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Movie Review: THE INHERITANCE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/12/2024
THE INHERITANCE movie poster | ©2024 Vertical

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Bob Gunton, Peyton List, Briana Middleton, Rachel Nichols, Austin Stowell, David Walton, Reese Alexander Writers: Chris LaMont & Joseph Russo Director: Alejandro Brugués Distributor: Vertical Release Date: July 12, 2024 (theatrical and VOD) NBC’s horror anthology series THE NIGHT GALLERY ran from 1969 through 1973. Created and hosted by Rod Serling, the show mixed gore with gentility in often upscale surroundings that looked expensive without being too extensive for television, and almost always with a twist ending. While THE INHERITANCE is a 2024 single-story feature (not to be confused with multiple other films with the same […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LUMINA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
LUMINA movie poster | ©2024 Goldove

Rating: R Stars: Rupert Lazarus, Sidney Nicole Rogers, Andrea Tivadar, Ken Lawson, Eleanor Williams, Emily Hall, Eric Roberts Writer: Gino McKoy Director: Gino McKoy Distributor: Goldove Release Date: July 12, 2024 LUMINA has a cool premise. What if your life partner turned out to be a frequent alien abductee? And where on Earth would you go to search for that person if they were taken again during your relationship? The opening seems promising. A vehicle drives past a helmeted skull in the desert. Spaceships are hovering in the air. A reptile that looks like a tiny dinosaur investigates a dropped […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/05/2024
SOUND OF HOPE movie poster | ©2024 Angel Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Nika King, Demetrius Grosse, Elizabeth Mitchell, Diaana Babnicova, Kaysi J. Bradley, Taj Johnson Writers: Joshua Weigel & Rebekah Weigel Director: Joshua Weigel Distributor: Angel Studios Release Date: July 4, 2024 The true story of what happened in Possum Trot, Texas has been extensively covered in the press and in documentaries. Now, in SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT, director Joshua Weigel & his co-writer Rebekah Weigel bring a dramatized version of those events to the screen. Possum Trot is a small, mostly Black town in rural East Texas. In the ‘90s (and perhaps still), the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE IMAGINARY (YANEURA NO RAJÂ)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE IMAGINARY (YANEURA NO RAJÂ) movie poster | ©2024 Netflix

Rating: PG Stars (voices, Japanese-language cast): Kokoro Terada, Rio Suzuki, Sakura Andô, Riisa Naka, Takayuki Yamada, Atsuko Takahata, Issei Ogata, Akira Terao, Hana Sugisaki, Teiyû Ichiryûsai; (voices, English-language cast): Louie Rudge-Buchanan, Evie Kiszel, Hayley Atwell, Sky Katz, Jeremy Swift, Kal Penn, LeVar Burton, Jane Singer, Ruby Barnhill, Roger Craig Smith, Courtenay Taylor, Miles Nibbe Writer: Yoshiaki Nishimura, based on the novel written by A.F. Harrold and illustrated by Emily Gravett Director: Yoshiyuki Momose Distributor: Netflix Release Date: June 28, 2024 (theatrical); July 5, 2024 (Netflix) Not to be confused with the live-action horror film IMAGINARY released earlier this year, THE […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MAXXXINE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
MAXXXINE movie poster | ©2024 A24

Rating: R Stars: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Uli Latukefu, Giancarlo Esposito, Chloe Farnworth, Halsey, Kevin Bacon, Lily Collins, Simon Prast Writer: Ti West Director: Ti West Distributor: A24 Release Date: July 5, 2024 MAXXXINE, not counting its flashbacks and flash-forwards, is set in 1985. However, it feels more like a ‘70s indie, with its mix of very tough female protagonist, soft porn (meant to be hard porn where we don’t see all the details), detective story, and horror. It’s a completely fun blend, and star Mia Goth commits two hundred and twenty percent to everything she’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DESPICABLE ME 4

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/03/2024
DESPICABLE ME 4 movie poster | ©2024 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Patrick Coffin, Joey King, Will Ferrell, Sofia Vergara, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Madison Skyy Polan, Steve Coogan Writers: Mike White and Ken Daurio Director: Chris Renaud; co-director, Patrick Delage Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: July 3, 2024 The animated DESPICABLE ME franchise began with the 2010 original, and has subsequently brought forth DESPICABLE ME 2 (2013), DESPICABLE ME 3 (2017), two MINIONS spinoffs (2015 and 2022), plus assorted animated shorts, theme park rides, and more. Now there is DESPICABLE ME 4, which services multiple plotlines well enough. It’s amusing without being especially […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MOOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE MOOR movie poster | ©2024 Bulldog Film Distribution

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Sophia La Porta, David Edward-Robinson, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Mark Peachey, Vicki Hackett, Bernard Hill, Dexter Sol Ansill, Billie Suggett Writer: Paul Thomas Director: Chris Cronin Distributor: Bulldog Film Distribution Release Date: June 14, 2024 (UK theatrical); July 1, 2024 (UK digital) The Yorkshire moors in Northern England are plenty spooky-looking in broad daylight. They are vast, often mist-shrouded, containing ancient artifacts, and peat bogs that are like grassy quicksand. In other words, they are the perfect place for a ghost story like THE MOOR. In 1996 Yorkshire, young Claire (Billie Suggett) convinces her even younger friend Danny […]Read On »


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Movie Review: A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/28/2024
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE | ©2024 Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou Writer: Michael Sarnoski, story by John Krasinski and Michael Sarnoski, based on characters created by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck Director: Michael Sarnoski Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: June 28, 2024 Among the interesting aspects of A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE is that, by setting it in New York City rather than a rural community, it is naturally larger-scale than its predecessors, yet it feels more intimate. This is because, unlike 2018’s A QUIET PLACE and its sequel, 2021’s A QUIET PLACE PART II, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE […]Read On »


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Movie Review: A SACRIFICE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
A SACRIFICE movie review | ©2024 Vertical

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Eric Bana, Sadie Sink, Sylvia Hoeks, Jonas Dassler, Sophie Rois, Stephan Kampwirth, Lara Feith Writer: Jordan Scott, based on the novel TOKYO by Nicholas Hogg Director: Jordan Scott Distributor: Vertical Release Date: June 28, 2024 A SACRIFICE has a promising enough start for a thriller. Ben Monroe (Eric Bana) is an American social psychologist in Berlin, researching a new book. His last bestseller was on the dangers of being isolated by loneliness; the work in progress is on the perils of false community. Ben’s colleague, university professor Max (Stephan Kampwirth), invites him to the site of […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE BIKERIDERS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/21/2024
THE BIKERIDERS movie poster | ©2024 Focus Features

Rating: R Stars: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Boyd Holbrook, Norman Reedus, Damon Herriman, Beau Knapp, Emory Cohen, Karl Glusman, Toby Wallace Writer: Jeff Nichols, inspired by the nonfiction book THE BIKERIDERS by Danny Lyon Director: Jeff Nichols Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: June 21, 2024 THE BIKERIDERS is a period film about speed freaks: not drug addicts, but those who demand the maximum miles per hour from their lives and their motorcycles. In 1968, Danny Lyon brought forth THE BIKERIDERS, a compilation of interviews and black-and-white photographs of his time with the Chicago Outlaws […]Read On »


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