Film critic | Peter Howell Night Vision

"Asteroid Hunters" sheds light on keeping killer space boulders at bay

Doc informs and warns Earth dwellers about stopping killer asteroids.

Spielberg's finger-snapping magic doesn't fail him with "West Side Story" remake

Classic love story in the gang-war slums of 1950s New York retains its power.

Seeing the dog in "The Power of the Dog"

Is it a genuine optical illusion, digital trickery — or a supernatural presence?

How the Beatles passed their own audition, the hard way

Peter Jackson's epic "The Beatles: Get Back" restores Fab Four joy.

"House of Gucci" and Lady Gaga stumble on the runway

No reason to go gaga for the saga of this lethal fashion family feud.

Game, set and match for Will Smith in tennis biopic "King Richard"

It's not your average sports biopic, but it's a potential Oscar winner.

Mighty menace: the four-star triumph of Campion's "The Power of the Dog"

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in a gothic western of repression and deliverance.

Kenneth Branagh hopes to charm Oscar with vanity project "Belfast"

Crowd-pleasing memory piece entertains more than enlightens.

Kristen Stewart is a brilliantly haunted Princess Di in biofable "Spencer"

The humans of "The Crown" become the undead of "Spencer."

Dreadfully dull "Eternals" all dressed up with not much to do

Can we just go back to the usual brightly coloured inanity?

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Movies I can't live without

Toronto Star movie critic Peter Howell has written a book about his 25 favourite movies, with highly personal reviews from Apocalypse Now to The Wizard of Oz.

Here's a sample of his review of 2001: A Space Odyssey, his all-time favourite film:

"It was billed as The Ultimate Trip and the hyperbole was justified, then as now.

Stanley Kubrick's space opus still seems like the future, 52 years after its release and 19 years after its significant title year. It never gets old and I never tire of seeing it, even after 50-plus viewings..."