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Reptile: Thriller Elevates Benicio Del Toro As Its Story Lards on the Twists
Reptile: Thriller Elevates Benicio Del Toro As Its Story Lards on the Twists

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 21, 2023Reptile, Netflix, TIFF 23, Benicia del Toro, Alicia Silverstone, Eric Bogosian, Thriller, Cop drama, Mystery, Frances Fisher, Ato EssandohComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Veteran Director Albert Hughes Talks Wick-World as He Takes on The Continental
Original-Cin Q&A: Veteran Director Albert Hughes Talks Wick-World as He Takes on The Continental

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 19, 2023The Continental: From the World of John Wick, Colin Woodell, Movie prequel TV series, Mel Gibson, Ben Robson, Director Albert Hughes, Menace II Society, Charlotte Brändström, Stylistic shoot-outs and violenceComment
Dumb Money: When the Little Guys Beat Wall Street for a Hot Minute
Dumb Money: When the Little Guys Beat Wall Street for a Hot Minute

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 18, 2023Dumb Money, GameStop "short squeeze", Movies based on real life stock scandal, Toronto International Film Festival, Paul Dano, America Ferrera, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen, Nick Offerman, Craig GillespieComment
TIFF 2023: Our Thrills, Yawns, and Suggestions for a Better Future Festival
TIFF 2023: Our Thrills, Yawns, and Suggestions for a Better Future Festival

By Original-Cin Staff

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ViewsJim SlotekSeptember 18, 2023TIFF 23, Dream Scenario, Hit Man, American Fiction, Dumb Money, The Zone of Interest, Perfect Days, Shame on Dry Land, Chuck Chuck Baby, The Teachers’ Lounge, Not a Word, Toll, The Royal Hotel, Limbo, La Chimera, Widow Clicquot, One Life, Sing Sing, Among Dry Grasses, Wildcat, Next Goal Wins, Ru, The Promised Land Comments
TIFF '23: What To See at This Year's Fest, Sept. 17

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 17, 2023Riddle of Fire, Midnight Madness, TIFF 23, His Three Daughters, Special Presentations, The Delinquents, Centrepiece, A Normal Family, Gala PresentationsComment
Stallone on CGI and his Marvel Experience: 'Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing'
Stallone on CGI and his Marvel Experience: 'Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing'

By Jim Slotek

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InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 16, 2023Sylvester Stallone, Action films with real stunts, Sly, The Expend4bles, The Expendables, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jason Statham, Rocky, Rambo, Ted Kotcheff, TIFF In Conversation With...Comment
TIFF '23: What To See at This Year's Fest, Sept. 16
ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 16, 2023Fallen Leaves, TIFF 23, Centrepiece, Luminaries, The Convert, Special Presentations, Hell of a Summer, Midnight Madness, Boil Alert, TIFF Docs, Gonzo Girl, Discovery, Dicks: The Musical, Great Absence, Platform, The Critic, Rustin, Telling Our Story, PrimetimeComment
TIFF ’23: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 15

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 15, 2023Sleep, Midnight Madness, TIFF 23, Fingernails, Special Presentations, The Burial, The Nature of Love, Centrepiece Comment
The Retirement Plan: Big Dumb Escapist Fun with Nic Cage, Comedy and Bloodshed
The Retirement Plan: Big Dumb Escapist Fun with Nic Cage, Comedy and Bloodshed

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 14, 2023Nicolas Cage, Violent and comedic B movies, The Retirement Plan, Ron Perlman, Jackie Earle Haley, Canadian writer-director Tim Brown, Ashley Greene, Thalia CampbellComment
TIFF ’23: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 14

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 14, 2023Mademoiselle Kenopsia, Wavelengths, La Chimera, Special Presentations, All The Light We Cannot See, Primetime, TIFF 23, Finestkind, Gala Presentations, American Fiction, Special Presentation, RU, When Evil Lurks, Midnight Madness, Memory, DaddioComment
El Conde: In Pablo Larrain’s Vampiric Gallows Satire, the Late Dictator Pinochet Literally Sucks
El Conde: In Pablo Larrain’s Vampiric Gallows Satire, the Late Dictator Pinochet Literally Sucks

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 13, 2023Vampire premises in history, El Conde, Augusto Pinochet, Pablo Larraín, Jaime Vadell, Edward Lachman, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula LuchsingerComment
Golden Delicious: A Generous, But Pat Asian-Canadian Coming-Out Drama
Golden Delicious: A Generous, But Pat Asian-Canadian Coming-Out Drama

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 13, 2023Asian-Canadian coming of age movies, Teen coming-out movies, Golden Delicious, Cardi Wong, Parmiss Sehat, Ryan Mah, Jason Karman, Gorrman Lee, Chris CarsonComment
TIFF ’23: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 13

By Original-Cin Staff

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 13, 2023Flora and Son, Gala Presentations, Four Daughters, Special Presentations, The Royal Hotel, The Teachers' Lounge, Centrepiece, TIFF, Quiz Lady, Wildcat, The King Tide, Platform, The Contestant, TIFF Docs, Not a Word, Flipside, The Pigeon Tunnel, Green Border, TIFF 23Comment
A Haunting in Venice: Branagh's latest Christie Fix is a Fusty and Familiar Sleuth-Fest
A Haunting in Venice: Branagh's latest Christie Fix is a Fusty and Familiar Sleuth-Fest

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 12, 2023Kenneth Branagh, Agatha Christie adaptations, A Haunting in Venice, Hercule Poirot, Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie DornanComment
TIFF ’23: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 12

By Original-Cin Staff

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 11, 2023Tautuktavuk (What We See), Shame on Dry Land, We Grown Now, Yellow Bus, Fitting In, Centrepiece, Platform, Discovery, TIFF New Wave, Evil Does Not Exist, Walls, TIFF Docs, Sorry/Not Sorry, The Holdovers, Special PresentationsComment
TIFF Interview: Directors Spotlight Inuit Trauma & Healing in Tautuktavuk (What We See)
InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 11, 2023Zacharias Kunuk, The Fast Runner, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Carol Kunnuk, TIFF 23, Tautuktavuk (What We See), IsumaComment
TIFF ’23: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 11

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 11, 2023After the Fire, Discovery, Backspot, Monster, Special Presentations, TIFF 23, Concrete Utopia, Gala Presentations, The Zone of Interest, Knox Goes AwayComment
TIFF ’23: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 10

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 10, 2023Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe, TIFF Docs, The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed, Centrepiece, Chuck Chuck Baby, Dumb Money, Gala Presentations, The Boy and the Heron, The Dead Don't Hurt, Stamped From the BeginningComment
TIFF ’23: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 9

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 9, 2023Lost Ladies, Seagrass, Toll, Centrepiece, TIFF 23, Discovery, Days of Happiness, AchillesComment
TIFF ’23: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 8 (Plus, a Day in the Life of a Hack)

By Original-Cin Staff

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 8, 2023Anatomy of a Fall, Bloom, Perfect Days, Short Cuts, Centrepiece, Special Presentations, TIFF 23, The Boy and the Heron, Fallen Leaves, Walls, Green Border, A Haunting in Venice, Flora & Son, The Zone of InterestComment
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