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Is a Bad Mother a Bad Person? Plus POWs and Belly Laughs. A Mercurial Week :)
Switzerland is a wealthy country, but it has failed to keep an unnamed mother and her three small children from falling into desperate...

Anne Brodie
5 days ago3 min read
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Canada Strong, the Value of Pets, Surrealism, Agatha Christie Lastest, Final Vows and So Much More!
Let’s look at two Canadian music artists that make us proud, even as I remind you about Canada Film Day on April 16th . Neil Young:...

Anne Brodie
Apr 1610 min read
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We Investigate the Most Sinister Adaptation to Date of an Agatha Christie Mystery.
Ella Lily Hyland and Oliver Jackson-Cohen play Audrey, and her ex-husband Nevile Strange, a tennis legend. They’ve known each other since...

Anne Brodie
Apr 155 min read
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Canada Film Day Soon! Dog Saves Souls, Stellar Indian Wedding, Dying for Sex, William Tell Tale, and Hospital Disaster Suds.
Not to early to “flag” Canada Film Day on April 16th so you can plan your celebration of us, our culture, artistry, and elbows up...

Anne Brodie
Apr 46 min read


From Heaven to Hell, Palm Springs, Argentina, Hollywood, Scarborough, and a Toronto Library.
Misericordia (“compassion or empathy”) is an unsettling, unobvious thriller, a quiet but gale force knockout that may leave viewers...

Anne Brodie
Mar 288 min read


Ann Kaplan Mulholland’s Incredible Dream Come True. Her Very Own Castle. Gobsmacked. And Now a Reality Show!
Flamboyant Canadian billionaire and empty nester Ann Kaplan Mulholland and her husband, renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Steven Mulholland...

Anne Brodie
Mar 249 min read


Double the Energy in David Mitchell’s Entertaining, Intriguing Character Swap Mystery.
English actor and comedian David Mitchell is new to me, but what a discovery! He’s crazy funny, quirky and physical in the BritBox...

Anne Brodie
Mar 243 min read


Castle Fantasy Come True, Unexpected Healing Friendship, A White House Murder and Big Scam!
Tracie Laymon’s Bob Trevino Likes It is just the thing for a positive, warm feeling. Based on Laymon’s own experiences, we follow Lily...

Anne Brodie
Mar 247 min read


A Sister’s Promise, the Future, Lost Boys & Fairies and Fishing on Wild Ontario. Streaming Joy.
Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist and host of the acclaimed podcasts Stolen and Missing & Murdered Connie Walker guest...

Anne Brodie
Mar 146 min read


Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna and Alec Baldwin Debuts Tomorrow.
Rachel Mason’s excruciatingly revealing documentary Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna lays out the circumstances of the shooting...

Anne Brodie
Mar 142 min read


Connie Walker Checks in on the Thirty Year Old Unsolved MMIWG Death of Sonya Cywink.
Top – Sonya Cywink Bottom – Meggie Cywink and Connie Walker In 1994, 31-year old, pregnant Sonya Cywink from the Whitefish First Nation...

Anne Brodie
Mar 146 min read


Atom Egoyan’s Violent Opera, Quebecker Goes Native, Meghan Markle FINALLY Releases Her Lifestyle Series and …… Where Oscar’s Faves Are Streaming NOW!
Atom Egoyan revisits opera in Seven Veils , the story of Jeanine (Amanda Seyfried) who is restaging the opera Salome originated by her...

Anne Brodie
Mar 76 min read


Atom Egoyan's darkly sexy, violent adaptation of the opera Salome
Atom Egoyan's darkly sexy, violent adaptation of the opera Salome showcases his brilliance in creating complicated, layered films that...

Anne Brodie
Mar 61 min read


A Packed Week in Film, TV and Streaming. So You Don’t Have to Shovel.
The title suggests a comedy but My Dead Friend Zoe , while there are amusing, ironic moments, is a moving and powerful story of...

Anne Brodie
Feb 288 min read


Variety is the Spice of Life. This Week’s Sweet, Spicy, Bitter, Tangy and Weird.
Robert DeNiro plays a former President of the United States in his first foray into streaming television. Zero Day now on Netflix is a...

Anne Brodie
Feb 218 min read


Revisiting a Cinematic Giant Writ Large, Love Hurts, Then There’s Hallmark Love, Home Love, Laverne Cox Love and an Atomic Shocker.
Thrilled to report that the impossible brilliance of Bong Joon- Ho’s Parasite is back on the big(gest) screen. Six years after sweeping...

Anne Brodie
Feb 79 min read


Resistance, Murder, Music, Winter in Winnipeg and Wedding Whoopsies.
Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres has won multiple awards and nominations for her role as a wife and mother in Walter Salles I’m Still Here...

Anne Brodie
Jan 318 min read


Architecture As Personality, Mike Leigh’s Latest and Last, and Detective Redux.
Do you have a short attention span? Then take a miss on The Brutalist . If you can sit for 3.5 hours and watch an engrossing,...

Anne Brodie
Jan 244 min read


In Praise of Pamela Anderson, a Few Good Films and Murdoch’s 300th Mystery.
Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl is a superior character study, with Pamela Anderson as Shelley, a 57-year-old Las Vegas strip dancer...

Anne Brodie
Jan 177 min read


A Strong Week Onscreen – Families, Disco, Detectives, Chills to Chilly, High Drama, Sitcom Gold, the Works!
Opening with an admiring tribute to Vera , who leaves us this week. Not only is the uber talented Brenda Blethyn ending the beloved...

Anne Brodie
Jan 108 min read
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