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ENGLISH TEACHER: Actor Sean Patton on new FX comedy – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 10/08/2024
Sean Patton as Markie Hillridge in ENGLISH TEACHER - Season 1 | ©2024 FX/Steve Swisher

In ENGLISH TEACHER, series creator Brian Jordan Alvarez plays the title role, Evan Marquez, an instructor at an Austin, Texas high school where nuance is everything. The comedy airs Monday nights on FX, with episodes available the following day on Hulu. Sean Patton plays Evan’s colleague Markie Hillridge, the school’s physical education instructor and football coach. Markie and Evan are friends, even though Markie is in many ways a traditional conservative good ol’ boy, and Evan is gay and progressive. Patton, originally from Louisiana, has appeared in a number of films and TV shows, including INSIDE AMY SCHUMER and MARON, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SATURDAY NIGHT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 10/04/2024
SATURDAY NIGHT movie poster | ©2024 Sony Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Corey Michael Smith, Matt Wood, Dylan O’Brien, Ella Hunt, Nicholas Braun, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Emily Fairn, Tommy Dewey, Cooper Hoffman, Willem Dafoe, Catherine Curtin, Finn Wolfhard, J.K. Simmons, Matthew Rhus, Nicholas Podany, Corinne Britti, Naomi McPherson, Jon Batiste Writers: Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman Director: Jason Reitman Distributor: Sony/Columbia Pictures Release Date: September 27, 2024 (theatrical limited); October 11, 2024 (theatrical wide) October 11, 2024 is the fiftieth anniversary and start of the fiftieth season of that NBC staple, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, still cranking out episodes and minting new comedy stars lo […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HOLD YOUR BREATH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
HOLD YOUR BREATH | ©2024 Searchlight Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Sarah Paulson, Amiah Miller, Annaleigh Ashford, Alona James Robbins, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Frances Lee McCain, Courtney Cunningham Writer: Karrie Crouse Directors: Karrie Crouse & Will Joines Distributor: Searchlight Pictures Release Date: October 3, 2024 (Hulu) HOLD YOUR BREATH is set in the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1933, when blinding, catastrophic dust storms were ravaging the American Midwest. Directors Karrie Crouse & Will Joines, working from Crouse’s script, give us an environment as ominous as the deep ocean, and use it to set a horror story that can be read as supernatural, psychological, or both. Wheat farmer Margaret Bellum (Sarah […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHT OF THE HARVEST

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
NIGHT OF THE HARVEST movie poster | ©2024 Gravitas Features

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Jessica Morgan, Brittany Isabell, Aeric Azana, Jim Cirner, Taylor Falshaw, Ashton Jordaan Ruiz, Autumn Gubersky, John Noble, Steve McKee, Jesse Pickering, Angelica Ornelas, Dustin Rieffer, Michaela Ivey Writer: Christopher M. Carter, story by Christopher M. Carter & Jessica Morgan Directors: Christopher M. Carter & Jessica Morgan Distributor: Gravitas Features Release Date: September 24, 2024 (digital) NIGHT OF THE HARVEST is a low-budget but decently-made Halloween horror slasher. It has a couple of strong plot twists, and succeeds in keeping us guessing if something supernatural or just psychotic is occurring. However, directors Christopher M. Carter & Jessica […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE WILD ROBOT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/27/2024
THE WILD ROBOT | ©2024 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara Writer: Chris Sanders, based on the book by Peter Brown Director: Chris Sanders Distributor: Universal/DreamWorks Animation Release Date: September 27, 2024 It’s hard to make a movie, whether animated or live-action, about the parent-child bond that is touching without being either rote or overkill. Based on Peter Brown’s illustrated children’s novel, the action-packed but gentle-spirited THE WILD ROBOT succeeds. Directed by Chris Sanders, who adapted the screenplay, THE WILD ROBOT introduces us to Rozzum Unit 7134 (voiced by […]Read On »


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Movie Review: AMBER ALERT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
AMBER ALERT movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Hayden Panettiere, Tyler James Williams, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Kurt Oberhaus, Katie McClellan, Kevin Dunn, Ducky Cash Writers: Kerry Bellesa & Joshua Oram Director: Kerry Bellesa Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: September 27, 2024 (theatrical, VOD) An Amber Alert is a law enforcement notification to the public about an abducted or missing child (the alert got its name from 1996 kidnap/murder victim Amber Hagerman). AMBER ALERT (the new release, not to be confused with earlier films that share the title) uses this notification as a springboard for a plot that is improbable but nevertheless entertaining. We start out in […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TENANTS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
TENANTS movie poster | ©2024 Cranked Up

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Mary O’Neil, Christa Collins, Joshua Sterling, Myles Cranford, Acquah Dansoh, Douglas Vermeeren, Miranda Cover, Tara Erickson, Ivan Djurovic, Clarke Wolfe, Fayna Sanchez, Kathryne Easton, Rib Hillis Writers: Mary O’Neil (“Hoarder,” “The Photograph,” “Laundry Day,” “Need Anything,” “You’re Not Supposed to Be Here”), Buz Wallick (“Hoarder,” “Nah,” “Need Anything,” “You’re Not Supposed to Be Here”), Sean Mesler (“Acting Rash,” “Nah”) Directors: Buz Wallick (“Hoarder,” “Need Anything,” “You’re Not Supposed to Be Here”), Sean Mesler (“Acting Rash,” “The Photograph”), Jonathan Louis Lewis (“Laundry Day”), Blake Reigle (“Nah”) Distributor: Cranked Up Release Date: September 24, 2024 (VOD, digital) Horror […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WAR GAME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
WAR GAME movie poster | ©2024 Submarine Deluxe

Stars: Chris Jones, Kris Goldsmith, Ralph Brown, Janessa Goldbeck, Gov. Steve Bullock, Maj. Gen. Linda Singh (MD Arng., ret.), Elizabeth Neumann, David Priess, Joe Reeder, Sen. Doug Jones, Sgt. Major Marshall “Will” Williams (USA, ret.), Gen. Wesley Clark (USA, ret.), Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan (USA, ret.), Ben Radd, Eric Schmeltzer, Samantha Libraty, Bill Kristol, Isha Sesay, Peter Strozk, Louis Caldera, Gwen Camp, Lt. Gen. Alexander Vindman (USA, ret.), Doug Wilson, Fred Wellman, Chris Coffey, Jack T. Tomarchio, Gary Perez, Doug Gordon Writers: Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss Directors: Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber Distributor: Submarine Deluxe Release […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LAST STRAW

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
LAST STRAW movie poster | ©2024 Shout! Studios

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Jessica Belkin, Taylor Kowalski. Glen Gould, Joji Otani-Hansen, Chris Lopes, Michael Giannone, Tara Raani, Jeremy Sisto Writer: Taylor Sardoni Director: Alan Scott Neal Distributor: Shout! Studios Release Date: September 20, 2024 (theatrical, VOD, digital) There are moments when LAST STRAW seems to be a STRANGERS movie, but turns out to be something a little different and more ambitious. With only a few wait-a-second logic gaps, it holds up pretty well as a physical/psychological thriller. We start with a flash-forward to an isolated roadside diner, where there’s blood everywhere and some bodies on the floor. We get […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LEE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
LEE movie poster | ©2024 Roadside Attractions/Vertical

Rating: R Stars: Kate Winslet, Alexander Skarsgård, Andy Samberg, Josh O’Connor, Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Noémie Merlant, James Murray, Samuel Barnett, Vincente Colombi Writers: Liz Hannah and Marion Hume & John Collee, story by Lem Dobbs and Marion Hume & John Collee, based on the biography by Antony Penrose Director: Ellen Kuras Distributor: Roadside Attractions/Vertical Release Date: September 20, 2024 American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award winner Ellen Kuras makes her narrative feature directing debut (she was previously Oscar-nominated for producing the 2008 documentary THE BETRAYAL, which she co-directed) with the biopic LEE. LEE centers on American combat photographer […]Read On »


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