The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Upholds Inherent Lunacy of Beloved Series
Review, PreviewSpongeBob SquarePants, Sponge on the Run, Tim Hill, Keanu Reeves, Akwafina, Animated film, adaptation, Kid's Movies, Comedy, Canada only, Tom Kenny, Stephen Hillenburg, tribute
Valley of the Gods: Lush Film from Polish Director Majewski Earns Amazement, Not Admiration.
Unhinged: Russell Crowe Road-Rage Drama Brings the Horror if Not the Plausibility
Review, PreviewUnhinged, Derrick Borte, Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorious, Road rage, Road Warrior, Gabriel Bateman, thriller, suspense, horror, Carl Ellsworth
Things I Do for Money: Kooky Canuck Family Crime Drama Saved by Blissful Music
Preview, ReviewThings I Do for Money, Warren Sonoda, Gary Nolan, Theodor Aoki, Maximillian Aoki, Colette Zacca, Canadian film, Independent films, Hamilton Ontario, Family drama, crime drama, Cello, Brothers
Original-Cin Q&A: SpongeBob SquarePants Stars on Why the Series Stays Afloat 20 Years On
By Bonnie Laufer
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The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci sets aside savage cynicism, for warm mockery that amounts to homage
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Personal History of David Copperfield, TIFF 2019, Armando Iannucci, Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Dickens, Literary adaptation, Whimsical, Comedy, Dramedy, Rosalind Eleazar, Benedict Wong
Black Water: Abyss Shows That Even Killer Alligators Can Be… Kind of Meh
Review, PreviewBlack Water: Abyss, Andrew Traucki, Killer alligators, Horror movies, Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Australian, Black Water, The Meg
Original-Cin Q&A: The Secret Garden's Dixie Egerickx on the joy of shooting in a real garden and acting with kids instead of adults
By Bonnie Laufer
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Ash: Middling Fact-Based Drama Set Amid Wildfire Seeks Compassion, Earns Fatigue
Peninsula: Sequel to the South Korean zombie hit Train to Busan gives you more of everything, except originality
The Secret Garden: Dreamlike and luminous take on the classic children's tale is a visual feast
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth, Misselthwaite Manor, Julie Walters, Amir Wilson, Jack Thorne, Marc Munden, Children's stories with dark undertones
The Burnt Orange Heresy: Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland Propel Lofty Crime Drama
ReviewThe Burnt Orange Heresy, Giuseppe Capotondi, TIFF 2019, Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Debicki, Claes Bang, Crime drama, Charles Willeford, Art fraud, Scott B. Smith
Spinster and I Used to Go Here: Smart Female Dramedies Boost the Rom-Com Game
ReviewSpinster, I Used to Go Here, Kris Rey, Gillian Jacobs, Chelsea Peretti, Fe, female relationships, rom-com, Andrea Dorfman, Jemaine Clement, Comedy, Nadia Tonen
Original-Cin Q&A: Micheál Richardson talks about filming with his dad Liam Neeson, in a movie that evokes his mom's death
By Bonnie Laufer
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Red Penguins: The absurdist little-known story of how the Russian mob not-so-warmly greeted NHL investors
ReviewJim SlotekRussian hockey, Pre-Putin Russia, Red Penguins, Gabe Polsky, Red Army, Michael J. Fox, Mario Lemieux, Howard Baldwin, Viktor Tikhonov, Alexander Osadchy, Russian mob
The Great Green Wall: A drive-by tour of bio-resistance to the Sahara, with African music stars a'plenty
ReviewJim SlotekThe Great Green Wall, African desertification, Sahara, Environmental issues, Documentaries, Boko Haram, Music for humanitarian causes, Inna Modja, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Biz Stone, Songhoy Blues, Betty G, Ethiopia
Original-Cin Q&A: Director Kris Rey takes Community's Gillian Jacobs back to school in I Used To Go Here
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekI Used to Go Here, Back to college comedies, Kris Rey, Gillian Jacobs, Southern Illinois University, Unexpected, Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords, The Lonely Island, Andy Sandberg, Jorma Taccone, Ad-libbed lines, Movies about finding self-confidence
Working Man: Poignant, Low-Key Drama the Proverbial Diamond in the Rough
Random Acts of Violence: Jay Baruchel’s Long-Lead Slasher/Horror Flick Doesn’t Quite Kill
ReviewJay Baruchel, Random Acts of Violence, Jordana Brewster, Jesse Williams, slasher flick, horror, comic book, Canadian film, Jesse Chabot, Goon
Original-Cin Q&A: Umbrella Academy’s Ellen Page and Steve Blackman on Superpowers, Family and Fact as Fiction
By Bonnie Laufer
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Preview, InterviewThe Umbrella Academy, Netflix series, superheroes, Ellen, Steve Blackman, American Civil Rights, John Lewis, Greensboro sit-ins, Historical action thriller
