By Anne Brodie Guillermo de Toro’s florid version of Mary Shelley’s classic horror story Frankenstein gets the full CGI, over the top treatment typical of the filmmaker. It could have benefitted from a slightly less in-yer-face with some degree of naturalism, more suggestion than showmanship. …
Myth, Mystery, Murder, Merriment – What to Squeeze In This Weekend!
By Anne Brodie Greek mythology comes vividly to life in Uberto Pasolini’s the Return in theatres today. It tells the story of King Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) 1200 years before Christ’s birth who left Ithaca to fight the Trojan War on mainland Greece. For reasons that are not made clear beyond …
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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. …
The Holy Grail, Nyad, Influencers, Inside North Korea, Satirising PEI, Gothic Alberta and Coming of Age in Ontario.
By Anne Brodie Tough family drama on the remote farmlands of Alberta, as a farming community struggles to earn a living and keep trouble at bay. Farms that withstood generations of hardscrabble life and an ongoing litany of back-breaking labour face all new threats, in this case, succession. It's …
Brilliant Dark Dramas, How to Build a Spy, Family Woes, Tossed Salad, Scrambled Eggs and Frasier.
By Anne Brodie Martin Scorsese surpasses himself with the seismic, complex, malicious beauty of Killers of the Flower Moon, the true story of the Osage Indian Murders circa the 1910s to the 1930s. At least sixty and perhaps hundreds of full-blood Osage Indians were murdered or died prematurely by …