By Anne Brodie The emotionally charged story of love and sacrifice, Our Friend concerns grace, doing unto others as you’d have them do unto you. Dakota Johnson, a wife and mother of two diagnosed with terminal cancer and her husband (Casey Affleck) are overwhelmed by grief and domestic challenges. They accept the live-in help of their best friend, played by… View Post
Dakota Johnson is a wife and mother of two, diagnosed with terminal cancer in Our Friend. Her husband played by Casey Affleck does his best to maintain their life and love but he is overwhelmed, dealing with responsibilities, and new feelings at the prospect of losing her. His best friend played by Jason Segel moves in with them to lighten… View Post
The lives of a famous film director and her husband, an equally famous actor are turned upside down when a seductive young screenwriter manipulates her way into their work and beds in Apple TV+‘ Losing Alice. As strong and confident as Alice the director may seem, she is naively open to Sophie, whose first screenplay could be Alice’s greatest film… View Post
By Anne Brodie The groundbreaking legends fable One Night in Miami, a major hit at TIFF is finally available on Amazon Prime. Director Regina King is bound for awards glory, along with her actors for this rich and intense quadruple character study. Set in a motel room the night of Feb 25, 1964 (“that crucible year”), four Black legends gather… View Post
Frankie Drake Mysteries now in its fourth season on CBC and CBC Gem, follows the madcap adventures of a female private detective working Toronto’s mean streets, circa 1920. Lauren Lee Smith is the brilliant and worldly Frankie. Aided by three dynamic women, played by Chantel Riley, Rebecca Liddiard and Sharron Matthews, Drake is Toronto’s top private investigator. Each woman is driven by intuition, curiosity… View Post
By Anne Brodie Former author and full-time wit, Fran Lebowitz agreed to sit down with longtime friend Martin Scorsese and spill; what a treat! The 70- year old’s on-the-mark observations about life in the world’s busiest city are gems of imagination, word usage, speed and fancy, what Oscar Wilde might have been, had he been born a woman in New… View Post