By Anne Brodie Disney+ has imposed strict embargos on plot points and guest stars in Mel Brooks' comedy series History of the World, Part II, available Monday. That's 40 years after his original film was released in theatres. Awesome then, awesome now! Sketches illustrating key moments in human …
A Girl Finds Hope, Two Women Tempt Fate and the Rest is a Drag!
By Anne Brodie Young actor Catherine Clinch is Cáit, The Quiet Girl and she will break your heart. She is 9 years old and one of four girls born to a poor Irish family expecting a fifth child, victims of the unspoken Roman Catholic doctrinal ban on birth control. It's rural Ireland, 1981 the man …
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Bizarre, Heartwarming, Hilarious, Maddening! Let’s Open with an Exceptional Performance.
By Anne Brodie The Andrea Riseborough underground Oscar campaign - if unconventional - exists for a reason. The British actor is positively on fire in an extremely difficult, naked role in the fact-based elegy of an addict To Leslie. Made on a shoestring budget, and executive produced and …
In Which We’re Cautioned, Delighted, Engaged and Aghast!
By Anne Brodie Big news this week! The 20th-anniversary 4K restoration release of Ang Lee's masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The quadruple Oscar-winning landmark film, a departure for Lee whose prior work included Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, Ride with the Devil, and later …
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Sadie Laflamme-Snow and Andie MacDowell Time Travel in Hallmark’s The Way Home.
It's not often that a young actor has the opportunity to play a complicated character who undergoes experiences that fundamentally change her while spanning two time periods. But Sadie Laflamme-Snow who plays Alice in Hallmark Channel's The Way Home had what she calls a "masterclass". Her Alice …