The Devil Wears Prada 2: Same Characters and Style Sense, But a Mishmash Stitching Job
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Devil Wears Prada 2, Lauren Weisberger novel, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Anna Wintour, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Milano Fashion Week, Lake Como, Tibor Feldman, Justin Theroux, Death of print media theme, B.J. Novak
Hokum: The First Psilocybin-Fueled Horror Film… I Think
ReviewJim SlotekNew wave of horror directors, Damian McCarthy, Oddity, Hokum, Fictional authors, Films set in rural Ireland, Adam Scott, Will O'Connell, Florence Ordesh, Peter Coonan, David Wilmot
Deep Water: Downed Plane Meets Uppity Sharks in Old-School Disaster Movie
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim Slotek'70s style disaster movies, Shark attack movies, Airline crash films, Deep Water, Bait, Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Score composer Fernando Velázquez, Angus Sampson, Director Renny Harlin
Widow's Bay: Comedy-Horror About a Cursed Wannabe Tourist Town is Tense and Fun
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekComedy-horror, Apple TV, Widow's Bay, Creator Katie Dippold, Hiro Murai, Supernatural events in seaside town, Matthew Rhys, Stephen Root, Kingston Rumi Southwick, Tourism dreams, Kevin Carroll, Kate O’Flynn, Dale Dickey, Jeff Hiller
Mother Mary: David Lowery Takes on Metaphysics, Women, Stardom and the Supernatural
By Karen Gordon
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Fuze: Twisty, Fast-moving Heist Film Delivers Mad Skills and Real Thrills
ReviewJim SlotekFuze, TIFF '25, David Mackenzie, Theo James, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, Heist movies, Heist films, British, Action
I Swear: Fascinating Subject Gets the Heartfelt Treatment
ReviewJim SlotekI Swear, TIFF '25, Biopic, Kirk Jones, Robert Aramayo, Shirley Henderson, Maxine Peake, British, BAFTA, Tourettes
Michael: The Movie Moonwalks Nicely, But Steps Carefully Around, Um, Other Stuff
ReviewJim SlotekPop star biopics, Michael Jackson, Director Antoine Fuqua, Airbrushing scandals in biopics, Colman Domingo, Juliano Valdi, Barry Gordy, Larenz Tate, Miles Teller, Don King, Mike Myers, Walter Yetnikoff
Blue Heron: Sophy Romvari’s Audacious Journey Down the Pathways of Memory
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy: This Tomb It’s Personal
ReviewJim SlotekLee Cronin’s The Mummy, Director of Evil Dead Rise, Egyptian demonic possession, Jack Reynor, Natalie Grace, Emily Mitchell, Dean Allen Williams, Veronica Falcón, Hayat Kamille, Body horror
Beef: Season 2 - Series' Second Act Offers Entwined Couples, Great Writing and A-list Cast
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekSeason anthology series, Beef: Season 2, Creator/writer/director Lee Sung Jin, Series set in luxury surroundings, Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Entwined couples with agendas, Cailee Spaeny, Charles Melton, Youn Yuh Jung, Song Kang-ho
The Christophers: Soderberg’s Latest Finds Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen in Dark Art World Comedy
ReviewJim SlotekThe Christophers, TIFF '25, Steven Soderbergh, Ed Solomon, Michaela Coel, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Jessica Gunning, Black comedy, Art fraud, Art world, British
Lorne: A Painfully Reluctant Subject, And a Light-But-Not-Slight History of SNL
ReviewJim SlotekSaturday Night Live, Lorne Michaels documentary, Lorne, Director Morgan Neville, Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Oral history of SNL, Robert Smigel animation, Adam Sandler, Tina Fey, Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, John Mulaney, Conan O'Brien, Chris Rock, 30 Rockefeller Centre, Studio 8H
Little Lorraine: NS Miners Face the Question, Is Trafficking Drugs to Feed Your Family Wrong?
ReviewJim SlotekLittle Lorraine, Mine disasters and closures in Cape Breton, Director Andy Hines, Sean Astin playing priest, Stephen Amell, Matt Walsh, Rhys Darby, Stephen McHattie, The nature of community, Drug trafficking by unemployed miners
Exit 8: Your Transit Woes Have Nothing on This Bedevilled Commuter
By Chris Knight
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You, Me & Tuscany: Halle Bailey Is a Tuscan Raider in This Predictably Charming Rom-com
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekYou, Me & Tuscany, Kat Coiro, Halle Bailey, Rége-Jean Page, Lorenzo de Moor, rom-com, Italy, Set in Italy, Romance, Comedy
Big Mistakes: Dan Levy's New Dark Comedy is a Spot-On Series of Wrong Moves
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDan Levy, Netflix, Co-creator Rachel Sennott, Dysfunctional family comedy, Comic crime characters, Taylor Ortega, Laurie Metcalf, Abby Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Netflix series
The Art of Adventure: Travelling Around an Unexplored World Circa 1957
By Chris Knight
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The Boys' Final Season: Scorched Earth and the Only Good Supe is a Dead Supe
ReviewJim SlotekThe Boys final season, Superpowers corrupting absolutely, Homelander, Antony Starr, Vought Corporation, Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Tomer Capone, Erin Moriarty, Blurred lines between good and evil, Comic books turned series, Producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Metaphors for modern politics
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord: The Next Act of a Villain We Can't Hate
ReviewJim SlotekSith Lord Darth Maul, tar Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, Disney+, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Sam Witwer, Star Wars series, Producer Dave Filoni, Gideon Adlon, Wagner Moura, Dennis Haysbert, Chris Diamantopoulos
