PODCAST! Ep. 7: Can-filmmakers apologize for winning and give away prize money, a few words from Roma's Alfonso Cuaron and the Shyamalanaissance begins!!
PodcastJim SlotekAnthropocene: The Human Epoch, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky, Toronto Film Critics Association, Alfonso Cuarón, Roma, Golden Globes, Bohemian Rhapsody, M. Night Shyamalan, Glass, Elsie Fisher, Movie podcasts, Unbreakable, Split, Horror films
Original-Cin Q&A: Roma's off to the races, Alfonso Cuaron talks low expectations and emotional scenes that made him cranky
By Bonnie Laufer
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PODCAST! Ep. 6: The 'Bird Box Challenge,' Disney's live-action reboots and Tarantino does a Manson movie (too soon?)
PodcastJim SlotekMovie podcasts, The Bird Box Challenge, Sandra Bullock, Joe Pesci, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, The Irishman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Spider-Man, Avengers, Tide Pods, Charles Manson, Golden Globes
Original-Cin's Best & Worst of 2018: What We Enjoyed... And What We Endured
By Original-Cin Staff
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Views, ReviewJim SlotekZama, Burning, The Rider, Welcome to Marwen, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, Show Dogs, Blindspotting, Eighth Grade, Green Book, Robin Hood, Nobody's Fool, Deadpool 2, The Death of Stalin, A Quiet Place, Hearts Beat Loud, The Happytime Murders, The Darkest Minds, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, TIFF 2018, Little Italy, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, Night School, Shoplifters, Roma, First Man, Best of 2018, Worst of 2018
Lifechanger: A well-constructed tragic 'shape-shifter' thriller and doomed love story overcomes its flaws
On the Basis of Sex: RBG Biopic Delves Into Back Story of Contemporary Folk Hero
If Beale Street Could Talk: James Baldwin Adaptation Lovely to Look At, Hard to Plumb
ReviewTIFF 2018, Kiki Lane, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, James Baldwin, Adaptation, Drama, YA, Dave Franco, Barry Jenkins, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Ed Skrein
Vice: The Big Short Director’s Biopic of Dick Cheney a Terrifying, Hilarious Bullseye
ReviewVice, Adam McKay, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Biopic, Eddie Marsan, Sam Rockwell, The Big Short, Comedy, Drama, Tyler Perry, LisaGay Hamilton
What To See (And What to Skip) In Theatres This Week
By Original-Cin Staff
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Preview, ReviewMary Poppins Returns, Vox Lux, Welcome to Marwen, Second Act, Aquaman, Bumblebee, Emily Mortimer, Travante Rhodes, Travis Knight, Mirai of the Future, They Shall Not Grow Old, The Great Buster: A Celebration, Movie podcasts
Original-Cin Q&A: Moonlight's Trevante Rhodes on working blind in the Netflix thriller Bird Box
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekBird Box, Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Moonlight, The Predator, 12 Strong, Barry Jenkins, Supernatural thriller, Single mom in jeopardy, John Malkovich, Netflix, Vivien Lyra Blair, Julian Edwards
Welcome to Marwen: Robert Zemeckis' Hollywoodization deflates an amazing true story
ReviewJim SlotekMark Hogancamp, Welcome to Marwen, Marwencol, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, Bob Crane, Hogan's Heroes, Janelle Monae, Caroline Thompson, Leslie Mann, Nell Jackson, Documentaries turned drama
Bumblebee: Lighter, tighter and as much Mean Girls/Iron Giant as it is a Transformers movie
ReviewJim SlotekBumblebee, Transformers, Michael Bay, Travis Knight, Optimus Prime, Cybertron, Mean Girls, Iron Giant, Hailee Steinfeld, The Smiths, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Justin Theroux, Angela Bassett, John Ortiz, John Cena
Mirai of the Future: Adorbs Japanese Animation A Delight For the Small and Large
Second Act: If You Like Jennifer Lopez Rom-Coms, This Baby’s For You
ReviewJennifer Lopez, Romantic comedy, Treat Williams, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini, Charlyne Yi, Peter Segal, Second Act, Mahattan, Christmas movies
PODCAST! Ep. 5: The Real War on Xmas, Bombs Hollywood has dropped on the season
PodcastJim SlotekThe War on Christmas, Holiday movies, Fred Claus, The Santa Clause, Bad Santa, Transformers, Bumblebee, Aquaman, Vice, Dick Cheney, If Beale Street Could Talk, A Quiet Place, The Death of Stalin, Firecrackers, Vox Lux, They Shall Not Grow Old
The Great Buster: Bogdanovich Doc on Silent Film Star Puts Legend Back in Lights
Reviewdocumentary, Buster Keaton, Silent Film Stars, Peter Bogdanovich, Comedy, Black and white, Hot Docs, Richard Lewis, Bill Hader, Dick Van Dyke, Quentin Tarantino, Werner Herzog, Johnny Knoxville
Aquaman: A big dumb entertaining CGI acid trip, and an empty-calorie seafood feast for the eyes
ReviewJim SlotekAquaman, James Wan, Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, DC Super-hero films, Trident of Atlan, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Temuera Morrison, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Movie monsters
Mary Poppins Returns: Dazzling Sequel Conjures All the Charm of the Original Classic
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewMary Poppins Returns, Sequel, Emily Blunt, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Colin FIrth, Ben Whishaw, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dick Van Dyke, Musical, Rob Marshall
Original-Cin Q&A: Bumblebee Director Travis Knight Grows Transformers Roots
By Bonnie Laufer
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Interview, PreviewHailee Steinfeld, Transformers, Bumblebee, Michael Bay, Travis Knight, Animation, Kubo and the Two Strings, John Cena, 1980s
Vox Lux: Director’s Stylized Take on Broken Society Full of Empty Calories
ReviewVox Lux, Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy, Willem Dafoe, TIFF 2018, Brady Corbet, Sia, Stacy Martin, pop culture, Her Smell
