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Islands: When Lost Souls Sabotage the Best-Laid Vacation Plans
Islands: When Lost Souls Sabotage the Best-Laid Vacation Plans

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 10, 2026Islands, Jan-Ole Gerster, Sam Riley, Stacy Martin, Jack Farthing, Dylan Torrell, Canary Islands, Psychological dramaComment
The Dinosaurs: Spielberg Goes Genuinely Jurassic with Delightful Documentary Series
The Dinosaurs: Spielberg Goes Genuinely Jurassic with Delightful Documentary Series

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 6, 2026The Dinosaurs, Netflix, Documentary, Documentary series, Steven Spielberg, Amblin Studios, Silverback Films, Industrial Light and Magic, Nick Shoolingin-Jordan, Morgan Freeman Comment
Protector: Milla Jovovich as a Badass Mom Bent on Vengeance
Protector: Milla Jovovich as a Badass Mom Bent on Vengeance

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 6, 2026Protector, Adrian Grunberg, Milla Jovovich, Don Harney, Matthew Modine, Gabriel Sloyer, Revenge thrillers, Drama, Mothers’ Instinct, Thriller, ActionComment
The Bride!: Here She Comes, Like It or Not (I Do)
The Bride!: Here She Comes, Like It or Not (I Do)

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 5, 2026The Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz, Horror, Musical, Remake, ReimaginingComment
Hair of the Bear: Trudeau and McLellan's Winter Thriller Pulls Punches But Eventually Lands One
Hair of the Bear: Trudeau and McLellan's Winter Thriller Pulls Punches But Eventually Lands One

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 5, 2026Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan, Canadian Forces friends turned director, Hair of the Bear, Wilderness revenge story, Malia Baker, Roy Dupuis, Jonathan Lawrence, Robert NaylorComment
Sweetness: Teen Take on 'Misery' Is a Solid Canadian Thriller
Sweetness: Teen Take on 'Misery' Is a Solid Canadian Thriller

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 5, 2026Sweetness, Thriller, Teen drama, Emma Higgins, Kate Hallett, Herman Tommeraas, Aya Furukawa, Filmed in CanadaComment
Original-Cin Chat: Alexandre Trudeau & James McLellan on War, Toughening Up and Hair of the Bear
Original-Cin Chat: Alexandre Trudeau & James McLellan on War, Toughening Up and Hair of the Bear

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 4, 2026Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan, Canadian Forces friends turned director, Hair of the Bear, Wilderness revenge story, Frontline war documentaries, Malia Baker, Roy Dupuis, Winnipeg Film GroupComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Youngblood Actor Ashton James on Slapshots and Remakes
Original-Cin Q&A: Youngblood Actor Ashton James on Slapshots and Remakes

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekMarch 2, 2026Youngblood, Hockey movies, Ashton James, TIFF '25, Remake, Hubert Davis, Canadian film, Sports moviesComment
Young Sherlock: An Elementary Success (Okay, He's a Little Older than That)
Young Sherlock: An Elementary Success (Okay, He's a Little Older than That)

By John Kirk

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Jim SlotekMarch 2, 2026Younger versions of established characters, Young Sherlock, Hero Tiffin, Moriarty as best friend, Dónal Finn, Director Guy Ritchie, Prime Video series, Max Irons, Natascha McElhone, Joseph Fiennes, Zine Tseng, Colin FirthComment
Everest Dark: Sherpas on a Corpse Hunt Add to the Bittersweet Beauty of Everest
Everest Dark: Sherpas on a Corpse Hunt Add to the Bittersweet Beauty of Everest

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 1, 2026Over-touristing of Mount Everest, Rising climber death tolls, Missing bodies, Everest Dark, Director Jereme Watt, Tenzing Norgay, Mingma Tsiri Sherpa, Sherpas in a search-project for bodies, Narrator Jaswant Dev Shrestha, Pasang Tenzing SherpaComment
In Cold Light: Noir Drama About an Alberta Drug Dealer in Over Her Head is Cold Indeed
In Cold Light: Noir Drama About an Alberta Drug Dealer in Over Her Head is Cold Indeed

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 26, 2026Drug plot set in Alberta, In Cold Light, Ponoka Stampede, Director Maxime Giroux, Maika Monroe, Jesse Irving, Contemporary noir, Troy Kotsur, Helen HuntComment
Dreams: Jessica Chastain Plays a Mexican Refugee's Saviour Turned Nightmare
Dreams: Jessica Chastain Plays a Mexican Refugee's Saviour Turned Nightmare

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 26, 2026Refugee themed drama, Jessica Chastain, Dark "saviour" relationship, Dreams, Director Michel Franco, Isaac Hernández, American Ballet Theatre, Rupert Friend, Marshall BellComment
The President’s Cake: Iraq Period Piece Is Just a Touch Too Sweet
The President’s Cake: Iraq Period Piece Is Just a Touch Too Sweet

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 25, 2026The President’s Cake, TIFF '25, Hasan Hadi, Iranian film, Baneen Ahmad Nayyaf, Sajad Mohamad Qasam, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, DramaComment
Original-Cin Chat: From Boba Fett to Buccaneer, The Bluff's Temuera Morrison Follows a Code
Original-Cin Chat: From Boba Fett to Buccaneer, The Bluff's Temuera Morrison Follows a Code

By John Kirk

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InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 23, 2026Temuera Morrison, Quartermaster Lee, Pirate film The Bluff, Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, Aquaman, Maori actor, Karl Urban, Antiheroes with codes of honour, Director Frank E. FlowersComment
The Bluff: In Praise of Women Buccaneers, Especially Priyanka Chopra Jonas
The Bluff: In Praise of Women Buccaneers, Especially Priyanka Chopra Jonas

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 23, 2026Comment
Midwinter Break: Marital Drama Has Big Potential, Small Payoff
Midwinter Break: Marital Drama Has Big Potential, Small Payoff

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 20, 2026Midwinter Break, Drama, The Troubles, Amsterdam, Polly Findlay, Ciarán Hinds, Lesley Manville, Movies about marriage, AdaptationComment
Oscar Shorts in Theatres Now: Each Program Has at Least One Gem
Oscar Shorts in Theatres Now: Each Program Has at Least One Gem

By Chris Knight

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PreviewJim SlotekFebruary 20, 2026Oscar nominated short films in theatres, Animation, live-action, and documentary, A Friend of Dorothy, Jane Austen’s Period Drama, Emma Thompson, The Devil Is Busy, Armed Only with a Camera, Perfectly a Strangeness, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, The Three Sisters, Retirement Plan, Domhnall GleesonComment
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert - Elvis Has Left the Gift Shop, Enjoy the Show
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert - Elvis Has Left the Gift Shop, Enjoy the Show

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 19, 2026Unearthed footage, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Director Baz Luhrmann, Elvis Presley's Vegas years, Concert-based documentaries, Austin Butler, Colonel Tom Parker, Tom HanksComment
Kokuho: Brotherly Rivalry in a Powerful Kabuki Epic
Kokuho: Brotherly Rivalry in a Powerful Kabuki Epic

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 18, 2026Kokuho, Japanese movies, Kabuki, Sang-il Lee, Ryô Yoshizawa, Ryûsei Yokohama, Ken Watanabe, Drama, TIFF '25Comment
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Review!
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Review!

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 12, 2026Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, TIFF '25, Jay McCarrol, Matt Johnson, Canadian, Comedy, Toronto story, The Rivoli, Back to the FutureComment
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