Entertaining action comedy #TheFallGuy forefronts its stars, a mostly original story, and a whole lot of real-world stunts rather than heavy CGI. That last part feels fresh in 2024, says Carsten:

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Still playing in Halifax cinemas: Alex Garland's #CivilWar , with Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, and Nick Offerman. Carsten says it's a chilling vision of a country in chaos:

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Now, this is a summer blockbuster, says Carsten Knox. #TheFallGuy is dumb as a bag of hammers but dancing as fast as it can to entertain its audience:

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What’s entirely heartening about #SmokeSaunaSisterhood is how relatable it is, says Carsten. Some of it is hilarious, some of it is devastating, but all of it is candid and intimate:

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While the movie is nowhere near a classic, and it goes bit stale through the middle, #Unfrosted manages to be a bit of a guilty pleasure, says Carsten, a lot like the pastry it celebrates:

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#SmokeSaunaSisterhood is an incredibly evocative documentary, says Carsten, shot over multiple seasons in an Estonian sauna. It also feels wonderfully pagan and witchy:

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The secret to #Unfrosted 's success, says Carsten, is that its stakes couldn’t be lower — it just becomes an exercise in silliness, which, if you can ride along with it, makes for a pretty good time:

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NEW: Carsten reviews documentary #SmokeSaunaSisterhood , available on demand and digital. Strong together in the heat:

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NEW: Carsten reviews #Unfrosted , with Jerry Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy, and Hugh Grant. The (Fake) History of Pop Tarts:

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: #TheTasteOfThings , with Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. Delicious to see, Carsten says:

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Carsten reviews Caitlin Cronenberg's #Humane , with Enrico Colantoni, Jay Baruchel, and Emily Hampshire. Family feud gets stabby:

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#TheIdeaOfYou isn't always successful but Anne Hathaway is always doing something worth watching, says Carsten. His review on Flaw In The Iris:

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Hot as the sun at the US Open, Luca Guadagnino’s #Challengers channels tennis as an allegory for competitive relationships while offering enough on-court action to work, most of the time, says Carsten, as a sports movie:

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Carsten reviews #TheGreatestHits , with Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, and David Corenswet. Ned Benson's sweet return:

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From the jump #TheIdeaOfYou evokes Notting Hill's unlikely coupling, but turned on its head, says Carsten. This attempts a similar level of wish-fulfillment with a more complicated scenario:

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NEW: Carsten reviews #TheIdeaOfYou , with Anne Hathaway, Annie Mumolo, and Nicholas Galizine. Good idea but a mixed execution:

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#CivilWar deftly undermines both its marketing and its audience expectations, says Carsten, defying any easy categorization. What’s most terrifying is how it envisions a country believably shattered and discordant:

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As an allegory for gender fluidity #SkinDeep works well, says Carsten, offering a lot of space for human variation. It asks how much we can know our partners, and considers what part of ourselves is our physicality:

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Another episode of The Knox Office, with reviews of #ThePromisedLand #TheGreatestHits and #TheKingTide . Carsten Knox on CBC Radio:

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Plenty of grisly darkness at play in #Humane , says Carsten, although not as biting or funny as other recent comedy thrillers. But it does have a fun, genuine b-movie nastiness about it:

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