Movies with celebrated origins: a popular franchise, a star classical conductor and a Canadian novel
Also: a vacation puzzle in Mexico and modern young love in Paris
Entertainment
Johnny Depp exposes a pollution cover-up, Jim Carrey battles Sonic and life lessons from a Cow
Also: A Canadian gem, a British period piece with nudity, and the space dreams of Elon Musk
MOVIES: filming in a COVID Bubble, finding the meta-verse in Everything and getting nostalgic in Apollo 10 ½
Also a movie that bombed, a dour comic book, a boy's Broadway dreams and the race to the vaccine
Adventure and fun in The Lost City and a political rant at Ahed's Knee
Also environmental crisis , LGBTQ and jazz in 3 Canadian films
Coda, Turning Red and The Adam Project
Also play for the kids by a wolf and a lion, some far-out-time travel and a two-spirit Indigenous trip
The Batman, best ever? Scarborough, a masterpiece? Let's see
Also, the short films nominated for Oscars and the real life of a jockey.
Movies: Explaining today’s China, a possible ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ and what’s next for this Spider-Man
Also: An athlete with daddy issues, a gypsy's curse and beware the gig economy.
Movies: Two Academy Award history-makers, some other contenders, and many extras
Including Steven Soderbergh's new one, Liam Neeson still in action, and two women finding their way.
This week at the movies– one of the most deeply felt personal stories you'll ever see
Also: People versus hedge funds, some eerie Canadian sci-fi, and a punk singer who should be better known.
Movies: Talking about Cosby, catching up with the Ricardos, and spinning off another Ice Age romp
Also: Looking at Gordon Lightfoot, Kevin Smith, and some extreme gunplay.
Movies: Jeremy Irons and Pierce Brosnan play men of history, and a creepy kid causes alarm
And more: Women rockers, a different cop-shoots-Black story, and a murky Rome adventure.
Movies: Ghostface is back; Belle finds herself on the internet, and some Cold War history
Also: anti-Black bias in the movies, African politics, a desert drug adventure, and dazed in New York.
Movies: Women as spies, computer time travel, and a gripping Canadian thriller
Also: A softer look at dementia and another comic book hero hits TV.
Film Reviews: Harry Potter reunion, a curio from Vancouver 40 years ago, and my picks for best of 2021
Also: Absolute Canadiana in Penticton (award-winning, too) and a new Star Wars spinoff.
Movies: Spider-Man, The Lost Daughter and Nightmare Alley
And three more: A media spoof in France, a loser's return in Texas and the Jeffrey Epstein effect.