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SHARK WEEK: WHAT SHARK ATTACKED?: Shark experts Tom “the Blowfish” Hird & Kinga Philipps on new Discovery documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/29/2026
SHARK WEEK: WHAT SHARK ATTACKED | ©2026 Discovery Channel

SHARK WEEK’s documentary WHAT SHARK ATTACKED? premieres on Discovery Channel and its streaming outlets on Wednesday, July 29. It follows shark researchers Tom “the Blowfish” Hird, Rosie Moore, and Kinga Philipps as they examine evidence from unfortunate human/shark interactions and try to determine which species of shark was involved. Philipps and Hird get on Zoom for a joint call from separate locations to discuss WHAT SHARK ATTACKED? Hird shares his office with a terrarium containing crested gecko lizard Ghibli, named after the famed Japanese animation studio. Hird describes himself as not only a big fan of Studio Ghibli’s output, but […]Read On »


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SHARK WEEK: ULTIMATE SHARK DIVE: Professional cliff diver Molly Carlson talks about cage diving – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SHARK WEEK: ULTIMATE SHARK DIVE | ©2026 Discovery Channel

SHARK WEEK’s ULTIMATE SHARK DIVE premieres on Discovery Channel and its streaming platforms on Thursday, July 30. The documentary pairs professional cliff diver Molly Carlson with shark expert Paul de Gelder for a segment set in the Bahamas. Here, Carlson performs the highest freefall dive in SHARK WEEK history, leaping from a helicopter fifty feet down into a Plexiglas cage situated in a reef populated by multiple types of sharks. Carlson gets on Zoom to discuss her adventure. She is wearing a Red Bull baseball cap for the occasion, in honor of her frequent work with the energy drink brand, […]Read On »


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SHARK WEEK: BIGGEST MAKO ON EARTH: Shark expert Kendyl Berna on the fastest swimming sharks – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/26/2026
SHARK WEEK : BIGGEST MAKO ON EARTH | ©2026 Discovery Channel

In Discovery Channel’s SHARK WEEK, which this year runs on the network Sunday July 26 through Saturday August 1, the documentary BIGGEST MAKO ON EARTH premieres Monday, July 27. Makos are believed to be the fastest-swimming shark species; they can also attain great size. Shark expert Kendyl Berna (pronounced Burr-NAY), veteran shark tagger Keith Poe, and marine biologists Dr. Tristan Guttridge and Clara Calatayud search the waters off the coasts of Southern California and Mexico for some truly enormous animals. Berna, a Southern California native, is a marine biologist and documentarian. She founded the marine conservation organization Beyond the Reef, […]Read On »


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SHARK WEEK: Shark expert Paul de Gelder on INVASION OF THE MEGA SHARKS and BULL SHARK DINNER BELL – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/25/2026
SHARK WEEK: BULL SHARK DINNER BELL | ©2026 Discovery Channel

It is once again time for Discovery Channel’s SHARK WEEK, which this year runs from Sunday, July 26 through Saturday, August 1, with twenty new programs premiering on the network and thereafter available on Discovery’s streaming platforms. Discovery Channel was so generous in providing interviews – four in all, with five individuals –  that it’s effectively Shark Week here at Assignment X as well. Shark expert Paul de Gelder participates in three of this year’s SHARK WEEK documentaries: INVASION OF THE MEGA SHARKS, premiering Sunday, July 26, BULL SHARK DINNER BELL, premiering Monday, July 27, and ULTIMATE SHARK DIVE, premiering […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HER PRIVATE HELL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/22/2026
HER PRIVATE HELL | ©2026 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu, Kristine Froseth, Dougray Scott, Diego Calva, Shioli Kutsuna, Aoi Yamada Writers: Nicolas Winding Refn & Esti Giordani, story by Nicolas Winding Refn Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Distributor: Neon Release Date: July 24, 2026 HER PRIVATE HELL is technically a horror/fantasy movie. After all, it has a serial killer who may be the Devil, with a mist and electronic glitching that heralds his arrival. Not only that, but it has Japanese fox spirits – kitsune, though that word is never used – in the forms of beautiful young women (Shioli Kutsuna, […]Read On »


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THE VAMPIRE LESTAT: Showrunner Rolin Jones, actors Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Zaman Assad, Eric Bogosian talk about the rock and roll vamp – Article

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/16/2026
THE VAMPIRE LESTAT - Season 1 Key Art | ©2026 AMC

  THE VAMPIRE LESTAT, currently debuting new episodes on AMC Sunday nights and thereafter available on AMC+, is actually Season 3 of the network’s INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, which premiered in 2022. Adapted by executive producer/showrunner Rolin Jones from the late author Anne Rice’s line of VAMPIRE CHRONICLES novels, the first published in 1976, the initial two seasons of INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE were largely told from the point of view of vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, played by Jacob Anderson. In the TV version (brought forward in time so that the present day is our present, rather than […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE ODYSSEY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE ODYSSEY movie poster | ©2026 Universal

Rating: R Stars: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, John Leguizamo, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal, Lupita Nyong’o, Benny Safdie, Elliot Page Writer: Christopher Nolan, based on Homer’s THE ODYSSEY Director: Christopher Nolan Distributor: Universal Release Date: July 17, 2026 Even people unfamiliar with ancient Greek writer Homer’s THE ODYSSEY are tangentially familiar with some of its concepts: the Trojan Horse, the word “mentor” meaning teacher (although in THE ODYSSEY, it’s a proper name), the term “odyssey” itself. Homer is believed to have written THE ILIAD, about the Trojan War, and THE ODYSSEY, about the journey […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE TOWN THAT TAKES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
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Rating: Not Rated Stars: Britt Bankhead, Miles Mussenden, Grace Patterson, Mike Markoff, Nico Tirozzi Writers: Britt Bankhead & Jon Blaze Director: Britt Bankhead Distributor: Atlas Distribution Company Release Date: July 10, 2026 THE TOWN THAT TAKES begins with the following voiceover: “They say a whole colony vanished in 1587 … only thing they found was a single word caved into a tree, ‘Croatoan’ … The legend talks about a red-eyed demon – takes the form of people you know, steals kids, leaves nothing but silence. I used to think it was just a story. I don’t anymore.” An emergency vehicle […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE OUTER THREAT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE OUTER THREAT movie poster movie poster | ©2026 Quiver Distribution

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Constance Wu, Mark O’Brien, Callista Crowe, Isaac Smelcer-Zhang, Oscar Hsu, Murray Furrow, William Fichtner, Jenna Villeneuve Writer: William Woods Director: William Woods Distributor: Quiver Distribution Release Date: July 10, 2026 THE OUTER THREAT has a solid, twisty science-fiction premise. Written and directed by William Woods, the movie asks the kinds of questions, interstellar, technical and moral, that propelled many ‘50s and ‘60s speculative fiction novels and stories. In this instance, the driving matter is whether, in the midst of disaster, it’s better to try to restore the status quo or to risk annihilation in the hopes […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PORTRAITS OF THE APOCALYPSE (RESTRATOS DEL APOCALIPSIS)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
PORTRAITS OF THE APOCALYPSE (RESTRATOS DEL APOCALIPSIS) movie poster | ©2026 Cleopatra Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Paula Manzone, Paula Rubinzstein, Demián Salomón, Natalia Lorenzo, Martina Valmaggia, Lorena Vega, Ezequiel Rodriguez, Rodrigo Raffeto Writers: Nicanda Loreti, Fabian Forte, Luca Castello Directors: Nicanda Loreti, Fabian Forte, Luca Castello Distributor: Cleopatra Entertainment Release Date: July 14, 2026 (digital, VOD) PORTRAITS OF THE APOCALYPSE (RESTRATOS DEL APOCALIPSIS) is an Argentine horror film, now available on digital and VOD in either the Spanish-language original or the English-language dubbed version. (This reviewer saw the latter, as it was what was provided.) Set and made in Buenos Aires, PORTRAITS OF THE APOCALYPSE gives us four separate sequences of roughly […]Read On »


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