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Movie Review: MAESTRO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/05/2024
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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Movie Review: AMERICAN FICTION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/15/2023
AMERICAN FICTION movie poster | ©2023 MGM/Orion/Amazon

Rating: R Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Miriam Shor, Adam Brody, Keith David, Okieriete Onaodowan Writer: Cord Jefferson, based on the novel ERASURE by Percival Everett Director: Cord Jefferson Distributor: MGM/Orion/Amazon Release Date: December 15, 2023 AMERICAN FICTION tackles some tangled subject matter with admirable wit and restraint. Based on the book ERASURE by Percival Everett, AMERICAN FICTION examines who gets to write what, why they write it, and how it’s decided what gets marketed. There are also a lot of family dynamics at play, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LORD OF MISRULE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/08/2023
LORD OF MISRULE movie poster | ©2023 Magnolia Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Tuppence Middleton, Ralph Ineson, Matt Stokoe, Anton Valensi, Rosalind March, Robert Goodman, Alexa Goodall, David Langham, Jane Wood, Evie Templeton Writer: Tom De Ville Director: William Brent Bell Distributor: Magnolia Pictures Release Date: December 8, 2023 Folk horror doesn’t get much folkier than LORD OF MISRULE. Almost every frame is packed with masks, costumes, charms, decorations, and artwork of British paganism. Even the scenes that are relatively mundane are shot and adorned to look as though they can easily accommodate anything folklore-related that may turn up in the frame. For a good stretch, the film, written […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE SACRIFICE GAME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE SACRIFICE GAME movie poster | ©2023 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Gus Kenworthy, Madison Baines, Derek Johns, Laurent Pitre, Chloë Levine, Georgia Acken Writers: Jenn Wexler & Sean Redlitz Director: Jenn Wexler Distributor: Shudder Release Date: December 8, 2023 (Shudder) THE SACRIFICE GAME is set in 1971, perhaps to avoid pesky technology issues and/or to justify the careful production design and color schemes. Directed by Jenn Wexler, with a script by Wexler & Sean Redlitz, it has a nicely-balanced mix of human malice and the supernatural. We are introduced upfront to “the Christmas Killers,” as they have been dubbed by the press. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ORIGIN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ORIGIN movie review | ©2023 Neon

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Isha Blaaker, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Connie Nielsen, Blair Underwood, Myles Frost, Nick Offerman, Suraj Yengde Writer: Ava DuVernay, inspired by the book CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS by Isabel Wilkerson Director: Ava DuVernay Distributor: Neon Release Date: December 8, 2023 (New York, Los Angeles); January 19, 2024 (wide release) ORIGIN is a respectful chronicle of both author Isabel Wilkerson’s nonfiction book CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS, and of Wilkerson’s life and research surrounding her writing of the project. Director/screenwriter […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHTMARE ON 34TH STREET

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
NIGHTMARE ON 34TH STREET movie poster | ©2023 Wild Eye Releasing

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Pierse Stevens, Mark Beauchamp, Olivia Hespe, Les Mills, Lucy Pinder, Jeff Kristian, Adam Thomas Wright, Jude Forsey, Eloise Harwood, Jon Vangdal Aamaas, Tony Fadil, Karl Hughes, Rafi Wilder, Matthew Jay France, Liam Elcock, Dani Thompson, Bibi Lucille, Tara Kirsty Sumner, Andy Gatenby, Gillian Broderick Writer: James Crow Director: James Crow Distributor: Wild Eye Releasing Release Date: December 5, 2023 (digital) NIGHTMARE ON 34TH STREET is a Christmas horror anthology. It is a relative novelty in that all of its segments have been written and directed by the same person, James Crow, rather than going with the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: IT LIVES INSIDE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
IT LIVES INSIDE movie poster | ©2023 Neon

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty Gabriel, Vik Sahay, Gage Marsh, Jenaya Ross, Beatrice Kitsos Writer: Bishal Dutta, story by Bishal Dutta and Ashish Mehta Director: Bishal Dutta Distributor: Neon Release Date: September 22, 2023 (theatrical), November 7, 2023 (home video and digital) IT LIVES INSIDE bears certain similarities to the original THE EXORCIST, inasmuch as the film’s action relies on the concept that a particular religion’s demons are real. However, in the case of IT LIVES INSIDE, the religion is Hinduism, and the hero is not a cleric of any sort, but rather American high […]Read On »


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