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MURF THE SURF: Filmmaker R.J. Cutler on his docuseries – Exclusive Interview

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MURF THE SURF is a documentary series focusing on Jack Roland Murphy (1937-2020), a man filmmaker R.J. Cutler describes as “television’s first true-crime celebrity.” Premiering on Sunday, February 5, on MGM+ and running Sundays thereafter, MURF THE SURF chronicles Murphy’s astounding history, from quintessential ‘50s/’60s surfer to museum jewel heist mastermind- he and his crew stole the fabled Star of India sapphire from New York’s American Museum of Natural History – to convicted murderer to traveling preacher. Cutler directed MURF THE SURF, co-writing it with Ryan Gallagher, and serving as one of the executive producers, a group that also includes […]Read On »


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Movie Review: KNOCK AT THE CABIN

KNOCK AT THE CABIN | ©2023 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rupert Grint, Abby Quinn, Kristen Cui Writers: M. Night Shyamalan and Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman, based on the novel THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Paul Tremblay Director: M. Night Shyamalan Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: February 3, 2023 KNOCK AT THE CABIN is a mostly good, often surprising apocalypse drama based on Paul Tremblay’s novel, THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD. Director M. Night Shyamalan and his co-scripters Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman create some awesome character moments and even some truly […]Read On »


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Movie Review: 80 FOR BRADY

80 FOR BRADY movie poster | ©2023 Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Tom Brady, Harry Hamlin, Sara Gilbert, Bob Balaban, Glynn Turman, Rob Corddry, Guy Fieri, Billy Porter Writers: Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins Director: Kyle Marvin Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: February 3, 2023 80 FOR BRADY is a genial comedy that brings together four women of a certain age. After first starring together in 1980’s 9 TO 5 and in seven seasons (2015-2022) of the Netflix comedy GRACE AND FRANKIE, it seems perfectly natural to see Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda playing lifelong friends. They are joined here by […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ALIVE

ALIVE movie poster | ©2023 Gravitas Ventures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Ellen Hillman, Neil Sheffield, Kian Pritchard, Gillian Broderick, Angus Kennedy, Stuart Matthews, Andrew May-Gohrey, Daniel May-Gohrey, Stuart Matthews, Simone McIntyre, Helen Coathup Writer: David Marantz Director: David Marantz Distributor: Gravitas Ventures Release Date: January 31, 2023 (digital) ALIVE is a mostly well-done and sober-minded (that is, non-comedic) zombie movie. It suffers not so much from anything that it’s doing wrong, but more from being something of a latecomer. Borrowing the idea of contagion, but not the extreme speed, from 28 DAYS LATER, ALIVE posits an epidemic that the English government downplays, even as the situation becomes increasingly […]Read On »


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THE WATCHFUL EYE: Executive producer Emily Fox and actors Amy Acker and Warren Christie talk the new suspense series – Exclusive Interview

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THE WATCHFUL EYE, Freeform’s new contemporary gothic drama, premieres with a double episode on Monday, January 30, and runs Mondays thereafter, available the next day on Hulu. Created by Julie Durk, THE WATCHFUL EYE centers on Elena Santos, played by Mariel Molino, who accepts a job as a nanny to young Jasper Ward (Henry Joseph Samiri) six months after his mother Allie committed suicide. Jasper’s father, Matthew Ward, played by Warren Christie (APOLLO 18, ALPHAS, BATWOMAN), married into the fabulously wealthy Greybourne family. Father and son live in the Greybourne enclave in an enormous, old and possibly haunted Greybourne apartment […]Read On »


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Movie Review: INFINITY POOL

INFINITY POOL movie poster | ©2023 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Jalil Lespert, Thomas Kretschmann, Amanda Brugel, John Ralston, Caroline Boulton, Jeffrey Ricketts Writer: Brandon Cronenberg Director: Brandon Cronenberg Distributor: Neon Release Date: January 27, 2023 INFINITY POOL is one of those movies that requires reviewers to watch the trailer after the fact, in order to know what’s being revealed to prospective audiences, and what still constitutes a spoiler. In this case, the trailer discloses that we enter the realm of science fiction early on. INFINITY POOL starts in utter blackness, as married couple James (Alexander Skarsgård) and Em (Cleopatra Coleman) muse […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FEAR

FEAR movie poster | ©2023 Hidden Empire

Rating: R Stars: Joseph Sikora, Andrew Bachelor, Annie Ilonzeh, Ruby Modine, Iddo Goldberg, Terrence Jenkins, Jessica Allain, Tip “Ti” Harris, Michele McCormick Writers: Deon Taylor and John Ferry Director: Deon Taylor Distributor: Hidden Empire Film Group Release Date: January 27, 2023 FEAR is one of those movies that arguably has a little too much happening. There are COVID tensions, myths, witch spells, books, religion, and a place that messes with people’s minds. Given all the plates that are spinning, director Deon Taylor and his co-writer John Ferry do a decent job of keeping things coherent. We see what looks like […]Read On »


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GODFATHER OF HARLEM: Creators Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

GODFATHER OF HARLEM - Season 3 Key Art | ©2023 MGM+

GODFATHER OF HARLEM is back for its third season, Sunday nights on MGM+ (formerly Epix). The series, created by Chris Brancato & Paul Eckstein, chronicles the life and times of real-world New York gangster Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson (played by Forest Whitaker), who ran Black Harlem’s drug trade in the ‘60s, frequently clashing with the Italian Mafia. At the same time, Johnson was friends with Malcolm X (played in Season 3 by Jason Alan Carvell, after being portrayed by Nigél Thatch in Seasons 1 and 2), and had a complicated adversary/ally relationship with Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (Giancarlo Esposito). At […]Read On »


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TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER: The journalist talks her National Geographic docuseries – Exclusive Interview

Mariana van Zeller (L) interviews the owner of a boating company that shuttles migrants from Necoclí, Colombia to the Darién Gap in TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER | ©2023 National Geographic

The Emmy-nominated documentary series TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER is now in its third season Wednesday nights on National Geographic, with episodes available the following day on Hulu. In TRAFFICKED, video journalist Van Zeller explores every aspect of the black market, from drugs to fish to human beings. Previous seasons have had episodes about illegal plastic surgery, online romance scams, methamphetamines, stolen cars, and tigers, to name but a few topics. This season, Van Zeller begins with an episode on the black-market organ trade. Other segments include explorations of the surrogacy trade, drugs, gangs, and ghost guns. “Each one is […]Read On »


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TEEN WOLF: THE MOVIE: Melissa Ponzio gives the scoop on returning to the Wolf universe – Exclusive Interview

Melissa Ponzio at in TEEN WOLF: THE MOVIE premiere on January 18, 2023 in Los Angeles | ©2023 Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Paramount+

TEEN WOLF ran for six seasons, 2011-2017, on MTV. Created by Jeff Davis, TEEN WOLF told the story of Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), a lacrosse-playing high school student in Beacon Hills, Oregon, whose life is upended when he is bitten by werewolf Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin, now one of the title characters in SUPERMAN & LOIS). Scott eventually becomes an alpha wolf with a pack of his own, who he must protect from both supernatural evil and overzealous werewolf hunters. Scott is supported unconditionally by his single mother, nurse Melissa McCall, played by Melissa Ponzio. By the time TEEN WOLF […]Read On »


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