Gemma Whelan’s Sarah is moved to Homicide in Season 2 but instead of working an active case, she’s put on the cold case of a missing young woman. Sarah’s sharp and experienced, but holds her cards close to her chest; she proves her worth by closing cases. But sadly, inhouse patriarchy continues to dog her footsteps. What She Said’ Anne… View Post
Deirdre Hall is Dr. Marlene Evans, one of soapdom’s most enduring characters, celebrates a milestone today. Hall marks 5000 episodes on the 56-year-old daytime champ Days of Our Lives. Evans, a psychiatrist, has been possessed, stalked, nearly killed – and done it all with grace. Hall’s remarkable 40-year career on the show is one for the books. It may be… View Post
The Canadian story of Jim Balsillie and the youthful, idealistic Research in Motion team joining forces to create the first cell phone with its own computer and messenger is here! And what a story. They created the first smartphone and changed everything and in the process opened their strip mall doors to conniving business figures. Filmmaker and star Matt Johnson’s… View Post
Matt Johnson’s excellent film on the rollercoaster history of the BlackBerry, set in Waterloo, Ontario has it all. It’s a corporate thriller and a cautionary tale, with searing commentary on the psychological, cultural, and social impact of the bright tech star of the 90s – the first smartphone. Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton star as the founder of Research in… View Post
By Anne Brodie Matt Johnson’s taut, entertaining, and alarming film, BlackBerry looks at the origins of the once beloved thumb-powered device that hypnotised the 90s, created in Waterloo, Ontario. Research in Motion co-founder Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, (Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton ) the rage-filled early edgelord /entrepreneur put the device on the map. It changed North American culture… View Post
BritBox Sister Boniface Mysteries S2 British comic Lorna Watson plays Sister Boniface, a nun living in a convent in the quaint tiny British village of, get this, Great Slaughter where bodies tend to fall at a great rate. BritBox’s newest crime solver is gifted in many ways – she’s a skilled forensic scientist, she knows people and has great instinct,… View Post