Bombshell: Stylish Fact-Based Drama on Fall of Fox Honcho Seems Muted Post #MeToo
ReviewBombshell, #MeToo, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Kate McKinnon, Malcolm McDowell, fact based drama, Jay Roach
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - The saga wraps with a breathlessly busy script and a mandate to play it safe
ReviewJim SlotekStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker., Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Williams, Bill Murray, Chris Terrio, J.J. Abrams, The Force Awakens, Rian Johnson, The Last Jedi, Dan Mindel, Rick Carter, Kevin Jenkins, The Wizard of Oz
The week's wrap-up: Recently-released must-sees and must-misses
ReviewJim SlotekMovie week in review roundups, Michael Bay, The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Violet Nelson, Canadian films, Indigenous themed films, Bruce Sweeney, Kingsway, Gabrielle Rose, Camille Sullivan, Jeff Gladstone, She Never Died, Olunike Adeliyi, Audrey Cummings, Brotherhood, Richard Bell, Richard Jewell, Clint Eastwood’, Paul Walter Hauser, In Fabric, Peter Strickland, Jumanji: The Next Level, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Awkwafina, 6 Underground
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open: One of the year's best Can-films, a road movie measured in hope not miles
Jumanji: The Next Level - Lame Third Installment Can’t Outpace its Superior Predecessors
ReviewJumanji: The Next Level, Sequel, Jake Kazdan, Dwayne Johnson, Awkwafina, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Action movies, Asian Americans, Reboot
6 Underground: Stupid, Violent Michael Bay Actioner Is… Stupid and Violent. Surprise!
Kingsway: Mother-and-daughter become infidelity snoop-sisters in this antic Canadian domestic farce
ReviewJim SlotekMother and daughter comedies, Mom, Kingsway, Canadian comedies, Bruce Sweeney, Excited, Gabrielle Rose, Camille Sullivan, (Jeff Gladstone, Colleen Rennison, Live Bait, Marriage infidelity, Kevin McNulty, Paul Skrudland
Richard Jewell: Clint's powerful tale of real-life rush-to-judgment takes a second to shoot itself in the foot
ReviewJim SlotekClint Eastwood, Richard Jewell, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Atlanta Olympics bombing, Paul Walter Hauser, Kathy Bates, Rush-to-judgment, Wrongfully accused, Trial by media, Kathy Scruggs, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm, Trading sex for news tips, Sam Rockwell
She Never Died: Canadian genre wiz Audrey Cummings delivers a finger-fuelled fallen angel, flaky sidekicks and stylish horror
ReviewJim SlotekShe Never Died, Audrey Cummings, Berkshire County, Darken, He Never Died, Henry Rollings, Henry Rollins, Jason Krawczyk, Oluniké Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Noah Dalton Danby, Michelle Nolden, Kiana Madeira, Supernatural action movies, Genre films, Sequels, Fallen angels
In Fabric : Cuckoo Horror About Murderous Garment Upgolds Director Strickland’s Pedigree
Brotherhood: Legendary Kawartha tragedy stands as an unsteady metaphor for a lost generation of boys post WWI
ReviewJim SlotekBrotherhood, Richard Bell, The Great War, World War I, Spanish Flu pandemic, Brendan Fehr, Brendan Fletcher, Coming of age stories, Teen tragedies, Masculinity, Canoeing
Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres
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Varda by Agnès: The late, legendary filmmaker's lively manifesto shows the substance behind the feminist 'meme'
ReviewJim SlotekAgnès Varda, Varda by Agnès, Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes, Faces, Places, Oldest filmmaker ever nominated for an Oscar, French New Wave, La Pointe Courte, Cleo de 5 a 7, Le Bonheur, Vagabond (Sans Toit Ni Loi), Sandrine Bonnaire, One Hundred and One Nights, Robert De Niro, Catherine Deneuve, The Gleaners, Cartier Foundation in Paris, The Beaches of Agnes, Career retrospectives
Assholes: A Theory - Light sociological doc runs into problems defining its orifice
ReviewJim SlotekAssholes: A Theory, John Walker, Aaron James, Asshole Theory of Donald Trump, Sherry Lee Benson-Podolchuk, Cornell law professor, Robert Hockett, Silvio Berlusconi, Aimee Morrison, John Cleese, Geoffrey Nunberg, Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead, No-Asshole work policies, Documentaries
Dark Waters: Todd Haynes Drama Strips the Teflon Off Dupont's Record of Toxic Sludge
The Two Popes: Great Performances Buoy So-So Drama about Catholicism’s Top Guns
Knives Out: Clever Whodunnit Elevates (and Subverts) Mansion Murder Mystery Genre
ReviewKnives Out, TIFF 2019, Rian Johnson, Daniel Craig, Toni Collette, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Lakeith Stanfield, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, Mystery, murder mystery, Whodunnit
Queen & Slim: Vigilante Road Movie Too Illogical to Drive Home its Point
ReviewQueen & Slim, Melina Matsoukas, Lena Waithe, James Frey, Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Chloë Sevigny, Sturgill Simpson, Drama, Black experience, Road movie
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Frozen 2: Doesn't break any new ice, but squeezes a decent adventure out of its familiar characters
ReviewJim SlotekFrozen, Frozen 2, Let It Go, Into the Unknown, Arendelle, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Indigenous Scandinavian people, Idina Menzel, Sámi people, Disney Princesses, Elsa and Anna
