MOVIE: Barbie vs Oppenheimer: the box office confrontation is finally here Also teenage superheroes and a spoof of independent filmmaking By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | July 21st 2023
MOVIES: Tom Cruise, here to save the day, plus a gem from Germany and a very dangerous sport Also: massive gun battles in a heist film and frictions versus miracles By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | July 14th 2023
MOVIES: No new blockbusters this week, but a lively mix of smaller films About novelists, re-connecting Asians (e.g Joy Ride), bank robbers and sex traffickers By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | July 7th 2023
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 By Volkmar 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 By Volkmar 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. By Volkmar 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 By Volkmar 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 By Volkmar 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. By Volkmar 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 By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | May 19th 2023