Something You Said Last Night: A Heartfelt, Gender Fluid, Italian Family Road Trip
Who Killed Maggie Moore(s)?: Noirish Whodunit Starry but Flat
So Much Tenderness: Powerful Immigrant Story Showcases Director’s Cinematic Gift
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekSo Much Tenderness, Lina Rodriquez, TIFF 2022, Noëlle Shöenwald, Natalia Aranguren, Francisco Zaldua, Canadian, Immigrant experience, Movies set in Toronto, Drama
The Last Rider: The All-American Comeback Tale of 'Clean' Cyclist Greg LeMond
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: Action Aplenty in Awesome Homage to the Series
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Franchise, Action-adventure, James Mangold, Harrison Ford, Toby Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Franchise finales
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken: When Dreamworks Dunks on Disney
ReviewJim SlotekRuby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, Animation, Dreamworks Animation, Kirk DeMicco, Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Jaboukie Young-White, Annie Murphy, Sam Richarson, Jane Fonda, Will Forte, Children's films
No Hard Feelings: Raunchy Jennifer Lawrence Comedy Silly but Fun
ReviewJim SlotekNo Hard Feelings, Gene Stupnitsky, Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, Matthew Broderick, Comedy, Fish out of water, Kyle Mooney
Blue Jean: Ace Debut Feature Chronicles Troubling Times for Gays in Thatcher’s Britain
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekBlue Jean, Georgia Oakley, Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday, Gay rights, Thatcher's Britain, first feature, British, Drama
Asteroid City: Wes Anderson Does Wes Anderson as Only Wes Anderson Can
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekAsteroid City, Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schreiber, Tilda, Bryan Cranston, Adrien Brody, Rupert Friend, Americana, Story within a story, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe
Subtraction: Double Trouble for Married Iranian Doppelgängers
Secret Invasion: Messing with Our Heads
ReviewJim SlotekSecret Invasion, Disney+, Ali Selim, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Don Cheadle, Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke, Dermot Mulroney, Marvel, Sci fi, Comic Book adaptation
The Blackening: Agreeably Silly Comedy-Horror Could Have Been Great
ReviewJim SlotekThe Blackening, Tim Story, Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Sinqua Walls, Dewayne Perkins, Jay Pharoah, James Preston Rogers, Juneteeth, Horror comedy
The Flash: The Multiverse Madness Invades DC, and It's Still Fun
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Flash, DC Cinematic Universe, Multiverse plots, Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Supergirl, Michael Shannon, Actors with scandal issues
Elemental: Pixar's Latest Fails to Ignite
Persian Lessons: Miseducating a Nazi
ReviewJim SlotekPersian Lessons, WWII, Nazis, Vadim Perelman, Ilya Zofin, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Lars Eidinger, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Farsi, One Thousand and One Nights
Voices Across the Water: Canoe-Building Doc Surprisingly Absorbing, And Free to Watch
ReviewJim SlotekNational Film Board of Canada, Voices Across the Water, Fritz Mueller, Teresa Earle, Available Light Film Festival, Yukon, Alaska, Documentary, Canoe building, Canada, Canadian
Star Trek Strange New Worlds S2: The Underrated Power of the Short Story
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Sci fi, Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Babs Olusanmokun, Christine Chong, Paul Welsey, Series, Season 2
Dalíland: A Surreal Love Story, Seen from The Outside
ReviewJim SlotekDalíland, TIFF 2022, Mary Harron, John C. Walsh, Ben Kingsley, Barbara Sukowa, Christopher Briney, Rupert Graves, Andreja Pejic, Ezra Miller, Suki Waterhouse, Zachary Nachbar-Seckel, adaptation, Biopic, Drama, Historical drama
Squaring the Circle: Superb, Starry Doc Chronicles the Album Covers that Made Rock History
ReviewJim SlotekDocuementary, Music documentaries, Squaring The Circle: (The Story of Hipgnosis), Anton Corbijn, Aubrey “Po” Powell, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Peter Gabriel, Noel Gallagher, Glen Matlock, Merck Mercuriadis
Transformers Rise of the Beasts: Latest Installment Seeks to Correct Confusing Continuity
ReviewJim SlotekTransformers: Rise of the Beasts, Sequel, Prequel, Action, CGI, Steven Caple, Jr, Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Velez, Dean Scott Vazquez, Tobe Nwigwe, Peter Dinklage, Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Michelle Yeoh, Pete Davidson, Transformers, Nerd
