They Call Us Warriors: True tale of Venezuela's 2016 Women's Under-17 football is an underdog story with geopolitics
9/11 Kids: Hot Docs film on CBC follows the adult lives of a Grade 2 class who were symbols of terrorist trauma
By Linda Barnard
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The Willoughbys: Child neglect and parent-killing schemes provides oddly fun fodder for bored, quarantined kids
ReviewJim SlotekThe Willoughbys, Lois Lowry, The Giver, Dark children's comedies, Roald Dahl, Lemony Snicket’s Daniel Handler, Vancouver's BRON animation, Ricky Gervais, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Kris Pearn, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Will Forte, Alessia Cara, Seán Cullen, Maya Rudolph, Rob Lodermeier, Mark Stanleigh
National Canadian Film Day: This year, the movies are coming to a home-theatre near you
Preview, ReviewJim SlotekNational Canadian Film Day, Elevation Pictures, eOne, LevelFILM, Mile End, Mongrel Media, Pacific Northwest Pictures, Theatrical movie events being streamed, COVID-19 effect on movies, The Song of Names, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, And the Birds Rained Down, The Grizzlies, Anthropocene, RUN THIS TOWN
Restored Classic Western The Grey Fox Gallops to the Aid of Indie Theatres Nationwide
Review, Preview, InterviewThe Grey Fox, National Canadian Film Day, Philip Borsos, Richards Farnsworth, Ron Mann, Canadian movies, Westerns, COVID-19 effect on movies, Jackie Burrows, Films We Like, Independent cinema
Your weekend-less guide: What to watch that's NOT in the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekCOVID-19 effect on movies, Hot Docs, Barry Avrich, Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art, CBC Gem, Kim Kardashian-West: The Justice Project, Saigon Metalhood: Vietnam’s Heaviest Story, Ken Jennings, Jeopardy!, The Game Show Network, Mrs. America, Cate Blachett, Rose Byrne, Tracey Ullman, Phyllis Schlaffly, Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Streamed movie roundups
Mrs. America: Striking Biopic on Key Feminist Chapter Says Goodbye to an ERA
ReviewMrs. America, Dahvi Waller, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tracey Ullman, FX, iTunes movies, Women's issues, Women's right, Gloria Steinem, Drama, Historical drama, Biopic, Mad Men, John Slattery
Doc your world!: Some cool, eclectic non-fiction to be streamed from farther-flung corners
Preview, ReviewJim SlotekStreaming movies during COVID-19, The American Nurse, Carolyn Jones, Kim Kardashian-West: The Justice Project, www.hayu.com, U.S. incarceration rates, Shakedown, Los Angeles black lesbian strip bar, The Whitney Museum, Pornhub, Ronnie-Ron, Caniba, Criterion Channel, Issei Sagawa, Renée Hartevelt, Cannibal murder, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Saigon Metalhood: Vietnam’s Heaviest Story, Vimeo, Spinal Tap, Trung Thanh, Trung Loki, Hysterical Buffalo
Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art - a grade A dissection of one of America's biggest art scams
ReviewJim SlotekHot Docs International Film Festival, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Barry Avrich, Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art, Art fraud, Documentaries, Events postponed due to caronavirus, Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World, M. Knoedler & Co, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Louvre, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Maria Konnikova, The Confidence Game, Domenico di Sole, Sotheby's
Your week-endless preview: What to watch that’s NOT in the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekStreamed movie roundups, Original-Cin, National Film Board, First Stripes, Jean-François Caissy, Mitch Azaria, Tripping The Rideau Canal, TVOntario, Alan Yang, Tigertail, Master of None, Asian American experience, What Love Looks Like?, Romantic comedies, Alex Magaña, Love Wedding Repeat, Sam Claflin, Olivia Munn, Quibi, Streaming services, Jeffrey Katzenberg
What Love Looks Like: Light 'n' breezy L.A.-Based Episodic Romance Buoyed by Strong Performances
Love Wedding Repeat: Silly Romcom Checks the Predictable Boxes But Falls Flat
Tigertail: Surprisingly Heavy Drama about Midlife Minefields from Comedy Creator
Bacurau: Oddball Brazilian Western Gorefest Spins Heads, Supports Local Theatres
Review, PreviewBacurau, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Juliano Dornelles, TIFF 2019, Cannes, Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Brazilian, Western, Sci-fi, Portuguese
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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