Movie Review: GOLDA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/25/2023
GOLDA movie poster | ©2023 Bleecker Street

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Helen Mirren, Camille Cottin, Lior Ashkenazi, Rami Heuberger, Rotem Keinan, Dvir Benedek, Ellie Piercy, Henry Goodman, Ed Stoppard, Dominic Mafham, Ohad Knoller, Liev Schreiber Writer: Nicholas Martin Director: Guy Nattiv Distributor: Bleecker Street Release Date: August 25, 2023 Much as the 2006 film THE QUEEN sought to provide insight into the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II by focusing on one specific incident (the death of Princess Diana), GOLDA sets about presenting Israel’s fourth Prime Minister, the late Golda Meir, by primarily dramatizing how she handled 1973’s Yom Kippur War. Both Queen Elizabeth in THE QUEEN and Prime […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BARBIE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/21/2023
BARBIE movie poster | ©2023 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Greenblatt, America Ferrara, Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu, Michael Cera, Issa Rae, Will Ferrell, Helen Mirren (voice) Writers: Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach Director: Greta Gerwig Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: July 21, 2023 BARBIE is weird, in a mostly good way. It is pleasingly clever, wonderfully acted, and has perfect production design (by Sarah Greenwood) and even more remarkable costume design (by Jacqueline Durran). BARBIE’s script, by director Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, is also loaded with ideas that turn over and over and over. There’s comedy, there’s parody, there’s self-satire, there’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FAST X

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/18/2023
FAST X movie poster | ©2023 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Vin Diesel, Jason Momoa, Michelle Rodriguez, Leo Abelo Perry, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Lucacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sun Kang, John Cena, Jason Statham, Rita Moreno, Helen Mirren, Brie Larson, Charlize Theron, Alan Ritchson, Daniela Melchior Writers: Dan Mazeau & Justin Lin, story by Dan Mazeau & Justin Lin and Zach Dean, based on characters created by Gary Scott Thompson Director: Louis Letterier Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: May 19, 2023 THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise started modestly in 2001 as a tale of street racing and car theft. The second and third entries were only […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE GOOD LIAR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/15/2019
THE GOOD LIAR movie poster | ©2019 Warner Bros.

Rating: R Stars: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, Jim Carter Writer: Jeffrey Hatcher, based on the novel by Nicholas Searle Director: Bill Condon Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: November 15, 2019 THE GOOD LIAR is one of those satisfyingly twisty thrillers made nigh-perfect by the presence of Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen in the leads. These are two actors who could mesmerize us with the proverbial phone book reading. With material this good, they are riveting throughout. We’re in London, 2009. Why is that important? Well, remember it, because the year (in relation to other years) is one clue […]Read On »


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New Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Releases for this week

By PETER BROWN 09/08/2017
CABIN IN THE WOODS 4K | © 2017 Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Your guide to some of the new releases that are out this week. JUST SHOOT ME: THE COMPLETE SERIES The comedy that was set in the offices of a fashion magazine that chronicled not just the daily grind or the misadventures but all of the relationships going on. There’s the snooty former model, the average looking good writer, the creep, the bumbling boss and the arty photographer. It seems like a run-of-the-mill sitcom but actually it worked and it stayed on the air for 148 episodes and seven seasons. This set collects every episode in one nice package but you […]Read On »


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Movie Review: EYE IN THE SKY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/12/2016
EYE IN THE SKY | © 2016 Bleecker Street

Rating: R Stars: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Iain Glen, Phoebe Fox, Aisha Takow Writer: Guy Hibbert Director: Gavin Hood Distributor: Bleecker Street Release Date: March 11, 2016 The term “thought-provoking” is thrown around so much that it’s almost meaningless – anything that attracts your notice should provoke some sort of thought – but EYE IN THE SKY brings the phrase back to its original intention. A drama about the whys and why-nots surrounding the possibility of a join U.K./U.S. drone strike on a “high-value” target in Kenya, the film presents so many possibilities and […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from RED 2 Los Angeles Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 07/26/2013
Bruce Willis at the Los Angeles Premiere of RED 2 | ©2013 Sue Schneider

Summit Entertainment held the Los Angeles Premiere on July 11th of RED 2 at the Westwood Village Theatre in Westwood. Closing the streets by the theatre, which was lined with fans that screamed when the stars arrived and hoped to get autographs or take a picture with the stars. RED 2 is based on characters created by Warren Elis and Cully Hamner. Seen walking the carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung-hun Lee, Neal McDonough, Dean Parisot (Director), Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian (Producers), Cully Hamner […]Read On »


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Movie Review: RED 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/21/2013
RED 2 movie poster | ©2013 Summit Entertainment

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Byung Hun Lee, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Neal McDonough, Brian Cox Writers: Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber, based on characters created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner Director: Dean Parisot Distributor: Summit Entertainment Release Date: July 19, 2012 One of the main thoughts one has while watching RED 2 is that Helen Mirren is awesome. This isn’t exactly news, but every moment she’s onscreen here, firing two guns simultaneously as if she’s in a Quentin Tarantino shoot-‘em-up with an expression that says, yes, this is going just as she […]Read On »


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Interview: PHIL SPECTOR writer-director David Mamet on the HBO film

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/24/2013
Al Pacino in PHIL SPECTOR | ©2013 HBO/Phillip V. Caruso

Even by the extreme standards of outrageousness in rock ‘n’ roll history, Phil Spector’s story stands out – the man went from visionary record producer to murder suspect accused of killing his girlfriend, Lana Clarkson. David Mamet has written, produced and directed the HBO drama PHIL SPECTOR, which premieres Sunday at 9 PM. Starring Al Pacino as Spector and Helen Mirren (who took over the role when Bette Midler had to stop one week into filming due to health problems) as his attorney Linda Kenney Baden, the film deals with Spector’s first murder trial. Speaking to the press at the […]Read On »


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News: Al Pacino talks about PHIL SPECTOR and playing the iconic and tragic figure – TCA 2013

By CARL CORTEZ 01/06/2013
Al Pacino and Helen Mirren in PHIL SPECTOR | ©2012 HBO

After tackling Jack Kevorkian in the HBO film YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, Al Pacino returns to the cable network portraying another real life figure – famed music producer Phil Spector. Written and directed by David Mamet, the film focuses on his trial for murder of actress Lana Clarkson. And while speaking with the press via satellite at the Cable 2013 TCAs for HBO, Pacino says it was an interesting process immersing himself into the school of Spector. “With today’s world you have all this footage on characters you play,” says Pacino. “I would sit for hours just looking at Phil talking […]Read On »


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