What If …? Season 3: Marvel's Ongoing Punk of its Canon Revives Howard the Duck and More
ReviewJim SlotekThe Marvel Multiverse, What If …?, Alternative Marvel storylines, The Watcher, Jeffrey Wright, Kathryn Hahn, Kumail Nanjiani, Sebastian Stan, Howard the Duck, Samuel L. Jackson
Babygirl: Discretion is the Better Part of Adultery
Sonic The Hedgehog 3: Franchise Takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
By Chris Knight
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The End: A Post-Apocalyptic Drama Wrapped in A Musical
By Chris Knight
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Queer: Daniel Craig Continues his Stellar Post-Bond Work
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekQueer, Luca Guadagnino, TIFF 24, Drew Starkey, Daniel Craig, Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, William S Burroughs, Adaptation, 1950s, Gay
Oh, Canada: Richard Gere Stars as A Filmmaker On His Deathbed, Re-Editing His Past
ReviewJim SlotekOh, Canada, Paul Schrader, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, Michael Imperioli, Russell Banks, Adaptation, Cannes, TIFF 24, Drama, End of life issues
Kraven the Hunter: Not the Villain We Expected, Hoped For… or Even Needed
ReviewJim SlotekKraven the Hunter, J.C. Chandor, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Russell Crowe, Marvel superhero films, Comics, Adaptation, Spider-Man, Spider-Man nemeses
Lord of the Rings War of the Rohirrim: The Real Heroes Always Rode Horses
ReviewJim SlotekLord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Anime, Kenji Kamiyama, Peter Jackson, JRR Tolkien, Gaia Wise, Brian Cox, Miranda Otto, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Shaun Dooley, Luke Pasqualino, Fantasy, Anima, Sc-fi
Porcelain War: The Transformative Power of Art… and Bullets
Werewolves: There Wolves! And There! Oh, and Another Over There!
By Chris Knight
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The G: Gripping Social Thriller Says You're Never Too Old to Fight Back
The Return: Fiennes and Binoche Reunite in an Ancient Tale with Modern Resonance
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Return, Uberto Pasolini, Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer, TIFF 24, Greek mythology, Odysseus, Drama, Historical film, Ancient times, Ancient Greece
Your Tomorrow: A Reminder of The Fragility of Forever
By Chris Knight
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The Girl With The Needle: Post-WWI Drama Lays Bare The Precarious Lives of Women
ReviewJim SlotekThe Girl with The Needle, TIFF 24, Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek Knudsen, Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Joachim Fjelstrup, Danish, Drama, WWI, Black and white, Women's issues, Women in peril, Women's lives
Y2K: Sorry To Party Poop Like It’s 1999, But Y2K Ain’t Lit
By Chris Knight
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La Cocina: Whirlwind Resto Drama with Exploited Illegals in a Times Square Hell's Kitchen
Drive Back Home: Goin’ Down the Road in Reverse Meets Green Book
ReviewJim SlotekDrive Back Home, Michael Clowater, Alan Cumming, Charlie Creed-Miles, Claire Coulter, Guy Sprung, Canadian director, Canadian, Drama, Comedy, 1970s, Hayden Desser, Themes of homosexuality
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew - For Kids, But Take a Break From Adulting and It May Be For You
Ernest Cole Lost and Found: Remembering a Forgotten Photographer of Apartheid
Beatles '64: A Scorsese-Produced Snapshot of Two Weeks That Shook the Culture
By Karen Gordon
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