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Argylle: Bells and Whistles Can’t Hide Silly Spy Caper’s Shortcomings

Argylle: Bells and Whistles Can’t Hide Silly Spy Caper’s Shortcomings

By Chris Knight

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 1, 2024Argylle, Spies, Matthew Vaughn, Comedy, Adventure, Action-adventure, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Dua Lipa, Henry Cavill, Catherine O'Hara, Samuel L. Jackson, Bryan CranstonComment

The Marvels: The Shortest MCU Movie is in a Bit of a Hurry to Save the Universe

The Marvels: The Shortest MCU Movie is in a Bit of a Hurry to Save the Universe

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 9, 2023Marvel Comics Universe, The Marvels, Captain Marvel, Ms Marvel, Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Director Nia DaCosta, Female superheroes, Samuel L. JacksonComment

Secret Invasion: Messing with Our Heads

Secret Invasion: Messing with Our Heads

By John Kirk

ReviewJim SlotekJune 19, 2023Secret Invasion, Disney+, Ali Selim, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Don Cheadle, Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke, Dermot Mulroney, Marvel, Sci fi, Comic Book adaptationComment

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey: Samuel L. Jackson’s Deep Acting Dive

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey: Samuel L. Jackson’s Deep Acting Dive

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 10, 2022Sci-fi, Drama, Walter Mosley, adaptation, The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray, Rahmin Bahrani, Debbie Allen, Hanelle Culpepper, Guillermo Navarro, Samuel L. Jackson, Dominique Fishback, AppleTV+Comment

The Protégé: Lethally Fun Actioner Exalts its Female Lead, Which Here is Plenty

The Protégé: Lethally Fun Actioner Exalts its Female Lead, Which Here is Plenty

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 20, 2021The Protégé, Action movies, Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Campbell, Adventure, DramaComment

Spiral: Latest Installment in the SAW Horror Franchise at Once Faithful and Novel

Spiral: Latest Installment in the SAW Horror Franchise at Once Faithful and Novel

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekJune 2, 2021Spiral, Saw, Darren Lynn Bousman, Franchise, Horror, Torture, Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Cop drama, Jigsaw, Serial killers, Tobin BellComment

Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres

The Last Full Measure: Vietnam War Drama Uplifts a Real-Life Hero, Applauds America

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJanuary 23, 2020The Last Full Measure, Sebastian Stan, William Hurt, Ed Harris, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Fonda, Diane Ladd, Christopher Plummer, Vietnam War, War movie, Jeremy Irvine, Todd Robinson, fact-based drama Comment

Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres this week

Spider-Man: Far From Home: Come for the teen comedy, endure the sound and Fury

By Jim Slotek

Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres

By Original-Cin Staff

Shaft: Lame Reboot Sucks the Cool Out of the Sassy Original (and Its Followups)

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJune 13, 2019Isaac Hayes, Shaft, Tim Story, Ride Along, Remake, Samuel L. Jackson, Regina King, Richard Rowntree, Regina Hall, Blaxploitation Comments

Original-Cin Q&A: Lashana Lynch, Captain Marvel's high-flying BFF talks working with Brie and multi-Gs in an F-16

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 7, 2019Lashana Lynch, Captain Marvel, Brie Larson, Marvel superhero films, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers, Women in previously male roles, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury, Samuel L. Jackson, Jude Law, Annette BeningComment

Captain Marvel: Girls just wanna kill Skrulls

By Jim Slotek

Glass: M. Night Shyamalan has a LOT to say about super-heroes, though it seems like it's all been said

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 17, 2019Glass, M. Night Shyamalan, Unbreakable, Split, James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Multiple personality disorder, Comic books, superheroes, Super powers, Sarah Paulson, Spencer Treat Clark, Anya Taylor-JoyComment

'You're all wrong!': Mark Breslin & Thom Ernst revisit recent films and reaction

By Mark Breslin and Thom Ernst

Jim SlotekOctober 29, 2018Contrarianism, A Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, Barbra Streisand, Life Itself, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Brody, Mandy Patinkin, This Is Us, Dan Fogelman, First Man, Damien Chazelle, Bad Times at the El Royale, Rex ReedComment

Incredibles 2 lightens the mood in a world gone super-serious

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJune 12, 2018Disney Pixar, The Incredibles, Samuel L. Jackson, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Superheroes, Animated features, Kidflicks

Original-Cin Q&A w/The Incredibles 2's Brad Bird: 'You throw a rock now and you'll hit a superhero'

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJune 12, 2018Brad Bird, Disney Pixar, The Incredibles, Samuel L. Jackson, Superheroes, Animated features, Kidflicks