MOVIES: Indiana Jones is back but not at his best, Korea sends a fine action film and PTSD is treated Also: Nimona moves up from a graphic novel and Making Time ponders horology ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment June 30th 2023
MOVIES: More fun from Wes Anderson, LGBT issues felt by a gym teacher and a gem from Iran Also: the action film of the year so far, musings on jazz and Jennifer Lawrence getting raunchy ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment June 22nd 2023
MOVIES: Surprise then, bigger now, The Full Monty is back. The Flash and a new Pixar film too. Also the man who built Marvel, a different Holocaust story and more. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment June 15th 2023
MOVIES the science of wildfires (how timely), a legal pioneer, and two art variations Also a drama about political terror intruding in a woman's quiet life ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment June 8th 2023
MOVIES: The best animated film ever, to some, a searing residential schools drama and a couple of tales out in nature Also a political documentary unusual for our time: it's positive ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment June 2nd 2023
MOVIES: The Little Mermaid grown too big, two looks at family dynamics and remembering Yogi Also standard visits from Robert De Niro and Gerard Butler. This photo is of The Little Mermaid. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment May 26th 2023
Movies go Fast and Furious yet again and elsewhere culturally sensitive and socially activist With side trips into horror, obsession, a garden and basketball. This photo is from Fast X ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment May 19th 2023
‘We are buying too much’: How a right-to-repair law could help the planet Research published by the University of Waterloo last week found that in 2020, Canadians generated close to one million tonnes of e-waste — things like cellphones, computers, TVs and home appliances that are old, broken or unwanted. ByAbdul Matin Sarfraz News Entertainment May 18th 2023
MOVIES about a Canadian success that crashed, a re-covened book club by four acting icons and mental health cutbacks decried Also a science fiction for children, a Manga knock-off and more ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment May 12th 2023
MOVIES: Bios of Michael J. Fox and hockey badman Harold Ballard, plus a big new Marvel Also two about climate change, an Indigenous woman's quest and an unlikely Carmen ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment May 4th 2023
MOVIES to save Chinatown, grow up via Judy Blume, re-work a children's classic and take on polite society Also reality with a legal failure, a champion's story, Ukraine and modern witches ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment April 27th 2023
MOVIES with a black composer in old France, Little Richard in early rock and roll and a crime thriller's pros and cons Also looking ahead to Canada's premier festival of documentary films ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment April 20th 2023
MOVIES: How to Blow up a Pipeline Also: a mushy romance, Jewish revenge and Toni Collette as Mafia Mamma ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment April 13th 2023
MOVIES with old friends like Jackie Chan and the Mario Brothers plus a rigorous climate change essay Also films on A.I., a movie fan in India and NIKE (as in this photo) chasing Michael Jordan ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment April 6th 2023
MOVIES: two from or about super popular games and a sequel that brings Sandler and Aniston together again Also a Canadian film about teenage lesbians among Jehovah's Witnesses. This scene is from Dungeon's And Dragons. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment March 30th 2023