Alyssa Milano, the actor and #MeToo activist stars as Grace, a veteran crime novelist who uses her skills to investigate the murder of her schoolteacher sister Kathleen in Netflix’s Brazen. The thriller, based on Nora Robert’s novel Brazen Virtue finds Grace flying across the country to answer Kathleen’s distress call. But she’s too late; she discovers Kathleen’s body, brutally murdered…. View Post
By Anne Brodie Netflix’ superior miniseries Inventing Anna based on the true story of a massive fraud committed by mysterious German “heiress” Anna Delvey. starring Julia Garner, is a wild ride into the mind of a psychopath. Anna Sorokin or was it Anna Delvey landed in Manhattan from Russia via Germany in 2013 and immediately landed in well-to-do circles. She… View Post
By Anne Brodie. George Clooney directs The Tender Bar, starring Ben Affleck, based on J. R. Moehringer’s memoir about growing up on Long Island, with Daniel Ranieri as young Moehringer and Tye Sheridan the elder. The boy, JR, is growing up without a father; he’s never met him even though he’s not far away, a New York radio disc jockey…. View Post
Mark Critch’s wonderfully wild and on-point humour has elevated CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes since 2013 and he remains a treasure there to this day, in Season 29. Critch has his own comedy series now! A sweet, hilarious and personal take on his teen years in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Son of a Critch, based on his comedy memoir Son… View Post
KIm Cattrall may not be in the SATC universe these days but she is evergreen thanks to her star turn as Emily French a wealthy older woman looking for young male company in a sizzling new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s murder mystery The Witness for the Prosecution. French is brutally murdered and her young paid lover Leonard Vole (Billy Howle)… View Post
By Anne Brodie Joe Wright’s adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac isn’t to be dismissed. Its lyricism and Peter Dinklage’s exceptional performance as Cyrano create wonder and a powerful sense of magic. Set in some timeless time in a beautiful mountain village, Cyrano loves Rosamund (Haley Bennett) but hasn’t let her know; he feels unworthy of her…. View Post