Winds of Change

Small Screen’s Big Night

Anthony Anderson makes his hosting debut as the long-awaited 75th annual Emmy Awards finally arrive Roll out the red carpet, because it is finally time to honour the year’s best television when the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards air live coast-to-coast. Broadcast from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, this year’s long-awaited ceremony welcomes TV’s…

January 5, 20240Comments

Hard of Hearing, Sharp of Wit

Hearing-impaired standup D.J. Demers takes his act from the stage to the small screen in a new workplace sitcom about the kooky staff at a rundown sporting goods store After over a decade of basing his standup comedy on his own experiences, including the challenges of being hard of hearing, Ontario native D.J. Demers had…

Time’s Up!

The sci-fi disaster series returns for an abbreviated farewell season Science fiction stories help us escape the reality in which we live to fantastical worlds that are sometimes literally turning themselves inside out. The final season of La Brea, the sci-fi drama that explores a world full of time-bending portals and city-destroying sinkholes, premieres the…

The Silence & The Fury

A new crusader joins the MCU, as deaf Native American antihero Echo spins off from Hawkeye, with cameos from Marvel heavy-hitters Daredevil and Kingpin In recent years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become a massive blockbuster sensation. Fans of the superhero genre have long been divided into camps — DC vs. Marvel, most prominently —…

Twisted Path to Justice

Two cops square off over an old murder case that may have ended with a false conviction, in this tense, timely crime thriller Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi love being in conflict with one another. “It’s great!” exclaims the Scottish Doctor Who actor. “As any actor will tell you, those are the most fun things,…

December 19, 20230Comments

The Last Word

Rosamund Pike: Saltburn

This movie is, on some level, a genre-bender. Could we perhaps best describe it as a satire? I would definitely entertain the word “satire.” It’s a satirical thriller. But there’s nothing in the film that isn’t real. This is how these people exist. So, in a way, you could call it documentary [laughs]. The…

December 18, 20230Comments

The Best TV of 2023

TV Week looks back at 10 of the top shows from the past year When it comes to shows worth devouring, 2023 was the gift that kept on giving. Some cultural moments were unmissable, like the final season of Ted Lasso. You had to live under a rock to avoid spoilers about the shocking twists…

December 18, 20230Comments

The Last Word

Anders Holm: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Do you think that TV is actually the best place to tell a Godzilla story, given that you’ve got 10 hours to play with? Because in the films, so often the human characters get overshadowed . . . Watching the big blockbuster movies, I do think, yes, it’s hard for the human stories to…

December 18, 20230Comments

Brawl in the Family

A new crime thriller from the co-creator of American Horror Story finds two estranged brothers and their force-of-nature mother trying to fend off an assassin while they reckon with their domestic drama Brotherhood is a powerful force. Under the best circumstances, it breeds a close, lifelong friendship and a protective bond to rival all others.…