by Shannon Wray (Love, Hope & Autism, March 18, 9pm, CBC Docs POV) When my son, Fraser, was three years old, a dark, mysterious stranger called autism stole the daydream map of his life I’d had in my heart and mind. I felt lost and devastated. Who would he be? What would our life be like? I no longer had… View Post
Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay’s hotly anticipated film adaptation of the bestselling science fantasy novel for children A Wrinkle in Timeis a marvel. Not many films, let alone children’s films, dare to take on spirituality and philosophy, literature and mythology, and non-ironic travel to new dimensions. Oprah, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kahling in her best performance to date are three “Mrs.”… View Post
Meditation Park written and directed by Mina Shum, and starring Pei-Pei Cheng and Sandra Oh, is a tragicomedy, a romp about love, trust, home and coping in a Chinese community in Vancouver. Pei-Pei Cheng, a major star in China, joined Shum’s film on condition that she not be made to ride a bicycle even though that’s a pivotal part of… View Post
You don’t have to live your life in pain. This week we spoke with Dr. Michael Ho who saw thousands of patients come in and out of his clinic struggling with painful conditions. With a special interest in relieving chronic pain, Dr. Ho developed The Pain Therapy System. This innovative technology is a form of TENS therapy (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve… View Post
This is the time and the way to see Paul Thomas Anderson’s multi-Oscar nominated Phantom Thread as we head towards the Oscars. Daniel Day-Lewis is stunning as a controlling, precise, hard to please fashion designer who moulds a country girl into a suitable romantic partner. He then discovers that is was she who pulled the strings. Intriguing, maddening and borderline disturbing, Phantom… View Post
Before you think I am taunting General Motors, understand that this is in fact a salute to my 18-year old Pontiac Grand Am. She is on the verge of 300,000 Km, yet still purrs like the first day she came home with us. I bought this car in 2000, because my twins were about to start Drivers’ Ed, and there… View Post