Dead in a Week or Your Money Back: Promptly dead on delivery
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDead in a Week: Or Your Money Back, Tom Wilkinson, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Edmunds, Gangster comedies, Freya Mavor, Guy Ritchie, Suicide, Gunplay, Hitmen
Tiger: A Tame Take on an Actual Canadian Sports Triumph
ReviewJim SlotekJanel Parrish, Canadian film, Mickey Rourke, drama, boxing, Alister Grierson, Michael Pugliese, Prem Singh, Marshall Manesh, Michael 'Mick' Harrity, Liam Lacey
PODCAST! Ep. 2 - Yes to Roma! Hooray for Dames! Death to cellphone users!
PodcastJim SlotekMovie podcasts, Original-Cin, Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Karen Gordon, Bonnie Laufer, Roma, Alfonso Cuarón, Nothing Like A Dame, Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Judi Dench, Netflix, Oscar race, Clara, Akash Sherman, Cellphones in theatres
Prosecuting Evil: The last Nuremberg prosecutor continues to fight inhumanity at 99
ReviewJim SlotekBen Ferencz, Nuremberg Trials, International Criminal Court, Einsatzgruppen, Barry Avrich, Prosecuting Evil, Alan Dershowitz, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump
Nothing Like A Dame: 'Mags,' 'Jude' et al dish deliciously about stage history
ReviewJim SlotekTea With The Dames, Nothing Like A Dame, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Joan Plowright, Dame Eileen Atkins, Laurence Olivier, Roger Michell, Sir John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, British theatre legends, Franco Zeffirelli
Roma: Gravity Director Alfonso Cuarón’s Gripping Drama Finds Focus in Family
Original-Cin Review/Q&A: Clara Filmmaker Shoots for the Stars (and Mostly Reaches ‘Em, Too)
Review, InterviewClara, TIFF 2018, Canadian film, Romance, Patrick J. Adams, Troian Bellisario, Science fiction, The Big Bang Theory, Ennis Esmer, Film Student, Akash Sherman
Your weekend film round-up: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekRalph Breaks The Internet, John C Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Robin Hood, Aaron Egerton, The Wild Pear Tree, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Julian Schnabel, Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate, Border, Swedish films, Let the Right One In, The Drawer Boy, Michael Healey
Border: Part art-film, part-creature feature from author of Let the Right One In
By Karen Gordon
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The Drawer Boy: Celluloid Take on Acclaimed Stage Play Registers Hits and Misses
The Wild Pear Tree: Portrait of the Artist as a Delusional Young Turk
The Original-Cin Podcast: Bonnie Laufer called Chevy Chase a what-now?
PodcastJim SlotekMovie podcasts, Celebrity Interviews, Original-Cin, Awards season, Chevy Chase, Jonah Hill, Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Bonnie Laufer, Entertainment media, Movie reviews
At Eternity's Gate: Willem Dafoe's Van Gogh helps bring an artist's eye to an artists's life
ReviewJim SlotekFilms about artists, Van Gogh, Julian Schnabel, Paul Gauguin, At Eternity's Gate, Vincent and Theo, Tatiana Lisovkaia, Oscar Isaac, The Starry Night, Arles, Jim Slotek
Creed II: Rocky Retread Revisits Boxing Clichés, Inspires Awe for Abs
ReviewBoxing, Creed II, sequel, Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Dolph Lundgren, Franchise, Brigitte Nielsen
Robin Hood: Slick Reboot of Folk Hero Tale Long on Sizzle, Short on Steak
ReviewTaron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Robin Hood, remake, action-adventure, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Jamie Dornan, F. Murray Abraham, Period piece, Matrix-inspired, Game of Thrones
Ralph Breaks the Internet: A barrage of CG action and witty Worldwide Web gags
ReviewJim SlotekRalph Breaks The Internet, Wreck-It-Ralph, John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Disney Animation, Depictions of the Internet, eBay, Gal Gadot, Disney Princesses, Merida from Brave, Alan Tudyk, Silicon Valley, Jack McBrayer, Phil Johnston, Rich Moore
Original-Cin Q&A: John C. Reilly talks about reprising Wreck-It Ralph and breaking the Internet
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekRalph Breaks The Internet, Wreck-It-Ralph, John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Disney Animation, Improvised movie lines, Will Ferrell, The Sisters Brothers, Holmes & Watson, Stan & Ollie, Laurel & Hardy, Steve Coogan
Your Weekend Film Round-up: What to See (And Skip) In The Theatres
ReviewJim SlotekWidows, Steve McQueen, Viola Davis, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Coen Brothers, Peter Farrelly, Green Book, Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, The Front Runner, Hugh Jackman, Jason Reitman, Private War, Marie Colvin, Rosamund Pike, Touched, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Instant Family
A Private War: A danger-junkie's story with a mixed-message about war coverage
ReviewJim SlotekA Private War, Marie Colvin, Sunday Times, War coverage, Deaths of journalists, Rosamund Pike, Vanity Fair, Matthew Heineman, Arash Amal, Syrian Civil War, Paul Conroy, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander
The Front Runner: An awkwardly 'woke' perspective on a game-changing '80s political sex scandal
ReviewJim SlotekJason Reitman, Gary Hart, The Front Runner, 1980s, Political sex scandals, Donna Rice, Monkey Business, Alfred Molina, Matt Bai, Bob Woodward, Lee Atwater, Vera Farmiga, Hugh Jackman
