By Anne Brodie Let's start with a gem. Just caught up with AppleTV+'s inspiring documentary Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. One of the biggest young stars of his time continues the good life with his wife Tracy Pollan, and children Sam, Schyler, Esme, and Aquinnah Fox while living with …
Sarah Gadon and Amanda Fix as Mother and Daughter in Heartbreaker North of Normal
North of Normal, Cea Sunrise Person's memoir of growing up in a remote Yukon wilderness family commune presents a unique reality few of us know. Carly Stone's excellent film adaptation stars Sarah Gadon as her mother Michelle Person and Amanda Fix as Cea in her teen years. What She Said' Anne Brodie …
Vacation Mode Entertainments! Short ‘n Sweet Post-Barbenheimer Breather.
By Anne Brodie Carly Stone's tough, loving, and emotionally challenging North of Normal based on author Cea Sunrise Person's experiences as a child born into an off-grid Yukon commune is a profoundly resonant portrait of the mother-child bond over some twenty years. Little Cea (River …
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A Week for the Books! Barbenheimer, Hollywood Shuts Down, Actors’, Writers’, Studios’ Toxic Moment.
By Anne Brodie Strike! The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are marching the picket lines and production, for the most part, has shut down. Film, TV, and streaming are not producing new works. For the foreseeable, films and shows will …
Steady Your Nerves, Excercise Your Brain, Pray for a Miracle, Make an Action Movie, Cook and Live Life! An Inspiring Week.
By Anne Brodie It landed Tuesday and most of you have seen it. Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is long. The opening two acts of more or less static, multi-face exposition, followed by long car chases in Rome and boat-and-bridge chases in Venice would have benefited from a fastidious …