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Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

PODCAST! Ep. 31: Some free speech about 'free speech,' Cineplex, the anti-abortion film Unplanned, The Lion King and more

Jim SlotekJuly 12, 2019Movie podcasts, Unplanned, Anti-abortion films, Cineplex, The Lion King, Stuber, Michael Dowse, Kumail Nanjiani, Liam Lacey, Karen Gordon, Miranda McCabeComment

Stuber: Middling (But Not Stupid) Buddy Comedy Mines Male/Female Turf Briskly

By Liam Lacey

July 11, 2019Kumail Nanjiani, Stuber, Dave Bautista, Mira Sorvino, Betty Gilpin, comedy, buddy action movies, Natalie Morales, Karen Gillan, Jimmy Tatro, Iko UwaisComment

Melody Makers: Should've Been There Captures Rock’s Glory Years… Like an Old, Rambling Uncle

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJuly 10, 2019Melody Makers Should've Been There, Barrie Wentzell, Music documentaries, Eric Burdon, David Bowie, Yes, 1960s, 1970s, Melody Maker, NME, Rolling Stone, print publicationsComment

Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love Explores Golden Moment between Poet and His Muse

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJuly 10, 2019Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, Judy Collins, Marianne Ihlen, Leonard Cohen, documentary, Music documentaries, Nick Broomfield, Kurt CobainComment

Maiden: Thrilling Doc on All-Female Yachting Feat an Eerie Look Back at Sexism Run Amok

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJuly 10, 2019documentaries, Alex Holmes, Tracy Edwards, Sports films, TIFF 2018, King Hussein of Jordan, Sports documentaries, Sailing, YachtingComment

Original-Cin Q&A: The Lion King's new Timon, Billy Eichner, talks Nathan Lane, leaving a legacy and the great Meryl Streep 'street' dream

Original-Cin Q&A: The Lion King's new Timon, Billy Eichner, talks Nathan Lane, leaving a legacy and the great Meryl Streep 'street' dream

By Bonnie Laufer

Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres this week

PODCAST! Ep. 30: How Mad affected movie criticism, the half-year's best, The Last Black Man in San Francisco and more

By Jim Slotek, Bonnie Laufer, Liam Lacey and Thom Ernst

PodcastJim SlotekJuly 5, 2019Movie podcasts, Mad magazine, Mad movie spoofs, Maiden, Apollo 11, Level 16, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, San Francisco gentrification, The half-year's best movies, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, JIm Slotek, Liam Lacey, Bonnie Laufer, Thom ErnstComment

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Is Tender, Insightful Doc… But Not Quite Satisfying

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 4, 2019Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, documentary, Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis, Black experienceComment

The Last Black Man in San Francisco: The scorched aftershock of gentrification played out as serio-comedy

By Liam Lacey

Midsommar: Indulgent psychodrama from the director of Hereditary drags, wobbles amid brightness and beauty

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 1, 2019Ari Aster, Hereditary, Toni Collette, Midsommar, Rosemary's Baby, Florence Pugh, The Wicker Man, Children of the Corn, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Pagan ritual horror movies, Isabelle Grill, Fighting with My FamilyComment

Spider-Man: Far From Home: Come for the teen comedy, endure the sound and Fury

By Jim Slotek

Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres

By Original-Cin Staff

Review, Preview, ViewsJune 28, 2019Isabelle, Yesterday, Annabelle Comes Home, Weekly Roundup, PodcastComment

PODCAST! Ep. 29.: Yeas and nays on Yesterday, Midsomar and Spider-Man, horror-bly disappointed in Annabelle and Isabelle

By Jim Slotek, Thom Ernst, Bonnie Laufer, Karen Gordon and Liam Lacey

PodcastJim SlotekJune 27, 2019Spider-Man: Far From Home, Midsomar, Eli Aster, Annabelle Comes Home, Isabelle, Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Yesterday, Movie podcasts, Jim Slotek, Karen Gordon, Bonnie Laufer, Thom Ernst, Liam LaceyComment

Yesterday: Novel Premise Elevates Director Danny Boyle’s Beatles-Loving Dramedy

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJune 27, 2019Yesterday, Danny Boyle, The Beatles, Kate McKinnon, Lily James, Ed Sheeran\, Himesh Patel, Music, Dramedy, ComedyComment

Ferrante Fever: Doc on modern lit's most successful recluse unsurprisingly devoid of substance

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJune 27, 2019Ferrante Fever, Elena Ferrante, Neapolitan Quartet, Hillary Clinton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jonathan Franzen, Giacomo Durzi, Elizabeth Strout, Ann Goldstein, Nasty Love, The Days of Abandonment, My Brilliant FriendComment

Isabelle: Cliché-Strewn Horror a Lesson in How Not to Make a Genre Film

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJune 26, 2019Isabelle, horror, Canada, Amanda Crew, Adam Brody, Sheila McCarthyComment

Annabelle Comes Home: A Night at the Warrens' Evil Museum is an assembly-line of jump-scares

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJune 25, 2019Annabelle Comes Home, The Conjuring, James Wan, Peter Safran, Amityville Horror, Ed Warren, Madison Iseman, Mckenna Grace, Katie Sarife, Michael Cimino, Joseph BisharaComment

Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres

By Original-Cin Staff

Review, Preview, PodcastJune 21, 2019Toy Story 4, Wild Rose, Dogman, Buddy, Anna, Child's Play, The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, Tony Hale, Weekly RoundupComment

Buddy: Touching Doc on Service Dogs Traces Human-Canine Relationships

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJune 21, 2019Heddy Honigmann, documentary, Hot Docs 2019, Dogs, Service DogsComment