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Review of The Phantom of the Open (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 14 Jun 2022

The odd golfball-centric bit of whimsy aside, The Phantom of the Open is straight-ahead storytelling (complete with a pat family crisis that…

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Review of Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 25 May 2022

Clocking in at under two hours, virtually every word of prosaic bro dialogue, every dramatic exchange, every turn of events, is designed to…

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Review of Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 17 May 2022

Director Simon Curtis and writer Julian Fellowes deliver the dual comedies of errors with cheer, sprightly/stately music and the lightest of…

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Review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 03 May 2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a mostly joyless exercise whose only saving grace is the mordantly silly touch of director Sam…

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Review of Memory (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 28 Apr 2022

Director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) seems to be directing by template, never stopping to let us get to know anybody – least of all Neeson’s…

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Review of Memory (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 28 Apr 2022

Director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) seems to be directing by template, never stopping to let us get to know anybody – least of all Neeson’s…

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Review of Memory (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 28 Apr 2022

Director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) seems to be directing by template, never stopping to let us get to know anybody – least of all Neeson’s…

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Review of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 20 Apr 2022

The movie is both an exercise in self-mockery and a spoof of both Hollywood and the kind of movie Cage might take to pay the bills…

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Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 13 Apr 2022

If cute was the selling point of this spin-off series, it’s practically out of stock in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, a movie…

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Review of Ambulance (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 07 Apr 2022

With DNA largely spliced from the movie Speed, it’s a carnage-filled action film that is essentially a single extended car chase…

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Review of Morbius (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 31 Mar 2022

You do get the sense that Swedish director Daniel Espinosa really wanted to make a horror film instead of the usual super-hero…

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Review of The Lost City (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 22 Mar 2022

There is no pretension in what The Lost City is or what it’s trying to do, other than entertain an audience for slightly under two hours…

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Review of Umma (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 21 Mar 2022

Despite Oh’s solid fear-filled performance, Amanda’s inevitable possession seems to take forever in an 87-minute movie, and the inevitable…

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Review of Double Walker (2021)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 18 Mar 2022

Double Walker’s story is feverishly imaginative, though its internal logic often doesn’t hold up…

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Review of The Batman (2022)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 28 Feb 2022

Batman as a straight-ahead film noir anti-hero – just psychos and murder, no end of the world scenarios - is an idea that’s overdue…

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Review of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 15 Dec 2021

Spider-Man: No Way Home is a comfort-food present to long-time fans, like a cross-over episode of one or more beloved TV series, with winks,…

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Review of West Side Story (2021)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 09 Dec 2021

This West Side Story retains its ‘50s feel, while polishing this venerable gem of a musical to a greater gleam…

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Review of King Richard (2021)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 18 Nov 2021

I was worried King Richard would come to resemble the platitudinous The Pursuit of Happyness, which earned Smith an Oscar nomination, but is…

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Review of Spencer (2021)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 03 Nov 2021

The largely interior cinematography by Claire Mathon is stark, cold and beautiful, backed by a soundtrack that ranges from funereal chamber…

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Review of Last Night in Soho (2021)

By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 27 Oct 2021

I’m a fan of Wright’s work, so I’m disappointed that Last Night in Soho doesn’t hold up on both halves…

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