Lauren Lee Smith as Frankie Drake Frankie Drake Mysteries now in its fourth season on CBC and CBC Gem, follows the madcap adventures of a female private detective working Toronto's mean streets, circa 1920. Lauren Lee Smith is the brilliant and worldly Frankie. Aided by three …
Protests, Wars, Espionage, Radicals, Magic, Conspiracy and Rihanna’s Lingerie Fashion Event. Yup.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix By Anne Brodie Netflix takes us to a time not unlike our own in the excellent film, The Trial of the Chicago 7. Aaron Sorkin revisits the protest-turned-riot outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago when high profile yippies Tom Hayden, Abbie …
At Long Last Tenet, Bill & Ted! And Enough Streaming and In Theatres To Keep Everyone Entertained!
By Anne Brodie Two major releases this week, as different as chalk and cheese, Bill & Ted Face the Music, and Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited Tenet. And yet so very similar. Both depend upon the plastic nature of time and space, as our protagonists time travel to find, hide, and fix …
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 …
Vinessa Antoine Returns as Lawyer Marcie Diggs in Season Two of CBC’s Diggstown.
Canadian actor Vinessa Antoine isn’t a lawyer but she plays one on TV. CBC’s Diggstown, now in its second season, centers on Marcie Diggs, a woman of integrity and empathy, an intrepid lawyer working in a Halifax firm. She’s no-nonsense and holds the highest standards of her profession - not …