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cooking outdoors is something very attractive to many amateur foodies. If is not very chilly or windy outside, you pop up a bottle of sparkling or rose wine while you prep up your meat and veggies and wait until they grill to perfection! It is a great way to encourage conversation and storytelling. Another advantage of BBQ is that you dirty the

Buti Nages rose 2018 SAQ # 00427625 $14.80 Spicy and floral bringing to mind espelette pepper, pink peppercorns and violets with a touch of raspberry sorbet and lavender. On the palate, delicious flavours of swedish berries with a juicy acidity and subtle mineral finale. Digest with a great value for money. On its own or with grilled bruschetta while the meat is being grilled!

kitchen less. Basically you would need two bowls and two boards to prepare your marinated meat and seasoned vegetables that are going to the open fire. It is also a relatively fast cooking method that frees up time to spend with your

loved ones or entertaining your guests. With a BBQ you don't need a “complicated” wine. It’s nice to have some complexity in your glass but your main focus should be the people around it and of course what are you grilling. Of

course, what you would drink and grill will depend on the size of your wallet. I suspiciously think that big spenders would opt for fancy cuts of steak and expensive wines. Others I suppose will do with chicken or the democratic pork

Montirius La Muse Papilles 2017. SAQ # 13711194 $20.40 Amazing nose. Cherry blossom, red licorice with a hint of cinnamon, menthol and cilantro. On the mouth, racy and fluid.Long with an outstanding garrigue finale. Pair it with grilled tuna with aioli

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Beautiful cherry morello notes with eucalyptus and raspberry ganache complemented by touches of sun-dried tomatoes. Juicy and fleshy with baking spice and licorice retronasal flavours. A warmer and richer version of a Burgundian Pinot Noir. Pair it with with BBQ filet mignon

Leafy blackberry fruit with leather and a hint of fragrant pepper. Compact with ripe and fleshy tannins. Racy with a long finale. Pair it with BBQ T-Bone steak

cuts. However, no matter what you are grilling, here are some versatile wine suggestions to satisfy all the demanding palates Disclaimer: The wines for this article were provided by their importers for evaluation purposes.

Jaffelin Rully 2016, SAQ # 13907111, $32.75

The most northerly village of the Côte Chalonnaise in Burgundy, Rully is a not very well known appellation that makes quality driven red and white wines. It has a surface production surface area of approximately 343.46 ha with a focus for white wine production. Chardonnay is considered to be the better grape in Rully; showing notes of yellow fruit, these light, unoaked styles tend to be austere in problematic cool vintages but sometimes have outstanding fruit character. The reds show light simple fruit and a slightly rustic earthiness, in the style of the Côte Chalonnaise, and can age fairly well. Vignerons de Bel Air The Côtes Chalonnaise Côte de Brouilly 2017. yields some of Burgundy's SAQ # 13081532, best-value whites, and Jaf$18.30 felin Rully is an excellent Sexy nose reminiscent of example of the quality in ripe rhubarb, tomato this village. This is abcoulis and fresh strawber- solutely delicious, classic ries. Round, fresh and very white Burgundy. Floral and digest with gentle tannins. buttery with fine aromas Amazing value for the of almond cream, ripe price it commands. Pair it peach and pear. Steely with southwestern structure with a good acidity. It drinks well know chicken wings. but it will age in the next 5 years. Pair it with grilled scallops.

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atures remain consistently above seven degrees Celsius and that has not really happened in our area as of the writing of this article. I don't think there has even been five straight days of balmy plus sevens on the thermometer. A snow tire wears faster on warmer surfaces and also has a higher rolling resistance than summer tires. It will not only end up costing more on fuel,

but you will have to endure the sound they make, somewhat like rolling over sticky stuff. As of today, the long range forecast is very promising and perhaps it is time to take that leap of faith and make an appointment to have those tires changed. Have you already changed your tires or you waiting until the first heatwave?

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The ‘desertification’ of downtown Montreal

By Sergio Martinez mtltimes.ca

would have liked to start my article with this quotation, however, to be honest, it's not my idea. "For it was impossible not to be taken by the beauty of these young trees in full health."-(Jean Giono, The Man Who Planted Trees) Since I always warned my students against the temptation of plagiarism I will first give credit where

credit is due: the quote was on the first page of a City of Montreal report called "Tree Policy of Montreal" published in 1998 under the administration of former Mayor Gerald Tremblay. Since the text hasn't been disallowed, I have good reasons to believe that it is still Montreal policy. Why bring about this document issued under a now (probably deservedly) forgotten Mayor? To answer that, let's revise some of the statements made then: "The urban forest lends personality and charm to the City. Think for a moment of the stark monotony of a cityscape devoid of trees!" Well, if one walks around Sainte Catherine or other streets in the downtown area these days it is precisely that desolate landscape what that person will see. Trees have a difficult life amid the many

Almost an entire block without a single tree on Ste. Catherine

hazards of an urban milieu; the document I have cited also mentions that: "trees planted in an urban environment are often subjected to considerable

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only three. As a reminder, it might be mentioned that this rollout is part of the expansion of the BIXI network in five new boroughs: Anjou, Lachine, Saint-Léonard, MontréalNord and Saint-Laurent. Ville de Montréal has acquired 1,000 brand-new, new-generation bicycles for this expansion.Users will be able to benefit from Saint-Laurent's bicycle network, which has grown from 2 to 55 km in 10 years. Since 2004, in collaboration with Mobilité alternative, Saint-Laurent has also provided its employees with access to self-service bicycles through the AccèsVélo program. Ensuring cyclists' safety is one of the Borough's priorities and a permanent objective. Since 2017, a poster campaign has been encouraging people to keep a safe distance from cyclists. Safety has been increased at the

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Sainte-Croix overpass and the Montpellier crossing. In 2016, Saint-Laurent also launched the development of a bicycle route and plans to set up a bicycle path along the DeuxMontagnes commuter train line over a distance of nearly 10 km, improving access to the Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and the Town of Mount Royal. And lastly, SaintLaurent participated in the electric BIXI pilot project in 2018, with a view to a possible largerscale rollout of power bikes.These measures have developed a true cycling culture in Saint-Laurent, and this is why the Borough is taking part in the VÉLOSYMPATHIQUE movement launched in 2015 by Vélo Québec. In fact, five Saint-Laurent establishments have already been certified.

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trees that are dead for different reasons. It is regarding the actual implementation of the tree policy where the problem lies. I have contacted on more than one occasion the city councillor for the Peter-McGill district of Ville-Marie, and he has explained to me that now the solution to the problem depends on the city bureaucrat in charge of tree planting and replacement—that was more than a year ago! I don't have reasons to think that the councillor is lying, but then, what should I think: that indeed

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s Easter approaches and as announced last summer, SaintLaurent will be equipped with nine BIXI self-service bicycle stations.These will be up and running from April 15 until November 15, 2019 for the first season. The locations were chosen by BIXI Montréal in consultation with the Borough's Section circulation et transport, based on strict criteria identifying areas with a high probability of travel. The nine stations will be situated at the following locations: Cote-Vertu metro (Place Rodolphe Rousseau), Saint-Laurent and Vanier Cegeps (rue de L'Église / rue Saint-Germain), Du Collège metro (rue Cartier / boulevard Décarie), Bibliothèque du Boisé(boulevard Cavendish / boulevard Thimens), Parc Harris(rue Tassé / avenue O'Brien), Parc Marcel-Laurin(boulevard Thimens / boulevard Alexis-Nihon, Parc Cousineau(avenue O' Brien / rue Poirier), SaintLaurent municipal workshops(boulevard Cavendish / rue Poirier), Saint-Laurent Borough Hall(boulevard MarcelLaurin / rue Beaudet). These stations will offer a total of 254 bike docks. Some of the bicycles made available, about 125 at the time of their launch, are part of a new generation, as they have seven speeds, unlike traditional BIXIs, which have

stress which can put their health, if not their survival, at risk." Everyone knows that and therefore it is important the tree policy be seen not just as a statement of good intentions, but as a call to action as well. The City document points to the particular case of the urban tree: "The situation is all the more worrisome given that the urban forest cannot regenerate on its own." This assertion means that someone—of course the City or in this particular case the VilleMarie Borough—must take care of replacing the

the city is run by faceless bureaucrats who don't pay the slightest attention to what elected officials tell them? (Politicians come and go, some bureaucrats would say) That these bureaucrats would pay even less attention to ordinary citizens like me or others who from time to time ask about trees or other problems? (Unlike politicians, bureaucrats don't respond to anyone, nobody has voted them in office. Therefore they can treat citizens with total contempt). But the time for recriminations or mutual blaming between elected officials and bureaucrats should be left for a later date. Why? Simply because spring is coming, which means it is planting season (the other occasion to plant trees is in the fall). Therefore, if they really want to make a rather inexpensive (compared to others quite extravagant ones) contribution to Montreal on its 375th anniversary, why don't the borough bureaucrats replace the numerous trees missing on Sainte Catherine, de Maisonneuve, Saint Mathieu, Lincoln, Simpson, Atwater, just to name just a few of streets going on the way of becoming "desertified"?

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CAQ Bill 21 creating growing opposition and division

ince the CAQ tabled Bill 21, forbidding public sector employees 'in position of authority' from wearing religious symbols at work, opposition against it has been growing, especially in the Mon-

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treal area. While Premier Francois Legault appealed for 'calm and respectful debate' stating people 'will come around to accepting and applying the new law in the long run' and the architect of Bill 21, Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette repeated a robotic-like message as he tried to sell the merits of the legisla-

tion wherever he could voices from human rights organizations and women's groups to school boards, lawyers as well as borough and suburban mayors have been getting louder. With a poll showing 74% of Quebecers supporting the legislation (a Léger poll of 1,015 respondents conducted March 22-26 for the CAQ), Premier Legault has repeated he will not hesitate to use the Notwithstanding Clause to stop any legal challenges to Bill 21. With it being criticized as unconstitutional, challenges are expected. Montreal lawyer Catherine McKenzie said they were studying the bill and the possible recourses they could bring against it. She already had success in challenging a part of Bill 62 which was approved in 2017 by the Liberal government (the Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality). The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) reacted quickly back in February, unanimously passing a resolution against 'a bill

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per, Mayor Alan DeSousa of Ville Saint-Laurent had his own perspective. When asked where the city stands on the bill he said, "If the bill would be passed today as it is, it would have virtually very little impact on the way we are currently operating and the only thing we would have concern on, is what impact would it have on future hiring's… for future hiring's we would do our best efforts to make sure we get the best people, regardless of what they are wearing, but I will have to see what the bill will say in its final form. He then added, "Our wish is to be able to hire the

best person who is most qualified... let me be clear there is no way in any shape that I can say I support this bill, but if your question to me is what is the impact of the bill on the community, I can say that at the present time if the bill is implemented as is, there will be very little impact." When asked where he personally stood on Bill 21 he replied, "Believe me, as far as I'm concerned people should be allowed to wear whatever they wish to wear, as far as part of their religious affiliations, provided it is not detrimental to the quality of their work and their ability to do the job." Mayor Valerie Plante, has not yet made clear the city's stance on the bill except to say they will be taking part in a commission and will be presenting there, bringing forward 'the realities specific to Montreal' and they want to defend that. The Quebec Solidaire party, at their national council meeting last weekend, have made it clear they are against Bill 21 after votes were counted. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was concerned it would open the door to discrimination and said that 'it is unthinkable to me that in a free society, we would legitimize discrimination against citizens based on their religion.' The controversy even goes beyond Canada's borders with Amnesty International stating 'the bill contravenes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guarantees freedom of thought, conscience and religion'. What is clear at this point is that Bill 21 is disconcerting to many and hopefully a common and respectful ground will be found. April 6, 2019 •

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tribute to French songwriter Charles Aznavour, who died last year, was indeed a must in an event devoted to francophone music. One of Quebec favourite singers, Diane Tell, will also be in Montreal bringing some of her new creations to the public. And what a British singer has to do in a festival of French song? We'll see when Petula Clark be at the Place des Arts together with her guests Louis-Jean Cormier, Antoine Gratton and France D'Amour. The lineup for the indoor concerts of the Francos (formerly known as Les Francofolies de Montréal, a more fun name that I personally like it better) was announced by Laurent Saulnier, Programming VP of this event which will present its 31st edition this coming summer. One of the most exciting events announced this Tuesday was the tribute to Charles Aznavour, a legendary figure in French son, although he also sang in English, Spanish, and his native Armenian. After having sung works by Michel Legrand and Gilbert Bécaud, Mario Pelchat will complete his trilogy of tributes to great European songwriters, by interpreting some of the

songs written by Aznavour, a songwriter who knew how to bring emotion and joy to his audience. This homage to this celebrated songwriter will be held at the Maison Symphonique, on Saturday, June 22, at 8 p.m. Not a worldwide name, but an iconic figure in Quebec, especially in nationalist circles where she

music. For her part, the British singer Petula Clark will surprise us with her new album in French: Vu d'ici which was conceived by writers and composers from here and the rest of the francophone world. Among those who have contributed to this creation are Luc De Larochellière, Nelson Minville, France D'Amour, Steve Marin and many others. Louis-Jean Cormier, is the author of the first groove Le chemin de la gare, while Antoine Gratton was in charge of co-producing the album Vu d'ici. Petula Clark will be at the Maisonneuve Theatre of the Place des Arts, on Friday, June 14 at 8 p.m. Other artists who will By Sergio Martinez be delighting those who enjoy the French song are mtltimes.ca Diane Tell, at the was a sort of muse for Cinquième Salle of Place poets and songwriters des Arts, on Friday, June then dreaming of an inde- 14 at 8:30 p.m. Paul pendent Quebec, Pauline Daraiche, at the Theatre Julien, more than 20 years Maisonneuve on Saturday, after her death, will also June 15 at 8 p.m., and be object of a musical and Coeur de Pirate with poetic tribute: the show Loud, Milk & Bone, Safia “La Renarde. Sur les Nolin and Le Quatuor traces de Pauline Julien” Esca, at the Wilfrid Pelwill feature 14 women letier Theatre, on Friday from different generations June 14, at 8 p.m. on stage at the Maison The Francos will be held Symphonique on Saturday, between June 14 and 22. June 15 at 8 p.m. to share For detailed information texts and songs about this about the program visit: grand lady of Quebec www.francosmontreal.com

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s Canada grapples with some of the highest rates of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in the world (one out of 140 people) individuals, businesses, and researchers from across Montreal will come together in a show of support for everyone impacted by these chronic diseases. The 17th annual Gala for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada will take place on Sunday, April 14 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Grand Quai of the Port of Montreal (200 de la Commune St. W.) One Canadian is diagnosed with

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) every hour. This year’s honourees will be the Dedes Family and Dr. Gad Friedman, a gastroenterologist at the Jewish General Hospital. The Que Sera Trio will provide music during the cocktail dînatoire featuring food stations from some of Montreal’s finest restaurants including, Moishes, Joe Beef, La Sirène de la Mer, Falafel St. Jacques, Java U, Burger Bar Crescent, Le Bremner, Dr. Gad Friedman Grumman’78, Montreal more. The featured perPlaza, Tavern on the former will be circus Square, Christinas Cuiartist Anouk Valléesine, Soupe Café and Charest. A live auction,

hosted by Virgin Radio’s Lee Haberkorn and a dessert reception will follow. The event co-chairs are Erin Battat, Adelia Bensoussan, Marian Sniatowsky and Shari Wolch. Committee Members are: Gloria Beitchman, Alexandra Brown, Nadia Canini, Parker Donaldson, Farrol Durosel, Rina Fisher, Deborah Groper, Dylan Groper, Joyce Isaac, Brooke Levis, Reesa Levis, Francesca Marzano, Marouane Ouhnana, Mona Roshke, Ashley Rotchin, Diane Roy and Emily Sheiner.

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hockey coaches, and more! And he toasted each of them with the nation's cocktail, made with his famous Crystal Head Vodka and the key ingredient, Mott's Clamato. "There's no cocktail more fitting to toast Canada's heroes than Canada's Cocktail, the Caesar; and there's no one better to toast the 50th anniversary of this iconic Canadian inbusters creator visited vention than these same educators and farmers, heroes – who are too crossing guards and care- often overlooked," said givers, dance teachers, Aykroyd.

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lieves has the best Caesar story will join him in Toronto for an exclusive National Caesar Day experience, including a ridealong in the vintage firetruck and VIP cocktail reception, where they'll toast Canada's beloved national cocktail – and swap Caesar stories together! Canadians can enter from April 2, 2019 until May 2, 2019 and the winner will be announced on May 3, 2019.

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The organization also believes in the importance for its athletes to perform both on the field and in the classroom and provides them with a tutoring/mentoring program to help them do well in school. Those young people who have distinguished themselves with the Hornets before becoming successful in their respective sports, whether at the university or at the professional level, now find themselves on the organization’s “Wall of Fame”, which can be viewed on the Sun Youth website.

un Youth would like to thank PepsiCo and their generous employees for a donation of over $10,000. The money was raised at their PepsiCo Canada East inaugural Better Together Employee Golf Tournament. The donation will go towards Sun Youth’s Sports & Recreation programs for children that keep kids active. The organization is proud to be associated with the PepsiCo Canada Foundation and hopes this collaboration will continue for many years! On an annual basis over 600 children take part in Sun Youth’s Sports &

Recreation program. The organization provides children and youths 7 to 17 with the opportunity to play in competitive basketball and football teams through its Hornets program. It also provides a hockey development program called SLAP to kids 5 to 12, a day camp to the same age group and a basketball day camp for 8 to 12 year-old children. Throughout these multiple initiatives, Sun Youth encourages children to stay active and to adopt healthy lifestyle habits. Safety is also a priority for the organization, all coaches and camp counselors trained in that field.

verture with the Arts (OWA), a Montreal-based non-profit organization that offers education in music, drama, dance and vocal training to young people through their free and low-cost programs, will mark their 10th anniversary with a special music and comedy fundraiser on April 13, 7 p.m., at the Olympia Reception Halls, located at 3855 boulevard St. Jean in DDO. Headlining the event will be legendary Montreal comedian Joey Elias, who will be joined by fellow local comedians Joshua Clarke, Rena Taylor, Darren Henwood and Harrison Weinrib.As well, there will be a live musical performance by the young members of Girls Unite, an OWA female empowerment musical produc-

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Genius of Albert Einstein inspiration for first ever 3D printed book G enius 100, an initiative of the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University (CFHU), that gathers a community of pioneering humanitarians and changemakers in such fields as the arts, sciences, leadership, technology and more, in order to help bring new and meaningful innovations to the worldwide community at large, wanted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Albert Einstein’s landmark General Theory of Relativity in a very special way. “Originally, the idea was to create a bust of Einstein, and have 100 select individuals who have had an impact on humanity sign the bust. However, industrial designer Ron Arad wanted to take things in another direction. He felt a bust was not the best way to commemorate Einstein’s impact on the world. Instead, whom those 100 individuals would be to offer their respective visions of the future. One of the selection criteria is that they had to fall into one of the 10 following categories of achievement: arts, education, entrepreneurship, environment, innovation, leadership, philanthropy, humanity, science and technology. “We had to seriously look at the impact these 100 people made and how the world By Stuart Nulman viewed them,” she added. mtltimes.ca And after such an arduous process, an impressive he suggested that a 3D list of personalities were printed book be created, chosen to offer their in which these 100 indi- unique visions of the fuviduals would offer their ture for the project, invision of the future, so cluding Barbra Streisand, that it would inspire many filmmaker Ridley Scott, generations to come,” Nobel Peace Prize recipisaid Helen Hatzis, the ent Nadia Murad, Shimon Chief Community and Peres, Deepak Chopra, Development Officer for Justice Ruth Bader GinsGenius 100 in a recent burg, and symphony conphone interview. ductor Zubin Mehta. The end result would be After the project was of“Genius: 100 Visions of ficially launched at a cerethe Future”, the first book mony that took place in of its kind to be printed as Montreal in September of a 3D book. According to 2017, the work on the Ms. Hatzis, a committee of production of the book about 30 people had the immediately began. First of difficult task of selecting all, a prototype of the Ge-

nius 100 book was printed in a rather unusual printing plant … the International Space Station. Once the prototype was successfully completed, production on the actual book began. The 3D book was designed to have the likeness of Albert Einstein emerge from the pages opposite the spine, and used the laser printing process to print and bind the books layer by layer, with each page featuring each vision of the future by their respective contributor, which ranged from one sentence to a maximum of 250 words. “This is quite a substantial book. It weighs about five pounds and each copy takes about five days to get printed through the 3D process. But this is a publishing milestone, and Einstein deserves such an honour for what he has done for science and humanity throughout his live,” said Ms. Hatzis. Only 300 copies of the landmark 3D version of “Genius: 100 Visions of the Future” are going to be printed, with copies

being distributed to the 100 chosen visionary contributors, with the remaining copies given to the leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators who are the founders of the Genius 100 organization. The first copy of the book that was printed is going to be autographed by the 100

visionaries at different signing ceremonies around the world, and will be auctioned by Christies in 2020, with the proceeds from the auction going towards funding many of the global projects that are being initiated by the Genius 100 organization. Ms. Hatzis also noted that a

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ittorio Rossi, the Montreal playwright best known for his hit plays “The Envelope”, “Paradise by the River” and his critically-acclaimed “A Carpenter’s Trilogy”, will be feted by the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival with a special tribute event on May 1, 7 p.m., at the Rialto Theatre on Park Avenue. Hosted by writer t the height of his turnouts at the theatres. Hounsou) he is at first The film is directed by scared, but then he does- Marianne Ackerman, career in the late 1940s and early David F. Sandberg and n't know what to do with the evening will high1950s, Captain written by Henry Gayden his powers, which he light Rossi’s 33-year caMarvel was the most pop- and Darren Lemke, who doesn't yet know either, reer in professional ular superhero, outselling based the plot on the indeed Shazam the super- theatre, including a sehis best-known competi- original story created by hero (Zachary Levi) is an lection of excerpts of tor Superman.Then a long Bill Parker and C.C. Beck adult with the mischiejudicial battle on whether in 1940. However, the vous personality of a 14- his plays that will be the red-clad comic book movie takes a departure year-old boy, the actual read aloud by a number character was just a pla- from the original story in age of Billy. This is an as- of Montreal actors, giarized version of Clark the characterization of pect of Shazam's nature video clips of his work that makes for an inter- as an actor and filmKent's alter ego, ended esting display of juvenile maker, plus several live with a victory for the behaviour with irritating tributes by several owners of Superman. elements of adolescent ir- members of the theatriFawcett—the publisher of

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responsibility. For instance when failing to meet his pal Freddy Freeman (Jack Dylan Grazer) at the school lunch hour despite the importance of that occasion. Behaviour that is compensated with a gradual and consistent of the imporBy Sergio Martinez awareness tance of the use of his superpowers to fight evil mtltimes.ca personified by Dr. Sivana Billy Batson (Asher Angel) (Mark Strong). "Shazam!" is a movie who from being a boy radio broadcaster in the that should please a broad comic strip, here is just a spectrum of viewers: high-school student living young spectators because in a foster home (in the of the –perhaps excesoriginal story he also was sive– resort to scenes of action and combat with all an orphan). The film first introduces the usual special effects, Shazam's archenemy: and older viewers (like Sivana, who as a boy myself) because of the would fail in his attempt meticulous treatment of to get the Wizard's super- Billy Batson's background. powers. What the film There is also some eledoes best is to transmit ments of nostalgia in enthe sense of humour, at joying the adventures of a times self-deprecating, character that –unlike Suthat displays the main perman who claims a kind character. Indeed, when of science-based origin– is Billy Batson is summoned just pure magic, and unto the hideout of Shazam apologetic for that. the Wizard (Djimon Running time: 140 min

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