Babylon (2022):

Just because it's Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie in the starring roles, don't expect that there will be any soft-pedalling of the excesses that existed in Hollywood in the 1920 and early '30s during the transition from silent films to talkies. The movie carries a hard "R" rating in the U.S. and it deserves every bit of that, with an opening scene that is 30 minutes of debauchery at its highest level. This is a time in American show business where the behind-the-scenes lives of movie stars and their hangers-on achieve the highest levels of unbridled decadence, depravity and excesses imaginable. The impressive cast includes Olivia Wilde, Toby McGuire, Jean Smart, Eric Roberts, and Samara Weaving, and its stories only exist because this was an age in Hollywood where the motion picture code had not yet been enacted meaning that subjects such as rape, abortion and homosexuality were just another day at the office. After the Code became regulation, most of the films depicted here were destroyed, and moving forward, we got to the era in 1939 where censors had to fight tooth and nail to allow Rhett Butler to say, "I don't give a damn" in "Gone with the Wind." Many of the characters in this film are based on actual actors and actresses who did and said much of what is depicted in this tale of excess, struggles for power and influence, and the inevitable changes to the world as time marches on. Rated 18A.

Left Behind: The Rise of the Antichrist (2023):

This the sixth of the "Left Behind" movies, faith-based films that skew towards a right-wing Christian base, although that is not an exclusive audience. The first of these was in the year 2000 when its star Kirk Cameron dealt with the Biblical prophecies and Biblical beliefs including that of The Rapture, as the world was plunged into the dark abyss of Armageddon. Later follow-ups and reboots starred Nicolas Cage, Louis Gossett, Jr., and two more iterations with Kirk Cameron. This time around the world once again falls into chaos and darkness, but there is light in the distance in a charismatic new leader who looks to be the saving grace ... or perhaps he is the Devil incarnate. Directed by Kevin Sorbo (from the TV series "Hercules: the Legendary Journeys"), we see a cast that also includes Sorbo in a role in front of the camera, along with Neal McDonough, Corbin Bernsen, and Sarah Fisher ("Degrassi: the Next Generation"). With millions of people having vanished, allegedly swept up in The Rapture, the world has fallen into a chaotic darkness which squares with Biblical prophecy - but which Prophecy is it? Is it the one in which the world ends, or the one in which light returns to a shattered people? Shot entirely in and around Calgary, there are a good number of Canadians in the cast. Rated 14A.

Lullaby (2022):

Oona Chaplain is the star here, the granddaughter of famous silent film actor Charlie Chaplain. She is Spanish by birth, and has appeared in such films as the James Bond thriller “Quantum of Solace,” and the TV series “Game of Thrones” where she played Talisa Stark. In this horror-thriller, she is a new mother named Rachel, and like all new mothers, she wants to do the very best for her baby. She finds a lullaby in an ancient book, and likes the idea that her child will be exposed to songs from previous ages, so she sings from the book each night at bedtime. Big mistake! The ancient book is one that summons a demon named Lilith. Lilith is played by Edmonton’s Kira Guloien and having been brought from the dark side, sets her sights on possessing the baby. For Rachel, she has no choice but to seek out every resource possible to banish the demon before she harms her son for all eternity. Montreal’s Julie Khaner plays a rabbi who may hold the key to solving the problem. Shot in and around Toronto with a largely Canadian cast. Rated 14A.

That '90s Show (2023) (TV Series):

Two decades have passed since a teenaged Eric Forman (Topher Grace), living with his family, and enjoying a life of 8 track tapes, the music of Led Zeppelin, and Farrah Fawcett posters, was the perception many had of what those days were like. To help make the transition to the '90s, a much more grown-up Topher Grace reprises his role of Erik in the first episode of this new series, not to be seen for the balance of the episodes of season one. The actors who played his parents, Red and Kitty Forman (Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp) are back for the full 10 segments of this new show however. Wilmer Valderrama who played Fez in the original series also makes an appearance in the initial episode. The venue is still the State of Wisconsin, and it's 1995. Leia Forman, daughter of Eric and Donna (Laura Prepon) pays a summer visit to her grandparents and is introduced to a whole new generation of friends, not-so-friendly teens, and some that will become friends for life in the town of Point Place. Rated 14A.

Slumberland (2022):

A good cast shows up for this adventure story that will appeal to children 8 or 10 and up. Based on the comic book series "Little Nemo in Slumberland '' by Winston McClay, we follow the adventures of a tweenage girl named Nemo and her eccentric companion Flip (Jason Mamoa) who come together after Nemo's father Peter (Kyle Chandler goes missing at sea. Set in the Pacific Northwest, but shot in Toronto, we follow Nemo as she is sent to live with relatives in the big city, a place foreign to her after the coastline life she had been living. While struggling in a new school with new people all around her, Nemo finds a secret map which hooks her up with Flip, and begins a challenging journey through lands of dreams and nightmares that she believes will help reunite her with her lost father. Rated PG.