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Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

Super Troopers 2: As Silly As They Want To Be…

By Kim Hughes

ReviewApril 19, 2018comedy, sequel, Jay Chandrasekhar, Super Troopers, Canadiana

The Scent of Rain and Lightning: Slow-burn Thriller Strikes All the Right Notes

By Liam Lacey

ReviewApril 19, 2018Maika Monroe, thriller, noir, Bonnie Bedelia, western, Noir

Eye on Juliet: Faux-Romance (Fauxmance?) Fails the Potential of Its Premise

By Liam Lacey

ReviewApril 19, 2018Kim Nguyen, TIFF 2017, Canadian, Joe Cole, War Witch

I Feel Pretty: Coming-of-Age Comedy for Grown-ups Comes Up Short

By Kim Hughes

ReviewApril 19, 2018Amy Schumer, Comedy, Coming-of-age stories, Aidy Bryant, Michelle Williams

Timon of Athens: Stratford's Take on Rarely Rendered Shakespeare Sharp But Meh

By Liam Lacey

ReviewApril 18, 2018Stratford, Timon of Athens, Shakespeare

Original-Cin Q&A: Stars of Eye on Juliet On Why (and How) Love Can Happen Anywhere

By Bonnie Laufer

April 17, 2018

Indian Horse: Well-meaning but Clumsy Canadian Drama Scans as a PSA

By Liam Lacey

ReviewApril 13, 2018Ajuawak Kapashesit, Stephen S. Campanelli, Canadian drama, indigenous films

Truth or Dare: Fourth time around, still not scary

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekApril 12, 2018Horror, Blumhouse, Party game horror premises, Mexico, Tijuana

Rampage: Rampant destruction apparently scripted by a gorilla

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekApril 12, 2018Monster movies, Dwayne Johnson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Gorillas, Corporate villains, Genetics, Brad Peyton, Naomie Harris

You Were Never Really Here: Disquieting Psychological Drama Earns its Cannes Stripes

By Liam Lacey

ReviewApril 12, 2018Lynne Ramsay, Joaquin Phoenix, Jonathan Ames, Psychological drama, Cannes

Lean On Pete: Meandering, harrowing and not just another horse opera

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekApril 11, 2018Horses, Horse racing, Homelessness, Poverty, Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny, Charlie Plummer, Steve Zahn

Borg vs McEnroe: This just in, Borg secretly had a temper and McEnroe was a jerk

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekApril 10, 2018Sports films, Swedish films, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Shia LaBeouf, Tennis movies, Wimbledon

Borg vs McEnroe: Director and Actors on Reality Story... And The Debut of One Leo Borg

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 9, 2018Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, fact based drama, Janus Metz, TIFF 2017, sports movies

'You're All Wrong!': Mark Breslin & Thom Ernst revisit recent films and reaction

By Mark Breslin and Thom Ernst

ViewsJim SlotekApril 9, 2018Contrarianism, The 15:17 To Paris, Black Panther, A Wrinkle In Time, Game Night, Yuk Yuk's comedy clubs, Mark Breslin, TVO's Saturday Night At The Movies, Thom Ernst, Oprah Winfrey

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Andrew Haigh and the gritty boy-and-his-horse film Lean On Pete

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 9, 2018Horse racing, Coming-of-age stories, Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny, American frontier, Red state, Homelessness, Andrew Haigh

Blockers: Intriguing/Icky Premise Powers Madcap Comedy

By Kim Hughes

ReviewApril 6, 2018Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz, prom night, comedy, gross-out comedies

The Miracle Season: Clichéd, Predictable… And Totally Worth Checking Out

By Kim Hughes

ReviewApril 5, 2018young adult, sports movies, Helen Hunt, fact based drama, William Hurt

A Quiet Place: The Heart-pound of Silence

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekApril 5, 2018Horror, Monsters, Silence, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, post-apocalypse, The Office, Sound, Actors turned director

Final Portrait: Stanley Tucci's Homage to Giacometti Stops Short of Insight

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekApril 4, 2018drama, fact based drama, stanley tucci, Armie Hammer, Geoffrey Rush, Tony Shalhoub, Alberto Giacometti

Original-Cin Interview/Review: Jim Gaffigan talks Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 3, 2018Ted Kennedy, Camelot, Chappaquiddick, Joe Kennedy, Jim Gaffigan, Ed Helms, Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Historical drama, Political scandal