Movie Review: CUCKOO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/09/2024
CUCKOO movie poster | ©2024 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jan Bluthardt, Márton Csókás, Jessica Henwick, Mila Lieu, Greta Fernández, Proschat Madani, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Konrad Singer, Kalin Morrow Writer: Tilman Singer Director: Tilman Singer Distributor: Neon Release Date: August 9, 2024 The film CUCKOO is well-titled. This isn’t an insult. Since many of the characters are demonstrably crazy, and it is plotted so densely that viewers may feel some madness themselves, a reference to insanity seems appropriate. The title also references the bird species with the unusual method of raising their young, although that analogy gets stretched to the breaking point. CUCKOO begins […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SLEEPING DOGS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/22/2024
SLEEPING DOGS movie poster | ©2024 The Avenue

Rating: R Stars: Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Marton Csókás, Thomas M. Wright, Harry Greenwood, Tommy Flanagan, Pacharo Mzembe, Lynn Gilmartin, Paula Arundell Writers: Adam Cooper & Bill Collage, based on THE BOOK OF MIRRORS by E.O. Chirovici Director: Adam Cooper Distributor: The Avenue Release Date: March 22, 2024 SLEEPING DOGS is based on a novel, THE BOOK OF MIRRORS by E.O. Chirovici. Without reading the source material, it’s impossible to know whether the book has the same meta problem as the movie. Directed by Adam Cooper, from a screenplay by Cooper & Bill Collage, SLEEPING DOGS is a cold case […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LOVING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/04/2016
LOVING movie poster | ©2016 Focus Features

Rating: R Stars: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Christopher Mann, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, Jon Bass Writer: Jeff Nichols Director: Jeff Nichols Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: November 4, 2016 When we first meet Mildred Jeter (Ruth Negga) and Richard Loving (Joel Edgerton), they seem like two people very unlikely to make history. Richard is a bricklayer; Mildred’s family works in the fields. When Mildred tells Richard she’s pregnant, he’s overjoyed. He buys a parcel of land where he intends to build Mildred a house, then proposes to her. It’s Mildred’s turn to be overjoyed. The problem is that we’re in […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: ROGUE star Marton Csokas chats about his new series

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/29/2013
Marton Csokas in ROGUE | (c) 2013 DirecTV

DirecTV’s thriller series ROGUE, which concludes its first season Wednesday May 29, stars Thandie Newton as former Oakland police detective Grace Travis. Grace returns to her secret identity, minus her badge to investigate the death of her son. Marton Csokas plays Jimmy Laszlo, Grace’s lover and possible nemesis, who runs a shipping business that has a shady side. Csokas was born in New Zealand, holds a Hungarian passport and currently resides in the United States. Worldwide audiences know him as the elf Celeborn in the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. Other recent credits include ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, DREAM HOUSE, […]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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Movie Review: ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/23/2012
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER movie poster | ©2012 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Marton Csokas, Jimmi Simpson, Joseph Mawle, Robin McLeavy Writer: Seth Grahame-Smith, based on his novel Director: Timur Bekemambetov Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: June 22, 2012 Normally, this reviewer is a believer in substance over style – what a movie is about, its story, its ideas, its emotional impact and its performances normally take precedence over what the film looks like. However, this is not true of ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER. It’s probably possible, perhaps even easy, to find out what director Timur Bekmambetov and […]Read On »


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