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: SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/02/2019
SPIDER-MAN FAR FROM HOME movie poster | ©2019 Sony Pictures/Marvel

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, Jacob Batalon, Angourie Rice, Martin Starr, JB Smoove Writers: Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers, based on the Marvel comic book and characters created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Director: Jon Watts Distributor: Columbia/Sony Release Date: July 2, 2019 SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME is in the unenviable position of picking up the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline only three real-world months after the hugely emotional AVENGERS: ENDGAME. ENDGAME was presented as such a finale that it didn’t even have the customary Marvel mid-and-post credits […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE BEGUILED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/23/2017
The cast of THE BEGUILED | ©2017 Focus Features

Rating: R Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Angourie Rice, Addison Riecke, Oona Lawrence, Emma Howard Writer: Sofia Coppola, based on the novel A PAINTED DEVIL by Thomas Cullinan and the screenplay by John B. Sherry and Grimes Grice Director: Sofia Coppola Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: June 23, 2017 The new film THE BEGUILED, directed and written by Sofia Coppola, is not the first film adaptation of Thomas Cullinan’s novel A PAINTED DEVIL. In 1971, Don Siegel directed a screenplay by John B. Sherry (the pen name of Albert Maltz) and Grimes Grice (the pen name […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE NICE GUYS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/20/2016
THE NICE GUYS movie poster | ©2016 Warner Bros.

Rating: R Stars: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Yaya DaCosta, Keith David, Beau Knapp, Lois Smith, Kim Basinger Writers: Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi Director: Shane Black Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: May 20, 2016 At first, a comparison between the new release THE NICE GUYS and the 1974 classic CHINATOWN may seem incongruous. The older film, after all, is an Oscar-winning drama, while THE NICE GUYS is solidly within the tradition of its director/co-writer Shane Black’s trademark action/buddy comedies. But hang on – both are period pieces (CHINATOWN is set in 1937, GUYS in […]Read On »


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