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Movie Review: THE FRONT ROOM

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/06/2024
THE FRONT ROOM movie poster | ©2024 A24

Rating: R Stars: Brandy Norwood, Andrew Burnap, Kathryn Hunter, Neil Huff Writers: Max Eggers & Sam Eggers, based on the short story by Susan Hill Directors: Max Eggers & Sam Eggers Distributor: A24 Release Date: September 6, 2024 Directed – in their feature debut – and written by brothers Max Eggers & Sam Eggers, THE FRONT ROOM is a dark comedy with some supernatural elements. It’s not for viewers with weak stomachs. Indeed, squeamish folks should perhaps stop reading here. There’s barely a drop of blood to be seen in THE FRONT ROOM, but we get copious amounts of other […]Read On »


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THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING: Actress Aimee Garcia on new Hallmark mystery movie – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/30/2024
Aimee Garcia is Birdie Case and Paul Campbell is Alden in THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING | ©2024 Hallmark

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel found such an enthusiastic audience for 2023’s THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE that they’re back this year with a sequel, THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING. The new telefilm premieres on the channel on Friday, September 13. In both films, Aimee Garcia plays Birdie Case and Paul Campbell plays her husband Alden. As the title suggests, the couple live on Mystery Lane, and find themselves as amateurs investigating murders. Garcia, originally from Chicago, began her professional career as a dancer at age seven in a production of CINDERELLA. As an actor, she’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SLINGSHOT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
SLINGSHOT movie poster | ©2024 Bleecker Street

Rating: R Stars: Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone, David Morrissey, Nikolett Barabas (voice) Writers: R. Scott Adams and Nathan C. Parker, story by R. Scott Adams Director: Mikael Håfström Distributor: Bleecker Street Release Date: August 30, 2024 The title of SLINGSHOT does not refer to a physical object. Rather, it describes a maneuver that the manned spacecraft Odyssey 1 is intended to perform. The ship is meant to circle Jupiter to gain enough energy to reach its ultimate destination, Saturn’s moon Titan. SLINGSHOT has a brief opening in which a woman – we’ll learn this is Zoe […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HELL HOLE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
HELL HOLE movie poster | ©2024 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Toby Poser, John Adams, Max Portman, Anders Hove, Marko Filipović, Olivera Peruničić, Aleksandar Trmčić, Petar Arsić, Bruno Veljanovski, Boris Lukman Writers: Lulu Adams & John Adams & Toby Poser Directors: Toby Poser & John Adams Distributor: Shudder Release Date: August 23, 2024 (Shudder) “Man is the warmest place to hide” was a slightly misleading tagline for 1982’s JOHN CARPENTER’S THE THING. The Thing wasn’t hiding inside people, it was replicating them. However, the slogan would be a perfectly apt way to promote HELL HOLE, a relatively low-budget but effective horror movie that has an uncommon take […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ALIEN: ROMULUS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/27/2024
ALIEN: ROMULUS movie poster | ©2024 20th Century Studios

Rating: R Stars: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu, Daniel Betts Writers: Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues, based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon & Ronald Shusett Director: Fede Alvarez Distributor: 20th Century Studios Release Date: August 16, 2024 ALIEN: ROMULUS is the best movie in the ALIEN franchise since ALIENS. This isn’t to say ALIEN: ROMULUS is in the same class as the 1986 ALIENS or the 1979 original ALIEN. That would be demanding too much of practically any movie. However, it starts by honoring the basics. Yes, there is a bit of […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE CROW (2024)

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 08/23/2024
THE CROW movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Stars: Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, Danny Huston, Sami Bouajila, Josette Simon, Laura Birn, Karel Dobrý, Jordan Bolger, Sebastian Orozco, Isabella Wei Writers: Zach Baylin and William Schneider, based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr Director: Rupert Sanders Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: August 23, 2024 2024 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of the original film version of THE CROW, based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr. The 1994 feature has become iconic, with three other features in the franchise, along with a television and several videogame adaptations. One facet […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLINK TWICE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
BLINK TWICE movie poster | movie poster | ©2024 Amazon MGM Studios

Rating: R Stars: Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Alia Shawkat, Christian Slater, Adria Arjona, Simon Rex, Haley Joel Osment, Liz Caribel, Levon Hawke, Trew Mullen, Geena Davis, Kyle McLachlan, Chris Costa, Maria Elena Olivares Writers: Zoë Kravitz & E.T. Feigenbaum Director: Zoë Kravitz Distributor: Amazon MGM Studios Release Date: August 23, 2024 “Blink twice if I’m in danger,” Frida (Naomi Ackie) jokingly says to new acquaintance Rich (Kyle McLachlan), who obligingly blinks twice. Since most of us have seen the trailer, we know that Frida is kidding, but Rich is only pretending to be responding in kind. Here’s the set-up. Frida […]Read On »


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Movie Review: STRANGE DARLING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
STRANGE DARLING | ©2024 Magenta Light Studios / Miramax

Rating: R Stars: Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Madisen Beatty, Bianca Santos, Steven Michael Quezada, Ed Begley Jr., Barbara Hershey Writer: JT Mollner Director: JT Mollner Distributor: Magenta Light Studios/Miramax Release Date: August 23, 2024 How to review STRANGE DARLING without spoilers? It seems fair enough to include the film’s opening, which informs us that it’s shot in 35mm (something of a rarity these days). This allows cinematographer Giovanni Ribisi (also one of STRANGE DARLING’s producers) to play with crisp black-and-white, saturated colors and even over-saturation, depending on the mood of the sequence. At the black-and-white start, we see a man […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PLACE OF BONES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
PLACE OF BONES movie poster | ©2024 The Avenue

Rating: R Stars: Heather Graham, Tom Hopper, Corin Nemec, Brielle Robillard, Gatlin Griffith, Zachary Keller, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone Writer: Richard Taylor Director: Audrey Cummings Distributor: The Avenue/Highland Film Group Release Date: August 23, 2024 PLACE OF BONES is, for the most part, a sturdy period Western, economically shot in and around a small mountain farmhouse and its outbuildings, with a few detours to surrounding trails. We get an overview of brown mountains sporting scrubby brushes. The widowed Pandora Meadows (Heather Graham) and her teen daughter Hester (Brielle Robillard) live out here in their flat-roofed stone farmhouse on their own, since […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SKINCARE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/16/2024
SKINCARE movie poster | ©2024 IFC Films

Rating: R Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Lewis Pullman, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Wendie Malick, Erik Palladino, John Billingsley, Ella Balinska, Luis Gerardo Mendéz, Nathan Fillion Writers: Sam Frelich & Deering Regan and Austin Peters Director: Austin Peters Distributor: IFC Films Release Date: August 16, 2024 SKINCARE begins with the onscreen statement, “This is a fictional story inspired by true events.” Those interested in SKINCARE’s factual basis can easily look it up online. The reality is almost as odd as the tale that unspools in this dramedy thriller. Elizabeth Banks stars as Hope Goldman, who has set up her Hope Goldman Skincare studio […]Read On »


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