Vol. 30
No. 18
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Blackberry
The company behind the first smartphone, the BlackBerry, meets a catastrophic
demise. An entertaining entry in the new wave of corporate capitalism movies,
and Glenn Howerton gives a performance which demonstrates his
range. The mockumentary style is confusing, but this is a compelling look at the
rise and fall of a very Canadian business. Well-acted and briskly paced, the
film unfolds with kinetic precision.
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Citadel (Prime Video)
The global spy agency Citadel has fallen and the memory
of its agents has been erased. Now, the powerful
Manticore crime syndicate is filling the power vacuum.
Citadel agents must remember their past and find the
strength to fight back. With the Russo
Brothers attached to this project, The Citidel does
exactly what the viewer expects. It grabs you from go
with a beautiful action sequence and keeps the pace up
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Love & Death (HBO Max)
Two churchgoing couples enjoy small town family life in
Texas, until somebody picks up an axe. Candy (Elizabeth
Olsen) is a quiet housewife who, overnight,
decides to have an affair with her neighbour. But the
relationship soon spirals out of control when her
lover's wife is found dead and all suspicion falls on
her. Love & Death featuring Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse
Plemons has one or more episodes streaming on
HBO MAX.
The Buzz...
Dolly Parton has often been described as a rock star, but now
she’s making that designation a literal one with the upcoming release of her
first album of rock music. Appropriately titled Rockstar, the new album
is bursting with 30 hard-hitting tracks featuring a who’s who of guest stars on
nine original tracks and 21 classic rock anthems.
The promise of Britney Spears’ “explosive” upcoming memoir may
have at least a couple of A-listers fearing for their reputations. Spears’
highly anticipated book has been delayed after lawyers for two “major Hollywood
stars” sent letters to Simon & Schuster detailing legal concerns
over the potential content of the memoir.
In a recent profile in Allure, Hollywood superstar Jennifer
Garner reveals that her kids prefer to watch their father Ben
Affleck’s action packed blockbusters over her films.
Sia is married! Over the weekend, the Chandelier singer married
boyfriend Dan Bernad in an intimate Italian wedding in Portofino.
Nick Cannon’s marriage to Mariah Carey was a
complicated one. Though he showered Carey with love and roses early in their
marriage, things finally ended in divorce in 2014. “Imagine if, like, Trump
and Putin had to live in the same house,” Cannon said.
Morgan Wallen fans will have to wait a little longer to see his
shows. The country singer announced on Instagram that his tour will be
put on hold after a medical issue with his vocal folds.
Since Taylor Swift and Matty Healy‘s rumoured
romance made headlines earlier this month, Swifties, in true fashion, have gone
into a deep detective dive, taking a look back at their years-long relationship,
from friends and a previous rumoured romance in 2014 to being romantically
linked yet again, nearly a decade later.
HGTV’s Jonathan Scott recently sat down for an interview
with ET Canada’s Morgan Hoffman, where he opened up about
the “pressure” he receives from fans to propose to his partner, Zooey
Deschanel.
Thirty-six years after MTV News was created to expand the stable
of programming that defined the cable channel MTV, it is no more. MTV News was
shuttered this week as part of larger layoffs at parent company Paramount
Global.
Scott Baio who played Chachi Arcola on Happy Days
and the short lived spinoff Joanie Loves Chachi, announced
he is selling his Los Angeles area mansion and leaving California, citing the
homelessness crisis and rampant crime as the driving factors behind his exit.