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By Anne Brodie The all-star cast of The Fabulous Four, Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally, and Sheryl Lee Ralph is a hoot. It isn’t a film critics’ film, aimed squarely at the older female demographic with an easy, funny script and the energy and familiarity of the four stars. …
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By Anne Brodie Willam Shatner says he's always been alone, all his life, that women were distractions but not part of the full picture. He says he's had no real friends but doesn't want to be alone. Shatner's part of a large family from four marriages with generations of descendants but still. …
By Anne Brodie Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves reflects on life's quiet offside moments as two characters fallen on hard times find each other. A grocery cashier and a labourer working in Helsinki, Finland had bigger dreams for themselves, but living in squalor on tiny incomes has punctured those …
By Anne Brodie Fargo is back, thank goodness. The series in its epic, deep firestorm of humanity's struggle to survive, created by Noah Hawley and now in its fifth season remains one of the finest series ever to appear on TV, up there with Twin Peaks. Set in small communities whether in the …
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By Anne Brodie Deepfakes alert! documentarians Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn's chilling Another Body unveils the life-altering repercussions of abuse against women via faked porn videos. Two American college students who appear throughout as deep fakes with false names describe the hell …
