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Marvel

Thor lightens up; Wonderstruck offers a time-spanning fantasy; Una is timely about sex abuse

Also harsh payback in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, nuns in training in Novitiate and more wild antics in A Bad Moms Christmas

Deadpool high up Vancouver's viaduct, Zoolander back again and a Canadian kid classic remade

And note the extreme sports, some of them brand new, and the environmental issues on view at the Mountain Film Festival

Reviews of Ant-Man, Mr. Holmes and Trainwreck plus four international films

Also Suite Francaise from France, About Elly from Iran, Jimmy’s Hall from Ireland and Strangerland from Australia with Nicole Kidman

Iron Man 3 wows; Still Mine charms and DOXA documentaries stir the pot

It’s Iron Man 3 but for Robert Downey Jr. that’s four flights now as the Marvel Comics character; and his best.