Anne Brodie Holliday Grainger says she found the special effects in her new movie The Finest Hours “amazing”. The movie is based on the true story of how the US Coast Guard went out to try and save 33 men at sea off Cape Cod in a terrible storm. Holliday plays Miriam Webber, the fiancee of one
The much anticipated debuts of the Downton Abbey Season 6 premiere and Sherlock: The Abominable Bride have been a welcome Victorian Christmas gift. But now that the New Year is well under way, it’s time to look at some of the terrific new series available to stream and buy on Acorn TV. Acorn TV has a great selection
In the tradition of end-of-year rankings, here are my favorite movies over the past 12 months. They are in alphabetical order and, by total coincidence…that means my top two films are listed last. ’71 Jack O’Connell stars in the claustrophobic drama about a rookie British solider abandoned by his troops in hostile IRA territory in
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Canada is Awake as Box Office Records Tumble This morning Disney announced news that came as a surprise to no one. Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the biggest opening weekend film of all time in Canada. With projected earnings of $17.1M, it beat the Canadian record for best
The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD LEADS WITH 13 NOMINATIONS FOR THE 21ST ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS CAROL, THE MARTIAN, AND THE REVENANT ALSO TOP CONTENDERS WITH NINE NOMINATIONS EACH ABC, FX NETWORKS, AND HBO LEAD
Fargo star Jean Smart says the team behind the show are working on a third season of the popular series. The actress, who stars as Floyd Gerhardt in the current Season 2, revealed the news during an interview as the second series reaches its climax. Asked whether in a third series there were any stories she would like
A group of upper-crust twelve-year-old girls gather at a friend’s house knowing her mother won’t bother to check up on them. It’s all fun and games until a nasty social media bullying attack pushes them over the edge. #Horror, starring Chloë Sevigny as the hands-off mom, was conceived and directed by her longtime friend, artist,
Bryan Cranston, fresh off the massive success of Breaking Bad, blasts out of the movie gate with an incredible performance in one of the most anticipated films this season – Trumbo. It’s a fast-paced if light-hearted look at a dark chapter in American history, the growing fear of Communism and how it impacted ten Hollywood writers
Mary Mapes was a high-flying CBS News producer assigned to 60 Minutes II in the early 2000s. She broke the Abu Ghraib story and won a Peabody Award, and went on to break a string of other big stories. Mapes then developed a story for anchor Dan Rather on George W. Bush’s military history during the Vietnam
Irish born playwright and literary historian Emma Donoghue’s novel Room is now a movie. And she had the rare opportunity to write the screenplay for the highly anticipated film version. The story of a woman and her son held captive in a basement for 11 years, escaping and dealing with the aftermath won Rogers Writers’