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Movie Review: BREATHE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/25/2024
BREATHE movie poster | ©2024 Capstone Pictures/Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Quvenzhané Wallis, Sam Worthington, Common, Raúl Castillo Writer: Doug Simon Director: Stefon Bristol Distributor: Warner Bros./Capstone Pictures Release Date: April 26, 2024 (theatrical/digital) In BREATHE, it’s the year 2039 and, per onscreen titles the world has run out of oxygen, all plant life has died, and the planet is generally uninhabitable. In Brooklyn, New York, botanist Maya (Jennifer Hudson), her engineer/survivalist husband Darius (Common), and their fifteen-year-old daughter Zora (Quvenzhané Wallis), who is learning from both of them survive in an apartment. Thanks to Darius’s forethought (his survivalist side) and ingenuity (his engineering […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ABIGAIL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/19/2024
ABIGAIL movie poster | ©2024 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud, Giancarlo Esposito Writers: Stephen Shields and Guy Busick Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: April 19, 2024 Since it’s in the trailers and the artwork, it probably doesn’t count as a spoiler to say that ABIGAIL is about a vampire ballerina who looks like a little girl (Alisha Weir). What we may not necessarily know from the trailers and the artwork is that ABIGAIL is very good bloody fun, with filmmakers who seem to achieve everything they’re attempting […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Eiza Gonzales, Babs Olusanmokun, Cary Elwes, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Henry Golding, Rory Kinnear, Freddie Fox, Danny Sapani Writers: Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson and Arash Amel and Guy Ritchie, based on the book THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE: HOW CHURCHILL’S SECRET WARRIORS SET EUROPE ABLAZE AND GAVE BIRTH TO MODERN BLACK OPS by Damien Lewis Director: Guy Ritchie Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: April 19, 2024 If James Bond had adventures in World War II, and were more of a team player, what he got up to might look something like THE […]Read On »


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SAW: THE MUSICAL: Creator Cooper Jordan and writer Zoe Ann Jordan on the new musical stage parody – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
SAW: THE MUSICAL Key Art | ©2024 Saw the Musical parody LLC

Pop quiz. What’s the most unlikely movie to ever get turned into a stage musical? If you somehow guessed SAW, you may be right. As subject matter goes, the 2004 horror film, which has launched a franchise (SAW XI is due out later this year) as well as the careers of director James Wan and his co-writer Leigh Whannell, doesn’t seem a likely candidate for upbeat musical numbers. It has two men – Adam, played by writer Whannell, and Dr. Lawrence Gordon, played by Cary Elwes – chained up at opposite ends of an industrial bathroom, where the only means […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CIVIL WAR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/12/2024
CIVIL WAR movie poster | ©2024 A24

Rating: R Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Maura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons Writer: Alex Garland Director: Alex Garland Distributor: A24 Release Date: April 12, 2024 Writer/director Alex Garland’s CIVIL WAR depicts a second intra-state conflict within the U.S., but it comes at present-day politics from an oblique angle. Take away the familiar scenery and a couple of musings by the characters, and this tale of combat photojournalists could be set pretty much anywhere that heavily armed people are fighting with one another. At the White House, the U.S. President (Nick Offerman) is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ARCADIAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
ARCADIAN movie poster | ©2024 RLJE Films / Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall Writer: Mike Nilon Director: Benjamin Brewer Distributor: RLJE Films/Shudder Release Date: April 12, 2024 In ARCADIAN, centralized civilization is already nearing its end when Paul (Nicolas Cage) is running through back alleys. The sky is full of smoke, sirens are wailing somewhere, and there are crucified bodies in the background. Paul finds a lone crying baby and comforts the child. Fifteen years later, Paul is far from this urban catastrophe. He is now the father of two teen sons, Joseph (Jaeden Martell) and Thomas (Maxwell Jenkins). Since Thomas is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SNOW VALLEY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
SNOW VALLEY movie poster | ©2024 Gravitas Ventures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Rachel Michiko Whitney, Cooper van Grootel, Tom Williamson, David Lambert, Paige Elkington, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Barbara Crampton, Zachary Bird Writer: Brandon Murphy Director: Brandon Murphy Distributor: Gravitas Ventures Release Date: April 2, 2024 (digital) Technically, SNOW VALLEY could be described as a contemporary Gothic horror comedy. That would give the wrong impression, though. SNOW VALLEY isn’t making fun of Gothic horror so much as it is having fun within that genre’s conventions. It’s not a parody, but rather a dark comedy of manners that overlaps with lethal danger. Writer/director Brandon Murphy begins the film with a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LONG GAME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE LONG GAME movie poster | ©2024 Bonniedale/Mucho Mas Media

Rating: PG Stars: Jay Hernandez, Cheech Marin, Dennis Quaid, Julian Works, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Brett Cullen, Oscar Nuñez, Paulina Chavez, Gregory Diaz IV, Christian Gallegos, Miguel Angel Garcia, José Julián, Gillian Vigman, Richard Robichaux, Jimmy Gonzales, Michael Southworth Writers: Paco Farias & Jennifer C. Stetson and Julio Quintana, based on the novel MUSTANG MIRACLE by Humberto G. Garcia Director: Julio Quintana Distributor: Bonniedale/Mucho Mas Media Release Date: April 12, 2024 An opening title informs us that THE LONG GAME is “based on a true story.” Since the credits tell us that this basis is a novel, MUSTANG MIRACLE by Humberto […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DAMAGED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
DAMAGED movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Cassel, Gianni Capaldi, Laura Haddock, John Hannah, Kate Dickey, Brian McCardie Writers: Koji Steven Sakai, Gianni Capaldi, Paul Aniello, story by Paul Aniello & Gianni Capaldi Director: Terry McDonough Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: April 12, 2024 The notion of Samuel L. Jackson as a Chicago homicide detective in Edinburgh, Scotland is full of potential. DAMAGED doesn’t play with those possibilities in the way we might expect. Still, as a serial killer thriller, it’s decently intriguing until it becomes unglued in the third act. When a young woman is followed home from her synagogue […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLACKOUT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
BLACKOUT movie poster | ©2024 Dark Sky Films/Glass Eye Pix

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Alex Hurt, Addison Timlin, Motell Gyn Foster, Joseph Castillo-Midyett, Ella Rae Peck, Rigo Garay, John Speredakos, Michael Buscemi, Jeremy Holm, Cody Kostro, Marc Senter, Kevin Corrigan, Joe Swanberg, Asta Paredes, Clay von Carlowitz, Barbara Crampton, James Le Gros, Marshall Bell Writer: Larry Fessenden Director: Larry Fessenden Distributor: Dark Sky Films/Glass Eye Pix Release Date: March 13, 2024 (New York); April 12, 2024 (VOD, digital) What would you do if you suspected you had become a werewolf? That is the propelling question of BLACKOUT, an intelligent horror film with a fair amount of character development and plot […]Read On »


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