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Ahsoka: Met Her Yet? If Not, You’ve Got Some Research to Do, Padawan
Ahsoka: Met Her Yet? If Not, You’ve Got Some Research to Do, Padawan

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 22, 2023Ahsoka, Star Wars, Dave Filoni, Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ray Stevenson, Ivanna Sakhno, David Tennant, Disney+, Diana Lee Inosanto, Eman Esfandi, Lars Mikkelsen, Sci fi, FantasyComment
Strays: Potty-Mouthed Talking Dogs Deliver Laughs… and Powerful Message
Strays: Potty-Mouthed Talking Dogs Deliver Laughs… and Powerful Message

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 18, 2023Strays, Josh Greenbaum, Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher, Randall Park, Will Forte, Josh Gad, Sofia Vergara, Dogs, Talking dogs, ComedyComment
Back On the Strip: A Big Member, But Few Laughs
Back On the Strip: A Big Member, But Few Laughs

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 17, 2023Back on the Strip, Chris Spencer, Spence Moore II, Wesley Snipes, Tiffany Haddish, Raigan Harris, JB Smoove, Gary Owen, Bill Bellamy, Colleen Camp, Faizon Love, Male stripping, ComedyComment
Blue Beetle: Preserving A Superhero’s Legacy One Predictable Cheap Laugh at a Time
Blue Beetle: Preserving A Superhero’s Legacy One Predictable Cheap Laugh at a Time

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 17, 2023Blue Beetle, DC Comics, Angel Manuel Soto, Xolo Mariduena, Bruna Marquezine, George Lopez, Belissa Escobedo, Raoul Trujillo, Harvey Guillen, Elpidia Carillo, Susan Sarandon, Damian Alcazar, Superpowers, Superheroes, Action-adventureComment
Dark Windows: Nothing to See Here
Dark Windows: Nothing to See Here

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 17, 2023Dark Windows, Alex Heron, Anna Bullard, Annie Hamilton, Rory Alexander, Morten Holst, Norwegian movies, Drunk driving, Horror, slasher flickComment
This Place: A Space for Love, Between Hybrid Identities
This Place: A Space for Love, Between Hybrid Identities

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 16, 2023This Place, V.T. Nayani, Golshan Abdmoulaie, Priya Guns, Directorial debut, Canadian, Indigenous themed films, LGBTQ+, Devery JacobsComment
Jules: Aliens are Among Us, and Not All are from Outer Space
Jules: Aliens are Among Us, and Not All are from Outer Space

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 15, 2023Jules, Sci-fi, Ben Kingsley, Jane Curtin, Aliens, Harriet Sansom Harris, Zoe Winters, Jade QuonComment
The Eternal Memory: Memory Fades While Love Remains in Absorbing Documentary
The Eternal Memory: Memory Fades While Love Remains in Absorbing Documentary

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 14, 2023The Eternal Memory, Documentary, Chilean films, Maite Alberdi, Augusto Gongora, Paulina Urrutia, Alzheimer's, DramaComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Director Peter Berg on Documenting OxyContin Horrors in New Series

By Bonnie Laufer

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PreviewJim SlotekAugust 11, 2023Painkiller, Netflix, Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Peter Berg, Series, Adaptation, Oxycontin, Films shot in TorontoComment
The Beasts: Fact-Based Spanish Crime Story a Study in Nightmare Neighbours
The Beasts: Fact-Based Spanish Crime Story a Study in Nightmare Neighbours

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 11, 2023The Beasts, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spanish Films, True crime, Denis Ménochet, Luis Zahera, Marina FoïsComment
Satan Wants You: How a Bad Book Launched the Satanic Panic
Satan Wants You: How a Bad Book Launched the Satanic Panic

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 10, 2023Satanic Panic, Satan Wants You, Michelle Remembers, Steve J. Adams and Sean Horlor, Lawrence Pazder, Sarah Marshall, McMartin daycare trial, Anton LaVey Comment
Star Trek: Finale Captures the Best of Trek in One Episode
Star Trek: Finale Captures the Best of Trek in One Episode

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 10, 2023Star Trek, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season finale, Season 2, Maja Vrvilo, Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, CTV’s Sci-Fi, Paramount Plus, Melanie Scrofano, Dan JeonetteComment
The Last Voyage of the Demeter: Bat-Boy Dracula and a Ship of Food
The Last Voyage of the Demeter: Bat-Boy Dracula and a Ship of Food

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 10, 2023Dracula, Bram Stoker novel, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, André Øvredal, Javier Botet, Nosferatu, Liam Cunningham, Woody Norman, David Dastmalchian, Corey Hawkins, Aisling FranciosiComment
Passages: In a Love Triangle, Man Takes a Walk on the Bi Side
Passages: In a Love Triangle, Man Takes a Walk on the Bi Side

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 10, 2023Passages, Drama, Ben Whishaw, Franz Rogowski, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Love triangleComment
Meg 2: The Trench - When 'Jumping the Shark' is Actually a Good/Bad Thing
Meg 2: The Trench - When 'Jumping the Shark' is Actually a Good/Bad Thing

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 4, 2023Shark movies, Megalodon, Meg 2: The Trench, Ben Wheatley, Jason Statham, Cliff CurtisComment
A Compassionate Spy: In Praise of Treason
A Compassionate Spy: In Praise of Treason

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 3, 2023A Compassionate Spy, Documentary, Venice Film Festival, Steve James, Joan Hall, Ted Hall, Joseph Albright, Cold War, OppenheimerComment
Star Trek Strange New Worlds S2E9 Is a Musical! Got a Problem with That?
Star Trek Strange New Worlds S2E9 Is a Musical! Got a Problem with That?

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 3, 2023Star Trek, Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Series, sci-fi, Dermott Downs, Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Melissa Navia, Paul Wesley, Babs Olusanmokun, San Diego Comic Con, Franchise, Musicals Comments
Original-Cin Q&A: Fresh off Fresh Off The Boat, Randall Park on his Directorial Debut, Shortcomings
Original-Cin Q&A: Fresh off Fresh Off The Boat, Randall Park on his Directorial Debut, Shortcomings

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekAugust 2, 2023Films about filmmakers, Films about young Asian-Americana, Randall Park, Shortcomings, Fresh off The Boat, First-time directors, 2007 graphic novel by Adrian Tomine, Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally MakiComment
Shortcomings: Portrait of An Asian-American Anti-Hero with Girl Trouble
Shortcomings: Portrait of An Asian-American Anti-Hero with Girl Trouble

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 2, 2023Shortcomings, Randall Park, Adrian Tomine, adaptation, Graphic novel, Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavis Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Timothy Simons, Jacob Batalon, Asian Americans, LGBTQ+Comment
Comic-Con's Labour Pains: How SAG/AFTRA Negotiators/Voice Actors Took the Spotlight
Comic-Con's Labour Pains: How SAG/AFTRA Negotiators/Voice Actors Took the Spotlight

By John Kirk

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Interview, ViewsJim SlotekJuly 28, 2023WGA/SAG-AFTRA, AI's effect on voice actors, San Diego Comic-Con, SAG/AFTRA Chief Negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Zeke Alton, Ashly Burch, Tim Friedlander, Synthesized voices or performancesComment
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