By Anne Brodie Rod Lurie’s The Outpost is finally available on VOD in Canada as of Tuesday. Based on Jake Tapper’s book of the same name, it’s a military thriller covering events of The Battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan in 2009 when US soldiers were trapped in a geographically hazardous valley, …
We Love Dads, Isolation Stories, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Indigenous Film. Good Week in Streaming!
We’ve been raving about Dads Bryce Dallas Howard’s first documentary, for a couple of weeks now and its finally available Apple TV+. Howard gathered her famous dad Ron, grandfather actor Rance, comedians Will Smith, Hasan Minjah, Kenan Thompson, Patton Oswald, Ken Jeong, the two …
Spike Lee’s Vietnam Elegy, Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson and an Agatha Christie Revival
By Anne Brodie Spike Lee looks at the tragic history of African Americans in US wars in his stirring 2.5 hour Da 5 Bloods. Set within the story of four Vietnam veterans (Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Norm Lewis) returning to ‘Nam to claim the remains of their comrade …
Celebrate United Nations’ Environmental Day, Dear …, Race Your Pulse and Get Down with Elizabeth Moss.
By Anne Brodie Toronto activist Hannah Alper is seventeen years old, and she’s a world-renowned global activist. Let that sink in. At nine, she launched her blog Call Me Hannah and since that time has given a Ted Talk, spoken at 37 WE events and is the hopeful heart and face of Canada’s youth …
Kevin McNally Brilliantly Plays the Heavy in BritBox’ Murder Mystery Unforgotten S3
The gripping British series Unforgotten reinvents the cold case police procedural. Now in its third series on BritBox, it follows four men with a shared secret that could link them to the murder of a sixteen-year-old girl almost 20 years earlier. Her body is discovered under a highway media and they …