Movie Review: PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/25/2020

Rating: R Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Chris Lowell, Molly Shannon, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Monroe, Samuel Richardson, Alfred Molina Writer: Emerald Fennell Director: Emerald Fennell Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: December 25, 2020 PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN starts out seeming, well, promising. Cassie (Carey Mulligan) is just turning thirty, still lives with her parents (Clancy Brown and Jennifer Coolidge), and works a low-paying job at a coffee shop. She likes her co-workers, including supervisor Gail (Laverne Cox), and won’t accept a promotion when one is offered. Turns […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLUMHOUSE’S THE CRAFT: LEGACY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE CRAFT LEGACY movie poster | ©2020 Sony/Columbia

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Caelee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine, Michelle Monaghan, David Duchovny, Julian Grey, Charles Vandervaart, Donald MacLean Jr. Writer: Zoe Lister-Jones, based on characters created by Peter Filardi Director: Zoe Lister-Jones Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: October 28, 2020 (theatrical, VOD); December 22, 2020 (DVD, Blu-ray, digital) BLUMHOUSE’S THE CRAFT: LEGACY is a sequel to 1996’s THE CRAFT. Both films deal with teenaged witches. The difference is that, in the original, young women getting together and finding their power resulted in divisiveness and death. THE CRAFT: LEGACY, however, is nothing if not woke. The result […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FORGET ME NOT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/22/2020

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Tobias Menzies, Genevieve O’Reilly, Gemma Jones Writer: Mark Underwood, story by Rebecca Long, Steve Spence, Mark Underwood Directors: Alexander Holt & Lance Roehrig Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership Release Date: May 9, 2016 (U.S. theatrical); December 17, 2020 (home video) FORGET ME NOT, per IMDB, was actually made in 2010. This accounts for the youthful appearances of leads Tobias Menzies (THE CROWN, OUTLANDER, GAME OF THRONES) and Genevieve O’Reilly (Mon Mothma in the current run of STAR WARS projects). Will Fletcher (Menzies) is a London musician, charming when playing folk-rock on his guitar in a London club, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE CURSE OF HOBBES HOUSE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/18/2020
THE CURSE OF HOBBES HOUSE | ©2020 4Digital Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Mhairi Calvey, Waleed Elgadi, Makenna Guyler, Kevin Leslie, Emma Spurgin Hussey, Jo Price Writer: Wolf-Peter Arand, story by Juliane Block & Wolf-Peter Arand Director: Juliane Block Distributor: 4Digital Media Release Date: December 15, 2020 THE CURSE OF HOBBES HOUSE begins with an elaborate narrated prologue, voiced over still artwork illustrations. It’s a bit confusing, at first, because we hear about a “great war” with big explosions, but this turns out not to be the Great War, i.e., World War I. Instead, it’s a pre-history event in what is now England. An evil king called Dormant kills […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WANDER DARKLY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/11/2020
WANDER DARKLY movie poster | ©2020 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Sienna Miller, Diego Luna, Beth Grant, Vanessa Bayer, Brett Rice, Aimee Carrero, Tory Kittles, James Landry Hebert, Dan Gill, Ethan Cohn, Lamont Thompson Writer: Tara Miele Director: Tara Miele Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: December 11, 2020 WANDER DARKLY is one of those movies where even to explain the premise may be to spoil it. So, we’ll go with the set-up. Adrienne (Sienna Miller) and Matteo (Diego Luna) are an unmarried couple living together in Los Angeles with their adorable baby daughter, Ellie. They’ve recently bought a house. Matteo and Adrienne’s mother, Patty (Beth Grant), can’t stand each […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLACK PUMPKIN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/08/2020
BLACK PUMPKIN movie poster | ©2020 Uncork’d Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Ellie Patrikios, Grayson Thorne Kilpatrick, Dogen Eyeler, Curt Clendenin, Matt Rife, Ryan Poole, Connor Weil, Tasha Dixon, Jordyn Lucas, Gemma Brooke Allen, Malaak Hattab, Alix Schwartz, Brittany Belt, Jacques Derosina, Drew Ochsner, Sundeep Konero, Wesley J. Szabo, Timothy Wade, Shaeda Maghaddam, Joseph Barone, Christopher Demaci, Jo Osmond Writer: Ryan McGonagle Director: Ryan McGonagle Distributor: Uncork’d Entertainment Release Date: December 8, 2020 BLACK PUMPKIN bills itself as “a twisted tall tale.” It’s a Halloween movie, complete with a HALLOWEEN-esque score (by Chris Kooreman & Edo Plasschaert, performed by Beat Royalty), coming out just in time for … […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE HONEYMOON PHASE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/04/2020
THE HONEYMOON PHASE movie poster | ©2020 Dark Sky Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Jim Schubin, Chloe Carroll, Francois Chau, Tara Westwood Writer: Phillip G. Carroll Jr. Director: Phillip G. Carroll Jr. Distributor: Dark Sky Films Release Date: August 21, 2020 (theatrical); September 29, 2020 (Blu-ray & DVD) THE HONEYMOON PHASE refers literally to the initial period in a happy marriage, when the newlyweds are besotted with each other. We know up front that something has gone wrong in some phase of the central relationship. THE HONEYMOON PHASE opens with  a young man, Tom (Jim Schubin), addressing the camera to report that his wife has committed suicide on their wedding […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ANYTHING FOR JACKSON

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
ANYTHING FOR JACKSON movie poster | ©2020 Shudder/Vortex Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Sheila McCarthy, Julian Richings, Konstantina Mantelos, Josh Cruddas, Yannick Bisson, Lanette Ware, Daxton William Lund Writer: Keith Cooper Director: Justin G. Dyck Distributor: Shudder/Vortex Media Release Date: December 3, 2020 ANYTHING FOR JACKSON is described in its publicity materials as a “reverse exorcism” story. That’s broadly true, although not quite what we might envision. Older couple Audrey (Sheila McCarthy) and Henry Walsh (Julian Richings) are Satanists, but they’re not trying to find a vessel for their Dark Lord or any of his minions. They just want to bring their little grandson Jackson (Daxton William Lund) back […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BEAST MODE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/30/2020
BEAST MODE movie poster | ©2020 Devilworks

Rating: Not Rated Stars: C. Thomas Howell, James Duval, Carrie Finklea, Spain Willingham, Leslie Easterbrook, Robert Costanzo, Daz Crawford, Teddy Margas, James Hong, Ray Wise, Aliana Matheis, Douglas Bennett Writers: Chris W. Freeman & Spain Willingham & Drew Fortune Directors: Chris W. Freeman & Spain Willingham Distributor: Devilworks Release Date: December 1, 2020 To paraphrase a famous quote, dying is easy, comedy is hard, parodying Hollywood and trying to do horror at the same time on a low budget is super-hard. Credit BEAST MODE for giving it a go, even if it doesn’t hit the mark much of the time. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BOOKS OF BLOOD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/20/2020
BOOKS OF BLOOD Key Art | ©2020 Hulu

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, Rafi Gavron, Yul Vasquez, Frieda Foh Shen, Nicholas Campbell, Andy McQueen, Kenji Fitzgerald, Etienne Kellici Writers: Adam Simon & Brannon Braga, based on the story THE BOOK OF BLOOD by Clive Barker Director: Brannon Braga Distributor: Hulu Release Date: October 7, 2020 BOOKS OF BLOOD is the collective title for author Clive Barker’s first several published collections of short stories. THE BOOK OF BLOOD is also the title of a specific Barker story, which has been adapted for the screen once before, in 2009. Here, director Brannon Braga and his co-screenwriter Adam […]Read On »


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