MOVIES: Willy Wonka is back and expected to be huge this holiday season, plus four others They are another Chicken Run, two films with women's issues and some musicians you should know By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | December 14th 2023
This week at the movies They include two animated films, one a near masterpiece By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | December 7th 2023
MOVIES: Leonard Bernstein revealed in Maestro, Eddie Murphy's first Christmas movie and a peek into the Whistler Film Festival Also an unusual road to better race relations in the U.S. By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | November 30th 2023
MOVIES: American Thanksgiving brings out big titles like Napoleon, Wish and May December Also: a visit with the super rich, Nicolas Cage at his best, comedy from Finland and, for us, healing Canada's Indigenous By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | November 24th 2023
MOVIES: What came before the Hunger Games; can soccer's big losers turn things around and what about the Rolling Stones? Also a scathing look at North Korea and animated fun with Adam Sandler By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | November 17th 2023
MOVIES: A sweet one for the holidays, Denys Arcand on our woke conflicts and a new one from Marvel Also: extreme pursuit of fame and re-imagining your life in high school By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | November 9th 2023
MOVIES: Three find art in tales of robbery, contract killing and maybe even murder A scene from Anatomy of a Fall By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | October 26th 2023
A masterpiece from Martin Scorsese They're about an obsessive save-the-world missionary and an immigrant mother-daughter conflict By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | October 19th 2023
MOVIES: Nancy Pelosi's daughter grills Capitol Hill rioters on what they were thinking Also a re-worked E.A.Poe Classic, Karen Kain's Swan Song and secrets from Joan Baez By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | October 12th 2023
MOVIES: Canadians figure large this week including drag queens and visitors from the future and France Also films on homelessness and backpacking women among raucus Australians By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | October 6th 2023