It’s the American suburbs in the 50s in Amazon Prime’s Them, as a Black family moves in. The ugly spectre of racism rears its head via micro-aggressions, ill intent and organised attempts to drive them out or crazy in Little Marvin’s “hate anthology”. Alison Pill plays the alpha dog of suburban wives as she campaigns to clean up the neighbourhood…. View Post
Anishinaabe actress, writer and activist Sarain Fox travelled to Northern Ontario to film her grandmother Mary Bell telling stories before it was too late. Indigenous populations are especially vulnerable to COVID 19 and Fox wanted to learn about “Auntie’s” experiences in residential schools and the repercussions through her life. These schools were commonplace in Canada from the 1880s until a… View Post
By Anne Brodie Benedict Cumberbatch stars in The Courier, a fact-based Cold War story bringing together in dramatic fashion/spy the US, UK and the Soviet Union. London-based family man-and spy – Greville Wynne has the weight of the free world on his shoulders but he doesn’t know it yet. It’s August 1960 and Nikita Khrushchev runs the USSR; he’s keen to… View Post
Will (Quinn), a troubled teenager has run amok once too often. He must choose to go to juvenile detention or Christian summer camp. Guess which he picks! There he meets his dream girl, Avery (Madison) and together they put on some sweet song ‘n’ dance numbers and figure out this thing called love while facing the challenges of growing up…. View Post
Canadian actor Kiefer O’Reilly steps into movie history as the beloved The Mighty Ducks returns for a new adventure. He’s Logan and he’s just been cut from the team along with his underachieving friends, so they form the Do-Nothings, not too talented, but high on enthusiasm. They practice at the dumpy Ice Palace owned by none other than Emilio Estevez’… View Post
Anne Brodie I went into my interview with comedy icon Mary Walsh with great joy and a bad case of nerves. Knowing her strong characters including political goddess disturber Marge Delahunty, from decades of entertaining Canada and getting away with some real zingers, I was scared. But what did I find speaking with this incredible woman from her home in… View Post