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The Mauritanian: A nightmarish ordeal gets second billing to a less compelling tale of legal wrangling

The Mauritanian: A nightmarish ordeal gets second billing to a less compelling tale of legal wrangling

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 25, 2021The Mauritanian, Guantánamo Diary, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantánamo Bay detention camp, Bob Dylan’s The Man in Me, 9/11, Kevin Macdonald, The Last King of Scotland, Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley, Tahar Rahim, Benedict CumberbatchComment

The King of Staten Island: Judd Apatow and Pete Davidson squeeze tenderhearted comedy out of dark reality

The King of Staten Island: Judd Apatow and Pete Davidson squeeze tenderhearted comedy out of dark reality

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekJune 10, 2020Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson, The King of Staten Island, Saturday Night Live alumni, Dave Sirus, Marisa Tomei, 9/11, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, Bill Burr, Steve BuscemiComment

9/11 Kids: Hot Docs film on CBC follows the adult lives of a Grade 2 class who were symbols of terrorist trauma

By Linda Barnard

ReviewJim SlotekApril 22, 20209/11, President George W Bush, The Pet Goat, 9/11 Kids documentary, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival., Elizabeth St. Philip, Michael Moore’s 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, COVID-19 effect on movies, TerrorismComment

Shock and Awe: Iraq War Newspaper Drama Meanders and Fizzles

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 26, 2018Rob Reiner, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Newspapers, 9/11, Drama, War

12 Strong: When Superheroes Go to War (Things Blow Up!)

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJanuary 18, 2018War, Action, American, Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, 9/11, Afghanistan, Jerry Bruckheimer