Irish actress Amy Huberman who you may remember from the law drama Striking Out is shows us her funny side in a series she wrote and stars in called Finding Joy exclusively on Acorn TV. Huberman plays Joy, a newly separated, confused and yet somehow hysterically funny television researcher. When the host of a vlog show leaves, Amy’s thrown into the job, with no experience, no… View Post
A strong reminder that the sweeping drama and Oscar bait Roma is at TIFF Bell Lightbox this week and on Netflix Dec. 14. Alfonso Cuarón’s stunning black and white epic, which must be experienced in Lightbox’ Dolby Atmos sound takes us through a year in the life of a housemaid in Mexico City. Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) sacrifices everything for her “family” and puts herself to the test for… View Post
Alfonso Cuarón’s intense and personal Roma is in limited theatrical release Nov 29th and streams on Netflix Dec 14. It is a marvel, one of those rare, life changing, breathtaking masterpieces that challenges one’s worldview, pays attention to the tiny details that form our lives, and bathes us in compassion and love. First time actor Yalitza Aparicio is a housemaid living with a boisterous… View Post
Note: Several major films will be opening this weekend and next Wednesday for the American Thanksgiving Long Weekend, so we’re letting you know what you can see now and then. First up, Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet opening next Wednesday is a gem that addresses love, friendship, letting go and living your best life. Wreck-It-Ralph John C. Reilly and real life bestie… View Post
Claire Foy trades crown and apron for tats and guns in The Girl in the Spider’s Web, the first outing of characters created by Stieg Larsson not written by him and the fourth in the Millennium series. There is a lot riding on Foy’s slim shoulders, the possibility of the franchise’ continuation with her and without Larsson and Foy’s challenge following… View Post
Bryan Singer’s Freddie Mercury musical Bohemian Rhapsody revives that distinctive Queen sound that worked its way into our cultural consciousness and it’s still catchy forty years later. Rami Malek as Mercury has the onstage moves and that haute bearing as the embodiment of one of rock’s most influential front men. Singer’s take on Mercury’s tumultuous life is glossy and superficial but the… View Post