TIFF ’24: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 7
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekTIFF 24, Mr. K, The End, Matt and Mara, Centrepiece, Platform, Seeds, Space Cowboy, TIFF Docs, Discovery, Daniela Forever, Grand Tour, Wavelengths, U Are The Universe
TIFF ’24: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 6
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekSuperboys of Malegaon, Gala Presentations, Daughter’s Daughter, Platform, Presence, Centrepiece, So Surreal: Behind the Masks, TIFF Docs, Flow, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Twice the Title, Half the Heart
ReviewJim SlotekBeetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton, Decades-later sequels, Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega, Catherine O'Hara, Willem Dafoe, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jeffrey Jones
Deaner ’89: Canuck Headbanger Saga Continues, Bro… Just Don’t Say Fubar!
ReviewJim SlotekDeaner ’89, Canadian, Comedy, Headbangers, Fubar, FUBAR, Sam McGlynn, Paul Spence, Star Slade, Will Sasso, Mary Walsh, Kevin McDonald, Stephen McHattie
Reagan: It's Morning Again at the Movies, As Sunshiny and Teflon as Ever
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekMovies about presidents, Reagan, Dennis Quaid, Director Sean McNamara, ACT UP, Iran-Contra, Leonid Brezhnev, Mena Suvari as Jane Wyman, Penelope Ann Miller as Nancy Reagan, Jon Voight
You Gotta Believe: Real Life Underdog Story Strikes Out as Feel-Bad Drama
ReviewJim SlotekUnderdog sports movies, Little League World Series, You Gotta Believe, Westside Little League team of Fort Worth, Texas, Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, Ty Roberts, Tug McGraw, New York Mets, Michael Cash
KAOS: Superb Netflix Series is a Wry Contemporary Greek-God Soap Opera with Human Relevancy
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekContemporary takes on Greek gods, Netflix series KAOS, Jeff Goldblum as Zeus, Stephen Dillane, Cliff Curtis, Aurora Perrineau, David Thewlis, Debi Mazar as Medusa, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Created by Charlie Covell, Olympus as modern metaphor
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
