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Movie Review: IN A VIOLENT NATURE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/31/2024
IN A VIOLENT NATURE movie poster | ©2024 IFC Films/Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Reece Presley, Liam Leone, Charlotte Creaghan, Lea Rose Sebastianis, Sam Roulston, Alexander Oliver, Timothy Paul McCarthy, Lauren Taylor Writer: Chris Nash Director: Chris Nash Distributor: IFC Films/Shudder Release Date: May 31, 2024 The horror genre has many subgenres. One of these is the slasher, which has its own collection of sub-subgenres. IN A VIOLENT NATURE seems aimed at those who can differentiate between, say, a HALLOWEEN film and a FRIDAY THE 13TH. The new movie definitely falls into the FRIDAY category. Instead of a summer camp, it’s an old mining […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WHAT YOU WISH FOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
WHAT YOU WISH FOR movie poster | ©2024 Magnet Releasing/Magnolia

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Nick Stahl, Tamsin Topolski, Randy Vasquez, Penelope Mitchell, Juan Carlos Messier, Brian Groh, Ariel Sierra, David Tominaga Writer: Nicholas Tomnay Director: Nicholas Tomnay Distributor: Magnet Releasing/Magnolia (theatrical/VOD) Release Date: May 31, 2024 WHAT YOU WISH FOR takes its title from the familiar phrase that begins with “Be careful.” In this instance, the person who ought to exercise more caution is Ryan Moseley (Nick Stahl). Ryan has come to South America (the country is unnamed, but the film mentions Bogota and was shot in Colombia) to visit his old friend Jack (Brian Groh). They were at culinary […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE HANGMAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE HANGMAN movie poster | ©2024 Epic Pictures Dread

Rating: Not Rated Stars: LeJon Woods, Marcellus, Scott Callenberger, Kaitlyn Lundardi, Rob Cardazone, Jefferson Cox, Lindsey Dresbach, Daniel Martin Berkey, William Shuman, Laura Loftus, Richard Lunello, Ameerah Briggs Writers: LeJon Woods & Bruce Wemple Director: Bruce Wemple Distributor: Epic Pictures Dread Release Date: May 31, 2024 (theatrical); June 4, 2024 (VOD) THE HANGMAN opens with the following supertitle: “There are at least seven known gateways to Hell across the world. One of the sits in the mountains of West Virginia. The region has no name.” This is intriguing, but it’s not the set-up to the type of horror movie we […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/24/2024
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA poster | ©2024 Warner Bros.

Rating: R Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne, John Howard, Angus Fraser, Charlee Fraser, George Shevtsov, Lachy Hulme Writers: George Miller & Nick Lathouris Director: George Miller Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: May 24, 2024 FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA is, as its title suggest, focuses on the multifaceted character previously played by Charlize Theron in 2015’s MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. As FURIOSA is a prequel rather than a sequel, the title character is portrayed as a young woman by Anya Taylor-Joy, and by Alyla Browne as a child. Franchise creator George Miller is back as director; […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WE GO ON

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
WE GO ON poster | ©2024 Lightyear Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Annette O’Toole, Clark Freeman, John Glover, Giovanna Zacarías, Jay Dunn, Laura Heisler Writer: Andy Mitton, story by Andy Mitton & Jesse Holland Directors: Andy Mitton & Jesse Holland Distributors: Lightyear Entertainment Release Date: March 5, 2016 (theatrical); May 21, 2024 (remastered home video, digital) First released theatrically in 2016, WE GO ON is newly available in remastered form on home video and digital. Apart from what feels like a quaint reference to “the sniffles” as opposed to COVID, there’s nothing that seems especially dated about the film, and Los Angeles residents will appreciate its geographic veracity. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: IF

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/17/2024
IF movie poster | ©2024 Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG Stars: Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Fiona Shaw, Alan Kim, Bobby Moynihan, Liza Colón-Zayas, Audrey Hoffman, Steve Carell (voice), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (voice), Louis Gossett Jr. (voice), Emily Blunt (voice), Matt Damon (voice), Maya Rudolph (voice), Jon Stewart (voice), Sam Rockwell (voice), Sebastian Maniscalco (voice), Christopher Meloni (voice), Awkwafina (voice) Writer: John Krasinski Director: John Krasinski Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: May 17, 2024 One would have to be a Grinch of the highest order to object to the premise of IF, which is, broadly, that imagination makes everybody’s lives better. Written and directed by John Krasinski, the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: YOU CAN’T RUN FOREVER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
YOU CANT RUN FOREVER movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: J.K. Simmons, Fernanda Urrejola, Isabelle Anaya, Allen Leech, Graham Patrick Martin, Andres Velez, Olivia Simmons, Kevin Quinn Writers: Carolyn Carpenter, Michelle Schumacher Director: Michelle Schumacher Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: May 17, 2024 There are few things that are certain in life or in cinema. However, something we can all depend on is that if J.K. Simmons is playing a character, we will believe him completely. Therefore, it stands to reason that if Simmons is playing a terrifying psychopath, we will be duly frightened. This is a key strength of YOU CAN’T RUN FOREVER. Directed by Michelle Schumacher […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHTWATCH: DEMONS ARE FOREVER (NATTEVAGTEN: DÆMONER GÅR I ARV)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
NIGHTWATCH (DEMONS ARE FOREVER) Key Art | ©2024 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Fanny Leander Bornedal, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulf Pilgaard, Sonja Richter, Casper Kjær Jensen, Paprika Steen, Alex Høgh Andersen, Nina Rask, Sonny Lindberg, Kim Bodnia Writer: Ole Bornedal Director: Ole Bornedal Distributor: Shudder Release Date: May 17, 2024 NIGHTWATCH: DEMONS ARE FOREVER (NATTEVAGTEN: DÆMONER GÅR I ARV) is filmmaker Ole Bornedal’s third go-round with this premise and these characters. Bornedal first wrote and directed the original NIGHTWATCH (NATTEVAGTEN) in 1994 in his native Denmark. Then he directed and co-wrote (with Steven Soderbergh) the English-language adaptation in 1997. Now he’s back with a thirty-years-later sequel, which has its U.S. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/14/2024
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES movie poster | ©2024 20th Century Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Owen Teale, Freya Allan, Peter Macon, Kevin Durand, Lydia Peckham, Travis Jeffery, William H. Macy, Neil Sandilands Writer: Josh Friedman, based on characters created by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver Director: Wes Ball Distributor: 20th Century Studios Release Date: May 10, 2024 It’s not necessary to be familiar with any of the previous PLANET OF THE APES films to engage with the new KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. However, here’s some context. Fans of the original 1968 PLANET OF THE APES, based on Pierre Boulle’s novel, will thrill to certain callbacks in KINGDOM to that […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE COFFEE TABLE (LA MESITA DEL COMEDOR)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/10/2024
THE COFFEE TABLE (LA MESITA DEL COMEDOR) movie poster | ©2024 Cinephobia Releasing

Rating: Not Rated Stars: David Pareja, Estefanía de los Santos, Josep Riera, Claudia Riera, Gala Flores, Eduardo Antuña, Cristina Dilla, Itziar Castro Writers: Caye Casas & Cris Borobia Director: Caye Casas Distributor: Cinephobia Releasing Release Date: April 19, 2024 (theatrical); May 14, 2024 (DVD/digital) THE COFFEE TABLE (LA MESITA DEL COMEDOR) has been variously described as a horror movie and a black comedy. It doesn’t conform to the conventional notion of either of these genres. Rather, it is one answer to the question of what we get when the framework of a farce is placed around an almost literally unspeakable […]Read On »


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