Movie Review: MILLERS IN MARRIAGE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/23/2025
MILLERS IN MARRIAGE | ©2025 Paramount/Republic Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Morena Baccarin, Benjamin Bratt, Edward Burns, Brian d’Arcy James, Minnie Driver, Julianna Margulies, Gretchen Mol, Campbell Scott, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Erica Hernandez, Patrick Wilson Writer: Edward Burns Director: Edward Burns Distributor: Paramount/Republic Pictures Release Date: February 21, 2025 Director/writer Edward Burns specializes in movies and TV series in lightly humorous dramas set in New Jersey and New York. Burns’s latest, MILLERS IN MARRIAGE, was shot in New Jersey. Its principal setting is perhaps there or another leafy, upscale community accessible by car and train a few hours out of Manhattan, with large, two-story homes that have enough […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ELEVATION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/08/2024
ELEVATION movie poster | ©2024 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin, Maddie Hasson, Danny Boyd Jr., Rachel Nicks, Shauna Earp, Tyler Grey Writers: John Glenn & Jacob Roman & Kenny Ryan Director: George Nolfi Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: November 8, 2024 Several people, part of a small community after a monster-driven extinction event, must leave the safety of their settlement to obtain supplies and answers. So goes ELEVATION, which boasts Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin and Maddie Hasson in the leads. This was hardly a new premise when the first A QUIET PLACE was released in 2018, but that’s perhaps what springs most immediately […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/30/2024
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE movie poster | ©2024 Marvel/Disney

Rating: R Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Matthew McFadyen Writers: Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy, based on characters created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza Director: Shawn Levy Distributor: Disney/Marvel Release Date: July 26, 2024 For those who enjoy the core tenets of Marvel’s DEADPOOL movies – nonstop crude verbal humor and violent assaults on both bodies and the fourth wall – DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE offers virtually nonstop entertainment. Those who are at least mildly conversant with the characters will remember […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE GOOD HOUSE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/30/2022
THE GOOD HOUSE | ©2022 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, David Rasche, Beverly D’Angelo, Paul Guilfoyle, Kathryn Erbe, Kelly AuCoin, Georgia Lyman, Rebecca Henderson, Molly Brown Writers: Thomas Bezucha and Maya Forbes & Wally Wolodarsky, based on the novel by Ann Leary Directors: Maya Forbes & Wally Wolodarsky Distributor: Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions Release Date: September 30, 2022 THE GOOD HOUSE is set (mostly) in the present, but it feels like a whole lot of other literary adaptations, especially from the ‘70s and ‘80s. Indeed, THE GOOD HOUSE has been adapted from Ann Leary’s novel by the film’s directors, Maya Forbes […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TO YOUR LAST DEATH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/23/2020
TO YOUR LAST DEATH movie poster | ©2020 Quiver Distribution

Rating: Not Rated Stars (voices): Morena Baccarin, William Shatner, Dani Lennon, Bill Moseley, Ray Wise, Mark Whitten, Benjamin Siemon, Florence Hartigan, Damien C. Haas Writers: Tanya Klein & Jim Cirile Director: Jason Axinn Distributor: Quiver Distribution Release Date: October 6, 2020 TO YOUR LAST DEATH bills itself as “the first-ever U.S.-made 2D animated horror movie.” Whether or not this is accurate, it’s an intriguing specimen. Imagine TALES FROM THE CRYPT meets TWILIGHT ZONE meets SAW meets Grand Guignol Greek tragedy played out as modern family psychodrama, played out in limited animation, and (if your head can stop spinning after this […]Read On »


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GOTHAM: Showrunners Danny Cannon and John Stephens on the Fifth and Final Season – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/20/2019
Erin Richards, Robin Lord Taylor, Drew Powell, Jessica Lucas, Cory Michael Smith, Crystal Reed, David Mazouz, Ben McKenzie, Camren Bicondova, Sean Pertwee, Chris Chalk, Donal Logue, Morena Baccarin and Alexander Siddig in GOTHAM - Season 4 |©2017 Fox Broadcasting Co./Tommy Garcia

Fox’s GOTHAM is now in the midst of its fifth and final season on Thursday nights. The series, developed by Bruno Heller from DC Comics, chronicles the rise of Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) from troubled, orphaned pre-teen to the adult Batman. It also shows the development of some of his allies, like detective-turned-police-captain (and one day police commissioner) Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie), frenemies like Selena Kyle/Catwoman (Camren Bicondova), and foes like Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) and the Riddler (Cory Michael Smith). Executive producers Danny Cannon and John Stephens have both been with GOTHAM for its entire run. Cannon directed the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEADPOOL 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/18/2018
DEADPOOL 2 poster | ©2018 Fox

Rating: R Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller, Stefan Kapicic (voice), Brianna Hildebrand, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni Writers: Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Ryan Reynolds, based on characters created by Rob Liefeld & Fabian Nicieza Director: David Leitch Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: May 18, 2018  DEADPOOL 2, should there be any doubt, is the sequel to 2016’s DEADPOOL. Both are based on the comics created by Rob Liefeld & Fabian Nicieza. The original DEADPOOL, with its blend of comic book action, snarky meta humor, bloody violence and quick-sparring romance was […]Read On »


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GOTHAM: Robin Lord Taylor chats Season 4 of playing the Penguin – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/16/2018
Robin Lord Taylor in GOTHAM - Season 4 | ©2017 Fox/Tommy Garcia

As Fox Network’s Thursday-night GOTHAM heads towards its Season 4 finale, the title city is descending into chaos, courtesy of the mad followers of proto-Joker Jerome Valeska (Cameron Monaghan). This doesn’t sit well with the more organized criminal mastermind Oswald Cobblepot, aka the Penguin, who is played by Robin Lord Taylor. In an exclusive phone interview, Taylor gives his thoughts on Season 4 and the state of Oswald’s relationships with the other GOTHAM characters. ASSIGNMENT X: GOTHAM executive producer/show runner John Stephens said that you just brought such sympathy to the character of Oswald that we wound up rooting for […]Read On »


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GOTHAM: Showrunner John Stephens chats Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/12/2018
Ben McKenzie in GOTHAM - Season 4 |©2017 Fox Broadcasting Co./Tommy Garcia

In Season 4 of GOTHAM, on Fox Network Thursday nights, the titular city is teetering on the brink of chaos. Youthful Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) has secretly started fighting crime, but has not yet become Batman. Dedicated cop and future Batman ally Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) is now captain of the GCPD, but secrets weigh heavily on his soul. The latest threat to the locals: Jerome Valeska (Cameron Monaghan), leading up a band of dangerous escapees from Arkham Asylum, threatens to drive the city into madness. John Stephens, who has been an executive producer on GOTHAM for its entire run […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEADPOOL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/12/2016
DEADPOOL | © 2016 20th Century Fox

Rating: R Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Stefan Kapicic (voice), Brianna Hildebrand, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni Writers: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, based on characters created by Rob Liefeld & Fabian Nicieza Director: Tim Miller Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: February 12, 2016 There aren’t many movies that can (or even try to) make us laugh, hard, at the opening credits. DEADPOOL does that, and thereafter reliably supplies humor, romance, hardcore violence, a wee bit of horror (depending on your definition), Marvel Comics mythology and assaults on the fourth wall that magically don’t compromise the […]Read On »


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