MOVIES: Jackie Chan with a panda, also a potent Indigenous tale
Along with catfishing, louder music from women, that Wild Robot and some body horror
Reviews
MOVIES: Fact-based, most of them this week, from Trump, to logging protests to creating TV
Also: life after Superman, foes of the Taliban and a serial killer on a TV game show
MOVIES: The Joker comes back singing; 2 better films face up to real problems
Also more VIFF choices find comedy, music, racism and bumbling politicos
MOVIES: Francis Ford Coppola is back but not at his best. Kate Winslet IS at her best
Also more VIFF picks including one of the best films of the year
MOVIES: The travails of women as felt by Demi Moore in a new horror movie
And in other films: a controlling mom, a fading husband and Transformers at play
MOVIES: Our Academy Award hopeful, a bit of a puzzle, three other films are loud and clear
They're about cops, racism, gentrification and a space shot accident
MOVIES: One huge, Beetlejuice, and three smaller but worthy
They're about a difficult mother-in-law, a headbanger and three estranged sisters
MOVIES: Ronald Reagan, the savior: timely but thin and standard hagiography
Also demons in the house, race issues, immigrant problems and kids' baseball
MOVIES: Hit Man, long awaited, much anticipated, is finally here
As is a Jewish comedy, a sparkling wildlife documentary and some wondrous magic
MOVIES: Daughters and Alien Romulus. You couldn't get a bigger contrast.
Daughters, dads in prison, Alien Romulus, The Death Tour, Close to You, Elliot Page, The Union, secret agents, Jackpot, lottery
MOVIES with contrasting women: one weepy, one in a shoot-em-up
Also the strongest Indigenous dictum of the year and two more films
MOVIES: Two new ones with surprises and authentic views of Ireland and China
And from unexpected sources: hip hop and a film noir.
Movies: Deadpool & Wolverine is big, fun, violent & still disappoints
Crossing is far better and The Fabulous Four is far behind
Movies: summer thrills from extreme weather in Twisters with only a hint of climate change
And more thrills from climbing tall buildings, a gay rodeo and a gruelling long-distance swim
Movies: Fly Me To The Moon, a love story riding on star power riffs on an old rumor
There's also a scary but not gross horror movie and a mother-daughter battle, both filmed in Canada