MOVIES: Gal Gadot moves over into the spy game, a rural dispute becomes violent and Warner Bros. celebrates 100 years Also a Chinese legend for the kids and two contrasting gay love stories By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | August 11th 2023
MOVIES: An Oppenheimer companion piece illuminates and raises questions Also a hip relationship drama and Seth Rogen brings back the MutantTurtles By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | August 3rd 2023
MOVIES: Only smaller new films this week, but there are gems among them Like Theater Camp (shown here), plus laughs, scares and a toy boom and bust By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | July 27th 2023
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