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Movie Review: THE ABANDON

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/19/2024
THE ABANDON Key Art | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Jonathan Rosenthal, Tamara Perry, Regis Terencio Writer: Dwain Worrell Director: Jason Satterlund Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: July 19, 2024 (theatrical); July 30, 2024 (VOD) THE ABANDON is a fairly engaging science-fiction film that is mostly set in a single room. Not to worry – the scenery doesn’t get boring. Under Jason Satterlund’s direction, there is a sense of propulsion and suspense as the room keeps changing its configurations, gravity, and magnetism. THE ABANDON isn’t all minimalism, either. We begin in a war zone, with tanks and artillery continually firing and planes dropping bombs. On the ground, things […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THINE EARS SHALL BLEED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THINE EARS SHALL BLEED movie poster | ©2024 Miracle Media Trinity / Creative Partnership

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Andrew Hovelson, Hannah Cabell, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Lea Zawada, Duke Huston Writers: Ben Bigelow & William Bigelow Director: Ben Bigelow Distributor: Miracle Media/Trinity Creative Partnership Release Date: July 9, 2024 (digital U.S.); July 15, 2024 (digital U.K.) THINE EARS SHALL BLEED is period folk horror that feels like a less ambitious version of 2016’s THE WITCH. We’re in the 1860s rather than the 1600s, the central family is not quite so strict, and the supernatural gets more verbal explanation. Nevertheless, it’s a clash between conventional evangelical religion and the forces of darkness. Reverend Ezekiel Thatcher (Andrew Hovelson), […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LONGLEGS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/12/2024
LONGLEGS movie poster | ©2024 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Nicolas Cage, Michelle Choi-Lee, Lauren Acala, Kiernan Shipka, Ava Kelders, Carmel Amit Writer: Osgood Perkins| Director: Osgood Perkins Distributor: Neon Release Date: July 12, 2024 LONGLEGS succeeds at being admirably scary, leavened by some very funny moments. Mixing FBI procedural thriller with supernatural chiller, writer/director Osgood Perkins has made a film that feels something like a hybrid of 1991’s THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and 1982’s HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH. (The latter isn’t a spot-on comparison, but it’s close as far as the magical mechanisms.) We get quite a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE INHERITANCE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE INHERITANCE movie poster | ©2024 Vertical

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Bob Gunton, Peyton List, Briana Middleton, Rachel Nichols, Austin Stowell, David Walton, Reese Alexander Writers: Chris LaMont & Joseph Russo Director: Alejandro Brugués Distributor: Vertical Release Date: July 12, 2024 (theatrical and VOD) NBC’s horror anthology series THE NIGHT GALLERY ran from 1969 through 1973. Created and hosted by Rod Serling, the show mixed gore with gentility in often upscale surroundings that looked expensive without being too extensive for television, and almost always with a twist ending. While THE INHERITANCE is a 2024 single-story feature (not to be confused with multiple other films with the same […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LUMINA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
LUMINA movie poster | ©2024 Goldove

Rating: R Stars: Rupert Lazarus, Sidney Nicole Rogers, Andrea Tivadar, Ken Lawson, Eleanor Williams, Emily Hall, Eric Roberts Writer: Gino McKoy Director: Gino McKoy Distributor: Goldove Release Date: July 12, 2024 LUMINA has a cool premise. What if your life partner turned out to be a frequent alien abductee? And where on Earth would you go to search for that person if they were taken again during your relationship? The opening seems promising. A vehicle drives past a helmeted skull in the desert. Spaceships are hovering in the air. A reptile that looks like a tiny dinosaur investigates a dropped […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/05/2024
SOUND OF HOPE movie poster | ©2024 Angel Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Nika King, Demetrius Grosse, Elizabeth Mitchell, Diaana Babnicova, Kaysi J. Bradley, Taj Johnson Writers: Joshua Weigel & Rebekah Weigel Director: Joshua Weigel Distributor: Angel Studios Release Date: July 4, 2024 The true story of what happened in Possum Trot, Texas has been extensively covered in the press and in documentaries. Now, in SOUND OF HOPE: THE STORY OF POSSUM TROT, director Joshua Weigel & his co-writer Rebekah Weigel bring a dramatized version of those events to the screen. Possum Trot is a small, mostly Black town in rural East Texas. In the ‘90s (and perhaps still), the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE IMAGINARY (YANEURA NO RAJÂ)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE IMAGINARY (YANEURA NO RAJÂ) movie poster | ©2024 Netflix

Rating: PG Stars (voices, Japanese-language cast): Kokoro Terada, Rio Suzuki, Sakura Andô, Riisa Naka, Takayuki Yamada, Atsuko Takahata, Issei Ogata, Akira Terao, Hana Sugisaki, Teiyû Ichiryûsai; (voices, English-language cast): Louie Rudge-Buchanan, Evie Kiszel, Hayley Atwell, Sky Katz, Jeremy Swift, Kal Penn, LeVar Burton, Jane Singer, Ruby Barnhill, Roger Craig Smith, Courtenay Taylor, Miles Nibbe Writer: Yoshiaki Nishimura, based on the novel written by A.F. Harrold and illustrated by Emily Gravett Director: Yoshiyuki Momose Distributor: Netflix Release Date: June 28, 2024 (theatrical); July 5, 2024 (Netflix) Not to be confused with the live-action horror film IMAGINARY released earlier this year, THE […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MAXXXINE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
MAXXXINE movie poster | ©2024 A24

Rating: R Stars: Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Uli Latukefu, Giancarlo Esposito, Chloe Farnworth, Halsey, Kevin Bacon, Lily Collins, Simon Prast Writer: Ti West Director: Ti West Distributor: A24 Release Date: July 5, 2024 MAXXXINE, not counting its flashbacks and flash-forwards, is set in 1985. However, it feels more like a ‘70s indie, with its mix of very tough female protagonist, soft porn (meant to be hard porn where we don’t see all the details), detective story, and horror. It’s a completely fun blend, and star Mia Goth commits two hundred and twenty percent to everything she’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DESPICABLE ME 4

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/03/2024
DESPICABLE ME 4 movie poster | ©2024 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Patrick Coffin, Joey King, Will Ferrell, Sofia Vergara, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Madison Skyy Polan, Steve Coogan Writers: Mike White and Ken Daurio Director: Chris Renaud; co-director, Patrick Delage Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: July 3, 2024 The animated DESPICABLE ME franchise began with the 2010 original, and has subsequently brought forth DESPICABLE ME 2 (2013), DESPICABLE ME 3 (2017), two MINIONS spinoffs (2015 and 2022), plus assorted animated shorts, theme park rides, and more. Now there is DESPICABLE ME 4, which services multiple plotlines well enough. It’s amusing without being especially […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MOOR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE MOOR movie poster | ©2024 Bulldog Film Distribution

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Sophia La Porta, David Edward-Robinson, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips, Mark Peachey, Vicki Hackett, Bernard Hill, Dexter Sol Ansill, Billie Suggett Writer: Paul Thomas Director: Chris Cronin Distributor: Bulldog Film Distribution Release Date: June 14, 2024 (UK theatrical); July 1, 2024 (UK digital) The Yorkshire moors in Northern England are plenty spooky-looking in broad daylight. They are vast, often mist-shrouded, containing ancient artifacts, and peat bogs that are like grassy quicksand. In other words, they are the perfect place for a ghost story like THE MOOR. In 1996 Yorkshire, young Claire (Billie Suggett) convinces her even younger friend Danny […]Read On »


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