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Movie Review: IN A VIOLENT NATURE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/31/2024
IN A VIOLENT NATURE movie poster | ©2024 IFC Films/Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Reece Presley, Liam Leone, Charlotte Creaghan, Lea Rose Sebastianis, Sam Roulston, Alexander Oliver, Timothy Paul McCarthy, Lauren Taylor Writer: Chris Nash Director: Chris Nash Distributor: IFC Films/Shudder Release Date: May 31, 2024 The horror genre has many subgenres. One of these is the slasher, which has its own collection of sub-subgenres. IN A VIOLENT NATURE seems aimed at those who can differentiate between, say, a HALLOWEEN film and a FRIDAY THE 13TH. The new movie definitely falls into the FRIDAY category. Instead of a summer camp, it’s an old mining […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WHAT YOU WISH FOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
WHAT YOU WISH FOR movie poster | ©2024 Magnet Releasing/Magnolia

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Nick Stahl, Tamsin Topolski, Randy Vasquez, Penelope Mitchell, Juan Carlos Messier, Brian Groh, Ariel Sierra, David Tominaga Writer: Nicholas Tomnay Director: Nicholas Tomnay Distributor: Magnet Releasing/Magnolia (theatrical/VOD) Release Date: May 31, 2024 WHAT YOU WISH FOR takes its title from the familiar phrase that begins with “Be careful.” In this instance, the person who ought to exercise more caution is Ryan Moseley (Nick Stahl). Ryan has come to South America (the country is unnamed, but the film mentions Bogota and was shot in Colombia) to visit his old friend Jack (Brian Groh). They were at culinary […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE HANGMAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE HANGMAN movie poster | ©2024 Epic Pictures Dread

Rating: Not Rated Stars: LeJon Woods, Marcellus, Scott Callenberger, Kaitlyn Lundardi, Rob Cardazone, Jefferson Cox, Lindsey Dresbach, Daniel Martin Berkey, William Shuman, Laura Loftus, Richard Lunello, Ameerah Briggs Writers: LeJon Woods & Bruce Wemple Director: Bruce Wemple Distributor: Epic Pictures Dread Release Date: May 31, 2024 (theatrical); June 4, 2024 (VOD) THE HANGMAN opens with the following supertitle: “There are at least seven known gateways to Hell across the world. One of the sits in the mountains of West Virginia. The region has no name.” This is intriguing, but it’s not the set-up to the type of horror movie we […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/24/2024
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA poster | ©2024 Warner Bros.

Rating: R Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne, John Howard, Angus Fraser, Charlee Fraser, George Shevtsov, Lachy Hulme Writers: George Miller & Nick Lathouris Director: George Miller Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: May 24, 2024 FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA is, as its title suggest, focuses on the multifaceted character previously played by Charlize Theron in 2015’s MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. As FURIOSA is a prequel rather than a sequel, the title character is portrayed as a young woman by Anya Taylor-Joy, and by Alyla Browne as a child. Franchise creator George Miller is back as director; […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WE GO ON

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
WE GO ON poster | ©2024 Lightyear Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Annette O’Toole, Clark Freeman, John Glover, Giovanna Zacarías, Jay Dunn, Laura Heisler Writer: Andy Mitton, story by Andy Mitton & Jesse Holland Directors: Andy Mitton & Jesse Holland Distributors: Lightyear Entertainment Release Date: March 5, 2016 (theatrical); May 21, 2024 (remastered home video, digital) First released theatrically in 2016, WE GO ON is newly available in remastered form on home video and digital. Apart from what feels like a quaint reference to “the sniffles” as opposed to COVID, there’s nothing that seems especially dated about the film, and Los Angeles residents will appreciate its geographic veracity. […]Read On »


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ABBOTT ELEMENTARY: Executive producer and showrunner Justin Halpern on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/20/2024
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY Season 3 Key Art | ©2024 ABC

ABC’s ABBOTT ELEMENTARY has its third season finale on Wednesday, May 22, with episodes available the next day on Hulu and Max. Fans should have no fear – the multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy has been renewed for a fourth season. Quinta Brunson created, executive produces, and stars as Janine Teagues in ABBOTT ELEMENTARY, which deals with the teachers, staff and students at a Philadelphia school. Justin Halpern, along with Patrick Schumacker, is an executive producer and showrunner on ABBOTT ELEMENTARY. Halpern previously co-created S#*! MY DAD SAYS and, with Schumacker, SURVIVING JACK and HARLEY QUINN, and was a writer/producer on COUGAR […]Read On »


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Movie Review: IF

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/17/2024
IF movie poster | ©2024 Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG Stars: Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Fiona Shaw, Alan Kim, Bobby Moynihan, Liza Colón-Zayas, Audrey Hoffman, Steve Carell (voice), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (voice), Louis Gossett Jr. (voice), Emily Blunt (voice), Matt Damon (voice), Maya Rudolph (voice), Jon Stewart (voice), Sam Rockwell (voice), Sebastian Maniscalco (voice), Christopher Meloni (voice), Awkwafina (voice) Writer: John Krasinski Director: John Krasinski Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: May 17, 2024 One would have to be a Grinch of the highest order to object to the premise of IF, which is, broadly, that imagination makes everybody’s lives better. Written and directed by John Krasinski, the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: YOU CAN’T RUN FOREVER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
YOU CANT RUN FOREVER movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: J.K. Simmons, Fernanda Urrejola, Isabelle Anaya, Allen Leech, Graham Patrick Martin, Andres Velez, Olivia Simmons, Kevin Quinn Writers: Carolyn Carpenter, Michelle Schumacher Director: Michelle Schumacher Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: May 17, 2024 There are few things that are certain in life or in cinema. However, something we can all depend on is that if J.K. Simmons is playing a character, we will believe him completely. Therefore, it stands to reason that if Simmons is playing a terrifying psychopath, we will be duly frightened. This is a key strength of YOU CAN’T RUN FOREVER. Directed by Michelle Schumacher […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHTWATCH: DEMONS ARE FOREVER (NATTEVAGTEN: DÆMONER GÅR I ARV)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
NIGHTWATCH (DEMONS ARE FOREVER) Key Art | ©2024 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Fanny Leander Bornedal, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulf Pilgaard, Sonja Richter, Casper Kjær Jensen, Paprika Steen, Alex Høgh Andersen, Nina Rask, Sonny Lindberg, Kim Bodnia Writer: Ole Bornedal Director: Ole Bornedal Distributor: Shudder Release Date: May 17, 2024 NIGHTWATCH: DEMONS ARE FOREVER (NATTEVAGTEN: DÆMONER GÅR I ARV) is filmmaker Ole Bornedal’s third go-round with this premise and these characters. Bornedal first wrote and directed the original NIGHTWATCH (NATTEVAGTEN) in 1994 in his native Denmark. Then he directed and co-wrote (with Steven Soderbergh) the English-language adaptation in 1997. Now he’s back with a thirty-years-later sequel, which has its U.S. […]Read On »


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THE ROOKIE: Actors Alyssa Diaz, Melissa O’Neil and Lisseth Chavez give the scoop on Season 6 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/14/2024
Alissa Diaz in THE ROOKIE - Season 6 - "Punch Card" | ©2024 ABC/Raymond Liu

ABC’s series THE ROOKIE is now on Tuesday nights in its sixth season, available the next day on Hulu, and has been renewed for a seventh. The show’s title character, John Nolan (Nathan Fillion), started the series as a fortyish LAPD rookie, and has since become a training officer for other rookies. While Fillion receives top billing, THE ROOKIE has evolved into an ensemble dramedy, in which all of the regular characters get substantial storylines. Therefore, when THE ROOKIE does a presentation during ABC’s portion of the Television Critics Association (TCA) Winter 2024 press tour, the whole ensemble cast is […]Read On »


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