By John Corrado

New releases for the week of November 10th, 2023.

Theatrical Releases:

The Marvels (Wide Release): This latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe serves as a team up between Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani), and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris). I screened it earlier this week, and it’s kind of a mess. It feels like an episode of a TV show (it’s basically a spinoff of the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel), mixing cheesy visual effects with a story that feels messy and rushed, relying too heavily on callbacks to previous films and shows. For my money, this is the weakest film yet in a fading MCU, but your mileage may vary. (Full Review)

It’s a Wonderful Knife (Limited Release): This playful riff on It’s a Wonderful Life offers a fun Christmas slasher comedy. Winnie (Jane Widdop) is a teen girl who finds herself in a world where she never existed, and has to reface the masked killer she stopped a year earlier who is still on the loose. It’s this mix of subversive comedy, slasher movie tropes, and Christmas warmth that ultimately makes It’s a Wonderful Knife enjoyable to watch. (Full Review)

Another Body (Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema): This cleverly crafted documentary follows a female engineering student who discovered “deepfake” porn videos of herself on the internet. This is a disturbing cautionary tale about deepfake technology being used to create nonconsensual porn film that plays out like a real life computer screen thriller. (Hot Docs 2023 Review)

More Releases: The Holdovers (Wide), Journey to Bethlehem (Wide), The Lebanese Burger Mafia (Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema)

Streaming Releases:

The Killer (Netflix): After a limited run in theatres, David Fincher’s latest hits Netflix today. Starring Michael Fassbender as a calm, calculated professional hitman, this is an entertaining, precisely crafted assassin thriller that is infused with style and laced with dark humour. (Full Review)

More Releases: Blackberry (CBC Gem), The Curse (Paramount+)