TRIPPING the Rideau Canal: Picture yourself in a boat on the Rideau - for four strangely soothing hours
Interview, ReviewJim SlotekReal-time documentary television, Mitch Azaria, TRIPPING the Rideau Canal, Rideau Canal locks, Manotick Ontario, Ambient television, Mood on Demand, TVOntario, Jane Jankovic
First Stripes: New addition to NFB's free streaming archive spotlights how Canadians do boot camp
By Linda Barnard
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Your Weekend Preview: What to Watch That’s NOT in the Theatres
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, PreviewWeekly Roundup, Toronto Public Library, hoopla, kanopy, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Coffee & Kareem, James vs His Future Self, Amazon Prime, French Resistance
Coffee & Kareem: Netflix movie is even worse (much worse) than the pun in its title
ReviewJim SlotekCoffee & Kareem, Interracial cop buddy comedies, Action movies with kids, Michael Dowse, Ed Helms, Shane Mack, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Taraji P. Henson), RonReaco Lee, David Alan Grier, Betty Gilpin, GLOW, Netflix movies
Amazon Prime Video: We offer up some faves while awaiting delivery of that package
ReviewJim SlotekSelf-isolation, Streamed entertainment, Amazon Prime, The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick, Blade Runner, Minority Report, Red Dawn, Rufus Sewell, The Boys, Super-heroes as fascist fantasy, Antony Starr, Homelander, Transparent, Jill Soloway, Jeffrey Tambor, I Love Dick, Chris Kraus, Kathryn Hahn, Griffin Dunne, Kevin Bacon, Blow the Man Down, Bridget Savage Cole, Morgan Saylor, Sophie Lowe, June Squibb, Annette O'Toole, Martindale, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan, Joan Rivers, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Alex Borstein, Kevin Pollak, Tony Shalhoub, Luke Kirby, Lenny Bruce
Never Rarely Sometimes Always: Assured Indie Film Quietly Ponders Hard Choices
By Karen Gordon
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Resistance: Clumsy Marcel Marceau Biopic Stupendously Mishandles… Everything
Review, PreviewBiopic, Drama, WWII, Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Edgar Ramirez, Marcel Marceau, Jonathan Jakubowicz, iTunes movies, Nazi, French Resistance
James vs His Future Self: Time-travel themed Canadian rom-com plays out the clock nicely enough
ReviewJim SlotekJames vs His Future Self, Canadian movies, Time travel movies, Jeremy LaLonde, The Go-Getters, Jonas Chernick, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Cleopatra Coleman, Frances Conroy, Daniel Stern
Your Weekend Review: What To Watch That’s NOT in Theatres
By Original-Cin Staff
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Preview, Review, ViewsWeekly Roundup, Se7en, Vivarium, Mindhunter, Amazing Stories, streaming service, Netflix, Crave, Apple TV+, Disney+
Why Mindhunter is Netflix' best, and why putting a third season in limbo is a crime
Views, ReviewJim SlotekMindhunter, Netflix, David Fincher, Serial killer docudrama series, Charlize Theron, Serial, Making a Murderer, David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy, Richard Brooks, Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, John E. Douglas, Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv
Uncorked: Netflix comedy about a BBQ-raised wannabe wine-expert is 'crisp, clean and sweet, like Drake'
ReviewJim SlotekUncorked, Mamoudou Athie, Courtney B. Vance, Wine connoisseurs, Southern barbecue culture, Niecy Nash, Sasha Compère, Netflix movies, Prentice Penny, Issa Rae, Insecure, Cameron Glover, Race issues surrounding wine
Vivarium: Claustrophobic sci-fi about 'imposed parenthood' eerily mirrors the experience of self-isolation
ReviewJim SlotekVivarium, Cannes favourite films, Sci fi, Brood parasite birds, Lorcan Finnegan, Twilight Zone, Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Jonathan Aris, Suburban nightmare scenarios
Self-isolating upside: A chance to catch up on (or revisit) terrific titles during Hollywood Suite freebie month
By Linda Barnard
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Preview, Review, ViewsJim SlotekHollywood Suite, Pandemic movies, Seven, Se7en, Take This Waltz, Flashdance, The King of Marvin Gardens, Quarantine
Spielberg's Amazing Stories: Brimming with positivity, but less-than-amazing after all these years
ReviewJim SlotekAmazing Stories, Apple TV+, Steven Spielberg, Rod Serling, Night Gallery, Duel., Joe Dante, Zemeckis, Robert Forster, Dynoman and the Volt!, Susanna Fogel, Tyler Crumley, The Cellar, Dylan O'Brien, Victoria Pedretti, The Heat, Sylvain White, Signs of Life, Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis, Supernatural anthologies
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Highlights Landmark Rights Struggle in Upbeat Voice
Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to skip) In the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekWeek's movies in review, Should theatres close over Covid 19?, First Cow, Kelly Reichardt, John Magaro, Orion Lee, The Whistlers, Corneliu Porumboiu, La Gomera, The Booksellers documentary, The Hunt, Hope Gap, Divorce drama, Red Snow, Gwich'in in Afghanistan, Bloodshot, Vin Diesel, My Spy
Bloodshot: Clichéd Superhero Actioner Opens ‘New Cinematic Universe’ With a Whimper
ReviewBloodshot, Dave Wilson, Vin Disel, superheroes, Franchise, comic book, Eiza Gonzalez, Guy Pearce, Sci-fi, action
Red Snow: Impressionistic Displacement Story Timely But Overstuffed
ReviewRed Snow, Marie Clements, Canadian, Tantoo Cardina, Asivak Koostachin, Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Miika Bryce Whiskeyjack, Kane Mahon, Vancouver International Film Festival, Drama, War, Indigenous themed films
Hope Gap: Bening and Nighy act masterfully in a very British story of a frozen marriage that finally shears apart
ReviewJim SlotekHope Gap, Bill Nighy, Annette Bening, Movies about marriage breakups, British dramas, William Nicholson, Les Misérables, Gladiator, Unbroken, Josh O'Connor, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Grief
The Hunt: Human-Hunting Gorefest Smartly Offends/Endorses the Left and the Right
ReviewThe Hunt, Craig Zobel, Amy Madigan, Hilary Swank, Emma Roberts, Ike Barinholtz, Blumhouse Productions, Thriller, Political polarization, Controversial
