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Movie Review: GOOD SIDE OF BAD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/24/2025
GOOD SIDE OF BAD movie poster | ©2025 Freestyle Digital Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Lexi Simonsen, Jules Bruff, Alex Quijano, Myles Grier, Tess Harper Writers: Ciera Danielle, Jules Bruff & Alethea Root, based on the novel THE GOOD SIDE OF BAD by Beverly Olevin Director: Alethea Root Distributor: Freestyle Digital Media Release Date: January 7, 2025 As we look at a family photograph, Florence (Lexi Simonsen) in voiceover introduces us to everyone – she’s the toddler in yellow, there’s older sister Sara, brother Peter, and mother Mary Ellen. Florence explains that Mary Ellen was a semi-famous singer who was on the road a lot and “didn’t know how to be […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PRESENCE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
PRESENCE movie poster | ©2025 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Lucy Liu, Callina Liang, Chris Sullivan, Eddy Maday, West Mulholland, Natalie Woolams-Torres Writer: David Koepp Director: Steven Soderbergh Distributor: Neon Release Date: January 24, 2025 Usually, a good film’s style and substance work together to create a unified result. PRESENCE is a good film, with an intriguing, unusual style and solid supernatural substance. What’s most notable here, though, is that the two seem to exist almost independently of each other. The opening sequence is a sustained tracking shot throughout a large, darkened suburban house. There’s no furniture yet, as the house is empty at this point. PRESENCE […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE 100 CANDLES GAME: THE LAST POSSESSION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE 100 CANDLES GAME: THE LAST POSSESSION | ©2025 101 Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Nacho Francavilla, Josefina Fariña, Justina Ceballos, Zhon Li, Iris Cayatte Writers: Camilo Zaffora (“The Last Possession”), Jeronimo Rocha (“Arcana”), David Ferino (“The Fortune Teller”), Maximilian Niemann (“Five Minutes”), Jorge Bano (“Let Her Go”), Andres Borgui (“Behind the Door”), Daniel Shafer (“Black Moon”), concept by Michael Kraetzer Directors: Guillermo Lockhart & Charly Goitia (“The Last Possession”), Jeronimo Rocha (“Arcana”), David Ferino (“The Fortune Teller”), Maximilian Niemann (“Five Minutes”), Arie Socorro (“Let Her Go”), Andres Borgui (“Behind the Door”), Ryan Graff (“Black Moon”) Distributor: 101 Films Release Date: January 13, 2025 (U.K.), January 14, 2025 (North America) THE […]Read On »


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Movie Review: INTO THE DEEP

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
INTO THE DEEP movie poster | ©2025 Saban Films

Rating: R Stars: Callum McGowan, Scout Taylor-Compton, Jon Seda, Stuart Townsend, Richard Dreyfuss, AnnaMaria Demara, David Gray, Lorena Sarria, Tofan Pirani, Ron Smoonenburg, Tom O’Connell, Maverick Kang, Mek Manbut, Panuson Maneesang, Quinn Hensley, Nina Padovan Writers: Chad Law and Josh Ridgway Director: Christian Sesma Distributor: Saban Films Release Date: January 24, 2025 INTO THE DEEP combines Great White sharks, drug pirates, and some innocent treasure hunters. As far as this goes, the film unspools the way we might expect. However, it’s notable for a pre-climactic moment that’s actually more in line with reality than some of the scenes that precede […]Read On »


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NOVA: WHAT ARE UFOS?: Filmmakers and experts deep dive into the phenomenon in the new PBS documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/20/2025
NOVA - WHAT ARE UFOS key art | ©2025 PBS

According to a 2022 YouGov poll thirty-four percent of Americans believe that UFOs are proof of extraterrestrials visiting Earth. Others believe that these are flying objects that our government won’t (for security reasons) or can’t identify. Still others don’t know what to think. The NOVA documentary WHAT ARE UFOS?, premiering on PBS Wednesday, January 22, also available for streaming on pbs.org/nova, Nova on YouTube, and the PBS app, investigates all of this. During the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Pasadena, California, former U.S. Navy Lieutenant and F/A-18F pilot Ryan Graves, producer/ director / writer Terri Randall, NOVA co-executive […]Read On »


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HIGH POTENTIAL: Executive producer and showrunner Todd Harthan on Season 1 – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/18/2025
HIGH POTENTIAL Key Art - Season 1 | ©2025 ABC

On the freshman series HIGH POTENTIAL, Tuesdays on ABC and thereafter streaming on Hulu, Kaitlin Olson stars as Morgan Gillory. Morgan, a single mother of three, goes from LAPD cleaning woman to police consultant when the detectives realize that her remarkably high IQ and skills at noticing details are helpful in solving cases. Besides wanting to provide for her children, and her compulsion to put things in order, Morgan hopes that her new job can help her find her husband, who has been missing for years. HIGH POTENTIAL is based on the French TV series HPI – HAUTE POTENTIEL INTELLECTUEL, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WOLF MAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/17/2025
WOLF MAN movie poster | ©2025 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger, Zac Chandler Writers: Leigh Whannell & Corbett Tuck Director: Leigh Whannell Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: January 17, 2025 With their reluctant monster protagonists, werewolf stories are an obvious source of emotion and metaphor, as well as straight-out horror. Director Leigh Whannell and his co-writer, the late Corbett Tuck (the film is dedicated to his memory), attempt to bring enormous heart and introspection to their take on lycanthropy in WOLF MAN. We can see how their approach is meant to work, and our awareness of the tactics involved may […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/11/2025
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO) movie poster | ©2025 Samuel Goldwyn Films/Pathe

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Laurent Lafitte, Pierfrancesco Favino, Patrick Mille, Vassili Schneider, Julien De Saint Jean, Adèle Simphal, Bruno Raffaeli Writers: Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de la Patellière, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas Directors: Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de la Patellière Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films/Pathe Release Date: December 20, 2024 (limited), January 3, 2025 (wide) The new French-language film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s 1844 adventure novel THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO) is both visually sumptuous and dramatically engaging. Directed and scripted by Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre […]Read On »


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HOLIDAZED: Actress Virginia Madsen on new limited dramedy series- Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 01/10/2025
Virginia Madsen in HOLIDAZED | ©2024 Hallmark Media

In HOLIDAZED, the eight-episode miniseries now streaming in its entirety on the Hallmark+ Channel, Virginia Madsen plays Connie Manetti-Hanahan. Connie’s husband Chuck (John C. McGinley) has, for Christmases beyond counting, turned the holiday decorating on their cul-de-sac from friendly competition into suburban warfare. This year, Connie has had enough, and presents Chuck with a contract of behavior she wants and expects from him. In real life, the Chicago-born Madsen says she can’t get enough of Christmas, or her HOLIDAZED costars. Madsen and McGinley had actually worked together before, in 1991’s HIGHLANDER II: THE QUICKENING. Madsen was nominated for a Supporting […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LAST SHOWGIRL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE LAST SHOWGIRL movie poster | ©2024 Roadside Attractions

Rating: R Stars: Pamela Anderson, Kiernan Shipka, Brenda Song, Billie Lourd, Dave Bautista, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Schwartzman Writer: Kate Gersten Director: Gia Coppola Distributor: Roadside Attractions Release Date: December 13, 2024 (limited theatrical), January 10, 2025 (wide theatrical) THE LAST SHOWGIRL manages to be both realistically perceptive and a bit dreamy. Directed with authority by Gia Coppola from Kate Gersten’s thoughtful script, THE LAST SHOWGIRL focuses on Shelly (Pamela Anderson), who has spent the last thirty years as a performer in “Razzle Dazzle,” an unironic old-fashioned Las Vegas revue. Shelly is not the introspective type. She genuinely loves her […]Read On »


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