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FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS: The creators and stars talk about new limited FX series – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/01/2024
FEUD: CAPOTE VS THE SWANS Key Art | ©2024 FX

Truman Capote was an author, screenwriter, playwright, and actor probably still most known for his nonfiction bestseller IN COLD BLOOD. The novel itself has been adapted for film, and several films were made about Capote’s writing of the book and the lingering effect it had on him. But Capote is also famous for, among other things, his unfinished novel ANSWERED PRAYERS. Capote had entered a charmed circle of New York society women, whom he collectively called “the Swans.” These women included Jacqueline Onassis’s sister Lee Radziwill and Babe Paley. Capote kept putting off finishing the work, but sold four chapters […]Read On »


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Movie Review: A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/25/2023
A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE | ©2023 September Films/Giant Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Bruce Vilanch, Kevin Smith, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Mick Garris, Donny Osmond, Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Steve Binder, Lenny Ripps, Kyle Newman Directors: Jeremy Koon & Steve Kozak Distributor: September Films/Giant Pictures Release Date: December 5, 2023 (digital) The 1978 STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL became an immediate legend for how horrified its viewers were. People who tuned in expecting a follow-up to George Lucas’s 1977 hit movie instead got two hours of something that made fans and civilians alike wonder, “How did this happen?” It’s taken forty-five years, but A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE, subtitled “How the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/06/2023
THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER movie poster | ©2023 Universal Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Leslie Odom Jr., Lidya Jewett, Ann Dowd, Olivia Marcum, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Nettles, Danny McCarthy, Okwui Okpokwasili, E.J. Bonilla, Raphael Sbarge, Norbert Leo Butz Writers: Peter Sattler & David Gordon Green, screen story by Scott Teems & David Gordon Green & Danny McBride, based on characters created by William Peter Blatty Director: David Gordon Green Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: October 6, 2023 It would be hard, if not impossible, for a film released now to replicate the power of the original THE EXORCIST. Wisely, the new THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER doesn’t attempt to do that. Instead, it […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BARBER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/30/2023
BARBER movie poster | ©2023 Brainstorm Media

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Aiden Gillen, Aisling Kearns, Gary Lydon, Helen Behan, Deirdre Donnelly, Liam Carney, Irma Mali, Steve Wall Writers: Fiona Bergin & Fintan Connolly Director: Fintan Connolly Distributor: Brainstorm Media Release Date: September 22, 2023 BARBER is in many ways solidly in the tradition of the private eye thriller. However, there are several changes from convention. For one, we’re in present-day Dublin, somewhere in COVID times; lockdown is over, but nobody is sure when or wear to wear masks, when to shake hands. And nobody carries a gun. Our hero, Valentine Barber (Aiden Gillen), is a low-rent private […]Read On »


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DEADLOCKED: HOW AMERICA SHAPED THE SUPREME COURT: Filmmaker Dawn Porter on new four-part Showtime series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/22/2023
DEADLOCKED key art | ©2023 Showtime

DEADLOCKED: HOW AMERICA SHAPED THE SUPREME COURT is a new four-part documentary series about the history of our highest court. It premieres on Showtime and Paramount+ on Friday, September 22, with new episodes available on subsequent Fridays. DEADLOCKED filmmaker Dawn Porter has won multiple awards and nominations for her previous documentaries, which include JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, GIDEON’S ARMY, the miniseries BOBBY KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT, the docuseries PHILLY D.A., and several episodes of PBS’s INDEPENDENT LENS. In a Zoom call with Assignment X, Porter talks about what DEADLOCKED shows us about the U.S. Supreme Court. ASSIGNMENT X: What made you […]Read On »


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TWO STRIKES: Filmmaker Ursula Liang on new PBS FRONTLINE documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/05/2023
TWO STRIKES | ©2023 PBS

The documentary TWO STRIKES premieres as part of PBS’s FRONTLINE on Tuesday, September 5, paired with TUTWILER. Both films deal with incarceration. TUTWILER concerns women inmates who give birth in prison. TWO STRIKES examines Florida’s HB 1371, the Prisoner Releasee Reoffender Act, which was passed in May 1997. This dictates that anyone convicted of certain categories of crime who reoffends within three years is subject to life in prison without parole, even if this is only a second offense. TWO STRIKES filmmaker Ursula Liang focuses on the case of Mark Jones, and the impact on both him and his wife […]Read On »


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JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL: Executive Producers Michael Dinner, Peter Leonard and Chris Provenzano chat new limited series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/22/2023
JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL Key Art | ©2023 FX

The eight-episode limited series JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL is a continuation of the adventures of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens. The character was first created in the writings of the late Elmore Leonard and then played by Timothy Olyphant in six acclaimed seasons of JUSTIFIED, which ran on FX from 2010 through 2015. JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL is also on FX, with new episodes on Tuesdays that are available on FX on Hulu the following day. The limited series adds Raylan to the plot of Leonard’s novel CITY PRIMEVAL, about a very bad man, Clement Mansell (played here by Boyd Holbrook) running amok […]Read On »


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SHARK WEEK: Dr. Austin Gallagher deep dives for BELLY OF THE BEAST and MONSTER MAKO – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/27/2023
BELLY OF THE BEAST | ©2023 Discovery Channel

BELLY OF THE BEAST: FEEDING FRENZY and MONSTER MAKO: FRESH BLOOD are two of the specials debuting on Discovery Channel/Discover+’s thirty-fifth annual SHARK WEEK. This year’s SHARK WEEK is hosted by AQUAMAN star Jason Momoa. BELLY OF THE BEAST premiered on Sunday, July 23, and MONSTER MAKO premieres Thursday, July 27. Both documentaries feature American marine biologist Dr. Austin Gallagher, founder and CEO of Beneath the Waves, a nonprofit conservation organization. In MONSTER MAKO, Dr. Gallagher and free diver Andre Musgrove use an acrylic diving bell, shaped something like an upside-down wine glass, to observe mako sharks and great white […]Read On »


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SHARK WEEK: Marine biologist Tom Hird on COCAINE SHARKS and GREAT WHITE FIGHT CLUB – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/26/2023
COCAINE SHARKS | ©2023 Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel/Discovery+’s SHARK WEEK kicks off its thirty-fifth anniversary beginning Sunday, July 23, available on both cable and streaming. This year’s SHARK WEEK host is Jason Momoa, whose big-screen outings as Aquaman have given him at least a little familiarity with the famed genus of fish. Marine biologist Tom Hird, aka “the Blowfish,” is involved with two of Discovery Channel/Discovery+’s thirty-fifth annual SHARK WEEK documentaries. Originally from Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, Hird is a prolific diver, whose writings include the book BLOWFISH’S OCEANOPEDIEA: 291 EXTRAORDINARY THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE SEA. Hird traveled to New Zealand for GREAT WHITE […]Read On »


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James Marsters gives scoop on his band Ghost of the Robot and its sixth new album – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/23/2023
James Marsters at the premiere of P.S. I LOVE YOU | ©2011 Sue Schneider

TIN MAN is the sixth full album from the band Ghost of the Robot. Released on June 28, TIN MAN is currently available on BandCamp.com – the individual songs can be played three times each for free before the paywall kicks in – and will later come out on Spotify and iTunes. Ghost of the Robot in its current configuration is vocalist/rhythm guitarist James Marsters and bassist Kevin McPherson, two of the band’s founders from 2002 onward, and lead guitarist/singer Sullivan Marsters, James’s now twenty-six-year-old son who joined Ghost in 2011 at age fourteen. In celebration of TIN MAN’s release, […]Read On »


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