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Movie Review: THE BLACK DEMON

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/02/2023
Article: Movie Review:  THE LAST DEAL

Rating: R Stars: Josh Lucas, Fernanda Urrejola, Venus Ariel, Carlos Solórzano, Julio César Cedillo, Jorge Jiménez, Omar Chaparro Writer: Boise Esquerra, story, Carlos Cisco Director: Adrian Grünberg Distributor: The Atlantic Release Date: April 28, 2023 THE BLACK DEMON is ostensibly about a megalodon shark terrorizing an American oil drilling station in Mexican waters. It also finds reasonable (given its parameters) ways to tie this to an eco myth about the Aztec rain god Tlaloc. At the start, we get titles plus narration about “El Demonio Negro” (i.e., the Black Demon), and we’re told, “Legend says it only comes when summoned.” […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FROM BLACK

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
FROM BLACK movie poster | ©2023 RLJE Films/Shudder/IFC Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Anna Camp, John Ales, Jennifer Lafleur, Travis Hammer, Ritchie Montgomery, Eduardo Campirano III, Alicia Mason, Ian Casselberry Writers: Jessub Flower, Thomas Marchese Director: Thomas Marchese Distributor: RLJE Films/Shudder Release Date: April 28, 2023 (Shudder/AMC+) At the start of FROM BLACK, we see stark fields and leafless trees, then a battered, isolated house with police tape on the porch. What happened in the house probably isn’t responsible for the desolate look of the general area, but it didn’t help. FROM BLACK takes place in three timeframes: the present, when former drug addict Cora Loewen (Anna Camp) is […]Read On »


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FROM: Actor Harold Perrineau on Season 2 of the horror series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Harold Perrineau in FROM - Season 2 | ©2023 MGM

FROM, already in its second season on MGM+ (formerly Epix) is created by John Griffin and set in a rundown small town that mysteriously traps people who drive through it. Food can be found, and some electricity works, but there are monsters in the woods that come out at night. Harold Perrineau plays Boyd Stevens, one of the trapped people, is a former military man who has become the town sheriff. In Season 1, Boyd reconciled with his estranged son Ellis, played by Corteon Moore, while coming to terms with his grief about the loss of his wife, Ellis’s mother. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHTMARE RADIO – THE NIGHT STALKER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
NIGHTMARE RADIO: THE NIGHT STALKER | ©2023 Trinity Creative Partnership/Reel 2 Reel

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Paula Brasca, Agustin Olcese, Anjella Mackintosh, Belle Mary Hithersay, Marie Ruane, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Karen Griffin, Corey Rutledge, Andrew Fleming, Shannon Lahaie, Meghan McNicol, Sophia Davey, Cassandra Magrath, Michael Lorz, Sean Weil, Anthony Del Negro, Nancy Nagrant, Pooya Mohseni Writers: film based on a concept by Michael Kraetzer; Camilo Zafforo and Taz Pereyra (“Nightmare Radio – The Night Stalker”), Ryan J. Thompson (“Playtime”), Garret Shanley (“Foxes”), Nathan Crooker (“Playback”), Julien Maisonnueve and Trevor Botkin, story by Adam O’Brien & Julien Maisonnueve (“Insane”), Mia’Kate Russell (“Liz Drives”), David M. Night Maire (“Chateau Sauvignon”) Directors: Charly Goitia (“Nightmare Radio […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LAST DEAL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE LAST DEAL movie poster | ©2023 Scatena & Rosner Films

Rating: R Stars: Anthony Molinari, Sala Baker, Mister Fitzgerald, Jeffri Lauren, Mike Ferguson, Kenny Johnston, Orion McCabe, Audra Van Hees, April Lang, Jamil Zraikat, Tim Willis, Linda Burzynkski, James Logan, Conner Floyd, Eliana Saenz Writer: Jonathan Salemi Director: Jonathan Salemi Distributor: Scatena & Rosner Films Release Date: February 7, 2023 (theatrical); March 31, 2023 (digital) THE LAST DEAL is the kind of movie that major studios used to make as vehicles for the likes of Jeff Bridges or Sean Penn in their younger days. As it is, the film is an indie, starring Anthony Molinari as Vince, a Los Angeles […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/28/2023
ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET | ©2023 Lionsgate

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Benny Safdie, Elle Graham, Amari Price, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Kate MacCluggage, Aidan Wojtak-Hissong, Landon Baxter, Echo Kellum, Simms May, Zack Brooks, Isol Young Writer: Kelly Fremon Craig, based on the novel by Judy Blume Director: Kelly Fremon Craig Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: April 28, 2023 Judy Blume’s middle-grade novel ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET was originally published in 1970, and has since sold in the millions. It has now been brought to the screen by writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig. The adaptation is warm and agreeable, and admirably demonstrates […]Read On »


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ICONIC AMERICA: OUR SYMBOLS AND STORIES WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/25/2023
ICONIC AMERICA: OUR SYMBOLS AND STORIES WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN | ©2023 PBS

David M. Rubenstein is the co-founder and co-chairman of the extremely successful international private equity firm The Carlyle Group. He is also an original signer of the Giving Pledge, and involved in chairing nonprofit organizations, including the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress, and the Council on Foreign Relations, to name a few. As if that’s not enough to do, Rubenstein is also the host of PBS’s new eight-part ICONIC AMERICA: OUR SYMBOLS AND STORIES WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN, which premieres Wednesday, April 26. Rubenstein’s other PBS series, HISTORY WITH DAVID RUBENSTEIN, recently concluded its fourth […]Read On »


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FREE CHOL SOO LEE: Filmmakers and activists Julie Ha, Eugene Yi, Gail Whang and Ranko Yamada on new PBS doc – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/24/2023
FREE CHOL SOO LEE | ©2023 PBS

Chol Soo Lee was a young Korean immigrant living in San Francisco’s Chinatown when he was arrested on June 7, 1973, and subsequently convicted, for the murder of Yip Yee Tak. While in prison, Lee was given the death penalty for the killing of a fellow inmate, although Lee claimed self-defense. In June of 1977, reporter K.W. Lee (no relation to Chol Soo), after hearing from young Asian-American activists, began investigating the case for a series of articles in the SACRAMENTO UNION. K.W. Lee found facts that strongly suggested that Chol Soo Lee had been wrongly targeted for the murder […]Read On »


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Movie Review: EVIL DEAD RISE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/21/2023
EVIL DEAD RISE poster | ©2023 Warner Bros./New Line Cinema

Rating: R Stars: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher Writer: Lee Cronin Director: Lee Cronin Distributor: Warner Bros./New Line Cinema Release Date: April 21, 2023 EVIL DEAD RISE checks most of of boxes that are necessary for it to be a real EVIL DEAD movie. It’s got those speeding, low to the ground traveling shots that speak to the movement of evil. It’s got people who wind up covered head to toe in blood. It’s even got a cabin in the woods, although this one is an A-frame, and we don’t spend long there. In fact, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TO CATCH A KILLER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
TO CATCH A KILLER | ©2023 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ben Mendelsohn, Jovan Adepo, Ralph Ineson, Michael Cram, Rosemary Dunsmore Writers: Damian Szifron & Jonathan Wakeham Director: Damian Szifron Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: April 21, 2023 TO CATCH A KILLER is a thriller that focuses steadily and pleasingly on procedure. We actually feel like we’re learning something, even as the story goes through some inevitable turns. On New Year’s Eve in Baltimore, people are out celebrating. There are fireworks – and gunshots mixed in with the fireworks as a very accurate mass shooter targets and kills twenty-nine people. All police are called in to […]Read On »


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