By Anne Brodie Jennifer Lopez releases her first album in ten years alongside a star-studded fantasy musical film This Is Me…Now: A Love Story reflecting her headling grabbing love life, now at 54. Dave Meyers' film in partnership with J-Lo is an ambitious, visually enticing "cinematic odyssey, …
Stories of Women, Grifters, Heroes and Heroines, Love, Hope and Healing.
By Anne Brodie Another elegant, powerful, intelligent, and moving film from Ava DuVernay, whose inspired films are always a joy. Origin, the latest film DuVernay wrote and directed follows Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in a remarkable performance) whose …
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Claes Bang and Anne-Marie Duff are in a Coercive Marriage But the Bad Sisters Are On The Case.
Claes Bang and Anne-Marie Duff are in a bad place; they are a married couple whose small children witness him berating, humiliating, and physically abusing their mother. Her four Bad Sisters are on to him and plot his demise as we cheer them on - does that make us guilty? This complex and engaging …
Rumer Godden Reimagined, MMWG, a Blot on Romania, Art Fakes, Riz Ahmed, Mysteries, Scams, Doggies, and Christmas Angel Dolly Parton!
Dolly Parton Christmas in the Square on Netflix By Anne Brodie I can’t say adequately describe how extraordinary is FX' new three-part series Black Narcissus. Based on Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel about British nuns setting up in an abandoned castle in the Himalayas, it’s a stunningly …
LeBron, Mick, Johnny Depp, Tuscany Wine Country, Fathers & Sons, Comic Double Lives, Sex & Money!
By Anne Brodie What does the moment of peak human performance feel like? Apple TV+’ six-part, short doc series The Greatness Code helps us understand in conversations with some of the world’s greatest athletes, LeBron James, Tom Brady, Alex Morgan, Usain Bolt, Shaun White, Katie …