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Jim Slotek

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Honey Bunch (2025) 86% B- EDIT “There is a point in the first act of Honey Bunch where mood alone suggests you might be watching something that will pay off. Unfortunately, that mood simply sets expectations too high.” – Original Cin Jan 21, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% B+ EDIT “In The Bone Temple, Fiennes' gonzo performance is the feature attraction. It’s not the only story to be told in this continuation of the tale of Spike (Alfie Williams). But without it, this film would be little more than a narrative place holder.” – Original Cin Jan 13, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% A EDIT “That the tale has remained fresh 30 years post-novel suggests how entrenched is the notion that all jobs are in peril from the moment you’re hired. Well shot and acted, No Other Choice is both absurd and believable. But its social relevance remains.” – Original Cin Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% B+ EDIT “Alternately fun and tear-jerking tale of a real-life married team of Neil Diamond "interpreters." It is pure schmaltz - actually the best schmaltz - oddly perfect for a Christmas release, marked by terrific performances by Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman. ” – Original Cin Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 86% B+ EDIT “There is little to be learned in the film about what makes a successful marriage, any more than there is about why people lay themselves bare on a stage seeking laughs. That may be the best thing about Is This Thing On? It retains its mystery.” – Original Cin Dec 18, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% B EDIT “They’re kind of rare occasions, given that they were released in 2009, 2022 and 2025. And with so much "stuff" to remember from the last time around, they really should take a cue from TV procedurals and announce, "Previously, on Avatar…" ” – Original Cin Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Ella McCay (2025) 22% C+ EDIT “There are so many characters at play in this forced upbeat effort, the only constant is the young overachieving title character. Every other character has one job, to support her or not. It’s a first-rate cast of actors, all of whom try very hard.” – Original Cin Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) 16% C+ EDIT “The studios' lesson: Stop trying to make video game film adaptations that appeal to a general audience. A giant in-joke of a movie can pay off bigtime. For the rest of us, it’s best to sit back and watch cute faced robots crush people’s heads” – Original Cin Dec 4, 2025 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% A- EDIT “It may occasionally hit you over the head with the Bard (who is much less a presence in the novel). Still, Hamnet is a sensitively told, beautifully realized pastoral tale, driven by Buckley’s magnetism in the lead.” – Original Cin Nov 24, 2025 Full Review Bugonia (2025) 88% B EDIT “Bugonia should be funny as hell. But in an age when no belief is too absurd for social media, the premise just seems too normal. I wanted to introduce Teddy to someone I know who believes a clones-are-among-us conspiracy, so they could talk shop.” – Original Cin Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Begonia (2019) B EDIT “Bugonia should be funny as hell. But in this age when no belief is too absurd to thrive on social media, the premise seems too normal to be funny. I wanted to introduce Teddy to someone I know who believes in clones-among-us, so they could talk shop.” – Original Cin Oct 22, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% A- EDIT “The idea that Victor is the actual monster, and the “creature” the victim is truer to the source. And Oscar Isaac is certainly one of the most dislikable Victor Frankensteins in film history, haughty, derisive and driven. ” – Original Cin Oct 16, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% B EDIT “Sydney Sweeney deglamorizes admirably in the harrowing story of boxer Martin. The movie doesn’t rise above its formula, but performances are stand-out, including Ben Foster as Martin’s psychotic manager/husband and Chad L. Coleman's hilarious Don King.” – Original Cin Oct 3, 2025 Full Review Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 (2025) 84% B+ EDIT “Orwell: 2+2=5 is food for thought for sure, practically an all-you-can-eat buffet of thoughts. As a statement, it is all over the map. But as an experiential representation of Orwell’s warnings-come-true, it is worth seeing.” – Original Cin Oct 2, 2025 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 70% B- EDIT “Writer-director Safdie seems hemmed in by the genre. Still, even if it seems like we’ve seen this movie before, Johnson sells his character, no gimmicks, raised eyebrows or phony theatrics. He is believable, even if we never really discover who he is.” – Original Cin Oct 1, 2025 Full Review HIM (2025) 30% B EDIT “Him puts the other American Sunday religion through a bonkers meat-grinder of claustrophobia, demented violence, hallucinations and things ritualistic. Lots of it doesn’t make sense, but a fever-dream doesn’t have to.” – Original Cin Sep 18, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% B- EDIT “The space-age ‘60s vibe does add a little bubblegum flavour to soften any over-seriousness. Maybe it just needs a little less bickering and more clobbering time before it's MCU-ready. (But at least Galactus isn’t a cloud this time). ” – Original Cin Jul 23, 2025 Full Review 28 Years Later (2025) 88% A EDIT “There are bigger, faster Rage-virus zombies, gore, shocks, sustained dread, trippy editing, and death metal samplings. But there's also a soulful story, with pathos, wry laughs and dedication to the notion that things change to adapt to current reality. ” – Original Cin Jun 19, 2025 Full Review Ballerina (2025) 75% B EDIT “Ballerina is as close to a John Wick 5 as you are going to get without calling it that. Fueled by familiar faces, and de Armas’s commitment to her role, it's a little extra Wick for fans who thought they’d seen the last of him.” – Original Cin Jun 4, 2025 Full Review Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025) 14% B-minus EDIT “Equal parts fantastical, predictable and perplexing – with a heavy nod to Stephen King’s Misery. This is not a movie that will send people home energized or humming tunes. Still, it’s an interesting approach for an extended album ad.” – Original Cin May 15, 2025 Full Review Cheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980) B EDIT “Their creative process in action is just one of the archival treats in the film. It's a jam-packed two hours of pop cultural hindsight that is part extended sketch, part couples therapy, and part traditional doc. True fans will appreciate all three ” – Original Cin Apr 26, 2025 Full Review Neil Young: Coastal (2025) 80% B-plus EDIT “Young jokes through his first public performances in four years. But there’s an uncertainty underneath. He'll be 80 soon, and isn’t exactly ageless - until those slightly swollen fingers and hairy knuckles find their home on a keyboard or guitar neck. ” – Original Cin Apr 13, 2025 Full Review Black Bag (2025) 96% A-minus EDIT “Many espionage-themed action films hit the ground running. The smartly scripted espionage-themed inaction film Black Bag somehow manages to do likewise.” – Original Cin Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 46% B-minus EDIT “As a turn-your-brain-off, techno action movie, it succeeds well enough. As a Marvel movie that connects with other Marvel movies in any meaningful way or charts a new direction, it’s little more than a space-filler.” – Original Cin Feb 13, 2025 Full Review Young Werther (2024) 71% C EDIT “It is possible Young Werther would have found its place in the ‘80s zeitgeist. Whether it appeals to you today may depend on whether or not you’ve subsequently decided Ferris Bueller was kind of an a--hole.” – Original Cin Jan 6, 2025 Full Review
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