By Anne Brodie Michelle Obama personified inspiration, celebration and hope in the White House and continues that legacy out in the world. She is the only black American First Lady and she celebrates her roots in slavery, managing to find the lessons and history we need. Her terms beside …
Matt Wolf’s Intriguing Documentary Spaceship Earth May Blow Your Mind
By Anne Brodie The Biosphere 2 project was a research experiment to recreate our planet inside a sealed structure built in Oracle, Arizona between 1987 and 1991. It was a huge undertaking, manned by seven scientists who lived inside without leaving for two years. Their purpose was to learn and …
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Lurid Sex, A Movie Queen, Seinfeld’s Bondish, a Nostalgic Singing Cowboy, Trying to Have Babies and May the Fourth Be With You!
By Anne Brodie Alert! The highly anticipated Michelle Obama documentary Becoming debuts on Netflix next Wednesday May 6th! Here’s a sneak preview. Never thought I’d see the day that the Scotty Bowers story of the 1940’s Hollywood gas station to the stars would be adapted for …
Jeff Barbany’s Pandemic Thriller Blood Quantum Zombie Thriller for the Times
By Anne Brodie Montreal filmmaker Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum was made on the Mi'gmaq reserve in Listuguj, Nova Scotia in 2016. There was no glimmer of a concept that a pandemic might be in place as his film about a zombie pandemic was due in theatres. But Covid19 showed up. His dystopian …
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Mood: At Least Things Aren’t This Bad, What to Watch to Feel Better Plus Overdue Beatles Joy!
By Anne Brodie Threads - Mick Jackson's excellent account of a fictional nuclear attack on Sheffield, England, and long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization. Contagion –Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded pandemic drama. Outbreak – Dustin Hoffman and Renee Russo battle a …