Out Come the Wolves: A Finely Crafted Woodsy Thriller with a Love Triangle and Lupine Menace
By Chris Knight
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Only Murders in the Building, Season 4: Killing It in Hollyweird
ReviewJim SlotekComedy mystery series, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Hollywood murder theme, Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, Jin Ha, Richard Kind, Melissa McCarthy, Disney+
The Crow: The '90s Called, and They Want Their Bird Back
Between the Temples: Gentle Portrait of Grief Yields Sincere if Awkward Laughs
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekBetween the Temples, Comedy, American, Nathan Silver, C. Mason Wells, Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Robert Smigel, Dolly De Leon, Caroline Aaron, Madeline Weinstein, Jewish cinema
Lost in the Shuffle: Doc is Part Modern Magic Show, Part Medieval Cold Case
By Chris Knight
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Strange Darling: Filmmaker JT Mollner Turns Expectations Upside Down
ReviewJim SlotekStrange Darling, Thriller, Drama, JT Moller, Kyle Gallner, Willa Fitzgerald, Ed Begley Jr., Barbara Hershey, Giovanni Ribisi, Serial killers
Alien: Romulus - In Space, No One Cares That It's An Homage
ReviewJim SlotekFranchise sequels that connect to the original, Alien: Romulus, Director Fede Alvarez, H.R. Giger, Ridley Scott's original Alien, Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Aileen Wu
My Penguin Friend: Real-Life Tale of a Brazilian and a Bird is Cute, But Waddles Dramatically
By Karen Gordon
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Caligula: The Ultimate Cut - Raunchy Roman 'Epic' Remains a Bacchanalian Bore
ReviewJim SlotekPenthouse publisher Bob Guccione, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Filmmaker/art historian Thomas Negovan, Movies that were disavowed by participants, Malcolm McDowell, Dame Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, Sir John Gielgud, Written by Gore Vidal, Roger Ebert, Teresa Ann Savoy
Bad Monkey: Vince Vaughn Revisits Vince Vaughn in Adaptation of Carl Hiaasen’s Comic Novel
ReviewJim SlotekMichelle Monaghan, Alex Moffat, Natalie Martinez, Eve Stripling, Ronald Peet, Rob Delaney, David St. Louis, Jodie Turner-Smith, Adaptation, Apple TV+, Bad Monkey, Vince Vaughn, Bill Lawrence, Carl Hiaasen, Black comedy, Miami Beach, Detective series
Good One: Sometimes Less Is More. And Sometimes It’s a Lot More
By Chris Knight
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It Ends With Us: Bestseller Adaptation Well Acted, Poorly Executed
By Chris Knight
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Borderlands: Like Watching Someone Play a First Person Shooter Game - Badly
Balestra: To Dream a Dangerous Dream
ReviewJim SlotekBalestra, Nicole Dorsey, Canadian drama, Cush Jumbo, Manny Jacinto, James Badge Dale, Christin Park, Hannah Duke, Luke Bilyk, Heather Doerksen, Sci fi, Fencing
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing
ReviewJim SlotekSugarcane, documentary, Canada, Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Charlene Belleau, Rick Gilbert, Chief Willie Sellars, Ed Archie Noisecat, Indigenous themed films, Residential Schools
Umbrella Academy S4: The Epic Fantasy Becomes Slapstick and Anticlimactic
ReviewJim SlotekThe Umbrella Academy, Netflix, Streaming series, Season Four, Elliot Page, adaptation, comic book, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Aidan Gallagher, David Cross, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Colm Feore, Sci fi, Superheroes
Cuckoo: Great Cast Elevates Wobbly Thriller That’s Kind of Good and Kind of Not
By Chris Knight
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Dance First: Waiting for a Better Bio of Samuel Beckett
The Instigators: Damon and Affleck Are Imperfect… but Entertaining
The Death Tour: A Snowy Road Where Wrestlers Find Reasons to Live
ReviewJim SlotekPro wrestling minor leagues, The Death Tour, Documentaries about wrestling, Northern Indigenous communities, Stephan Peterson, Sonya Ballantyne, The Promoter: The Tony Condello Story, Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega, Indigenous wrestlers
