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LEONARDO DA VINCI: Filmmakers Sarah Burns and David McMahon on new PBS documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/18/2024
LEONARDO DA VINCI Key Art | ©2024 PBS

It is perhaps impossible to overstate the influence of the Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, on subsequent civilization. Scientist, inventor, engineer, painter, sculptor and architect, da Vinci did so much that exploring his entire life seems a Herculean task. But that’s exactly what filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon set out to do with their four-hour documentary LEONARDO DA VINCI, which airs on PBS over two nights, Monday, November 18, and Tuesday, November 19. During PBS’s portion of the summer 2024 Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour, Sarah Burns (Ken Burns’s daughter) and McMahon (Sarah Burn’s husband) […]Read On »


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Movie Review: RED ONE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/15/2024
RED ONE movie poster | ©2024 MGM / Amazon Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons, Bonnie Hunt, Kristofer Hivju, Kiernan Shipka, Wesley Kimmel, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Nick Kroll Writer: Chris Morgan, story by Hiram Garcia Director: Jake Kasdan Distributor: MGM/Amazon Studios Release Date: November 15, 2024 The premise of RED ONE contains all sorts of intriguing Northern and Eastern European folklore: not only Santa Claus, but some darker figures as well. This could have made a great Rankin-Bass special, either with conventional animation or RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER-style puppetry, or even a live-action fantasy, a la the NARNIA films. However, RED ONE, directed by […]Read On »


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HOLIDAZED: Actor John C. McGinley on new Hallmark holiday series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/14/2024
John C. McGinley and Virginia Madsen in HOLIDAZED - Season 1 | ©2024 Hallmark Channel

HOLIDAZED, Hallmark’s new limited series about six different families, each preparing for Christmas on their cul-de-sac in Oak Bay, Oregon, premieres with a double episode on Thursday, November 14. John C. McGinley is part of the star-studded cast as Chuck Manetti-Hanahan. Chuck has always been competitive about his house’s holiday light display, and recent family issues have made him more determined than ever to outshine the neighbors. McGinley has been acting in television, film, and theatre for decades. Oliver Stone saw McGinley in an off-Broadway performance of DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA and cast him in PLATOON. McGinley has […]Read On »


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ST. DENIS MEDICAL: Co-creator Eric Ledgin operates on a new NBC comedy – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/12/2024
ST. DENIS MEDICAL - Season 1 Key Art | ©2024 NBCUniversal

The new comedy ST. DENIS MEDICAL, which premieres on NBC Tuesday, November 12 (with episodes streaming on Peacock following broadcast), is a mockumentary that follows the mostly dedicated staff of an underfunded Oregon hospital. Series stars include David Alan Grier as seen-it-all chief of surgery Ron, Wendy McClendon-Covey as ambitious hospital administrator Joyce, and Allison Tolman as warm-hearted nurse Alex. Eric Ledgin co-created ST. DENIS MEDICAL with Justin Spitzer; both are executive producers on the series. The two had previously worked together as exec producers on AMERICAN AUTO, which Ledgin wrote for and Spitzer created. Some of Ledgin’s other previous […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/08/2024
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: PG Stars: Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Molly Belle Wright, Beatrice Schneider, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez, Matthew Lamb, Essek Moore, Kirk B.R. Woller, Ewan Mathys Wood, Mason Nelligan, Kynlee Heiman, Lauren Graham Writers: Ryan Swanson and Platte F. Clark & Darin McDaniel, based on the novel by Barbara Robinson Director: Dallas Jenkins Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: November 8, 2024 “The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.” So begins THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, based on Barbara Robinson’s 1971 book, which was previously adapted as a 1983 telefilm. Narrated by the adult Beth (Lauren Graham), THE BEST […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEVON

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
DEVON movie poster | ©2024 Cineverse

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Lauren Carlin, Steven Entienne, Rotisha Geter, Tara Rule, Hank Santos, Sabrina Aiezza, Xavier Aiezza, Zack Carpinello Writer: Jenni Farley Director: Jenni Farley Distributor: Cineverse Release Date: November 12, 2024 (digital, VOD) DEVON was shot at Spring City’s Pennhurst Asylum, originally (per Wikipedia) an institution known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic. It opened in 1918 and was closed in 1987. Mistreatment of patients resulted in the legal Pennhurst Doctrine. These days, in reality, the establishment is used for “haunted house” tours and, in the case of DEVON, as the setting for […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DRIVE BACK

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
DRIVE BACK movie poster | ©2024 Dark Sky Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Whit Kunschik, Zack Gold, Jim Tuck, Madonna Young Magee, Robert Louis Stephenson Writer: Jon Sarro Director: Cody Ashford Distributor: Dark Sky Films Release Date: November 8, 2024 (theatrical, VOD, digital) The title of DRIVE BACK appears once in the film, scrawled on the reverse side of a road sign. It has several meanings, but the most immediate is, “Turn back, don’t go this way.” Of course, the warning is neither seen nor heeded. In the opening, nine-year-old Reid is sitting in a tree, drawing on his sketchpad. He is startled by the sound of rifle fire. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ELEVATION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ELEVATION movie poster | ©2024 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin, Maddie Hasson, Danny Boyd Jr., Rachel Nicks, Shauna Earp, Tyler Grey Writers: John Glenn & Jacob Roman & Kenny Ryan Director: George Nolfi Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: November 8, 2024 Several people, part of a small community after a monster-driven extinction event, must leave the safety of their settlement to obtain supplies and answers. So goes ELEVATION, which boasts Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin and Maddie Hasson in the leads. This was hardly a new premise when the first A QUIET PLACE was released in 2018, but that’s perhaps what springs most immediately […]Read On »


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PBS NATURE: SAN DIEGO: AMERICA’S WILDEST CITY: Director Nate Dappen and NATURE executive producer Fred Kaufman on new documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/05/2024
SAN DIEGO: AMERICA’S WILDEST CITY Key Art for PBS NATURE | ©2024 PBS

San Diego, California, is famous for many things, but it’s generally not heralded for its free-roaming wildlife. But perhaps it should be, according to the PBS NATURE documentary SAN DIEGO: AMERICA’S WILDEST CITY, which premieres on PBS Wednesday, November 6. During PBS’s portion of the summer 2024 Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in the somewhat less wild city of Pasadena, CA, SAN DIEGO: AMERICA’S WILDEST CITY writer/director Nate Dappen and PBS NATURE executive producer Fred Kaufman sit down to talk about their geographically contained but biologically epic film. Dappen is especially intrigued by the intersection of wild creatures and […]Read On »


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POPPA’S HOUSE: Actor, co-creator and executive producer Damon Wayans on new CBS comedy – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/04/2024
Damon Wayans as Poppa, from the CBS original pilot POPPA’S HOUSE - Season 1 | ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc./ Sonja Flemming/ All Rights Reserved

The new CBS Monday night (streaming subsequently on Paramount+) half-hour series POPPA’S HOUSE is a family comedy in multiple ways. Onscreen, POPPA’S HOUSE concerns amicably divorced podcaster Poppa, who goes from working as a radio host to doing a podcast from his home studio. His routine is disrupted when his adult son Damon, Damon’s wife Nina (Tetona Jackson), and their little daughter Maya (River Blossom) move in next door to him. Behind the scenes, the series was co-created, with Kevin Hench, by executive producer Damon Wayans, who plays Poppa. Wayans’s real-life son, Damon Wayans Jr., plays Damon. Wayans Jr. is […]Read On »


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