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Movie Review: FACES OF DEATH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/11/2026
FACES OF DEATH movie poster | ©2026 IFC/Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery, Josie Totah, Aaron Holliday, Jermaine Fowler, Charli XCX Writers: Isa Mazzei & Daniel Goldhaber, based on the Gorgon series Director: Daniel Goldhaber Distributor: IFC/Shudder Release Date: April 10, 2026 1978’s FACES OF DEATH is an odd mixture of faked mayhem and real expirations. Written and directed by John Alan Schwartz (who wrote under the pseudonym Alan Black and directed as Conan LeCilaire), it purports to be the musings of pathologist Francis B. Gross (Michael Carr) on the transition between life and death. The movie combines staged and actual footage of accidents, executions, newsreels […]Read On »


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Movie Review: EXIT 8

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
EXIT 8 movie poster | ©2026 Neon

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi, Naru Asunuma, Kotone Hanase, Nana Komatsu Writers: Kentaro Hirase & Genki Kawamura, based on the video game THE EXIT 8 developed by Kotake Create Director: Genki Kawamura Distributor: Neon Release Date: April 10, 2026 (U.S. theatrical) Based on the hugely popular video game first released in 2023, EXIT 8 is surreal, symbolic and surprisingly immersive. Director Genki Kawamura and his co-screenwriter Kentaro Hinase, along with leading man Kazunari Ninomiya, deserve enormous credit for making something compelling out of challenging material. It’s generally difficult to make a good movie from a video game, but […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HAMLET (2026)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
HAMLET movie poster | ©2026 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Riz Ahmed, Morfydd Clark, Joe Alwyn, Sheeba Chatha, Avijit Dutt, Art Malik, Timothy Spall, Kash Ahmad, Eben Figeuiredo Writer: Michael Lesslie, based on the play by William Shakespeare Director: Aniel Karia Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: April 10, 2026 The complete version of William Shakespeare’s HAMLET is five acts long. Director/star Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 word-for-word film adaptation runs four hours and two minutes. Director Ariel Karia’s new edition, with a screenplay adapted by Michael Lesslie, runs a brisk hour and fifty-two minutes, many of which are tensely silent. Compared to most HAMLETs of both stage and […]Read On »


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ST. DENIS MEDICAL: Actress Allison Tolman on the NBC comedy – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/05/2026
Allison Tolman in ST DENIS MEDICAL - Season 2 | ©2026 NBC

NBC’s comedy series ST. DENIS MEDICAL has its second-season finale on Monday, April 6. Fans need not fear: ST. DENIS MEDICAL has been picked up for a third season, and the first two are available for streaming in their entirety on Peacock. Created by Eric Ledgin & Justin Spitzer, ST. DENIS MEDICAL is a mockumentary that follows the overworked but mostly dedicated staff of the underfunded title hospital. Allison Tolman stars as warmhearted nurse Alex, whose dedication to her patients often conflicts with her family commitments. (Other stars include David Alan Grier as seen-it-all chief of surgery Ron and Wendy […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE YETI

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/04/2026
THE YETI movie poster | ©2026 Well Go USA Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Brittany Allen, Eric Nelsen, Jim Cummings, Christina Bennett Lind, Gene Gallerano, Linc Hand, Elizabeth Cappuccino, William Sadler, Corbin Bernsen Writers: Gene Gallerano & William Pisciotta Directors: Gene Gallerano & William Pisciotta Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment Release Date: April 4, 2026 and April 8, 2026 (AMC theatrical); April 10, 2026 (digital) Written and directed by the team of Gene Gallerano & William Pisciotta, THE YETI is set in the ‘40s and aspires to look as though it was made in the ‘50s. Its style seems to be part of its reason for being. It’s agreeable as a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR movie poster | ©2026 Picturehouse

Rating: R Stars: Jaeden Martell, Asa Butterfield, Chris Bauer, Becky Ann Baker, Avan Jogia, Anna Baryshnikov, Pippa Knowles, Noah Centineo, Jennifer Ehle Writers: Ricky Camilleri & Oscar Boyson Director: Oscar Boyson Distributor: Picturehouse Release Date: March 27, 2026 (New York), April 3, 2026 (Los Angeles), subsequent (wider theatrical) OUR HERO, BALTHAZAR is an intriguing if occasionally generalizing look at the nexus of gun culture, the Internet and performative behavior, especially through the lens of youth. We meet Balthazar (Jaeden Martell) as he is recording himself weeping into his cellphone about how lonely he is – but when the recording stops, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE SERPENT’S SKIN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE SERPENT'S SKIN movie poster | ©2026 Dark Star Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Alexandra McVicker, Avalon Fast, Scott Major, Charlotte Chimes, Jordan Dulieu Writers: Alice Maio Mackay & Ben Pahl Robinson Director: Alice Maio Mackay Distributor: Dark Star Pictures Release Date: March 27, 2026 Writer/director Alice Maio Mackay, who opens all her movies with the onscreen credit “A Transgender Film,” has so far told stories with often psychic trans and queer protagonists fighting human bigotry and otherworldly menaces. In THE SERPENT’S SKIN, co-written by Mackay & Ben Pahl Robinson, we still get a young trans lead – Alexandra McVicker as Anna – dealing with a monster. However, the transphobia […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PRETTY LETHAL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
PRETTY LETHAL movie poster | ©2026 Amazon/ MGM Studios

Rating: R Stars: Iris Apatow, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, Avantika, Maddie Ziegler, Uma Thurman, Lydia Leonard Writer: Kate Freund Director: Vicky Jewson Distributor: Amazon/MGM Studios Release Date: March 25, 2026 (Prime Video) “These guys are drunk and out of shape. We are prima f*****g ballerinas.” This brief speech, delivered when the going gets tough, is perhaps all anyone really needs to know about PRETTY LETHAL. Additional relevant information is that director Vicky Jewson and writer Kate Freund (who also appears as a mob underling) figure out clever ways to incorporate classical dance moves into the violent action, and that the […]Read On »


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HENRY DAVID THOREAU: Filmmakers Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers on new PBS docuseries – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/30/2026
HENRY DAVID THOREAU Key Art | ©2026 PBS

If you don’t know much about Henry David Thoreau as a historical figure, don’t feel bad. Brothers Erik Ewers and Christopher Ewers have made a three-part, two-night documentary about the man, HENRY DAVID THOREAU, which premieres on PBS Monday, March 30 and Tuesday, March 31, and, when they started, they acknowledge they didn’t know much either. (For purposes of clarity, this interview refers to each of the brothers by their first names.) “We had to renew our knowledge of Thoreau from high school, where we didn’t really appreciate him, let’s say, that much,” Erik says with a laugh. “And now, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/24/2026
READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME movie poster | ©2026 Searchlight

Rating: R Stars: Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, David Cronenberg, Elijah Wood Writers: Guy Busick & R. Christopher Murphy, based on characters created by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett Distributor: Searchlight Pictures Release Date: March 20, 2026 READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME may be even more fun than its predecessor, 2019’s READY OR NOT. (Those who didn’t find the first one entertaining won’t be happy here either.) Writers Guy Busick & R. Christopher Murphy and directing team Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett are back, along […]Read On »


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