By Anne Brodie Can you believe it's 36 years later? Top Gun: Maverick finds Tom Cruise as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, older, wiser, and jobless, a washed-up star jet fighter test pilot. Out of the blue, he's called back to service, to the annoyance of Jon Hamm's Admiral Simpson, saved by "Ice" …
TIFF Hit Petite Maman Finally in Theatres, The Life of Fatima, Deadheads, Pythons and the Return of The Wilds and Gentleman Jack Plus…
By Anne Brodie - Céline Sciamma' TIFF hit Petite Maman is finally in theatres. stars Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne and Margo Abascal. Joséphine Sanz is Nelly, a young girl sent to her mother Marion's rural childhood home after the death of her grandmother to empty and sell it. She likes to …
Serious Matters, Scandals Galore, Hilarity, Heartbreak, Earth Day, the Universe, Food – and More Canadian Films – The Screens Have It All!
By Anne Brodie - Charlotte a powerful animated Canadian film, with an impressive international cast presents the saga of German Jewish painter Charlotte Saloman. Charlotte's family was well off in Berlin in the years leading up to the German Nazification. Her gift for painting was clear early, her …
Plenty to Entertain and Soothe Your Soul This Week!
By Anne Brodie Scarborough from directors Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson and writer Catherine Hernandez is set in a low-income enclave in eastern Toronto. Its diverse population is well represented in three families whose children attend the same breakfast and literacy program run by a nurturing …
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Lucy and Desi, Prince Philip, Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Ralph Fiennes and … Well, Read On!
By Anne Brodie The Lost Daughter is the story of women pushed to their limits, whose instincts are tested and found wanting and the damage done. Olivia Colman's unsympathetic Leda is a British woman on a beach vacation in Greece. Her eyes and expression are fixed and unwelcoming. A man asks for …