Avengers: Endgame - If you must say goodbye, this is the way to say it!

By Karen Gordon

PODCAST! Ep. 20: A lot of Easter movie talk (just in time for Ukrainian Easter)

By Jim Slotek, Kim Hughes, Karen Gordon, Bonnie Laufer and Liam Lacey

PodcastJim SlotekApril 24, 2019Easter, Jesus movies, John Wayne, Life of Brian, The Ten Commandments, Movie podcasts, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Original-Cin, Jim Slotek, Bonnie Laufer, Liam Lacey, Kim Hughes, Karen GordonComment

The Public: Important Social Issue Fails to Sway in Middling Drama

By Kim Hughes

ReviewApril 23, 2019The Public, Drama, TIFF 2018, Emilio Estevez, Jenna Malone, Jacob Vargas, Alec Baldwin, Michael Kenneth Williams, Gabrielle Union, Christian Slater, Taylor SchillingComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Highway 61's Valerie Buhagiar writes a new chapter of challenging films

By Thom Ernst

InterviewJim SlotekApril 23, 2019Valerie Buhagiar, It's Hard to be Human, Nina Gilmour, Virgin Mary, Bruce McDonald, Roadkill, Highway 61, The Passion of Rita Camilleri, One Day I Stood Still, The Anniversary, Actors turned director, Art films, Indie filmsComment

What to watch (and what to skip) In theatres this week

The Grizzlies: Inspiring story of Indigenous community's triumph over tragedy overcomes its tropes

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekApril 18, 2019The Grizzlies, Alethea Arnaquqa-Baril, Angry Inuk, Iqaluit, Miranda de Pencier, Russ Sheppard, Ben Schnetzer, Paul Nutarariaq, Indigenous youth lacrosse, Kugluktuk, Emerald MacDonald, Tantoo Cardinal, Will Sasso Comments

High Life: Claire Denis’s Clinical-Spiritual Vision of Fallen Bodies

By Liam Lacey

ReviewApril 18, 2019High Life, Claire Denis, TIFF 2018, Robert Pattison, Juliette Binoche, Science fiction, female directors, André Benjamin, Jessie RossComment

The Curse of La Llorona: A Really Bad Mujer From Mexico

By Liam Lacey

ReviewApril 18, 2019The Curse of La Llorona, Raymond Cruz, Horror, Conjure universe, Mexico, James Wan, Michael Chaves, Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez, Marisol RamirezComment

Teen Spirit: A star is bored

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekApril 18, 2019No Doubt, Just a Girl, Teen Spirit, Max Minghella, Ella Fanning, The Isle of Wight, Agnieszka Grochowska, Reality-TV talent shows, Zlatko BuricComment

Original-Cin interview: The producer and director of The Grizzlies talk airfare to Nunavut, Graham Yost and flipping the white-saviour-teacher trope

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 17, 2019The Grizzlies, Alethea Arnaquqa-Baril, Angry Inuk, Iqaluit, Miranda de Pencier, Russ Sheppard, Ben Schnetzer, Paul Nutarariaq, Indigenous youth lacrosse, KugluktukComment

Penguins: Does Disney really need to double-down on the cute when the subject is penguins?

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekApril 17, 2019Penguins, DisneyNature, Antarctic, Adalie Penguins, Ed Helms, Anthropomorphized documentaries, Children's documentaries, Alastair Fothergill, Jeff Wilson, Blue Planet, Our PlanetComment

What to Watch (and What to Skip) in Theatres This Weekend

Stratford on Film: Martha Henry's Prospero softens a Shakespearean grand-old-man role

By Liam Lacey

Jim SlotekApril 12, 2019Martha Henry, Prospero, The Tempest, Stratford on Film, Miranda, Antoni Cimolino, Mamie Zwettler, Andre Morin, Caliban, Michael BlakeComment

Original-Cin Q&A: The director of Missing Link talks physical comedy, stop-motion and British colonial villains

By Jim Slotek

Missing Link: Around the world with a 600-pound primate - Laika's latest is a light, stop-motion romp

By Jim Slotek

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy - Old-school Hong Kong gangland crime with jolting fight sequences

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekApril 11, 2019Ip Man, Bruce Lee, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy, Yuen Woo-ping, Max Zhang, Liu Yan, Dave Bautista, Michelle Yeoh, Kevin Cheng, Chrissie ChauComment

Hellboy: Boy, this is one hellish reboot!

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekApril 11, 2019Hellboy, David Harbour, Neil Marshall, Milla Jovovich, Daniel Dae Kim, Ian McShane, Ron Perlman, Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola, Sasha LaneComment

Little: Something a 10-year-old might come up with after seeing Big - and it was!

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekApril 11, 2019Little, Regina Hall, Issa Rae, Luke James, Big, Tracee Ellis Ross, Marsai Martin, Blackish, Kenya Barris, Tina Gordon, Tracy Oliver, Girls Trip, Mikey Day, Eva Carlton, Adult in kids body plotComment

Amazing Grace: Long “Lost” Doc Locates Aretha Franklin at the Height of her Powers

By Liam Lacey

ReviewApril 11, 2019Aretha Franklin, Reverend James Cleveland, Sidney Pollack, C.L. Franklin, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones, Documentary, Alan Elliott, Music documentaries, Alexander Hamilton, Exile on Main Street Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Stranger Things' David Harbour is the new Hellboy in town

InterviewJim SlotekApril 11, 2019Hellboy, David Harbour, Neil Marshall, Milla Jovovich, Daniel Dae Kim, Ian McShane, Ron Perlman, Guillermo del Toro, Mike Mignola, Joel Harlow, Hollywood makeup storiesComment

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