“My children didn’t have the advantages I had growing up,” Kirk Douglas said once, “they were born rich.” What he meant was that his poverty-stricken youth made him more aware of the value of a dollar. How many pampered sons and daughters of the rich and famous would learn to appreciate the wisdom of his…
Aubrey Malone
A mixed grill of pre-Christmas treats on the big screen
How can one explain the defeat of Hillary Clinton in the recent American election by a man with so many disgraceful characteristics as Donald Trump unless, as has been suggested, she herself was so passionately disliked by large sectors of the population? One wit suggested Donald Duck could even have beaten her. In the aftermath…
Ruth is stranger than fiction in sentimental drama
A United Kingdom (12A)
Plaintive tug-of-love drama exudes power
The Light Between Oceans (12A)
When the pen is mightier than the sword
The Accountant (15A)
Strange wizardry with Kathmandu cult
Doctor Strange (12A)
A Tom Cruise missile is very late to detonate
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (PG)
Life-affirming tale of triumph over adversity
Queen of Katwe (PG)
Paternal bonding amidst a hail of bullets
Blood Father (15A)
Iconoclastic cops lack redeeming features
War on Everyone (16)