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Movie Review: FOREST OF DEATH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/31/2023
FOREST OF DEATH | ©2023 DBS Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Stephanie Kirves, Dylan DeVane, Chloe Rhoades, Tyler Miller, Benjamin Newmark, Reggie Johnson, Howard Hawkins, Alex Ussery, Kellan Rudnicki Writers: Brendan Rudnicki & Kellan Rudnicki Director: Brendan Rudnicki Distributor: DBS Films Release Date: March 31, 2023 The new FOREST OF DEATH is not to be confused with either the 2007 Hong Kong film of the same name or any of the entries in the Japanese DEATH FOREST series. Instead, this FOREST OF DEATH is a modest but fairly well-done low-budget horror movie. It’s uneven, but its merits add up to more than its faults. For starters, the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HYPNOTICA (aka UNHINGED)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
HYPNOTICA movie poster | ©2023 Terror Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Adam Johnson, Tim Torre, Taylor Foster, Marisa Echeverria Writer: A.T. Sharma Director: A.T. Sharma Distributor: Terror Films Release Date: March 31, 2023 (digital) HYPNOTICA opens with the supertitle: “The following is based on actual case studies.” This is broadly true, in the sense that psychiatrists treat patients for mental health issues. Oliver Reese (Adam Johnson) tells us in voiceover that, “I was going to Hell.” He then recites part of W.B. Yeats’s poem “The Stolen Child,” but substitutes “spirit” for “faery.” In fact, Oliver is going to see his psychiatrist, Mason Santino (Tim Torre). Oliver has […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ADALYNN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ADALYNN movie poster | ©2023 Summer Hill Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Sydney Carvill, Wade Baker, Rob Shuster, Janet Carter, Suzana Norberg Writer: Jerrod Brito Director: Jake Byrd Distributor: Summer Hill Films Release Date: March 28, 2023 (DVD and digital) ADALYNN, narrated by the title character (Sydney Carvill), starts out as a movie about a woman having a very tough time with new motherhood. After beginning with an inexact analogy about polar bears, Adalynn introduces us to her new daughter, Elizabeth. Elizabeth is born two weeks early and won’t stop crying. Adalynn sets the alarm to get up every two hours to feed her, and between sleep deprivation […]Read On »


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THE WATCHFUL EYE: Amy Acker on Season 1 of new Freeform series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/30/2023
Amy Acker in THE WATCHFUL EYE - Season 1 | ©2023 Freeform/Brendan Meadows

THE WATCHFUL EYE has its Season 1 finale Monday, March 27, on Freeform. The episode will stream the following day on Hulu, where the rest of the season is already available. In THE WATCHFUL EYE, Mariel Molino plays Elena Santos, a young woman who takes a job as a nanny in an upscale Manhattan apartment building. Her wealthy employer Matthew (Warren Christie) needs someone to look after his little boy after his wife commits suicide. Amy Acker plays Matthew’s even richer sister-in-law Tory, who is suspicious of Elena from the outside. Tory and Matthew have a volatile relationship and a […]Read On »


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BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE WILD BUNCH: Jeffrey Combs on playing historical lawman Charles Siringo – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/25/2023
Jeffrey Combs is Charles Siringo in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE WILD BUNCH | ©2023 Tubi

In the new Western BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE WILD BUNCH, now available on the free streaming service Tubi, Butch and his gang are relentlessly pursued by relentless lawman Charles Siringo. Like Cassidy, Siringo is a real-life historical figure. He was a sheriff who gained fame when he joined the Pinkerton National Detective Agency — though the film champions him more as the villain of the piece rather than the hero. Jeffrey Combs, who plays Siringo, explains that Pinkerton was like the Blackwater of its time, a group of independent contractors who operated largely outside the law. “Pinkerton detectives were hired […]Read On »


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FREERIDGE: Actress Ciara Riley Wilson on new Netflix teen comedy – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/24/2023
Ciara Riley Wilson | ©2023 Ciara Riley Wilson

FREERIDGE, a new half-hour comedy, is a spinoff of ON MY BLOCK. Both series are currently streaming on Netflix. In FREERIDGE, four East Los Angeles high school friends start to believe they are cursed after buying an old box at a garage sale. Not only are they being beset by a lot of weird coincidences, but an old woman who is supposedly dead shows up at the door. Ciara Riley Wilson plays Demi, one of the quartet. Wilson, whose first name is pronounced “Sierra,” has a background in dance and designs fashion when not acting. Although FREERIDGE is her first […]Read On »


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Movie Review: JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 movie poster | ©2023 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, Ian McShane, Clancy Brown Writers: Shay Hatten and Michael Finch, based on characters created by Derek Kolstad Director: Chad Stahelski Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: March 24, 2023 As the saying goes, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 came to chew bubblegum and kick butt, and seldom has there been a movie so out of bubblegum. JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 logs in at two hours and forty-nine minutes (including credits). There is butt-kicking, along with head-butting, shooting, swordfights, knife fights, fistfights, car […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FOLLOWERS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
FOLLOWERS movie poster | ©2023 Terror Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Harry Jarvis, Loreece Harrison, Daniel Cahill, Erin Austen, Nina Wadia Writer: Marcus Harben Director: Marcus Harben Distributor: Terror Films Release Date: March 24, 2023 Right at the top of FOLLOWERS, we know something has gone horribly wrong. Zauna (Loreece Harrison), who we’ll shortly find out is a student documentarian, tells us we’re watching the story of “the cassette murders.” FOLLOWERS takes place in the present, but yes, that’s an audiocassette. We’ll find out its history in due course. Meanwhile, Zauna says, “This is the truth – share it.” We then get a title: “Day 1 (of […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LOST KING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE LOST KING movie poster | ©2023 IFC Films

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy Writers: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, based on the book THE KING’S GRAVE: THE SEARCH FOR RICHARD III by Philippa Langley and Michael Jones Director: Stephen Frears Distributor: IFC Films Release Date: March 24, 2023 While THE LOST KING deals with the search for the physical remains of the English King Richard III, the film’s primary subject is Philippa Langley. Langley has her own Wikipedia page, which notes (among other things) that the University of Leicester is still disputing THE LOST KING’s depiction of events. This all by itself […]Read On »


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BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE WILD BUNCH: Screenwriter and actor Geoff Meed on new Tubi western – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/17/2023
Geoff Meed in BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE WILD BUNCH | ©2023 Tubi

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE WILD BUNCH, which made its debut this week on Tubi, is a Western that tells a new version of the legend of Butch Cassidy (Ross Jirgl), aka Robert Parker, in the days before he teamed up with the Sundance Kid (Jilon VanOver). The film also stars Bruce Dern and Dee Wallace as Butch’s foster parents, and Jeffrey Combs as lawman Charles Siringo, determined to bring Butch and his gang in by any means necessary. The screenplay for BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE WILD BUNCH was written by Geoff Meed, who also costars as Butch’s surly colleague Kid […]Read On »


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