Strays: Potty-Mouthed Talking Dogs Deliver Laughs… and Powerful Message
ReviewJim SlotekStrays, Josh Greenbaum, Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Isla Fisher, Randall Park, Will Forte, Josh Gad, Sofia Vergara, Dogs, Talking dogs, Comedy
Back On the Strip: A Big Member, But Few Laughs
ReviewJim SlotekBack on the Strip, Chris Spencer, Spence Moore II, Wesley Snipes, Tiffany Haddish, Raigan Harris, JB Smoove, Gary Owen, Bill Bellamy, Colleen Camp, Faizon Love, Male stripping, Comedy
Blue Beetle: Preserving A Superhero’s Legacy One Predictable Cheap Laugh at a Time
ReviewJim SlotekBlue Beetle, DC Comics, Angel Manuel Soto, Xolo Mariduena, Bruna Marquezine, George Lopez, Belissa Escobedo, Raoul Trujillo, Harvey Guillen, Elpidia Carillo, Susan Sarandon, Damian Alcazar, Superpowers, Superheroes, Action-adventure
Dark Windows: Nothing to See Here
ReviewJim SlotekDark Windows, Alex Heron, Anna Bullard, Annie Hamilton, Rory Alexander, Morten Holst, Norwegian movies, Drunk driving, Horror, slasher flick
This Place: A Space for Love, Between Hybrid Identities
Jules: Aliens are Among Us, and Not All are from Outer Space
By Karen Gordon
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The Eternal Memory: Memory Fades While Love Remains in Absorbing Documentary
The Beasts: Fact-Based Spanish Crime Story a Study in Nightmare Neighbours
By Chris Knight
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Satan Wants You: How a Bad Book Launched the Satanic Panic
Star Trek: Finale Captures the Best of Trek in One Episode
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season finale, Season 2, Maja Vrvilo, Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, CTV’s Sci-Fi, Paramount Plus, Melanie Scrofano, Dan Jeonette
The Last Voyage of the Demeter: Bat-Boy Dracula and a Ship of Food
ReviewJim SlotekDracula, Bram Stoker novel, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, André Øvredal, Javier Botet, Nosferatu, Liam Cunningham, Woody Norman, David Dastmalchian, Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi
Passages: In a Love Triangle, Man Takes a Walk on the Bi Side
By Chris Knight
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Meg 2: The Trench - When 'Jumping the Shark' is Actually a Good/Bad Thing
A Compassionate Spy: In Praise of Treason
Star Trek Strange New Worlds S2E9 Is a Musical! Got a Problem with That?
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek, Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Series, sci-fi, Dermott Downs, Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Melissa Navia, Paul Wesley, Babs Olusanmokun, San Diego Comic Con, Franchise, Musicals
Shortcomings: Portrait of An Asian-American Anti-Hero with Girl Trouble
ReviewJim SlotekShortcomings, Randall Park, Adrian Tomine, adaptation, Graphic novel, Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Debby Ryan, Tavis Gevinson, Sonoya Mizuno, Timothy Simons, Jacob Batalon, Asian Americans, LGBTQ+
North of Normal: Mother-Daughter Tale Finds Hope in Love
ReviewJim SlotekNorth of Normal, Sarah Gadon, River Price-Maenpaa, Amanda Fix, Canadian film, TIFF 2022, Drama, Coming of age, Mother-daughter, Carly Stone, Robert Carlyle
Talk to Me: Supernatural Thriller's Firm Grip is Hard to Shake
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - Rethinking the Reptiles I Rejected
ReviewJim SlotekTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Adolescent Radioactive Black-Belt Hamsters, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Giancarlo Esposito, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, YA entertainment and themes, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, Ayo Edebiri
Kokomo City: Four Black Transgender Sex Workers Tell It Like It Is
