BritBox’ top drawer detective series McDonald & Dodds returns for a second season of three, two-hour episodes of brainy, perplexing murder mysteries set in the stunning English city of Bath. Detective partners DCI Lauren McDonald played by Tala Gouveia and DS Dodds played by Jason Watkins are apples and oranges (pretty smart ones) personally and professionally, and they’re perfect partners,… View Post
Presented by RBC Jennifer McCready is the owner, founder and photographer for Lady Luck Photography Studio in beautiful Ridgeway, Ontario. Since 2011, her mission has been to use her studio, and her passion for photography, to help EVERYBODY- no matter what age, size or shape – feel amazing about themselves. With a variety of options, including pinup, boudoir, glamour and… View Post
By Anne Brodie Canada, drop everything and see Beans in theatres. This heart-tugging drama about a little girl caught up in a vicious cycle of racism and struggle is all too true. Images from July to September 1990, in Oka, Quebec, a standoff between police and Mohawk protesters defending their burial grounds against golf club encroachment, are seared into Canadian… View Post
Brooklynn Prince, Jonny Lee Miller and Sofia Boutella in Wyatt Rockefeller’s Settlers Jonny Lee Miller, Sofia Boutella and Brooklynn Prince play a family living on a farm on Mars, the planet’s sole inhabitants. Their escape from earth has been worth it; they live in peace, raising pigs, creating water and enjoying some comforts from their former home. Their idyll is… View Post
Tracey Deer’s heartbreaking, fact-based film follows Beans, a young girl living on a reservation near Oka, Quebec, who has just been accepted into a prestigious school in Montreal. Her dream is interrupted when First Nations protesters battle developers who intend to destroy sacred native grounds for a golf course, in a violently divided event seen around the world. Beans’ innocence… View Post
Mississauga’s own Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars in Netflix’ series Never Have I Ever, from Mindy Kaling, now in its second season. The show’s a bright light in the vast desert of young adult offerings and concerns the life and times of Indian American Devi Vishwakumar as she navigates the landmines of high school. She’s not dark, insecure or floating aimlessly; knows… View Post