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Movie Review: PERPETRATOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/01/2023
PERPETRATOR movie poster | ©2023 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kiah McKirnan, Melanie Liburd, Ireon Roach, Casimere Jolette, Tim Hopper, Josh Bywater, Audrey Francis, Sasha Kuznetsov, Christopher Lowell, Alicia Silverstone Writer: Jennifer Reeder Director: Jennifer Reeder Distributor: Shudder Release Date: September 1, 2023 (theatrical, Shudder) PERPETRATOR is an uncommonly bloody film. That’s not so much because of violence-related gore – there is some, but it’s not excessive by horror standards – as due to the novel mythmaking of writer/director Jennifer Reeder. In the opening, we see the point of view of a masked stalker pursuing a young woman. This is intercut with footage of less-than-clean surgical […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GRAN TURISMO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/25/2023
GRAN TURISMO movie poster | ©2023 Sony

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Takehiro Hira, Darren Barnet, Djimon Hounsou, Geri Halliwell Horner, Joshua Stradowski, Daniel Puig, Maeve Courtier-Lilley, Thomas Kretschmann Writers: Jason Hall and Zach Baylin, story by Jason Hall and Alex Tse Director: Neill Blomkamp Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: August 25, 2023 There are two big surprises in GRAN TURISMO. One is that, despite the movie being essentially based on the PlayStation game of the same title, main character Jann Mardenborough, played by Archie Madekwe, is a real person, who really grew up in Wales, really learned the basics of race driving on […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GOLDA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
GOLDA movie poster | ©2023 Bleecker Street

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin, Lior Ashkenazi, Rami Heuberger, Rotem Keinan, Dvir Benedek, Ellie Piercy, Henry Goodman, Ed Stoppard, Dominic Mafham, Ohad Knoller, Liev Schreiber Writer: Nicholas Martin Director: Guy Nattiv Distributor: Bleecker Street Release Date: August 25, 2023 Much as the 2006 film THE QUEEN sought to provide insight into the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II by focusing on one specific incident (the death of Princess Diana), GOLDA sets about presenting Israel’s fourth Prime Minister, the late Golda Meir, by primarily dramatizing how she handled 1973’s Yom Kippur War. Both Queen Elizabeth in THE QUEEN and Prime […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BANK OF DAVE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
BANK OF DAVE movie poster | ©2023 Samuel Goldwyn Co.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Joel Fry, Phoebe Dynevor, Jo Hartley, Rory Kinnear, Naomi Battrick, Paul Kaye Adrian Lukis, Harry Mitchell, Cathy Tyson, Angus Wright Writer: Piers Ashworth Director: Chris Foggin Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Co. Release Date: August 25, 2023 Lots of fact-based films invent characters and storylines to make themselves more dramatic and interesting. Without knowing the ins and outs of what really happened, it’s impossible to say for certain what the case is with BANK OF DAVE. However, we get the feeling that the truth may be more intriguing than the fiction here. David “Dave” Fishwick, played here by Rory […]Read On »


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JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL: Executive Producers Michael Dinner, Peter Leonard and Chris Provenzano chat new limited series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/22/2023
JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL Key Art | ©2023 FX

The eight-episode limited series JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL is a continuation of the adventures of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens. The character was first created in the writings of the late Elmore Leonard and then played by Timothy Olyphant in six acclaimed seasons of JUSTIFIED, which ran on FX from 2010 through 2015. JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL is also on FX, with new episodes on Tuesdays that are available on FX on Hulu the following day. The limited series adds Raylan to the plot of Leonard’s novel CITY PRIMEVAL, about a very bad man, Clement Mansell (played here by Boyd Holbrook) running amok […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WAKING NIGHTMARE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
WAKING NIGHTMARE movie poster | ©2023 Terror Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Diane Franklin, Shelley Regner, Jamison Newlander, Gabby West, Every Heart, Ryan Bonnick, Brian Farmer, Stephen Wu, Brian Tyler Cohen, Yan Birch, David Naughton Writer: Brian Farmer Directors: Steven Joseph Craig & Brian Farmer Distributor: Terror Films Release Date: August 18, 2023 (VOD) WAKING NIGHTMARE begins with a sleeping nightmare. It’s bracingly weird, represented on a tiny TV-type screen in the middle of the viewing screen. Then Jordan (Shelley Regner), who is having the nightmare, wakes up screaming. Jordan’s parents, Danielle (Diane Franklin) and Jeff (Jamison Newlander), rush into their daughter’s bedroom. Jordan dreamt about her friend […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DARK WINDOWS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
DARK WINDOWS movie poster | ©2023 Brainstorm Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Anna Bullard, Annie Hamilton, Rory Alexander, Jóel Sæmundsson, Morten Holst, Rachel Fowler, Grace Binford Sheene, Vanessa Borgli Writer: Wolf Kraft, story by Alex Herron Director: Alex Herron Distributor: Brainstorm Media Release Date: August 18, 2023 DARK WINDOWS follows the contemporary slasher format faithfully. We have a group of teens (albeit fewer in numbers than usual) spending the weekend in a large, isolated site. They are stalked by a masked killer who is punishing and vengeful. What elevates DARK WINDOWS within the subgenre is that it is uncommonly well-acted. Director Alex Herron, and screenwriter Wolf Kraft, working […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEAD SHOT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/18/2023
DEAD SHOT movie poster | ©2023 Quiver Releasing

Stars: Aml Ameen, Colin Morgan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Sophia Brown, Mark Strong, Felicity Jones, Máiréad Tyers Writers: Tom Guard & Charles Guard, based on a screenplay by Ronan Bennett, inspired by the book THE ROAD TO BALCOMBE STREET by Steven P. Moysey PhD Directors: Tom Guard & Charles Guard Distributor: Quiver Distribution Release Date: August 18, 2023 (theatrical, VOD, digital) DEAD SHOT is a fictionalized story that is “inspired by” the nonfiction book THE ROAD TO BALCOMBE STREET by Steven P. Moysey PhD. The book dealt with an escalating conflict on the streets of London between an Active Service Unit (ASU) […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/11/2023
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER movie poster | ©2023 Universal PIctures

Rating: R Stars: Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Woody Norman, Chris Walley, Jon Jon Briones, Stefan Kapicic, Martin Furulund, Nikolai Nikolaeff, Javier Botet Writers: Bragi F. Schut Jr. and Zak Olkewicz, screen story by Bragi F. Schut Jr., based on the chapter “The Captain’s Log” in DRACULA by Bram Stoker Director: Andre Øvredal Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: August 11, 2023 There’s a spoiler in the movie’s title, and in its opening sequence, to say nothing of the source material in Bram Stoker’s novel DRACULA. It’s safe to say we go in knowing that THE LAST VOYAGE […]Read On »


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Movie Review: KING ON SCREEN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
KING ON SCREEN movie poster | ©2023 Darkstar Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Frank Darabont, Mick Garris, Taylor Hackford, Mike Flanagan, Scott Hicks, Tom Holland, Tom McLaughlin, Mikael Hafström, Mikael Salomon, Jeff Beesley, Vincenzo Natali, Josh Boone, Lewis Teague, Craig Baxley, Daniel Attias, David Carson, Fraser C. Heston, Fritz Kiersch, Greg Nicotero, John Harrison, Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer, Tod Williams, Zak Hilditch, Mark Lester, JP Scott, James Douglas Editors: Daphné Baiwir, Alex McKenzie, Sebastien Cruz Director: Daphné Baiwir Distributor: Darkstar Pictures Release Date: August 11, 2023 (theatrical), September 8, 2023 (VOD/Blu-ray) The “King” referenced in the title of KING ON SCREEN is prolific bestselling author Stephen King. The “screen” […]Read On »


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