark Side of the Moon
Sometimes Always Never: British Dramedy Aims to Please, Occasionally Succeeds
ReviewSometimes Always Never, Bill Nighy, Jenny Agutter, Carl Hunter, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Tim McInnerny, Louis Healy, British, Dra, Dramedy
Where’s My Roy Cohn?: Doc on Infamous Political Fixer Echoes in Time of Trump
ReviewWhere’s My Ray Cohn?, documentaries, Matt Tyrnauer, Donald Trump, Tom Snyder, Gore Vidal, Mike Wallace, Larry King, American politics, Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres This Week
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Judy: Renee Zellweger's incandescent Garland reduces the rest of the cast to mere bystanders
ReviewJim SlotekJudy movie, Judy Garland, Renée Zellweger, Rupert Goold, Tom Edge, Peter Quilter, Louis B. Mayer, Richard Cordery, Mickey Rooney, Lorna Luft, Liza Minnelli, Rufus Sewell, Sid Luft, Mickey Deans, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley, Michael Gambon, Awards season movies
Monos: Audiences feel the heat as child soldiers go 'Lord of the Flies' in a Latin American jungle
ReviewJim SlotekMonos, Lord of the Flies, Child soldiers, Alejandro Landes, Julianne Nicholson, Wilson Salazar, Julian Giraldo, Moises Arias, Karen Quintero, Sofia Buenaventura, FARC, Jasper Wolf, Latin American guerrillas
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of my Voice - A terrific, touching doc about a singer for all seasons
ReviewJim SlotekLinda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Emmylou Harris, '70s folk rock, '70s country rock, The Eagles, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther, C, Classic rock documentaries, Dolly Parton, Karla Bonoff, Parkinsons, The Pirates of Penzance, Rex Smith, Kevin Kline, Nelson Riddle, Bobby Kimmel, Kenny Edwards, Stone Poneys, Jerry Brown, Canciones de mi Padre, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
