Movie Review: HERE AFTER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/13/2024
HERE AFTER movie poster | ©2024 Paramount

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Connie Britton, Freya Hannan-Mills, Giovanni Cirfiera, Tommaso Basili, Babetida Sadjo Writer: Sarah Conradt Director: Robert Salerno Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: September 13, 2024 (theatrical, digital) On the positive side, HERE AFTER isn’t what we might expect from its set-up. It has some mythologically interesting notions that it expresses clearly. It also doesn’t turn into an exorcism story (not that there’s something wrong with those, except that it would be predictable in this situation). But the film has a couple of problems that prevent it from fulfilling the potential of its originality. We’re in contemporary Italy. Claire […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/25/2020

Rating: R Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Chris Lowell, Molly Shannon, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Monroe, Samuel Richardson, Alfred Molina Writer: Emerald Fennell Director: Emerald Fennell Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: December 25, 2020 PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN starts out seeming, well, promising. Cassie (Carey Mulligan) is just turning thirty, still lives with her parents (Clancy Brown and Jennifer Coolidge), and works a low-paying job at a coffee shop. She likes her co-workers, including supervisor Gail (Laverne Cox), and won’t accept a promotion when one is offered. Turns […]Read On »


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9-1-1: Oliver Stark on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/12/2020
Oliver Stark in 9-1-1 - Season 2 | ©2018 Fox/Mathieu Young

9-1-1, Fox’s first-responder drama, returns for the rest of its third season on Monday, April 13. Oliver Stark has been with 9-1-1 from the beginning as Evan “Buck” Buckley, who has been through a lot of changes since the series began. Buck started off as a ladies’ man who became monogamous when he fell for 9-1-1 operator Abby Clark (Connie Britton). When Abby left at the end of Season 1, Buck welcomed his sister, erstwhile nurse Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt), into his home as she fled an abusive husband (she wound up having to kill her ex in self-defense). Buck […]Read On »


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9-1-1: Co-creator Tim Minear on Season 2 of the first responder drama – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/25/2019
Rockmond Dunbar, Oliver Stark, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, Ryan Guzman, and Kenneth Choi in 9-1-1 - Season 2 | © 2019 FOX Broadcasting/Mathieu Young

9-1-1, Fox Networks’ Los Angeles-based first-responder drama, now in its second season on Monday nights, has just been renewed for a third season. Executive producer/show runner Tim Minear, who co-created 9-1-1 with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk (he also works as a writer/executive producer/director on their AMERICAN HORROR STORY for FX), talks Season 2 at both a Q&A panel and a small follow-up discussion. ASSIGNMENT X: What percentage of the incidents you depict on 9-1-1 are taken from real life? TIM MINEAR: A lot of our cases are real. In fact, the ones that probably you think, “Well, that never […]Read On »


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9-1-1: Co-creator Tim Minear talks the new Fox drama – exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/08/2018
Peter Krause, Oliver Start and Aisha Hinds in 911 | © 2018 Fox

9-1-1, Fox Network’s drama about first responders airing Wednesday nights, has already been renewed for a second season. The series follows a team of police, headed up by Angela Bassett’s Athena Grant (Bassett is also one of 9-1-1’s executive producers), a squad of firefighters led by Peter Krause’s Bobby Nash, and an emergency call center, where we focus on operator Abby Clark, played by Connie Britton. 9-1-1 is created by the prolific trio of Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear and Ryan Murphy. Murphy and Falchuk have together authored numerous series under the banner of Ryan Murphy Television; Minear has previously worked […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/21/2014
THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU movie poster | ©2014 Warner Bros.

Rating: R Stars: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn, Connie Britton, Timothy Olyphant, Dax Shepard, Debra Monk, Ben Schwartz Writer: Jonathan Tropper, based on his novel Director: Shawn Levy Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: September 19, 2014 There are some outstanding performances in THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, which elevates the movie into something actually watchable, as opposed to a couple of good moments interspersed with scenes meant to be funnier or more affecting. The set-up is this: Mort Altman has died. His widow, the formidable therapist and best-selling author Hillary […]Read On »


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Interview: Connie Britton on NASHVILLE Season 2 and AMERICAN HORROR STORY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/16/2014
Connie Britton in NASHVILLE - Season 2 | ©2013 ABC/Bob D'Amico

NASHVILLE, created by Callie Khouri, is now in its second season on ABC, Wednesday nights at 10 PM. The show follows the occasionally intertwined lives of two country music stars, veteran Rayna Jaymes, played by Connie Britton, and rising newcomer Juliette Barnes, portrayed by Hayden Panettiere. Known for both television and film, Britton has been steadily employed as a series regular in 2006 when, following an arc on 24, she began her five-season stint as beloved high school football coach’s wife Tami Taylor on FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, reprising her role from the 2004 feature. When FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS ended, Britton […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Sam Palladio on NASHVILLE Season 1 and beyond

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/15/2013
Sam Palladio in NASHVILLE - Season 1 - "I'm Sorry For You, My Friend" | ©2013 ABC/Katherine Bomboy-Thornton

In ABC’s NASHVILLE, just renewed for a second season and currently airing Wednesdays at 10 PM, the main attraction is the rivalry between established country music superstar Rayna James (Connie Britton) and up-and-comer Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere). However, there are plenty of other singer/songwriter/musicians in the story crafted by series creator Callie Khouri. Sam Palladio plays young singer/songwriter Gunnar Scott, who makes beautiful music with girlfriend Scarlett O’Connor (Clare Bowen), but has to deal with the fact that she has acquired a manager and he hasn’t. Furthermore, Gunnar is having more success passing off music by his dead brother as […]Read On »


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Interview: NASHVILLE star Hayden Panettiere chats about singing her heart out

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/23/2013
Hayden Panettiere stars in NASHVILLE | (c) 2013 ABC/Jon Lemay

In ABC’s NASHVILLE, which airs Wednesday nights at 10 PM, up-and-coming crossover country music star Juliette Barnes, played by Hayden Panettiere, is locked into a rivalry with more traditional and established country icon Rayna Jaymes, played by Connie Britton. Both actresses were nominated for Golden Globes for their work on the Callie Khouri-created series, still in its first season. Juliette represents something of a departure for Panettiere. Although the New York-born actress has been a thespian since her early childhood and has also cut an album as a singer/composer, she is usually known for playing kindly and selfless characters – […]Read On »


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TV Review: NASHVILLE – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Series Premiere

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 10/12/2012
Robert Wisdom, Charles Esten, Connie Britton, Eric Close, Hayden Panettiere, Powers Boothe, Sam Palladio, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson in NASHVILLE - Season 1 | ©2012 ABC/Craig Sjodin

Stars: Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Charles Esten, Eric Close, Powers Boothe, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson, Sam Palladio, Robert Wisdom Writer: Callie Khouri, series created by Callie Khouri Director: R.J. Cutler Network: ABC, Wednesdays at 10 PM Original Airdate: October 10, 2012 The concept of a primetime soap set in and around the Nashville music scene conjures visions of over-the-top glitz and Southern-accented catfights. Well, shame on us (me, anyway) for anticipatory stereotyping, because NASHVILLE, while it certainly has its sudsy aspects, proves to be a well-grounded drama, with characters who behave like recognizable human beings and music that sounds like […]Read On »


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