Movie Review: DUMB MONEY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/15/2023
DUMB MONEY movie poster | ©2023 Sony/Columbia

Rating: R Stars: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen, America Ferrara, Vincent D’Onofrio, Myha’la Herrold, Talia Ryder, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Kate Burton, Clancy Brown, Rushi Kota, Larry Owens, Dane DeHaan, Larry Owens, Andrea Simons Writers: Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo, based on the book THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK by Ben Mezrich Director: Craig Gillespie Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: September 15, 2023 Most people heard something about the Game Stop stock market saga while it was occurring, primarily in 2020 and 2021. But what exactly happened? DUMB MONEY aims to enlighten us. Keith “Roaring Kitty” Gill […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TO CATCH A KILLER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/21/2023
TO CATCH A KILLER | ©2023 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ben Mendelsohn, Jovan Adepo, Ralph Ineson, Michael Cram, Rosemary Dunsmore Writers: Damian Szifron & Jonathan Wakeham Director: Damian Szifron Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: April 21, 2023 TO CATCH A KILLER is a thriller that focuses steadily and pleasingly on procedure. We actually feel like we’re learning something, even as the story goes through some inevitable turns. On New Year’s Eve in Baltimore, people are out celebrating. There are fireworks – and gunshots mixed in with the fireworks as a very accurate mass shooter targets and kills twenty-nine people. All police are called in to […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MAURITANIAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/12/2021
THE MAURITANIAN movie poster |©2020 STX Films

Rating: R Stars: Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shailene Woodley Writers: M.B. Traven and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshrvani, screen story by M.B. Traven, based on the book GUANTANAMO DIARY by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, edited by Larry Siems Director: Kevin Macdonald Distributor: STX Films Release Date: February 12, 2021 THE MAURITANIAN is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s nonfiction book GUANTANAMO DIARY (edited by Larry Siems, as is noted in the credits), which details his decade-plus of detention in that facility. The film, directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by M.B. Traven and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshrvani, screen […]Read On »


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THE CIRCLE highlights new Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Releases this week

By PETER BROWN 08/05/2017
THE CIRCLE| © 2017 Lionsgate Home Entertainment

  Your guide to some of the new releases that are out this week. THE CIRCLE If Facebook and Apple came together and had a baby it would be THE CIRCLE. A company of immense wealth and influence that its devices and social media platform are in the hands of about two-thirds of all Americans. Emma Watson plays a new employee that gets hired in the customer service department but soon finds herself the attention of the CEO played by Tom Hanks as she takes a leap with the new technology the company is pushing to broadcast her life in […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SNOWDEN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/16/2016
SNOWDEN | © 2016 Open Road

Rating: R Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Olyphant Writers: Kieran Fitzgerald & Oliver Stone, based on the books by Anatoly Kucherena and Luke Harding Director: Oliver Stone Distributor: Open Road Release Date: September 16, 2016 SNOWDEN, per its title, dramatizes the story of Edward Snowden, played here by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Moving between the years 2004 and 2013, the film uses a pivotal set of interviews as a framing device. Snowden starts out as a conservative young aspiring military man who gets recruited into the NSA. Snowden’s computer skills earn […]Read On »


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DIVERGENT Highlights this week in Blu-ray, DVD and VOD Releases

By PETER BROWN 08/09/2014
DIVERGENT | © 2014 Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies: DIVERGENT – After the success of TWILIGHT, the explosion of YA oriented films drafted from books has hit a fever pitch. Most of these follow a similar theme: A dystopian society that has developed after some cataclysm and a young girl must fight against the powers that […]Read On »


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Breaking News: DIVERGENT director Neil Burger talks his new film – Comic Con 2013

By PETER BROWN 07/18/2013
DIVERGENT | (c) 2013 Summit Entertainment

Director of the soon-to-be blockbuster, DIVERGENT, Neil Burger loved the material that he was dealing with going into production on this film. At the San Diego Comic-Con 2013, Burger credits the source material as the initial inspiration and how it appeals to not just youths but everyone. “What I liked about it was Veronica’s [Roth] book and it was wonderful to create a new world and really what I liked was a young woman’s journey,” Burger says. “What I liked was the human element. This young woman’s journey, yes it is based on a youth novel, but it is a […]Read On »


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Breaking News: DIVERGENT star Shailene Woodley Talks her new Film – Comic Con 2013

By PETER BROWN

During the recent San Diego Comic-Con 2013, Shailene Woodley, star of the upcoming film DIVERGENT, talked about how becoming a huge star and dealing with the new-found fame as well as getting help from HUNGER GAMES star Jennifer Lawrence. “I did an audition for HUNGER GAMES back in the day and Jennifer Lawrence actually helped me with DIVERGENT and asked her about the experience of HUNGER GAMES and how her life has changed from going from small movies to a huge movie like HUNGER GAMES,” Woodley says. “She gave me really be beautiful advice about how it changed her life […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER Los Angeles Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 10/04/2012
Nina Dobrev, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller and Logan Lerman cardboard figure at the premiere of THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER | ©2012 Sue Schneider

Summit Entertainment held the Los Angeles Premiere of THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER recently at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER is based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, who also directed the movie. It is a modern classic that captures the highs and lows of growing up and is a moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope and the friends that help us through life. Logan Lerman was unable to attend, so the stars carried down a cardboard figure of him so he could be part of a group shot! […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from THE HUNGER GAMES World Premiere – Part 2 – The Guests

By SUE SCHNEIDER 04/04/2012
Peter Facinelli at the World Premiere of THE HUNGER GAMES | ©2012 Sue Schneider

Recently Lionsgate held the World Premiere of THE HUNGER GAMES at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles. This premiere had the same setup as THE TWILIGHT SAGA premieres that have been held down at Nokia…BIG is the word to describe it. Fans of the book series by Suzanne Collins were everywhere. They screamed as the stars arrived. Some wanted autographs and their photo taken with the stars. Joining the stars of the film were guests, which included: Lewis Tan, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner, Zachary Gordon, Shaun Robinson, Peter Facinelli, Cody Simpson, Cooper Hefner, Avan Jogia, Garcelle Beauvais, […]Read On »


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