By Anne Brodie Richard Gere stars in Longing, a romantic drama partly shot in Kitchener and Hamilton, with a peculiar bent. Adapted from writer-director Savi Gabizon’s own 2017 film, it’s a story of loss and hoped-for redemption. Gere is Daniel who meets his Canadian ex-Rachel (Suzanne Clément) …
Two Lyrical Boyhooods, Heroic Women Don’t Quit, Cowboyin’, Murderous Tudors, and Oscar Heavies Finally Land on TV!
By Anne Brodie Chicago native Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama We Grown Now follows two best friends living in the notorious Cabrini-Green projects at the height of its drugs and crime waves. Malik (Blake Cameron James) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez) are spontaneous fun-loving kids, who love to jump …
Seth Rogen is a Potter! And He’s Throwing A Pottery Series Our Way with a Schitt’s Creek Alumna.
Canada's own Seth Rogen and his wife enjoy the art of pottery. So who better to guest judge on the new reality series The Great Canadian Pottery Throwdown? He joins Schitt's Creek's warm and wonderful star turned host Jennifer Robertson and judges, expert potters Brendan Tang and Natalie Waddell. …
A New Canadian Police Procedural Touches Today’s Hot Button Issues Through a Star Rookie Cop’s Eyes.
Supinder Wraich and Enrico Colantoni in CBC's Allegiance Supinder Wraich is Sabrina Sohal, a top police academy achiever whose father, a federal Minister is arrested on treason charges on the day and at the place of her graduation ceremony. Suddenly under the media spotlight, she must keep her …
Women and Immigration, Freezing One’s Assets, Canada’s Newest Female Cop, a Pill to Cure Heartache … et plus!
By Anne Brodie The Canadian Reads 2015 book Ru, the dramatic true story of Kim Thúy whose family fled Vietnam for Canada, endured a nerve-shattering journey and adjustment to a strange culture has been adapted for the big screen. They were the so-called "boat people" fleeing a murderous regime. …