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Nicolas Cage in the film, PIG from Elevation Pictures, NEON By Anne Brodie Sarah Polley begins shooting her latest script Women Talking in Toronto And what a cast she's assembled! The mighty, mighty Frances McDormand, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Rooney Mara, Ben Wishaw and our own Sheila …
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Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown on HBO By Anne Brodie One of the many pleasures of the weighty and entertaining Nobody is witnessing Bob Odenkirk's Hutch emerging from a self-created shell of restraint. He's a family man with no hand with his wife (Connie Nielsen) or son (Gage Munroe) but …
Frances McDormand in Chloe Zhao's Nomadland By Anne Brodie Nomadland on Disney+ is hard to talk about without disturbing its profundities. Since seeing the film last fall, and many times since, I've not looked forward to writing a review. It is a shame to reduce this incredible artistic …
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By Anne Brodie Godzilla vs. Kong has earned megabucks overseas in early release and it's clearly going to do the same here albeit with fewer theatre seats available here. But it seems the tentpole is back with a vengeance. I am torn for the usual reasons around fantasy battle films. First, …
Cathy Jones and Mary Walsh in CBC Gem's Broad Appeal ByAnne Brodie Gabriel Byrne's dark, romantic vibe is well used in Death of a Ladies’ Man, a Canada / Ireland copro inspired by Leonard Cohen and his songs. Byrne is Samuel O'Shea, a solitary, poetic, gloomy Gus whose good looks and sweet …
