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Life beyond Deadpool: Ryan Reynolds’ five best performances
Canadian-US actor Ryan Reynolds attends the "Deadpool & Wolverine" premiere at David H. Koch Theater in New York City on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Only hard-core Marvel fans will survive Deadpool & Wolverine’s multiverse of mind-numbing madness
(L-R): Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios' DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE. Photo by Jay Maidment. © 2024 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL. Embargoed until July 23
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What to watch this weekend: Special Miami goes to the movies edition
Barry Hertz
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Uninspired disaster flick Twisters is gone with the wind
(from left) Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones), Javi (Anthony Ramos), and Tyler (Glen Powell), in Twisters directed by Lee Isaac Chung. Universal movie film still
Toronto Outdoor Picture Show film festival sounds alarm over financial future: ‘The worst it’s ever been’
Outdoor Picture show Toronto Toronto filmmaker Danis Goulet's short film Wakening screened as part of a double bill of her work on opening night of Toronto Outdoor Picture Show, at Fort York, June 22, 2023. ALT: Toronto filmmaker and 2023 TOPS Spotlight Filmmaker Danis Goulet's short film Wakening screened as part of a double bill of her short and feature films on opening night of Toronto Outdoor Picture Show last year. Fort York, June 22, 2023. Photo credit: Rebecca Tisdelle-Macias
Coming soon: the big, costly, bewildering future of moviegoing
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Keep the Champagne on ice: Widow Clicquot is a flat historical drama fit to be corked
Haley Bennett Movie film still from Widow Clicquot
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National Anthem is a rewarding ride into queer cowboy culture
National Anthem movie film stills NationalAnthem-PhotoCreditLukeGilfordCourtesyLDEntertainment Charlie Plummer and Eve Lindley Mason Alexander Park
Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival hit by one-day strike ahead of 28th annual edition
Unionized workers at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival, one of the largest and most respected genre-focused events on the global entertainment industry calendar, launched a 24-hour strike Thursday, a week before the fest launches its 28th edition.
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Drab and drippy romcom Fly Me to the Moon proves that in space, no one can hear you sigh
Fly_Me_To_The_Moon_Photo_0102 HERTZ review of romcom Fly Me to the Moon (Apple TV+/Sony) Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum
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What to watch this weekend: Sausage Party: Foodtopia cooks with gas on Prime Video, plus Faye Dunaway gets her due on HBO
Barry Hertz
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Silence of the hams: Nicolas Cage sparks Satanic panic in nifty but overhyped FBI thriller Longlegs
01_ LONGLEGS Maika Monroe Courtesy of NEON Movie film still
Hot Docs president departs beleaguered arts organization less than one year after taking role
Hot Docs president Marie Nelson is pictured at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in Toronto on March 7, 2024 (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)
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Icelandic drama Touch proves that the COVID-cinema genre needs to be locked down
4166_D019_00795_R Kōki stars as Young Miko and Pálmi Kormákur as Young Kristofer in director Baltasar Kormákur’s TOUCH, a Focus Features release. Credit: Lilja Jonsdottir / © 2024 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
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Startling but messy anti-pipeline documentary Yintah suffers from too much fire, not enough fuel
film Yintah. Chief Howilhkat, Freda Huson, stands in ceremony while police arrive to enforce Coastal GasLink’s injunction at Unist’ot’en Healing Centre © Amber Bracken Usage of this image is only permitted for reporting on the film Yintah.
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The anything-but-normal reality of making a Canadian film
Amar Wala
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What to watch this weekend: Eddie Murphy revisits Beverly Hills on Netflix, plus Liam Neeson bats his Irish eyes on Prime Video
Barry Hertz
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Spectacular, and spectacularly violent, Bollywood thriller Kill shoots for the, well, you know
"TK Kill review" (rv-ff-kill-review-0704) HERTZ review of Indian action epic Kill (Touchwood), opens July 4
‘This is about a love of movies’: How Toronto’s Revue Cinema became a streaming-era success story
Revue Cinema in Toronto, Ontario on July 2, 2024. The Revue Film Society, the not-for-profit board that operates the historic cinema in the city’s west end, obtained an interim 10-day injunction from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, preventing the theatre’s landlords from “evicting, locking out, or otherwise interfering with Revue’s business operations” until trial or further court order. (Carlos Osorio/The Globe and Mail)
TIFF’s essential Edward Yang retrospective confirms the work of a filmmaker ahead of his time
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Madcap and frenetic Despicable Me 4 cements the dominion of the Minion
This image released by Illumination Entertainment and Universal Studios shows Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, left, and Lucy Wilde, voiced by Kristen Wiig in a scene from "Despicable Me 4." (Illumination Entertainment and Universal Studios via AP)
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Catherine Breillat’s taboo French drama Last Summer is an inconsistent cautionary tale
Olivier Rabourdin, from left, Lea Drucke, director Catherine Breillat, Samuel Kircher and Clotilde Courau poss for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Last Summer' at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
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Porn and horror pastiche MaXXXine is all gutter-glamour style, no substance
Screenshot 2024-06-25 at 12.26.12 PM copy.jpg MaXXXine (2024) Mia Goth in MaXXXine (2024)
Toronto’s historic Revue Cinema obtains Ontario Superior Court injunction staving off closing
Tuesday June 06, 2006 Front view of Revue Cinema on Roncesvalles Ave. The theatre, that has been in continuous operation since 1911 is closing its doors at the end of the month. Photo by: Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Avril Lavigne in a reflective mood as she is named to Order of Canada
Avril Lavigne attends the Elie Saab Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2024-2025 collection presented Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in Paris. Lavigne has been doing a lot of reflecting lately. The one-time pop-punk princess is on a Greatest Hits tour -- and the Governor General just announced she would be invested as a member of the Order of Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Christophe Ena
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As Revue Cinema faces closure, the fight to save Toronto culture reaches crisis point
Barry Hertz
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Brat Pack doc offers unintended glimpse at the shimmering nostalgia for magazines’ fading power
Johanna Schneller
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Five things to watch this weekend: Celine Dion’s heart goes on via Prime Video, plus Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron get too close for comfort on Netflix
Barry Hertz
Revue Cinema, Toronto’s oldest operating movie theatre, faces closure over tensions with landlord
Tuesday June 06, 2006 Front view of Revue Cinema on Roncesvalles Ave. The theatre, that has been in continuous operation since 1911 is closing its doors at the end of the month. Photo by: Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Who is the best Canadian actor?
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Underwhelming prequel A Quiet Place: Day One speaks softly and carries a big shhhhhtick
This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Lupita Nyong'o, left, and Djimon Hounsou in a scene from "A Quiet Place: Day One." (Paramount Pictures via AP)
Eh plus: The 25 greatest Canadian actors ever
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Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn endure a long drive to nowhere in taxi drama Daddio
Dakota Johnson as "Girlie" in DADDIO, Photo credit: Phedon Papamichael, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
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Migrant-crisis drama Green Border is essential, urgent filmmaking that should change the world
Green Border Zielona Granica Director Agnieszka Holland TIFF 2023
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Poor things: Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone cannot save the snide and torturous Kinds of Kindness
This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons in a scene from "Kinds of Kindness." (Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures via AP)
From M*A*S*H to Hunger Games: Here are 5 great Donald Sutherland movies to watch in memory of the late actor
Donald Sutherland stars as Hawkeye in M*A*S*H and President Snow in THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1.

In the interest of consistency across all critics’ reviews, The Globe has eliminated its star-rating system in film and theatre to align with coverage of music, books, visual arts and dance. Instead, works of excellence will be noted with a Critic’s Pick designation across all coverage.