Movie Review: BLACKBERRY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/12/2023
BLACKBERRY movie poster | ©2023 IFC Films

Rating: R Stars: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Rich Sommer, Michael Ironside, Martin Donovan, Michelle Giroux, SungWon Cho, Mark Critch, Saul Rubinek, Cary Elwes Writers: Matt Johnson & Mark Miller, based on the book LISTENING TO THE SIGNAL by Jacquie McNish & Sean Silcoff Director: Matt Johnson Distributor: IFC Films Release Date: May 12, 2023 BLACKBERRY begins with a title that informs us, “The following fictionalization is inspired by real people and real events that took place in Waterloo, Ontario.” What comes next plays out something like what the tech dark comedy SILICON VALLEY might have been like if […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PERCY VS GOLIATH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/30/2021
PERCY VS GOLIATH movie poster | ©2021 Saban Films

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Christopher Walken, Roberta Maxwell, Christina Ricci, Zach Braff, Martin Donovan, Peter Stebbings, Luke Kirby Writers: Garfield L. Miller and Hilary Pryor Director: Clark Johnson Distributor: Saban Films Release Date: April 30, 2021 PERCY VS GOLIATH is a diverting, folksy courtroom drama. It is based on a real court case, against the food and chemical giant Monsanto, no less. That aspect alone holds interest. The real Percy Schmeiser seems to have been a fairly different sort of person than he’s depicted here, as played by Christopher Walken. Looking up basic facts about him online suggests that he wasn’t […]Read On »


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Movie Review: COME TO DADDY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/07/2020
COME TO DADDY movie poster | ©2020 Saban Films

Rating: R Stars: Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Martin Donovan, Madeleine Sami, Garfield Wilson, Michael Smiley Writer: Toby Harvard, idea by Ant Timpson Director: Ant Timpson Distributor: Saban Films Release Date: February 7, 2020 COME TO DADDY is the kind of movie that causes a reviewer to think long and hard about how difficult it is to complete a movie and secure distribution. These things are no small achievement, and filmmakers who reach this finish line deserve congratulations. With this in mind, it should be noted that COME TO DADDY is shrewdly cast, very well-acted, and has clever twists, great production […]Read On »


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Movie Review: REMEMORY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/10/2017
REMEMORY movie poster | ©2017 Lionsgate

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Peter Dinklage, Julia Ormond, Martin Donovan, Henry Ian Cusick, Anton Yelchin, Evelyne Brochu Writers: Mark Palansky & Mike Vukadinovich Director: Mark Palansky Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: September 8 (theatrical), August 24 (VOD) REMEMORY revisits a versatile sci-fi premise: what if memories could be recorded and played back? Films as diverse as TOTAL RECALL and STRANGE DAYS have utilized this idea. In REMEMORY, scientist Gordon Dunn (Martin Donovan) has developed a device that does this, which he intends to use for therapy. However, there are some unintended side effects that make some of his test subjects very unhappy. […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from Marvel’s ANT-MAN World Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 07/27/2015
Paul Rudd at the World Premiere of ANT-MAN | ©2015 Sue Schneider

The World Premiere of Marvel’s ANT-MAN was held recently in Hollywood at The Dolby Theatre. It was a big premiere closing down Hollywood Boulevard from Highland to Orange. Fans lined the street and the red carpet ran through Hollywood/Highland, which was lined with more fans. ANT-MAN was one of the most anticipated movies of summer releases. Seen walking the carpet were the stars of the film, which included: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly (very pregnant), Corey Stoll, Judy Greer, Michael Pena, David Dastmalchian, Wood Harris, Abby Ryder Fortson, Gregg Turkington, Martin Donovan, Adam McKay (Screenwriter), Christophe Beck (Composer), and […]Read On »


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Movie Review: INHERENT VICE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/12/2014
INHERENT VICE movie poster | ©2014 Warner Bros.

Rating: R Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Martin Short, Owen Wilson, Jena Malone, Benicio Del Toro, Reese Witherspoon, Joanna Newsom, Eric Roberts, Michael Kenneth Williams, Martin Donovan, Sasha Pieterse, Hong Chau, Jordan Christian Hearn, Jeannie Berlin Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson, based on Thomas Pynchon’s novel Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: December 12, 2014 Although novelist Thomas Pynchon is a legendary American writer who has so far brought forth eight novels and numerous short stories (in addition to a lot of technical writing), INHERENT VICE is the first of his works to make it to […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: THE LOTTERY creator Timothy J. Sexton on fertile storytelling

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/05/2014
THE LOTTERY poster - Season 1 | ©2014 Lifetime

In Lifetime’s new series THE LOTTERY, Sundays at 10 PM, human women have become infertile – the youngest children on Earth are six years old. However, a medical breakthrough has allowed a small number of embryos to be fertilized. The U.S. President, played by Martin Donovan, decides to hold a lottery to determine which women will be allowed to carry the potential new generation. LOTTERY creator/executive producer Timothy J. Sexton has, in broad terms, dealt with the prospect of human extinction before. He was one of the screenwriters (including the film’s director Alfonso Cuaron) for 2006’s CHILDREN OF MEN, based […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: ROGUE brain trust Matthew Parkhill, Nick Hamm and Patty Ishimoto on DirectTV’s first series

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/08/2013
ROGUE | ©2013 DirectTV

ROGUE, Wednesday nights on DirecTV, follows former Oakland undercover cop Grace, played by Thandie Newton, who becomes so obsessed with finding the killer of her child that she’s taken off the force. With no badge, Grace goes back to her old false identity within the local mob run by Marton Csokas’s character Jimmy to uncover the truth. At the Television Critics Association press tour, ROGUE has already had its cast and creators question and answer panel in the main ballroom at the Pasadena Langham Hotel. Now ROGUE’s creator/supervising producer/creator Matthew Parkhill and executive producer Nick Hamm, both British, are hanging out […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Farhad Safinia on Season 2 of BOSS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/19/2012
BOSS - Season 2 | ©2012 Starz

In BOSS, now in its second season Friday nights at 9 PM on Starz, Kelsey Grammer stars as fictional Chicago Mayor Tom Kane, a politician of such ferocity that he makes Rod Blagojevich look like a bake sale coordinator. Kane’s problems include estrangement from both his wife (Connie Nielsen) and daughter (Hannah Ware), treacherous former allies and a debilitating disease that is affecting his mental faculties. Kane would like to do something of value with his legacy, but facing corruption from both outside and within himself, this may not be possible. BOSS creator and show runner Farhad Safinia previously wrote […]Read On »


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