By Anne Brodie Kyra Sedgwick directs her husband Kevin Bacon and an engaging cast of young actors in the unique romance Space Oddity; it's a bold twist on the standard romance, with some comedic, heartwarming elements, set against a major life-changing conundrum. Kyle Allen's Alex is dominated by …
If You’re a Fan of Investigative Thrillers, This is Your Week in Entertainment!
By Anne Brodie Steve Coogan has written a fact-based, non-tongue-in-cheek film. If you can imagine. Director Stephen Frears' The Lost King stars Sally Hawkins as amateur historian Philippa Langley whose instincts and apparently ghostly bond with "son of York, last Plantagenet King of England …
In Which We’re Cautioned, Delighted, Engaged and Aghast!
By Anne Brodie Big news this week! The 20th-anniversary 4K restoration release of Ang Lee's masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The quadruple Oscar-winning landmark film, a departure for Lee whose prior work included Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, Ride with the Devil, and later …
Continue Reading about In Which We’re Cautioned, Delighted, Engaged and Aghast!
Theatres Are Closed – Here’s What to Do, Streaming, Revisiting TIFF 21, Exploring.
By Anne Brodie Netflix' superior miniseries Inventing Anna based on the true story of a massive fraud committed by mysterious German "heiress" Anna Delvey. starring Julia Garner, is a wild ride into the mind of a psychopath. Anna Sorokin or was it Anna Delvey landed in Manhattan from Russia …
Nothing’s Off the Table This Week – Blockbusters, Spies, God, Ted Lasso and The Rock as Appetisers.
Potential blockbuster Jungle Cruise is fired by the scrappy relationship between Frank and Lily (Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt), an ancient mystery, time travel, a loveable jaguar and a snapshot parade of Amazonian culture and history, dating back to the arrival of Spain's Conquistadors. There's a …