Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres
By Original-Cin Staff
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Frozen 2: Doesn't break any new ice, but squeezes a decent adventure out of its familiar characters
ReviewJim SlotekFrozen, Frozen 2, Let It Go, Into the Unknown, Arendelle, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Indigenous Scandinavian people, Idina Menzel, Sámi people, Disney Princesses, Elsa and Anna
Marriage Story: All-around showcase of great acting, takes no sides in its tender treatment of a break-up
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekMarriage Story, Noah Baumbach, Marriage breakup story, Runner up TIFF People's Choice, Scarlett Johansson, Azhy Robertson, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, The Squid and the Whale, While We’re Young, Frances Ha, awards season movies, Netflix
Waves: Messy, Overwrought Family Drama Demands Emotion but Arouses Antipathy
ReviewWaves, TIFF 2019, Trey Edward Shults, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Sterling K. Brown, Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Family drama, African-American actors, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Atlantics: Cannes Favourite a Composite of Magical Realism and Romance... like Romeo & Juliet if Juliet Lived
ReviewJim SlotekAtlantics, Mati Diop, Cannes, Dakar, Doomed romance, Claire Mathon, Fatima Al Qadiri., Mame Bineta Sane, Nicole Sougou, Mariama Gassama, Babacar Sylla, Amadou Mbow, Refugee stories
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying!
ReviewJim SlotekFred Rogers, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Won't You Be My Neighbor, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Tom Junod, Esquire magazine, Marielle Heller, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Chris Cooper, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Redemptive movies, The Americans
21 Bridges: Keep things moving and keep shooting - and did we mention the NYPD is corrupt from the top down?
ReviewJim Slotek21 Bridges, Chadwick Boseman, Brian Kirk, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Police action films, Police corruption plots, Taylor Kitsch, Stephan James, Liam Neeson, Sienna Miller, J.K. Simmons, Serpico
The Blood in The Snow Film Fest: Great grade "Eh" horror on grade Z budgets
PreviewJim SlotekBlood in The Snow Film Festival, Canadian horror movies, Prom Night, Black Christmas, Ginger Snaps, Danishka Esterhazy, Handmaid’s Tale, Level 16, Puppet Killer, Lisa Ovies, Aleks Paunovic, Van Helsing, Audrey Cummings, Canadian Film Centre, Berkshire County., She Never Died, Jason Krawczyk, He Never Died, Henry Rollins, American Gods, Olunike Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Paul Tanter, The Nights Before Christmas, Once Upon a Time at Christmas, Dead Dicks, Chris Bavota, Lee Paula Springer, Hunter’s Moon, Matthew Campagna, Z, Brandon Christensen, Bates Motel, Keegan Connor Tracy
Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to miss) in the theatres
Jim SlotekFord Vs. Ferrari, Carroll Shelby, Matt Damon, Ken Miles, Christian Bale, Henry Ford II, Tracy Letts, Charlie’s Angels, Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, The Good Liar, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Bill Condon, Nicholas Searle, In The Realm of Oshima: The Best of Japanese Master Nagisa Oshima, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, In The Realm of the Senses, TIFF Bell Lightbox retrospectives
Charlie’s Angels: Silly Reboot Fails to Capture Pizzazz of its Many Precursors
The Good Liar: Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren - together at last - slum it in a cheesy fraud thriller
ReviewJim SlotekThe Good Liar, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Con-artist films, Nicholas Searle, Bill Condon, Gods and Monsters, Dreamgirls, Russell Tovey, Melodramas, Jim Carter
More than Mr. Lawrence: TIFF Nagisa Oshima retrospective encompasses '60s zeitgeist of sex, politics and crime
PreviewJim SlotekNagasi Oshima, TIFF Bell Lightbox retrospectives, In The Realm of Oshima: The Best of Japanese Master Nagisa Oshima, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, In The Realm of the Senses, Jean-Luc Godard, Max, Mon Amour, Charlotte Rampling, Sir Laurens van der Post, Cruel Story of Youth, Rebel without a Cause, The Sun’s Burial, Night and Fog in Japan, AMPO treaty (the US-Japan mutual defense pact, The Ceremony, Violence At Noon, Death By Hanging, The Man Who Left His Will on Film, Pleasures of the Flesh
Ford v Ferrari: Boys and their toys offer an experiential jolt in this battle of car giants at Le Mans
ReviewJim SlotekFord v Ferrari, James Mangold, Henry Ford II, Enzo Ferrari, Matt Damon, Rush, Senna, Christian Bale, Le Mans, Racing movies, Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby, Leo Beebe, Josh Lucas
Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres this week
Jim SlotekMartin Scorsese, The Irishman, Al Pacino, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, Russell Bufalino, Robert De Niro, Frank Sheeran, Doctor Sleep, The Shining, Ewan McGregor, Roland Emmerich, Midway, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Quaid, Jake Weber, Aaron Eckhart, Frankie, Ira Sachs, Isabelle Huppert, Marisa Tomei, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Atwood: A Word After A Word After A Word Is Power
Doctor Sleep: Prosaic callback to The Shining might have worked better without all that baggage
ReviewJim SlotekDoctor Sleep, The Shining sequel, Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Flanagan, Overlook Hotel, Jack Nicholson, Ewan McGregor, Carl Lumbly, Scatman Crothers, Alex Essoe, Shelly Duvall, Rebecca Ferguson), Kyliegh Curran
The Irishman: DeNiro, Pacino and Pesci's best work in years is best seen in the theatre
ReviewJim SlotekMartin Scorsese, The Irishman, Robert De Niro, Frank Sheeran, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, Goodfellas, Casino, Netflix films, Rodrigo Prieto, Charles Brandt, Steven Zaillian, Russell Bufalino, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Kathrine Narducci, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel, Aleksa Palladino, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Ray Romano, Jesse Plemons, Dascha Polanco
Frankie: Stilted Drama As Dysfunctional as the Family at Its Centre
ReviewFrankie, Ira Sachs, TIFF 2019, Isabelle Huppert, Marissa Tomei, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Drama, Family drama, European
Margaret Atwood: A Word After A Word After A Word is Power - a wide dive, but not a deep one, into the author's life
ReviewJim SlotekMargaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, Man Booker prize, Alias Grace, The Testaments, Margaret Atwood: A Word After A Word After A Word Is Power, Peter Raymont, Nancy Lang, Graeme Gibson, Mary Harron, Sarah Polley, Order of the Companions of Honour, Biographical documentaries, PEN International, #MeToo, Stephen Galloway, Hana Gartner
Midway: Minus monsters and aliens, Roland Emmerich puts the boom in naval battle
ReviewJim SlotekMidway, Roland Emmerich, Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Pearl Harbor, Doolittle Raid on Toky, War films, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Woody Harrelson, Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance, Jake Weber, William “Bull” Halsey, Dennis Quaid, Aaron Echhart, Lt. Comm. Jimmy Doolittle, Admiral Yamamoto, Etsushi Toyokawa, Edwin Layton, Patrick Wilson, Dick Best, Ed Skrein, Wade McClusky, Luke Evans
Original-Cin Q&A: Roland Emmerich talks Sony balking at making Midway, and chimes in on Marvel movies (not cinema)
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekIndependence Day, Roland Emmerich, The Day After Tomorrow, Godzilla, Midway, Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, A Bridge Too Far, The Patriot, Wes Tooke, Sony, Anonymous, Stonewall, Moonfall, Jonny Beauchamp, Rhys Ifans, Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Marvel, Martin Scorsese, The Russo Brothers
