You may know Irish actor Aidan Turner as the darkly handsome hero of TV’s historic hit series Poldark. Turner goes back even further in time for his latest acting challenge, as cultural, technological and scientific polymath Leonardo da Vinci, tracing this complex man’s life, loves and creativity. It also looks at the scandals that swirled around da Vinci, including the… View Post
Ed Helms, Jana Schmieding, Dustin Milligan and Michael Greyeyes in Rutherford Falls, launching Thursday on Showcase, STACK TV and Peacock. Rutherford Falls, a new comedy series created and produced by Ed Helms, Michael Schur (The Office, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place) and Sierra Teller Ornelas (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore, Splitting Up Together), sets a milestone in mainstream television. Rutherford Falls looks at the… View Post
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier now on Disney+ holds so many delights!! Hang on to your hats and meet seismic new characters, stories and an unseemly number of jaw-droppers. By now you know that Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes her MCU debut, making it a little less safe. She is Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine and may be the Power Broker,… View Post
Marvel’s wonderfully ambitious series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan goes for gold in Thursday’s episode on Disney+ with the introduction of surprising, and brilliant new cast members, incredible plot twists and that deep sense of Marvel tradition. Captain America is in for a bruising, Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine promises hard times ahead… View Post
In 1969 Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal government pondered changing laws regarding the use of marijuana. In 1970 the Le Dain Commission delivered its report on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs and recommended the decriminalization of all drugs. It was a polarising moment in Canadian history. And in 1972 a conservative group set in motion a 98-day live-in research study of the… View Post
By Anne Brodie One of the many pleasures of the weighty and entertaining Nobody is witnessing Bob Odenkirk’s Hutch emerging from a self-created shell of restraint. He’s a family man with no hand with his wife (Connie Nielsen) or son (Gage Munroe) but adored by his daughter (Paisley Cadorath). He’s the guy garbage trucks bypass while flipping him the bird… View Post