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Original-Cin Q&A: Slow Horses' Jack Lowden on Producing The Outrun and Casting His Wife Saoirse Ronan
Original-Cin Q&A: Slow Horses' Jack Lowden on Producing The Outrun and Casting His Wife Saoirse Ronan

By Bonnie Läufer

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InterviewJim SlotekOctober 1, 2024Actor spouses, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun, Films based on best-selling memoirs, Amy Liptrot, Movies set in the Orkney Islands, Movies about addiction, Director Nora FingscheidtComment
Original-Cin Chat: Saturday Night director Jason Reitman on SNL's Generational Reach
Original-Cin Chat: Saturday Night director Jason Reitman on SNL's Generational Reach

By Jim Slotek

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InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 30, 2024Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night movie, Director/co-writer Jason Reitman, 1975, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Young actors playing comedy legends, Lamorne Morris, Ella Hunt, Cory Michael Smith, Gabriel LaBelle, J.K. Simmons, Milton BerleComment
Original-Cin Chat: The Invisibles' Bruce Greenwood Ponders 'Surfing' Through Life
Original-Cin Chat: The Invisibles' Bruce Greenwood Ponders 'Surfing' Through Life

By John Kirk

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Jim SlotekSeptember 27, 2024Bruce Greenwood, The actor at home, Andrew Currie’s The Invisibles, Surfing as a metaphor for life, Invisibility as a metaphor for avoidance, Tim Blake Nelson, Captain Christopher Pike Comment
The Wild Robot: Marooned Automaton Seeks Meaning in an Animated Film that's All Heart
The Wild Robot: Marooned Automaton Seeks Meaning in an Animated Film that's All Heart

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 27, 2024Animated films, Robot protagonists, Talking animals, AIs as surrogate mothers, The Wild Robot, Directed by Chris Sanders, Lupita Nyong’o, Mark Hamill, Ving Rhames, Catherine O’HaraComment
Seeking Mavis Beacon: Image is Everything in Uneven Documentary
Seeking Mavis Beacon: Image is Everything in Uneven Documentary

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 27, 2024Seeking Mavis Beacon, Documentary, Black lives, Jazmin Jones, Olivia McKayla RossComment
Die Alone: A Love Story to Literally Rip Your Heart Out
Die Alone: A Love Story to Literally Rip Your Heart Out

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 26, 2024Love stories set amid zombie movies, Die Alone, Canadian-made movies, Director and screenwriter Lowell Dean, Douglas Smith, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kimberly-Sue Murray, Films that tinker with horror canon Comment
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 26, 2024Sugarcane, documentary, Canada, Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Charlene Belleau, Rick Gilbert, Chief Willie Sellars, Ed Archie Noisecat, Indigenous themed films, Residential SchoolsComment
Megalopolis: What’s The Big Idea? Francis Ford Coppola Has Many, And They All Live Here
Megalopolis: What’s The Big Idea? Francis Ford Coppola Has Many, And They All Live Here

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 26, 2024Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, TIFF 24, Drama, Sci fi, Cannes, FuturisticComment
Lee: Kate Winslet Shines In A Film About War Seen Through A Woman’s Eyes
Lee: Kate Winslet Shines In A Film About War Seen Through A Woman’s Eyes

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 26, 2024Lee, Biopic, TIFF 23, Ellen Kuras, Kate Winslet, Noémie Merlant, Andy Samberg, Josh O’Connor, Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Alexander Skarsgård, World War II, Drama, Women's storiesComment
Nobody Wants This: Kristen Bell And Adam Brody Bring Big Chemistry to An L.A. Love Story
Nobody Wants This: Kristen Bell And Adam Brody Bring Big Chemistry to An L.A. Love Story

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 26, 2024Nobody Wants This, Netflix, rom-com, Erin Foster, Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Timothy Simons, Tovah Feldshuh, Justine Lupe, Comedy, Romantic comedy, SeriesComment
Mountains: A Wiser, Kinder View of Haitian Immigrants
Mountains: A Wiser, Kinder View of Haitian Immigrants

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 25, 2024Mountains, TIFF 23, Monica Sorelle, Chris Renois, Sheila Anozier, Atibon Nazaire, Immigrant experience, Haitian stories, Haitian experience, DramaComment
Will & Harper: A Comedian in a Car with his Confidante Tests Middle America's Humanity
Will & Harper: A Comedian in a Car with his Confidante Tests Middle America's Humanity

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 24, 2024Road trip documentaries, Trans experiences, Will Ferrell, Harper Steele, Director Josh Greenbaum, Portraits of friendshipsComment
A Different Man: Finding the Face that Defines You, Society Be Damned
A Different Man: Finding the Face that Defines You, Society Be Damned

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 24, 2024Body image themes, Neurofibromatosis, Director Aaron Schimberg, A Different Man, Sebastian Stan, Adam Pearson, The Elephant Man, Playing the role of the afflictedComment
An Unfinished Journey: The Forgotten Women of Afghanistan, and the Ones Who Fled to Fight On
An Unfinished Journey: The Forgotten Women of Afghanistan, and the Ones Who Fled to Fight On

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 24, 2024Afghani women in exile, Ban women’s faces and voices, Directors Aeyliya Husain and Amie Williams, Afghan parliamentarians living in Canada, Homaira Ayubi, Zefnoon Safi, Nargis Nehan, Senator Marilou McPhedranComment
Wolfs: Pitt and Clooney Rekindle Chemistry as Competing 'Fixers' in an Unchallenging Action Comedy
Wolfs: Pitt and Clooney Rekindle Chemistry as Competing 'Fixers' in an Unchallenging Action Comedy

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 19, 2024George Clooney and Brad Pitt, Action buddy movies, Wolfs, Writer/director Jon Watts, Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Cinematographer Larkin Seiple, Everything, Everywhere All At OnceComment
My Old Ass: Texting-Across-Time Sets Up a Funny and Tender First-Love Story
My Old Ass: Texting-Across-Time Sets Up a Funny and Tender First-Love Story

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 19, 2024Meetings between younger and older selves, My Old Ass, Writer-director Megan Park, Advice from the future, Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Percy Hynes White, Movies set in MuskokaComment
The Invisibles: Imaginative Film Asks, Is It Better to Be Not Seen Than Hurt?
The Invisibles: Imaginative Film Asks, Is It Better to Be Not Seen Than Hurt?

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 19, 2024Invisible Man movies, Invisibility as metaphor, The Invisibles, Director Andrew Currie, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce Greenwood, Gretchen Mol Comment
Agatha All Along: WandaVision's Surprise Witch-Villain is Powerless to Save Her Own Series
Agatha All Along: WandaVision's Surprise Witch-Villain is Powerless to Save Her Own Series

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 18, 2024WandaVision sequel, Agatha All Along, Kathryn Hahn, Marvel musical, Joe Locke, Witches' covens, Aubrey Plaza, Debra Jo Rupp, Patti LuponeComment
The Substance: Do I Look Fat in This Movie? Demi Moore Kicks Ass in Body Horror Extravaganza
The Substance: Do I Look Fat in This Movie? Demi Moore Kicks Ass in Body Horror Extravaganza

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 18, 2024The Substance, Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, TIFF 24, Midnight Madness movies, Body horror, Thriller, Aging issues, Aging, Toxic Beauty, Coralie Fargeat, ComedyComment
Transformers One: A Return to Their Animated Roots, With More 'Reveals' Than Meets the Eye
Transformers One: A Return to Their Animated Roots, With More 'Reveals' Than Meets the Eye

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 17, 2024Transformers prequel, Transformers One, Planet Cybertron, Optimus Prime/Megatron origin story, Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key Comment
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