Original-Cin Q&A: As Star Trek Lower Decks Lands for Good, Cast Members Recall Best Moments
InterviewJim SlotekStar Trek, Star Trek Lower Decks, Tawny Newsome, Eugene Cordero, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Animation, Series, Sci-fi, Comedy
Original-Cin Q&A: Code 8 Part II’s Stephen and Robbie Amell on Hamilton’s Grainy Beauty
By Bonnie Laufer
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Dune Part Two: Villeneuve’s Elegant, Impactful Sequel Gets Herbert’s Tale Just Right
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDune: Part Two, Sequel, Adaptation, Denis Villeneuve, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautisa, Christopher Walken, Charlotte Rampling, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Sci-fi, Epic, Big budget
Jules: Aliens are Among Us, and Not All are from Outer Space
By Karen Gordon
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Locke & Key: When the Comic Reader’s Perspective is Dismissed
Jurassic World Dominion: Scientific Claptrap Trumps Action in Convoluted Latest Installment
ReviewJim SlotekJurassic World Dominion, Colin Trevorrow, Chris Pratt, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, Isabella Sermon, Sci-fi, Sequel, Dinosaurs
Memoria: A Thai Master’s Latest Featuring Tilda Swinton and A Big Bang
ReviewJim SlotekMemoria, Thailand, Colombia, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tilda Swinton, Art house movies, TIFF, Cannes, Sci-fi, Jeanne Balibar, Agnes Brekke
Everything Everywhere All at Once: Michelle Yeoh Hops the Multiverse in a Joyously Insane Ode to Life, Consequences
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekEverything Everywhere All at Once, The Daniels, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, Jenny Slate, Sci-fi, Martian Arts, Action, Adventure, Action-adventure, Fantasy
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey: Samuel L. Jackson’s Deep Acting Dive
ReviewJim SlotekSci-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+
After Yang: Colin Farrell Shines in a Quiet Movie About Love, Memory and Self-Discovery
By Karen Gordon
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Free Guy: Ryan Reynolds Comedy Glib Fun But No Game-Changer
Enhanced: Familiar Mutants Among Us… But Duller Than Ever
Doors: Weird End-of-Days Sci-Fi Thriller Nods to Stanley Kubrick… and Breakfast Club
Review, PreviewJim SlotekDoors, Sci-fi, Saman Kesh, Jeff Desom, Dugan O'Neal, Breakfast Club, Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, David Hemphill, Darius Levantè, Kyp Malone.
Possessor Uncut: Brandon Cronenberg messes with our heads with a provocative tale of body-snatching assassins
ReviewJim SlotekBrandon Cronenberg, Possessor Uncut, Transferring consciousness plots, Sci-fi, Andrea Riseborough, Assassin stories, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rossif Sutherland, Gage Graham-Arbuthnot, Christopher Abbott, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, Karim Hussain
Bacurau: Oddball Brazilian Western Gorefest Spins Heads, Supports Local Theatres
Review, PreviewBacurau, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Juliano Dornelles, TIFF 2019, Cannes, Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Brazilian, Western, Sci-fi, Portuguese
Bloodshot: Clichéd Superhero Actioner Opens ‘New Cinematic Universe’ With a Whimper
ReviewBloodshot, Dave Wilson, Vin Disel, superheroes, Franchise, comic book, Eiza Gonzalez, Guy Pearce, Sci-fi, action
Gemini Man: Ang Lee Actioner Has Will Smith Times Two But Single-Digit Thrills
Freaks: Genre-Bending Sci-Fi Thriller Greater than the Sum of Its Parts
ReviewFreaks, TIFF 2018, Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Lexy Kolker, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-fi, Horror, Psychological thriller
Replicas: Silly Sci-Fi Thriller a Lesson in How Not to Spin A Tale
ReviewReplicas, Thriller, Sci-fi, Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, Thomas Middleditch, John Ortiz, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Marie Kondo, January opening
Annihilation: High-Concept Sci-Fi Rewrites Weird Playbook (with Women!)
