This Is North Preston: Music Video Sensibility Undermines Documentary’s Thrust
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum: All that extra plot, and many more shots to the cerebellum
ReviewJim SlotekJohn Wick, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, Keanu Reeves, Chad Stahelski, Anjelica Huston, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Lance Reddick, Halle Berry, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon
Your Weekend Roundup: What to See (And Skip) In The Theatres
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The Hustle: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Remake Falls Short (Surprise!) of the Mark
Shadow: Zhang Yimou regains his martial arts mojo after Matt Damon's not-so-Great Wall
ReviewJim SlotekZhang Yimou, Shadow, Red Sorghum, Gong Li, Matt Damon, The Great Wall, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Deng Chao, Guan Xiaotong, Sun Li, Lao Zai, Loudboy
Pokémon Detective Pikachu : Catnip for fans, incoherent to the unindoctrinated
ReviewJim SlotekPokémon Detective Pikachu, Pokemon, Pikachu, Mr. Mime, Psychduck, Charmander, Squirtle, Ryme City, Justice Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, Rob Letterman
Tolkien: A superficial take sees the Lord of the Rings author as a nice chap who imagined dragons on the battlefield
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekJ.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Literary biopics, Dome Karukoski, First World War, Nicholas Hoult, Colm Meaney, Lily Collins, Derek Jacobi, Battle of the Somme, David Gleeson, Stephen Beresford, Goodbye Christopher Robin
The White Crow: Director Ralph Fiennes' Nureyev bio-pic puts a rare bird in a cage
ReviewJim SlotekRudolf Nureyev, The White Crow, Black Swan, Ralph Fiennes, Le Bourget Airport, Opera star defection, Oleg Ivenko, David Hare, Julie Kavanagh, Kirov Ballet, Parid Opera House, Clara Saint, Blue is the Warmest Colour, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Andre Malraux, Maksimilian Grigoriyev, Chulpan Khamatova
POMS: Starry Comedy Set in Retirement Community a Fun if Fleeting Diversion
Ordinary Days: Three different movie ideas sewn together into an ordinary film
ReviewJim SlotekOrdinary Days, Jacqueline Byers, Missing people, Crime procedurals, Canadian movies, Richard Clarkin, Torri Higginson, Michael Xavier, Kimberly Laferriere, Joris Karsky, Kris Booth, Jordan Canning, Mena Massoud, Aladdin
Your weekend roundup: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres this weekend
ReviewJim SlotekDennis Quaid, The Intruder, Hail Satan?, Long Shot, Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, Dame Judi Dench, Penny Lane, UglyDolls, JT Leroy, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Red Joan, Sophie Cookson
Red Joan: (Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love while smuggling bomb secrets)
ReviewJim SlotekRed Joan, Dame Judi Dench, Trevor Nunn, Royal Shakespeare Company, Atomic bomb secrets, Melita Norwood, Ben Miles, Sophie Cookson, Tereza Srbova, Tom Hughes, Stephen Campbell Moore, Kingsman: The Secret Service
JT Leroy: Fact-Based Switched-Identity Story Weirdly Shallow and Superficial
ReviewJT Leroy, TIFF 2018, Justin Kelly, Laura Dern\, Kristen Stewart, Diane Kruger, Courtney Love, Madonna, fact based drama, Asia Argento, Kelvin Harrison, Jim Sturgess
Hail Satan?: Cheeky doc about separation of church and state forces the issue diabolically
ReviewJim SlotekHail Satan?, Penny Lane, Our Nixon, Gov. Rick Scott, The Satanic Temple, Lucien Greaves, Church of Satan, Anton LaVey, Ayn Rand, Megyn Kelly, Fred Phelps, Jex Blackmore, Marc Randazza, Alex Jones, Arkansas Capitol, Ten Commandments
The Intruder: A real-estate thriller where the audience knows too much about the seller
ReviewJim SlotekThe Intruder, Stalker thrillers, real estate, Napa Valley, San Francisco, Dennis Quaid, Meagan Good, Michael Ealy, Deon Taylor, David Loughery, African-American directors
UglyDolls: They battle against perfection - for an audience that may be too young to get it
By Karen Gordon
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Hot Docs Preview: Lehman Brothers, Pinochet military goons and other unpunished criminals
ReviewJim SlotekHot Docs, Jennifer Deschamps, 2008 financial meltdown, Lehman Brothers, whistleblowers, Haydee and the Flying Fish, Chile, Pinochet regime, Haydee Oberreuter Umazabal, Military crimes
Hot Docs Preview: Phenomenal Organs, Fearless Teen Activists Propel Fab Festival
Hot Docs Preview: Mystify Michael Hutchence a Powerful Glimpse at the Price of Fame
Your Weekend Film Roundup: What to See (and Skip) in the Theatres
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Preview, Review, Interview, PodcastAvengers: Endgame, Weekly Roundup, Victoria Alonso, Hot Docs 2019, Capsule reviews, Diane, Mary Kay Place, The Public, E, Emilio Estevez, Valerie Buhagiar, Podcast, Movie podcasts