Movie Review: IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/10/2023
IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE movie poster | ©2023 RLJE Films/Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Jane Widdop, Jess McLeod, Joel McHale, Katharine Isabelle, William B. Davis, Justin Long, Aiden Howard, Erin Boyes, Sean Depner, Zenia Marshall, Jason Fernandes, Hana Huggins, Cassandra Naud Writer: Michael Kennedy Director: Tyler MacIntyre Distributor: RLJE Films/Shudder Release Date: November 10, 2023 (theatrical) What if the celebrated 1946 Christmas film IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE were also SCREAM? That’s not as impossible a mashup as it perhaps sounds. IT’S A WONDERFUL KNIFE proves the point. In IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (for those who need a refresher), despondent Bedford Falls resident George Bailey (James Stewart) wishes he’d never been born. […]Read On »


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HANNIBAL’S Bryan Fuller gives the scoop on Season 3 – exclusive – Part 1

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/17/2015
Hugh Dancy stars as Will Graham in HANNIBAL | © 2015 Brooke Palmer/NBC

At the end of Season 2 of NBC’s HANNIBAL last year, title character and stylist cannibal/serial killer/psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) escaped into the rainy night, leaving our heroes – FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy), FBI Behavioral Unit director Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) and FBI agent Alana Bloom (Caroline Dhavernas) – all critically wounded. Season 3, Thursdays at 10 PM, picks up with Hannibal in Italy, accompanied by his own psychiatrist, Bedelia Du Maurier (Gillian Anderson), while the other protagonists struggle to put themselves and the search for Hannibal back together. Executive producer Bryan Fuller (creator of PUSHING DAISIES […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 4 – “Oh, Don’t You Die For Me”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 03/20/2014
Sam Witwer as Aidan Waite, Meaghan Rath as Sally Malik in BEING HUMAN - Season 4 - "Oh, Don't You Die For Me" | ©2014 Syfy/Philippe Bosse

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager, Connor Price, Helen Colliander, Katharine Isabelle, Janine Theriault, James H. Woods, Kalinka Petrie, Mylene Dinh-Robic, Tim Rozon, Kwasi Songui Writer: Mike Ostrowski, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse Director: Paolo Barzman Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: March 17, 2014 BEING HUMAN finds a way to honor what happened in Sally’s visit to the alternate past with what’s been set up in the main storyline in “Oh, Don’t You Die For Me.” Teleplay writer Mike Ostrowski uses the memories […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 4 – “Gallows Humor”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 03/06/2014
Meaghan Rath as Sally Malik on BEING HUMAN "Gallows Humor" | © 2104 Philippe Bosse/Syfy

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager, Amy Aquino, Connor Price, James A. Woods, Katharine Isabelle, Gianpaolo Venuta, Jesse Rath Writer: Lisa Randolph, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse Director: Paolo Barzman Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: February 24, 2014 BEING HUMAN is generally at its best when our main characters – vampire Aidan (Sam Witwer), ghost Sally (Meaghan Rath) and werewolves Josh (Sam Huntington) and Nora (Kristen Hager) – are all together. “Gallows Humor” separates them of necessity, as they’ve all got their own […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 4 – “Cheater of the Pack”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 02/26/2014
Kristen Hager as Nora on BEING HUMAN "Cheater of the Pack" | © 2014 Philippe Bosse/Syfy

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager, Connor Price, James A. Woods, Katharine Isabelle, Mylene Dinh-Robic, Tim Rozon, Gianpaolo Venuta, Jesse Rath, Stephanie Lemelin Writer: Craig Lamarsh, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse Director: Jeff Renfroe Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: February 17, 2014 Poor Josh (Sam Huntington) just can’t win with his wolf. Almost no sooner than he thinks he’s got control of himself – turning at the full moon and so on – than he wakes up next to fellow married werewolf Wendy […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 4 – “Panic Womb”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 02/25/2014
Sam Huntington as Josh on BEING HUMAN "Panic Womb" | © 2014 Syfy

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager, Connor Price, Helen Colliander, Katharine Isabelle, Susanna Fournier, Deanna Russo, Mylene Dinh-Robic, Tim Rozon, Mary Katherine Harvey Writer: Mike Ostrowski, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse Director: Paolo Barzman Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: February 3, 2014 BEING HUMAN’s fourth season continues its streak of solid episodes with “Panic Womb,” with Aidan (Sam Witwer) and Sally (Meaghan Rath) continuing to address problems introduced earlier in the season, while Josh (Sam Huntington) and Nora (Kristen Hager) confront a whole […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 4 – “Lil’ Smokie”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 02/18/2014
Meaghan Rath as Sally in BEING HUMAN "Lil' Smokie" | © 2014 Philippe Bosse/Syfy

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager, Amy Aquino, Connor Price, Helen Colliander, Katharine Isabelle, Gianpaolo Venuto, Kyle Switzer, Deanna Russo Writer: Nancy Won, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse Director: Paolo Barzman Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: January 27, 2014 BEING HUMAN is at its best when its characters are bonding. Only Sally (Meaghan Rath) and Nora (Kristen Hager), and Nora and Josh (Sam Huntington) get to spend quality time in “Lil’ Smokie,” but even when everyone is separated, the episode underscores what they all mean to one another. The […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 4 – “That Time of the Month”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 02/16/2014
Meaghan Rath as Sally on BEING HUMAN "That Time of the Month" | © 2014 Philippe Bosse / Syfy

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager, Katharine Isabelle, Kyle Harrison Breitkopf, Deanna Russo, Mark Pellegrino Writer: Lisa Randolph, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse Director: Stefan Pleszczynski Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: January 20, 2014 BEING HUMAN has a strong episode in “That Time of the Month,” as it has striking visual elements, several big plot twists and the added bonus of Mark Pellegrino’s Bishop showing up in flashbacks. Ghost Sally (Meaghan Rath), aware that she’s come back from the never-never with some extra power, is able to dig up […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 4 – “Old Dog, New Tricks” – SEASON PREMIERE

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 02/11/2014
Samuel Witwer as Aidan Waite in BEING HUMAN "Old Dog, New Tricks" | © 2014 Philippe Bosse/Syfy

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager, Amy Aquino, Connor Price, Helen Colliander, Katharine Isabelle, Janine Theriault, Deanna Russo Writer: Anna Fricke, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse Director: Stefan Pleszczynski Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: January 13, 2014 The fourth season of BEING HUMAN hits the ground running pretty literally with “Old Dog, New Tricks.” Within the story, it’s been three months since the end of last season. Vampire Aidan (Sam Witwer) and werewolf-in-human-form Nora (Kristen Hager) are trying to keep werewolf Josh (Sam Huntington) healthy. Josh has become a reverse […]Read On »


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DVD Review: AMERICAN MARY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/26/2013
AMERICAN MARY Blu-ray | ©2013 XLerator Films

Rating: R Stars: Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, David Lovgren, Paula Lindberg, Clay St. Thomas, John Emmet Tracy, Twan Holliday Writers: Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska Directors: Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska Distributor: XLerator Films Release Date: June 7, 2013 (theatrical), June 18, 2013 (home video) AMERICAN MARY is reminiscent of some of the earlier work of David Cronenberg, though it is much calmer about sexuality and self-expression than the relatively few other films that explore this subject matter. Directors/writers (and twin sisters) Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska take us into the underworld of extreme body modification via med […]Read On »


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