I Like Movies: 90s-Era Coming of Age Comedy Captures Cringeworthy Youth
ReviewJim SlotekI Like Movies, Chandler Levack, Canadian feature debut, Comedy, Coming of age stories, Isaiah Lehtinen, Romina D’Ugo, Krista Bridges, Blockbuster, Throwback, 90s era
History of the World, Part II: Historical, If Not Hysterical
ReviewJim SlotekHistory of the World: Part II, Disney+, Mel Brooks, Sequel, Comedy, Sketch comedy, Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, Ike Barinholtz, Seth Rogen, Jason Alexander, Jack Black, Kumail Nanjiani, Sarah Silverman, Rob Corddry, Johnny Knoxville
Enter the Drag Dragon: Lowering the Bar for Fun, Zombie Fights and Dildo Nunchucks
Still The Water: A Typhoon, Grief, Young Love and Less Than Meets the Eye
Return to Seoul: Riveting Journey of Self-Discovery Powers Compelling Performance
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekReturn to Seoul, Davy Chou, Park Ji-Min, Guka Han, Oh Kwang-Roc, Cannes films, Un Certain Regard, Korean cinema, Drama, Based on a true story
Creed III: Not All Underdogs Are Nice Guys in this Emotionally Resonant Rocky Spin-Off
Daisy Jones & the Six: A 70s Rock ‘n’ Roll Soap Opera
ReviewJim SlotekPrime Video, Adaptation, Daisy Jones & The Six, Mini-series, Riley Keough, Sam Clafin, Camila Morrone, Will Harrison, Suki Waterhouse, Rock and roll, 1970s, Music, Mockumentary, Fleetwood Mac
To Leslie: Andrea Riseborough's Left-Field Oscar Nom Turns Out To Be Well-Earned
Jim SlotekTo Leslie, Surprise Oscar nominations, Andrea Riseborough, Michael Morris, Awards campaign controversies, Gwyneth Paltrow, Allison Janney, Stephen Root, Owen Teague, Marc Maron
Joyride: Olivia Colman’s Irish Road Movie Offers Outsize Charm
There's Always Hope: A Marriage Tale That Isn't Worth Saving
The Reluctant Traveler: Eugene Levy Leaves His Comfort Zone
Cocaine Bear: Definitely Don't Go Out in the Woods Today
We Have a Ghost: Fun Family Film Aces Its Tone and Feel
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekNetflix films, We Have a Ghost, Christopher Landon, David Harbour, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Anthony Mackie, Tig Notaro, Jennifer Coolidge, Erica Ash, Niles Fitch, Isabella Russo, Family film
Guitar Lessons: Predictable Canuck Dramedy Aims High but Flounders
ReviewJim SlotekGuitar Lessons, Canadian drama, First Nations, Aaron James, Corb Lund, Kaden Noskiye, Conway Kootenay, Lianna Makuch, coming of age, Alberta
Pacifiction: Warning, Three Hours of Vague Polynesian Intrigue May Cause Exasperation
Emily: Reconsidered Brontë Posits… Wuthering Heights, Drawn from Life?
Jim SlotekEmily, Period piece, Revisionist drama, Frances O’Connor, Emma Mackey, Fionn Whitehead, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Alexandra Dowling, Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, Victorian England, Costume drama
Metronom: For Those About To Rock, We Arrest You
Juniper: Learning to Live and Die in Life’s Last Moments
Cat Daddies: Doc Celebrating Males and Their Fur Babies Sweet but Shallow
Available Light Film Festival: Whitehorse Event Brings the Thrills (and Chills… It’s Yukon!)
ReviewJim SlotekAvailable Light Film Festival, ALFF, Yukon Film Society, Telefilm Canada, The Whale, Aftersun, Living, EO, All The Beauty and the Bloodshed, Ever Deadly, Brother, Riceboy Sleeps, Polaris, Eternal Spring, Navalny, Bones of Crows, Framing Agnes, Saint Omer, Doug and the Slugs and Me, I Like Movies, Rosie, Voices Across the Water, Geographies of Solitude, Film Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon
