By Anne Brodie Australian actor Jacob Elordi’s current heartthrob status will bring folks in to see Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses in theatres April 25. And boy, do we get to see a lot of him. He’s Julius, brother of Lee (Will Poulter), who is married to Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones); they live in …
Anna Lambe’s on Fire in the Arctic Sitcom North of North
Anne Lambe is one of the hottest stars around right now thanks to the Netflix global release of its CBC / ATPN co- production, North of North. Lambe is Siaja, an outspoken, free-thinking wife and mother whose life is a dumpster fire at the moment. Literally. Shot in Nunavut, Canada, Lambe was …
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Is a Bad Mother a Bad Person? Plus POWs and Belly Laughs. A Mercurial Week :)
By Anne Brodie Switzerland is a wealthy country, but it has failed to keep an unnamed mother and her three small children from falling into desperate poverty and increasing lawlessness. Ophélia Kolb leads the cast of The Courageous; she's three months behind on rent and faces an unkind future, …
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Calling Out the Liberal Staffers Button Stunt, Even If It Hurts
I consider myself a fairly principled person, primarily because of a very humbling, very embarrassing lie I was caught in during my late teens. I won’t bore you with the details, but let’s just say it left a mark. A permanent one. Thirty-eight years later, that moment still lives rent-free in my …
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We Investigate the Most Sinister Adaptation to Date of an Agatha Christie Mystery.
Ella Lily Hyland and Oliver Jackson-Cohen play Audrey, and her ex-husband Nevile Strange, a tennis legend. They’ve known each other since childhood and have been locked in a vicious game all their lives. Note the spelling of his first name, usually spelled Nevile and his fitting last name. You’ll …