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TEN BEST MOVIES OF 2025 according to Assignment X

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/03/2026
SINNERS movie poster | ©2025 Warner Bros.

THE TEN BEST MOVIES OF 2025   SINNERS – It starts out by telling us that some music is so extraordinary that it is magical, transcending space and time, and damn if this 1930s-era story of twin brothers, their juke joint, local racism and vampires doesn’t make us believe. Featuring an outstanding performance by Michael B. Jordan in a dual role and a star-making turn by young Michael Caton as the young bluesman whose tunes draw in the living and the undead. HAMNET – This adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel about William Shakespeare’s creation of HAMLET is an exploration of […]Read On »


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THE ARTIST: Creator-writer-director Aram Rappaport and actor Patti LuPone on the fictional historical mini-series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE ARTIST key art | ©2025 thenetworkstream

Aram Rappaport is the creator, writer and director of the new miniseries THE ARTIST, available for free on thenetwork.stream, a platform that Rappaport founded. Rappaport previously wrote and directed the films INNOCENT, SUMMER SONG, SYRUP, and THE CRASH, and was a writer and director on the miniseries THE GREEN VEIL. Set in the first decade of the twentieth century, Rappaport’s THE ARTIST combines historical figures and fictional characters. Among the latter is robber baron Norman Henry (Mandy Patinkin), who at the outset is murdered at a party in his upstate New York mansion. In flashbacks, we see that Norman has […]Read On »


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RESIDENT ALIEN: Actress Alice Wetterlund on the fourth and final season – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Alice Wetterlund at the COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO 2025 for Season 4 of RESIDENT ALIEN | ©2025 USA Network/David Yeh

RESIDENT ALIEN wrapped its four-season journey on USA and Syfy Channel cable earlier this year. The entire series is now available for streaming on Peacock, with Seasons 1-3 available on NBC Now, Netflix, Telemundo and other services. In RESIDENT ALIEN, Alice Wetterlund plays D’Arcy Bloom, a local in the small mountain town of Patience, Colorado. D’Arcy is a former champion skier derailed by an accident. She is best friends with fellow Patience dweller Asta (Sara Tomko) and frenemies with the title character, an extraterrestrial who has taken on the form of town doctor Harry Vanderspiegle, played by Alan Tudyk, who […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WE BURY THE DEAD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/29/2025
WE BURY THE DEAD movie poster | ©2025 Vertical

Rating: R Stars: Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites, Mark Coles Riley, Matt Whelan, Chloe Hurst, Kym Jackson Writer: Zak Hilditch Director: Zak Hilditch Distributor: Vertical Release Date: January 2, 2026 Technically, WE BURY THE DEAD is a zombie movie. That is, it has decomposed corpses that come back to life and sometimes make alarming movements. However, at the risk of being spoilerish but to make sure audience members know what they will and won’t be getting, it should be said WE BURY THE DEAD is not a zombie movie in the conventional sense, as it doesn’t much depict trying to survive […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ANACONDA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/25/2025
ANACONDA movie poster | ©2025 Sony Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior, Selton Mello, John Billingsley Writers: Tom Gormican & Kevin Etten, based on ANACONDA written by Hans Bauer and Jim Cash & Jack Epps Jr. Director: Tom Gormican Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: December 25, 2025 The reason so many people love bad horror movies is that, when those movies are terrible enough, they can be wondrously hilarious. The problem is, of course, that it’s very hard to parody something that’s already essentially funny. Gilding the lily can kill the plant, as it were. The new ANACONDA takes place […]Read On »


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Movie Review: IS THIS THING ON?

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/22/2025
IS THIS THING ON | ©2025 Searchlight Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Bradley Cooper, Sean Hayes, Scott Icenogle, Ciarán Hinds, Christine Ebersole, Blake Kane, Calvin Knegten Writers: Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett & Mark Chappell, story by Will Arnett & Mark Chappell & John Bishop Director: Bradley Cooper Distributor: Searchlight Pictures Release Date: December 19, 2025 After directing and starring in two big musical dramas, 2018’s pop-rocker A STAR IS BORN and 2023’s Leonard Bernstein biopic MAESTRO, Bradley Cooper has taken on a smaller-scale, more dialogue-driven project with IS THIS THING ON? IS THIS THING ON? still revolves around performance, but this time, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MANOR OF DARKNESS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
MANOR OF DARKNESS movie poster | ©2025 Ridder Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kim Spearman, Louis James, Sarah Alexandra Marks, Rui Shang, Stuart Wolfe-Murray, Stacey O’Shea, Glenn Salvage, Sorcha Verey Writer: Blake Ridder Director: Blake Ridder Distributor: Ridder Films Release Date: December 9, 2025 (digital, VOD) MANOR OF DARKNESS begins promisingly, with David Engellau’s HALLOWEEN-esque score accompanying us over a cursed-looking forest landscape, culminating in the isolated title estate. Lucas (Stuart Wolfe-Murray) is painting something in the basement. He looks up, reacts in horror, and something oozes through the door lock. We then cut to Laura (Kim Spearman) and her bedridden mother (Stacey O’Shea), who needs surgery. Laura’s job […]Read On »


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Movie Review: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/19/2025
AVATAR: FIRE AND ICE movie poster | ©2025 20th Century Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, Jack Champion, David Thewlis, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Gionvanni Ribisi, Brendan Cowell, Jemaine Clement, Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Bailey Bass, Laz Alonso, Filip Geljo, Duane Evans Jr. Writers: James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, story by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver & Josh Friedman & Shane Salerno, based on characters created by James Cameron Director: James Cameron Distributor: 20th Century Studios Release Date: December 19, 2025 The original 2009 AVATAR was a […]Read On »


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SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR: Actress Claudia Black discusses new gladiator spin-off – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/14/2025
SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR Key Art - Season 1 | ©2025 Starz

Starz’s new series SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR premieres Friday, December 5, with new episodes dropping on both cable and streaming platforms on Fridays thereafter. It is a speculative follow-up to the SPARTACUS trilogy of series that ran on the premium network 2010-2013. All are created by Steven S. DeKnight. SPARTACUS told the story of the rebel slave leader in ancient Rome. One of his opponents was the former Syrian gladiator Ashur, played by Nick E. Tarabay. SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR imagines a world where Ashur, still portrayed by Tarabay, survives the events of SPARTACUS and founds his own gladiator school, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEAD MAN’S WIRE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
DEAD MAN'S WIRE movie poster | ©2025 Row K Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Colman Domingo, Al Pacino, Myha’la Writer: Austin Kolodney Director: Gus Van Sant Distributor: Row K Entertainment Release Date: December 12, 2025 (theatrical limited), January 9, 2026 (theatrical wide) Although the events in the “based on a true story” DEAD MAN’S WIRE play as pretty absurd at times, archival news footage suggests that the real incident may have been even crazier than what’s in this movie. A 2018 documentary about the case, DEAD MAN’S LINE, is available on Amazon, but viewers of this narrative feature won’t need to search even that far […]Read On »


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