Movie Review: ETERNAL BEAUTY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/01/2020
ETERNAL BEAUTY Movie Poster | ©2020 Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rating: R Stars: Sally Hawkins, Alice Lowe, Billie Piper, Robert Pugh, Morfydd Clark, Paul Hilton, Boyd Clack, Elysia Welch, Penelope Wilton, David Thewlis, Spencer Deere Writer: Craig Roberts Director: Craig Roberts Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films Release Date: October 2, 2020 ETERNAL BEAUTY is actually a good movie, but one that’s hard to recommend. Director/writer Craig Roberts has made a slightly impressionistic film about mental illness and toxic family relationships. It’s not that we don’t believe what we see, it’s that it is depressing without being illuminating. Sally Hawkins plays Jane, who is being treated with both talk therapy and medication […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TOLKIEN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/10/2019
TOLKIEN movie poster | ©2019 Fox Searchlight

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Harry Gilby, Craig Roberts, Patrick Gibson, Anthony Boyle, Tom Glynn-Carney, Adam Bregman, Albie Marber, Ty Tennant, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi, Laura Donnelly Writers: David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford Director: Dome Karukoski Distributor: Fox Searchlight Release Date: May 10, 2019 On a number of occasions in TOLKIEN, characters get excited about words. Not words put together into stories or poems (although there’s enthusiasm for that as well), but how sounds fit together, and where they came from, and how they might be put together into new languages. These are conversations that a lot of […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PREMATURE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/30/2014
PREMATURE | © 2014 IFC Midnight

Rating: R Stars: John Karna, Katie Findlay, Craig Roberts, Carlson Young, Adam Reigler, Alan Tudyk Writers: Dan Beers & Matthew Harawitz Director: Dan Beers Distributor: IFC Midnight Release Date: July 25, 2014 theatrical; July 2, 2014 VOD PREMATURE starts out as a teen sex comedy with a GROUNDHOG DAY twist. High school senior Rob Crabbe (John Karna) is about to meet with the admissions dean (Alan Tudyk) of Georgetown University, which was attended by both of Rob’s parents. Alas, the meeting goes badly. Then hot classmate Angela (Carlson Young) persuades Rob to miss his standing spelling bee-watching date with his […]Read On »


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