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Jon Hamm

Three films of big journeys: to the moon, to a seedy motel and to personal empowerment

Also visualizing human damage to the earth, meeting an uncommon pop star and learning about a Canadian’s unusual success story

Incredible superhero home life, remembering Mr. Rogers and a teenager’s rule-choked Iran

Also a best-selling mystery from Italy and the return of blaxploitation with Superfly

Another big one for The Rock, Jon Hamm’s dip into Middle Eastern strife and drama in and after residential schools

Also a calming visit to a Buddhist retreat, a legendary tennis match and seniors proclaiming “It’s never too late.”

Reviews of Baby Driver, great fun, The Big Sick, charming rom com and Despicable Me 3 noisy animation

Also war’s real victims in Nowhere to Run, sexual unease for The Beguiled and mortality hovering over The Hero

Mad Men season premiere tonight: portents of culture clashes and racial tensions

Mad Men returns from hibernation tonight. As the ad execs head into the tumultuous mid-1960s, VO brings you the low-down on what you can expect this season.

Zack Snyder gets sucker punched

After seeing one of the most anticipated films of the year, I left a little disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, parts of the movie were good – the visuals – but where one element was great, other parts...