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Movie Review: BONES AND ALL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/23/2022
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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Movie Review: THE FRIENDSHIP GAME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE FRIENDSHIP GAME | ©2022 RLJE Films

Rating: Not rated Stars: Peyton List, Brendan Meyer, Kelcey Mawema, Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Dylan Schombing, Miriam Smith Writer: Damien Ober Director: Scooter Corkle Distributor: RLJE Films Release Date: November 11, 2022 In THE FRIENDSHIP GAME, the title refers to both a pastime and an actual object. The latter is a bowling ball-sized device that looks like a cross between a huge twelve-sided dice and the Lament Configuration. Friends Zoosa (Peyton List) and Cotton (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), in the summer between high school and college, come across the Friendship Game at a lawn sale. They are mourning to prospect of separation […]Read On »


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Movie Review: YOU RESEMBLE ME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
YOU RESEMBLE ME movie poster | ©2022 Willa Productions

Rating: Not rated Stars: Lorenza Grimaudo, Illona Grimaudo, Mouna Soualem, Sabrina Ouazani, Dina Amer, Sana Sri, Alexandre Gonin, Djino Grimaudo, Nassima Benchicou Writers: Dina Amer & Omar Mullick Director: Dina Amer Distributor: Willa Productions/Vice Studios Release Date: November 11, 2022 “What kind of person does these things?” someone asks about a terrorist. YOU RESEMBLE ME is here to provide one answer. It is a singular answer, not even attempting to cover all possible responses, but a convincing one. The real Hasna Ait Boulahcen was twenty-six years old when she died in an explosion in Paris, France in November, 2015. At […]Read On »


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LET THE RIGHT ONE IN: Actress Anika Noni Rose discusses Season 1 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/10/2022
Anika Noni Rose as Naomi in LET THE RIGHT ONE IN - Season 1 | ©2022 Showtime/James Minchin

In the new series LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, now in its first season Sunday nights on Showtime, Anika Noni Rose plays Naomi Cole, NYPD homicide detective and devoted mother of twelve-year-old Isaiah (Ian Foreman). Naomi is happy that the normally lonely Isaiah has made friends with Ellie (Madison Taylor Baez), the little girl who has moved in down the hall with her widowed father Mark (Demián Bichir). What Naomi doesn’t know is that Ellie is a vampire, and that Mark kills in order to feed his daughter. Meanwhile, Naomi is investigating a series of brutal murders that we know […]Read On »


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