Like A Boss: Crude Schtick and Stupid Script Torpedo Female Empowerment Message
Underwater: Yet another horrific trip to the ocean bottom, with diminishing returns
ReviewJim SlotekUnderwater, DeepStar Six, Leviathan, The Meg, Alien, H.R. Giger, Ridley Scott, Kristen Stewart, T.J. Miller, Brian Duffield, Insurgent, William Eubank, Vincent Cassel, Underwater monster movies, Ocean floor horror films
Golda: A not-so-golden look back at the time in office of Israeli prime minister Golda Meir
ReviewJim SlotekGolda, Golda Meir, Middle East history, Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir, Shani Rozanes, Moshe Dayan, 1967 Six Day War, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, Israeli Black Panthers, Yom Kippur War, Mossad director Zvi Zamir
Uncut Gems: A two-hour anxiety attack, and a tour de force performance from Adam Sandler
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ReviewJim SlotekUncut Gems, Adam Sandler, Idina Menze, Gangster noir, Dark comedy, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, The Safdie brothers, Ronald Bronstein, Good Time, Robert Pattinson, Unlikable protagonists
Little Women: Greta Gerwig’s Snappy Telling of Classic Story Makes the Case for a Remake
ReviewLittle Women, greta gerwig, Saoirse Ronan, Remake, Classic story, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Laura Dern, Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep, Fiona Plugh, Bob Odenkirk
1917: Heart-Stopping Drama Conjures the Sorrows and Horrors of the Great War
The Song of Names: Powerful music and occasional profundity overcome Holocaust drama's narrative slog
ReviewJim SlotekFrançois Girard, The Song of Names, The Red Violin, Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, Norman Lebrecht, Jakub Kotynski, Stanley Townsend, Misha Handley, Clive Owen, Tim Roth, Catherine McCormack, Howard Shore, Jonah Hauer-King, Jeffrey Caine, Holocaust drama
Your holiday preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekWeek's movies in review, tar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Joonas Suotamo, Chewbacca, Cats, Bombshell, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow, Malcolm McDowell, Margot Robbie, Connie Britton, Kate McKinnon, A Hidden Life, Terrence Malick, Franz Jägerstätter, 63 Up, Michael Apted, Werner Herzog, Nomad: In The Foosteps of Bruce Chatwin, The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao
The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao: Brazil's Oscar nom is a feminist lament about sisters separated by patriarchy
ReviewJim SlotekThe Invisible Life of Eurydice Gusmao, Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes, Brazil's Oscar nominee, Karim Aïnouz, Martha Batalha, Patriarchy, Carol Duarte, 1950s Rio de Janeiro, Nikolas Antunes, Gregório Duvivier, António Fonseca, Flávia Gusmão, Bárbara Santos, Fernanda Montenegro, Walter Salles, Central Station, Hélène Louvart, Happy as Lazzaro, Murilo Hauser, Inés Bortagaray
Cats: To Be Honest, The Stage Musical Was Kitty Litter Too
ReviewJim SlotekCats, Creepy Cats Trailer, Adaptation, Tom Hooper, Dame Judi Dench, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Idris Elba, Musical, Theatre
A Hidden Life: Terrence Malick ponders the essence of taking a moral stand, then and now
ReviewJim SlotekTerrence Malick, A Hidden Life, Franz Jägerstätter, Nazi resistance, Passive resistance, August Diehl, St. Therese of Avila, Jörg Widmer, Valerie Pachner, Joan of Arc, Thomas Becket, Days of Heaven, The Tree of Life, Heather Heyer, Neo-Nazism, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Soren Kierkegaard
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin - Herzog retraces a friend's global journey and (naturally) stares into the human soul
ReviewJim SlotekWerner Herzog, Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin, Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia, Aboriginal songlines, Gop-Cairn burial mound, Tierra del Fuego, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Hunter gatherers, Cobra Verde, Klaus Kinski, Scream of Stone
63 Up: Ace Doc Series Following Kids through Adulthood (and Beyond) Is Genuine Reality TV
Bombshell: Stylish Fact-Based Drama on Fall of Fox Honcho Seems Muted Post #MeToo
ReviewBombshell, #MeToo, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Kate McKinnon, Malcolm McDowell, fact based drama, Jay Roach
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - The saga wraps with a breathlessly busy script and a mandate to play it safe
ReviewJim SlotekStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker., Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Williams, Bill Murray, Chris Terrio, J.J. Abrams, The Force Awakens, Rian Johnson, The Last Jedi, Dan Mindel, Rick Carter, Kevin Jenkins, The Wizard of Oz
The week's wrap-up: Recently-released must-sees and must-misses
ReviewJim SlotekMovie week in review roundups, Michael Bay, The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Violet Nelson, Canadian films, Indigenous themed films, Bruce Sweeney, Kingsway, Gabrielle Rose, Camille Sullivan, Jeff Gladstone, She Never Died, Olunike Adeliyi, Audrey Cummings, Brotherhood, Richard Bell, Richard Jewell, Clint Eastwood’, Paul Walter Hauser, In Fabric, Peter Strickland, Jumanji: The Next Level, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Awkwafina, 6 Underground
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open: One of the year's best Can-films, a road movie measured in hope not miles
Jumanji: The Next Level - Lame Third Installment Can’t Outpace its Superior Predecessors
ReviewJumanji: The Next Level, Sequel, Jake Kazdan, Dwayne Johnson, Awkwafina, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Action movies, Asian Americans, Reboot
6 Underground: Stupid, Violent Michael Bay Actioner Is… Stupid and Violent. Surprise!
Kingsway: Mother-and-daughter become infidelity snoop-sisters in this antic Canadian domestic farce
ReviewJim SlotekMother and daughter comedies, Mom, Kingsway, Canadian comedies, Bruce Sweeney, Excited, Gabrielle Rose, Camille Sullivan, (Jeff Gladstone, Colleen Rennison, Live Bait, Marriage infidelity, Kevin McNulty, Paul Skrudland
