Annette: Adam Driver Shines in Leo Carax’s Arthouse Musical, But Can’t Warm an Emotionally Detached Film
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The Suicide Squad: James Gunn Recharges the DC Franchise as a Nihilistic Orgy of Brightly Coloured Gore and Violence
12 Mighty Orphans: If Success Has Many Parents, This Film Is the Opposite
ReviewJim Slotek12 Mighty Orphans, fact-based drama, Luke Wilson, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Ty Roberts, Texas, Sports movies, Wayne Knight, Depression-era
Vivo: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Animated Kid-fest is Sparkly, Crafted… But Just Kind of OK
ReviewJim SlotekVivo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gloria Estefan, Children's films, Kids, Animation, Netflix, Alex Lacamoire, Cuban, Buena Vista Social Club, Disney
Here Today: Billy Crystal Directs Himself in a Blandly Good-hearted Manifesto About Aging, Dementia and Losing the Funny
Jungle Cruise: Dwayne Johnson Gives his All to Keep a Leaky Theme-Park Ride Afloat
Nemesis: Low-Grade British Gangster Saga Is a Cold and Tasteless Disappointment
ReviewJim SlotekNemesis, Jonathan Sothcott, British, Thriller, Billy Murray, Nick Moran, Bruce Payne, James Crow, Gangsters, Twist ending, Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott
The Green Knight: Dev Patel Delivers a Thinking-Person's Version of a Conflicted Medieval Hero
By Karen Gordon
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Stillwater: Working-class Bill Goes to Marseilles and It’s No Emily in Paris
Lorelei: Tender Story of Reunited Lovers Compassionately Charts Tough Life Hurdles
Del Close Doc Charts The Lord of Misrule Who Shaped Contemporary Comedy
ReviewJim SlotekFor Madmen Only: The Del Close Story., Del Close, Sketch comedy, Second City, Saturday Night Live, Heather Ross, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Bob Odenkirk, Adam McKay, Harold Ramis, Amy Poehler, Chris Farley, Tina Fey, Mike Myers
Old: M. Night Shyamalan’s Latest Twist-Ending Thriller More Silly Than Scary
All The Streets Are Silent: A collage-doc of beats, rhymes and skateboards in '90s New York
North Hollywood: Indie skateboarding movie highlights charismatic youngsters and Vince Vaughn's dad chops
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins: Another squeeze of the toy-based franchise, with some character development and samurai swordplay
Beans: Coming-of-Age Tale Inspired by Oka Crisis Tells Compelling Story Despite Some Bumps
ReviewJim SlotekBeans, Tracey Deer, TIFF, Kiawentiio, Woon-A-Tai, D'Pharaoh, Rainbow Dickerson, Violah Beauvais, indigenous films, Canada, Drama, Indigenous films and filmmakers, Coming of age
Cousins: Three Maori women, living many lives, create a complex and compelling collage
ReviewJim SlotekFilms about Maori orphanages, Cousins, Maori writer Patricia Grace, Ava Duvernay, Tanea Heke, Te Raukura Gray, Keyahne Patrick Williams, Shannon Williams, Ainsley Gardiner, Briar Grace Smith
Broken Diamonds: Like The Odd Couple, but with schizophrenia
Jolt: Kate Beckinsale goes atomic blonde in overcharged Amazon action film
Creation Stories: Routine Biopic Elevated by Strong Source Material and Killer Music
ReviewJim SlotekBiopic, Alan McGee, Creation Records, 1980s, 1990s, Oasis, Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Britpop, Swervedriver, My Bloody Valentine
