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Movie Review: OUT OF DARKNESS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/09/2024
OUT OF DARKNESS movie poster | ©2024 Bleecker Street

Rating: R Stars: Safia Oakley-Green, Kit Young, Chuku Modu, Iola Evans, Arno Luning, Luna Mwezi, Rosebud Melarkey, Tyrell Mhlanga Writer: Ruth Greenberg, story by Andrew Cumming & Ruth Greenberg & Oliver Kassman Director: Andrew Cumming Distributor: Bleecker Street Release Date: February 9, 2024 OUT OF DARKNESS experiments with the definition of screen horror. It has murder and gore, as well as the titular darkness, but its ultimate goal is more social commentary than scares. Director Andrew Cumming and screenwriter Ruth Greenberg, working from a story they crafted with producer Oliver Kassman, have created something largely worthwhile, though probably not what […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ARGYLLE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/02/2024
ARGYLLE movie poster | ©2024 Universal Pictures/Apple+

Rating: R Stars: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Sofia Boutella, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson Writer: Jason Fuchs Director: Matthew Vaughn Distributor: Universal Pictures/Apple+ Release Date: February 2, 2024 With more plot twists than a tartan has squares, ARGYLLE combines ROMANCING THE STONE with – well, let’s not completely give the game away. We’ll say it starts out as one of those movies where a woman author unexpectedly finds herself living out one of her novels. In ARGYLLE, writer Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) pens espionage tales rather than romance. This immediately raises our […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEPARTING SENIORS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
DEPARTING SENIORS movie poster | ©2024 Dark Sky Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Yani Gellman, Ireon Roach, Cameron Scott Roberts, Maisie Merlock, Ryan Foreman, Sasha Kuznetsov, Cole Steeves Writer: Jose Nateras Director: Clare Cooney Distributor: Dark Sky Films Release Date: February 2, 2024 DEPARTING SENIORS almost immediately scores points by centering on two characters who would normally be on the supporting sidelines: gay Latino A student Javi Campos (Ignacio Diaz-Silverio) and his emotionally obtuse bestie Bianca (Ireon Roach). Due to being gay, Latino, and an A student, Javi is the target of bullying jocks who are his high school peers. However, when Javi is quasi-accidentally pushed down […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MILLER’S GIRL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/26/2024
MILLERS GIRL movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Martin Freeman, Jenna Ortega, Bashir Salahuddin, Gideon Adlon, Dagmara Dominczyk, Christine Adams Writer: Jade Halley Bartlett Director: Jade Halley Bartlett Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: January 26, 2024 MILLER’S GIRL is narrated, a little, by Cairo Sweet (Jenna Ortega), who begins in voiceover with, “What is an adult? … I am eighteen, and entirely unremarkable.” The last part of this statement is arguably untrue, as we soon see. Estranged from her ever-traveling parents, Cairo lives alone in an isolated old mansion in Level Hill, Tennessee. She tells us that she is lonely, she reads a lot, and has […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CULT KILLER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
CULT KILLER movie poster | ©2024 Saban Films

Rating: R Stars: Alice Eve, Shelley Hennig, Antonio Banderas, Paul Reid, Olwen Fouéré, Nick Dunning, Matthew Tompkins Writer: Charles Burnley Director: Jon Keeyes Distributor: Saban Films Release Date: January 19, 2024 CULT KILLER has a title that’s misleading, given that there isn’t a cult as such. It’s otherwise a decent if somewhat self-conscious detective thriller set in Ireland. The film begins with an onscreen quote from Genghis Khan about vengeance that is borne out by the ensuing action. We see business of several kinds taking place in an Irish pub. It is here that Cassie Holt (Alice Eve) first meets […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THANKSGIVING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/19/2024
THANKSGIVING Blu-ray | ©2024 Sony/TriStar

Rating: R Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Nell Verlaque, Addison Rae, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Milo Manheim, Tomaso Sanelli, Gabriel Davenport, Jenna Warren, Ty Victor Olsson, Tim Dillon, Russell Yuen, Karen Cliche, Derek McGrath, Joe Delfin, Jeff Teravainen, Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon Writer: Jeff Rendell, story by Eli Roth & Jeff Rendell Director: Eli Roth Distributor: Sony/TriStar Release Date: November 17, 2023 (theatrical); January 16, 2024 (digital); January 30, 2024 (DVD/Blu-ray) In the proud tradition of 2010’s MACHETE, 2011’s HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN, and 2013’s MACHETE KILLS, THANKSGIVING is the latest actual movie to be based on the parody trailers in the middle […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HELLHOUNDS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
HELLHOUNDS movie poster | ©2024 Uncork’d Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Nathaniel J. Burns, Eva Hamilton, Cameron Kotecki, Dana Kippel, Amelia Haberman, Tim Sauer, Anna Harr, Daniel Link, Angel Ruiz, Becky Jo Harris Writer: Robert Conway Director: Robert Conway Distributor: Uncork’d Entertainment Release Date: January 9, 2024 HELLHOUNDS is a low-budget werewolf movie with narrative ambitions that outstrip its scope. Writer/director Robert Conway has an epic tale in mind, but because resources are limited, a lot of it happens in expository dialogue. We open on a man (Daniel Link) choking out a young woman (Amelia Haberman) in the desert. Then we cut to bail bondswoman Mia (Dana […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SUNRISE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
SUNRISE movie poster | ©2023 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Alex Pettyfer, Guy Pearce, Crystal Yu, William Gao. Olwen Fouéré, Kurt Yaeger, Lalor Roddy, Riley Chung, Chike Chan Writer: Ronan Blaney Director: Andrew Baird Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: January 19, 2024 In SUNRISE, opening title cards inform us of a demon in the Pacific Northwest that used to get ritual animal sacrifices from the First Nations. The demon could bestow eternal life when it chose. Eventually, humans were sacrificed. Settlers called the demon the Red Coat. The demon gets its power from blood. We see what appears to be someone in a red cloak feeding on a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MEAN GIRLS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/12/2024
MEAN GIRLS movie poster | ©2024 Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Angourie Rice, Renée Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Christopher Briney, Tina Fey, Jenna Fischer, Kevin Ganatra Writer: Tina Fey, based on the stage musical by Tina Fey, based on the screenplay by Tina Fey, inspired by the book QUEEN BEES AND WANNABES by Rosalind Wiseman Directors: Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: January 12, 2024 In the tradition of such expanding projects as THE PRODUCERS and HAIRSPRAY!, MEAN GIRLS began as a non-musical comedy film (in its case, 2004), that was adapted into a hit Broadway musical (which opened […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SOUL MATES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
SOUL MATES movie poster | ©2023 NFaith Media Distribution/Imani Media Group

Rating: R Stars: Annie Ilonzeh, Charlie Weber, Neal McDonough Writers: Chris Lamont & Joseph L. Russo, based on a short story by Frankie Mendoza, Gunnar Baroldy, JJ Chalupnik Director: Mark Gantt Distributor: Faith Media Distribution/Imani Media Group Release Date: October 20, 2023 (theatrical); December 1, 2023 (digital) SOUL MATES is reminiscent of SAW and ESCAPE ROOM, plus a couple of other thrillers that shouldn’t be named for fear of giving the plot away. Allison (Annie Ilonzeh) wakes up in a strange bed, vomiting – and finds she is handcuffed to an unconscious man next to her. When he returns to […]Read On »


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