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Movie Review: THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 02/06/2026
THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 movie poster | ©2026 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath, Hannah Galway, Richard Brake, Pedro Leandro, Nola Wallace, Jake Cogman, Finn Cofell, Kyle Breitkopf, Ella Bruccoleri Writers: Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland, based on characters created by Bryan Bertino Director: Renny Harlin Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: February 6, 2026 Back in 2008, writer/director Bryan Bertino brought forth THE STRANGERS, a non-supernatural slasher that derived much of its creepiness from its uncomfortable plausibility. A couple spending the night in a cabin is terrorized by three masked intruders, who have no obvious motive but display clear expertise in what they’re doing. It’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WHISTLE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
WHISTLE movie poster | ©2026 IFC/ Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley, Nick Frost, Stephen Kalyn Writer: Owen Egerton Director: Corin Hardy Distributor: IFC/Shudder Release Date: February 6, 2026 WHISTLE embodies the forms of both cursed-object and high school horror with such fidelity that it seems to be following an internal mandate. Written by Owen Egerton and directed by Corin Hardy, the movie even name-checks horror directors Wes Craven, William Friedkin (character surnames), Mark Pellington (the high school the characters attend), and Andy Muschietti. Sharp-eyed viewers will no doubt find more. In the best […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PILLION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
PILLION movie poster | ©2026 A24

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård, Lesley Sharp, Douglas Hodge, Jake Shears Writer: Harry Lighton, based on the novel BOX HILL by Adam Mars-Jones Director: Harry Lighton Distributor: A24 Release Date: February 6, 2026 The word “pillion” is defined as “a seat for a passenger behind a motorcyclist.” PILLION’s protagonist Colin (Harry Melling) spends a fair amount of time riding pillion behind motorcyclist Ray (Alexander Skarsgård). There are a lot of things Colin and Ray do together frequently, but “pillion” is probably one of the marquee-friendlier ones. Director/screenwriter Harry Lighton has adapted and updated Adam Mars-Jones’s 2020 novel […]Read On »


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Movie Review: JIMPA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
JIMPA movie poster | ©2026 Kino Lorber

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Olivia Colman, Aud Mason-Hyde, John Lithgow, Daniel Henshall, Kate Box, Eamon Farren, Zoë Love Smith, Deborah Kennedy Writers: Matthew Cormack and Sophie Hyde Director: Sophie Hyde Distributor: Kino Lorber Release Date: February 6, 2026 Hannah (Olivia Colman) defines herself as a filmmaker, mother, and woman, usually in that order. We meet her as she’s teaching a class in directing, giving good advice to her students. Adelaide, Australia is where Hannah was born and still resides with her husband Harry (Daniel Henshall) and their sixteen-year-old Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde). Frances has come out as queer and nonbinary. Hannah […]Read On »


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PBS NOVA: CAN DOGS TALK?: Speech pathologist Christina Hunger on new documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 02/04/2026
CAN DOGS TALK? Key Art | ©2026 PBS

The PBS NOVA documentary CAN DOGS TALK? premieres on the network Wednesday, February 4. It explores the phenomenon of dogs that have been trained to communicate with humans via a specially-adapted Soundboard, a device with buttons that each say a word when pressed. It is the same as a system used for working with human children who are pre-verbal or non-verbal. Children’s speech language pathologist Christina Hunger pioneered this type of canine/human interaction with her dog Stella. Acquired by Hunger as a puppy, Stella is part Australian cattle dog and part Catahoula. Hunger is the author of the newly-published book […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MY SISTER’S BONES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/30/2026
MY SISTER'S BONES movie poster | ©2026 Quiver Distribution

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Jenny Seagrove, Anna Friel, Ben Miles, David Bradley, Emily Butcher, Lovi Poe, Maggie Steed, Olga Kurylenko, Ankido Hussen Writer: Naomi Gibney, based on the novel by Nuala Ellwood Director: Heidi Greensmith Distributor: Quiver Distribution Release Date: January 30, 2026 MY SISTER’S BONES successfully and delicately keeps us guessing through its third act as to exactly what we’re watching – straight drama, murder mystery, ghost story? We’re in an English seaside factory town that features some wonderful two-story houses. Inside one of these, an old woman – we’ll learn this is Gillian Rafter (Maggie Steed) hears a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ISLANDS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ISLANDS movie poster | ©2026 Greenwich Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Sam Riley, Stacy Martin, Jack Farthing, Pep Ambròs, Bruna Cusí, Ramiro Blas, Dylan Torrell, Ahmed Boulane, Fatima Adoum Writers: Jan-Ole Gerster & Blaž Kutin & Lawrie Doran, story by Jan-Ole Gerster Director: Jan-Ole Gerster Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment Release Date: January 30, 2026 ISLANDS actually takes place on one island, in the Spanish Canary Islands, although since its main characters are English, perhaps the title includes the U.K. as well. Tom (Sam Riley) is an English ex-pat tennis coach at a large beachside hotel. We first meet him lying facedown in a sand dune. He wakes up, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WORLDBREAKER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
WORLDBREAKER movie poster | ©2026 Aura Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Luke Evans, Billie Boullet, Milla Jovovich, Mila Harris, Kevin Glynn, Meadow Williams Writer: Joshua Rollins Director: Brad Anderson Distributor: Aura Entertainment Release Date: January 30, 2026 In the film WORLDBREAKER, the title term refers generally to anything that causes a species (going back to the dinosaurs) or civilization to collapse. As we’re told in voiceover, the world has broken many times and the breakers are always different. Images of bulletin boards with news articles on evolution and climate devastation cut to a young teen, Willa (Billie Boullet), standing by a small boat on a rocky shore, drawing […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MOTHER OF FLIES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/23/2026
MOTHER OF FLIES movie poster | ©2026 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, John Adams Writers: John Adams & Zelda Adams & Toby Poser Directors: John Adams & Zelda Adams & Toby Poser Distributor: Shudder Release Date: January 23, 2026 (Shudder) John Adams & Toby Poser have already demonstrated with previous joint works that they are accomplished writers/directors/actors. Now they’ve collaborated to strong effect on all three fronts with their daughter Zelda Adams to bring forth MOTHER OF FLIES. MOTHER OF FLIES begins with a woman talking calmly in voiceover about death. Onscreen, we see a naked, blood-covered woman communing with gory, skinned human corpses. […]Read On »


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STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY: Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman and stars Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, Robert Picardo and Gina Yashere talk new TREK – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/19/2026
Zoe Steiner as Tarima, Sandro Rosta as Caleb, Bella Shepard as Genesis, George Hawkins as Daren, Kerrice Brooks as Sam and Karim Diane as Jay-Den in STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY - Season 1 Key Art | ©2026 Paramount+

Starfleet Academy, the training institution for those aspiring to become crew members on Federation starships, has been a part of STAR TREK lore since STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES, which debuted in 1966. Now, sixty years later, that legendary center of learning gets its own series with STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY, now streaming its first season on Paramount+, with new episodes premiering Thursdays. Based on Gene Roddenberry’s original STAR TREK and created by Gaia Violo, STARFLEET ACADEMY is set approximately a thousand years after the time of Kirk and Spock, and one hundred years after an event known as “the […]Read On »


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