Five Nights at Freddy's: Five Minutes Is More Than Enough for this Fans-Only Horror Film
ReviewJim SlotekMovies based on video games, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Amusement park animatronics, Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Mary Stuart Masterson, Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard, Replacement directors, Emma Tammi, Chris Columbus
The Delinquents: Ramblingly Funny Argentinian Heist Movie is a Masterpiece of Slow Cinema
By Chris Knight
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The Killer: Slaying in True David Fincher Fashion
ReviewJim SlotekThe Killer, David Fincher, Andrew Kevin Walker, Luc Jacamon, Alexis Nolent, Tilda Swinton, Michael Fassbender, Action, Assassin stories, Hired guns, Drama
Dicks The Musical: Half-cocked Spoof Fails to Rise to the Occasion
ReviewJim SlotekDicks: The Musical, Larry Charles, TIFF 23, Aaron Jackson, Josh Sharp, Meagan Mullally, Bowen Yang, Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane, Comedy, Sexual identity, The Parent Trap
Pain Hustlers: Finding the Funny in Fentanyl isn't What the Doctor Ordered
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekBased-in-fact comedy filmmaking, Adam-McKay, Pain Hustlers, David Yates, Wells Tower, Opioid crisis, Andy Garcia, Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Unprincipled pharma marketing, Catherine O'Hara
Anatomy of a Fall: Did He Jump or Did She Push?
ReviewJim SlotekAnatomy of a Fall, Palme d’Or at Cannes, TIFF 23, Justine Triet, Sandra Hüller, Milo Machado Graner, Samuel Theis, Swann Arlaud, Camille Rutherford, Antoine Reinartz, Drama, European, legal drama, Courtroom drama
The Persian Version: Nifty Bits Boost Cross-Cultural Mother-Daughter Conflict
ReviewJim SlotekMaryam Keshavarz, Niousha Noor, Layla Mohammadi, Mother-daughter, Cross Cultural, Comedy, Drama, LQBT, Sundance, The Persian Version
Killers of the Flower Moon: Scorsese at His Best Documents America at its Worst
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekKillers of The Flower Moon, Adaptation, David Grann, Eric Roth, Marin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tantoo Cardinal, Lily Gladstone, American, Based on a true story, Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow
John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams: It Wouldn’t Be Halloween Without Him
Humanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicidal Person: Bloodless in the Best Way
By Chris Knight
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Lessons In Chemistry: Brie Larson Stars in Feminist Cooking Show Fable
ReviewJim SlotekLessons in Chemistry, Apple TV +, Lee Eisenberg, Bonnie Garmus, Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Aja Naomi King, Alice Halsey, Adaptation, Period piece
Foe: Faux Portrait of a Post-Apocalyptic Marriage
ReviewJim SlotekPost apocalyptic stories, Climate change, Foe, Humans leaving Earth to survive, Artificial intelligence, Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre, Garth Davis, Iain Reid
She Came To Me: An Ostentatiously Odd Sort-Of Comedy
Strange Way of Life/The Human Voice: The Short and the Short of Almodovar's Mojo
By Karen Gordon
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Joan Baez: I Am A Noise: Her Private, Public and Secret Life Dovetail in New Doc
ReviewJim SlotekJoan Baez, Music documentaries, Politically active musicians, Joan Baez: I Am A Noise, Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky and Maeve O'Boyle, Mimi Fariña, Bob Dylan, David Harris, Repressed memories of abuse
The Exorcist Believer: Hell Hath No Fury Like an Exorcist Scorned
Relax, I’m from the Future: Time Is a Blob, not a Line!
ReviewJim SlotekRelax, I’m from the Future, Luke Higginson, Rhys Darby, Gabrielle Graham, Janine Theriault, Julian Richings, Time travel films, Canadian comedy, sci-fi
The Royal Hotel: Outback Setting Adds Dread to Gender Dynamics Thriller
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
Fair Play: When the New Boss is Your Secret Workplace Lover, Things Get Sticky Fast
By Karen Gordon
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