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Shia LaBeouf

Reviews of an unexpected charmer, a really red wedding and a local boy who shines in a mediocre movie

Also: documentaries about Toni Morrison and the power of water and an action thriller with Gerard Butler

Borg vs McEnroe, one of two real-life male contests in today’s VIFF picks

The other shows Engels prodding Marx to get more revolutionary. Plus, ratings of two other films.

An unusual Accountant, a portrait of American Honey and some animated girl power

Also Martin Sheen as a priest, Carol Shields’ last novel now a movie and a BC award winner called Violent

Movie reviews: Lawless, Compliance, Possession, and more

Prohibition and small town southern U.S. are nicely re-created in Lawless.

Robert Redford takes over City Hall

While everyone's attention was on the election last week, a real takeover at City Hall.

Has anyone seen Mark Zuckerberg?

Anyone seen Mark Zuckerberg? A Twit-rumour has it that Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is in Vancouver. It got some of the major news media curious. And everyone else along with them....

Move over Matt Damon, Shia LaBeouf is here.

Move over Matt Damon. The star who was in town filming Elysium this summer has now been replaced by an even hotter hunk. Transformers star Shia LaBeouf has arrived in Vancouver. He's ...

Bieber dumped. Too immature.

Selena Gomez supposedly dumped "immature" Justin Bieber.

Transformers Dark of the Moon, Larry Crowne, The Mountie and a Czech retrospective

The shapeshifting toys are back in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, one of the biggest movies of the summer but a blow to history. (read more)