By Anne Brodie Awards season not over yet, plus Royals, or ex-Royals if you prefer. Oprah interviews BFFs Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Sunday night in a 90-minute special; an interview Oprah told chum Gayle King is the best she’s ever done. Winfrey is a long-time friend to the couple and lives near them in Montecito, California. On the docket… View Post
Disney, creators of top-quality programming for children and young people for generations, has retained a standard of excellence in storytelling that just keeps getting stronger. It was all based on founder Walt Disney’s brilliant creativity and vision. And this week, Disney added a new dimension to its reach, with the launch of Disney+ Star, a streaming service aimed at grown-ups…. View Post
New Brunswick native Thomas Duplessie’s first leading film role is opposite Cloris Leachman in Jump, Darling. They shot it in Prince Edward County, Ontario. The wonder of wonders. Duplessie is Russell a.k.a. Fishy Falters, drag queen. He’s suffered career setbacks and a painful romantic break and appears unannounced at his grandmother’s rural home. He’ll pick up her car and think… View Post
In Philippe Falardeau’s My Salinger Year, Sigourney Weaver plays a literary agent whose company represents some of the greatest American authors of the last century – Agatha Christie, Dylan Thomas, F. Scott Fitzgerald and for the purposes of this film, The Catcher in the Rye author, the reclusive J.D. Salinger. He was intensely private, avoided connection with people and hid… View Post
The Mallorca Files on BritBox is a real guilty pleasure. A sun-soaked detective series set on the beautiful island of Mallorca, with two unlikely police partners. They’re comic chalk and cheese, outgoing, goofy and fun-loving German detective Max Winter played by Julian Looman and by the book, sensible English detective Miranda Blake, played Elen Rhys. Season 2 launches with the… View Post
Billie Eilish was fifteen when she became a viral sensation with her song Ocean Eyes. Fast Forward to five Grammys and countless other awards for the album that resulted, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler’s stunning film reveals Eilish’s music, home and work life close up, giving us intimate access. The result is… View Post