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Original-Cin Q&A: Close to You Actor Elliot Page and His Director on Keeping It Real
Original-Cin Q&A: Close to You Actor Elliot Page and His Director on Keeping It Real

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekAugust 14, 2024Close to You, TIFF 23, Elliot Page, Dominic Savage, Trans-themes, Canadian dramaComment
Good One: Sometimes Less Is More. And Sometimes It’s a Lot More
Good One: Sometimes Less Is More. And Sometimes It’s a Lot More

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 14, 2024Good One, India Donaldson, Lily Collias, Danny McCarthy, James Le Gros, Drama, American drama, Hiking, coming of ageComment
It Ends With Us: Bestseller Adaptation Well Acted, Poorly Executed
It Ends With Us: Bestseller Adaptation Well Acted, Poorly Executed

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 8, 2024It Ends With Us, Justin Baldoni, adaptation, Blake Lively, Jenny Slate, Colleen HooverComment
Borderlands: Like Watching Someone Play a First Person Shooter Game - Badly
Borderlands: Like Watching Someone Play a First Person Shooter Game - Badly

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 8, 2024Movies based on video games, Borderlands, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Director Eli Roth, Derivative sci-fi, Jack Black, Wise cracking robots, Kevin Hart Comment
Balestra: To Dream a Dangerous Dream
Balestra: To Dream a Dangerous Dream

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 8, 2024Balestra, Nicole Dorsey, Canadian drama, Cush Jumbo, Manny Jacinto, James Badge Dale, Christin Park, Hannah Duke, Luke Bilyk, Heather Doerksen, Sci fi, FencingComment
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 8, 2024Sugarcane, documentary, Canada, Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Charlene Belleau, Rick Gilbert, Chief Willie Sellars, Ed Archie Noisecat, Indigenous themed films, Residential SchoolsComment
Umbrella Academy S4: The Epic Fantasy Becomes Slapstick and Anticlimactic
Umbrella Academy S4: The Epic Fantasy Becomes Slapstick and Anticlimactic

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 8, 2024The Umbrella Academy, Netflix, Streaming series, Season Four, Elliot Page, adaptation, comic book, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Aidan Gallagher, David Cross, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Colm Feore, Sci fi, SuperheroesComment
Cuckoo: Great Cast Elevates Wobbly Thriller That’s Kind of Good and Kind of Not
Cuckoo: Great Cast Elevates Wobbly Thriller That’s Kind of Good and Kind of Not

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 7, 2024Cuckoo, German, Thriller, Psychological thriller, Tilman Singer, Hunter Schafer, Dan StevensComment
Dance First: Waiting for a Better Bio of Samuel Beckett
Dance First: Waiting for a Better Bio of Samuel Beckett

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 6, 2024Dance First, Samuel Beckett, Biopic, Irish, James Marsh, Neil Forsythe, Gabriel Byrne Comment
The Instigators: Damon and Affleck Are Imperfect… but Entertaining
The Instigators: Damon and Affleck Are Imperfect… but Entertaining

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 5, 2024The Instigators, Doug Liman, Casey Affleck, Chuck MacLean, Matt Damon, Hong Chau, AppleTV +Comment
The Death Tour: A Snowy Road Where Wrestlers Find Reasons to Live
The Death Tour: A Snowy Road Where Wrestlers Find Reasons to Live

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 3, 2024Pro wrestling minor leagues, The Death Tour, Documentaries about wrestling, Northern Indigenous communities, Stephan Peterson, Sonya Ballantyne, The Promoter: The Tony Condello Story, Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega, Indigenous wrestlersComment
Trap: When There's No Film So Bad, You Wouldn't Make It For Your Daughter
Trap: When There's No Film So Bad, You Wouldn't Make It For Your Daughter

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 2, 2024M. Night Shyamalan, Nepo babies, Saleka Shyamalan, Movies about a serial killer, Josh Hartnett, Thriller set at a pop concert, Ariel Donoghue Comment
Dìdi: Filmmaker’s Delightful Coming-of-Age Story an Homage to Mothers, Family, and Art
Dìdi: Filmmaker’s Delightful Coming-of-Age Story an Homage to Mothers, Family, and Art

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 1, 2024Dìdi, Sean Wang, Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Zhang Li Hua, Shirley Chen, coming of age, Asian AmericansComment
Starve Acre: Yet Another Rural British Village with an Evil Secret, What's New?
Starve Acre: Yet Another Rural British Village with an Evil Secret, What's New?

Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 1, 2024British movies with evil rural settings, Starve Acre, Daniel Kokotajlo, Novel by Andrew Michael Hurley, Matt Smith, Morfydd Clark, Church of England anti-demon Deliverance Ministry, Erin Richards, Sean Gilder, Animal cruelty sceneComment
Sing Sing: Caged Free Spirits Put on a Show in a Reality-Based Tale of Jailhouse Musical Theatre
Sing Sing: Caged Free Spirits Put on a Show in a Reality-Based Tale of Jailhouse Musical Theatre

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekAugust 1, 2024Movies set in prison, Sing Sing, Films about staging musicals, Rehabilitation Through the Arts, Colman Domingo, Director Greg Kwedar, Paul Raci, Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, Convicts playing themselvesComment
Only the River Flows: Challenges of Pre-Digital Age 1990s Power Crafty Police Procedural
Only the River Flows: Challenges of Pre-Digital Age 1990s Power Crafty Police Procedural

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 31, 2024Only the River Flows, Chinese, Cannes, Shujun Wei, Chloe Maayan, Yilong Zhu, Police procedural Comment
Original-Cin Q&A: Kneecap Director Rich Peppiatt on Turning Gaelic Rappers into Stars of Their Story
Original-Cin Q&A: Kneecap Director Rich Peppiatt on Turning Gaelic Rappers into Stars of Their Story

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekJuly 29, 2024Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt, DJ Próvai, Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, Josie Walker, Michael Fassbender, Simone Kirby, Music biopic, IrishComment
Kneecap: If 'A Hard Days Night' had Drugs, Nudity, Anarchy and Gaelic Profanity
Kneecap: If 'A Hard Days Night' had Drugs, Nudity, Anarchy and Gaelic Profanity

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 29, 2024Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt, DJ Próvai, Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, Josie Walker, Michael Fassbender, Simone Kirby, Music biopic, IrishComment
Crossing: Odd Couple Road Movie Celebrates the Joys of Ambiguity
Crossing: Odd Couple Road Movie Celebrates the Joys of Ambiguity

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 26, 2024Crossing, Drama, Georgian, Istanbul, Levan Akin, Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava, Deniz Dumanli, Levan Bochorishvili, Ziya Sudancikmaz, LGBTQ+, LGBT issues Comments
The Fabulous Four: Definitely Not Fabulous, But Uplifting and Fun
The Fabulous Four: Definitely Not Fabulous, But Uplifting and Fun

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekJuly 26, 2024The Fabulous Four, Comedy, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Bruce GreenwoodComment
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