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Movie Review: THE SHADE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/27/2024
THE SHADE movie poster | ©2024 Level33 Entertainment / Kino

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Chris Galust, Laura Benanti, Dylan McTee, Mariel Molino, Germain Arroyo, Brendan Sexton III, Manny Dunn, Charlotte Stickles, Sam Duncan, Michael Boatman Writer: Tyler Chipman, story by Tyler Chipman & David Purdy Director: Tyler Chipman Distributor: Level 33 Entertainment/Kino Release Date: September 20, 2024 THE SHADE works well for most of its length as a portrait of family trauma, especially as experienced by twenty-year-old Ryan Beckman. Directed by Tyler Chipman from his screenplay from a story cowritten with David Purdy, THE SHADE also has good moments of sufficient creepiness. But it falls apart at the end. We […]Read On »


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BRILLIANT MINDS: Creator and executive producer Michael Grassi – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/24/2024
BRILLIANT MINDS - Season 1 Key Art | ©2024 Peacock

In the new series BRILLIANT MINDS, premiering on NBC Monday, September 23, with episodes then available for streaming on Peacock, Zachary Quinto stars as cranky but gifted New York neurosurgeon Oliver Wolf. BRILLIANT MINDS creator/executive producer Michael Grassi explains that the show was originally entitled WOLF but, due to Quinto’s past genre work (HEROES, AMERICAN HORROR STORY, STAR TREK, NOS4A2), prospective viewers thought it might be a show about a werewolf. The name was briefly changed to DR. WOLF, but that just made people think “Werewolf doctor. That’s not us.” Grassi has a lot of genre credits himself, having been […]Read On »


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ENGLISH TEACHER: Actress and story editor Stephanie Koenig on new FX series – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Stephanie Koenig as Gwen Sanders, Brian Jordan Alvarez as Evan Marquez in ENGLISH TEACHER - Season 1 | ©2024 FX/Steve Swisher

Stephanie Koenig is pulling double duty on FX’s new comedy ENGLISH TEACHER, which airs Monday nights and is then available for streaming on Hulu. Koenig plays high school teacher Gwen Sanders, best friend to title character Evan Marquez (series creator Brian Jordan Alvarez). She is also the series’ story editor. This sort of hyphenation isn’t new for Koenig. She wrote, directed and appeared in the 2021 feature A SPY MOVIE, which starred Alvarez, and was an actor/writer on 2019’s WEB SERIES: THE MOVIE, which Alvarez directed, starred in and co-wrote. As a performer, Koenig’s other credits include the Emmy-nominated LESSONS […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE SUBSTANCE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/19/2024
THE SUBSTANCE final poster | ©2024 Mubi

Rating: R Stars: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Robin Greer Writer: Coralie Fargeat Director: Coralie Fargeat Distributor: MUBI Release Date: September 20, 2024 “Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You. Only better in every way. You’ve got to try this product: The Substance. It changed my life.” So goes the pitch for the stuff alluded to by the title of THE SUBSTANCE. Technically, it’s several different substances that all need to be used as directed for the desired result – and to avoid undesired results. Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is an Oscar-winning performer who has […]Read On »


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PBS POV: WHO’S AFRAID OF NATHAN LAW?: Producer Matthew Torne and executive producer Chris White on new documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
WHO'S AFRAID OF NATHAN LAW? key art | ©2024 PBS

The documentary WHO’S AFRAID OF NATHAN LAW? premieres in theatres on Friday, September 20, and then debuts on PBS’s POV series on Monday, September 23. The film centers on young Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law who, with friends Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, paid a heavy price for opposing China’s efforts to impose its own style of government on the island. WHO’S AFRAID OF NATHAN LAW? is directed and written by Joe Piscatella, who is also one of its producers. Another of the film’s producers, Matthew Torne, and PBS POV executive producer Chris White, sit down during PBS’s portion […]Read On »


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PBS NATURE: BIG CATS 24/7: Producer and director Rowan Crawford on new docuseries – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/17/2024
BIG CATS 24/7 Key Art | ©2024 PBS

The six-part docuseries BIG CATS 24/7 launches on PBS NATURE on Wednesday, September 18. The series takes advantage of new technology to show three species of African big cats – lions, leopards and cheetahs – in their activities by night as well as by day. During PBS’s portion of the summer Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Pasadena, BIG CATS 24/7 producer/director Rowan Crawford sits down to discuss this deep dive into mega felines. Some of Crawford’s other credits include THE ZOO, COAST, NATURAL WORLD, and DOGS IN THE WILD. Crawford is a staff series producer with BBC Studios […]Read On »


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PBS MASTERPIECE: MOONFLOWER MURDERS: Creator and writer Anthony Horowitz on new mystery mini-series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/15/2024
MASTERPIECE: MOONFLOWER MURDERS key art | ©2024 PBS/ Eleventh Hour Films

The six-episode MOONFLOWER MURDERS premieres on PBS MASTERPIECE on Sunday, September 15. This is a sequel to 2022’s series MAGPIE MURDERS. Both are adapted from bestselling mystery novels of the same titles by Anthony Horowitz, who also wrote all the teleplays, and serves as one of the series’ executive producers. In MAGPIE MURDERS, present-day London book editor Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville, Oscar-nominated for her performance in 2017’s PHANTOM THREAD) searched the unpublished manuscript of one of her authors, Alan Conway (Conleth Hill of GAME OF THRONES), for clues to his murder. At the same time, we saw the story of Alan’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SPEAK NO EVIL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/13/2024
SPEAK NO EVIL movie poster | ©2024 Universal Picturesl

Rating: R Stars: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough, Kris Hitchen, Motaz Malhees Writer: James Watkins, based on the screenplay by Christian Tafdrup & Mads Tafdrup Director: James Watkins Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: September 13, 2024 Anyone who saw the original 2022 Danish horror thriller SPEAK NO EVIL is bound to wonder what a big-studio English-language remake would be like. This is because big studios do not make movies entirely like the original 2022 Danish horror thriller SPEAK NO EVIL. This is not a matter of quality or integrity. Contrary to popular […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HERE AFTER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
HERE AFTER movie poster | ©2024 Paramount

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Connie Britton, Freya Hannan-Mills, Giovanni Cirfiera, Tommaso Basili, Babetida Sadjo Writer: Sarah Conradt Director: Robert Salerno Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: September 13, 2024 (theatrical, digital) On the positive side, HERE AFTER isn’t what we might expect from its set-up. It has some mythologically interesting notions that it expresses clearly. It also doesn’t turn into an exorcism story (not that there’s something wrong with those, except that it would be predictable in this situation). But the film has a couple of problems that prevent it from fulfilling the potential of its originality. We’re in contemporary Italy. Claire […]Read On »


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Movie Review: REBEL RIDGE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
REBEL RIDGE movie poster | ©2024 Netflix

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, Dana Lee, James Cromwell Writer: Jeremy Saulnier Director: Jeremy Saulnier Distributor: Netflix Release Date: September 6, 2024 (Netflix) REBEL RIDGE presents us with the not entirely unfamiliar movie scenario of a highly skilled former U.S. Marine who comes into conflict with a corrupt small-town police force. Where REBEL RIDGE diverges from what we might expect is that it’s much more a conspiracy thriller than an action film, although it has a couple of impressive set pieces. No one could reasonably call this […]Read On »


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