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Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

Bad Samaritan: Bad Movie Chases Tired Premise And… Oh Hell, Just Skip It

By Liam Lacey

ReviewMay 2, 2018Drama, Dean Devlin, Robert Sheehan, David Tennant, Carlito Olivero, GPS, home invasion

The Rider: Art Imitates Life Imitating Art in Brilliant, Luminous New Drama

By Liam Lacey

ReviewApril 29, 2018Western, fact-based drama, TIFF 2017, Sundance

A Swingers Weekend: Biting Comedy Tackles Marriage, Sex and Beyond

By Kim Hughes

ReviewApril 26, 2018Comedy, Canadian films, Sex

Avengers: Infinity War Delivers On Marvel Franchise Promise and Then Some

By Karen Gordon

ReviewApril 26, 2018Marvel, superheroes, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Robert Downey, Jr, Thor, Ironman, Captain America, Black Panther

Hot Docs: What to See During Sprawling (And Way Cool) Documentary Festival

By Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, and Kim Hughes

April 26, 2018

Pandas: Doc is Cute To Watch But Maddeningly Short on Details

By Jim Slotek

ReviewApril 24, 2018Pandas, documentary, IMAX, Children's films

Zama: Argentinian Director’s Fourth Feature Brilliantly Mines 'Anxious Stasis'

By Liam Lacey

ReviewApril 20, 2018Lucrecia Martel, TIFF 2017, Period films, Argentina

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