Movie Review: IN THE LAND OF SAINTS & SINNERS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/29/2024
IN THE LAND OF SAINTS AND SINNERS movie poster | ©2024 Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rating: R Stars: Liam Neeson, Kerry Condon, Jack Gleeson, Sarah Greene, Desmond Eastwood, Niamh Cusack, Conor MacNeill, Seamus O’Hara, Colm Meaney, Ciarán Hinds, Michelle Gleeson, Anne Brogan, Mark O’Regan Writers: Mark Michael McNally & Terry Loane Director: Robert Lorenz Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films Release Date: March 29, 2024 Movies set in 1974 now qualify as period pieces. So it is with IN THE LAND OF SAINTS & SINNERS. The opening titles inform us that we’re in Northern Ireland, where decades of unrest have led to armed conflict. This refers to the sectarian strife between Protestant and Catholic paramilitary groups, which […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHT SWIM

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/05/2024
NIGHT SWIM movie poster | ©2024 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren, Jodi Long, Eddie Martinez, Elijah Roberts, Nancy Lenehan, Rahnuma Panthaky, Ayazhan Dalabayeva Writer: Bryce McGuire, based on the short film by Rod Blackhurst & Bryce McGuire Director: Bryce McGuire Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: January 5, 2024 In home insurance documents, swimming pools are referred to as “attractive nuisances.” The swimming pool in NIGHT SWIM is more than that, alternatively alluring, healing, and homicidal. Directed and scripted by Bryce McGuire, who made the short film this is based on with Rod Blackhurst, NIGHT SWIM begins in 1992. A short […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/21/2022
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN | ©2022 Searchlight Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Pat Shortt, Gary Lydon Writer: Martin McDonagh Director: Martin McDonagh Distributor: Searchlight Pictures Release Date: October 21, 2022 THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN is a dark but oddly warm comic tragedy. Set in 1923 on a small island of the coast of Ireland, it features the kinds of eccentric, sharply-drawn characters we’ve come to expect from writer/director Martin McDonagh. It should be noted, for those who care, that there are no actual banshees in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. There are ill portents, to be sure, some death, and some blasts […]Read On »


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BAD SAMARITAN: Director Dean Devlin tackles new thriller starring David Tennant – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/05/2018
Director Dean Devlin on the set of BAD SAMARITAN | ©2018 Electric Entertainment

In BAD SAMARITAN, in theaters now, a nice guy making wrong choices finds himself tangling with a psychopath. Dean Devlin directed the script by Brandon Boyce, which introduces us to parking valets Sean (Robert Sheehan) and Derek (Carlito Olivero), who have found a much better income source than tips. Using the tech in the cars they handle, they burglarize the owners’ homes, then get the vehicles back before the people have finished their meals. One night, Cale Erendreich (David Tennant), who demonstrates that he’s a major jerk in the brief space of time it takes him to turn over his […]Read On »


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BAD SAMARITAN: Robert Sheehan plays cat and mouse with David Tennant – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/04/2018
Robert Sheehan in BAD SAMARITAN | ©2018 Electric Entertainment

In the thriller BAD SAMARITAN, opening today, Robert Sheehan stars as Sean Falco. Sean is a young Irishman living in Portland, Oregon, where he works as a parking valet – and moonlights as a burglar, using the tech inside the cars to get into the owners’ homes while they’re dining. Directed by Dean Devlin and written by Brandon Boyce, BAD SAMARITAN explores what happens when Sean stumbles upon a kidnap victim (Kerry Condon) in a home he’s planning to rob. Too scared to free her, Sean flees. Consumed with guilt, Sean promptly resolves to save the woman, which puts him […]Read On »


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