Psycho Goreman: Splatterfest with Midnight Madness DNA mocks galactic blockbusters with bratty kids and cheesy FX
ReviewJim SlotekToronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness series, Psycho Goreman, My Pet Monster, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Galaxy destroying super-villains, Steven Kostanski, The Void, Peter Kuplowsky, Colin Geddes, Gary Gygax), Nita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre, Kristen MacCulloch
Baby Done: Kiwi Pregnancy Comedy Cradles the Genre’s Clichés
Review, PreviewJim SlotekBaby Done, Films abour pregnancy, Taika Waititi, Rose Matafeo, Matthew Lewis, Curtis Vowell, Sarah Henderson, New Zealand, Comedy, Dramedy
Make Up: Feminist Art Film Gussied Up as Ghoulish Thriller Packs Unexpected Wallop
The International Oscar submissions: Around the world in a thousand minutes
Preview, ReviewJim SlotekOscar-contending foreign films, Latvia's First World War drama, Blizzard of Souls, Russia's Dear Comrades, My Little Sister starring Nina Hoss, Sudan’s You Will Die At 20, Naomi Kawase’s True Mothers, Indonedia's Impetigore, Once Upon a Time in Venezuela, Preparations to Be Together For An Unknown Period of Time, Ron Mann
One Night In Miami: Four Black '60s Legends Bare Souls In Regina King's Stagey, Passionate Directorial Debut
Review, PreviewJim SlotekOne Night in Miami, Regina King, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Leslie Odom Jr, TIFF 2019, Drama, Black stories
WandaVision: Turns out, what Marvel needed all this time was a laugh-track
ReviewJim SlotekMarvel Cinematic Universe, WandaVision, Avengers: Endgame TV sequel, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Marvel series set in sitcom universe, The Twilight Zone, Pleasantville, I Love Lucy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Bewitched, Kathryn Hahn, Debra Jo Rupp
Love Sarah: Charming Female-Led Dramedy Casts Dreamy London, Decadent Treats as Co-Stars
Review, PreviewJim SlotekLove Sarah, Eliza Schroeder, London, Romantic comedy, Coming of age, Celia Imrie, Shannon Tarbet, Shelley Conn, Rupert-Penry-Jones, Food films, Bakery
Climate of the Hunter: An arty vampire movie so unconcise, our reviewer watched it thrice
ReviewJim SlotekClimate of the Hunter, Mickey Reece, Arty vampire film, Samuel Fuller, Guy Maddin, Ginger Gilmartin, Mary Buss, Ben Hall, Sheridan McMichael, Danielle Evon Ploeger, Jacob Snovel, Bram Stoker's Renfield
CRAVE CORNER: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biopic Brings Great Woman’s Life into Focus
Review, Preview, PromotionJim SlotekCrave, On the Basis of Sex, Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Kathy Bates, Justin Theroux, Sam Waterson, Biopic, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mimi Leder, U.S. politics
The Reason I Jump: Living with Autism Reframed by Inspirational, Thoughtful Doc
Searching for Cleopatra: The Nature of Things still delivers in an era of empty pseudo-science TV
ReviewJim SlotekCBC’s The Nature of Things, Realtiy TV science shows, David Suzuki, Geraldo Rivera Al Capone's vault, Archeologist Kathleen Martinez, Searching for Cleopatra, Susan Teskey, Rosalind Bain, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Taposiris Magna near Alexandria, Elizabeth Taylor, Claudette Colbert, Theda Bara, Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt
Dissident: Doc on Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Paints Picture of Extraordinary Evil
Promising Young Woman: Revenge Fantasy Thriller Raises Post-#MeToo Questions Questionably
Review, PreviewJim SlotekPromising Young Woman, Carey Mulligan, Emerald Fennell, Bo Burnham, Adam Brody, Connie Britton, Alison Brie, Molly Shannon, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, #MeToo, Drama, Female revenge movie, Sundance, Laverne Cox, Alfred Molina
Shadow in the Cloud: Airborne Chloë Grace Moretz fights misogyny and a murderous monster in this gonzo WW2-set Midnight Madness fave
ReviewJim SlotekShadow in the Cloud, WWII era gremlins, Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness series, People’s Choice winner, Twilight Zone episode Nightmare at 20, 000 Feet, Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass, Roseanne Liang, Max Landis, 1943 Bugs Bunny cartoon, Falling Hare, Callan Mulvey, Taylor John Smith
Once Upon a Time in Venezuela: The country's Oscar nom is a years-long portrait of a toxified village divided by faith in Chavistas
ReviewJim SlotekVenezuelan poverty, Toxic environments, Congo Mirador, Once Upon a Time in Venezuela, Oscar International Film Award, Anabel Rodriguez Rios, Hugo Chavez loyalists, Nicolás Maduro, Margarita Cadenas, Women of the Venezuelan Chaos
Original-Cin Year In Review: 2020’s Best and Worst Movies
By Original-Cin Staff
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Views, Review, PreviewJim SlotekBest of 2020, Worst of 2020, Nomadland, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Martin Eden, Luca Marinell, Donbass, David Byrne’s American Utopia, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Bacurau, Lovers Rock, Mangrove, Steve McQueen, Minari, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Charlie Kaufman, Mank, David Fincher, The Kid Detective, Color Out Of Space, Rocks, Another Round, Hope Gap, Collective, Beanpole, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, Critic's Picks, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Pixar's Soul: Life, death, jazz, joy and other deep themes say, 'This is not a kid-flick'
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDisney Pixar, Soul, Kids movies with adult themese, Movies about the afterlife, Movies about jazz, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Angela Bassett, Tina Fey, Toy Story, Inside Out, Jon Batiste, Pete Docter, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami
Wonder Woman 1984: Final Superhero Movie of 2020 Big on Budget, Small on Impact
Review, PreviewJim SlotekWonder Woman 1984, superheroes, Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig, Chris Pine, Patty Jenkins, '80s nostalgia, action, Action-adventure
The Witches: Edgeless, CGI-laden remake of Roald Dahl story brings nothing new to the cauldron
ReviewJim SlotekRoald Dahl’s The Witches, Robert Zemeckis, Anne Hathaway, Nicolas Roeg’s 1990 version, The Joker, Venom, Guillermo del Toro, Jahzir Bruno, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock, Everybody Hates Chris, Codie-Lei Eastick, Augustus Gloop, Kristin Chenoweth, Kenya Barris
News of the World: Poignant Tom Hanks Western an Astute Mirror of Current Times
