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Movie Review: SNOW VALLEY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/12/2024
SNOW VALLEY movie poster | ©2024 Gravitas Ventures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Rachel Michiko Whitney, Cooper van Grootel, Tom Williamson, David Lambert, Paige Elkington, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Barbara Crampton, Zachary Bird Writer: Brandon Murphy Director: Brandon Murphy Distributor: Gravitas Ventures Release Date: April 2, 2024 (digital) Technically, SNOW VALLEY could be described as a contemporary Gothic horror comedy. That would give the wrong impression, though. SNOW VALLEY isn’t making fun of Gothic horror so much as it is having fun within that genre’s conventions. It’s not a parody, but rather a dark comedy of manners that overlaps with lethal danger. Writer/director Brandon Murphy begins the film with a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LONG GAME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE LONG GAME movie poster | ©2024 Bonniedale/Mucho Mas Media

Rating: PG Stars: Jay Hernandez, Cheech Marin, Dennis Quaid, Julian Works, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Brett Cullen, Oscar Nuñez, Paulina Chavez, Gregory Diaz IV, Christian Gallegos, Miguel Angel Garcia, José Julián, Gillian Vigman, Richard Robichaux, Jimmy Gonzales, Michael Southworth Writers: Paco Farias & Jennifer C. Stetson and Julio Quintana, based on the novel MUSTANG MIRACLE by Humberto G. Garcia Director: Julio Quintana Distributor: Bonniedale/Mucho Mas Media Release Date: April 12, 2024 An opening title informs us that THE LONG GAME is “based on a true story.” Since the credits tell us that this basis is a novel, MUSTANG MIRACLE by Humberto […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DAMAGED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
DAMAGED movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Cassel, Gianni Capaldi, Laura Haddock, John Hannah, Kate Dickey, Brian McCardie Writers: Koji Steven Sakai, Gianni Capaldi, Paul Aniello, story by Paul Aniello & Gianni Capaldi Director: Terry McDonough Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: April 12, 2024 The notion of Samuel L. Jackson as a Chicago homicide detective in Edinburgh, Scotland is full of potential. DAMAGED doesn’t play with those possibilities in the way we might expect. Still, as a serial killer thriller, it’s decently intriguing until it becomes unglued in the third act. When a young woman is followed home from her synagogue […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLACKOUT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
BLACKOUT movie poster | ©2024 Dark Sky Films/Glass Eye Pix

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Alex Hurt, Addison Timlin, Motell Gyn Foster, Joseph Castillo-Midyett, Ella Rae Peck, Rigo Garay, John Speredakos, Michael Buscemi, Jeremy Holm, Cody Kostro, Marc Senter, Kevin Corrigan, Joe Swanberg, Asta Paredes, Clay von Carlowitz, Barbara Crampton, James Le Gros, Marshall Bell Writer: Larry Fessenden Director: Larry Fessenden Distributor: Dark Sky Films/Glass Eye Pix Release Date: March 13, 2024 (New York); April 12, 2024 (VOD, digital) What would you do if you suspected you had become a werewolf? That is the propelling question of BLACKOUT, an intelligent horror film with a fair amount of character development and plot […]Read On »


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Movie Review: STING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
STING movie poster | ©2024 Well Go USA Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Ryan Korr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazlehurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, Jermaine Fowler Writer: Kiah Roache-Turner Director: Kiah Roache-Turner Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment Release Date: April 12, 2024 STING is a decent family drama playing out inside a giant alien spider movie. There is a fair amount of overlap in the plotting, especially in the film’s latter portions, but the further we get into it, the more we understand the flash-forward start. Without it, STING would take quite a long time to get to its main horror action. Directed and written by Kiah […]Read On »


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ALEX RIDER: Creator Anthony Horowitz gives the scoop on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/07/2024
ALEX RIDER Season 3 Key Art | ©2024 Amazon Freevee

Season 3 of the spy thriller ALEX RIDER premieres in its eight-episode entirety on Amazon Freevee in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany. Based on the series of bestselling novels by Anthony Horowitz, ALEX RIDER follows the title character, played by Otto Farrant, an English teenager who discovers that his late uncle and his late father were both spies. The clandestine U.K. government group, the Department, that hired both men (and got them killed in the line of duty) enlists Alex to infiltrate a school for them in 2020’s Season 1. Then they cut him loose, despite Alex’s desire to […]Read On »


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AMERICAN RUST: BROKEN JUSTICE: Actor Alex Neustaedter on Season 2 of the thriller series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/06/2024
Actor ALEX NEUSTAEDTER | ©2024 and photo by StormSantos

AMERICAN RUST: BROKEN JUSTICE is the second season of AMERICAN RUST. All episodes are now streaming on Amazon Prime; Amazon Studios produced the new season. This is a bit surprising, as the first season of AMERICAN RUST ran on Showtime in 2021 and was canceled thereafter. While streamers are known to pick up shows that were canceled on broadcast – Amazon took on THE EXPANSE, Netflix made more seasons of LUCIFER – this is generally right after the series end their network runs, rather than several years later. Both seasons were shot at the 31st Street Studios in Pittsburgh and […]Read On »


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A BIT OF LIGHT: Director Stephen Moyer on helming his second feature film – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/05/2024
Director Stephen Moyer on the set of A BIT OF LIGHT | ©2024 Quiver Distribution

Based on Rebecca Callard’s award-winning play, A BIT OF LIGHT is a film that encompasses grief, hope, and a peculiar friendship. Anna Paquin portrays Ella, a working-class Englishwoman who, at age thirty-nine, has moved back in with her dad. Anna has lost custody of her two little girls to their father Joseph (Yousef Kerkour) and his partner Bethan (Pippa Bennett-Warner). Anna is allowed to have her children with her for a few days here and there, but she feels such guilt over what she did while they were with her that she can barely function. She spends her days sitting […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MONKEY MAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
MONKEY MAN movie poster | ©2024 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Sikander Kher, Adithi Kalkunte, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ashwini Kalsekar, Mararand Deshpande, Jatin Malik, Zakir Hussain Writers: Dev Patel and Paul Angunawela and John Collee, story by Dev Patel Director: Dev Patel Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: April 5, 2024 As revenge action movies go, Dev Patel’s excellent directorial debut MONKEY MAN is right up there. Whirling and spinning, in almost continuous motion through its first and third acts, MONKEY MAN makes the stakes so high and the cause so righteous that the hero earns applause for acts that might otherwise turn […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE FIRST OMEN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE FIRST OMEN movie poster | ©2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Rating: R Stars: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Sonia Braga, Tawfeek Barhom, Maria Caballero, Bill Nighy, Nicole Sorace Writers: Tim Smith & Arkasha Stevenson and Keith Thomas, story by Ben Jacoby, based on characters created by David Seltzer Director: Arkasha Stevenson Distributor: 20th Century Studios Release Date: April 5, 2024 It’s tough to figure out how to rate THE FIRST OMEN. Taken completely on its own – that is, blotting out any expectations that OMEN in the title bring to it – it feels a bit like a ‘70s Italian horror movie. This is partly because THE FIRST OMEN is […]Read On »


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