Original-Cin Q&A: Captain Kirk himself, nonagenarian William Shatner talks Senior Moment (the movie and the condition)
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekWilliam Shatner, Senior Moment, Christopher Lloyd, Fast-driving seniors, Star Trek III: The Search For Spock), Jean Smart, Nonagenarian actors, Spoken word blues album, Star Trek, Sci-fi conventions, T.J. Hooker, The UnXplained
French Exit: Michelle Pfieffer Riches-to-Rags Drama Leaves a Bitter Taste and Impression
Review, PreviewJim SlotekFrench Exit, Azazel Jacobs, Patrick deWitt, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Into the Wild, The Marksman, Riches to rags stories, Paris, Imogen Poots
Shoplifters of the World: Tribute to Alt-Rock Icons The Smiths Tender But Trite
The Canadian Film Festival: Films by emerging Canadian filmmakers find a second-time-around pandemic home on Super Channel
PreviewJim SlotekCanadian Film Festival, Super Channel, Film events streaming during the pandemic, Sugar Daddy, Wendy Morgan, Kelly McCormack, White Elephant, Andrew Chung, Woman in Car, Vanya Rose, Chained, Titus Heckel, Between Waves, Virginia Abramovich, The Last Villains: Mad Dog and the Butcher, Paul “The Butcher” Vachon, The Corruption of Divine Providence, Jeremy Torrie, Events Transpiring Before, During and After a High School Basketball Game, Ted Stenson, Range Roads, Kyle Thomas
The Marksman: Liam Neeson’s Latest Average-Guy-Cum-Hero Actioner True to Form… Sigh
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Marksman, Liam Neeson, Robert Lorenz, Clint Eastwood, Action movies, Mexico, Drug cartels, Juan Pablo Raba, Jacob Perez, Mexican border
Godzilla vs. Kong: Like the WWE, enjoyably cartoonish with bigger behemoths and a serviceable story
ReviewJim SlotekGodzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, King Ghidorah, King Kong, Rebecca Hall, Batman vs. Superman, Adam Wingard, Alexander Skarsgård, Brian Tyree Henry, Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things, Kaiju
Original-Cin Q&A: Ingrid Veninger on Creating the Ultimate Female Pandemic Collaboration
Review, Preview, InterviewJim SlotekOne (nine), Ingrid Veninger, Female Eye Film Festival, pandemic, Pandemic movies, Female filmmakers, female directors, 2020
Six Minutes to Midnight: Eddie Izzard-Guided WWII Drama Intriguing but Unfulfilling
Nobody: Bob Odenkirk makes a surprising action hero in a trope-filled tale of a milquetoast who fights back
ReviewJim SlotekVigilante violence, Bob Odenkirk, Nobody, High Noon, Falling Down, Death Wish, Ilya Naishuller, Michael Ironside, Characters rediscovering their masculinity, Aleksey Serebryakov, Christopher Lloyd, A History of Violence, Home invasions
Shiva Baby: Sex, Death and A Buffet Table in Strong Debut Feature
By Linda Barnard
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekShiva Baby, Emma Seligman, TIFF 2020, Rachel Sennott, Polly Draper, Fred Melamed, Dianna Agron, Comedy, Jewish funereal tradition, Coming of age, Generation Z, Sex and death
SLAXX: Killer jeans, demonic denim, the sinister-hood of the traveling pants - whatever you call it, it's a hoot
ReviewJim SlotekNovelty horror films, Demonic blue jeans, SLAXX, Elza Kephart, Possessed inanimate objects, Peter Strickland, In Fabric, Romane Denis, Sehar Bhojani, Brett Donahue
Enhanced: Familiar Mutants Among Us… But Duller Than Ever
I Am Lisa: Mean girls discover karma is a howling b--tch in this low-rent/low-expectations lycanthropic revenge tale
ReviewJim SlotekWerewolf movies, Female revenge films, I Am Lisa, Mean Girls, Ginger Snaps, Kristen Vaganos, Carmen Anello, Manon Halliburton, Frances McDormand, Shawn Eric Jones, Wolf, Patrick Rea, Eric Winkler
Hot Docs 2021: COVID, consciousness and issues of colour, streaming to the fest's biggest audience ever
PreviewJim SlotekHot Docs International Film Festival 2021, A.rtificial I.mortality, Ann Shin, Brett Hendrie, Hotdocs.ca, Yung Chang, Wuhan Wuhan, With Drawn Arms, Tanya Talaga’s Spirit to Soar, The Taste of Desire, Come Back Anytime, The Death of My Two Fathers, Magaluf Ghost Town, The Silence of the Mole, Songs That Flood the River, Gaucho Americano, International documentary film festivals, My Mohamed is Different, The Colonel’s Stray Dogs
Iron Mask: Jumbled Schwarzenegger/Jackie Chan Period Piece May Watch Better While High
Review, PreviewJim SlotekIron Mask, Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actioner, Period piece films, Oleg Stepchenko, Fantasy, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Jason Flemyng, Yao Xington, CGI
Doors: Weird End-of-Days Sci-Fi Thriller Nods to Stanley Kubrick… and Breakfast Club
Review, PreviewJim SlotekDoors, Sci-fi, Saman Kesh, Jeff Desom, Dugan O'Neal, Breakfast Club, Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, David Hemphill, Darius Levantè, Kyp Malone.
Rose Plays Julie: Revenge Thriller Tackles Adoption/Identity Issue with Powerful Results
Wojnarowicz: Remembering a Voice of Protest and the New York AIDS-Generation Art Scene
Review, PreviewJim SlotekWojnarowicz, documentary, New York, New York art scene, 1980s, '80s AIDS epidemic, Chris McKim, Keith Haring, Fran Lebowitz, David Wojnarowicz
Live! From his living room! Comedian Ron James creates an all-new ticketed event with virtual laughs
InterviewJim SlotekLive comedy during the pandemic, Ron James, Virtual concerts, Live from My Living Room: Spring Loaded, Up and Down in Shakytown, CBC comedy specials, El Mocambo, Belleville theatre The Empire, Keith Tomasek, Paul Pogue, The Road Between My Ears, Mike MacDonald, Billy Connolly
The Father: Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman in a multi-layered masterpiece about aging
ReviewJim SlotekFilms about aging and dementia, The Father, French play La Pere, Florian Zeller, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Christopher Hampton, On Golden Pond, Make Way for Tomorrow, Brad Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Awards season, Oscar Best Picture nominees
