Movie Review: THE DAMNED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/03/2025
THE DAMNED movie poster | ©2025 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Siobhan Finneran, Rory McCann, Turlough Convery, Lewis Gribben, Francis Magee, Mícheál Óg Lane Writer: Jamie Hannigan, story by Thordur Palsson Director: Thordur Palsson Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: January 3, 2025 THE DAMNED is period Scandinavian folk horror that succeeds in being eerie and suspenseful throughout, right up until its “Wait, what?” last scene. We are at a remote fishing station in nineteenth-century Iceland (THE DAMNED was shot in Iceland and Ireland). Eva (Odessa Young) talks about the hardship here, although Magnus, her late husband, said this was a place of opportunity. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SECRET IN THEIR EYES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/20/2015
SECRET IN THEIR EYES movie poster | ©2015 STX Entertainment

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris, Alfred Molina, Joe Cole, Michael Kelly, Zoe Graham Writer: Billy Ray, based on the screenplay for EL SECRETO DEL SUS OJOS by Juan Jose Campanella & Eduardo Sacheri Director: Billy Ray Distributor: STX Entertainment Release Date: November 20, 2015 The 2009 Argentinean film EL SECRETO DEL SUS OJOS was well-reviewed and well-respected. Now an English-language adaptation by director/screenwriter Billy Ray, SECRET IN THEIR EYES, is here, and something seems to have been lost in translation. A lot of key plot points are the same, but whether it’s due to […]Read On »


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