Freakier Friday: Written by a Kid Who Switched Bodies with our Film Critic
ReviewJim SlotekFreakier Friday, Comedy, Sequel, Disney, Nisha Ganatra, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Manny Jacinto, Vanessa Bayer, Sophia Hammons, Julia Butters
King of the Hill: Season 14 - Time Sure Flies, I Tell You What
ReviewJim SlotekClassic series rebooted to the present, King of the Hill: Season 14., Mike Judge, Hank Hill, Arlen, Texas, Adult formerly-child characters, Pamela Adlon, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlong, Stephen Root, White actors voicing Asian characters, Johnny Hardwick, Toby Huss, Writing around the deaths of onscreen talent
Eyes of Wakanda: A Too Brief Animated History of Wakanda Through the Ages
ReviewJim SlotekThe Eyes of Wakanda, Animated history of a fictional nation, Black Panther, Hatut Zaraze, Vibranium, Ryan Coogler, Medieval China, Iron Fist, Director Todd Harris, Winnie Harlow, Cress Williams, Lynn Whitfield
An Honest Life: Swedish Thriller Meets a Coming-of-Age Drama
By Karen Gordon
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The Naked Gun: Funnier Than the Original? Surely We Can't Be Serious!
By Chris Knight
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Together: Spouses Have to Stick Together in This Ace Body-Horror
By Chris Knight
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Happy Gilmore 2: Dumb Fun Redux, Drives For Show, Putts for Doh!
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekAdam Sandler comedies, Happy Gilmore 2, Movies made under Sandler's Netflix deal, Bad Bunny, Shooter McGavin, Christopher McDonald, Cameo filled movies, Professional golfers making movie appearances, John Daly, Jack Nicklaus, Huge guest appearance lists
The Home: Bad Storytelling is the Only True Horror Here
Oh, Hi!: Clever Comedy About Everything That Can Go Wrong on Today's Dating Scene
ReviewJim SlotekModern romance, Crossed sexual signals, Romantic comedies, Oh, Hi!, Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, David Cross, Geraldine Viswanathan, John Reynolds, Writer-director Sophie Brooks
The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Rebooting Four-Lorn Franchise Requires More Clobbering Time
ReviewJim SlotekThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, Bringing Fox-Marvel into the Disney fold, Multiverse plots, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Silver Surfer, Julia Garner, Galactus the Devourer of Worlds, Ralph Ineson, Jack Kirby tribute, Avengers: Doomsday
Washington Black: New Series Softens an Acclaimed Novel’s Edge for Popular Appeal
ReviewJim SlotekWashington Black, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, Esi Edugyan, Adaptation, Black experience, Ernest Kingsley Jr., Sterling K Brown, Disney+, Edward Bluemel, Rupert Graves, Iola Evans, Eddie Karanja, Tom Ellis, Halifax, Set in Canada
Eddington: The Perils, Stalemates, and Traumas of the Pandemic, Unpacked
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekEddington, Cannes, COVID-19, Pandemic, Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Micheal Ward, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Drama
I Know What You Did Last Summer: And This Summer's Worse Than That
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An Intrigued Child's Eye View of a Colonial War
By Chris Knight
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Cloud: Japanese Thriller about the Perils of Capitalism Doesn’t Cash in on Its Premise
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S.3 - Where Do We Boldly Go From Here?
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Connecting to The Original Series, Captain Pike, Lieut. Commander Kirk, Anson Mount, Paul Wesley, Series with predetermined endings, Babs Olusanmokun, Christina Chong, Director Jonathan Frakes
Hot Spring Shark Attack: Laughs Wear Fin Fast in Japanese Jaws Spoof
Bang: So Bad It's (Almost) Brutally Watchable
Apocalypse in the Tropics: Timely Doc Charts How Religion Corrupted Brazilian Politics
To a Land Unknown: A Taut Refugee Anti-Thriller Set in the Mean Streets of Athens
ReviewJim SlotekMahmoud Bakri, Aram Sabbah, To a Land Unknown, Mahdi Fleifel, Immigrant experience, Immigration, Palestinian filmmaker, Films about Palestinians, Greece, Drama
