Cats: To Be Honest, The Stage Musical Was Kitty Litter Too
ReviewJim SlotekCats, Creepy Cats Trailer, Adaptation, Tom Hooper, Dame Judi Dench, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Idris Elba, Musical, Theatre
A Hidden Life: Terrence Malick ponders the essence of taking a moral stand, then and now
ReviewJim SlotekTerrence Malick, A Hidden Life, Franz Jägerstätter, Nazi resistance, Passive resistance, August Diehl, St. Therese of Avila, Jörg Widmer, Valerie Pachner, Joan of Arc, Thomas Becket, Days of Heaven, The Tree of Life, Heather Heyer, Neo-Nazism, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Soren Kierkegaard
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin - Herzog retraces a friend's global journey and (naturally) stares into the human soul
ReviewJim SlotekWerner Herzog, Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin, Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia, Aboriginal songlines, Gop-Cairn burial mound, Tierra del Fuego, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Hunter gatherers, Cobra Verde, Klaus Kinski, Scream of Stone
63 Up: Ace Doc Series Following Kids through Adulthood (and Beyond) Is Genuine Reality TV
Bombshell: Stylish Fact-Based Drama on Fall of Fox Honcho Seems Muted Post #MeToo
ReviewBombshell, #MeToo, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Kate McKinnon, Malcolm McDowell, fact based drama, Jay Roach
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - The saga wraps with a breathlessly busy script and a mandate to play it safe
ReviewJim SlotekStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker., Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Williams, Bill Murray, Chris Terrio, J.J. Abrams, The Force Awakens, Rian Johnson, The Last Jedi, Dan Mindel, Rick Carter, Kevin Jenkins, The Wizard of Oz
Original-Cin Q&A: We talk to Joonas Suotamo, the Finnish basketball player now known as Chewbacca
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Joonas Suotamo, Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Final instalment of the Star Wars saga, J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio
The week's wrap-up: Recently-released must-sees and must-misses
ReviewJim SlotekMovie week in review roundups, Michael Bay, The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Violet Nelson, Canadian films, Indigenous themed films, Bruce Sweeney, Kingsway, Gabrielle Rose, Camille Sullivan, Jeff Gladstone, She Never Died, Olunike Adeliyi, Audrey Cummings, Brotherhood, Richard Bell, Richard Jewell, Clint Eastwood’, Paul Walter Hauser, In Fabric, Peter Strickland, Jumanji: The Next Level, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Awkwafina, 6 Underground
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open: One of the year's best Can-films, a road movie measured in hope not miles
Jumanji: The Next Level - Lame Third Installment Can’t Outpace its Superior Predecessors
ReviewJumanji: The Next Level, Sequel, Jake Kazdan, Dwayne Johnson, Awkwafina, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Action movies, Asian Americans, Reboot
6 Underground: Stupid, Violent Michael Bay Actioner Is… Stupid and Violent. Surprise!
Kingsway: Mother-and-daughter become infidelity snoop-sisters in this antic Canadian domestic farce
ReviewJim SlotekMother and daughter comedies, Mom, Kingsway, Canadian comedies, Bruce Sweeney, Excited, Gabrielle Rose, Camille Sullivan, (Jeff Gladstone, Colleen Rennison, Live Bait, Marriage infidelity, Kevin McNulty, Paul Skrudland
Richard Jewell: Clint's powerful tale of real-life rush-to-judgment takes a second to shoot itself in the foot
ReviewJim SlotekClint Eastwood, Richard Jewell, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Atlanta Olympics bombing, Paul Walter Hauser, Kathy Bates, Rush-to-judgment, Wrongfully accused, Trial by media, Kathy Scruggs, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm, Trading sex for news tips, Sam Rockwell
She Never Died: Canadian genre wiz Audrey Cummings delivers a finger-fuelled fallen angel, flaky sidekicks and stylish horror
ReviewJim SlotekShe Never Died, Audrey Cummings, Berkshire County, Darken, He Never Died, Henry Rollings, Henry Rollins, Jason Krawczyk, Oluniké Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Noah Dalton Danby, Michelle Nolden, Kiana Madeira, Supernatural action movies, Genre films, Sequels, Fallen angels
In Fabric : Cuckoo Horror About Murderous Garment Upgolds Director Strickland’s Pedigree
Original-Cin Q&A: The Flash's Robbie Amell talks crowdfunding for Code 8, a feature with his Green Arrow cousin Stephen
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekRobbie Amell, Stephen Amell, The Flash, Arrow, Code 8, DC Universe, TV star passion projects, Crowdfunding, Indiegogo, Reddit, Chris Pare, Jeff Chan, Kari Matchett, Greg Bryk, Peter Outerbridge, Features based on shorts, Super hero movies
Brotherhood: Legendary Kawartha tragedy stands as an unsteady metaphor for a lost generation of boys post WWI
ReviewJim SlotekBrotherhood, Richard Bell, The Great War, World War I, Spanish Flu pandemic, Brendan Fehr, Brendan Fletcher, Coming of age stories, Teen tragedies, Masculinity, Canoeing
Original-Cin Q&A: Horror Maven Audrey Cummings on She Never Died, Putting Female Spin on a Henry Rollins Role, and Maxed-out Credit Cards
InterviewJim SlotekShe Never Died, Audrey Cummings, Berkshire County, Canadian Film Centre, Olunike Adeliyi, Blood in The Snow Film Festival, He Never Died, Henry Rollins, Jason Krawczyk, The Briefcase, South by Southwest, Canadian horror movies, Darken, Peter MacNeil, Black Christmas
Youth-Oriented Musical Film Stand! Explores Contemporary Issues Through the Lens Of History
Preview, InterviewStand!, Plays adapted as films, Canadian, Robert Adetuyi, Marshall Williams, Laura Wiggins, Winnipeg, Musical, young adult
Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres
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