WOMEN DO IT ALL, AND SO DOES THIS 18TH CENTURY POLYMATH, A MAN.
By Anne Brodie Twice Colonized opens this year’s 30th annual Hot Docs Film Festival on April 27. Filmmaker Lin Alluna focused her lens...
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- Apr 22
- 1 min
THINK YOU’VE ALL THE ESPIONAGE THRILLERS? CITADEL SETS A NEW STANDARD IN MULTI-NATIONAL,....
THINK YOU’VE ALL THE ESPIONAGE THRILLERS? CITADEL SETS A NEW STANDARD IN MULTI-NATIONAL, TIME TRAVELING SPY CAPERS. MEET DAVID WEIL, THE...
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- Apr 22
- 1 min
DAVID CRONENBERG’S DEAD RINGERS TWIST, AN ICONIC CHILLER REIMAGINED.
David Cronenberg’s iconic 1988 film Dead Ringers starred Jeremy Irons as twin gynecological surgeons who switch personalities at will...
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- Apr 22
- 1 min
TWILIGHT’S CATHERINE HARDWICKE LEAVES THE ANGST BEHIND FOR A FUN-FILLED ITALIAN ROMP!
Filmmaker – and architect – Catherine Hardwicke reteamed with Toni Collette and flew to Italy’s wine country to make Mafia Mamma, a...
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- Apr 22
- 5 min
WOMAN POWER! LAUGHS, SHOCKS, ART AND LOVE
By Anne Brodie Kelly Reichardt’s fourth collaboration with Michelle Williams Showing Up is in many ways removed from the three prior. Its...
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- Apr 22
- 5 min
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGH-LY. ENTERTAINMENT IN SHORT
Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based actor, and filmmaker Michael Zelniker traversed Canada’s massive boreal forest to shine a light on an...
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- Apr 22
- 1 min
LUCIANE BUCHANAN ON HER NERVE-SHATTERING ESPIONAGE THRILLER THE NIGHT AGENT
When tech innovator Rose declares bankruptcy, she is to move into her aunt and uncle’s remote home. She arrives to find they’re under...
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- Apr 6
- 1 min
SIMULANT – WHO IS REAL AND WHO IS A CONSTRUCT? WE ASK THE STARS OF SCI-FI- THRILLER.
In a not-so-far-off future, humans own Simulants, human-adjacent robots to serve them. A married couple played by Jordana Brewster and...
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- Apr 6
- 5 min
CHARACTER STUDIES WORTH NOTING, MUSICAL BLACKMAIL, COLD WAR, TECH BILLIONAIRES AND....
CHARACTER STUDIES WORTH NOTING, MUSICAL BLACKMAIL, COLD WAR, TECH BILLIONAIRES AND THE UNCIVIL ZEITGEIST RIGHT HERE. By Anne Brodie Kyra...
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- Apr 6
- 3 min
THE HYBRID CANADIAN FILM FEST ’23 LAUNCHES TUESDAY!
The Canadian Film Fest on March 28-April 1 is hybrid this year, with in-person screenings at the Scotiabank Theatre and digital opps at...
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- Apr 6
- 6 min
IF YOU’RE A FAN OF INVESTIGATIVE THRILLERS, THIS IS YOUR WEEK IN ENTERTAINMENT!
By Anne Brodie Steve Coogan has written a fact-based, non-tongue-in-cheek film. If you can imagine. Director Stephen Frears’ The Lost...
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- Mar 24
- 1 min
THE UNYIELDING BATTLE FOR JULIAN ASSANGE’S FREEDOM: A FAMILY’S CRUSADE FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE
The most famous hacker in history, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange resides in isolation in London’s tough Belmarsh prison awaiting...
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- Mar 24
- 1 min
KIANA MADEIRA EMPOWERS WOMEN IN THE HARD-HITTING BOXING FILM PERFECT ADDICTION.
Kiana Madeira’s Sienna is an elite boxing coach fighting not just in the ring but in her life, against male toxicity, love gone wrong,...
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- Mar 24
- 1 min
CAN THE MEN OF BEL-AIR SEASON 2 HELP WILL TURN LIFE AROUND?
Season two of the hit series Bel-Air, inspired by producer Will Smith’s 90’s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air takes the dramatic...
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- Mar 24
- 8 min
EXTRA-LARGE ROUNDUP OF FILMS, TV, STREAMING. SETTLE IN – GEMS TO BE HAD.
By Anne Brodie Because Clement Virgo’s family drama Brother is so beautifully made, and the performers give their all, it is an...
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- Mar 24
- 1 min
MEET THE FIERCE WOMEN OF BEL-AIR, SEASON TWO
Bel-Air S2, the continuation of Will Smith’s “reimagination” of his hit 90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Airis strongly feminist, as...
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- Mar 15
- 1 min
MICHELLE MCLEOD’S THOUGHTFUL, HEART-STOPPING PERFORMANCE IN WOMEN TALKING.
Michelle McLeod Courtesy: Calyssa Loraine You won’t soon forget Michelle McLeod’s heartbreaking performance as a young traumatised member...
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- Mar 14
- 3 min
TED LASSO AFFICIANADOS REJOICE, FILM FAN CAPTURES OUR HEARTS AND PROVOCATIVE BODYCON.
By Anne Brodie Beloved Apple TV+ phenom Ted Lasso returns for a third season, at long last! The multi-award-winning series for both...
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- Mar 14
- 1 min
THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON: HOW A SINGULAR CHARACTER ESCAPES THE SHACKLES OF ENSLAVEMENT.
Sara Collin’s award-winning novel The Confessions of Frannie Langton, the LGBTQ+ drama/mystery story of an enslaved woman taken from...
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- Mar 14
- 2 min
TWENTY YEARS REVEALING GLOBAL TRUTHS: THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CANADA FILM FESTIVAL STARTS TODAY.
By Anne Brodie Toronto’s Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema hosts the 20th annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival in person in Toronto In...
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