Heretic: A Film Where Hugh Grant Does Everything He Does Best
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin Q&A: Hugh Grant’s Heretic Directors Talk About… Hugh Grant
By Chris Knight
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Levels: Imagining The World Is a Simulation. So What?
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekLevels, Canadian drama, Sci fi, Thriller, Futuristic, Adam Stern, Cara Gee, Aaron Abrams, David Hewlett, Peter Mooney
Hanky Panky: Absurdist Story About Vulgar, Heroic Handkerchief Is Nothing to Sneeze At
ReviewJim SlotekHanky Panky, independent films, Comedy thriller, Comedy, Thriller, Nick Roth, Lindsay Haun, Seth Green, Ashley Holliday Tavares, Jacob DeMonte-Finn, Streaming
Emilia Pérez: The Best-Ever Musical Thriller About a Transgender Cartel Boss and the Sisterhood of Crime
ReviewJim SlotekEmilia Pérez, Musical, Thriller, Cannes, TIFF 24, Jacques Audiard, Zoë Saldaña, Karla Sofia Gascón, Édgar Ramirez, Adriana Paz, Selena Gomez, Spanish language, Mexico
Venom The Last Dance: No One (Truly, No One) Will Be Shouting for An Encore
By Chris Knight
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Compulsus: Vengeance, Thy Name Is Woman
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCompulsus, Tara Thorne, Lesley Smith, Kathleen Dorian, Directorial debut, Vengeance, Female Vengeance, Thriller, Drama, Lesbian
The Wait: Plenty of Atmosphere, Not Enough Story
ReviewJim SlotekThe Wait, Spanish Films, Horror, F. Javier Gutierrez, Ruth Diaz, Pedro Casablanc, Victor Clavijo, Drama, Thriller, Morality tale, Fable
The Substance: Do I Look Fat in This Movie? Demi Moore Kicks Ass in Body Horror Extravaganza
ReviewJim SlotekThe Substance, Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, TIFF 24, Midnight Madness movies, Body horror, Thriller, Aging issues, Aging, Toxic Beauty, Coralie Fargeat, Comedy
Strange Darling: Filmmaker JT Mollner Turns Expectations Upside Down
ReviewJim SlotekStrange Darling, Thriller, Drama, JT Moller, Kyle Gallner, Willa Fitzgerald, Ed Begley Jr., Barbara Hershey, Giovanni Ribisi, Serial killers
Cuckoo: Great Cast Elevates Wobbly Thriller That’s Kind of Good and Kind of Not
By Chris Knight
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New Life: A Lot Like an Old Life, But Still Worth Living
ReviewJim SlotekNew Life, John Rosman, Hayley Erin, Sonya Walger, Tony Amendola, Blaine Palmer, Betty Moyer, first feature, Thriller, Horror, Apocalyptic themes
Cold Road: Terrific Far North Thriller Updates (and Honours) Spielberg’s Duel
By Chris Knight
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Some Other Woman: Confusing Film Maybe Needed Some Other Writer
Night Swim: Something Wicked This Way Swims… and Quickly Sinks
ReviewJim SlotekNight Swim, Thriller, Bryce McGuire, Jason Blum, James Wan, Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferie, Gavin Warren, Ben Sinclair, Nancy Lenehan
On Fire: Cheesy Action Film Capitalizing on Tragedy is Hard to Warm Up To
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekOn Fire, Nick Lyon, Peter Facinelli, Fiona Dourif, Asher Angel, Lance Henriksen, Thriller, Inspired by true events, Pandemic, Actioner
No One Will Save You: More Like No One Will Talk to You
Reptile: Thriller Elevates Benicio Del Toro As Its Story Lards on the Twists
ReviewJim SlotekReptile, Netflix, TIFF 23, Benicia del Toro, Alicia Silverstone, Eric Bogosian, Thriller, Cop drama, Mystery, Frances Fisher, Ato Essandoh
Original-Cin Q&A: Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis Talk Spies, Lies and A Spy Among Friends
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekPrime Video, Mini-series, Damian Lewis, Guy Pearce, A Spy Among Friends, British, espionage, Thriller, 1960s, adaptation, Ben Macintyre, Q&A
Missing: Clever Script Leverages Social Media Apps, Spyware to Unfurl its Mystery
ReviewJim SlotekThriller, Out of control technology, technology, Missing, Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick, Storm Reid, Nia Long, Ken Leung, Tim Griffin
