Movie Review: BROS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/30/2022
©2022 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Jim Rash, Monica Raymund, Dot-Marie Jones, Eve Lindley, Amanda Bearse, Bowen Yang, Guillermo Diaz, Jai Rodriguez, Miss Lawrence, TS Madison, Ryan Faucett Writers: Billy Eichner & Nicholas Stoller Director: Nicholas Stoller Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: September 30, 2022 There are, by now, lots of gay romcom (and dramatic, and satiric, and everything else) movies out there. However, BROS is (to this reviewer’s knowledge) the first major studio release to put gay male romance, and sex, front and center. It’s surprising not so much because it exists, but because how often it scores […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE WITCHES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/22/2020

Rating: PG Stars: Jahzir Bruno, Octavia Spencer, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth (voice), Codie-Lei Eastick, Chris Rock (voice) Writers: Robert Zemeckis & Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro, based on the novel by Roald Dahl Director: Robert Zemeckis Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: October 22, 2020 THE WITCHES, now on HBO Max, is what is sometimes known as a “family film.” This is not in the literal sense, as in actually being suitable for family members of all ages. Rather, it’s made for children, with parents, older siblings and other folks seeing the possibilities and wishing it was better. […]Read On »


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CHRISTMAS AT GRACELAND: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS – Exclusive Interview with director Eric Close and producer Dustin Rikert

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/25/2019
CHRISTMAS AT GRACELAND: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS | ©2019 Hallmark Channel

CHRISTMAS AT GRACELAND: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS is the third telefilm in Hallmark Channel’s GRACELAND series, all shot in and around Elvis Presley’s iconic Memphis mansion. CHRISTMAS AT GRACELAND: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS premieres on Hallmark Saturday, November 23, and Sunday, November 24, with re-airings throughout the holiday season. Like its predecessors, 2018’s CHRISTMAS AT GRACELAND, and June 2019’s WEDDING AT GRACELAND, CHRISTMAS AT GRACELAND: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS is directed by Eric Close and produced by Dustin Rikert. The telefilm stars Kaitlin Doubleday and Adrian Grenier. Close and Rikert are hanging out together at Crown Media Family Networks’ (Hallmark’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE BOY NEXT DOOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/24/2015
THE BOY NEXT DOOR movie poster | ©2015 Universal Pictures

Back in the day, there were a lot more “woman in jeopardy” medium-budget thrillers and far fewer people questioned their underlying messages (unless the movies were made by someone like Alfred Hitchcock, in which case they were generally considered to be in some other genre). In 2015, though, when Jennifer Lopez stars in THE BOY NEXT DOOR, it’s hard not to have questions about exactly what’s being said here, especially when an end tag informs us that the story is based on real events. Lopez plays high school English teacher Claire Peterson, separated from her husband Garrett (John Corbett) for […]Read On »


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Movie Review: RIO 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/12/2014
RIO 2 | © 2014 Twentieth Century Fox

Rating: G Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Fox, will.i.am, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Andy Garcia, Bruno Mars, Kristin Chenoweth, Rita Moreno Writers: Don Rhymer, Carlos Kotkin, Jenny Bicks, Yoni Brenner, story by Carlos Saldanha Director: Carlos Saldanha Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Release Date: April 11, 2014 RIO 2 is a pleasing film. It has heart, a sense of humor, is very appealing to the eye and knows exactly how hard to try. In 2011’s RIO, we were introduced to rare Amazon blue macaw Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg), who was birdnapped and fell […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: GLEE creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan on the hit Fox series

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/22/2012
Lea Michele, Vanessa Lengies, Jenna Ushkowitz, Naya Rivera, Amber Riley, Heather Morris and Dianna Agron in GLEE - Season 3 - "I Kissed a Girl" | ©2011 Fox/Adam Rose

GLEE’s third-season finale airs tonight, Tuesday May 22, on Fox. We caught up with two of GLEE’s creators/executive producers, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan (the third creator/executive producer is Brad Falchuk) for a short chat about the journey so far. ASSIGNMENT X: At what point in GLEE’s life did you realize you had not just a TV series, but a pop culture phenomenon? RYAN MURPHY: I was out of the country shooting [EAT PRAY LOVE starring Julia Roberts] when it sort of all happened. I think it was the episode [“The Rhodes Not Taken”] that was the first Kristin Chenoweth […]Read On »


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TV Review: GCB – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Series Premiere

By CARL CORTEZ 03/05/2012
Miriam Shor, Mark Deklin, Jennifer Aspen, Brad Beter, Leslie Bibb, Annie Potts, Kristin Chenoweth, David James Elliott, Marisol Nichols in GCB - Season 1 | ©2012 ABC/Bob D'Amico

Stars: Leslie Bibb, Kristin Chenoweth, Annie Potts, Jennifer Aspen, Miriam Shor, Marisol Nichols, Mark Deklin, David James Elliott, Brad Beyer Writer: Robert Harling based on the novel “Good Christian Bitches” by Kim Gatlin Director: Alan Poul Network: ABC, airs Sunday nights Original Telecast: March 4, 2012 With DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES leaving the air after eight seasons later this Spring, ABC looks like they’ve hit pay dirt with the perfect heir to that show with GCB. GCB (otherwise known as GOOD CHRISTIAN BELLES or GOOD CHRISTIAN BITCHES if you want to use the title of the Kim Gatlin novel that this is […]Read On »


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