MOVIES: Frantic action with Furiosa and fears elsewhere about plastics and A-I
Also: an amiable profile of those summer regulars The Beach Boys and a weak space trip with Jennifer Lopez
Entertainment
Friends, real and imaginary, in IF
There's also a Japanese classic brought back, Amy Winehouse revered, an Indigenous astronomer and more
MOVIES: Between the Apes and the Evil that doesn't exist we get some of the big issues of the day
Also films about the Reena Virk murder, a "two-spirit" artist, pals in the projects and getting back with The Beatles
MOVIES: Ryan Gosling moves on from Ken to this. Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway wander too, in their own way
Also: we visit a genuine superstar, a homeless man, an LGBTQ icon and a new Star Wars series
MOVIES: Tigers up very close, climate change in startling view and a romance and tennis hybrid
And more: questions and a heist Indigenous style, HIV, overpopulation and Leonardo da Vinci in animation
MOVIES: no blockbusters this week but check out some very good smaller films
Patriarchy, corporate greed, political satire, anxiety about the future and bravery amid The Holocaust are all on the bill
MOVIES: Civil War's extreme US future, Food Inc. 2's dire warnings and a true crime mystery
Also a couple of unusual love stories that bring in fantasy and even science fiction
MOVIES: Monkey Man, violent fantasy by actor-cum-director Dev Patel with some Canadian help
Also a comedy flinging obscenities about, grave robbers at work, a damaged dog fancier and remembering Gene Wilder
Godzilla and King Kong are the big monsters on screen this week. There are others.
Also watch free speech running amok, nature threatened and for a change of mood: romance
MOVIES: Ghostbusters and Road House bring back the 1980s
Also long term care exposed, a Persian woman 's freedom bid, a Catholic horror and William Shatner telling his own story
MOVIES: An Oscar brings new life to Henry Sugar and his quirky Wes Anderson friends
Also Anthony Hopkins in a Holocaust story, a gem from New Zealand and more
MOVIES: Four times out, Kung Fu Panda is sure to be big with families once again
While Oscar winner Peter Farrelly flounders with his new one and an Indigenous film brings chills and suspense
MOVIES: Dune part 2 directed by Denis Villeneuve has the look and feel of a classic epic
There's also a massive trek on the Trans Canada Trail, a complaining narcissist and changes in how we work
MOVIES: A couple of surprise gems in another batch of Oscar hopefuls
Also a couple of Canadian films, a Buddhist satire on America and Ethan Coen gone solo and low-rent
Perfect Days is smart and literate, poignant and deeply engrossing
It's one of three top-tier non-English, subtitled, films this week. One is Oscar nominated.