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Movie Review: STARVE ACRE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/26/2024
STARVE ACRE movie poster | ©2024 Brainstorm Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Matt Smith, Morfydd Clark, Erin Richards, Robert Emms, Sean Gilder, Melanie Kilburn, Arthur Shaw, Roger Barclay Writer: Daniel Kokotajlo, based on the novel by Andrew Michael Hurley Director: Daniel Kokotajlo Distributor: Brainstorm Media Release Date: July 26, 2024 (theatrical and VOD) Based on Andrew Michael Hurley’s 2019 novel, STARVE ACRE is set in contemporary northern England. It begins with a poem, “The Dandelion,” by Neil Willoughby, which we observe is actually an invocation for a kind of devil. We’ll find out more about the poem’s author by and by. Meanwhile, university professor Richard (Matt Smith), his […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LAST BREATH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE LAST BREATH movie poster | ©2024 RLJEFilms

Rating: R Stars: Kim Spearman, Jack Parr, Alexander Arnold, Erin Mullen, Arlo Carter, Julian Sands Writer: Nick Saltrese, story by Alexander Prendergast and Nick Saltrese Director: Joachim Hedér Distributor: RLJE Films Release Date: July 26, 2024 There is no point in comparing a movie to anything it isn’t trying to be in the first place. Shark movies, therefore, generally shouldn’t be held up against, say, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, but rather JAWS. THE LAST BREATH isn’t JAWS (not much is), but it’s decent enough. For novelty, it takes place mostly in and around the sunken wreck of the WWII […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MIDNIGHT TAXI

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
MIDNIGHT TAXI movie poster | ©2024 Slated

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Ladi Emeruwa, Charlotte Price, Eddie Eyre, Amerjit Deu, Miki Davis, Nathan Turner, Tom Gordon Writers: Bertie Speirs & Samantha Speirs Directors: Bertie Speirs & Samantha Speirs Distributor: Slated Release Date: July 23, 2024 (VOD, digital) In MIDNIGHT TAXI, we meet licensed London cab driver Eddie Carter (Ladi Emeruwa). Eddie works nights, which suits him. He’s good at his job, has “the knowledge” (the memorization of the placement of every street in London required of all licensed cabbies), regularly cleans his vehicle, and is courteous to his fares. But Eddie suffers from sleep disorders and is permanently […]Read On »


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THE ARK: Creator Dean Devlin and Showrunner Jonathan Glassner give the scoop on Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/24/2024
Reece Ritchie as Lt. Spencer Lane, Stacey Read as Alicia Nevins in THE ARK - Season 2 - "Failed Experiment" | ©2024 Syfy/Aleksandar Letic/Ark TV Holdings, Inc./Electric Entertainment

THE ARK is now in its second season Wednesday nights on Syfy. The series, created by Dean Devlin, is set one hundred years in the future, when humanity is fleeing the Earth in “Ark” spaceships, seeking more habitable planets. In Season 1, something wakes the voyagers on Ark 1 from their cryogenic sleep over a year before they reach their intended destination. The senior crew are killed in the disaster, and the Ark itself is badly damaged. Erstwhile Lieutenant Sharon Garnet (Christie Burke) winds up in charge. Over the course of Season 1, Garnet forms a tentative alliance with Evelyn […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ODDITY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/19/2024
ODDITY movie poster | ©2024 IFC Films/Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton, Jonathan French, Steve Wall Writer: Damian McCarthy Director: Damian McCarthy Distributor: IFC Films/Shudder Release Date: July 19, 2024 (theatrical) ODDITY is a contemporary Irish horror film that uses multiple mythic ingredients for maximum effect. Dani Timmis (Carolyn Bracken) is alone in a huge, isolated manor. She seems unafraid as she chats on the phone to her husband, Dr. Ted Timmis (Gwilym Lee), who works at a mental hospital in the city. Dani has a tent and an automatic camera set up, hoping to capture images of ghosts. Dani also […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE ABANDON

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE ABANDON Key Art | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Jonathan Rosenthal, Tamara Perry, Regis Terencio Writer: Dwain Worrell Director: Jason Satterlund Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: July 19, 2024 (theatrical); July 30, 2024 (VOD) THE ABANDON is a fairly engaging science-fiction film that is mostly set in a single room. Not to worry – the scenery doesn’t get boring. Under Jason Satterlund’s direction, there is a sense of propulsion and suspense as the room keeps changing its configurations, gravity, and magnetism. THE ABANDON isn’t all minimalism, either. We begin in a war zone, with tanks and artillery continually firing and planes dropping bombs. On the ground, things […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THINE EARS SHALL BLEED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THINE EARS SHALL BLEED movie poster | ©2024 Miracle Media Trinity / Creative Partnership

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Andrew Hovelson, Hannah Cabell, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Lea Zawada, Duke Huston Writers: Ben Bigelow & William Bigelow Director: Ben Bigelow Distributor: Miracle Media/Trinity Creative Partnership Release Date: July 9, 2024 (digital U.S.); July 15, 2024 (digital U.K.) THINE EARS SHALL BLEED is period folk horror that feels like a less ambitious version of 2016’s THE WITCH. We’re in the 1860s rather than the 1600s, the central family is not quite so strict, and the supernatural gets more verbal explanation. Nevertheless, it’s a clash between conventional evangelical religion and the forces of darkness. Reverend Ezekiel Thatcher (Andrew Hovelson), […]Read On »


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THE ARK: Actress Christie Burke gives the scoop on Season 2 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/17/2024
THE ARK - Season 2 Key Art | ©2024 Syfy//Electric Entertainment

THE ARK enters its second season on Syfy Channel, Wednesday, July 17, in full crisis mode. Created by Dean Devlin, THE ARK is set one hundred years from now, when groups of humanity are fleeing the Earth in “Ark” spaceships, seeking more habitable planets. The inhabitants of Ark 1 are awakened from their cryogenic sleep over a year before they reach their intended destination. The catastrophe that caused this unexpected development has badly damaged the ship, and killed all of the senior crew. People who thought they’d just be learning the ropes in their designated fields are abruptly tasked with […]Read On »


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Book Review: KOLCHAK: HAUNTED & HUNTED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/16/2024
KOLCHAK: HAUNTED & HUNTED | ©2024 Moonstone Books

Writer: Paul Terry, based on characters created by Jeff Rice and Richard Matheson Price: $7.49 Publisher: Moonstone Books Publication Date: May 24, 2024 There are certain books, films and TV series that are inflection points for their genres, subtly or even overtly changing the way things are seen and done ever after. One of these was THE NIGHT STALKER, which premiered on ABC January 11, 1972. Based on a previously unpublished novel by Jeff Rice and directed by John Llewellyn Moxey from a script by Richard Matheson, the telefilm introduced us to struggling but determined newspaper writer Carl Kolchak, played […]Read On »


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CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION: Actors A.J. Cook, Aisha Tyler and Ryan-James Hatanaka on Season 2 of the spin-off – Exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION - Season 2 | ©2024 Paramount+

Paramount Plus’s CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION is now in its second season, with new episodes dropping Thursdays on the streaming platform. Essentially, this is Season 17 of CRIMINAL MINDS, which ran from 2005 through 2020 on CBS, then moved in its slightly new iteration to Paramount Plus in 2022. It has recently been announced that CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION has been picked up for Season 3/Season 18, depending on how one calculates these things. CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION follows the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, or BAU, as they track down serial killers. Unlike the mostly standalone CBS episodes, both seasons of CRIMINAL MINDS: […]Read On »


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