What She Said

You can’t make up what happened in Bart Layton’s incredible American Animals but happen it may have. A pair of high school pals in Lexington, Kentucky wanted big success in life. Warren Lipka (Evan Peters) and Spencer Reinhardt (Barry Keoghan) were well educated, well-spoken and had knowledge in various arcane fields. They expected to have superior lives drop into their laps and… View Post

Can it really be fourteen years since The Incredibles introduced us to the Parrs? Pixar writer director Brad Bird knew he’d revisit the suburban superheroes when the time was right and he had the right story. Ta-da!  Incredibles 2 picks up almost at the moment the original left off, and here’s a timely twist – Holly Hunters Helen Parr, a.k.a. Elastigirl takes the lead. … View Post

PBS’ Fred Rogers was one-of-a-kind; a friend, a teacher, a motivator and listener. He was wise, deeply compassionate, and graceful. He was authentic with children and felt their spectrum of emotions; he could win a child and bring him out of isolation and in one powerful sequence appeals to a black hearted politician, changing his thinking about policies affecting children. His… View Post

Sara Canning is a Canadian gem.  She’s been in the film and TV industry just ten years but has a sizable and diverse resume of Canadian and international projects, including A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Vampire Diaries, Remedy, Motive and she played Nicky Hilton in The Paris Hilton Story. Prodigals from Michelle Ouellette, Canning stars in Michelle Ouellette’s Prodigals, an emotionally… View Post

Ethan Hawke has put in superior work in recent years, and I know I severely underestimated him! From Maudie’s triumph to his latest, an extraordinary turn as a priest in First Reformed, Hawke has become a great actor. Paul Schrader wrote and directs a stunning look at a man who must don a false front in order to deal with the… View Post