Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie - An Unflinching Close-Up of An '80s Whirlwind, Then and Now
Crater: Kinda like Stand by Me but Nicer… and Set in Space
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BlackBerry: Canada's We-Invented-the-Smartphone Tale Has Corporate America Flavour
By Chris Knight
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Book Club: The Next Chapter - Over-70 Sexcapades and an Awful Lot of Prosecco
ReviewJim SlotekComedies starring older actresses, 80 For Brady, Book Club: The Next Chapter, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Don Johnson, Romantic comedies set in Italy, Giancarlo Giannini, Bill Holderman
The Muppets Mayhem: This Time, It's All About the Music, Man!
Carmen: Dance, Spectacle and a Thin Thread of a Plot
Original-Cin Q&A: Star Rebecca Ferguson Talks Up Apple TV+'s New Dystopian Series Silo
By Bonnie Laufer
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ReviewJim SlotekPost-apocalyptic thrillers, Silo, Hugh Howey, Graham Yost, Rebecca Ferguson, Common, Rashida Jones, Tim Robbins, Mysterious subterranean environment, Apple TV+’
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Rocket Raccoon Gets His Emotional Spotlight
ReviewJim SlotekGuardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3, Rocket Raccoon, James Gunn, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Chukwudi Iwuji, Bradley Cooper, MCU
A Small Light: Anne Frank's Protectors Wonderfully Portrayed as Both Ordinary and Heroic
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekA Small Light, The couple who hid Anne Frank, Miep Gies, Bel Powley, Otto Frank, Liev Schreiber, The Nazis in Amsterdam, Noah Taylor, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater
Peter Pan and Wendy: Same Story, But the Lost Kids and the Darker Edges Are Softened by Fairy Dust
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekPeter Pan and Wendy, Disney live-action remakes of animated classics, David Lowery, Toby Halbrooks, Diverse casting, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, Ever Anderson, Alexander Molony, Yara Shahid, Jude Law
Sisu: Finnish Action Director Leaves Hollywood Behind in His Blood-Spattered Wake
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret: A Treasured Youth Novel Finds Its Movie Mojo
By Bonnie Laufer
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Evil Dead Rise: Still Delivering the Demonic Goods, Now in a City Setting
Jury Duty: He Didn't Know He Was Starring in Surreality TV, But He Was
Beau is Afraid: Ari Aster Plumbs the Depths of Fear and Self-Doubt in a Long, Surrealist Nightmare
By Karen Gordon
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Dead Ringers: A Splashy Gender-Flipping Franken-series Version of Cronenberg’s Horror Classic
ReviewJim SlotekDead Ringers, Gender switching reboots, Identical twin gynecologists, Alice Birch, Rachel Weisz, Britne Oldford, Present-past mash-up, Actors playing twins, Jennifer Ehle, Emily Meade, Michael McKean
Chevalier: Fact-Based Period Drama Rights Historical Wrongs in Predictable Fashion
ReviewJim SlotekChevalier, French Revolution, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, Period piece, TIFF 2022, Stephen Williams, Stefani Robinson, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Minnie Driver
Joyland: Acclaimed Pakistani Film About an Accidental Burlesque Dancer is Emotionally Alive
By Karen Gordon
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Until Branches Bend: Preachy and Peachy All at Once
ReviewJim SlotekUntil Branches Bend, TIFF 2022, Sophie Jarvis, Grace Glowicki, Alexandra Roberts, Quelemia Sparrow, Lochlyn Munro, Antoine DesRochers, Canadian, Drama, Directorial debut
Renfield: Dracula's Delivery Boy Stands Up For Himself, Much Gore and Some Laughs Ensue
ReviewJim SlotekRenfield, Dracula, Demonic familiars, Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Hoult, Vampire’s Kiss, Chris McKay, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ben Schwartz, Awkwafina, Vampire comedies
