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Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

Hitman's Bodyguard: Hardworking stars in inexcusably lazy MF of a movie

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 17, 2017buddy action movies, hit-man films, Action comedy

Soderbergh's NASCAR heist movie Logan Lucky a blue-collar Ocean's 11

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 17, 2017Heist films, Oceans 11, NASCAR

Pattinson, stupid crooks on the run, a good enough time in Good Time

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 17, 2017Crime comedy, New York, Safdies, After Hours

Wind River has crime thriller pedigree, showcases Jeremy Renner's quiet skill

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 13, 2017Murder mystery, Wyoming

Annabelle Creation: A scary movie that doesn't even need Annabelle

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 11, 2017horror, blumhouse, sequels, prequels

Weinstein's Menashe is a universally relevant Hasid trip

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 10, 2017Jewish-American cinema, Indie films, Comedy-drama, Yiddish

Landline: A big-screen movie we'd rather see on episodic cable TV

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 3, 2017Female oriented comedy, Family intrigue, Comedy, infidelity

The Dark Tower: A whole lot of Stephen King whittled into generic sci-fi trifle

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 3, 2017Stephen King, Fantasy, action-adventure

The Trip to SPAIN: Duelling Brandos, Caine (again) and a glum dessert

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 3, 2017British comedy, Travel, Food

Bigelow's Detroit a micro horror movie amid a mass race riot

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 3, 2017Racial themes, 20th Century, Reality-based movies

Brigsby Bear: A cynic's nightmare, an optimist's dream

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 2, 2017fantasy, Sundance, indie, quirky comedy

Shin Godzilla: A 60-year-old monster franchise evolves into political satire

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 1, 2017Godzilla, Monsters, Political satire, Japanese films

Al Gore: 'The world is saying, we'll show you, Donald Trump!'

By Bonnie Läufer Krebs

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 31, 2017documentaries, Environmental issues, Global warming, politics

Lou Gossett Jr.: A jokester and a gentleman

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 28, 2017African-American Oscar winners, kid-flicks, racism

Atomic Blonde: Charlize gets her kicks in MI6

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 27, 2017Espionage, Action, Cold War

Sex, death and a dangerous Victorian mouseburger in Lady Macbeth

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 26, 2017Period films, Victorian, Classical erotica

UNSPOOLED: With Mark Breslin and Thom Ernst

ViewsJim SlotekJuly 26, 2017Comedy, film commentary, summer blockbusters

TIFF: Honey, they shrunk the festival!

By Liam Lacey

ViewsJim SlotekJuly 25, 2017TIFF, Awards season, Foreign films

Girls Trip: Gross-Out Guffaws In the name of Everlasting Sisterhood

Girls Trip: Gross-Out Guffaws In the name of Everlasting Sisterhood

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJuly 21, 2017comedy, bad behaviour, gross-out