Wicked Little Letters: Sharp Period Piece Carries Timeless Feminist Message
ReviewJim SlotekWicked Little Letters, Thea Sharrock, Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Timothy Spall, TIFF 23, Period piece, British film, Drama, Black comedy, Feminist feature, Gemma Jones, Anjana Vasan
Ripley: Patricia Highsmith's Sociopathic Social Climber Gets a Noir Netflix Upgrade
By Karen Gordon
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DogMan: Luc Besson’s Movie Should Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor: The Saga of an Accidental Revolutionary
ReviewJim SlotekCarol Doda Topless at the Condor, Marlo McKenzie, Jonathan Parker, Carol Doda, Judy Mamou, Jimi Mamou, Burlesque, Documentary, 1960s, Metallica, Lars Ulrich
Sugar: Colin Farrell Series Meanders Through the L.A. Detective Genre Sleuthing For Something New
The Old Oak: Ken Loach's Last Film Frames Racism at its Most British with a Glimmer of Hope
By Chris Knight
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Remembering Gene Wilder: Portrait of an Actor as a Saint
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekRemembering Gene Wilder, Gene Wilder, Ron Frank, Documentary, Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks, Carol Kane, Alan Alda, Ben Mankiewicz, Hot Docs
Someone Like You: New Film Will Draw Christian Audience. Attention Lions
Renegade Nell: Series About 18th Century 'Highwaywoman' is a Supernaturally Imbued Hoot
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekPeriod TV series, Women bandits, Renegade Nell, Disney+, Series creator Sally Wainwright, Gentleman Jack, Louisa Harland, Reign of Queen Anne, Frank Dillane, Nick Mohammed, Alice Kremelberg, Jake Dunn
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - Like the Old Empire, with More World Landmarks Punched and Smashed
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire, 91 years of Kong, Kong: Skull Island, Director Adam Wingard, Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Hollow Earth, Movies that destroy world landmarks
Club Zero: Inky Black Satire More Disturbing Than Amusing
3 Body Problem: Game of Thrones Series Creators Turn to Dark, Conspiratorial ET Sci-Fi
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim Slotek3 Body Problem, Netflix, Alien invasion story, Chinese science fiction, Liu Cixin, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones, Benedict Wong, Video games as plot device, Rosalind Chao, Jess Hong, Jonathan Pryce
Problemista: Under the Laughs, Casting a Cold Eye on the America Dream
ReviewJim SlotekProblemista, Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, Laith Nakli, RZA, Comedy, Absurdist social comment, Immigration, American Dream, Art world, Satire
Immaculate: Yawn…. Another Nun-Beset-by-Evil Story with Excess Gore, Absent Pizzazz
By Chris Knight
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Shayda: An Homage to The Resilience of Women
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - Who Knew? Bustin' Can Still Make Ya Feel Good
Palm Royale: Kristen Wiig Stars as A Social Climbing Con Artist
ReviewJim SlotekPalm Royale, Abe Sylvia, Kristen Wiig, Carol Burnett, Allison Janney, Josh Lucas, Ricky Martin, Series, 1960s, Florida
The Queen of My Dreams: Mother-Daughter Conflict Reigns Across Eras and Cultures
ReviewJim SlotekThe Queen of My Dreams, Canadian film, TIFF 23, Fawzia Mirza, Debut feature, Amrit Kaur, Nimra Bucha, Hamza Haq, Ayana Manji, Meher Jaffri, Ali A. Kazmi, Gul-e-Rana
X-Men '97: A Quarter-Century-Plus Later, the Series That Inspired the Movies Powers Up Again
ReviewJim SlotekX-Men animated series, Continuation sequel series, X-Men '97, Days of Future Past storyline, Disney+, Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Chris Claremont, Rebooted Saturday morning cartoons
William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill - Getting Metaphysical on the Record
