Prey, the Predator origins story, stars Amber Midthunder as Naru, a Commanche woman, circa 1750 living on the American Great Plains. Naru is an adventurer and hunter, much to the dismay of the male hunters who see her as an interloper. But she’s the one who recognises that a fearsome threat has landed, a creature and energy with the power… View Post
Pallavi Sharda and Suraj Sharma, both international stars, landed in Toronto’s Little India to shoot Wedding Season, a lively romcom about a young Indian woman and man under pressure from their mothers who are keen to marry them off. Asha and Ravi begin fake dating to get a little peace and quiet even though they want no part of the… View Post
By Anne Brodie My admiration for Dale Dickey knows no bounds. Her subtlety and theatrically trained, seasoned work has won her a remarkable range of characters. Her face is pure Americana, a natural wonder left to its own devices and brimming with experience. It is a pleasure to watch her in Max Walker-Silverman’s A Love Song in select theatres. Faye’s… View Post
Netflix’ excruciatingly intense wilderness series Keep Breathing follows Manhattan lawyer Liv played by Melissa Barrera, who is en route to Inuvik, Northwest Territories. But suddenly, the small, unregistered plane crashes into a frigid mountain lake. Her fellow passengers die and she’s left alone, with no cell signal, thick forest as far as the eye can see, one bottle of water… View Post
By Anne Brodie Jordan Peele proved he was a unique and gifted filmmaker and thinker in the groundbreaking Get Out and Us; here he comes in full flower with Nope an eerie outing about events on a Black-owned horse ranch in inland California. Peele defies nature’s laws scripting an oncoming weather threat, not related to climate change, and the living… View Post
By Anne Brodie Yet another superb performance by Lesley Manville in a film set in the world of Haute Couture. From fashion house co-director in Phantom Thread to Royal clothes horse Princess Margaret in The Crown to London cleaning lady besotted by Dior in the wonderful Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris, Manville owns high fashion films! She has that creamy… View Post