CBC Gem and Paramount+ docuseries For Heaven’s Sake! is strangely funny, really creepy and true, the story of two Funny or Die comics Mike Mildon and Jackson Rowe attempting to find out who killed Mike Milson’s great-great-uncle Harold Heaven. Heaven’s disappearance from his isolated cabin near Minden, Ontario, flummoxed police. The young man appears to have left his cabin for… View Post
Gabriel Byrne’s character Samuel in Death of a Ladies’ Man is plagued by alcoholism, hallucinations, forgetfulness, and his inability to create lasting love. But he refuses to be broken and seeks grace where he can in Matt Bissonnette’s poignant character study. What She Said’ Anne Brodie spoke with Byrne and Bissonnette.
By Anne Brodie Awards season not over yet, plus Royals, or ex-Royals if you prefer. Oprah interviews BFFs Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Sunday night in a 90-minute special; an interview Oprah told chum Gayle King is the best she’s ever done. Winfrey is a long-time friend to the couple and lives near them in Montecito, California. On the docket… View Post
Disney, creators of top-quality programming for children and young people for generations, has retained a standard of excellence in storytelling that just keeps getting stronger. It was all based on founder Walt Disney’s brilliant creativity and vision. And this week, Disney added a new dimension to its reach, with the launch of Disney+ Star, a streaming service aimed at grown-ups…. View Post
New Brunswick native Thomas Duplessie’s first leading film role is opposite Cloris Leachman in Jump, Darling. They shot it in Prince Edward County, Ontario. The wonder of wonders. Duplessie is Russell a.k.a. Fishy Falters, drag queen. He’s suffered career setbacks and a painful romantic break and appears unannounced at his grandmother’s rural home. He’ll pick up her car and think… View Post
In Philippe Falardeau’s My Salinger Year, Sigourney Weaver plays a literary agent whose company represents some of the greatest American authors of the last century – Agatha Christie, Dylan Thomas, F. Scott Fitzgerald and for the purposes of this film, The Catcher in the Rye author, the reclusive J.D. Salinger. He was intensely private, avoided connection with people and hid… View Post