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Movie Review: A WOUNDED FAWN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/02/2022
A WOUNDED FAWN | ©2022 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Josh Ruben, Sarah Lind, Malin Barr, Katie Kuang, Tanya Everett, Laksmi Hedermark, Marshall Taylor Thurman, Neal Mayer, Nikki James, Leandro Taub Writers: Travis Stevens & Nathan Faudree Director: Travis Stevens Distributor: Shudder Release Date: December 1, 2022 (Shudder) Deer lovers will be relieved to hear that the title of A WOUNDED FAWN comes from a line of poetry. There are no wounded animals of any kind in the film, though there are several extremely mutilated people. The film opens at the auction of a sculpture depicting “The Wrath of the Erinyes,” aka the Eumenides, aka the […]Read On »


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KAREN PIRIE: Series creator and actor Emer Kenny on new Britbox murder mystery – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/24/2022
Emer Kenny in FATHER BROWN | ©2022 BBC Studios/Gary Moyes

Karen Pirie is a young police detective who is the protagonist in a series of mysteries by bestselling Scottish novelist Val McDermid. Emer Kenny has now adapted the books for British television in the ITV series KAREN PIRIE, starring Lauren Lyle in the title role. The first season of KAREN PIRIE is now available in the U.S. as three ninety-minute episodes on Britbox. The story moves back and forth between 1996, when a young Scottish barmaid is murdered, and 2021, when Karen is put in charge of a cold case squad investigating the still-unsolved crime. The situation becomes more difficult […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/23/2022
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY | ©2022 Netflix

Rating: R Stars: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Noah Segan, Jackie Hoffman Writer: Rian Johnson Director: Rian Johnson Distributor: Netflix Release Date: November 23, 2022 (theatrical), December 23, 2022 (Netflix streaming) “Glass Onion” is the title of a hectic Beatles song. It is now also the (primary) title of GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY from writer/director Rian Johnson. Like 2019’s KNIVES OUT, also written and directed by Johnson, GLASS ONION stars Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, dubbed “the world’s greatest living detective” by the media. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BONES AND ALL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
BONES AND ALL movie poster | ©2022 MGM

Rating: R Stars: Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Gordon Green, Jessica Harper, Jake Horowitz, Anna Cobb, Chloë Sevigny Writer: David Kajganich, based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis Director: Luca Guadagnino Distributor: MGM Release Date: November 18, 2022 (Los Angeles & New York); November 23, 2022 (wide) It’s 1988. Maren Yearly (Taylor Russell) is an eighteen-year-old with an unusual compulsion: she is occasionally driven to eat human flesh. Her father (André Holland), who does not share this trait, finally can’t take it. We get the impression that it’s not so much the running and […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE FABELMANS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE FABELMANS movie poster |©2022 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Michelle Williams, Gabriel LaBelle, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Seth Rogen, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, Keeley Karsten, Alina Brace, Julia Butters, Birdie Borrea, Sophia Kopera, Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett, Sam Rechner, Oakes Fegley, Chloe East Writers: Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner Director: Steven Spielberg Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: November 23, 2022 In trying to evaluate THE FABELMANS, a Moebius strip-type question arises. If the exact same movie had been made by anyone except director/co-writer (with Tony Kushner) Steven Spielberg, would it be received in anything like the same way? But then, could anyone except Spielberg have made anything […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NANNY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
NANNY movie poster | ©2022 Amazon Studios

Rating: R Stars: Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector, Rose Decker, Leslie Uggams, Olamide Candide-Johnson, Jahleel Kamara Writer: Nikyatu Jusu Director: Nikyatu Jusu Distributor: Amazon Studios Release Date: November 23, 2022 (theatrical); December 16, 2022 (Prime Video) In NANNY, Anna Diop exquisitely plays the title role of Aisha, a Senegalese immigrant in New York City. All Aisha wants out of life is to be able to bring her little boy, Lamine (Jahleel Kamara), to live with her in the U.S. To this end, she accepts a job as a nanny with a wealthy Manhattan couple, Amy (Michelle Monaghan) […]Read On »


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CHUCKY: Actors Alyvia Alyn Lind and Bella Higginbotham on Season 2 – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/19/2022
Bella Higginbotham as Nadine, Alyvia Alyn Lind as Lexy Cross in CHUCKY - Season 2 | ©2022 Syfy/Rafy

Bella Higginbotham as Nadine, Alyvia Alyn Lind as Lexy Cross in CHUCKY – Season 2 | ©2022 Syfy/Rafy In Season 2 of CHUCKY, Wednesday nights on Syfy and USA, the killer doll has come to wreak havoc at Incarnate Lord Catholic school. This is where Chucky’s Season 1 teen foes Lexy Cross, played by Alyvia Alyn Lind, Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur) and Devon Evans (Bjorgvin Arnarson) have been sent after they are held responsible for the toy’s murderous activities. At the school, our heroes make a new ally, eccentric but good-hearted fellow student Nadine, played by Bella Higginbotham. As shown […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MENU

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/18/2022
THE MENU movie poster | ©2022 Searchlight Films

Rating: R Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, John Leguizamo, Janet McTeer, Paul Adelstein, Aimee Carrero, Judith Light, Reed Birney, Rob Yang, Arturo Castro, Mark St. Cyr, Christina Brucato Writers: Seth Reiss & Will Tracy Director: Mark Mylod Distributor: Searchlight Pictures Release Date: November 18, 2022 The first thing that people should know about THE MENU is that it is not about cannibalism. Well, really the first thing people should know about THE MENU is that it’s a very good movie. However, the advertising is such that people should be warned, or reassured, as the case may […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SHE SAID

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SHE SAID movie poster |©2022 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle, Angela Yeoh, Zach Grenier, Samantha Morton, Ashley Judd, Mike Houston, Tom Pelphrey, Adam Lieber Writer: Rebecca Lenkiewicz, based on the New York Times investigation by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey & Rebecca Corbett, and the book SHE SAID by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey Director: Maria Schrader Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: November 18, 2022 SHE SAID takes its title from the expression “he said, she said,” which is, sadly, still how rape cases are sometimes viewed. But the “he” in this instance is Harvey Weinstein, a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/11/2022
BLACK_PANTHER_WAKANDA_FOREVER_©_2022_Marvel

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Angela Bassett, Dominique Thorne, Martin Freeman, Winston Duke, Michaela Cole, Florence Kasumba, Richard Schiff, Mabel Cadena Writers: Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole, story by Ryan Coogler, based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Director: Ryan Coogler Distributor: Walt Disney Co. Release Date: November 11, 2022 BLACK PANTHER, released in February, 2018, proved beyond any doubt that a black-led superhero movie could do blockbuster box office, as well as being excellent, entertaining filmmaking. Based on the Marvel Comics created by Stan Lee and Jack […]Read On »


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