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By Anne Brodie Netflix’ limited series Vladmir starring and executive produced by Rachel Weisz is a chilling tale of sexual obsession, marriage and conscience. Weiz is Rachel and professor and novelist, married to John (John Slattery), a professor in the same institution; theirs is an open …
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By Anne Brodie I’m a big fan of BritBox the steaming service that serves up the best of the best of the UK 's television. You can’t beat the smart and intriguing content on BritBox from mysteries to comedy, talk shows, concerts and reality - it’s the real deal eniched by its witty and intriguing …
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By Anne Brodie The multi-festival award winning The President’s Cake (Mamlaket al-Qasab) is set in 1990 in the failing state of Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship under UN-backed sanctions. Turmoil, constant government surveillance, fear of arrests and widespread shortages of food and …
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By Anne Brodie Kaley Cuoco best known for her comedic roles goes dark, bewildered and terrified in the MGM /ROAR series Vanished which she also executive produced. The four-parter thriller finds her character Alice, a rising star archaeologist and her boyfriend Tom (Sam Claflin) touring Europe. …
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By Anne Brodie From Toronto’s experiential filmmaker and iconoclast Matt Johnson comes Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Don’t ask me what genre it is – I’m stumped. Its many genres except romance, maybe bromance, crammed together in a frantic collage of ideas, co-written and co-directed by …
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