Movies

Three high profile, star-studded dramas premiered in Toronto this week and they all produced the same response from this critic: “Great performances, but…” It’s a trio of films with actors giving their all to films that just aren’t willing...

Toronto International Film Festival’s Gala Presentations program features films with rising and seasoned stars. Across these three, an unexpected thematic arc emerges: intergenerational, interpersonal conflict. Although it’s not the focus of each movie, it’s interesting to see how each...

“We are the Harrigans! You don’t know the name?  Then f—— Google us…You’ve been warned.” — Pierce Brosnan’s Conrad Harrigan, making a typically subtle proclamation in “Mobland” Season 2.We’ve had a steady stream of acclaimed and popular TV series...

No one does romance like the “Outlander” franchise. Part of the reason is that it’s a rare kind of television that isn’t embarrassed to be about romance, unabashedly centering love, affection, and longing as the story’s key narrative and...

The world has become a little less glamorous this week, as Bob Mackie, the iconic designer known for costuming countless divas in all manner of rhinestones, glitter, and feathers, died of pneumonia at age 87 on Monday. Best known...

The documentary selection at the Toronto International Film Festival always finds stories in the most interesting corners of the globe. This year was no different, including these three fascinating–and sometimes heartbreaking–stories about rodeo cowgirls in the American West, migrants...

Brooks grew up in a church where her mom was a minister and her dad a deacon. She went on to play Taystee in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. Now she co-stars If I Go Will...

It’s tough out there for comedy fans. As any aging comedian will tell you, it’s difficult to get theatrical laughers made, as more and more people go to theaters solely for event movies, cinematic babysitters, or buzzy horror. Making...

It happens often enough to seem inevitable. Time passes, and old friends we adore fall out of touch. Nobody plans it. The feelings haven’t changed. Yet life moves in different directions, and fond memories become more frequent than phone...

Danish-Congolese actor and Maria Sten has some big shoes to fill (literally). Granted, she’s spent three seasons on Prime Video’s hit action series “Reacher” playing no-nonsense private investigator Frances Neagley, frequent ringer and closest companion to Alan Ritchson’s itinerant...