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Movie Review: A HAUNTING IN VENICE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/15/2023
A HAUNTING IN VENICE movie poster | ©2023 20th Century Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ricardo Scamarcio, Camille Cottin, Kelly Reilly, Rowena Robinson, Emma Laird, Kyle Allen, Ali Khan Writer: Michael Green, based on the novel HALLOWE’EN PARTY by Agatha Christie Director: Kenneth Branagh Distributor: Twentieth Century Studios Release Date: September 15, 2023 A HAUNTING IN VENICE is the third Agatha Christie film adaptation directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars for the third time as Christie’s brilliant detective Hercule Poirot. Michael Green, the screenwriter of the first two, likewise returns. We’re in Venice, Italy, 1947. By now, Poirot is physically, psychologically […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DUMB MONEY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
DUMB MONEY movie poster | ©2023 Sony/Columbia

Rating: R Stars: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen, America Ferrara, Vincent D’Onofrio, Myha’la Herrold, Talia Ryder, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Kate Burton, Clancy Brown, Rushi Kota, Larry Owens, Dane DeHaan, Larry Owens, Andrea Simons Writers: Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo, based on the book THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK by Ben Mezrich Director: Craig Gillespie Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: September 15, 2023 Most people heard something about the Game Stop stock market saga while it was occurring, primarily in 2020 and 2021. But what exactly happened? DUMB MONEY aims to enlighten us. Keith “Roaring Kitty” Gill […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE INVENTOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE INVENTOR movie poster | ©2023 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Stephen Fry, Daisy Ridley, Marion Cotillard, Gauthier Battoue, Matt Berry Writer: Jim Capobianco Director: Jim Capobianco; co-director Pierre-Luc Granjon Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: September 15, 2023 THE INVENTOR loosely follows the last years of inventor, artist, and scholar Leonardo da Vinci. It opens with an onscreen title: “What follows is based on events in the life of Leonardo Da Vinci.” This is also read aloud for pre-reading-age viewers. This tells us something about the film’s target audience. We also get the standard disclaimer at the end about how no resemblance is intended to any actual […]Read On »


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Movie Review: STORAGE LOCKER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/01/2023
STORAGE LOCKER movie poster | ©2023 Freestyle Digital Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Mike Gassaway, Bobbie Grace, Meredyth Fowler, Avery Mayo, David Treviño, Hannah Hufford, Skeeta Jenkins, Jeannie Carter-Cruz, Jennifer Gunderson, Fritz Reinig, Allen Danziger, Connie Green, Nora Hunter, Leanne Smithers, Brian K. Jammer, Sydney Reyna, Victor Hinojosa, Alec Willrodt Writer: Ray Spivey Director: Ray Spivey Distributor: Freestyle Digital Media Release Date: August 22, 2023 (digital) A storage locker is a thoroughly suitable setting for horror. The establishments are usually deserted, with confusing layouts, shady renters, and unknowable contents. STORAGE LOCKER is definitely a horror film. It is also partially set at a storage locker, though it doesn’t use […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PERPETRATOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
PERPETRATOR movie poster | ©2023 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kiah McKirnan, Melanie Liburd, Ireon Roach, Casimere Jolette, Tim Hopper, Josh Bywater, Audrey Francis, Sasha Kuznetsov, Christopher Lowell, Alicia Silverstone Writer: Jennifer Reeder Director: Jennifer Reeder Distributor: Shudder Release Date: September 1, 2023 (theatrical, Shudder) PERPETRATOR is an uncommonly bloody film. That’s not so much because of violence-related gore – there is some, but it’s not excessive by horror standards – as due to the novel mythmaking of writer/director Jennifer Reeder. In the opening, we see the point of view of a masked stalker pursuing a young woman. This is intercut with footage of less-than-clean surgical […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GRAN TURISMO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/25/2023
GRAN TURISMO movie poster | ©2023 Sony

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Takehiro Hira, Darren Barnet, Djimon Hounsou, Geri Halliwell Horner, Joshua Stradowski, Daniel Puig, Maeve Courtier-Lilley, Thomas Kretschmann Writers: Jason Hall and Zach Baylin, story by Jason Hall and Alex Tse Director: Neill Blomkamp Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: August 25, 2023 There are two big surprises in GRAN TURISMO. One is that, despite the movie being essentially based on the PlayStation game of the same title, main character Jann Mardenborough, played by Archie Madekwe, is a real person, who really grew up in Wales, really learned the basics of race driving on […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GOLDA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
GOLDA movie poster | ©2023 Bleecker Street

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin, Lior Ashkenazi, Rami Heuberger, Rotem Keinan, Dvir Benedek, Ellie Piercy, Henry Goodman, Ed Stoppard, Dominic Mafham, Ohad Knoller, Liev Schreiber Writer: Nicholas Martin Director: Guy Nattiv Distributor: Bleecker Street Release Date: August 25, 2023 Much as the 2006 film THE QUEEN sought to provide insight into the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II by focusing on one specific incident (the death of Princess Diana), GOLDA sets about presenting Israel’s fourth Prime Minister, the late Golda Meir, by primarily dramatizing how she handled 1973’s Yom Kippur War. Both Queen Elizabeth in THE QUEEN and Prime […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BANK OF DAVE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
BANK OF DAVE movie poster | ©2023 Samuel Goldwyn Co.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Joel Fry, Phoebe Dynevor, Jo Hartley, Rory Kinnear, Naomi Battrick, Paul Kaye Adrian Lukis, Harry Mitchell, Cathy Tyson, Angus Wright Writer: Piers Ashworth Director: Chris Foggin Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Co. Release Date: August 25, 2023 Lots of fact-based films invent characters and storylines to make themselves more dramatic and interesting. Without knowing the ins and outs of what really happened, it’s impossible to say for certain what the case is with BANK OF DAVE. However, we get the feeling that the truth may be more intriguing than the fiction here. David “Dave” Fishwick, played here by Rory […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WAKING NIGHTMARE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/22/2023
WAKING NIGHTMARE movie poster | ©2023 Terror Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Diane Franklin, Shelley Regner, Jamison Newlander, Gabby West, Every Heart, Ryan Bonnick, Brian Farmer, Stephen Wu, Brian Tyler Cohen, Yan Birch, David Naughton Writer: Brian Farmer Directors: Steven Joseph Craig & Brian Farmer Distributor: Terror Films Release Date: August 18, 2023 (VOD) WAKING NIGHTMARE begins with a sleeping nightmare. It’s bracingly weird, represented on a tiny TV-type screen in the middle of the viewing screen. Then Jordan (Shelley Regner), who is having the nightmare, wakes up screaming. Jordan’s parents, Danielle (Diane Franklin) and Jeff (Jamison Newlander), rush into their daughter’s bedroom. Jordan dreamt about her friend […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DARK WINDOWS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
DARK WINDOWS movie poster | ©2023 Brainstorm Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Anna Bullard, Annie Hamilton, Rory Alexander, Jóel Sæmundsson, Morten Holst, Rachel Fowler, Grace Binford Sheene, Vanessa Borgli Writer: Wolf Kraft, story by Alex Herron Director: Alex Herron Distributor: Brainstorm Media Release Date: August 18, 2023 DARK WINDOWS follows the contemporary slasher format faithfully. We have a group of teens (albeit fewer in numbers than usual) spending the weekend in a large, isolated site. They are stalked by a masked killer who is punishing and vengeful. What elevates DARK WINDOWS within the subgenre is that it is uncommonly well-acted. Director Alex Herron, and screenwriter Wolf Kraft, working […]Read On »


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