Red Rover: 'Meeting cute' while planning the ultimate in self-isolation on Mars
ReviewJim SlotekLow budget sci-fi films, Red Rover, Shane Belcourt, Another Earth, Computer Chess, Clara, James Vs. His Future Self, Civilian volunteers for Mars missions, Shane belcourt, Kristian Bruun, Orphan Black, Cara Gee
They Call Me Dr. Miami: Portrait of a plastic surgeon who'll never need a grandiosity transplant
By Linda Barnard
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Michelle Obama and Dalai Lama Together at Last (OK, Not Really) in Fawning New Docs
This Is Not A Movie: Doc on Robert Fisk Examines The Fraught Business of Reporting on War
Meat the Future: CBC Hot Docs doc asks, 'How now, grown cow-sample?'
ReviewJim SlotekCell-grown meat, Hot Docs 2020 on CBC, Memphis Meats, Liz Marshall, Meat the Future, Ghosts in Our Machine, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Tyson Foods, Dr. Uma Valeti, Nicholas Genovese
Spaceship Earth: Remembering the Biosphere 2 bio-nauts and their complex plan to REALLY self-isolate
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekLiving in isolation, Planning for a space experience, Spaceship Earth, Biosphere 2, Matt Wolf, John Allen, Edward Bass, Steve Bannon, The Heraclitius, Theatre for the Reconstitution of Reality, Johnny Dolphin
National Theatre's Frankenstein: The play's the (free) thing, with Cumberbatch and Miller
ReviewJim SlotekStage plays streamed during quarantine, National Theatre production of Frankenstein, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller, National Theatre at Home, Antony & Cleopatra, Ralph Fiennes, Sophie Okonedo, Danny Boyle, Mary Shelley, Karl Johnson
Your week-endless preview: What to watch that's NOT in the theatres.
ReviewJim SlotekStreamed movie roundups, Ryan Murphy, Netflix's Hollywood, Holland Taylor, Darren Criss, Patti LuPone, Dylan McDermott, Dan Lanigan, Prop Culture, Fleabag, True North: Inside The Rise of Toronto Basketball, Ryan Sidhoo, Michael Greyeyes, Jeff Barnaby, Blood Quantum, Finding Sally, Tamara Mariam Dawit, Tammy's Always Dying, Felicity Huffman, Anastasia Phillips, Amy Jo Johnson, A Secret Love, The Half of It
The Half of It: Ambitious Teen Comedy Mines Sweet Spot Between Love and Identity
Tammy’s Always Dying: Hamilton-Shot Dramedy Explores Filial Love in a Time of Crisis
ReviewTammy's Always Dying, Amy Jo Johnson, Felicity Huffman, Anastasia Phillips, Clark Johnson, TIFF 2019, Hamilton, Canadian movies, Toronto, Dramedy, Black comedy
Televised Stage Performance of Fleabag is Like an Origin Story… but Awesome-r
A Secret Love: Doc about elderly same-sex couple who 'come out' after 60-plus years is literally a moving experience
ReviewJim SlotekSenior gay couples, Chris Bolan, A Secret Love, Terry Donahue, Pat Henschel, South by Southwest, Ryan Murphy, Jason Blum, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, A League of Their Own, Same sex issue documentaries
Hollywood: Netflix's seven-episode soap about post-WWII movie star wannabes is a lurid guilty pleasure
ReviewJim SlotekHollywood Netflix series, Rock Hudson, Jake Picking, Jim Parsons, Scotty Bowers, Glee, Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, David Corenswet, Maude Apatow, Period TV series, Dylan McDermott, Patti LuPone, Darren Criss, Peg Entwistle
Finding Sally: Riveting Doc Traces Family’s Search for a Lost Aunt… And the Truth
By Linda Barnard
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Enemy Lines: Loosely fact-based save-the-scientist war story plays like a game of Capture the Flag
ReviewJim SlotekEnemy Lines, World War II, Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl, John Hannah, Pawel Delag, Save the scientist war films, Ekaterina Vladimirova, Alsos Mission, Manhattan Project, Joseph Rotblat
True North: Inside the Rise of Toronto Basketball - NFB film removes the sugar-coating from 'We The North' boosterism
ReviewJim SlotekTrue North: Inside the Rise of Toronto Basketball, NFB free streaming movies, Sports documentaries, Hoop Dreams, Steve Nash, Damon Stoudamire, Ryan Sidhoo, Elijah Fisher, Keone Davis, Cordell Veira, U.S. Division 1 NCAA, Sports sponsorships, Cory Joseph, Toronto Raptors
Your weekend-less guide: What to watch that's NOT in the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekStreamed movie roundups, The Willoughbys, Animated kids comedy, Gothic lite children's entertainment, Martin Short, Will Forte, Extraction, Chris Hemsworth, They Call Us Warriors, 24 Davids, Michael Moore, Planet of the Humans, 9/11 Kids, Elizabeth St. Philiip, Never Have I Ever., Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
24 Davids: Quirky and thought-provoking NFB doc seeks people named Dave, whom you may not know, but should
By Linda Barnard
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Extraction: Aussie mercenary Chris Hemsworth also plays one in an empty, bombastic Netflix action film
ReviewJim SlotekExtraction, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Hargrave, Joe Russo, Graphic novel based adventures, Netflix movies, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Pankaj Tripathi, Priyanshu Painyuli, Golshifteh Farahani, David Harbour, Stranger Things, Netflix
Planet of the Humans: Michael Moore Cohort Charts Enviro-Disaster with Mixed Results
