By Anne Brodie. George Clooney directs The Tender Bar, starring Ben Affleck, based on J. R. Moehringer’s memoir about growing up on Long Island, with Daniel Ranieri as young Moehringer and Tye Sheridan the elder. The boy, JR, is growing up without a father; he’s never met him even though he’s not far away, a New York radio disc jockey…. View Post
Mark Critch’s wonderfully wild and on-point humour has elevated CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes since 2013 and he remains a treasure there to this day, in Season 29. Critch has his own comedy series now! A sweet, hilarious and personal take on his teen years in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Son of a Critch, based on his comedy memoir Son… View Post
KIm Cattrall may not be in the SATC universe these days but she is evergreen thanks to her star turn as Emily French a wealthy older woman looking for young male company in a sizzling new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s murder mystery The Witness for the Prosecution. French is brutally murdered and her young paid lover Leonard Vole (Billy Howle)… View Post
By Anne Brodie Joe Wright’s adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac isn’t to be dismissed. Its lyricism and Peter Dinklage’s exceptional performance as Cyrano create wonder and a powerful sense of magic. Set in some timeless time in a beautiful mountain village, Cyrano loves Rosamund (Haley Bennett) but hasn’t let her know; he feels unworthy of her…. View Post
By Anne Brodie It’s wonderful the ways artists have interpreted Shakespeare’s Macbeth over the centuries. You won’t find a theatrical performance, film or reading that’s not utterly unique. The lines are unchanging but the ways they can be shaped and enhanced by movement, set design, cinematography, art and costume design are apparently rich ground. The way a passage is delivered,… View Post
The ridiculously popular Netflix series about Emily, an American girl who works at an elite publicity house in Paris, continues. Her ex-pat adventures only ramp up to greater heights this season, with more fab clothes, working life adventures and romance. Surrounded by her circle of American and French friends, Emily’s life in the City of Lights is a heady experience… View Post