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Movie Review: HELL OF A SUMMER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/04/2025
HELL OF A SUMMER movie poster | ©2025 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Billy Bryk, Finn Wolfhard, Paradis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, Adam Pally, Matthew Finlan, Julia Doyle, Krista Nazaire, Julia Lalonde, Daniel Gravelle, Susan Coyne Writers: Billy Bryk & Finn Wolfhard Directors: Billy Bryk & Finn Wolfhard Distributor: Neon Release Date: April 4, 2025 Comparing HELL OF A SUMMER to SCREAM is a bit of a stretch. The characters in the new film aren’t fonts of horror movie lore. On the other hand, they are self-aware enough to mostly behave in a self-protective manner when danger threatens, and we eventually get some villain monologues. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ERIC LARUE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
ERIC LARUE movie poster | ©2025 Magnolia Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Judy Greer, Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Sparks, Alison Pill, Tracy Letts, Annie Parisse, Kate Arrington, Marylouise Burke, Nation Sage Henrikson Writer: Brett Neveu, based on his stage play Director: Michael Shannon Distributor: Magnolia Pictures Release Date: April 4, 2025 When a school shooting occurs, as it does all too often, the most obvious victims are the dead and wounded. However, other victims include the families of those shot, often the family of the shooter, and pretty much the whole community. ERIC LARUE, scripted by Brett Neveu based on his stage play, encompasses all of this. In his […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FREAKY TALES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
FREAKY TALES movie poster | ©2025 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Jack Champion, Ji-young Yoo, Angus Cloud, Keir Gilchrist, Michelle Farrah Huang, Jordan Gomes, Demario “Symba” Driver, Too $hort, Eric “Sleepy” Floyd, Natalia Dominquez Writers: Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden Directors: Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: April 4, 2025 FREAKY TALES has images marked by video tape striations, part of its effort to set the mood and the place. We’re in 1987 Oakland, where things are about to indeed get freaky. Directed and written by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden, FREAKY TALES is broken into […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA movie poster | ©2025 IFC Films

Rating: R Stars: Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, Shamier Anderson, David Strathairn, Brian Geraghty, Patti Harrison, Maisie Williams, Ricky Russert, David Rysdahl, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Damian Young, Haley Bennett, Johnny Knoxville, James Wolk, Lilli Kay Writers: Samir Oliveros & Maggie Briggs, story by Samir Oliveros & Maggie Briggs & Amanda Freedman Director: Samir Oliveros Distributor: IFC Films Release Date: April 4, 2025 An opening card informs us that the film is fact-based but fictionalized. Fair enough. An Internet search promptly reveals what happened with Michael Larson and the game show PRESS YOUR LUCK in 1984, so viewers can see what […]Read On »


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Movie Review: A NICE INDIAN BOY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
A NICE INDIAN BOY movie poster | ©2025 Blue Harbor Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Karan Soni, Jonathan Groff, Sunita Mani, Zarna Garg, Harish Patel, Peter S. Kim, Sas Goldberg, Sachin Sahel Writer: Eric Randall, based on the play by Madhuri Shekar Director: Roshan Sethi Distributor: Blue Harbor Entertainment Release Date: April 4, 2025 Based on the play by Madhuri Shekar and directed by Roshan Sethi from a screenplay by Eric Randall, A NICE INDIAN BOY is an amiable if sometimes highly sentimental gay romcom. Naveen Gavaskar (Karan Soni) provides some opening narration, explaining that he was twenty-five years old when his slightly older sister Arundhathi (Sunita Mani) had her big […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE WOMAN IN THE YARD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/28/2025
THE WOMAN IN THE YARD movie poster | ©2025 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson, Estella Kahila, Russell Hornsby Writer: Sam Stefanak Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: March 28, 2025 Rowena Harris (Danielle Deadwyler) has been having trouble getting out of bed since the death of her husband David (Russell Hornsby) in a car accident several weeks earlier. Rowena came away with a broken leg and injuries requiring stitches, but the emotional wounds run much deeper. She’s having trouble being wholly there for her children, teen Taylor (Peyton Jackson) and little Annie (Estella Kahila), with unpaid bills and too little food in the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CONTROL FREAK

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
CONTROL FREAK Key Art | ©2025 Hulu

Rating: TV-MA Stars: Kelly Marie Tran, Miles Robbins, Kieu Chinh, Toan Le, Callie Johnson, Sabrina Devi, Stanley White Jr., Phu Quoc Writer: Shal Ngo Director: Shal Ngo Distributor: Hulu Release Date: March 13, 2025 (streaming) Valerie “Vy” Nguyen (Kelly Marie Tran) is an extremely successful motivational speaker. She has used her own struggles with self-doubt and feelings of worthlessness to create an empire, explaining to others how she triumphed over this and how they can do the same. Valerie’s husband, producer Robbie (Miles Robbins), is supportive. Valerie’s assistant Crystal (Callie Johnson) likewise wants the best for her boss. But Valerie […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLOODY AXE WOUND

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
BLOODY AXE WOUND movie poster | ©2025 RLJE Films/Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Sari Arambulo, Billy Burke, Molly Brown, Eddie Leavy, Margot Anderson-Song, Taylor Seupel, Angel Theory, Matt Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan Writer: Matthew John Lawrence Director: Matthew John Lawrence Distributor: RLJE Films/Shudder Release Date: December 27, 2024 (theatrical); March 21, 2025 (Shudder streaming) With apologies to Stephen Graham Jones, who wrote an unrelated novel with this title, I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER would have been a more informative moniker for BLOODY AXE WOUND. The initial set-up for BLOODY AXE WOUND, which we’ll get to in a bit, suggests that the film is going to head in one direction, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LOCKED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/21/2025
LOCKED movie poster | ©2025 The Avenue

Rating: R Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Anthony Hopkins, Ashley Cartwright, Michael Eklund, Navid Charkhi Writer: Michael Arlen Ross, based on the film 4×4 by Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat Director: David Yarovesky Distributor: The Avenue Release Date: March 21, 2025 LOCKED is based on the 2019 Argentinian film 4×4. Without having seen the original, it’s not possible to say how tonally faithful LOCKED is to its inspiration, though both involve a thief trapped in a high-tech vehicle. However, genre fans may note certain similarities between LOCKED and the SAW franchise. Both involve a criminal who is ensnared by a master gamesman […]Read On »


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Movie Review: McVEIGH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
MCVEIGH movie poster | ©2025 DECAL

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Alfie Allen, Brett Gelman, Ashley Benson, Anthony Carrigan, Tracy Letts Writers: Mike Ott and Alex Giolakis Director: Mike Ott Distributor: DECAL Release Date: March 21, 2025 There are certain films where it’s hard to guess the target audience. With McVEIGH, this is especially difficult, as the title suggests viewers will be familiar with Timothy McVeigh and his actions, but it plays out as a slow-burn thriller that seems like we won’t know where it’s going. This is topped off by the standard but absolutely baffling in this case end credits disclaimer: “The characters and events portrayed […]Read On »


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