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Movie Review: ABIGAIL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/19/2024
ABIGAIL movie poster | ©2024 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Giancarlo Esposito Writers: Stephen Shields and Guy Busick Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: April 19, 2024 Since it’s in the trailers and the artwork, it probably doesn’t count as a spoiler to say that ABIGAIL is about a vampire ballerina who looks like a little girl (Alisha Weir). What we may not necessarily know from the trailers and the artwork is that ABIGAIL is very good bloody fun, with filmmakers who seem to achieve everything they’re attempting […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Eiza Gonzales, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henry Golding, Rory Kinnear, Freddie Fox, Danny Sapani Writers: Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson and Arash Amel and Guy Ritchie, based on the book THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE: HOW CHURCHILL’S SECRET WARRIORS SET EUROPE ABLAZE AND GAVE BIRTH TO MODERN BLACK OPS by Damien Lewis Director: Guy Ritchie Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: April 19, 2024 If James Bond had adventures in World War II, and were more of a team player, what he got up to might look something like THE […]Read On »


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SAW: THE MUSICAL: Creator Cooper Jordan and writer Zoe Ann Jordan on the new musical stage parody – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SAW: THE MUSICAL Key Art | ©2024 Saw the Musical parody LLC

Pop quiz. What’s the most unlikely movie to ever get turned into a stage musical? If you somehow guessed SAW, you may be right. As subject matter goes, the 2004 horror film, which has launched a franchise (SAW XI is due out later this year) as well as the careers of director James Wan and his co-writer Leigh Whannell, doesn’t seem a likely candidate for upbeat musical numbers. It has two men – Adam, played by writer Whannell, and Dr. Lawrence Gordon, played by Cary Elwes – chained up at opposite ends of an industrial bathroom, where the only means […]Read On »


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SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS: The filmmakers and author talk about new docu series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS Key Art | ©2024 National Geographic

SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS is a new three-part documentary series premiering Sunday, April 21, on the National Geographic Channel, and is thereafter available streaming on National Geographic Channel, Hulu, and Disney+. Executive-produced by James Cameron as part of his National Geographic Channel SECRETS OF documentary anthology, SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS explores previously unknown behaviors by these intelligent ocean dwellers. Paul Rudd is the show’s narrator. During National Geographic Channel’s portion of the Winter 2024 Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour, Dr. Alex Schnell, executive producer Adam Geiger, and writer Sy Montgomery sit down together to talk about SECRETS OF THE […]Read On »


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SHOGUN: Co-creator Rachel Kondo discusses new mini-series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/16/2024
SHOGUN miniseries Key Art | ©2024 FX Networks

The miniseries SHŌGUN, now running Tuesday nights on FX and available for streaming on Hulu, is the second adaptation of James Clavell’s epic 1975 bestseller. The first adaptation was an NBC miniseries in 1980. All concern a power struggle in 1600s Japan that comes to involve an English ship’s navigator, who is folded into the retinue of shrewd Lord Toranaga. However, both the NBC edition and the book itself are primarily from the Western point of view. The new version is told more from the Japanese perspective. Executive producers (who are also married to one another) Rachel Kondo & Justin […]Read On »


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ELSBETH: The cast and creators talk the new COLUMBO-like procedural – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/13/2024
ELSBETH Key Art - Season 1 | ©2024 CBS

If you have been missing COLUMBO these many years, ELSBETH is here to fill the void. Once more, here’s a series where we see a murder committed at the outset. It’s just that instead of Peter Falk playing a rumpled police detective who solves the crime, we now have Carrie Preston reprising her Emmy-winning role as Elsbeth Tascioni. Previously a Chicago lawyer who was a recurring character on CBS’s THE GOOD WIFE and its Paramount Plus spinoff THE GOOD FIGHT, Elsbeth has moved to New York City to be a civilian oversight observer with the NYPD in ELSBETH. Like Columbo, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CIVIL WAR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/12/2024
CIVIL WAR movie poster | ©2024 A24

Rating: R Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Maura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons Writer: Alex Garland Director: Alex Garland Distributor: A24 Release Date: April 12, 2024 Writer/director Alex Garland’s CIVIL WAR depicts a second intra-state conflict within the U.S., but it comes at present-day politics from an oblique angle. Take away the familiar scenery and a couple of musings by the characters, and this tale of combat photojournalists could be set pretty much anywhere that heavily armed people are fighting with one another. At the White House, the U.S. President (Nick Offerman) is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ARCADIAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ARCADIAN movie poster | ©2024 RLJE Films / Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall Writer: Mike Nilon Director: Benjamin Brewer Distributor: RLJE Films/Shudder Release Date: April 12, 2024 In ARCADIAN, centralized civilization is already nearing its end when Paul (Nicolas Cage) is running through back alleys. The sky is full of smoke, sirens are wailing somewhere, and there are crucified bodies in the background. Paul finds a lone crying baby and comforts the child. Fifteen years later, Paul is far from this urban catastrophe. He is now the father of two teen sons, Joseph (Jaeden Martell) and Thomas (Maxwell Jenkins). Since Thomas is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SNOW VALLEY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SNOW VALLEY movie poster | ©2024 Gravitas Ventures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Rachel Michiko Whitney, Cooper van Grootel, Tom Williamson, David Lambert, Paige Elkington, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Barbara Crampton, Zachary Bird Writer: Brandon Murphy Director: Brandon Murphy Distributor: Gravitas Ventures Release Date: April 2, 2024 (digital) Technically, SNOW VALLEY could be described as a contemporary Gothic horror comedy. That would give the wrong impression, though. SNOW VALLEY isn’t making fun of Gothic horror so much as it is having fun within that genre’s conventions. It’s not a parody, but rather a dark comedy of manners that overlaps with lethal danger. Writer/director Brandon Murphy begins the film with a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LONG GAME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE LONG GAME movie poster | ©2024 Bonniedale/Mucho Mas Media

Rating: PG Stars: Jay Hernandez, Cheech Marin, Dennis Quaid, Julian Works, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Brett Cullen, Oscar Nuñez, Paulina Chavez, Gregory Diaz IV, Christian Gallegos, Miguel Angel Garcia, José Julián, Gillian Vigman, Richard Robichaux, Jimmy Gonzales, Michael Southworth Writers: Paco Farias & Jennifer C. Stetson and Julio Quintana, based on the novel MUSTANG MIRACLE by Humberto G. Garcia Director: Julio Quintana Distributor: Bonniedale/Mucho Mas Media Release Date: April 12, 2024 An opening title informs us that THE LONG GAME is “based on a true story.” Since the credits tell us that this basis is a novel, MUSTANG MIRACLE by Humberto […]Read On »


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