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Movie Review: THE EXORCISM

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/21/2024
THE EXORCISM movie poster | ©2024 Vertical Entertainment/Miramax

Rating: R Stars: Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg, Adrian Pasdar, David Hyde Pierce Writers: M.A. Fortin & Joshua John Miller Director: Joshua John Miller Distributor: Vertical Entertainment/Miramax Release Date: June 21, 2024 THE EXORCISM has an opening sequence that makes us chuckle, then yelp. For most of its running time, it commendably walks the tightrope between filmmaking lore, meta commentary and straight-up horror. For those who may be understandably confused, THE EXORCISM stars Russell Crowe, but it is not connected legally, in plotline or in tone to that other recent Crowe vehicle, 2023’s THE POPE’S […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLACKWATER LANE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
BLACKWATER LANE movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Minka Kelly, Maggie Grace, Dermot Mulroney, Alan Calton, Natalie Simpson, Judah Cousin, Kris Johnson Writer: Elizabeth Fowler, based on the novel THE BREAKDOWN by B.A. Paris Director: Jeff Celentano Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: June 21, 2024 (theatrical/VOD) Based on B.A. Paris’s novel THE BREAKDOWN, BLACKWATER LANE has the odd distinction of being a thriller where viewers – at least, those acquainted with this subgenre – can guess what’s happening almost from the start. We begin with narration by Cass Anderson (Minka Kelly) about “what happened.” Cass and her husband Matthew (Dermot Mulroney) are half-American/half-English. They grew up […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THELMA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THELMA movie poster | ©2024 Magnolia Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Clark Gregg, Parker Posey, Malcolm McDowell Writer: Josh Margolin Director: Josh Margolin Distributor: Magnolia Pictures Release Date: June 21, 2024 Like a number of elderly Americans, ninety-three-year-old Thelma Post (June Squibb) falls for a costly telephone scam. Unlike most victims of this type of crime, Thelma is determined to do something about it. Thelma is a widow, living independently in L.A. County’s San Fernando Valley. We see from the outset that she is not very computer-savvy, as her twenty-something grandson Danny (Fred Hechinger) tries to instruct her in the finer points […]Read On »


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Movie Review: 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (20,000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/14/2024
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Rating: Not Rated Stars: Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Ane Gabarain, Itziar Lazkano, Martxelo Rubio, Sara Cózar, Miguel Garcés, Unax Hayden, Andere Garabieta Oribe Writer: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Director: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren Distributor: Film Movement Release Date: June 14, 2024 Many transgender people from all over the world say they have known from early childhood that their gender identities do not correspond to what was assigned to them at birth. Until now, though, the transgender experience in narrative film has been explored with teen and adult characters. 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES (20,000 ESPECIES DE ABEJAS) introduces us to an eight-year-old […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TIGER STRIPES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
TIGER STRIPES Poster | ©2024 Dark Star Pictures/Netflix

Rating: TV-14 Stars: Zafreen Zairizal, Deena Ezral, Piqa, Jun Loiong, Khairunazwan Rodzy, Shaheizy Sam, Fatimah Abu Bakar, Bella Rahim Writer: Amanda Nell Eu Director: Amanda Nell Eu Distributor: Dark Star Pictures/Netflix Release Date: June 14, 2024 (theatrical); July 9, 2024 (VOD) TIGER STRIPES won the Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week Grand Prize Award. It can best be described as consistently engaging and agreeably weird. Horror as a metaphor for the start of adolescence is nothing new, but director/writer Amanda Nell Eu still makes TIGER STRIPES feel fresh. She is helped in this by a setting that will be new to […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LATENCY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
LATENCY movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Sasha Luss, Alexis Ren Writer: James Croke Director: James Croke Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: June 14, 2024 LATENCY begins with a sequence that seems straight out of a videogame. A young woman, Hana (Sasha Luss), has her heavily-bolted front door pounded upon, then knocked down, by an enormous monster. Hana shoots the invader, only to find more mysteriously charging in from behind her. Hana miraculously takes out all of these, too. Then we find that this looks like a videogame because it is. Hana’s job is to test video and VR games for glitches (one of the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FIREBRAND

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
FIREBRAND movie poster | ©2024 Roadside Attractions/Vertical

Rating: R Stars: Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Eddie Marsan, Simon Russell Beale, Sam Riley, Erin Doherty, Patsy Ferran, Junia Rees, Patrick Buckley Writers: Henrietta Ashworth & Jessica Ashworth, additional writing by Rosanne Flynn, based on the novel QUEEN’S GAMBIT by Elizabeth Fremantle Director: Karim Aïnouz Distributor: Roadside Attractions/Vertical Release Date: June 14, 2024 FIREBRAND is an opulent drama set in the last years of English King Henry VIII’s (Jude Law) court. Years ago, it might have been big-studio Oscar bait; even now, it could have been a miniseries. Based on Elizabeth Fremantle’s novel QUEEN’S GAMBIT (not to be confused with […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LONGING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/07/2024
LONGING movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Richard Gere, Suzanne Clément, Diane Kruger, Jessica Clement, Tomaso Sanelli, Larry Day, Marnie McPhail, Alex Ivanovici, Jessikah Roberts, Kevin Hanchard, Stuart Hughes Writer: Savi Gabizon, based on the 2017 film LONGING (GA’AGUA) written by Savi Gabizon Director: Savi Gabizon Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: June 7, 2024 (theatrical); June 28, 2024 (VOD/digital) Let’s start by giving LONGING its due – it’s seldom boring. LONGING is an English-language, Canadian-set remake of the 2017 Israeli feature LONGING (GA’AGUA) of the same name. The original won a number of awards. Even though both were written and directed by Savi Gabizon, we […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE movie poster | ©2024 Sony

Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Nuñez, Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Jacob Scipio, Melanie Liburd, Tasha Smith, Tiffany Haddish, Joe Pantoliano, Dennis Greene, Quinn Hemphill Writers: Chris Bremner and Will Beall, based on characters created by George Gallo Directors: Adil & Bilall Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: June 7, 2024 BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE is the fourth installment of the BAD BOYS franchise. This began with the 1995 original directed by Michael Bay, continued with 2003’s BAD BOYS II (also directed by Bay), followed by 2020’s BAD BOYS FOR LIFE, directed by Adil & Bilall (Adil […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE WATCHERS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE WATCHERS movie poster | ©2024 New Line/Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré, Oliver Finnegan, Alistair Brammer, John Lynch Writer: Ishana Night Shyamalan, based on the novel by A.M. Shine Director: Ishana Night Shyamalan Distributor: New Line/Warner Bros. Release Date: June 7, 2024 THE WATCHERS has its issues, like a desktop computer, supposedly from 2009, that looks like it’s from the early ‘90s, and an apartment that’s strangely empty when this isn’t a plot point. However, the biggest matter facing THE WATCHERS has nothing to do with the filmmaking prowess of writer/director Ishana Night Shyamalan in her feature debut, adapting A.M. Shine’s novel for […]Read On »


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