Friends, real and imaginary, in IF There's also a Japanese classic brought back, Amy Winehouse revered, an Indigenous astronomer and more ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment May 17th 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment May 9th 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment May 3rd 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment April 26th 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment April 18th 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment April 11th 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment April 4th 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment March 28th 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment March 21st 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment March 15th 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment March 8th 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment February 29th 2024
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 ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment February 23rd 2024
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. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment February 8th 2024
MOVIES: All but one of the new arrivals this week are about women or girls And the lone other is from a book by a woman ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment February 1st 2024