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Movie Review: MINDCAGE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/16/2022
MINDCAGE Movie Poster | ©2022 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: John Malkovich, Martin Lawrence, Melissa Roxburgh, Jacob Grodnik, Aiden Turner, Neb Chupin, Rob Knepper Writer: Reggie Keyohara III Director: Mauro Borrelli Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: December 16, 2022 1991’s THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS may not have invented the premise of a newly-minted law enforcement person consulting with an incarcerated serial killer to solve a current serial killer case. However, that’s the film most associated with the format. It has often been imitated, but never bested. For quite a while, MINDCAGE seems to be going by the LAMBS playbook. It makes an astonishing ninety-degree turn, but the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE APOLOGY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE_APOLOGY movie poster | ©2022 RLJE Films

Rating: Not rated Stars: Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, Janeane Garofalo Writer: Alison Star Locke Director: Alison Star Locke Distributor: RLJE Films Release Date: December 16, 2022 (theatrical, Shudder, AMC+) THE APOLOGY has two main characters, plus a supporting third, set mostly inside a single home. It is admirable economical filmmaking by writer/director Alison Star Locke, who makes sure that the subject matter and the performances keep us engaged. Establishing shots show us some houses, none too near to one another, in a sparsely wooded area next to an enormous snowed-over lake. Anna Gunn plays Darlene Hagen, who lives in one […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MISTER CREEP

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
MISTER CREEP movie poster | ©2022 Silent Raven Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Amber Solis, Ali Alkhafaji, Shaela Payne, Brian Anderson, Judy McMillan, Marvin Ritchie, Thomas Burke Writer: Isaac Rodriguez Director: Isaac Rodriguez Distributor: Silent Raven Films Release Date: December 5, 2022 On one hand, MISTER CREEP doesn’t do much to stand out from the found-footage horror pack. On the other hand, the movie fulfills its mandate to be traditional horror on a tight budget, with characters who have understandable motives for putting themselves in dangerous situations, and enough weirdness to hold our attention for its contained sixty-seven-minute running time. MISTER CREEP begins with a videotaped interrogation session between […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE CHRISTMAS TAPES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/12/2022
THE CHRISTMAS TAPES Poster | ©2022 Terror Films

Rating: Not rated Stars: Dave Sheridan, Greg Sestero, Vernon Wells, Lori Richardson, Ian Rose, Ruby Setnick, Janice Burt, Todd Lubitsch Writers: Randy Nundlall Jr. & Robert Livings Directors: Randy Nundlall Jr. & Robert Livings Distributor: Terror Films Release Date: December 12, 2022 (digital) THE CHRISTMAS TAPES has something we just don’t see anymore. It’s set in 2022, but everybody in both the wraparound and individual segments uses full-sized VHS tapes. Indeed, would-be cinema professor/actual home invader Geoff (Greg Sestero) takes it for granted that the family he holds hostage will have a VHS player in their living room, and sure […]Read On »


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Movie Review: EMPIRE OF LIGHT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/09/2022
EMPIRE OF LIGHT movie poster | ©2022 Searchlight Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones Writer: Sam Mendes Director: Sam Mendes Distributor: Searchlight Pictures Release Date: December 9, 2022 EMPIRE OF LIGHT fits perfectly within the genre of the English period romance. In the 1980s, period romances were made about the 1940s – now it’s 2020, and the ‘80s, when EMPIRE OF LIGHT is set, count as period. These films often have social barriers between the potential lovers. Here, rather than social class, it’s age (she’s in her late forties, he’s in his mid-twenties) race (she’s white, he’s Black), and mental health issues (she’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: #FLOAT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
#FLOAT Movie Poster | ©2022 XYZ Films

Rating: Not rated Stars: Kate Mayhew, Kaya Coleman, Scarlett Sperduto, Miguel Muñoz, Grant Morningstar, Christina Nguyen, Ophelia Lichtenstein, Matt Wise, Cristobal Reyes Writer: Zac Locke, based on an original idea by Katey Taylor Director: Zac Locke Distributor: XYZ Films Release Date: December 9, 2022 #FLOAT has an okay horror premise, as far as it goes. A cadre of twentyish friends head out in an R.V. to their annual vacation spot on what is normally a shallow and tame river. The group includes vlogger and would-be Internet star Kali Fyre (Kate Mayhew), her boyfriend Jackson (Miguel Muñoz), her best friend Madison […]Read On »


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Movie Review: VIOLENT NIGHT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/02/2022
VIOLENT NIGHT movie poster | ©2022 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Leah Brady, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Beverly D’Angelo, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, Alexander Elliot Writers: Pat Casey & Josh Miller Director: Tommy Wirkola Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: December 2, 2022 VIOLENT NIGHT is a mashup of genres that don’t normally co-exist. Sure, we’ve seen movies about men burned out at their jobs who rise to heroic heights on Christmas Eve (yes, DIE HARD is a Christmas movie). But when that man is the actual Santa Claus, he generally banishes the bah-humbug blues in a gentler fashion, or at least without the hard-R […]Read On »


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Movie Review: A WOUNDED FAWN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
A WOUNDED FAWN | ©2022 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Josh Ruben, Sarah Lind, Malin Barr, Katie Kuang, Tanya Everett, Laksmi Hedermark, Marshall Taylor Thurman, Neal Mayer, Nikki James, Leandro Taub Writers: Travis Stevens & Nathan Faudree Director: Travis Stevens Distributor: Shudder Release Date: December 1, 2022 (Shudder) Deer lovers will be relieved to hear that the title of A WOUNDED FAWN comes from a line of poetry. There are no wounded animals of any kind in the film, though there are several extremely mutilated people. The film opens at the auction of a sculpture depicting “The Wrath of the Erinyes,” aka the Eumenides, aka the […]Read On »


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KAREN PIRIE: Series creator and actor Emer Kenny on new Britbox murder mystery – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/24/2022
Emer Kenny in FATHER BROWN | ©2022 BBC Studios/Gary Moyes

Karen Pirie is a young police detective who is the protagonist in a series of mysteries by bestselling Scottish novelist Val McDermid. Emer Kenny has now adapted the books for British television in the ITV series KAREN PIRIE, starring Lauren Lyle in the title role. The first season of KAREN PIRIE is now available in the U.S. as three ninety-minute episodes on Britbox. The story moves back and forth between 1996, when a young Scottish barmaid is murdered, and 2021, when Karen is put in charge of a cold case squad investigating the still-unsolved crime. The situation becomes more difficult […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/23/2022
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY | ©2022 Netflix

Rating: R Stars: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Noah Segan, Jackie Hoffman Writer: Rian Johnson Director: Rian Johnson Distributor: Netflix Release Date: November 23, 2022 (theatrical), December 23, 2022 (Netflix streaming) “Glass Onion” is the title of a hectic Beatles song. It is now also the (primary) title of GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY from writer/director Rian Johnson. Like 2019’s KNIVES OUT, also written and directed by Johnson, GLASS ONION stars Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, dubbed “the world’s greatest living detective” by the media. […]Read On »


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