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Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

LaBeouf: 'McEnroe was like Mozart'

By Kim Hughes

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 8, 2017Sports, Tennis, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Wimbledon

Original-Cin TIFF Picks, Friday, Sept. 8

By Jim Slotek, Kim Hughes and Liam Lacey

Jim SlotekSeptember 8, 2017TIFF, Awards Season, Capsule reviews

Original-Cin TIFF Picks, Thursday, Sept. 7

By Kim Hughes and Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 7, 2017TIFF, Reviews, Award season

It: Meet the Newest, Scariest Clown in Town

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 6, 2017horror, adaptation, Stephen King, clowns, children, pop culture

TIFF 2017: Whatever Your Passion, There’s a Film for That

By Kim Hughes

ViewsJim SlotekSeptember 3, 2017TIFF, Award season, independent films, film festivals

Low grade Tulip Fever finally breaks, not fun enough for trash

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 1, 2017Period pieces, Romance, Dutch history, Deborah Moggach

Blood Honey a bee-minus horror film at best

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 31, 2017Horror, Canadian movies, bees, 90210

Patti Cake$: Underdog Rapper Movie Drops the Mic on Crushing Suburban Life

By Kim Hughes

ReviewAugust 24, 2017Coming of age, rapper, music, Comedy-drama

Sundowners: The chill charm of booze, near-sex experiences and minor disasters

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 24, 2017Canadian film, indie films, Millennials, comedy

Sundowners director Pavan Moondi, a no-experience-necessary auteur

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 23, 2017Canadian film, Millennials, Comedy, Indie

The Only Living Boy In New York: He’s Pretty Much Dead To Us

By Kim Hughes

ReviewAugust 23, 2017Coming of age, New York, Drama

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