Shazam!: A crowd-pleaser that both mocks superhero cliches and succumbs to them
Sunset: One woman's confoundingly ambiguous journey through a fraying, pre-WWI Central Europe
ReviewJim SlotekSunset, László Nemes, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Son of Saul, Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Mátyás Erdély, Julia Jakubowska, Marcin Czarnik, Pre-WWI European politics
PODCAST! EP. 18: Pet Sematary, Shazam, The Joker, and are the studios conspiring against Netflix?
PodcastJim SlotekPet Sematary, Stephen King, The Joker, Batman, Adam West, Captain Marvel, Shazam, Netflix, Acquainted, Movie podcasts, Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Thom Ernst
The Invisibles: True-Life Story Propelled By Doc Aspect but Hobbled by Re-enactments
ReviewRuby O. Fee, Alice Dwyer, Laila Marie Witt, Claus Räfle, The Invisibles, Aaron Altaras, Nazi, World War II, Period films, docudramas
Pet Sematary: Sometimes un-resurrected is better
ReviewJim SlotekPet Sematary, Stephen King, Jason Clarke, Resurrection horror, Amy Seimetz, Jeté Laurence, Hugo Lavoie, Chance the Cat, John Lithgow, Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer, Derry, Maine, Fred Gwynne
Carmine Street Guitars: Plucky re-constructionists and string lovers tell a tale that resonates
ReviewJim SlotekCarmine Street Guitars, Ron Mann, Comic Book Confidential, Rick Kelly, Guitar reconstruction, Cindy Hulej, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Charlie Sexton, Lenny Kaye, Eszter Balint, Nels Cline, Jeff Tweedy, Wilco, Dallas Good, Travis Good, The Sadies, Jim Jarmusch, Coffee and Cigarettes
Acquainted: In this jaundiced romance, it's not you, and it's not me - it's them!
ReviewJim SlotekRomances, Millennials, Acquainted, Natty Zavitz, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Giacomo Gianniotti, Laysia De Oliveira, Rachel Skarsten, Long distance relationships, Breakups, Films shot in Toronto, Films that acknowledge they were shot in Toronto
Edge of the Knife: Beguiling Film Charts Area Where the Natural and Supernatural Mix
Your Weekend Round-Up: What To See (And Skip) In The Theatres
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Review, Preview, Interview, PodcastLost & Found, Firecrackers, Falls Around Her, Dumbo, The Beach Bum, Through Black Spruce, Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes, Giant Little Ones, Hotel Mumbai, The Highwaymen, John Lee Hancock, Darlene Naponse, Anthony Maras, Danny DeVito
PODCAST! EP. 17: Why Dumbo doesn't fly, Apple bites back, and what we'd do with the Canadian Screen Awards
PodcastJim SlotekMovie podcasts, Original-Cin, Jim Slotek, Karen Gordon, Liam Lacey, Kim Hughes, Dumbo, Apple streaming, Danny DeVito, The Canadian Screen Awards, Aladdin, Will Smith as the Genie
Giant Little Ones: Teen Sexuality Gets Smart Twist in Canuck Coming-of-Age Story
ReviewGiant Little Ones, TIFF 2018, Keith Behrman, Josh Wiggins, coming of age, Canadian movies, Maria Bello, Olivia Scriven, Darren Mann, Hailey Kittle, Kyle MacLachlan, Niamh Wilson, Taylor Hickson
Lost & Found: Anthology is a pleasant meander through small-town Irish lives, connected by a train station
ReviewJim SlotekIrish films, Independent films, Liam O Mochain, Donncha Crowley, Olga Wehrly, Seamus Hughes, Liam Carney, Aoibhinn Garrihy, Anthology films, Small town Irish lives
Through Black Spruce: An Indigenous-themed thriller that just can't commit
ReviewJim SlotekThrough Black Spruce, Don McKellar, Joseph Boyden, Tanaya Beatty, Indigenous films, Thriller, Barbara Samuels, Brandon Oakes, Tina Keeper, Tantoo Cardina, Jeff Barnaby, Missing or murdered Native Women
Firecrackers: Canadian girls' coming-of-age story pops with teenage angst, naive confidence and betrayal
Hotel Mumbai: Intense Docudrama Delivers Horror of Terrorism, Tropes of Disaster Pics
ReviewHotel Mumbai, Anthony Maras, Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, TIFF 2018, Terrorism, disaster movie, fact-based drama, Jason Isaacs, Nazanin Boniadi
Original-Cin Q&A: Hotel Mumbai Director on the Dilemma of Dramatizing Mass Murder
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes - A rich archival and anecdotal musical doc, cleverly assembled
ReviewJim SlotekKendrick Lamar, Blue Note Records, Sophie Huber, Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Bud Powell, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Alfred Lion, Francis Wolff, Reid Miles, Don Was, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Strickland, Robert Glasper, Norah Jones
The Beach Bum: A great cast of colourful Floridian characters, but McConaughey's just aw-right
ReviewJim SlotekThe Beach Bum, Harmony Korine, Hunter Thompson, The Big Lebowski, Matthew McConaughey, Bertie Higgins, Key Largo, Jimmy Buffett, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Zac Efron, Martin Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Movies about drunks, Movies about poets
Original-Cin Interview: Highwaymen Director John Lee Hancock on Gangsters, Netflix and How to Sell a Movie
Dumbo: Tim Burton’s Gorgeous, Treacly Live-Action Reboot Subtle as a Stampede
ReviewDumbo, Disney, Tim Burton, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, Eva Green, Colin Farrell, Live-action, Fable, Children's films, Elephants
