MOVIES to save Chinatown, grow up via Judy Blume, re-work a children's classic and take on polite society Also reality with a legal failure, a champion's story, Ukraine and modern witches By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | April 27th 2023
MOVIES with a black composer in old France, Little Richard in early rock and roll and a crime thriller's pros and cons Also looking ahead to Canada's premier festival of documentary films By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | April 20th 2023
MOVIES: How to Blow up a Pipeline Also: a mushy romance, Jewish revenge and Toni Collette as Mafia Mamma By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | April 13th 2023
MOVIES with old friends like Jackie Chan and the Mario Brothers plus a rigorous climate change essay Also films on A.I., a movie fan in India and NIKE (as in this photo) chasing Michael Jordan By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | April 6th 2023
MOVIES: two from or about super popular games and a sequel that brings Sandler and Aniston together again Also a Canadian film about teenage lesbians among Jehovah's Witnesses. This scene is from Dungeon's And Dragons. By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | March 30th 2023
MOVIES: Big, big action by John Wick, a Can-Con fest and what you should know about ink Also a French supernatural mystery and a U.S. political drama cum expose By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | March 24th 2023
MOVIES: Chess Story's super intensity; Boston Strangler's real crime and 3 of Canada's best They include Brother, Riceboy Sleeps and Tenzin, all of them about immigrants By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | March 16th 2023
MOVIES: The Quiet Girl, a gem with Oscar hopes, and return visits by Mel Brooks, a Farrelly Brother and Scream Also a fine Canadian film about loving movies and a gritty Southern father-son dispute By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | March 10th 2023
MOVIES: 3 women trying to find themselves, a Star Wars adventure and a literary gabfest Also: Return to Seoul and the spirit of Rocky lives on in Creed III By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | March 3rd 2023
MOVIES: Smaller films but big stars and more Oscar hopefuls Also: a touch of real Canada, French colonial politics and Jesus freaks By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | February 23rd 2023