By Anne Brodie BritBox’ six-month retrospective Austen Forever celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday and her tremendous legacy is underway now. On offer are films of her best-known works like Emma, Pride & Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility and modern Austen-inspired films like …
Love a Mystery? You’re in the Right Place So Buckle Up, and the CBC Fêtes Canadian Artists.
By Anne Brodie The nine-episode British psychological police procedural DEPT. Q is a simmering look at law enforcement in Edinburgh, with traumatised DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode, emaciated, for the role) at the centre of the storm. He and other police officers were taken by surprise …
Castle Fantasy Come True, Unexpected Healing Friendship, A White House Murder and Big Scam!
By Anne Brodie Tracie Laymon’s Bob Trevino Likes It is just the thing for a positive, warm feeling. Based on Laymon’s own experiences, we follow Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira), her father Bob Trevino (French Stewart), and her new friend Bob Trevino (John Leguizamo). Lily’s dealing with the trauma …
Oscar Favourites, the Male Gaze Problem, a Plucky Detective, a Lone Wolf and Cocktails, Baby, in The Hammer and Sicily!
By Anne Brodie Seems to me that Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan are Oscar nom shoe-ins for their gut-wrenching performances in The Banshees of Inisherin. They bring to life a deadly episode in a war of wills that can't be won when Colm (Gleeson) suddenly turns on his lifelong …
Girl Power Galore, Chiara, Alicia Vikander, Action Hero Danielle C. Ryan, Brenda Blethyn, Lucille Ball, Shine On!
By Anne Brodie Jonas Carpignano's A Chiara is a stunner. Swamy Rotolo is 15 - year old Chiara, the middle daughter in a close-knit loving (real-life) family living in Calabria, and they're celebrating her sister Giulia's (Grecia Rotolo) 18th birthday. Family and villagers pull out all the …