MOVIES: Cheaper by the Dozen, The Outfit, Deep Water and more Including a robot contest, a by-gone dining experience, still-here racism and abuse exposed ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Culture Vancouver culture March 17th 2022
Coda, Turning Red and The Adam Project Also play for the kids by a wolf and a lion, some far-out-time travel and a two-spirit Indigenous trip ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture March 10th 2022
The Batman, best ever? Scarborough, a masterpiece? Let's see Also, the short films nominated for Oscars and the real life of a jockey. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Culture March 3rd 2022
Movies: Explaining today’s China, a possible ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ and what’s next for this Spider-Man Also: An athlete with daddy issues, a gypsy's curse and beware the gig economy. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture February 18th 2022
Movies: Two Academy Award history-makers, some other contenders, and many extras Including Steven Soderbergh's new one, Liam Neeson still in action, and two women finding their way. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture February 11th 2022
This week at the movies– one of the most deeply felt personal stories you'll ever see Also: People versus hedge funds, some eerie Canadian sci-fi, and a punk singer who should be better known. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture February 4th 2022
Movies: Talking about Cosby, catching up with the Ricardos, and spinning off another Ice Age romp Also: Looking at Gordon Lightfoot, Kevin Smith, and some extreme gunplay. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture January 28th 2022
Movies: Jeremy Irons and Pierce Brosnan play men of history, and a creepy kid causes alarm And more: Women rockers, a different cop-shoots-Black story, and a murky Rome adventure. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture January 21st 2022
Movies: Ghostface is back; Belle finds herself on the internet, and some Cold War history Also: anti-Black bias in the movies, African politics, a desert drug adventure, and dazed in New York. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture January 14th 2022
Movies: Women as spies, computer time travel, and a gripping Canadian thriller Also: A softer look at dementia and another comic book hero hits TV. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture January 7th 2022
Film Reviews: Harry Potter reunion, a curio from Vancouver 40 years ago, and my picks for best of 2021 Also: Absolute Canadiana in Penticton (award-winning, too) and a new Star Wars spinoff. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture December 31st 2021
Movies: Denzel as Macbeth, Licorice Pizza, one of the best, and Matrix Resurrections, one of the big ones Also Denzel again, as director this time, Bono as actor, and two films about history — one bad, one excellent. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Culture Vancouver culture December 24th 2021
Movies: Spider-Man, The Lost Daughter and Nightmare Alley And three more: A media spoof in France, a loser's return in Texas and the Jeffrey Epstein effect. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture December 17th 2021
Movies: West Side Story remade, public discourse fallen in Don't Look Up, and The Forever Prisoner queried Also: Journalism against big odds, a Japanese masterpiece, a YA hit, mystery at the lake, and Sandra Bullock. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture December 10th 2021
Two touching films about childhood and the latest from a connoisseur of the lurid Also: Two indigenous stories at Whistler, plus a volatile family, and Julia Child. ByVolkmar Richter Reviews Entertainment Vancouver culture December 3rd 2021