Lauren Lee Smith Debuts in Period Detective Series Frankie Drake on CBC Monday at 9 P.M. and stars in Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape Of Water In Theatres Dec. 8. Canadian television has a brand new heroine – a smart, spunky, ahead-by-a-century detective who in 1921 Toronto runs her own business, completely staffed by women. She has a lifetime of… View Post
Ruben Östlund’s dark comedy The Square won Cannes’ Palme d’Or award this year and is Sweden’s Best Foreign Language Picture entry. It inspired heated conversation over its audacity and jaundiced view of humanity and its humour. It follows a successful Swedish art gallery curator who lets a ball drop in his tightly ordered life and one misstep launches him into… View Post
Thor: Ragnarok People are pretty divided on this but I thoroughly enjoyed it, thanks mostly to the warm, funny and engaging Chris Hemsworth as Thor. I can’t tell you how incredibly fabulous the celebrity cameos are, but just know those alone are worth it. Hollywood has a great sense of humour amidst all the chaos in the world and Thor delivers… View Post
George Clooney directs Matt Damon, Julianne Moore and Oscar Isaac, a real gathering of acting titans, with a script co-written by Joel and Ethan Cohen, Grant Heslov and Clooney and the result is the dark suburban comedy Suburbicon. Vaguely echoing Moore and Todd’s dark dream, Far From Heaven with its blackened mid-century nostalgia, it’s a nice showcase for the actress, who… View Post
“There is a cure out there; we just have to find it. Maybe not in our generation, but we have to keep trying for our children and the next generations to come.” CEO Diana Cuttell’s words over Skype last Friday afternoon as the IMI Ottawa and Huntsville offices donated money to throw pies at their managers. The fundraiser started at… View Post
Fear of pain is one of the most common reasons why women do not schedule a mammogram. A recent study conducted by Evans, et.al, found that painful exams explain why 25 to 46 per cent1 of women failed to return for further breast imaging. This week on What She Said, we spoke with Heather Chalmers, the Canadian General Manager of GE Healthcare… View Post