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Movie Review: THE MONKEY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 02/21/2025
THE MONKEY movie poster | ©2025 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Osgood Perkins, Elijah Wood, Tess Degenstein, Danica Dreyer, Zia Newton, Adam Scott Writer: Osgood Perkins, based on the short story by Stephen King Director: Osgood Perkins Distributor: Neon Release Date: February 21, 2025 Bestselling prolific author Stephen King has had so much of his work adapted so many times for both the big and small screens that there are jokes going around about making a movie based on King’s grocery list. THE MONKEY is a film version of the King story of the same name, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: OLD GUY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
OLD GUY movie poster | ©2025 The Avenue

Rating: R Stars: Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Cooper Hoffman, Ryan McParland, Ann Akinjirin, Jason Done, Tony Hirst, Kate Katzman, Connor Mullen, Rory Mullen, Helen Ryan Writer: Greg Johnson Director: Simon West Distributor: The Avenue Release Date: February 21, 2025 In OLD GUY, Christoph Waltz stars title character Danny Dolinski. Danny has been the best of the best in terms of U.K. mob hitmen for thirty years. But now all that career longevity has become a drawback, because his employers want new blood. It doesn’t help that Danny is recovering from surgery on his gun hand. Boss Opal (Ann Akinjirin) offers […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MILLERS IN MARRIAGE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
MILLERS IN MARRIAGE | ©2025 Paramount/Republic Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Morena Baccarin, Benjamin Bratt, Edward Burns, Brian d’Arcy James, Minnie Driver, Julianna Margulies, Gretchen Mol, Campbell Scott, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Erica Hernandez, Patrick Wilson Writer: Edward Burns Director: Edward Burns Distributor: Paramount/Republic Pictures Release Date: February 21, 2025 Director/writer Edward Burns specializes in movies and TV series in lightly humorous dramas set in New Jersey and New York. Burns’s latest, MILLERS IN MARRIAGE, was shot in New Jersey. Its principal setting is perhaps there or another leafy, upscale community accessible by car and train a few hours out of Manhattan, with large, two-story homes that have enough […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BIG BOYS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
BIG BOYS movie poster | ©2025 Dark Star Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Isaac Krasner, Dora Madison, David Johnson III, Taj Cross, Emily Deschanel, Marion Van Cuyck, Emma Broz, Jack De Sanz Writer: Corey Sherman Director: Corey Sherman Distributor: Dark Star Pictures Release Date: February 14, 2025 (streaming/digital) Written and directed by Corey Sherman, BIG BOYS skillfully, sensitively and humorously depicts the kind of life-changing event that sometimes even best friends may never discuss. This isn’t because of embarrassment, but because it’s so hard to put into words. We’re in Southern California. Fourteen-year-old Jamie (Isaac Krasner) is smart but socially awkward (and a bit of a hypochondriac). His slightly […]Read On »


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THE SPACE RACE: Astronauts and the executive producer talk about the Hulu documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 02/15/2025
THE SPACE RACE key art | ©2024 National Geographic

The award-winning documentary THE SPACE RACE was originally produced for National Geographic Channel and is now streaming on Hulu. Directed by Lisa Cortes & Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, the film chronicles the struggle to get Black men and women into NASA’s astronaut programs. It is as or more timely than when it was originally released in 24. Astronaut Leland Melvin, one of THE SPACE RACE’s executive producers, is also one of the film’s subjects. His autobiography CHASING SPACE: AN ASTRONAUT’S STORY OF GRIT, GRACE, AND SECOND CHANCES, was published in 2017. Victor Glover is still an active NASA astronaut who […]Read On »


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THE PITT: Actress Fiona Dourif on the new MAX medical drama – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
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THE PITT, a huge hit for streaming network MAX, is an emergency room drama that takes place over one fifteen-hour shift. Each episode is its own hour. Praised for its lifelike qualities, THE PITT is created by R. Scott Gemmill, who was an executive producer and writer on NBC’s long-running ER. The earlier series’ creator, John Wells, is also an exec producer on THE PITT, which stars ER’s Noah Wyle as emergency room chief Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavich. When Warner Bros. Television arranges a set visit for the press on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, the emergency department […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PADDINGTON IN PERU

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
PADDINGTON IN PERU movie poster | ©2025 Sony/Columbia Pictures

Rating: PG Stars: Ben Whishaw (voice), Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Carla Tous, Imelda Staunton (voice), Jim Broadbent Writers: Mark Burton and Jon Foster & James Lamont, story by Paul King and Simon Farnaby and Mark Burton, based on PADDINGTON BEAR created by Michael Bond Director: Dougal Wilson Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: February 14, 2025 Michael Bond’s creation Paddington, an exceedingly polite (and talking) bear cub living in London, first appeared in 1958. Since then, Paddington has appeared in many places and mediums. Most recently, realized in CGI among a live-action […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE DEAD THING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE DEAD THING movie poster | ©2025 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Blu Hunt, Ben Smith-Petersen, John Karna, Katherine Hughes, Joey Millin, Brennan Mejia, Aerial Washington Writers: Webb Wilcoxen and Elric Kane Director: Elric Kane Distributor: Shudder Release Date: February 14, 2025 With a title like THE DEAD THING, we’re primed for one to show up eventually. In fact, we may be primed for something a lot scarier than what we get here. This DEAD THING turns out to be a lot more tense when it mimics reality than when it reaches into the supernatural. We are in Los Angeles, both downtown and in an adjoining pleasantly hipster […]Read On »


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ELSBETH: Series creators Robert King and Michelle King give the scoop on Season 2 of THE GOOD WIFE spin-off – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 02/07/2025
ELSBETH - Season 2 Key Art | ©2025 CBS

ELSBETH, the spin-off of the legal dramas THE GOOD WIFE and THE GOOD FIGHT, is now in its second season Thursday nights on CBS and streaming on Paramount Plus. Carrie Preston, who won a Guest Actress Emmy for playing Chicago lawyer Elsbeth Tascioni on THE GOOD WIFE and reprised the role on THE GOOD FIGHT, is now in the title role on ELSBETH. Elsbeth has given up both the courtroom and the Windy City in favor of being a consultant for the NYPD. In theory, Elsbeth’s job is to make sure that the police are complying with the laws that […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HEART EYES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
HEART EYES movie poster | ©2025 Sony Pictures/Screen Gems

Rating: R Stars: Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Jordana Brewster, Devon Sawa Writers: Phillip Murphy and Christopher Landon & Michael Kennedy Director: Josh Ruben Distributor: Sony/Screen Gems Release Date: February 7, 2025 As masked slasher horror/Hallmark-type romantic comedies go, it’s hard to imagine a more perfect example than HEART EYES. Writers Phillip Murphy and Christopher Landon & Michael Kennedy and director Josh Ruben demonstrate keen knowledge of both genres, plus the ability to affectionately and cleverly poke fun at both. Simultaneously and miraculously, HEART EYES manages to faithfully replicate the look and feel of more sober offerings, […]Read On »


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