By Anne Brodie Black is King is Beyoncé’s long awaited and stirring visual album, a reimagining of the music of The Lion King traces African roots, lineage, history, culture and music. It’s aimed at “young kings and queens in search of their own crowns” and was shot over a year in New York, Los …
The Umbrella Academy’s Emmy Raver-Lampman’s Strange Coincidence
By Anne Brodie Season Two of Netflix’ The Umbrella Academy debuts this week and fans couldn’t be more excited. I’ve had a peek and will say this season exceeds the excellent first series oin its scope and imagination. OK so Sir Reginald Hargreeves is dead and the superhero children he adopted …
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Rod Lurie’s The Outpost, The Painted Bird’s Brutal Beauty, a Working Man’s Elegy But Fun Stuff Too!
By Anne Brodie Rod Lurie’s The Outpost is finally available on VOD in Canada as of Tuesday. Based on Jake Tapper’s book of the same name, it’s a military thriller covering events of The Battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan in 2009 when US soldiers were trapped in a geographically hazardous valley, …
Tom Hanks’ War Saga, Charlize Theron Wows, a Classic Play to Die For, Plus ….
By Anne Brodie Tom Hanks says he’s bitterly disappointed that his new filmthe WWII thriller Greyhound, isn’t being held for release on the big screen. No wonder. Hanks, who wrote the screenplay, based on The Good Shepherd by C S Forester, stars as Captain Ernest Krause, in charge of a fleet of 37 …
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Disney+ Hamilton Coup, Relationships, Remembering John Lewis, High Finance and Drag Queens!
Gemma (THALISSA TEIXEIRA), Ray (ARIANE LABED), Kieran (GARY CARR) By Anne Brodie Disney+’s Hamilton was to open next year but given the dearth of live entertainment in the age of COVID, the company offers it now to stream on Disney+. The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical the …