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Movie Review: THE LONG DARK TRAIL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/24/2023
THE LONG DARK TRAIL movie poster | ©2023 Cleopatra Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Carter O’Donnell, Brady O’Donnell, Mick Thyer, Paul “Doc” Ignatius, Trina Campbell, Nick Psinakis Writers: Nick Psinakis & Kevin Ignatius Directors: Nick Psinakis & Kevin Ignatius Distributor: Cleopatra Entertainment Release Date: February 21, 2023 (digital and home video) THE LONG DARK TRAIL has beautiful cinematography, by Mitchell Kome, of gorgeous woodland splendor. It has a lovely folky score by Kevin Ignatius, who wrote and directed the film with Nick Psinakis. It also has the virtue of brevity, clocking in at an hour and eleven minutes, not counting end credits. What THE LONG DARK TRAIL doesn’t have is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE QUIET GIRL (AN CAILÍN CIÚN)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE QUIET GIRL(AN CAILÍN CIÚN) movie poster | ©2023 Neon

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Catherine Clinch, Michael Patric, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Joan Sheehy Writer: Colm Bairéad, based on the story “Foster” by Claire Keegan Director: Colm Bairéad Distributor: Neon Release Date: February 24, 2023 THE QUIET GIRL, Oscar-nominated this year as Best International (Foreign Language) Feature, is a quiet film. It takes the time to find wonder in trees reflected in a dipper full of well water, or a moon bright enough to light the way to a secluded beach. This quiet does not mean the film feels slow, however. It is, like its main character, watchful […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/17/2023
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA movie poster | ©2023 Marvel/Walt Disney

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Katey M. O’Brian, William Jackson Harper, Corey Stoll Writer: Jeff Loveness, based on characters created by Stan Lee & Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby Director: Peyton Reed Distributor: Walt Disney/Marvel Release Date: February 17, 2023 From his first introduction in 2015’s ANT-MAN, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has always been one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s sunnier characters. Scott is a good-hearted former thief who got into the superhero life accidentally by coming into possession of a suit that allowed him to become tiny, or huge […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PROJECT WOLF HUNTING (NEUGDAESANYANG)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
PROJECT WOLF HUNTING (NEUGDAESANYANG) movie poster | ©2023 Well Go USA Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Seo In-guk, Jang Dong-yoon, Park Ho-san, Jeong So-min, Go Chang-seok, Jang Young-nam, Son Jong-hak, Jung Moon-sung, Lee Sung-wook, Hong Ji-yoon, Sung Dong-il Writer: Kim Hongsun Director: Kim Hongsun Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment Release Date: February 14, 2023 For those who worry about such things, PROJECT WOLF HUNTING is not about searching for wild canines. It also, as it turns out, is not really about extraditing forty-seven Korean accused criminals from the Philippines, where they have taken refuge, although that’s how the film starts out. Due to an earlier airport fiasco, the police in both nations […]Read On »


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Movie Review: 88

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
©2023 Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Brandon Victor Dixon, Naturi Naughton, Orlando Jones, Thomas Sadoski, Michael J. Harney, Amy Sloan, Jon Tenney, Kenneth Choi, Kelly McCreary, Amanda Seales, Jeremiah King, Anthony Lee Medina, Pegah Rashti, Brian Norris, Vinny Chhibber, Shellye Broughton, William Fichtner Writer: Eromose Director: Eromose Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films Release Date: February 17, 2023 88 manages to pack an enormous amount of ideas into its two-hour running time. The film is articulate and well-acted. However, like its protagonist, Femi Jackson (Brandon Victor Dixon), it doesn’t ultimately know what it ought to do with all it has on its hands. Femi […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SHE CAME FROM THE WOODS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/10/2023
SHE CAME FROM THE WOODS movie poster | ©2023 Blue Finch Films Releasing

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Cara Buono, Clare Foley, Spencer List, Michael Park, William Sadler, Tyler Elliot Burke, Adam Weppler, Ehad Berisha, Giselle Torres, Dan Leahy, Sienna Hubert-Ross, Erik Bloomquist, Emily Keefe, Cory Asinofsky, Cody Boccia, Madeleine Dauer, Declan Foley, Coulter Ibanez, Tess Santarsiero Writers: Erik Bloomquist & Carson Bloomquist Director: Erik Bloomquist Distributor: Blue Finch Films Releasing/Mainframe Pictures Release Date: February 10, 2023 SHE CAME FROM THE WOODS is, refreshingly, a horror movie that doesn’t require the characters to wander around in states of idiocy, ignorance or denial in order to make the plot work. This already puts it ahead […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN movie poster | ©2023 XYZ Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Batalla, Mercedes Hernández, Sonia Couoh, Aída López, Anahí Allué, Martha Claudia Moreno, Emilram Cossío Writers: Michelle Garza Cervera & Abia Castillo Director: Michelle Garza Cervera Distributor: XYZ Films Release Date: February 10, 2023 (theatrical); February 16, 2023 (VOD) HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN is a movie good enough to maintain its ambiguity without either patronizing or frustrating the audience. The Spanish-language, Mexican/Peruvian-made HUESERA begins at the site of an enormous statue of the Virgin Mary, which towers over the nearby trees. This is a (real) shrine where worshippers come, singing the “Hail […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ATTACHMENT (NATTEN HAR BJINE)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
ATTACHMENT movie poster | ©2023 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik Writer: Gabriel Bier Gislason Director: Gabriel Bier Gislason Distributor: Shudder Release Date: February 9, 2023 (Shudder) From movies like THE EXORCIST to THE CONJURING franchise to this week’s release CONSECRATION, Catholicism still gets the lion’s share of horror movie attention. However, with 2012’s THE POSSESSION, 2021’s THE VIGIL, and this year’s THE OFFERING, among others, Jewish lore is getting some screen time, too. ATTACHMENT (NATTEN HAR BJINE), directed and written by Gabriel Bier Gislason, is the newest entry in this horror subgenre. It’s a slow burn, but a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SWEETHEART

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
SWEETHEART movie poster | ©2023 Film Movement

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Nell Barlow, Jo Hartley, Ella-Rae Smith, Sophia Di Martino, Samuel Anderson, Tabitha Byron Writer: Marley Morrison Director: Marley Morrison Distributor: Film Movement Release Date: February 10, 2023 SWEETHEART is a generally credible if somewhat leisurely English coming-of-age story, directed and written by Marley Morrison. Plenty of people are miserable at age seventeen. A.J. (Nell Barlow) is one of them. She drops in bits of narration as SWEETHEART chronicles a seaside vacation at a “holiday park” where the accommodations are a series of lookalike mobile homes. A.J. is dragged along on to this destination by her mom […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE OUTWATERS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE_OUTWATERS_©_2023_Cinedigm

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Angela Basolis, Robbie Banfitch, Scott Schamell, Michelle May, Leslie Ann Banfitch Writer: Robbie Banfitch Director: Robbie Banfitch Distributor: Cinedigm Release Date: February 9, 2023 On the plus side, THE OUTWATERS is a celebration of the natural beauty of California’s deserts and hills. It has good cinematography by director/writer/actor Robbie Banfitch, and a solid folk-rock score. THE OUTWATERS begins with a frantic 911 call that abruptly cuts off. Title cards tell us that Mojave Desert police found camera memory cards on February 22, 2022, of footage evidently recorded in 2017. We then see the footage. Musician Scott […]Read On »


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