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Biosphere: Wonky Sci-Fi Wobbles on Weak Screenplay but Pleasantly Surprises Anyway
Biosphere: Wonky Sci-Fi Wobbles on Weak Screenplay but Pleasantly Surprises Anyway

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 7, 2023Biosphere, Mel Eslyn, Mark Duplass, Sterling K. Brown, TIFF 2022, Science fiction, Comedy, Buddy comedyComment
Wham!: Netflix Pop doc Focuses on the Friendship that Made the Duo Go-Go
Wham!: Netflix Pop doc Focuses on the Friendship that Made the Duo Go-Go

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 6, 2023Wham!, Pop music documentaries, School friends who start bands, Andrew Ridgeley, George Michael, Careless Whisper, Wake Me Up Before You Go-GoComment
The Lesson: Noir Tutor Tale is a Stately Exercise in Class-Based Mystery
The Lesson: Noir Tutor Tale is a Stately Exercise in Class-Based Mystery

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 5, 2023The Lesson, Alex MacKeith, Alice Troughton, Richard E. Grant, Daryl McCormack, Julie Delpy, Drama, BritishComment
Something You Said Last Night: A Heartfelt, Gender Fluid, Italian Family Road Trip
Something You Said Last Night: A Heartfelt, Gender Fluid, Italian Family Road Trip

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 4, 2023Something You Said Last Night, Trans-themes, Luis De Filippis, Carmen Madonia, Ramona Milano, Joe Parro, Paige Evans, Summer partying, Toronto International Film Festival featuresComment
Who Killed Maggie Moore(s)?: Noirish Whodunit Starry but Flat
Who Killed Maggie Moore(s)?: Noirish Whodunit Starry but Flat

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 4, 2023Who Killed Maggie Moore(s)?, Maggie Moore(s), John Slattery, Jon Hamm, Nick Mohammed, Tina Fey, crime drama, Noir, Black comedyComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Biosphere's Mark Duplass and Sterling K. Brown talk about being the last men on Earth
Original-Cin Q&A: Biosphere's Mark Duplass and Sterling K. Brown talk about being the last men on Earth

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekJuly 3, 2023Post apocalypse, Biosphere, Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Last two men on Earth, Sterling K. Brown, This is UsComment
So Much Tenderness: Powerful Immigrant Story Showcases Director’s Cinematic Gift
So Much Tenderness: Powerful Immigrant Story Showcases Director’s Cinematic Gift

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 29, 2023So Much Tenderness, Lina Rodriquez, TIFF 2022, Noëlle Shöenwald, Natalia Aranguren, Francisco Zaldua, Canadian, Immigrant experience, Movies set in Toronto, Drama Comment
The Last Rider: The All-American Comeback Tale of 'Clean' Cyclist Greg LeMond
The Last Rider: The All-American Comeback Tale of 'Clean' Cyclist Greg LeMond

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 29, 2023Professional cycling, 1989 Tour de France, Greg LeMond, Kathy LeMond, Cyrille Guimard, Perico Delgado, The "doping" era of cycling, Lance ArmstrongComment
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: Action Aplenty in Awesome Homage to the Series
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: Action Aplenty in Awesome Homage to the Series

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 27, 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Franchise, Action-adventure, James Mangold, Harrison Ford, Toby Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Franchise finales Comments
Original-Cin Q&A: Nimona's Chloë Grace Moretz Touts Film For 'Anyone Who's Ever Felt Other-Than'
Original-Cin Q&A: Nimona's Chloë Grace Moretz Touts Film For 'Anyone Who's Ever Felt Other-Than'

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekJune 26, 2023Nimona, Animated features based on graphic novels, Super powered teen heroines, ND Stevenson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Shape shifters, Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, NetflixComment
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken: When Dreamworks Dunks on Disney
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken: When Dreamworks Dunks on Disney

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 26, 2023Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, Animation, Dreamworks Animation, Kirk DeMicco, Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Jaboukie Young-White, Annie Murphy, Sam Richarson, Jane Fonda, Will Forte, Children's films Comment
No Hard Feelings: Raunchy Jennifer Lawrence Comedy Silly but Fun
No Hard Feelings: Raunchy Jennifer Lawrence Comedy Silly but Fun

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 23, 2023No Hard Feelings, Gene Stupnitsky, Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, Matthew Broderick, Comedy, Fish out of water, Kyle MooneyComment
Blue Jean: Ace Debut Feature Chronicles Troubling Times for Gays in Thatcher’s Britain
Blue Jean: Ace Debut Feature Chronicles Troubling Times for Gays in Thatcher’s Britain

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 23, 2023Blue Jean, Georgia Oakley, Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes, Lucy Halliday, Gay rights, Thatcher's Britain, first feature, British, DramaComment
Asteroid City: Wes Anderson Does Wes Anderson as Only Wes Anderson Can
Asteroid City: Wes Anderson Does Wes Anderson as Only Wes Anderson Can

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 22, 2023Asteroid City, Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schreiber, Tilda, Bryan Cranston, Adrien Brody, Rupert Friend, Americana, Story within a story, Edward Norton, Willem DafoeComment
Subtraction: Double Trouble for Married Iranian Doppelgängers
Subtraction: Double Trouble for Married Iranian Doppelgängers

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 22, 2023Subtraction, Iranian film, doppelgangers, Mani Haghighi, Amir Reza Koohestani, Taraneh Aidoosti, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Drama, political allegoryComment
Secret Invasion: Messing with Our Heads
Secret Invasion: Messing with Our Heads

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 19, 2023Secret Invasion, Disney+, Ali Selim, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Don Cheadle, Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke, Dermot Mulroney, Marvel, Sci fi, Comic Book adaptationComment
The Blackening: Agreeably Silly Comedy-Horror Could Have Been Great
The Blackening: Agreeably Silly Comedy-Horror Could Have Been Great

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 16, 2023The Blackening, Tim Story, Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Sinqua Walls, Dewayne Perkins, Jay Pharoah, James Preston Rogers, Juneteeth, Horror comedyComment
The Flash: The Multiverse Madness Invades DC, and It's Still Fun
The Flash: The Multiverse Madness Invades DC, and It's Still Fun

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 14, 2023The Flash, DC Cinematic Universe, Multiverse plots, Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle, Supergirl, Michael Shannon, Actors with scandal issuesComment
Elemental: Pixar's Latest Fails to Ignite
Elemental: Pixar's Latest Fails to Ignite

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 14, 2023Pixar films, Anthropomorphised "elements", Star-crossed couples, The immigrant experience, Leah Lewis, Ronnie Del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Mamoudou AthieComment
Persian Lessons: Miseducating a Nazi
Persian Lessons: Miseducating a Nazi

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJune 14, 2023Persian Lessons, WWII, Nazis, Vadim Perelman, Ilya Zofin, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Lars Eidinger, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Farsi, One Thousand and One NightsComment
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