Original-Cin Q&A: Mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg Talks New Streaming App Just for Phones
By Bonnie Laufer
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Bacurau: Oddball Brazilian Western Gorefest Spins Heads, Supports Local Theatres
Review, PreviewBacurau, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Juliano Dornelles, TIFF 2019, Cannes, Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Brazilian, Western, Sci-fi, Portuguese
We can still watch movies together, sort of. Here are a couple of ways
PreviewJim SlotekMovies during COVID-19 quarantine, Focus Pictures, Facebook’s Watch Party, Gosford Park, Julian Fellowes, Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson, Mallrats, Kevin Smith, Pawel Pawlikowski, My Summer of Love, Entertainment Industry Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund, Kino Lober, Bacurau, Fundraising for movie exhibitors
TRIPPING the Rideau Canal: Picture yourself in a boat on the Rideau - for four strangely soothing hours
Interview, ReviewJim SlotekReal-time documentary television, Mitch Azaria, TRIPPING the Rideau Canal, Rideau Canal locks, Manotick Ontario, Ambient television, Mood on Demand, TVOntario, Jane Jankovic
First Stripes: New addition to NFB's free streaming archive spotlights how Canadians do boot camp
By Linda Barnard
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Your Weekend Preview: What to Watch That’s NOT in the Theatres
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, PreviewWeekly Roundup, Toronto Public Library, hoopla, kanopy, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Coffee & Kareem, James vs His Future Self, Amazon Prime, French Resistance
Coffee & Kareem: Netflix movie is even worse (much worse) than the pun in its title
ReviewJim SlotekCoffee & Kareem, Interracial cop buddy comedies, Action movies with kids, Michael Dowse, Ed Helms, Shane Mack, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, Taraji P. Henson), RonReaco Lee, David Alan Grier, Betty Gilpin, GLOW, Netflix movies
Amazon Prime Video: We offer up some faves while awaiting delivery of that package
ReviewJim SlotekSelf-isolation, Streamed entertainment, Amazon Prime, The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick, Blade Runner, Minority Report, Red Dawn, Rufus Sewell, The Boys, Super-heroes as fascist fantasy, Antony Starr, Homelander, Transparent, Jill Soloway, Jeffrey Tambor, I Love Dick, Chris Kraus, Kathryn Hahn, Griffin Dunne, Kevin Bacon, Blow the Man Down, Bridget Savage Cole, Morgan Saylor, Sophie Lowe, June Squibb, Annette O'Toole, Martindale, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan, Joan Rivers, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Alex Borstein, Kevin Pollak, Tony Shalhoub, Luke Kirby, Lenny Bruce
Never Rarely Sometimes Always: Assured Indie Film Quietly Ponders Hard Choices
By Karen Gordon
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Resistance: Clumsy Marcel Marceau Biopic Stupendously Mishandles… Everything
Review, PreviewBiopic, Drama, WWII, Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Edgar Ramirez, Marcel Marceau, Jonathan Jakubowicz, iTunes movies, Nazi, French Resistance
James vs His Future Self: Time-travel themed Canadian rom-com plays out the clock nicely enough
ReviewJim SlotekJames vs His Future Self, Canadian movies, Time travel movies, Jeremy LaLonde, The Go-Getters, Jonas Chernick, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Cleopatra Coleman, Frances Conroy, Daniel Stern
Free Streaming: You Don’t Need to Spend Cash to Watch Well During Self-Isolation
Views, Previewstreaming service, kanopy, hoopla, Toronto Public Library, Pain and Glory, The Lighthouse, The Thomas Crown Affair, I Am Not Your Negro, I Am Not A Witch, Monrovia Indiana, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ida, Angel Has Fallen
Your Weekend Review: What To Watch That’s NOT in Theatres
By Original-Cin Staff
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Preview, Review, ViewsWeekly Roundup, Se7en, Vivarium, Mindhunter, Amazing Stories, streaming service, Netflix, Crave, Apple TV+, Disney+
Why Mindhunter is Netflix' best, and why putting a third season in limbo is a crime
Views, ReviewJim SlotekMindhunter, Netflix, David Fincher, Serial killer docudrama series, Charlize Theron, Serial, Making a Murderer, David Berkowitz, Ted Bundy, Richard Brooks, Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, John E. Douglas, Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv
Uncorked: Netflix comedy about a BBQ-raised wannabe wine-expert is 'crisp, clean and sweet, like Drake'
ReviewJim SlotekUncorked, Mamoudou Athie, Courtney B. Vance, Wine connoisseurs, Southern barbecue culture, Niecy Nash, Sasha Compère, Netflix movies, Prentice Penny, Issa Rae, Insecure, Cameron Glover, Race issues surrounding wine
Vivarium: Claustrophobic sci-fi about 'imposed parenthood' eerily mirrors the experience of self-isolation
ReviewJim SlotekVivarium, Cannes favourite films, Sci fi, Brood parasite birds, Lorcan Finnegan, Twilight Zone, Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Jonathan Aris, Suburban nightmare scenarios
Self-isolating upside: A chance to catch up on (or revisit) terrific titles during Hollywood Suite freebie month
By Linda Barnard
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Preview, Review, ViewsJim SlotekHollywood Suite, Pandemic movies, Seven, Se7en, Take This Waltz, Flashdance, The King of Marvin Gardens, Quarantine
Spielberg's Amazing Stories: Brimming with positivity, but less-than-amazing after all these years
ReviewJim SlotekAmazing Stories, Apple TV+, Steven Spielberg, Rod Serling, Night Gallery, Duel., Joe Dante, Zemeckis, Robert Forster, Dynoman and the Volt!, Susanna Fogel, Tyler Crumley, The Cellar, Dylan O'Brien, Victoria Pedretti, The Heat, Sylvain White, Signs of Life, Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis, Supernatural anthologies
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Highlights Landmark Rights Struggle in Upbeat Voice
Original-Cin Interview: Canadian Strain's Naomi Snieckus talks performing during quarantine, and getting Jann Arden to sing from home
InterviewJim SlotekCOVID-19 effect on movies, Naomi Snieckus, Canadian Strain, Mr. D, Geordie Sabbagh, Jess Salgueiro, Marijuana legalization in Canada, The Firecracker Department, Jann Arden, Work It, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2, Carter, Matt Baram
