Movie Review: THE BOOGEYMAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/01/2023
THE BOOGEYMAN movie poster | ©2023 20th Century Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, Madison Hu, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland, LisaGay Hamilton, Maddie Nichols, Leeann Ross Writers: Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and Mark Heyman, screen story by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, based on the short story by Stephen King Director: Rob Savage Distributor: 20th Century Studios Release Date: June 2, 2023 Stephen King’s short story “The Boogeyman” manages to start out sad and disturbing, and then scare the daylight out of you. Because of the specifics of the short story, a major studio release based on it was very likely to take […]Read On »


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Movie Review: AIR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/05/2023
AIR movie poster | ©2023 Amazon Studios

Rating: R Stars: Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Viola Davis, Chris Messina, Julius Tennon, Chris Tucker, Matthew Maher, Marlon Wayans, Damian Young Writer: Alex Convery Director: Ben Affleck Distributor: Amazon Studios Release Date: April 5, 2023 (theatrical) It might be easier to find Bigfoot than a person in modern society who doesn’t know what an Air Jordan is. Likewise, pretty much everybody knows that Nike makes the shoe, and that it is the namesake of basketball great Michael Jordan. All of this makes it a pleasant surprise that AIR, the dramatized story of how Nike got into business with […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CALL JANE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/28/2022
CALL JANE | ©2022 Roadside Attractions

Rating: R Stars: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, Cory Michael Smith, Grace Edwards, John Magaro Writers: Hayley Schore & Roshan Sethi Director: Phyllis Nagy Distributor: Roadside Attractions Release Date: October 28, 2022 In CALL JANE, Jane turns out not to be a person. Instead, the Jane Collective is the group name of women who helped other women get abortion services from the mid-‘60s through 1972. We start out in Chicago in 1968, where protesters are getting loud outside the Democratic National Convention. Joy Griffin (Elizabeth Banks) is curious, but has more immediate concerns as wife, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BIRDS OF PREY (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/07/2020
BIRDS OF PREY movie poster | ©2020 Warner Bros.

Rating: R Stars: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina Writer: Christina Hodson Director: Cathy Yan Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: February 7, 2020 A movie about Batman villainess/Joker paramour Harley Quinn doesn’t exactly sound like a blast. Harley is sometimes depicted as a creative sadist and sometimes as a completely dizzy engine of destruction, both devoted to the Joker and neither someone who seems like a good figure to build a movie around. Well, surprise. BIRDS OF PREY has found the right balance for Harley (Margot Robbie, reprising the character […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE MINDY PROJECT – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Series Premiere

By CARL CORTEZ 09/26/2012
Mindy Kaling in THE MINDY PROJECT - Season 1 | ©2012 Fox/Mary Ellen Matthews

Stars: Mindy Kaling, Chris Messina, Ed Weeks, Anna Camp, Zoe Jarman, Amanda Setton, Stephen Tabolowsky, Ike Barinholtz Writer: Mindy Kaling Director: Charles McDougall Network: Fox, airs Tuesday nights Original Telecast: September 25, 2012 Mindy Kaling is a love her or hate her performer. As a writer and actress on the long-running THE OFFICE, she was great in short spurts as the self-absorbed Kelly Kapoor. Now that’s she’s branched off and created a new series for herself with THE MINDY PROJECT, it’s clear Kaling is sometimes better in those small spurts. I know there are many people who absolutely love this […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the RUBY SPARKS Los Angeles Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 08/30/2012
Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan at the Los Angeles Premiere of RUBY SPARKS | ©2012 Sue Schneider

Recently Fox Searchlight Pictures held the Los Angeles Premiere of RUBY SPARKS at the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at The Egyptian in Hollywood. RUBY SPARKS is the story of Calvin (Paul Dano), a young novelist who after achieving success early in his career finds himself struggling with his writing and his romantic life. Creating a character named Ruby, he finds that she inspires him, but when he sees Ruby (Zoe Kazan) sitting on his couch a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person. Seen walking the carpet were the stars of […]Read On »


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