MOVIES: Two giants, Wicked and Gladiator II, + five other new films
They're about war, women denied rights, battling parents, even snails
Reviews
MOVIES: Red One, a big Christmas film worth avoiding, plus three non-seasonal choices
They bring more Dune, but also rape and memories of the Holocaust
MOVIES: recalling a previous war in Blitz, loving a fine new Christmas movie and more
Also aspirations of Blacks in America and starting a union at Amazon.
MOVIES: another big Oscar hopeful, plus AI, animal welfare, and a hood trying to atone
Also a deceptively simple solution to what's splintering the United States
MOVIES: Among the newly-arrived this week: several sure award contenders
Also a new Marvel movie, some online gaming and Hare Krishna
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
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