Final Destination: Bloodlines - Death Franchise Makes Killer Comeback
ReviewJim SlotekHorror franchises return from hiatus, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, Trans-generational story, Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Brec Bassinger, Teo Briones, Owen Patrick Joyner, Tony Todd, Horror films with high critical ratings
Hurry Up Tomorrow: The Weeknd is Ready For His Closeup in Arty, Misery-esque Thriller
ReviewJim SlotekMovie/album companion pieces, Purple Rain, Hurry Up Tomorrow, The Weeknd, Director/co-writer Trey Edward Shults, Crazed fan movies, Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan, Pop stars playing themselves fictionally, Abel Tesfaye, Reza Fahim
The Old Woman with The Knife: Crone Power Celebrated in Geriatric Assassin Story
The Unrestricted War: A Canadian Vax Exec Runs Afoul of China
By Chris Knight
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Murderbot: When It Takes an AI to Show Us What Being Human Means
ReviewJim SlotekAI sci-fi, Apple TV+ series, Murderbot, The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, Androids seeking sentience, Alexander Skarsgård, David Dastmalchian, Noma Dumezweni, Jack McBreyer, Tamara Podemski, John Cho
Rust: Decent Western Distinguished, Ironically, By Magnificent Cinematography
ReviewJim SlotekRust, Western, Joel Souza, Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin, Josh Hopkins, Patrick Scott McDermott, Frances Fisher, Travis Fimmel, Drama, Controversy
Please, After You: Comedy Asks, What If Canada Was Even Greater Than It Is?
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekPlease, After You, Canadian, Canadian feature debut, Comedy, Rob Michaels, Sammy Azero, Neema Nazeri, Julie Nolke, Toronto, Toronto story
Sharp Corner: Drama Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Caught By the Tides: Jia Zhang-Ke’s New Film Mines Previous Footage to Inhabit the Past
Bonjour Tristesse: French Novel Adaptation Fails to Mesh Its Sad and Lovely Components
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekAdaptations of French novels, Bonjour Tristesse, Remakes of '50s movies, Otto Preminger, Canadian writing-directing debut, Durga Chew-Bose, Languid rich lives, Chloë Sevigny, Claes Bang, Irving Berlin’s Blue Skies, Aliocha Schneider
Another Simple Favor: More Wisecracks and Floppy Hats as Twisty Sequel Moves to Capri
ReviewJim SlotekAnother Simple Favor, Paul Feig, Sequel, Mystery, Comedy, Thriller, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Elizabeth Perkins, Michele Morrone, Allison Janney, Henry Golding, Alex Newell, Prime Video
Thunderbolts*: First Rate Laughs from Second Rate Heroes
ReviewJim SlotekMCU, Avengers follow-ups, Thunderbolts*, Self-deprecating Marvel movies, Florence Pugh, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Wyatt Russell, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Second-rate super heroes
Cheech & Chong's Last Movie: Dave's Not Here, But Everyone Else Is
ReviewJim SlotekCheech & Chong, Stoner humour, Career retrospective, Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie, Up in Smoke, Lou Adler, Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers, Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces, Jack Nicholson, The Committee, Director David Bushel
Havoc: You'll Be Blown Away - Just Like Most of the Cast
ReviewJim SlotekUltraviolent action thrillers, Havoc, Writer-director Gareth Evans, The Raid, Tom Hardy, Gang wars, Forest Whitaker, Justin Cornwel, Michelle Waterson, Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant
Neighborhood Watch: Two Damaged Men Chasing a Crime Serve Up a Worthy Life Lesson
On Swift Horses: Queer Love Between a Man and Woman in the Not-So-Fabulous 1950s
ReviewJim SlotekOn Swift Horses, Adaptation, TIFF 24, Daniel Minahan, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, Sasha Calle, Drama, 1950s, Queer, Queer subjects
Until Dawn: Déjà Boo
The Accountant 2: Affleck with Autistic Powers is Back, with Modest Return on Investment
ReviewJim SlotekAutistic savantism as a plot device, The Accountant 2, Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Autistic children as operatives, Action film sequels, Daniella Pineda, Director Gavin O’Connor
Butterfly In the Maze of Human Trafficking: Emotional Doc Requires a Broader Analytic Lens
Hot Docs 2025: Back With a Vengeance and a Slate of Great Films, Pt. 2
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekHot Docs 2025, Docuementary, documentaries, World Premiere, Agatha’s Almanac, Betrayal, Citizen Minutes, Ghosts of the Sea, Mama Goals, The Nest, Night Watches Us, River of Grass, The Track, #skoden, An American Pastoral, Spreadsheet Champions
