Oh, Hi!: Clever Comedy About Everything That Can Go Wrong on Today's Dating Scene
ReviewJim SlotekModern romance, Crossed sexual signals, Romantic comedies, Oh, Hi!, Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, David Cross, Geraldine Viswanathan, John Reynolds, Writer-director Sophie Brooks
The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Rebooting Four-Lorn Franchise Requires More Clobbering Time
ReviewJim SlotekThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, Bringing Fox-Marvel into the Disney fold, Multiverse plots, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Silver Surfer, Julia Garner, Galactus the Devourer of Worlds, Ralph Ineson, Jack Kirby tribute, Avengers: Doomsday
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore Gives a Disability Trailblazer Her Due
Original-Cin Q&A: Actor Marlee Matlin and Her Documentarian Speak Up for the Deaf
By Bonnie Laufer
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Washington Black: New Series Softens an Acclaimed Novel’s Edge for Popular Appeal
ReviewJim SlotekWashington Black, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, Esi Edugyan, Adaptation, Black experience, Ernest Kingsley Jr., Sterling K Brown, Disney+, Edward Bluemel, Rupert Graves, Iola Evans, Eddie Karanja, Tom Ellis, Halifax, Set in Canada
Eddington: The Perils, Stalemates, and Traumas of the Pandemic, Unpacked
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekEddington, Cannes, COVID-19, Pandemic, Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Micheal Ward, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Drama
I Know What You Did Last Summer: And This Summer's Worse Than That
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An Intrigued Child's Eye View of a Colonial War
By Chris Knight
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Cloud: Japanese Thriller about the Perils of Capitalism Doesn’t Cash in on Its Premise
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S.3 - Where Do We Boldly Go From Here?
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, Connecting to The Original Series, Captain Pike, Lieut. Commander Kirk, Anson Mount, Paul Wesley, Series with predetermined endings, Babs Olusanmokun, Christina Chong, Director Jonathan Frakes
Hot Spring Shark Attack: Laughs Wear Fin Fast in Japanese Jaws Spoof
Bang: So Bad It's (Almost) Brutally Watchable
Apocalypse in the Tropics: Timely Doc Charts How Religion Corrupted Brazilian Politics
Superman: A Superhero Reboot That Has It All - Too Much, In Fact
By Karen Gordon
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Jim SlotekSuperhero reboots, Superman, DC Comics Cinematic Universe, James Gunn, David Corenswet as Superman, Nicholas Hoult, Rachel Brosnahan, Skyler Gisondo, Nathan Fillion, Krypto the Superdog
To a Land Unknown: A Taut Refugee Anti-Thriller Set in the Mean Streets of Athens
ReviewJim SlotekMahmoud Bakri, Aram Sabbah, To a Land Unknown, Mahdi Fleifel, Immigrant experience, Immigration, Palestinian filmmaker, Films about Palestinians, Greece, Drama
Push: Comes to Shove, Then Takes a Long Pregnant Pause
ReviewJim SlotekPush, David Charbonier, Justin Douglas Powell, Raul Castillo, Alicia Sanz, Thriller, Horror, Haunted houses, Haunted Mansion, Shudder, Streaming
40 Acres: A Gripping Apocalyptic Thriller of Resilience and Survival
Jurassic World Rebirth: Where the 'D' in the All-New D-Rex stands for 'Duh!'
Jim SlotekJurassic Park/World franchise, Jurassic World Rebirth, Mutant dinosaurs, Director Gareth Edwards, Writer David Koepp, Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Friend, Mahershala Ali, D-Rex, Seventh film in the series
Sorry, Baby: Terrific Sad-Funny Debut About Trauma Heralds Major Incoming Talent
ReviewJim SlotekSorry, Baby, Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, Kelly McCormack, Louis Cancelmi, Feature debut, Drama, Comedy
Original-Cin Q&A: 40 Acres' Director and Co-Star R.T. Thorne and Michael Greyeyes on Their Genre Journey
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekFeature directorial debut, Post-apocalyptic scenarios, Director R.T. Thorne, 40 Acres, Black and Indigenous stories co-mingling, Michael Greyeyes, Danielle Deadwyler, Original-Cin Q&As, Patrick Somerville, Station Eleven
