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Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What to See (And Skip) In the Theatres

By Original-Cin Staff

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PreviewNovember 9, 2018Dolphin Man, Boy Erased, Overlord, Transit, The Grinch, Weekly Roundup, The European Film FestivalComment
The Grinch: Reboot of Beloved Classic Isn’t Ho-Ho-Horrible But Definitely Pointless

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewNovember 9, 2018The Grinch, Animated, Reboot, Remake, Christmas, Children's films, Dr Seuss, Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keenan Thompson, Angela Lansbury, Rashida Jones, Cameron Seely, Pharrell Williams, Tyler the Creator, Illumination EntertainmentComment
Overlord: Zombie Nazi Film (Yeah We Said It) Disturbs on Unintended Levels

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewNovember 9, 2018Overlord, JJ Abrams, Mark L. Smith, Billy Ray, Nazi, Horror, Historical film, Jovan Adepo, Dominic Applewhite, John Magaro, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Julius Avery, Gianny Taufer, Pilou AsbaekComment
Boy Erased: Lucas Hedges shines, Joel Edgerton's direction pulls punches in true story of abusive Christian gay conversion

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekNovember 9, 2018Boy Erased, Gerald Conley, Lucas Hedges, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Christian Gay Conversion Therapy, Love In Action, Manchester By The SeaComment
Traveling To Europe on 28 Films (And No Dollars!) A Day: Spotlight on the EUFF

By Liam Lacey

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Preview, ReviewNovember 9, 2018The Eighth Commissioner, Tonio, Omnipresent, The European Film Festival, The Chronicles of Melanie, I Am Not A Witch, Titanium White, Une Vie Ailleurs, Little Tito and the Aliens, Welcome to Germany, The Line, Rungano Nyoni, Hiam AbbassComment
The Girl in the Spider's Web: Is a less punk, more pumped Lisbeth Salander just another action hero?

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekNovember 8, 2018The Girl in the Spider's Web, Lisbeth Salander, Claire Foy, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Lakeith Stanfield, Mikael Blomkvist, Sverrir Gudnason, Fede Alvarez, The Girl with the Dragon TattooComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Doc Producer Ed Barreveld Discusses Freediving Legend Jacques Mayol

By Liam Lacey

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InterviewNovember 7, 2018The Big Blue, Jean-Marc Barr, Ed Barreveld, Lure of the Triangle, Luc Besson, Dolphin Man, documentary, Jacques Mayol, freediving, Canadian co-productionsComment
Transit: Fascist Europe Past and Present Explored in Twisty Thriller

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewNovember 7, 2018Transt, TIFF 2018, Casablanca, Hitchcockian, German, Paula Beer, Christian Petzold, Franz Rogowski, 21st Century fascism, Godehard Giese, Matthias Brandt, Anna Seghers, Adaptation, Franz KafkaComment
Your Weekend Film Roundup: What to See (and Skip) In The Theatres

By Original-Cin Staff

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Review, ViewsNovember 2, 2018The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Bohemian Rhapsody, Burning, Weekly Roundup, Suspiria, Critics Picks, You're All Wrong, Mark Breslin, TIFF 2018Comment
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: A Pretty Mess and a Mouse Monster

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewNovember 1, 2018Matthew Macfadyen, Morgan Freeman, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Lil Buck, Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Disney, House of Mouse, Christmas, Twilight, Wizard of Oz, Nutcracker, Ballet, Tim Burton, Narnia, Marius Petipa, Fantasia, Ashleigh PowellComment
Suspiria: Dancing Witches, Nazis, And Fifty Shades Of Pretension

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewNovember 1, 2018Luca Guadagnino, Suspiria, Dario Argento, remake, Tilda Swinton, Thom Yorke, Dakota Johnson, Mia Goth, Chloe Grace Moretz, Thomas De Quincey, Horror, Thriller, Call Me By Your Name, Chloë Grace MoretzComment
Burning: Near-Perfect Korean Thriller Unpacks Suspense with Social Critique

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewNovember 1, 2018Jun Jong-seo, Steven Yuen, Haruki Murakami, Lee Chang-dong, South Korean filmmakers, TIFF 2018, Thriller, The Walking Dead, Poetry, Secret Sunshine, Yoo Ah-in, William FaulknerComment
Bohemian Rhapsody: Freddie Mercury Resurrected in Flawed but Gripping Biopic

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewOctober 30, 2018Queen, Freddie Mercury, Biopic, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Wayne's World, Rami Malek, Mike Myers, Jamie Foxx, Ray Charles, Drama Comments
'You're all wrong!': Mark Breslin & Thom Ernst revisit recent films and reaction

By Mark Breslin and Thom Ernst

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Jim SlotekOctober 29, 2018Contrarianism, A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, Barbra Streisand, Life Itself, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Brody, Mandy Patinkin, This Is Us, Dan Fogelman, First Man, Damien Chazelle, Bad Times at the El Royale, Rex ReedComment
Your Weekend Film Roundup: What to See (and Skip) in the Theatres.

By Original-Cin staff

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 26, 2018Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener, Marielle Heller, Richard E. Grant, Jonah Hill, Mid90s, Skateboarding, Bel Canto, Julianne Moore, Ken Watanabe, Ann Patchett, Paul Weitz, Hunger Killer, Gerard Butler, Johnny English Strikes Again, Rowan Atkinson, Ingmar Bergman, TIFF retrospectivesComment
Mid90s: Jonah HIll's directorial debut more S.E. Hinton-lite than edgy

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 26, 2018Mid90s, Jonah Hill, Moneyball, Harmony Korine, Kids, S.E. Hinton, Christopher Blauvelt, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Sunny, Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges, Katherine Waterston, Goo Galicia, Olan Prenatt, Ryder McLaughlin, Jarrod Carmichael, Del the Funky HomosapienComment
Maria by Callas: Eccentric doc on opera icon flutters between events, creating a pastiche personality

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 25, 2018Maria by Callas, Maria Callas, Thomas Volf, Joyce DiDonato, David Frost, Aristotle Onassis, Terrence McNally, Franco Zeffirelli, Edward R. Murrow, Giovanni Battista Meneghini, Casta Diva, Norma, CarmenComment
Hunter Killer: Long, Hard and Full of Seamen (Yup, We Went There…)

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewOctober 25, 2018Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Hillary Clinton, action-adventure, thriller, espionage, Donovan Marsh, submarine, Russians, Toby Stephens, Michael Nyqvist, War GamesComment
Ingmar Bergman… 21st Century Superhero? Arguing for a New Crusader

By Liam Lacey

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PreviewOctober 24, 2018Ingmar Bergman, Retrospective, TIFF, TIFF 2018, Liv Ullman, Ethan Hawke, Olivier Assayas, David Cronenberg, Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, Through a Glass Darkly, Persona, Scenes from a Marriage, Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander, Palme D'Or, Swedish filmsComment
Johnny English Strikes Again: Live and let this thing die already!

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 24, 2018Johnny English, Johnny English Strikes Again, Rowan Atkinson, James Bond films, Spy spoofs, Olga Kurylenko, Skyfall, Emma Thompson, Ben Miller, William Davies, Jake Lacy, David Kerr, Year's worst comediesComment
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