Keilani Rose (Lheidli Tenneh (The People Where the Two Rivers Flow Together), and Kānaka Mamao (Native Hawaiian diaspora) descent, with Chinese immigrant and Irish settler ancestry) stars in Shoresy, a Letterkenny adjacent and hysterically funny new series from Jared Keeso. Shoresy joins a senior AAA hockey team in Sudbury on a quest to never lose again and forms a team… View Post
Mental Wellness—feeling good about ourselves, our relationships, and our future—is vital to our cognitive, emotional and social well-being. It is also crucial for our longevity and physical health. It is about prevention; managing life’s adversity; being resilient when we face stress, worry, fear, doubt, loneliness, envy, anger, pain, and sadness. Mental wellness also includes our ability to make wise choices… View Post
By Anne Brodie Can you believe it’s 36 years later? Top Gun: Maverick finds Tom Cruise as Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, older, wiser, and jobless, a washed-up star jet fighter test pilot. Out of the blue, he’s called back to service, to the annoyance of Jon Hamm’s Admiral Simpson, saved by “Ice” his old friend (Val Kilmer) who still has faith… View Post
Downton Abbey is positively buzzing in 1929. A recent Royal visit from the King and Queen was a reminder of their legacy and also how society has changed since we first met them. And its full throttle in the future in Downton Abbey: A New Era is a fan’s delight- full of dizzying and thrilling plot twists and turns. One… View Post
By Anne Brodie So what goes down on Downton Abbey: A New Era, you say? Well, I’ll counter with what doesn’t? It is chock a block with plot twists and turns, lots of laughter and tears and love, as it brings Downton into the modern era of 1929. You’ll ponder onetime chauffeur Tom Branson and his life arc, rising from… View Post
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal tells the story of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a former Bay Area groundskeeper whose long battle with cancer believed caused by his exposure to the common weed killers RoundUp and RangerPro. Bayer, the multinational agrochemical corporation that makes them has falsely claimed the product is “safe to drink” and poses no harm to humans. Decades of… View Post