Movie Review: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/30/2024
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE movie poster | ©2024 Marvel/Disney

Rating: R Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Matthew McFadyen Writers: Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy, based on characters created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza Director: Shawn Levy Distributor: Disney/Marvel Release Date: July 26, 2024 For those who enjoy the core tenets of Marvel’s DEADPOOL movies – nonstop crude verbal humor and violent assaults on both bodies and the fourth wall – DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE offers virtually nonstop entertainment. Those who are at least mildly conversant with the characters will remember […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/02/2023
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE | ©2023 Sony/Marvel

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfield, Oscar Isaac, Jake Johnson, Issa Rae, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Jason Schwartzman, Daniel Kaluuya, Shea Whigham, Amandla Stenberg, Karan Soni Writers: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller & Dave Callaham, based on the Marvel Comics Directors: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson Distributor: Sony/Columbia/Marvel Release Date: June 2, 2023 The Marvel Cinematic Universe has for awhile now been walking the self-awareness tightrope. This was wonderfully enjoyable and inventive in 2018’s animated feature SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, in which teen Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) not only becomes Spider-Man, […]Read On »


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MIRACLE WORKERS: DARK AGES: Creator Simon Rich on Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/28/2020
MIRACLE WORKERS: DARK AGES Key Art | ©2019 TBS

TBS’s MIRACLE WORKERS was the top new cable comedy of 2019. Created by Simon Rich, MIRACLE WORKERS concerned a team of angels, played by a cast including Daniel Radcliffe, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Karan Soni, trying to perform the miracle of getting two lonely people to kiss each other so that a depressed God, portrayed by Steve Buscemi, wouldn’t destroy the Earth. Rich wrote for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, was one of the screenwriters on the Oscar-winning INSIDE OUT, and created the comedy series MAN SEEKING WOMAN. Now he has crafted a new season of MIRACLE WORKERS, entitled MIRACLE WORKERS: DARK AGES, […]Read On »


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MIRACLE WORKERS: Creator Simon Rich and actor Karan Soni on new fantasy comedy – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/25/2019
MIRACLE WORKERS - Season 1 | ©2019 TBS

In TBS’s new comedy series MIRACLE WORKERS, Heaven, Inc. is in an uproar. God (played by Steve Buscemi) has given up in despair with the Earth and has decided to blow it up and do something else entirely. A group of angels in the answered prayers department, headed up by Craig (played by Daniel Radcliffe) and Eliza (played by Geraldine Viswanathan), try to persuade God that there’s still hope for humanity. Simon Rich created MIRACLE WORKERS, based on his novel of the same name. Rich also created the comedy series MAN SEEKS WOMAN, was one of the writers on the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEADPOOL 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/18/2018
DEADPOOL 2 poster | ©2018 Fox

Rating: R Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller, Stefan Kapicic (voice), Brianna Hildebrand, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni Writers: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Ryan Reynolds, based on characters created by Rob Liefeld & Fabian Nicieza Director: David Leitch Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: May 18, 2018  DEADPOOL 2, should there be any doubt, is the sequel to 2016’s DEADPOOL. Both are based on the comics created by Rob Liefeld & Fabian Nicieza. The original DEADPOOL, with its blend of comic book action, snarky meta humor, bloody violence and quick-sparring romance was […]Read On »


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Movie Review: OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/09/2016
OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY poster | ©2016 Paramount Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney B. Vance, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Rob Corddry, Vanessa Bayer, Randall Park, Karan Soni Writers: Justin Malen & Laura Solon & Dan Mazer, story by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore and Timothy Dowling Directors: Josh Gordon & Will Speck Distributor: Paramount Release Date: December 9, 2016 In comedic terms, OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY is in the genre of THE HANGOVER and HORRIBLE BOSSES, both movies with multiple ties to this film. OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY isn’t as funny as the original entries in those series, but it’s way better than […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEADPOOL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/12/2016
DEADPOOL | © 2016 20th Century Fox

Rating: R Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Stefan Kapicic (voice), Brianna Hildebrand, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni Writers: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on characters created by Rob Liefeld & Fabian Nicieza Director: Tim Miller Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: February 12, 2016 There aren’t many movies that can (or even try to) make us laugh, hard, at the opening credits. DEADPOOL does that, and thereafter reliably supplies humor, romance, hardcore violence, a wee bit of horror (depending on your definition), Marvel Comics mythology and assaults on the fourth wall that magically don’t compromise the […]Read On »


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BLUNT TALK actors Timm Sharp and Dolly Wells on new Starz series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/05/2015
BLUNT TALK - Season 1 | © 2015 Starz

BLUNT TALK, Starz’s new half-hour comedy Saturdays at 9 PM, concerns a news program anchored by Walter Blunt. Patrick Stewart stars as Walter, who has a lot of idiosyncrasies and issues. Then again, so do all of his colleagues, including his senior producers, Celia, played by Dolly Wells, and Jim, portrayed by Timm Sharp. Wells recently was seen in the second season of DOLL AND EM, the HBO comedy she co-created, produced and starred in with best friend Emily Mortimer; the English actress has previously been a regular in STAR STORIES, CAMPUS, SPY and SOME GIRLS and is in the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/14/2012
SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED poster | ©2012 Film District

Rating: R Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnston, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere Writer: Derek Connolly Director: Colin Trevorrow Distributor: Film District Release Date: June 8, 2012 In the mid-Nineties, the following ad actually ran in a survivalist magazine: “WANTED: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke.P.O. Box 91 Ocean View,WA 99393. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before.” With this as a jumping-off point, writer Derek Connolly and director Colin Trevorrow have crafted a disarmingly funny film that […]Read On »


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