Movie Review: CULT KILLER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/26/2024
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: INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/30/2023
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY movie poster | ©2023 Walt Disney Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Ethann Bergua-Isidore, Olivier Richters Writers: Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth and David Koepp and James Mangold, based on characters created by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman Director: James Mangold Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Release Date: June 30, 2023 INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY is a worthy successor to the original RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Is THE DIAL OF DESTINY as magical and wonderful as the first film? Well, no, that’s what RAIDERS OF THE LOST […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/21/2022
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH | ©2022 Universal Pictures/Dreamworks

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek Pinault, Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Ray Winstone, Samson Kayo, John Mulaney, Wagner Moura, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Anthony Mendez Writers: Paul Fisher and Tommy Swerdlow, story by Tommy Swerdlow and Tom Wheeler Director: Joel Crawford; Co-Director: Januel P. Mercado Distributor: Universal/DreamWorks Release Date: December 21, 2022 As voiced by Antonio Banderas, the swashbuckling, Zorro-like feline Puss in Boots was originally introduced in 2005’s SHREK 2. Since then, Puss (with Banderas’s voice) has appeared in two more SHREK sequels and a bunch of shorts, and got his own PUSS IN BOOTS movie […]Read On »


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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: Actors Kayvan Novak and Harvey Guillen give the scoop on Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/12/2022
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS - Season 4 - Key Art | ©2022 FX

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS is back on FX for its fourth season, with a double-episode premiere on Tuesday, July 12, available the following day on FX on Hulu. The comedy, about a group of vampires un-living in Staten Island with their familiar Guillermo, played by Harvey Guillén, has already been renewed for Seasons 5 and 6. When we last saw vampire servant by inclination, vampire hunter by heredity Guillermo, he was on the verge of having his fondest wish granted. The vampire Nandor, played by Kayvan Novak, had promised to finally make Guillermo into a vampire when they […]Read On »


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Movie Review: UNCHARTED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/18/2022
UNCHARTED movie poster | ©2022 Sony Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, Antonio Banderas, Steve Waddington Writers: Rafe Judkins and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, screen story by Rafe Lee Judkins and Jon Hanley Rosenberg & Mark D. Walker Director: Ruben Fleischer Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: February 18, 2022  UNCHARTED is based on a phenomenally successful series of PlayStation videogames about treasure hunter Nathan Drake. It’s a rather strange name, at least for this movie, given that so much of it is involved with following maps that lead to other maps, although the title HIGHLY CHARTED wouldn’t have quite the same […]Read On »


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THE GOOD DINOSAUR highlights Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Releases for Feb. 23, 2016

By PETER BROWN 02/27/2016
THE GOOD DINOSAUR | © 2016 Disney Home Video

Movies: THE GOOD DINOSAUR – Pixar has been rolling out the good stuff for over a decade and they continue that hot streak with THE GOOD DINOSAUR, a new take on animated films that changes history presenting a world where life wasn’t wiped out by an asteroid but a world where dinosaurs lived on and evolved into more intelligent beasts and humans remain as animals. When Arlo the dinosaur goes on a journey, he hooks up with a human friend and the two travel the harsh landscape meeting a slew of unlikely allies in the process. The two get into […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE 33

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/13/2015
THE 33 | © 2015 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, Lou Diamond Phillips, Bob Gunton, Gabriel Byrne, James Brolin Writers: Mikko Alanne and Craig Borten and Michael Thomas, based on the screen story by Jose Rivera and the book DEEP DOWN DARK by Hector Tobar Director: Patricia Riggen Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date (theatrical): November 13, 2015 This whole review may or may not need a spoiler alert, depending on what draws people to the theatre in the first place. THE 33 dramatizes an incident that received worldwide coverage for months in 2010. It is one of those stories that, if […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HAYWIRE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/20/2012
HAYWIRE movie poster | ©2012 Relativity

Rating: R Stars: Gina Carano, Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton Writer: Lem Dobbs Director: Steven Soderbergh Distributor: Relativity Media Release Date: January 20, 2012 There are few if any movies where CIA agents and their allies are perfectly comfortable with all of their work colleagues. It’s therefore no big surprise to the audience when government “private contract” black ops specialist Mallory Kane (Gina Carano) gets burned by someone she trusted. It’s not surprising either, what with HAYWIRE being an action movie, that the more Mallory understands she’s being messed with, the […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the PUSS IN BOOTS Los Angeles Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 11/01/2011
Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, and Puss In Boots at the Los Angeles Premiere of PUSS IN BOOTS | ©2011 Sue Schneider

DreamWorks Animation held the Los Angeles Premiere of PUSS IN BOOTS on October 23rd at the Regency Theater in Westwood. Closing the street where the theater is located, the “beige” carpet, had backdrops that looked like sets from the film. Costumed PUSS IN BOOTS and Kitty Softpaws walked the carpet, plus before the premiere started Spanish dancers came down the carpet. Fans lined the street to see the stars and guests that attended this early Sunday morning premiere. Seen walking the carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PUSS IN BOOTS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/28/2011
PUSS IN BOOTS movie poster | ©2011 Dreamworks Animation/Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris, Constance Marie Writers: David H. Steinberg, Tom Wheeler, Jon Zack, Brian Lynch, based on the story by Charles Perrault Director: Chris Miller Distributor: Paramount/DreamWorks Animation Release Date: October 28, 2011 PUSS IN BOOTS is aimed squarely at everyone who grinned when Antonio Banderas turned up as the voice of the Zorro-like cat in SHREK 2 and stuck around for the sequels. PUSS is actually a prequel to SHREK et al, providing a back story for its furry orange hero. Although the new movie borrows a […]Read On »


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