Movie Review: THE WILD ROBOT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/27/2024
THE WILD ROBOT | ©2024 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Matt Berry, Ving Rhames, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara Writer: Chris Sanders, based on the book by Peter Brown Director: Chris Sanders Distributor: Universal/DreamWorks Animation Release Date: September 27, 2024 It’s hard to make a movie, whether animated or live-action, about the parent-child bond that is touching without being either rote or overkill. Based on Peter Brown’s illustrated children’s novel, the action-packed but gentle-spirited THE WILD ROBOT succeeds. Directed by Chris Sanders, who adapted the screenplay, THE WILD ROBOT introduces us to Rozzum Unit 7134 (voiced by […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE INVENTOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/15/2023
THE INVENTOR movie poster | ©2023 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Stephen Fry, Daisy Ridley, Marion Cotillard, Gauthier Battoue, Matt Berry Writer: Jim Capobianco Director: Jim Capobianco; co-director Pierre-Luc Granjon Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: September 15, 2023 THE INVENTOR loosely follows the last years of inventor, artist, and scholar Leonardo da Vinci. It opens with an onscreen title: “What follows is based on events in the life of Leonardo Da Vinci.” This is also read aloud for pre-reading-age viewers. This tells us something about the film’s target audience. We also get the standard disclaimer at the end about how no resemblance is intended to any actual […]Read On »


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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: Paul Simms, Actor Mark Proksch and Sam Johnson talk Season 3 finale and tease Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/01/2021
WHAT WE DO IN SHADOWS - Season 3 Key Art | ©2021 FX

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS just wrapped its third season on Thursday, October 28, on FX. The season is available on FX on Hulu and FX on Demand. It was announced before Season 3 began airing that it had been renewed for a fourth season. WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, created by Jemaine Clement, based on the 2014 film of the same name, created by Clement and Taika Waititi, concerns a house of vampires un-living in Staten Island with their human familiar/protector, Guillermo (Harvey Guillen). Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), and Nandor (Kayvan Novak) are regular blood-drinking […]Read On »


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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: Actors Harvey Guillen and Kayvan Novak talk Season 3 – Exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/20/2021
Harvey Guillen as Guillermo in WHAT WE DO IN SHADOWS - Season 1| ©2019 FX/Matthias Clamer

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, the vampire comedy spun off from the film of the same title, is now in its third season on FX Thursday nights, with episodes available the following day on FX on Hulu and FX on Demand. Before Season 3 had even premiered, FX announced it had renewed WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS. At the start of Season 3, our houseful of vampires in Staten Island have been promoted to leaders of the Tri-State Vampiric Council. Nandor, played by Kayvan Novak, and Nadja, portrayed by Natasia Demetriou, have settled into being co-leaders, as Nadja’s […]Read On »


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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: Showrunner and executive producer Paul Simms on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/06/2021
WHAT WE DO IN SHADOWS - Season 3 Key Art | ©2021 FX

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS was renewed for a fourth season when its third premiered. Season 3 is currently airing on FX Thursday nights, and available the next day on FX on Hulu and on FX on Demand. In the series, based on the 2014 feature film created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi (who likewise created the FX show together), a houseful of vampires and their human familiar try to cope with life/unlife in 21st-century Staten Island, New York. At the end of Season 2, human familiar and secret member of the Van Helsing bloodline Guillermo de la […]Read On »


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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: Actor Mark Proksch gives the scoop on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview – Part 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/09/2021
Mark Proksch as Colin Robinson in WHAT WE DO IN SHADOWS - Season 3 | ©2021 FX/Brendon Meadows

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS is back for its third season on FX on Thursday nights, with episodes available the next day on FX on Hulu and FX on Demand, and already renewed for a fourth season before Season 3 even premiered. In Part 2 of our exclusive interview with actor Mark Proksch, who plays energy vampire Colin Robinson in the supernatural comedy, he answers questions that would have been too spoilery to print before the Season 3 premiere on September 2. Before Proksch got on Zoom with Assignment X, he also participated in a group Q&A virtual session, […]Read On »


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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: Actor Matt Berry on Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/10/2020
Matt Berry as Laszlo in WHAT WE DO IN SHADOWS - Season 2 | ©2020 FX/Pari Dukovic

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, now in its second season on Wednesday nights on FX (and thereafter on FX on Hulu), has been picked up for a third season. The series, developed for television by Jemaine Clement, based on the film of the same name that he wrote with Taika Waititi, deals with a houseful of vampires un-living together on Staten Island. Matt Berry plays the vampire Laszlo, who has been married for several hundred years now to his maker Nadja, portrayed by Natasia Demetriou. The couple are joint tenants with Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak), who was a […]Read On »


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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: Natasia Demetriou vamps it up in Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/20/2020
Natasia Demetriou as Nadja in WHAT WE DO IN SHADOWS - Season 2 | ©2020 FX/Pari Dukovic

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS is back for its second season on Wednesday nights on FX. The horror comedy, based on the film of the same name from creators Jemaine Clement and Taiki Waititi, gives us more adventures with the group of vampire roommates, unliving together in a mansion on Staten Island. British actress Natasia Demetriou plays Nadja, the lone woman in the group, who turned and is married to Laszlo, portrayed by Matt Berry. Kayvan Novak is Nandor the Relentless, Mark Proksch is energy vampire Colin Robinson, and Harvey Guillen is their human familiar Guillermo. Last season, Nadja […]Read On »


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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: Actor Mark Proksch on playing an energy vampire on Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/06/2020
Mark Proksch as Colin Robinson in WHAT WE DO IN SHADOWS - Season 2 | ©2020 FX/Pari Dukovic

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, the comedy about vampires in Staten Island created by Jemaine Clement, is now in its second season on FX on Wednesday nights (thereafter available on FX on Hulu). Mark Proksch plays Colin Robinson, a vampire unlike his housemates. Whereas Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), and Nandor (Kayvan Novak) are all conventional blood-drinkers, Colin is an energy vampire, who feeds off human boredom. He preys on city council meetings and lines at the DMV; his idea of a banquet is sitting in the audience for a high school production of OUR TOWN, followed by […]Read On »


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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: actor Harvey Guillen on Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/15/2020
Harvey Guillén as Guillermo in WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS - Season 2 | ©2020 FX/Pari Dukovic

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, the FX comedy created by Jemaine Clement, based on the film of the same name, begins its second season on Wednesday, April 15. Vampires Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) and Nandor (Kayvan Novak) are all still living and squabbling together in their Staten Island mansion. However, there’s a big change for Nandor’s loyal human servant Guillermo, played by Harvey Guillen. Last season, Nandor and Guillermo researched their family trees. Nandor found out he had numerous descendants from his long-ago days as a living man. Guillermo discovered that he is related to the Van […]Read On »


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