The Friend: Best-In-Show Performances Distinguish Quiet Drama
ReviewJim SlotekThe Friend, TIFF 24, David Siegel, Scott McGehee, Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Sarah Pidgeon, Carla Gugino, Drama, Friendship, Animals, Dog, Great Dane, Bing the Great Dane
The Luckiest Man in America: 80s Game Show Swindle Propels Hairy Fact-Based Drama
ReviewJim SlotekThe Luckiest Man in America, TIFF 24, Samir Oliveros, Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, David Strathairn, Maisie Williams, fact-based drama, Drama, 1980s
The Studio: Seth Rogen’s Smart Satire of The Movie Biz, On TV
ReviewJim SlotekThe Studio, AppleTV+, Series, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Catherine O’Hara, Chase Sui Wonders, Kathryn Hahn, Bryan Cranston, Satire, Hollywood satire, Comedy
Hot Docs Documentary Festival Back and Ready to Rumble
Original-Cin Q&A: Steve Coogan and Peter Cattaneo on Lessons Learned from Penguins
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekThe Penguins Lessons, Peter Cattaneo, Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, TIFF 24, Adaptation, Based on a true story, British, Argentina, Animals, Movies about animals, Drama
Friday Review Roundup: Village Keeper and A Working Man Offer a Whole Lot of Meh
By Original-Cin Staff
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ReviewJim SlotekVillage Keeper, TIFF 24, A Working Man, Jason Statham, Drama, Action films, Michael Peña, Karen Chapman, Olunike Adeliyi, Maxine Simpson, March openings
Canadian Film Fest: Elbows Up Goes to the Movies
PreviewJim SlotekCanadian Film Fest, Scotiabank Theatre, Crocodile Eyes, Darkest Miriam, Please After You, His Father’s Son, The Players, Skeet, Vampire Zombies — From Space!, To The Moon, Homegrown, Independent, Ingrid Veninger, The Legacy of Cloud Falls, Canadian, Conceiving Clara
The Penguin Lessons: Waddle You Watch This Weekend?
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekHumans bonding with penguins, The Penguin Lessons, Films based on true stories, Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, Novel by Tom Michell, Director Peter Cattaneo, The Full Monty, Films about poetry, My Penguin Friend, Toronto international Film Festival
Darkest Miriam: Still Waters Run Deep in this Tale of a Toronto Librarian
Misericordia: A Quirky Mix of Sex Farce and Darkness
ReviewJim SlotekFrench films, Repressed desires, Unwelcome prodigal sons, Misericordia, Writer/director Alain Guiraudie, Stranger By The Lake, Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jean-Baptiste Durand, David Ayala, Jacques Develay
A Mother Apart: Existential Quest of a Rejected Jamaican Child Turned Adult Artist
Bob Trevino Likes It: An Annoyingly Compulsive People-Pleaser of a Movie
ReviewJim SlotekFather-inflicted neuroses, Same named characters, Bob Trevino Likes It, Writer-director Tracie Laymon, Conflicted young women, Relationships with older men, Barbie Ferreira, French Stewart, John Leguizamo, Lauren “Lola” Spencer
O’dessa: A Symphony without a Song
The Alto Knights: Robert De Niro Plays Antagonists in a Mafia Film That Lacks Spark
By Karen Gordon
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Lucy: The Stolen Lives of Elephants - A Wide-Ranging Doc on a Wide-Ranging Animal
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekElephant habitats, Global treatment of elephants, Lucy: The Stolen Lives of Elephants, Director Fern Levitt, Pinnawala, Brazil’s Global Sanctuary for Elephants, Elephant art, African Lion Safari, Performing Animal Welfare Society, Bob Barker
Black Bag: Blanchett and Fassbender Bond Beautifully in Smartly Scripted Spy Whodunit
ReviewJim SlotekSpy films, Dialogue driven thrillers, Black Bag, Director Steven Soderbergh, Scriptwriter David Koepp, Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke, Slow Horses, Pierce Brosnan
Can I Get a Witness?: 50 Is The New Life Expectancy
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCan I Get a Witness?, TIFF 24, Ann Marie Fleming, Sandra Oh, Joel Oulette, Keira Jang, Canadian, sci-fi, Drama, Dystopian stories
Opus: Deeply Dark Entertainment Media Satire is a Made-For-Malkovich Fun Ride
ReviewJim SlotekEntertainment media spoof, Opus, John Malkovich, Writer-director Mark Anthony Green, Pop superstar turned cult leader, Ayo Edebiri, Murray Bartlett, Juliette Lewis, Melissa Chambers, Faux thriller
Novocaine: Too Painful to Watch, Too Funny to Miss
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie - Daffy and Porky Find Buddy-Comedy Mojo
ReviewJim SlotekLooney Tunes movies, The Day the Earth Blew Up, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, Eric Bauza, Mel Blanc, Alien invasion, Fred Tatasciore, Candi Milo, Laraine Newman, Wayne Knight
