By Anne Brodie John Candy was a giant of his generation. Physically big, yes, but in spirit, personality and comedy gifts, a behemoth. Born in Newmarket, Ontario and once established, a Queensville farm owner, his artistic journey to the top of the comedy heap was rapid. Colin Hanks and Ryan …
Dr. Shirley Cheechoo and the 6th Annual Weengushk International Film Festival on Manitoulin Island
The 6th annual Weengushk International Film Festival (WIFF) July 14-16, 2023 on beautiful Manitoulin Island brings a wealth of film arts to this remote part of Northern Ontario. 57 Indigenous-made films from around the world will be shown alongside a star-studded lineup of Indigenous Canadian …
What Price Glory? Plus Ryan Reynolds, Charlie Hunnam, Sarah Richardson, Rhee Drummond and a Cautionary True Story.
By Anne Brodie Edgar Berger's harrowing adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's classic anti-war war novel All Quiet on the Western Front is a history lesson and morality tale, and difficult to watch. It's told from the point of view of teenage German boys who just signed up to fight the French …
Journeys, Awakening, Loss, Love, Celebration and Toronto the Cute!
By Anne Brodie Wildhood is a poignant, bittersweet awakening story of Link, a Mi'kmaw teenager who escapes severe abuse at home and hits the road with his little brother Travis. Writer/director/producer Bretten Hannam's Two-Spirit odyssey filmed in English and Mi'kmaw starring Phillip …
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Strap Yourself in for a BUSY Screening Weekend with Tom Hanks and Kristen Stewart as Diana, Princess of Wales
By Anne Brodie Kristen Stewart is absolutely, freakishly, Diana, Princess of Wales in the imagined and much-anticipated biopic Spencer. Diana's clipped, dense accented speech is perfect, her carriage, and physical tells and intense eyes, all revived in Stewart's spookily realistic portrayal of a …