By Anne Brodie Two Rural Noir Thrillers, Two Major Ron Howard Projects, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane have tremendous chemistry and realism as farmers George and Margaret Blackledge in Let Him Go. They’re grieving the double loss of their son in a riding accident and, out of the blue, the disappearance of their daughter-in-law, their grandson and the woman’s new husband…. View Post
Paul Watson, the Canadian co-founder of Greenpeace and founder of Sea Shepherd tells his incredible story of 40 years on the seas defending the marine life that keeps the human race alive. Lesley Chilcott’s provocative documentary is an eye-opener and a plea for balance. What She Said’ Anne Brodie spoke with Chilcott. Watson is in select theatres across Canada November… View Post
A working single mother is assigned to spy on a charging historic village on the southeast coast of Ireland, where she grew up. Little does she know how going back will turn her life and her grown son’s life upside down. Industrial and highly personal secrets rush out at an alarming rate as Kate tries to hang on for dear… View Post
By Anne Brodie The legendary Sophia Loren celebrates sixty years as an actor this year. And after a ten-year absence from the screen returns with a stunning, Oscar-worthy performance in her son Edoardo Ponti’s drama The Life Ahead. An Oscar to join the one she won for Two Women, as the first woman to win Best Actress for a foreign… View Post
By Anne Brodie Happy Place based on Pamela Mala Sinha’s play about women in a care facility suffering from trauma. Each one attempted suicide. As dark as it sounds, and as realistic as director Helen Shaver envisioned the film, these are strong women seeking relief from the pain who must finds their hope. Happy Place is realistic and deeply engaging… View Post
By Anne Brodie Do you remember the old days when the US had Presidents of empathy and dignity, people we could look up to? Remember Jimmy Carter (1977 – 1981) who at 96, is still building houses with his wife for Habitat for Humanity as he’s done for the last forty years? He was a gentle, wise man who grew… View Post