By Anne Brodie Ryan Murphy, the man behind American Horror Story, Hollywood, Pose, Glee and Feud: Bette and Joan digs up a reviled movie character from 44 years ago for his latest series spectacular Ratched on Netflix. Milos Forman’s groundbreaking film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest starred Louise Fletcher as psychiatric Nurse Ratched, wicked through and through. Murphy’s Ratched… View Post
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. Co-star Joel Kinnaman may or may not be that man. What She… View Post
An aspiring high school singer can’t catch a break until one night, a boy band that passed on in the 80’s comes back to life to become her backup band. Sweet, lighthearted and toe-tapping fun from Kenny Ortega. What She Said’ Anne Brodie spoke with the two young leads, both musicians and actors, Madison Reyes and Charlie Gillespie.
By Anne Brodie The televised and socially distanced TIFF Tribute Awards this week were incredibly moving, alone and together. Winners thanked TIFF for their memories of the festival over the decades and their hopes of coming again, they thanked front line workers around the world and called for compassion and understanding in hard times. Mira Nair and Terence Blanchard led the celebration… View Post
By Anne Brodie Jude Law and Carrie Coon are Rory and Allison, a well-to-do eighties couple with two children. He announces one night that they’re moving to London where he can work a big business deal, even if he can’t explain it to her. Allison reluctantly agrees to abandon their “forever” home if she can bring her beloved horse. Rory… View Post
Robert Pattinson goes against type as a wicked evangelistic preacher in Antonio Campos’s stunning look at faith and hypocrisy. The all-star cast features Tom Holland, Sebastian Stan, Riley Keough, Mia Wasikowska, Haley Bennett and Bill Skarsgård. What She Said’ Anne Brodie spoke with Campos, the writer and director.