Powell’s first film appearances, described below, were in “For Elsie”, “Private Peaceful”, “Anita B.”, and “Quartet”. On television, she starred as the mermaid Ryn in in 36 episodes of the Freeform series SIREN. Powell’s first TV role was as Lule …
BANG BANG BABY – a musical fantasy by Jeffrey St. Jules (limited spoilers) ⁓ Stepphy Holliday (Jane Levy) lives with her alcoholic father George (Peter Stormare) in Lonely Arms, a fictional Canadian town fifteen miles from the US border, somewhere …
THE WANDERING EARTH – Directed by Frant Gwo – SPOILERS ⁓ The science might be a bit outré, but this is really the story of Station Commander Liu, his father-in-law Han Zi’ang (Ng Man-Tat), his son Liu Qi (Qu Chuxiao), …
PEELERS – directed by Sevé Schelenz – SPOILERS ⁓ Peelers is a riveting tale, skillfully assembled. The blood, gore, and dismemberment is muted enough to allow the characters to become interesting, and the film is, by turns, funny, campy, and …
INCONTROL – a film by Kurtis David Harder – SPOILERS ⁓ Samantha J Collins (Anja Savcic) is a mousey intellectual with an allergy to peanuts. She has a crush on Mark (Levi Meaden) who is romantically attached to Marissa (Sarah …
LOOKING IS THE ORIGINAL SIN – a film by Gail Harvey – (some spoilers) ⁓ Linda Hamilton appears briefly as herself. Kris Holden-Ried is Helene’s ex-lover, and Dewshane Williams is Anna’s boyfriend Daniel in this tale of a photographer’s daughter …
GERONTOPHILIA – a film by Bruce LaBruce – (limited spoilers) ⁓ The opening scene, which could stand alone as a short film, has Désirée (Katie Boland) in an intense make-out session with Lake (Pierre Gabriel Lajoie). While they kiss, she …
PEOPLE HOLD ON – directed by Michael Seater (limited spoilers) ⁓ The story is unexpectedly engaging story, but watching it is like being alone at a party full of strangers. One is forced to pick the most entertaining folks to …
Katie Boland‘s collection of short stories EAT YOUR HEART OUT found me quite by accident. A quote from page one got me hooked: “I was having my daily beers. [Says Rich, who is telling the story] I think I was …
