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A Packed Week in Film, TV and Streaming. So You Don’t Have to Shovel.
The title suggests a comedy but My Dead Friend Zoe , while there are amusing, ironic moments, is a moving and powerful story of...
Anne Brodie
Feb 288 min read
Variety is the Spice of Life. This Week’s Sweet, Spicy, Bitter, Tangy and Weird.
Robert DeNiro plays a former President of the United States in his first foray into streaming television. Zero Day now on Netflix is a...
Anne Brodie
Feb 218 min read
Revisiting a Cinematic Giant Writ Large, Love Hurts, Then There’s Hallmark Love, Home Love, Laverne Cox Love and an Atomic Shocker.
Thrilled to report that the impossible brilliance of Bong Joon- Ho’s Parasite is back on the big(gest) screen. Six years after sweeping...
Anne Brodie
Feb 79 min read
Resistance, Murder, Music, Winter in Winnipeg and Wedding Whoopsies.
Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres has won multiple awards and nominations for her role as a wife and mother in Walter Salles I’m Still Here...
Anne Brodie
Jan 318 min read
Architecture As Personality, Mike Leigh’s Latest and Last, and Detective Redux.
Do you have a short attention span? Then take a miss on The Brutalist . If you can sit for 3.5 hours and watch an engrossing,...
Anne Brodie
Jan 244 min read
In Praise of Pamela Anderson, a Few Good Films and Murdoch’s 300th Mystery.
Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl is a superior character study, with Pamela Anderson as Shelley, a 57-year-old Las Vegas strip dancer...
Anne Brodie
Jan 177 min read
A Strong Week Onscreen – Families, Disco, Detectives, Chills to Chilly, High Drama, Sitcom Gold, the Works!
Opening with an admiring tribute to Vera , who leaves us this week. Not only is the uber talented Brenda Blethyn ending the beloved...
Anne Brodie
Jan 108 min read
CHRISTMAS COMES IN MANY FORMS, TRUE TALES, OH CANADA, MYSTERY, LOVE AND REAL ESTATE!
An effective action thriller about a real life violent, tragic, event in which nine innocent lives were lost comes into sharp focus in...
Anne Brodie
Dec 13, 20246 min read
MYTH, MYSTERY, MURDER, MERRIMENT- WHAT TO SQUEEZE IN THIS WEEKEND!
Greek mythology comes vividly to life in Uberto Pasolini’s the Return in theatres today. It tells the story of King Odysseus (Ralph...
Anne Brodie
Dec 7, 20245 min read
THE BEATLES' NEVER TO BE REPLACED PHENOM, SWEET CANADIAN HEIST, COTTAGE COUNTRY DANGER AND THE BRILLIANT DALE DICKEY.
The Martin Scorsese-produced doc Beatles ’64 is a wonderful holiday treat for music lovers and historians. Of course, he did it with a...
Anne Brodie
Dec 2, 20245 min read
WICKED THIS WAY COMES, A SNAIL TO BREAK YOUR HEART, WOMEN HEROES, BAD SISTERS ARE BACK, AND LET'S BAKE.
The first thing to notice about Wicked Part 1 is how expensive it looks. And its one of the most heavily promoted movie events in a long...
Anne Brodie
Nov 22, 20248 min read
HISTORY OF THE FRONT ROOM, MARTHA, MUSIC'S HERO AND ROYAL BATTLE VS HOMELESSNESS.
Here , Robert Zemeckis’ history of a place over its lifetime of millions of years, ice ages, extinctions, renewal, and modern times takes...
Anne Brodie
Nov 1, 20245 min read
AWARDS SEASON IS UPON US... LET THE CONTEST BEGIN. AND... MARTHA STEWART IS ABOUT TO SPILL HOT TEA.
Jesus Christ founded the Roman Catholic Church during his earthly ministry around 30 AD. The Church has remained the most powerful in...
Anne Brodie
Oct 28, 20243 min read
G7 LEADERS IN BIZARRO WORLD, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN A BAR, A LOVE STORY, AND YOUR TERROR SKED FOR HALLOWE'EN LIES AHEAD, BWAHAHA!
Guy Maddin’s back with a bang – and he’s in classic form, only funnier with Rumours (spelled properly) a witty, bizarre tale of seven...
Anne Brodie
Oct 28, 20245 min read
WHAT A WORLD, THE FORCES THAT SHAPED T**MP, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SPIES, TRUE CRIME, ECO HEROINES, AND BLUNT SEX TALK!
The Last of the Sea Women on AppleTV+ is a deeply inspiring doc about a group of elderly South Korean ocean warriors, real-life...
Anne Brodie
Oct 28, 202410 min read
SOUTH KOREA'S AGEING "HAENYEO" SUPERSTARS THE WOMEN WARRIORS OUR PLANET NEEDS NOW.
A group of elderly South Korean women gather every day in wetsuits, carrying hooks to harvest food from the sea, on Jeju Island as they...
Anne Brodie
Oct 28, 20247 min read
THE ORKNEYS, DUST, WARDROBE, MAKING TV, PUBS, SEASIDE MURDER, - ET PLUS! ALL GOOD.
Saoirse Ronan is nothing short of masterful in Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun. The four-time Oscar nominee is Rona, who with her...
Anne Brodie
Oct 28, 20247 min read
ANN PORNEL AND ALAN SHANE LEWIS, THE LONGEST-RUNNING CO-HOSTS OF THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW LAUNCH SEASON 8 SUNDAY!
It’s season 8 and the 4th for Ann Pornel and Alan Shane Lewis, the engaging, freewheeling co-hosts. They along with judges Kyla Kennaley...
Anne Brodie
Oct 28, 20244 min read
PLAYING THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS. HOW NICHOLAS ALEXANDER CHAVEZ AND COOPER KOCH COPED.
Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story. (L to R) Nicholas Chavez as Lyle Menendez, Chloë Sevigny as Kitty Menendez, Javier Bardem as...
Anne Brodie
Oct 25, 20244 min read
THE PAST INSPIRES THIS WEEK'S OFFERINGS FROM BEATLES, AN EARLY FEMALE WAR PHOTOGRAPHER, DESIGN SHAKEUP, THE HIP AND NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION.
Kate Winslett’s powerful screen presence finds the right vehicle in Lee , the directorial feature from award-winning cinematographer...
Anne Brodie
Oct 25, 20246 min read
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