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SHARKFEST: Cinematographer Dan Beecham and shark expert Candace Fields on new shark docs – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/05/2025
Bertie Gregory, on the seabed for SHARKFEST 2025 | ©2025 National Geographic/Dan Beecham

It’s summer, which means, among many other things, that it’s time for National Geographic’s SHARKFEST. Two programs that arrive on this year’s opening night, July 5, are SHARKS UP CLOSE WITH BERTIE GREGORY and the first episode of INVESTIGATION SHARK ATTACK, which runs for six consecutive nights. Both programs debut on National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo, Disney Jr. and Disney XD, are thereafter available on these networks’ streaming platforms, as well as Disney+ and Hulu. Underwater wildlife cinematographer Dan Beecham is originally from Oxfordshire, England. He has worked extensively for National Geographic and the BBC, as well […]Read On »


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RESIDENT ALIEN: Actors Elizabeth Bowen and Corey Reynolds on Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Elizabeth Bowen as Deputy Liv Baker, Corey Reynolds as Sheriff Mike Thompson, Nicola Correia-Damude as Detective Lena Torres in RESIDENT ALIEN - Season 4 - "The Ties That Bind" | ©2025 NBCUniversal / James Dittiger/USA Network

RESIDENT ALIEN is now in its fourth season on USA and Syfy Friday nights, with episodes thereafter streaming on Peacock. The extraterrestrial who has assumed the identity of Dr. Harry Vanderspiegle (Alan Tudyk) is currently stuck in human form, which is making him extremely unhappy. However, law enforcement in Harry’s small town of Patience, Colorado, is feeling pretty excited about recent developments. Sheriff Mike, played by Corey Reynolds, and Deputy Liv, portrayed by Elizabeth Bowen, have both recently gotten confirmation that there are aliens around (although they still don’t know about Harry). For Liv, who has always believed, this is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/01/2025
JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH movie poster | ©2025 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ed Skrein, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Niamh Findlay, Audrina Miranda Writer: David Koepp, based on characters created by Michael Crichton Director: Gareth Edwards Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: July 2, 2025 JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH is set story-wise five years after its immediate .predecessor, 2022’s JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION. At the end of DOMINION, dinosaurs were being confined to a series of preserves. By the start of JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH, most of the dinosaurs have died out, unable to adapt to the modern climate. Those that remain are almost […]Read On »


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INTERIOR CHINATOWN: Creator and showrunner Charles Yu on new miniseries – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
INTERIOR CHINATOWN Key Art | ©2024 Hulu

It is unusual for a novelist to become the showrunner on the adaptation of his book, but that’s what happened for writer Charles Yu with INTERIOR CHINATOWN. All ten episodes of the miniseries based on Yu’s 2020 novel, which won the National Book Award, are now available on Hulu. In INTERIOR CHINATOWN, Willis Wu is a waiter in his family’s Chinatown restaurant. To his considerable surprise, he discovers he is also a background character in his favorite TV show, BLACK & WHITE, a police procedural that consistently sidelines Asian-American detective Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet). It’s meta and twisty, combining comedy […]Read On »


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PATIENCE: Head writer Matt Baker on PBS’s neurodivergent crime procedural drama – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 06/28/2025
PATIENCE Key Art - Season 1 | ©2025 PBS

The first season of PATIENCE is now on PBS Sunday nights, with episodes streaming on PBS platforms thereafter. The U.K.-based procedural drama stars Ella Maisy Purvis as the title character, a criminologist with the York police records department. Patience is neurodivergent, with a talent for seeing patterns that others miss. Her skills bring her to the attention of Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf (Laura Fraser), who brings Patience onto her team to help solve cases. One aspect of PATIENCE that makes it unusual is that star Purvis, like her character, is neurodivergent. Writer Matt Baker helped adapt PATIENCE from the French […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SWEET RELIEF

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 06/27/2025
SWEET RELIEF movie poster | ©2025 Art Brut Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Alisa Leigh, B.R. Yeager, Adam Michael Kozak, Lucie Rosenfeld, Jocelyn Lopez, Catie Dupont, Erica Pinto, Daniel James Cashman, Gianni Passiglia, Cooper B. Handy, Joey Ogden, Jimmy Laine, Jane Karakula, Paul Lazar Writer: Nick Verdi Director: Nick Verdi Distributor: Art Brut Films Release Date: June 27, 2025 (theatrical, Eventive VOD) SWEET RELIEF takes its title from an online murder challenge game. While it’s not exactly what happened in real life with “Slender Man,” it’s in that general vicinity: an invented online supernatural myth that spreads and encourages harm. Hannah (Lucie Rosenfeld) enlists her besties, Lily (Jocelyn Lopez) […]Read On »


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RESIDENT ALIEN: Actress Sara Tomko chats about Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Sara Tomko as Asta Twelvetrees in RESIDENT ALIEN - Season 4 - "The Lonely Man" | ©2025 NBCUniversal / James Dittiger/USA Network

RESIDENT ALIEN, based on the graphic novels by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, airs Friday nights on USA and Syfy, with episodes thereafter available for streaming on Peacock. Beginning July 4, RESIDENT ALIEN moves to a new Friday timeslot at 10 PM ET/PT, 9 PM Central. Developed for television by showrunner Chris Sheridan, RESIDENT ALIEN follows the misadventures of an extraterrestrial who has assumed to appearance and identity of small-town Patience, Colorado doctor Harry Vanderspiegle (Alan Tudyk). Sara Tomko plays Harry’s nurse, Asta Twelvetrees, who almost immediately finds out Harry’s big secret. Despite being at odds at first – it […]Read On »


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Movie Review: F1: THE MOVIE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
F1: THE MOVIE movie poster | ©2025 Apple Films / Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, Sarah Niles, Callie Cooke, Abdul Salis, Samson Kayo Writer: Ehren Kruger, story by Joseph Kosinski & Ehren Kruger Director: Joseph Kosinski Distributor: Warner Bros./Apple Films Release Date: June 27, 2025 F1 is short for Formula One, which is described by Wikipedia as “the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile.” F1: THE MOVIE is also the title of a well-made but very formulaic film about the sport. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, who co-wrote the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: M3GAN 2.0

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
M3GAN 2.0 movie poster | ©2025 Universal Pictures / Blumhouse

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis (voice), Ivanna Sakhno, Jemaine Clement, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Aristotle Athari, Timm Sharp Writer: Gerard Johnstone, story by Gerard Johnstone & Akela Cooper, based on characters created by Akela Cooper & James Wan Director: Gerard Johnstone Distributor: Universal Release Date: June 27, 2025 M3GAN 2.0 arrives two-and-a-half years after M3GAN. Since she’s all over the poster and the trailers, it’s no spoiler to say that M3GAN (voiced by Jenna Davis, played onscreen by Amie Donald), the companion doll-turned-murderous independent AI robot, is back. How and why she […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE SOUND

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE SOUND movie poster | ©2025 Blue Harbor Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Marc Hills, Nicholas Baroudi, Rachel Finninger, Jolene Kay, Gabe Greenspan, Christina Kirkman, Michael Chen, Christian Howard, Elise Greene, Wayne Charles Baker, William Fichtner, Scott Bennett, Adrian Ballinger, Jocelyn Hudon, David Clennon, Kyle Gass Writer: Brendan Devane Director: Brendan Devane Distributor: Blue Harbor Entertainment Release Date: June 27, 2025 (theatrical, VOD) It doesn’t take long for one aspect of THE SOUND to become plain: writer/director Brendan Devane really loves climbing. It’s evident in his impressive framing of shots of characters going up and down tall, sheer rock faces, in their war stories, and in the way they don’t […]Read On »


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