Ocean with David Attenborough: Taking an Inspirational Plunge with the Old Man and the Sea
ReviewJim SlotekNature documentary, David Attenborough, Near centenarians, Ocean, National Geographic Channel, United Nations’ World Oceans Day, Factory fishing ships, Global warming, Colin Butfield, Toby Nowlan, Keith Scholey
I Don’t Understand You: Maybe Something Got Lost in Translation?
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin Q&A: Charles Grodin Doc Director Locates the Humanitarian Within the Star
By Bonnie Laufer
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Bring Her Back: Grief Encounters of the Creepiest Kind
Two Women: Racy Remake of 1970 Quebec Sex Comedy Still Sparkles
By Chris Knight
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The Better Sister: Sibling Rivals, A Grisly Stabbing and Too Many Suspects
ReviewJim SlotekThe Better Sister, Prime Video, Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Kim Dickens, Bobby Naderi, Michael Harney, Lorraine Toussaint, Matthew Modine, Domestic Noir, Drama, Series, Streaming series
Karate Kid Legends: Latest Franchise Installment Should Have Waxed On, Not Waxed Off
ReviewJim SlotekKarate Kid: Legends, Jonathan Entwistle, Jackie Chan, Ben Wang, Ralph Macchio, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen, Aramis Knight, Sequel, Franchise, Family film
Original-Cin Q&A: Blue Mountain, the Cancon Comedy Racewalkers and the Weirdest Olympic Sport
InterviewJim SlotekCanadian comedies, Sports comedies, Strange Olympic sports, Racewalkers, Kevin Claydon, Phil Moniz, Robbie Amell, Blue Mountain Film Festival, Bronze medalist Evan Dunfee, Coach Stafford Whelan
We Were Dangerous: Youth and Hope Triumph in Kiwi Reform School Drama
ReviewJim SlotekWe Were Dangerous, New Zealand, Coming-of-age stories, Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Maddie Dai, 1950s, Rima Te Wiata, Erana James, Nathalie Morris, Manaia Hall, Women's lives, TIFF Next Wave Selects
The Blue Mountain Film Festival: Nope, No Slopes, But Movies For All
PreviewJim SlotekRegional film festivals, Blue Mountain Film + Media Festival, Summer tourism at winter ski destinations, Patti Kendall, Salsa at Blue, Agora: Path of Light, Producer Daniel Bekerman, Programmer Jason Gorber, Canadian premiere of Racewalkers, Carson Lund’s Eephus, Black Dog, Ojibway-dubbed Star Wars, Middletown
Lilo & Stitch: Live-Action Lilo Remake Feels Stitched Together
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekLilo & Stitch, Disney, Live-action, Dean Fleischer Camp, Maia Kealoha, Chris Sanders, Sydney Agudong, Tia Carrere, Children's movies, Remake
Inside Out Film and Video Festival Turns 35 with Tales of Transformation
Preview, ReviewJim SlotekInside Out Film and Video Festival, 35th anniversary edition of Inside Out, Opening Gala Outerlands, Closing Gala The Best Friend (O Melchior Amigo), Zackery Drucker’s documentary, Enigma., Rohan Kanawade’s Cactus Pears (Sabafr Bonda), Sweet Angel Baby, Really Happy Someday, J Stevens, Noam Gonick’s Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance, Two Women (Deux Femmes)
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life: Good Intentions Yield Noble if Middling Rom-Com
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekJane Austen Wrecked My Life, TIFF 24, Laura Piani, Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson, Rom-com, British, French, Drama
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning: Flabby and Oh, So Blabby
ReviewJim SlotekMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Ving Rhames, Angela Bassett, Simon Pegg, Action, Action-adventure, Franchise, Ethan Hunt
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
