#FIRSTLOOK: “GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY” ARRIVES MARCH 19, 2025 ON DISNEY+ | NEW TRAILER

Disney+ recently announced that Original series “Good American Family” starring Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass and Imogen Reid will premiere Wednesday, March 19, 2025 exclusively on Disney+ in Canada with two episodes, followed by one episode weekly.

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Told from multiple points of view, as a means to explore issues of perspective, bias, and trauma, this compelling drama is inspired by the disturbing stories surrounding a Midwestern couple who adopts a girl with a rare form of dwarfism. But as they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, mystery emerges around her age and background, and they slowly start to suspect she may not be who she says she is. As they defend their family from the daughter they’ve grown to believe is a threat, she fights her own battle to confront her past and what her future holds, in a showdown that ultimately plays out in the tabloids and the courtroom.

The series stars Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass and Imogen Reid. Dulé Hill, Christina Hendricks, Sarayu Blue and Jenny O’Hara are recurring guest stars.

Katie Robbins serves as creator and executive producer and ran the show with Executive Producer Sarah Sutherland. Ellen Pompeo executive produces through her production banner Calamity Jane with Laura Holstein. Andrew Stearn, Dan Spilo, Niles Kirchner and Mike Epps also executive produce. Liz Garbus directed and executive produced the pilot. “Good American Family” is produced by 20th Television.

#SXSW: “LANGUAGE LESSONS”

Review by David Baldwin

Adam (Mark Duplass) longs to become fluent in Spanish again. He is apprehensive when he discovers that his husband paid for online Spanish lessons with teacher Cariño (Natalie Morales). Once they get to chatting however, Adam finds a friendship he did not expect – and one that will become even more important as their weekly lessons progress.

LANGUAGE LESSONS is a sweet slice of life tale about two wayward souls connecting over Zoom calls. While some may scoff at the Film taking place entirely over the video chat service and on video messaging taken with an iPhone, it makes what happens to this friendship between two characters all the more poignant and raw. So many of these scenes are uncut, making the extended conversations between Duplass and Morales feel all the more authentic and revealing. There is an honesty here in having each scene so focused on the characters’ faces and expressions that simply cannot be replicated if it were a traditionally made picture with both Actors in the same room. While some moments feel a bit too drawn out, I appreciated how it never felt flashy or overly-elaborate but always managed to feel special.

Duplass is as great as you expect, maybe even better. He has a knack for really honing in on the vulnerability of his character Adam and develops his personality quite beautifully over the course of the 92-minute running time. He shines in every moment, especially in the Film’s most emotional scenes. Morales is enjoyable and more than holds her own against Duplass. She is slightly more enigmatic and does not go nearly as deep as he does, but is still rather wonderful in all of her scenes. LANGUAGE LESSONS is her feature directorial debut and I am very intrigued to see what she does next.

LANGUAGE LESSONS screens at SXSW Wednesday March 17, 2021 starting at 3 PM.

#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN PASSES ACROSS CANADA TO SEE “THE LAZARUS EFFECT”

D Films and Mr. Will want to scare you good! THE LAZARUS EFFECT screens on February 25/26 and we want Readers in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Halifax to see it first.

Official Synopsis:
A group of medical research students accidentally kill one of their team while doing an experiment on the brain. They discover a way to bring their dead colleague back to life, but while doing so, unwittingly unlock a deadly force. Fighting for their own lives, the team has to keep their colleague in the lab before she gets out and threatens the world.

THE LAZARUS EFFECT stars Olivia Wilde (House), Evan Peters (American Horror Story), Sarah Bolger (Once Upon A Times), Mark Duplass (The Mindy Project) and Donald Glover/ Childish Gambino (Community).

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D Films release THE LAZARUS EFFECT on Friday, February 27, 2015.

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