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Movie Review: BULLET TRAIN

By RACHEL REITSLEFF | 08/05/2022
BULLET TRAIN Movie Poster | ©2022 Sony Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Benito A Martinez Ocasio, Sandra Bullock, Logan Lerman Writer: Zak Olkewicz, based on the novel MARIA BEETLE by Kotaro Isaka Director: David Leitch Distributor: Columbia/Sony Release Date: August 5, 2022 BULLET TRAIN moves like its namesake, increasing in velocity until the film seems to be going at two hundred miles an hour. The screenplay by Zak Olkewicz, adapted from Kotaro Isaka’s novel MARIA BEETLE, takes pains to explain things (often more than once), but it’s wise to hang on tight to the […]Read On »

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Movie Review: BODIES BODIES BODIES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
BODIES BODIES BODIES movie poster | ©2022 A24

Rating: R Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Rachel Sennott, Chase Sui Wonders, Pete Davidson, Lee Pace Writer: Sarah DeLappe, story by Kristen Roupenian Director: Halina Reijn Distributor: A24 Release Date: August 5, 2022 In the film BODIES BODIES BODIES, there’s a game called “Bodies Bodies Bodies.” We are told it’s essentially the same as “Werewolf.” Pieces of paper are handed out. One secretly designates the killer. The lights are turned off, the killer selects a victim, who must lay down and keep quiet. When the “corpse” is found, the finder exclaims, “Bodies bodies bodies!” When the lights are […]Read On »

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Movie Review: RESURRECTION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/29/2022
RESURRECTION movie poster | ©2022 IFC Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Rebecca Hall, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, Tim Roth Writer: Andrew Semans Director: Andrew Semans Distributor: IFC Films Release Date: July 29, 2022 RESURRECTION’s title doesn’t really prepare the viewer for what the film is about. To be fair, it’s hard to immediately think of a title that could. Indeed, without getting into spoilers, it’s hard to explain why RESURRECTION has a storyline with specifics we haven’t seen before. Here’s the set-up. Margaret (Rebecca Hall) is a successful executive at a biotech corporation. She is protective – maybe a bit too much – of her daughter Abbie […]Read On »

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Movie Review: NOPE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/22/2022
NOPE poster | ©2022 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Keith David, Terry Notary Writer: Jordan Peele Director: Jordan Peele Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: July 22, 2022 NOPE has a title and trailer that suggests it’s going to be about people reacting with unexpected common sense to horror movie tropes. That’s not what NOPE turns out to be. This in itself isn’t a demerit; no movie should be judged by how it does or doesn’t adhere to its advertising, which is often created separate from the filmmakers. However, NOPE is an uneven mixed bag. Director/writer Jordan […]Read On »

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MAGGIE: Actor David Del Rio on new Hulu series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
David Del Rio | photo courtesy David Del Rio

MAGGIE is a new romantic comedy series on Hulu. Rebecca Rittenhouse plays the title role, a psychic by nature and profession. The story starts when Maggie discovers that she is destined to be with Ben, a non-psychic played by David Del Rio. Originally from Florida and now based in Austin, Texas, Del Rio’s previous acting credits include series regular roles in THE TROOP and THE BAKER AND THE BEAUTY, and the films GREASE LIVE!, PITCH PERFECT, SPARE PARTS, and THE BELKO EXPERIMENT. He is also a multi-hyphenate who also writes, directs, and produces. Del Rio gets on the phone to […]Read On »

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DIARY OF A SPY: Actress Tamara Taylor on new thriller – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/21/2022
DIARY OF A SPY Movie poster | ©2022 XYZ Films

In the new film DIARY OF A SPY, now available on VOD and digital, Tamara Taylor stars as Anna. Anna has been an operative for twenty years. The sole survivor of the failure of her last mission, Anna is also alcoholic and broke. To stay in the good graces of her agency, Anna accepts a new assignment. She is to get close to Camden (Reece Noi), a younger man who is tutor to one of the Saudi royal family living in Los Angeles. This doesn’t go as expected. DIARY OF A SPY, written and directed by Adam Christian Clark, was […]Read On »

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MOONHAVEN: Actor Ayelet Zurer on Season 1 of new AMC+ series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/20/2022
Ayelet Zurer as Maite Voss in MOONHAVEN - Season 1 | ©2022 AMC/ Szymon Lazewski

MOONHAVEN is a science-fiction series on AMC+ that premiered July 7, with new episodes debuting on Thursday nights. Created by Peter Ocko, MOONHAVEN is set one hundred years in the future, when humans have established a seemingly idyllic colony on the moon. Bella Sway (Emma McDonald), a pilot and smuggler, gets caught up helping detective Paul Serno (Dominic Monaghan) investigate a case involving the artificial intelligence that allows Moonhaven to function. Tomm Schultz (Joe Manganiello), part of an Earth diplomatic team, is part of the mystery. Ayelet Zurer plays Maite (pronounced “mighty”) Voss, leader of Moonhaven’s council. Zurer, originally from […]Read On »

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Movie Review: H.P. LOVECRAFT’S WITCH HOUSE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
H.P. LOVECRAFT'S WITCH HOUSE movie poster | ©2022 Horror Wasteland Pictures International

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Portia Chellelynn, Michelle Morris, Julie Anne Prescott, Erin Trimble, Shonda Laverty, Andie Noir, John Johnson, Joe Padgett, Solon Tsangaras Writers: Bobby Easley & Ken Wallace Director: Bobby Easley Distributor: Horror Wasteland Pictures International Release Date: July 5, 2022 (digital/DVD) Fun fact: H.P. Lovecraft’s 1932 short story “The Dreams in the Witch House” really is partly about geometry. Lovecraft’s protagonist, Walter Gilman, is a mathematician trying to prove that certain shapes and planes, in relation to one another, can create gateways to other universes. That angle (pardon the pun) has been adopted in H.P. LOVECRAFT’S WITCH HOUSE, […]Read On »

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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: Actors Kayvan Novak and Harvey Guillen give the scoop on Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/12/2022
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS - Season 4 - Key Art | ©2022 FX

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS is back on FX for its fourth season, with a double-episode premiere on Tuesday, July 12, available the following day on FX on Hulu. The comedy, about a group of vampires un-living in Staten Island with their familiar Guillermo, played by Harvey Guillén, has already been renewed for Seasons 5 and 6. When we last saw vampire servant by inclination, vampire hunter by heredity Guillermo, he was on the verge of having his fondest wish granted. The vampire Nandor, played by Kayvan Novak, had promised to finally make Guillermo into a vampire when they […]Read On »

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Movie Review: THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/08/2022
THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER movie poster | ©2022 Marvel Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Taika Waititi (voice), Russell Crowe Writers: Taika Waititi & Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, story by Taika Waititi Director: Taika Waititi Distributor: Disney/Marvel Release Date: July 8, 2022 Because these elements are on the poster for THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, it’s presumably not too spoilery to say the following: First of all, for those who saw Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Asgardian god of thunder, being miserable and out of shape in the last AVENGERS film, he quickly regains the muscular physique so popular with sculptors of ancient deities. He also wields a new […]Read On »

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