Movie Review: THE WILD ROBOT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/27/2024
THE WILD ROBOT | ©2024 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara Writer: Chris Sanders, based on the book by Peter Brown Director: Chris Sanders Distributor: Universal/DreamWorks Animation Release Date: September 27, 2024 It’s hard to make a movie, whether animated or live-action, about the parent-child bond that is touching without being either rote or overkill. Based on Peter Brown’s illustrated children’s novel, the action-packed but gentle-spirited THE WILD ROBOT succeeds. Directed by Chris Sanders, who adapted the screenplay, THE WILD ROBOT introduces us to Rozzum Unit 7134 (voiced by […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE FIRST OMEN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/05/2024
THE FIRST OMEN movie poster | ©2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Rating: R Stars: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Sonia Braga, Tawfeek Barhom, Maria Caballero, Bill Nighy, Nicole Sorace Writers: Tim Smith & Arkasha Stevenson and Keith Thomas, story by Ben Jacoby, based on characters created by David Seltzer Director: Arkasha Stevenson Distributor: 20th Century Studios Release Date: April 5, 2024 It’s tough to figure out how to rate THE FIRST OMEN. Taken completely on its own – that is, blotting out any expectations that OMEN in the title bring to it – it feels a bit like a ‘70s Italian horror movie. This is partly because THE FIRST OMEN is […]Read On »


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THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH: Creators and cast talk Season 1 of the new Showtime sequel series to the 1976 David Bowie film – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/07/2022
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH - Season 1 - Key Art | ©2022 Showtime/Tayo Kuku

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH is a sequel series, now in its first season Sunday nights on Showtime, to the 1976 feature film starring David Bowie. Bowie played Thomas Jerome Newton, an extraterrestrial who comes to our planet to acquire water for his own parched world, only to become trapped here. The film and series are both adapted from the novel by Walter Tevis. THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH series was adapted for television by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet. Newton, now played by Bill Nighy, is still around, albeit in hiding. The focus here is on planetary […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MINAMATA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/12/2022
MINAMATA movie poster | ©2022 Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rating: R Stars: Johnny Depp, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jun Kunimura, Minami, Ryo Kase, Tadanobu Asano, Akiko Iwase, Bill Nighy Writers: David K. Kessler, Stephen Deuters, Andrew Levitas, Jason Forman, based on the book MINAMATA by Aileen Mioko Smith and W. Eugene Smith Director: Andrew Levitas Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films Release Date: April 8, 2022 (VOD/Digital); December 15, 2021 (theatrical) MINAMATA is one of those movies where the subject matter feels so urgent that is overwhelms most issues we might otherwise have with the storytelling. After showing us footage of one woman tenderly bathing another, whose face is contorted in a silent […]Read On »


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Movie Review: POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/10/2019
POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU movie poster | ©2019 Warner Bros. / Legendary

Rating: PG Stars: Ryan Reynolds (voice), Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy Writers: Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit and Rob Letterman and Derek Connolly, story by Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit and Nicole Perlman, based on POKEMON created by Satoshi Tajiri & Ken Sugimori & Junichi Masuda, and characters created by Atsuko Nishida and original story by Tomokazu Ohara and Haruka Utsui Director: Rob Letterman Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: May 10, 2019 A live-action version of the game phenomenon POKEMON may not sound particularly inviting to adults. However, POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU proves surprisingly enjoyable, with a consistent sense of […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ABOUT TIME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/01/2013
ABOUT TIME movie poster | ©2013 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson, Lindsay Duncan, Tom Hollander Writer: Richard Curtis Director: Richard Curtis Distributor: Universal Release Date: November 1, 2013 There are moments – long stretches, even – when ABOUT TIME seems as though it’s perhaps too pleasant for its own good. It’s always agreeable and amusing – except when for its effective moments of melancholy and there are the trials and travails of dealing with life and love and time travel, but mostly, it’s a movie that urges us to live as though every day is worth experiencing twice, which is […]Read On »


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Comic-Con 2013 Preview: Three I, FRANKENSTEIN Character Posters Revealed – SDCC

By PETER BROWN 07/16/2013
Character poster from I, FRANKENSTEIN | (c) 2013 Lionsgate

Want to see what Lionsgate has planned for San Diego Comic Con this year? Check out three new character posters for the movie, I FRANKENSTEIN. The movie is set in a world where angelic gargoyles and satanic demons are in an all-out war for power. Of course, there are also Frankensteins and immortality and all sorts of other fun stuff. The film stars Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, and Yvonne Strahovski and is produced from the dudes that did UNDERWORLD. Click on the images to see the full sizes. Follow us on Twitter at ASSIGNMENT X Fan us […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Los Angeles Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 03/07/2013
Stanley Tucci, Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Bill Nighy at the Los Angeles premiere of JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | ©2013 Sue Schneider

New Line Cinema in association with Legendary Pictures An original Film, Big Kid Pictures, A Bad Hat Harry Production of a Bryan Singer Film held the Los Angeles Premiere of JACK THE GIANT SLAYER on February 26th at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The story is about a young man, Jack (Nicholas Hoult), who opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. It’s been centuries since the long-banished giants roamed our world and now the battle is on as Jack fights for his people, the love of a brave princess, Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson) as he […]Read On »


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Movie Review: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/02/2013
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER movie review | ©2013 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy, Ewan McGregor Writers: Darren Lemke and Christopher McQuarrie and Dan Studney, story by Darren Lemke & David Dobkin Director: Bryan Singer Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: February 28, 2013 First of all, let’s clear up one misconception that may or may not be popular: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER isn’t a hyperactive attempt to soup up the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk (at least, not wholly), but rather a marriage that familiar myth with a slightly less well-known but still famed folktale from Cornwall. In the lore, […]Read On »


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Interview: WRATH OF THE TITANS composer Javier Navarrete fights for gods and men

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 04/15/2012
WRATH OF THE TITANS soundtrack | ©2012 Water Tower Records

In WRATH OF THE TITANS, a menagerie of ancient beasts and angry gods are unleashed upon the world of men, all due to the declining prayers directed at Zeus and his brethren on Mount Olympus. However, Hollywood’s cinematic worship towards ancient Greece’s supreme being, let alone legendary deities in general, is more than boisterous given the current films inspired by the mythic clashes of old. Not only are these pictures a boon for today’s CGI effects wizards to indulge in their Ray Harryhausen-inspired love of stop-motion giant monsters, but they’re equally heaven-sent for composers to unleash the own musically epic […]Read On »


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