By Anne Brodie Disney+ has imposed strict embargos on plot points and guest stars in Mel Brooks' comedy series History of the World, Part II, available Monday. That's 40 years after his original film was released in theatres. Awesome then, awesome now! Sketches illustrating key moments in human …
In Which We’re Cautioned, Delighted, Engaged and Aghast!
By Anne Brodie Big news this week! The 20th-anniversary 4K restoration release of Ang Lee's masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The quadruple Oscar-winning landmark film, a departure for Lee whose prior work included Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, Ride with the Devil, and later …
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Regaining Life, Messing Up, Shocking History and Delightful Nasty Women!
By Anne Brodie Oliver Hermanus' shimmering character study Living with its cinematic beauty and equally beautiful story - and score - will pierce the hardest heart. A reworking of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film, Ikiru, is set in London's financial district. Herds of men in pin-striped suits and …
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A New League of Their Own Reflects Today’s Zeitgeist, But Retains Its Vintage Charm as Ladies Go To Bat! Meet the Stars
A new interpretation of the enduring story of women forming a baseball league as their men fight World War II manages to straddle two cultures. Women pre-liberation didn't enjoy the cultural freedoms we have today, but Prime Video's energised, modernised series goes there. Melanie Field plays Joy an …
Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman Are Victims of the Past in the Suspense Thriller The Secrets We Keep.
Noomi Rapace, best known as Lisbeth Salander in the Millenium series plays an Eastern European WWII bride living in Texas. One sunny day she hears familiar whistling that takes her to a dark place. She sees the whistler, her Nazi tormenter fifteen years after his brutal crimes against her. …