Movie Review: THE APOLOGY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/16/2022
THE_APOLOGY movie poster | ©2022 RLJE Films

Rating: Not rated Stars: Anna Gunn, Linus Roache, Janeane Garofalo Writer: Alison Star Locke Director: Alison Star Locke Distributor: RLJE Films Release Date: December 16, 2022 (theatrical, Shudder, AMC+) THE APOLOGY has two main characters, plus a supporting third, set mostly inside a single home. It is admirable economical filmmaking by writer/director Alison Star Locke, who makes sure that the subject matter and the performances keep us engaged. Establishing shots show us some houses, none too near to one another, in a sparsely wooded area next to an enormous snowed-over lake. Anna Gunn plays Darlene Hagen, who lives in one […]Read On »


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TV Miniseries Review: VIGIL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 01/28/2022
VIGIL Key Art - Season 1 | ©2022 Peacock

Rating: TV-MA Stars: Suranne Jones, Rose Leslie, Shaun Evans, Paterson Joseph, Adam James, Gary Lewis, Martin Compston Creator: Tom Edge, original idea, George Aza-Selinger Writers: Tom Edge, Ed Macdonald, Chandni Lakhani Directors: James Strong, Isabel Sieb Network: Peacock (U.S.), BBC (U.K.) Premiere Date: December 23, 2021 (U.S.), August 30, 2021 (U.K.) VIGIL is a taut British thriller that mixes police procedural and espionage for best results. The six-part miniseries, created by Tom Edge from an original idea by George Aza-Selinger, divides its time between a city in Scotland, a nearby British Navy base, and the British nuclear submarine Vigil. At […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE WINTER LAKE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/09/2021
THE WINTER LAKE poster | ©2021 Epic Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Anson Boon, Charlie Murphy, Emma Mackey, Michael McElhatton, Mark McKenna Writer: David Turpin Director: Phil Sheerin Distributor: Epic Pictures Release Date: March 5, 2021 (theatrical); March 9, 2021 (digital) THE WINTER LAKE begins with an underwater shot of a human body on the bottom of a lake. Most of the rest of the film is concerned with how this came to be. Teenager Tom (Anson Boon) and his young single mother Elaine (Charlie Murphy) move back to the rural country home of Elaine’s great-grandfather after the old man’s death. Tom is nearly silent, and Elaine is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GRETA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/01/2019
GRETA movie poster | ©2019 Focus Features

Rating: R Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Chloe Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Jeff Hiller, Colm Fiore, Stephen Rea Writers: Ray Wright and Neil Jordan, story by Ray Wright Director: Neil Jordan Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: March 1, 2019 GRETA starts out with an interesting riff on the stalker theme. It is helped hugely by its stars Isabelle Huppert, who plays the title character, and Chloe Grace Moretz as Frances McCullen, a young woman who pays dearly for a good deed. Frances is relatively new to Manhattan, rooming with her high-spirited friend Erica (Maika Monroe) while mourning the loss of her mother. […]Read On »


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New 4K, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Releases for 2/13

By PETER BROWN 02/15/2018
THE DEUCE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON | © 2018 HBO Home Video

Your guide to some of the new releases that are out this week. THE DEUCE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON HBO is taking on some interesting projects in light of having only a few heavy hitters left in its arsenal and THE DEUCE won’t appeal to those that are expecting the next SOPRANOS or GAME OF THRONES or DEADWOOD or TRUE BLOOD but it is an interesting series that is a throwback to a time when New York City was at its sleaziest filled with peep shows, brothels and street walkers. The series follows a number of pimps, prostitutes, the mob […]Read On »


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New 4K, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Releases for 1/23

By PETER BROWN 01/25/2018
GEOSTORM | © 2018 Warner Home Video

Your guide to some of the new releases that are out this week. GEOSTORM GEOSTORM is universally panned as being down-right awful because of its nonsensical plot and CGI extravaganza that rivals JUPITER ASCENDING. More than that, it is downright preachy in its calls that pretty darn soon the Earth is gonna start hating humans and wiping them off the planet with a series of catastrophic disasters that can’t be stopped. Now, don’t get me wrong when I say this that yes it is nonsensical, yes it is preachy and yes it is a CGI fest, however, maybe because my […]Read On »


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HEAT: DIRECTOR’S DEFINITION EDITION highlights Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Releases for May 9, 2017

By PETER BROWN 05/13/2017
HEAT | © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Your guide to some of the new releases that are out this week (or perhaps a week ago). HEAT: DIRECTOR’S DEFINITIVE EDITION There are a few movies that just do it for me. RONIN is one because I love the mash-up for characters all doing shady dealings in Europe. HEAT is one of Michael Mann’s best work because it has multiple players doing a variety of heinous crimes and brings together two actors that were (at the time) the top of their game in Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Now, how both of these actors perform today is an […]Read On »


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MOANA highlights Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Releases for March 7, 2017

By PETER BROWN 03/11/2017
MOANA |© 2017 Disney Home Video

Your guide to some of the new releases that are out this week. Catching up on many of the titles that I missed while being sick … plus new stuff that arrived. MOANA – Hard to go wrong with any Disney film these days. It seems they always knock it out of the park and that’s the case with MOANA, a wonderful and beautiful film about coming of age, magic and wonder. While most Disney animated titles are usually beautiful, MOANA is that much more because of the great variety of colors from the clear blue ocean to the vivid […]Read On »


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POP SHOW – Episode 44: Interview with the cast of FORGOTTEN EVIL

By PETER BROWN 03/09/2017
POP SHOW PODCAST | © 2016 AssignmentX

Another episode of the POP SHOW here for you. This time it is a special interview with the cast of the upcoming LMN Channel movie FORGOTTEN EVIL. Anthony C. Ferrante (@acferrante) directed the film that will also be shown on the Lifetime network and he talks about his experiences along with actors Masiela Lusha (@Masiela), Kyle McKeever (@kyle_mckeever) and Angie Teodora Dick (@MissLilDick). Also Christopher Allen Smith (@JettJergens) and myself (@PeterbrownAX) are on board to ask questions about the thriller. FORGOTEN EVIL is the story of a woman that loses her memory after an accident and must deal with the […]Read On »


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DEEPWATER HORIZON highlights Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Releases for Jan. 10, 2017

By PETER BROWN 01/14/2017
DEEPWATER HORIZON | © 2017 Lionsgate Home Entertainment

  Your guide to some of the new releases that are out this week. DEEPWATER HORIZON – A pretty good action thriller about the well-publicized explosion that happened on a deep sea oil rig known as Deepwater Horizon. Led by an impressive cast including Mark Wahlberg, John Malkovich and Kurt Russell, it does a good job of balancing the action with how the oil companies treat their employees and their property and how it really is about the bottom line. But it also does a good job of tackling the human spirit and how people can do incredible things and […]Read On »


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