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THE ARK: Actors Stacey Read and Ryan Adams give the scoop on Season 2 of the Syfy series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/17/2024
Stacey Read as Alicia Nevins in THE ARK - Season 2 - "Failed Experiment" | ©2024 Syfy/Ark TV Holdings, Inc./Electric Entertainment

Now in its second season, Wednesday nights on Syfy, THE ARK takes its name from a spacecraft. Set 100 years from now, THE ARK, created by Dean Devlin, posits that Earth will become so uninhabitable that humanity is seeking refuge on other planets. To reach these promising new worlds, a fleet of Ark ships have been sent forth. However, Ark One has experienced a catastrophe mid-journey that kills all of the senior crew and most of the specialists aboard. The survivors have to step up to get the ship back in motion and to keep themselves and each other alive. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SKINCARE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/16/2024
SKINCARE movie poster | ©2024 IFC Films

Rating: R Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Lewis Pullman, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Wendie Malick, Erik Palladino, John Billingsley, Ella Balinska, Luis Gerardo Mendéz, Nathan Fillion Writers: Sam Frelich & Deering Regan and Austin Peters Director: Austin Peters Distributor: IFC Films Release Date: August 16, 2024 SKINCARE begins with the onscreen statement, “This is a fictional story inspired by true events.” Those interested in SKINCARE’s factual basis can easily look it up online. The reality is almost as odd as the tale that unspools in this dramedy thriller. Elizabeth Banks stars as Hope Goldman, who has set up her Hope Goldman Skincare studio […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CRESCENT CITY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
CRESCENT CITY movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Terrence Howard, Esai Morales, Nicky Whelan, Alec Baldwin, Reema Sampat, Madonna Akhtar Writer: Rich Ronat Director: RJ Collins Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: August 16, 2024 (theatrical, digital, VOD) The title of CRESCENT CITY turns out to be like that of CHINATOWN – it’s not where the action is set, just the site of a significant event in the lives of several characters. (The film has nothing to do with either New Orleans or the fantasy book series with that name.) Instead, we are mostly in Little Rock, AR, where a serial killer is leaving mannequin heads next […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ROB PEACE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ROB PEACE movie poster | ©2024 Republic Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Jay Will, Mary J. Blige, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Michael Kelly, Mare Winningham, Camila Cabello, Chance K. Smith, Jelani Dacres, Benjamin Papac, Marjorie Johnson Writer: Chiwetel Ejiofor, based on the book THE SHORT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF ROBERT PEACE by Jeff Hobbs Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor Distributor: Republic Pictures Release Date: August 16, 2024 ROB PEACE is an affecting drama, based on a true story, about a brilliant young man who is also a very compassionate, responsible human being. In other circumstances, this would result in a happy outcome for both him and society at large. The specifics […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SATRANIC PANIC

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SATRANIC PANIC movie poster | ©2024 Dark Star Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Cassie Hamilton, Zarif, Lisa Fanto, Chris Asimos, Toshiro Glenn, Sebastien Grech Writers: Cassie Hamilton & Alice Maio Mackay & Ben Pahl Robinson Director: Alice Maio Mackay Distributor: Dark Star Pictures Release Date: August 13, 2024 (digital and VOD) There have certainly been plenty of influential transphobic horror movies in cinema history (PSYCHO and DRESSED TO KILL, anyone?). Young trans filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay (who has been making features since she was in her teens) does her part to even the score, thematically at least, with SATRANIC PANIC. Directing from the script she co-wrote with Cassie Hamilton […]Read On »


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HOTEL PORTOFINO: Actress Natascha McElhone on Season 3 of the PBS drama – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/14/2024
HOTEL PORTOFINO key art | ©2024 PBS

HOTEL PORTOFINO is now in its third season Sunday nights on PBS’s MASTERPIECE THEATRE. Created by Matt Baker, HOTEL PORTOFINO is set in 1920s Italy at the title establishment. The hotel is managed by Englishwoman Bella Ainsworth, played by Natascha McElhone, although it technically belongs to her husband Cecil (Mark Umbers). Bella and Cecil have been married for thirty years, have two living children and one deceased. Bella pours her heart and soul into the hotel; Cecil sees it only as a source of income. By Season 3, Bella would like nothing more than to get Cecil out of her […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BORDERLANDS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/09/2024
BORDERLANDS movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Edgar Ramírez, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Jack Black (voice), Janina Gavankar, Benjamin Byron Davis, Gina Gershon Writers: Eli Roth and Joe Crombie, screen story by Eli Roth, based on the videogame BORDERLANDS created by Gearbox Software, published by 2K Director: Eli Roth Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: August 9, 2024 It seems hard to get adaptations of videogames right. It’s certainly not impossible – look no further back than THE LAST OF US – but they seem trickier to bring to film or TV than other types of source material. This […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CUCKOO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
CUCKOO movie poster | ©2024 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jan Bluthardt, Márton Csókás, Jessica Henwick, Mila Lieu, Greta Fernández, Proschat Madani, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Konrad Singer, Kalin Morrow Writer: Tilman Singer Director: Tilman Singer Distributor: Neon Release Date: August 9, 2024 The film CUCKOO is well-titled. This isn’t an insult. Since many of the characters are demonstrably crazy, and it is plotted so densely that viewers may feel some madness themselves, a reference to insanity seems appropriate. The title also references the bird species with the unusual method of raising their young, although that analogy gets stretched to the breaking point. CUCKOO begins […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MICKEY HARDAWAY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
MICKEY HARDAWAY movie poster | ©2024 Indie Rights

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Rashad Hunter, Ashley Parchment, Stephen Cofield Jr., David Chattam, Dennis La White, Gayla Wilson, Samuel Whitehill, Sean Alexander James, Christopher M. Cook Writer: Marcellus Cox Director: Marcellus Cox Distributor: Indie Rights Release Date: August 9, 2024 (theatrical, Amazon Freevee) MICKEY HARDAWAY is an artful if uneven portrait of a young Black artist in Los Angeles. Writer/director Marcellus Cox has given his protagonist an unexpected trajectory. Mickey (Rashad Hunter) is born into a working-class family, but his problems are not with the lure of street life. He couldn’t care less about that. Instead, it’s the fact that […]Read On »


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DUCHESS: Actress-producer-writer Charlotte Kirk on new gangster action film – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
DUCHESS movie poster | ©2024 Saban Films

In the modern crime action thriller DUCHESS, arriving on digital and VOD on Friday, August 9, the title character works her way up from London pickpocket to international diamond smuggler and mob boss. Charlotte Kirk and wrote DUCHESS with director and her producing partner Neil Marshall. This is their third film together, after 2020’s THE RECKONING and 2022’s THE LAIR. Kirk also stars in all three productions. In DUCHESS, we meet Kirk’s character, real name Scarlett, as she is about to enact vengeance upon a foe. We then flash back to what has brought Scarlett to this moment. She and […]Read On »


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