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Good Omens 2: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Eternal Rewards?
Good Omens 2: With Friends Like These, Who Needs Eternal Rewards?

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 26, 2023Good Omens 2, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Season 2, Douglas Mackinnon, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Jon Hamm, Doon Mackichan, PrimeComment
Heaven Stood Still: Willy DeVille Doc Explores the Space Where Passion Met Cool

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 25, 2023Willy DeVille, Mink DeVille, CBGB, Documentary, Music documentary, Mark Knopfler, Talking Heads, Blondie, New York City, Punk rock, Elvis Costello, Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille, Larry Locke, Paradise Theatre Comment
Haunted Mansion: A Film That 'Gets' Disney's Best Old-School Park Attraction
Haunted Mansion: A Film That 'Gets' Disney's Best Old-School Park Attraction

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 25, 2023Disney theme park attractions turned movie, The Haunted Mansion, Eddie Murphy, Justin Simien, LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Horror comediesComment
Back to the Doll House: ‘Weird Barbie’ Has Always Been a Big Part of her Story
Back to the Doll House: ‘Weird Barbie’ Has Always Been a Big Part of her Story

By Liam Lacey

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ViewsJim SlotekJuly 23, 2023Black Barbie: A Documentary, Barbie, Think piece, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie, Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour, Todd HaynesComment
Futurama Season 11: Back With a Vengeance and Brilliant As Ever
Futurama Season 11: Back With a Vengeance and Brilliant As Ever

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 22, 2023Futurama, Reboot, Animation, TV series, Matt Groening, John DiMaggio, Billy West, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr, David Herman, Disney+, Hulu, sci-fi, Cult ClassicComment
Concrete Valley: A Refugee Family Carves a Life on the Line Between High Rise and Green Valley
Concrete Valley: A Refugee Family Carves a Life on the Line Between High Rise and Green Valley

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 21, 2023Refugee stories, Toronto's Thorncliffe Park, Don Valley, Concrete Valley, Unlicensed immigrant physicians, Hussam Douhna, Amani Ibrahim, Antoine BourgesComment
Barbie: Failed Dreamhouse Renovation
Barbie: Failed Dreamhouse Renovation

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 20, 2023Barbie, Mattel, Adaptation, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Simu LiuComment
Theatre Camp: Campy Theatrics Not to be Upstaged by ‘Barbenheimer’
Theatre Camp: Campy Theatrics Not to be Upstaged by ‘Barbenheimer’

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 20, 2023Theatre Camp, Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Ayo Edebiri, Kyndra Sanchez, Amy Sedaris, Patti Harrison, Alan Kim, Spoof, Comedy, Nick LiebermanComment
Oppenheimer: The "Father of the A-Bomb" is Ready for His Extremely Long Close-Up
Oppenheimer: The "Father of the A-Bomb" is Ready for His Extremely Long Close-Up

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 20, 2023The development of the A bomb, Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Los Alamos Manhattan Project scientists, Kenneth Branagh, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.Comment
The Bear: Back For Seconds, Funnier, Richer and Only a Notch Less Anxiety-Filled
The Bear: Back For Seconds, Funnier, Richer and Only a Notch Less Anxiety-Filled

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 19, 2023The Bear, Restaurant-based comedy/drama, Jeremy Allen White, Abby Elliott, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Oliver Platt, Ayo Edebiri, Will PoulterComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Toronto actor Laysla De Oliveira on Yellowstone creator's Special Ops: Lioness
Original-Cin Q&A: Toronto actor Laysla De Oliveira on Yellowstone creator's Special Ops: Lioness

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekJuly 18, 2023Special Ops: Lioness, Series created by Taylor Sheridan, Yellowstone, Laysla De Oliveira, Nicole Kidman, Michael Kelly, Morgan Freeman, CIA covert anti-terrorist operatives, Zoe SaldanaComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Christian Petzold on His Summery New Film: “All the Best Movies Have Neighbours”
Original-Cin Q&A: Christian Petzold on His Summery New Film: “All the Best Movies Have Neighbours”

By Liam Lacey

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InterviewJim SlotekJuly 15, 2023Afire, Berlinale, Silver Bear, Christian Petzold, Thomas Schubert, Langston Uibel, Paula Beer, German directors, German cinema, Q&A, InterviewComment
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Christina Chong on 'That Toronto Episode' and Ice Cream Dreams
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Christina Chong on 'That Toronto Episode' and Ice Cream Dreams

By John Kirk

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InterviewJim SlotekJuly 14, 2023Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, That Toronto episode, Christina Chong, Lieutenant La’an Noonien Singh, Star Trek: Discovery, Paul Wesley, Captain James T. Kirk, Series both shot in and set in Toronto, The Vampire DiariesComment
Umberto Eco, A Library of the World: Behold the Eco Chamber
Umberto Eco, A Library of the World: Behold the Eco Chamber

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 14, 2023Documentary, Umberto Eco: A Library of the World, Umberto Eco., Davide Ferrario, Hot Docs, Towering contemporary figures, Profile, italian moviesComment
The Miracle Club: Charming Irish-Set Period Dramedy Brings the Star Power
The Miracle Club: Charming Irish-Set Period Dramedy Brings the Star Power

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 14, 2023Agnes O'Casey, The Miracle Club, Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Laura Linney, Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates, Period piece, Drama, Irish movies, 1960sComment
Afire: Christian Petzold’s smouldering wet, hot German summer
Afire: Christian Petzold’s smouldering wet, hot German summer

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 12, 2023Afire:, Christian Petzold, Undine, Summer coming-of-age movies, German directors, Éric Rohmer, Wildfires, Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Insufferable lead charactersComment
The One Day Doc Contest: Watch a French Orchard Saved From Freezing in Real Time
The One Day Doc Contest: Watch a French Orchard Saved From Freezing in Real Time

By Jim Slotek

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PreviewJim SlotekJuly 11, 2023One Day Doc contest, Art of Documentary Film Festival, Innis Town Hall Theatre, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, Late Frost, Flavien Kressman, Jack the Bass, Jack Johnston, Jaco Pastorius, Resilience, Nicolas VarillonComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Henry Czerny on his first Mission: Impossible Mission Since '96
Original-Cin Q&A: Henry Czerny on his first Mission: Impossible Mission Since '96

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekJuly 11, 2023Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, Henry Czerny's long absence from M:I, Eugene KittridgeComment
Mission Impossible 7: Rise of the Anti-Deus Ex Machina
Mission Impossible 7: Rise of the Anti-Deus Ex Machina

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 9, 2023Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One, Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Henry Czerny, Cary Elwes, Vanessa Kirby, Action-adventure, SequelComment
Insidious: The Red Door - Star/Director Patrick Wilson Shifts the Horror Franchise into Neutral
Insidious: The Red Door - Star/Director Patrick Wilson Shifts the Horror Franchise into Neutral

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 8, 2023The Insidious horror franchise, Insidious: The Red Door, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Demonic phenomena, Actors turned directorComment
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