By Anne Brodie What does the moment of peak human performance feel like? Apple TV+’ six-part, short doc series The Greatness Code helps us understand in conversations with some of the world’s greatest athletes, LeBron James, Tom Brady, Alex Morgan, Usain Bolt, Shaun White, Katie Ledecky and Kelly Slater. They talk about their memories of out-performing themselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2I3Yd27dGw From feeling… View Post
By Anne Brodie Siobhan Finneran was scheming lady’s maid O’Brien in Downton Abbey, an unforgettable performance in a classic series. And her career is on fire. Finneran has played the gamut of roles and characters and goes for broke as the saucy grieving mistress in Acorn TV’s The Other One. She’s Marilyn, the sensual, raw, wisecracking secret partner and mother… View Post
By Anne Brodie Documentary filmmaker Gotham Chopra, the son of Deepak Chopra, wanted to know what happens to athletes at their moments of peak performance, so he asked the world’s greatest. LeBron James, Tom Brady, Alex Morgan, Usain Bolt, Shaun White, Katie Ledecky, and Kelly Slater share the experiences that changed them in The Greatness Code, now on Apple TV+…. View Post
By Anne Brodie Black is King is Beyoncé’s long awaited and stirring visual album, a reimagining of the music of The Lion King traces African roots, lineage, history, culture and music. It’s aimed at “young kings and queens in search of their own crowns” and was shot over a year in New York, Los Angeles, South Africa, West Africa, London… View Post
By Anne Brodie Season Two of Netflix’ The Umbrella Academy debuts this week and fans couldn’t be more excited. I’ve had a peek and will say this season exceeds the excellent first series oin its scope and imagination. OK so Sir Reginald Hargreeves is dead and the superhero children he adopted must keep the world rotating. Apocalypses come and go,… View Post