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Movie Review: FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/05/2025
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2 | ©2025 Universal

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Matthew Lillard, Audrey Lynn Marie, Skeet Ulrich, Mckenna Grace, David Andrew Calvillo, Teo Briones, Wayne Knight, Freddy Carter Writer: Scott Cawthon, based on the video game FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S by Scott Cawthon Director: Emma Tammi Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: December 5, 2025 FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2 is a follow-up to 2023’s FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S, based on the popular videogame created by Scott Cawthon. Both films are directed by Emma Tammi. Cawthon was one of the writers on the first movie; here he’s the sole scripter. The opening […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MANNEQUIN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE MANNEQUIN movie poster | ©2025 Jackrabbit Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Isabella Gomez, Lindsay Lavanchy, Shireen Lai, Maxwell Hamilton, Gabriella Rivera, Krystle Martin, Jack Sochet, Trevor LaPaglia, John Berardo Writer: John Berardo Director: John Berardo Distributor: Jackrabbit Media Release Date: October 14, 2025 (digital, VOD) Written and directed by John Berardo, THE MANNEQUIN begins with an exquisitely shot black-and-white sequence, where we meet 1950s model Ruth Calvert (Krystle Martin), who is posing for photographer Jack Bernard (Jack Sochet) in his warehouse-based studio. Unfortunately for Ruth, Jack is a serial killer, who likes to use his mannequin (which has breasts that are painted in an anatomically correct manner) […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE WILDERNESS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE WILDERNESS movie poster | ©2025 Dark Star Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Hunter Doohan, Lamar Johnson, Aaron Holliday, Vinessa Shaw, Matt Gomez Hidaka, James Le Gros, Sean Avery, Sam Jaeger, Arie Thompson Writer: Spencer King Director: Spencer King Distributor: Dark Star Pictures Release Date: October 17, 2025 (theatrical), December 12, 2025 (digital) Reformatories for wayward youth take various forms. They are not always well-regulated and often seem designed with priorities other than their purported function of helping troubled teens. Written and directed by Spencer King, THE WILDERNESS aims to draw attention to this issue. Set in an Outward Bound-type camp in Utah, its protagonist is Ed (Hunter Doohan), […]Read On »


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IT: WELCOME TO DERRY: Co-creators and cast talk about the new Stephen King series – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/02/2025
IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Key Art | ©2025 HBO

Stephen King’s novel IT was originally published in 1986. It was first adapted as a television miniseries in 1990, then made into a two-film duology, 2017’s IT and 2019’s IT: CHAPTER TWO. Both films were directed by Andy Muschietti, with his sister Barbara Muschietti as one of the producers. IT is set in Derry, Maine, where a nameless, shapeshifting monster surfaces every twenty-seven years to prey on the town’s denizens, especially its children. All iterations of IT follow the seven preteens of their self-titled Losers Club who band together to defeat it. When they don’t entirely succeed, they return to […]Read On »


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TV Review: THE HAUNTED SEASON – Season 1 – “The Occupant of the Room”

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE HAUNTED SEASON | ©2025 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Don McKellar, Ben Petrie, Delphine Roussel Writer: Kier-La Janisse based on the story by Algernon Blackwood Director: Kier-La Janisse Network: Shudder Airdate: December 1, 2025 (Shudder) “The Occupant of the Room” is the second episode of the first season of Shudder’s anthology series THE HAUNTED SEASON. Producer/director/screenwriter Kier-La Janisse brings us one episode per year in the tradition of telling scary stories around the Christmas tree. Based on the Algernon Blackwood story of the same title, the 2025 offering “The Occupant of the Room” is set in the French Alps in 1936. Due to a reservations […]Read On »


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NCIS: SYDNEY: Actress Olivia Swann on Season 3 of the Aussie spin-off – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Olivia Swann as NCIS Special Agent Captain Michelle Mackey in NCIS: SYDNEY - Season 3 | ©2025 CBS/John Tsiavis

NCIS: SYDNEY is now in its third season on CBS Tuesday nights, with episodes, and the two previous seasons, thereafter available on Paramount Plus. How does this series differentiate itself from all the other iterations of the venerable NCIS franchise? Well, for starters, as implied in its title, NCIS: SYDNEY is shot and takes place in Sydney, Australia, where members of the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service team up with officers of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to solve maritime crimes. For another thing, the other versions of NCIS don’t have bad guys being eaten by crocodiles, as happened in […]Read On »


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THE ARTIST: Actor Mandy Patinkin on new mini-series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE ARTIST key art | ©2025 thenetworkstream

THE ARTIST is a new miniseries that has its premiere on Thursday, November 27, on the new and free streaming platform thenetwork.stream. Created, written and directed by Aram Rappaport (who also founded thenetwork.stream), THE ARTIST combines historical figures and fictional characters in the first decade of the twentieth century. We know at the outset that wealthy Norman Henry, played by Mandy Patinkin, is murdered at a party in his upstate New York mansion. The story, shown largely in flashback, is narrated by Henry’s aggrieved wife Marian (Janet McTeer). Their social circle includes the inventor Thomas Edison (Hank Azaria), the French […]Read On »


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Movie Review: 100 NIGHTS OF HERO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
100 NIGHTS OF HERO movie poster | ©2025 IFC

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E. Grant, Felicity Jones, Safia Oakley-Green, Markella Kavenagh Writer: Julia Jackman, based on the graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg Director: Julia Jackman Distributor: IFC Release Date: December 5, 2025 Based on the graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg and scripted and directed by Julia Jackman, 100 NIGHTS OF HERO takes a comedy/fantasy approach to a story set in a world where the rules resemble those of THE HANDMAID’S TALE. We see from the start that we’re on another planet, as there are three moons of various sizes […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ROSEMEAD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ROSEMEAD movie review | ©2025 Vertical

Rating: R Stars: Lucy Liu, Lawrence Shou, Jennifer Lim, Madison Hu, James Chen, Eleven Lee, Orion Lee Writer: Marilyn Fu, additional writing by Eric Lin, inspired by Frank Shyong’s LOS ANGELES TIMES article Director: Eric Lin Distributor: Vertical Release Date: December 5, 2025 (New York), December 12, 2025 (Los Angeles), January 9, 2026 (wide) Rosemead the city is a little working-class suburban community bordering the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County. Many of the residents are immigrants from China and Taiwan or Chinese-Americans. ROSEMEAD the movie takes place in its title hamlet, but what it depicts could transpire in […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MAN FINDS TAPE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
MAN FINDS TAPE movie review | ©2025 Magnet Releasing

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kelsey Pribilski, William Magnusson, John Gholson, Brian Villalobos, Nell Kessler Writers: Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman Directors: Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman Distributor: Magnet Releasing Release Date: December 5, 2025 MAN FINDS TAPE is a tale of literally knockout found footage – as in, the tapes sometimes render viewers suddenly unconscious. Written and directed by Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman, MAN FINDS TAPE is a fairly lively mix of horror subgenres: the one indicated in the title, a seemingly cozy small town with dark secrets, and another that adds a welcome spark of amusing insanity to […]Read On »


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