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Dwayne Johnson

Wise talk by The Two Popes; a media circus for Richard Jewell and big action in Jumanji

Also: That Higher Level as a free gift from the National Film Board and a clumsy seasonal theme in The Kindness of Strangers

Growth of an artist in Never Look Back, more on How to Train Your Dragon and life with a wrestling family

Also going international: in Spain by an Iranian and in Singapore with a Japanese foodie

The Rock to the rescue again, brothers separated at birth and Whitney Houston’s wild life

Also Drac and family go on vacation, Mexican migrants make the best of it in New York, a telemarketer learns power selling, a teen fights depression and one man’s ideas to change soccer

More holiday movies: Jumanji, The Greatest Showman, Downsizing, Molly’s Game

Also Pitch Perfect 3 and All the Money in the World in which Christopher Plummer replaced Kevin Spacey

Summer action with those Caribbean Pirates, Baywatching lifeguards and a couple of adult tourists

Also getting a great jazzman’s story and a replacement groom for a wedding

Manchester by the Sea, superb; plus the return of Warren Beatty and some girl power from Disney

Also: Brad and Marion get together in Allied, Amy and Jake ponder Nocturnal Animals and Bad Santa spawns a sequel

San Andreas simulates The Big One, while I’ll See You In My Dreams and Ghibli film explore love and friendship

Also notice the two Canadian films and the many Vancouver connections

Films: Boyhood delights with the drama it finds in everyday life

Also note a new le Carré with Philip Seymour Hoffman, a new Hercules with The Rock and a skirmish between science and metaphysics.

The Hangover Part III and Fast & Furious 6, summer sequels going in opposite directions

A monumental contest in the movie theaters: The Hangover Part III races against Fast & Furious 6.

Snitch, Dark Skies, West of Memphis, Crazy Horse and Detropia: reviews

An infamous miscarriage of justice gets a fourth movie and startling new facts