Movies and TV

Margot Robbie arrives at the premiere of "Barbie" on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo Chris Pizzello)

Robbie, Gosling premiere ‘Barbie’ in Los Angeles

Stars of upcoming film “Barbie” - including Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America…

Margot Robbie arrives at the premiere of "Barbie" on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo Chris Pizzello)
This combination of images shows “Wham!,” a documentary premiering July 5 on Netflix, left, the Bravo series “Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake,” premiering July 9. (Netflix/Adult Swim via AP)

What’s new to stream this week: Taylor Swift, ‘Lincoln Lawyer,’ and ‘Wham!

Your guide to what’s new this week for your entertainment pleasure

This combination of images shows “Wham!,” a documentary premiering July 5 on Netflix, left, the Bravo series “Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake,” premiering July 9. (Netflix/Adult Swim via AP)
Actor Tom Cruise, left and director Chris McQuarrie pose for photographers on the red carpet of the world premiere for the movie “Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning” at the Spanish Steps in Rome Monday, June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Full-tilt franchise turns it up in ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’

Old-school technique and star power lead state-of-the-art action extravaganza

Actor Tom Cruise, left and director Chris McQuarrie pose for photographers on the red carpet of the world premiere for the movie “Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning” at the Spanish Steps in Rome Monday, June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A moviegoer steps into an auditorium at a Cineplex Movie Theatre in Toronto on Friday, July 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Movie ticket price-dripping case should be dismissed: Cineplex

Competition Bureau says fees applied to some online movie tickets constitute price dripping

A moviegoer steps into an auditorium at a Cineplex Movie Theatre in Toronto on Friday, July 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A screen shows America Ferrera, left, director Greta Gerwig, center, and Margot Robbie, right, during the pink carpet event for the movie “Barbie” in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 2, 2023. Vietnam’s state media have reported that the government banned distribution of the popular ‘Barbie’ movie because it includes a view of a map showing disputed Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Vietnam bans ‘Barbie’ movie due to illustration showing Chinese land claim

Reports say move sparked by a map in the film showing China’s ‘nine-dash line’

A screen shows America Ferrera, left, director Greta Gerwig, center, and Margot Robbie, right, during the pink carpet event for the movie “Barbie” in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, July 2, 2023. Vietnam’s state media have reported that the government banned distribution of the popular ‘Barbie’ movie because it includes a view of a map showing disputed Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
FILE - Striking Writers Guild members hold signs during a rally in front of Paramount Pictures studio in Los Angeles on May 17, 2023. Hollywood actors may be on the verge of joining screenwriters in what would be the first two-union strike in the industry in more than six decades. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Hollywood’s actors may join its writers on strike, here’s why

Entertainment industry facing its first two-union strike in more than six decades

FILE - Striking Writers Guild members hold signs during a rally in front of Paramount Pictures studio in Los Angeles on May 17, 2023. Hollywood actors may be on the verge of joining screenwriters in what would be the first two-union strike in the industry in more than six decades. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - Alan Arkin poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, file)

Alan Arkin, Oscar-winning ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ actor, dies at 89

Arkin wasn’t a sex symbol or superstar, but was rarely out of work

FILE - Alan Arkin poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, file)
TV sexpert Sue Johanson is seen in an undated still frame on the set of her show “Talk Sex.” Johanson passing the torch to a new generation of online educators is the subject of a new documentary that traces her career and explores her legacy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Corus Entertainment

TV host Sue Johanson, who helped destigmatize the joy of sex, dead at 93

Grandmotherly demeanour, blunt talk earned her call-in advice shows a loyal following

TV sexpert Sue Johanson is seen in an undated still frame on the set of her show “Talk Sex.” Johanson passing the torch to a new generation of online educators is the subject of a new documentary that traces her career and explores her legacy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Corus Entertainment
This image released by Lucasfilm shows Ethann Isidore, from left, Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in a scene from “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” (Lucasfilm Ltd. via AP)

Review: Harrison Ford gets swashbuckling sendoff in ‘Dial of Destiny’

Star’s farewell to the Indiana Jones franchise a dignified sendoff to one of cinema’s best castings

This image released by Lucasfilm shows Ethann Isidore, from left, Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in a scene from “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” (Lucasfilm Ltd. via AP)
This image released by Focus Features shows Alicia Roth Weigel, from left, River Gallo and Sean Saifa Wall during the filming of the documentary “Every Body.” (Focus Features via AP)

Gender revealing: What does it mean to be intersex?

Movie Review: ‘Every Body’ sheds light on little-known subject

This image released by Focus Features shows Alicia Roth Weigel, from left, River Gallo and Sean Saifa Wall during the filming of the documentary “Every Body.” (Focus Features via AP)
Pat Sajak attends a ceremony honoring Harry Friedman with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2019, left, and Ryan Seacrest attends the Walt Disney Television 2019 upfront in New York on May 14, 2019. Seacrest will become the new “Wheel of Fortune” host after Pat Sajak’s retirement next year. Seacrest and Sony Pictures Television announced Tuesday that Seacrest has signed a multi-year deal to host the long-running game show starting with Season 42. (AP Photo)

Ryan Seacrest will host ‘Wheel of Fortune’ after Pat Sajak retires next year

Seacrest praised Vanna White, signaled she would remain on the show

Pat Sajak attends a ceremony honoring Harry Friedman with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2019, left, and Ryan Seacrest attends the Walt Disney Television 2019 upfront in New York on May 14, 2019. Seacrest will become the new “Wheel of Fortune” host after Pat Sajak’s retirement next year. Seacrest and Sony Pictures Television announced Tuesday that Seacrest has signed a multi-year deal to host the long-running game show starting with Season 42. (AP Photo)
<em>Tadpoles: The Big Little Migration,</em> a movie shot on Vancouver Island, documents the daily migration of the western toad tadpoles. It is now being featured in a new Netflix series. Photo courtesy Maxwel Hohn.

‘Our Planet II’ Netflix series includes segment by Comox Valley filmmakers

Maxwel Hohn and Russell Clark revisit their Tadpoles film

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<em>Tadpoles: The Big Little Migration,</em> a movie shot on Vancouver Island, documents the daily migration of the western toad tadpoles. It is now being featured in a new Netflix series. Photo courtesy Maxwel Hohn.
FILE - An Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 21, 2015. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Oscar best picture rules are changing, here’s what it means

Tougher requirements will affect contenders and movie theatres

FILE - An Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre for the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 21, 2015. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
This combination of images shows promotional art for ‘Trippin’ with Anthony Anderson and Mama Doris,’ and ‘The Bear,’ two series that premiered June 22 (E!/FX via AP)
This combination of images shows promotional art for ‘Trippin’ with Anthony Anderson and Mama Doris,’ and ‘The Bear,’ two series that premiered June 22 (E!/FX via AP)
This is the NETFLIX screen on a television in Pittsburgh, on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Netflix Canada has quietly removed its $9.99 “basic plan” from its menu of subscription options. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Gene J. Puskar

Netflix phases out ‘basic’ streaming plan from Canadian subscription options

Subscribers will have to decide between commercials or paying for an ad-free experience

This is the NETFLIX screen on a television in Pittsburgh, on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Netflix Canada has quietly removed its $9.99 “basic plan” from its menu of subscription options. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Gene J. Puskar
A boat with the OceanGate logo is parked on a lot near the OceanGate offices Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Everett, Wash. The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that the missing submersible Titan imploded near the Titanic shipwreck site, killing everyone on board. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

‘Titanic’ director says search for missing sub became a ‘nightmarish charade’

James Cameron: ‘That was just a cruel, slow turn of the screw for four days as far as I’m concerned’

A boat with the OceanGate logo is parked on a lot near the OceanGate offices Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Everett, Wash. The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that the missing submersible Titan imploded near the Titanic shipwreck site, killing everyone on board. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
This year’s contestants on The Amazing Race Canada say they’re hitting the road to inspire members of their communities. CTV says racers include Paralympic Gold medalist Tyler Turner and his girlfriend Kayleen Vanderree, shown in a handout photo, who want to show that disabled people can “take home the gold.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-CTV
This year’s contestants on The Amazing Race Canada say they’re hitting the road to inspire members of their communities. CTV says racers include Paralympic Gold medalist Tyler Turner and his girlfriend Kayleen Vanderree, shown in a handout photo, who want to show that disabled people can “take home the gold.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-CTV
This image released by Sony Pictures shows Jennifer Lawrence, left, and Andrew Barth Feldman in a scene from “No Hard Feelings.” (Macall Polay/Sony Pictures via AP)

Movie review: Jennifer Lawrence fits raunchy teen comedy ‘No Hard Feelings’

A-lister shows her gift for comedy despite film’s untenable premise

This image released by Sony Pictures shows Jennifer Lawrence, left, and Andrew Barth Feldman in a scene from “No Hard Feelings.” (Macall Polay/Sony Pictures via AP)
FILE - NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, left, and Haley Esparza, right, ride on a horse as they visit SpaceX’s Starship as it is readied for launch at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 19, 2023. The world is a stressful, sometimes lonely place. “It wasn’t supposed to be this way” is a phrase you hear a lot these days. But what if things could turn out another way? What if, somewhere, they had? Enter the realm of the multiverse and alternate realities, popular culture’s wildly glorified canvas — and a repository for the ache and longing of living in an uncertain era. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Considering the multiverse: What if things could turn out differently?

How a comic book idea got into people’s heads and didn’t let go

FILE - NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, left, and Haley Esparza, right, ride on a horse as they visit SpaceX’s Starship as it is readied for launch at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 19, 2023. The world is a stressful, sometimes lonely place. “It wasn’t supposed to be this way” is a phrase you hear a lot these days. But what if things could turn out another way? What if, somewhere, they had? Enter the realm of the multiverse and alternate realities, popular culture’s wildly glorified canvas — and a repository for the ache and longing of living in an uncertain era. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Elliot Page poses for a portrait in Toronto, Friday, June 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Elliot Page on balancing trans joy and harsh realities of anti-LGBTQ sentiment

‘I’d be lying if I didn’t acknowledge that sometimes it can be overwhelming’

Elliot Page poses for a portrait in Toronto, Friday, June 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young