Writer-director Pawel Pawlowski’s black and white romantic drama Cold War just nominated for Best Foreign Language, Direction and Cinematography Oscars benefits from excellent performances from Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot but Pawlowski’s anxiety around time is its core. It’s the early fifties in …
Dan Carter: From the streets to the mayor’s office
Oshawa’s new mayor once struggled with addiction and homelessness; now, he’s changing the way his city handles those issues. BY KATE WHEELER, Originally posted on LocalLove.ca If there’s anyone who understands the adage that whatever doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, it’s …
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New Theatrical Movies Few and Far Between, True Detective Season 3 at Last, Streaming Takes Over and Some Very Cool VODs
Stan & Ollie starring Steve Coogan and John Reilly as the durable Hollywood comedy team of Laurel and Hardy expands its berth this week. This beautifully acted two hander about the final chapter of the professional lives, on tour in northern England, is gentle and poignant as it becomes clear …
How to Stick to Your Goals, According to Psychology
With every New Year comes new goals for self-improvement: lose weight, exercise more, create a better work-life balance, whatever it may be. Unfortunately, 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by the second week of February, according to U.S. News. Clearly, we’re doing something wrong! Thankfully, the …
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It’s Authority Figures with PTSD and Women in Peril Season, Nicole Kidman’s Monumental Morph, a Stunning Foreign Language Film Contender, Richard Madden and Streaming All the Livelong Day!!
If you'd like to be blasted out of your post-holiday complacency, then run don’t walk to see a radically transformed Nicole Kidman in the action thriller Destroyer. Stalking gangsters with heavy weaponry and attitude, she’s a disturbed, driven cop out to right a wrong dating back to a …