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Movie Review: THANKSGIVING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/19/2024
THANKSGIVING Blu-ray | ©2024 Sony/TriStar

Rating: R Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Nell Verlaque, Addison Rae, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Milo Manheim, Tomaso Sanelli, Gabriel Davenport, Jenna Warren, Ty Victor Olsson, Tim Dillon, Russell Yuen, Karen Cliche, Derek McGrath, Joe Delfin, Jeff Teravainen, Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon Writer: Jeff Rendell, story by Eli Roth & Jeff Rendell Director: Eli Roth Distributor: Sony/TriStar Release Date: November 17, 2023 (theatrical); January 16, 2024 (digital); January 30, 2024 (DVD/Blu-ray) In the proud tradition of 2010’s MACHETE, 2011’s HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN, and 2013’s MACHETE KILLS, THANKSGIVING is the latest actual movie to be based on the parody trailers in the middle […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HELLHOUNDS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
HELLHOUNDS movie poster | ©2024 Uncork’d Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Nathaniel J. Burns, Eva Hamilton, Cameron Kotecki, Dana Kippel, Amelia Haberman, Tim Sauer, Anna Harr, Daniel Link, Angel Ruiz, Becky Jo Harris Writer: Robert Conway Director: Robert Conway Distributor: Uncork’d Entertainment Release Date: January 9, 2024 HELLHOUNDS is a low-budget werewolf movie with narrative ambitions that outstrip its scope. Writer/director Robert Conway has an epic tale in mind, but because resources are limited, a lot of it happens in expository dialogue. We open on a man (Daniel Link) choking out a young woman (Amelia Haberman) in the desert. Then we cut to bail bondswoman Mia (Dana […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SUNRISE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SUNRISE movie poster | ©2023 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Alex Pettyfer, Guy Pearce, Crystal Yu, William Gao. Olwen Fouéré, Kurt Yaeger, Lalor Roddy, Riley Chung, Chike Chan Writer: Ronan Blaney Director: Andrew Baird Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: January 19, 2024 In SUNRISE, opening title cards inform us of a demon in the Pacific Northwest that used to get ritual animal sacrifices from the First Nations. The demon could bestow eternal life when it chose. Eventually, humans were sacrificed. Settlers called the demon the Red Coat. The demon gets its power from blood. We see what appears to be someone in a red cloak feeding on a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MEAN GIRLS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/12/2024
MEAN GIRLS movie poster | ©2024 Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Angourie Rice, Renée Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Christopher Briney, Tina Fey, Jenna Fischer, Kevin Ganatra Writer: Tina Fey, based on the stage musical by Tina Fey, based on the screenplay by Tina Fey, inspired by the book QUEEN BEES AND WANNABES by Rosalind Wiseman Directors: Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: January 12, 2024 In the tradition of such expanding projects as THE PRODUCERS and HAIRSPRAY!, MEAN GIRLS began as a non-musical comedy film (in its case, 2004), that was adapted into a hit Broadway musical (which opened […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SOUL MATES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SOUL MATES movie poster | ©2023 NFaith Media Distribution/Imani Media Group

Rating: R Stars: Annie Ilonzeh, Charlie Weber, Neal McDonough Writers: Chris Lamont & Joseph L. Russo, based on a short story by Frankie Mendoza, Gunnar Baroldy, JJ Chalupnik Director: Mark Gantt Distributor: Faith Media Distribution/Imani Media Group Release Date: October 20, 2023 (theatrical); December 1, 2023 (digital) SOUL MATES is reminiscent of SAW and ESCAPE ROOM, plus a couple of other thrillers that shouldn’t be named for fear of giving the plot away. Allison (Annie Ilonzeh) wakes up in a strange bed, vomiting – and finds she is handcuffed to an unconscious man next to her. When he returns to […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHT SWIM

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/05/2024
NIGHT SWIM movie poster | ©2024 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren, Jodi Long, Eddie Martinez, Elijah Roberts, Nancy Lenehan, Rahnuma Panthaky, Ayazhan Dalabayeva Writer: Bryce McGuire, based on the short film by Rod Blackhurst & Bryce McGuire Director: Bryce McGuire Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: January 5, 2024 In home insurance documents, swimming pools are referred to as “attractive nuisances.” The swimming pool in NIGHT SWIM is more than that, alternatively alluring, healing, and homicidal. Directed and scripted by Bryce McGuire, who made the short film this is based on with Rod Blackhurst, NIGHT SWIM begins in 1992. A short […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MAESTRO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
MAESTRO movie poster | ©2023 Netflix

Rating: R Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton, Miriam Shor Writers: Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer Director: Bradley Cooper Distributor: Netflix Release Date: November 22, 2023 (theatrical); December 20, 2023 (Netflix) “A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” – Leonard Bernstein MAESTRO, which is about the famed conductor/composer/musician and his wife, the actor Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein, opens with this quote. It’s certainly fair enough to quote Bernstein, it’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: RACE FOR GLORY: AUDI VS. LANCIA (aka 2 WIN)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
RACE FOR GLORY movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Volker Bruch, Katie Clarkson-Hill, Esther Garrel, Giorgio Montanini, Gianmaria Martini, Haley Bennett, Daniel Brühl Writers: Filippo Bologna & Stefano Mordini & Riccardo Scamarcio, story by Riccardo Scamarcio Director: Stefano Mordini Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: January 5, 2024 National pride expresses itself in a multitude of ways. One of these (which has its own multiplicity) is the international sports triumph story. How well films about these succeed depend on how much the filmmakers can make their chosen subject resonate with viewers who may not necessarily be fans of that specific sport. RACE FOR GLORY: AUDI VS. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/25/2023
A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE | ©2023 September Films/Giant Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Bruce Vilanch, Kevin Smith, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Mick Garris, Donny Osmond, Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Steve Binder, Lenny Ripps, Kyle Newman Directors: Jeremy Koon & Steve Kozak Distributor: September Films/Giant Pictures Release Date: December 5, 2023 (digital) The 1978 STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL became an immediate legend for how horrified its viewers were. People who tuned in expecting a follow-up to George Lucas’s 1977 hit movie instead got two hours of something that made fans and civilians alike wonder, “How did this happen?” It’s taken forty-five years, but A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE, subtitled “How the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FREUD’S LAST SESSION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/22/2023
FREUD'S LAST SESSION movie poster | ©2023 Sony Pictures Classics

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Liv Lisa Fries, Jodi Balfour, Orla Brady Writers: Mark St. Germain and Matthew Brown, based on the play by Mark St. Germain and suggested by THE QUESTION OF GOD by Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr. Director: Matthew Brown Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics Release Date: December 22, 2023 It is reported that, a few weeks before his death, the renowned psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud met with an unnamed professor from Oxford University. FREUD’S LAST SESSION, based on the play by Mark St. Germain, with a screenplay by St. Germain and the film’s director Matthew […]Read On »


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