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Movie Review: THE CUT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/05/2025
THE CUT movie poster | ©2025 Republic Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Orlando Bloom, Caitríona Balfe, John Turturro, Gary Beadle, Claire Dunne, Eric D. Smith, Adonis Anthony, Mohammed Mansaray, Ed Kear Writer: Justin Bull, story by Mark Lane Director: Sean Ellis Distributor: Paramount/Republic Pictures Release Date: September 5, 2025 Anyone on a diet and exercise program, no matter how restrictive and/or punishing, is bound to feel better about it after watching THE CUT. At first, THE CUT seems like it’s going to be a standard sports redemption story, notable mainly for an air of sincerity that makes it feel like director Sean Ellis and writer Justin Bull, working from […]Read On »


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THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB: Actress Cara Horgan on the PBS British mystery series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/03/2025
Jo Martin as Suzie Harris, Samantha Bond as Judith Potts, and Cara Horgan as Becks Starling in THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB - Season 2 | ©2025 PBS

THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB is now in its second season Sunday nights on PBS, with episodes thereafter available on all PBS platforms, including Prime Video. Created by Robert Thorogood, based on his series of mystery novels, THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB centers around three diverse women in the small – and real-world – town of Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. Cara Horgan plays Becks Starling, wife of the town vicar (Niall Costigan), who teams up with retired archaeologist Judith Potts (Samantha Bond) and dog-walker Suzie Harris (Jo Martin) to solve killings in their outwardly tranquil community. This causes consternation in Detective Sergeant […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE TOXIC AVENGER (2025)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/29/2025
THE TOXIC AVENGER movie poster | ©2025 Bloody Disgusting

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Peter Dinklage, Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Luisa Guerreiro, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Jonny Coyne, Julia Davis, Spencer Wilding, David Yow, Sunil Patel, Shaun Dooley Writer: Macon Blair, based on the screenplay THE TOXIC AVENGER by Lloyd Kaufman & Joe Ritter Director: Macon Blair Distributor: Bloody Disgusting Release Date: August 29, 2025 Troma Entertainment was launched in 1974 by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. However, the company became famous in 1984 when its founders co-directed THE TOXIC AVENGER, with a screenplay by Joe Ritter from Kaufman’s story. The movie became legendary for its matchup of absurd broad […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE ROSES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE ROSES movie poster | ©2025 Searchlight Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kate McKinnon, Andy Samberg, Ncuti Gatwa, Sunita Mani, Zoë Chao, Jamie Demetriou, Delaney Quinn, Ollie Robinson, Hala Finley, Wells Rappaport, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilow Writer: Tony McNamara, based on the novel THE WAR OF THE ROSES by Warren Adler Director: Jay Roach Distributor: Searchlight Pictures Release Date: August 29, 2025 Many romantic comedies are undone when the audience can’t believe that the main characters genuinely love each other. While not technically a romcom – it’s officially a dark comedy – THE ROSES suffers from an unusual opposite problem, which is that we never […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CAUGHT STEALING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
CAUGHT STEALING movie poster | ©2025 Sony

Rating: R Stars: Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Griffin Dunne, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Benito Martinez Ocasio, Nikita Kukushkin, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Carol Kane Writer: Charlie Huston, based on his novel Director: Darren Aronofsky Distributor: Sony/Columbia Pictures Release Date: August 29, 2025 Opening super-titles on CAUGHT STEALING inform us that it’s 1998, we’re on New York’s Lower East Side and it’s 4 AM. This means we’re just in time to watch twentysomething bartender Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) demonstrate deft social skills as he clears the rowdy crowd out of the dive where he works. Hank then heads back […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SOMNIUM

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SOMNIUM movie poster | ©2025 Yellow Veil Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Chloë Levine, Will Peltz, Peter Vack, Clarissa Thibeaux, Grace Van Dien, Gillian White, Kio Cyr, Bries Vannon, Emily Mei, Billy Kottkamp, Draya Michele, Johnathon Schaech Writer: Racheal Cain Director: Racheal Cain Distributor: Yellow Veil Pictures Release Date: August 29, 2025 (theatrical), September 9, 2025 (VOD) Sometimes it’s hard for a movie to effectively cover and combine all of its disparate topics. This is the case with SOMNIUM, which presents us with three intertwined plotlines: one is a science-fiction/horror thriller, one is a trying-to-make-it-in-Hollywood tale, and one is a retrospective look at lost love. We meet Gemma […]Read On »


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Movie Review: FLESH OF THE UNFORGIVEN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
FLESH OF THE UNFORGIVEN movie poster | ©2025 Primal Motion Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Debbie Rochon, Joe Hollow, August Kyss, Adriana Uchishiba, John E. McLenachan, Rachel Stone, Marilyn Desade/Madcox, Dave Andexler, Laszlo Szijarto, Joannie Fournier, Anik Rompre Writer: Joe Hollow Director: Joe Hollow Distributor: Primal Motion Pictures Release Date: July 22, 2025 (digital, VOD) While there were others, filmmaker Clive Barker’s 1987 HELLRAISER popularized the concept of pairing otherworldly demonic entities with more human S&M/B&D imagery and activities. A recent entry in the sincerest form of HELLRAISER flattery is FLESH OF THE UNFORGIVEN, which features an entity known as the Death Dealer. Onscreen and in voiceover, we are informed that […]Read On »


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UNFORGOTTEN: Actor Sanjeev Bhaskar on playing Detective Inspector Khan on long-running series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/23/2025
UNFORGOTTEN - Season 6 | ©2025 PBS Masterpiece

The award-winning British police drama UNFORGOTTEN has its American sixth-season premiere on PBS MASTERPIECE Sunday, August 24, with episodes available for streaming on all PBS platforms, including Prime Video. The show, created by Chris Lang and originating on ITV, has already been renewed for a seventh season. Each season of UNFORGOTTEN deals with a single murder case investigated by a squad of London police detectives. Sanjeev Bhaskar has been on UNFORGOTTEN since the beginning as Detective Inspector (DI) Sunil “Sunny” Khan, who worked with Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Cassandra “Cassie” Stuart (Nicola Walker) in Seasons 1 through 4, and with […]Read On »


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PRIMITIVE WAR: Actress Tricia Helfer on new Vietnam dinosaur movie – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Tricia Helfer | ©2025 Manfred Baumann

In PRIMITIVE WAR, which opens in theatres Thursday, August 21, it’s 1968 and the Viet Nam War is at full blast. The U.S. Army’s Vulture Squad reconnaissance unit is sent in search of a missing Green Beret platoon. In an isolated jungle valley, the squad finds – living dinosaurs. APOCALYPSE NOW, meet JURASSIC PARK (or THE VALLEY OF GWANGI, or Skull Island). Based on the novel by Ethan Pettus, PRIMITIVE WAR is directed by Luke Sparke, who wrote the screenplay with Pettus. Tricia Helfer is one of the stars of PRIMITIVE WAR. Her character is not a member of Vulture […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CUSTOM

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
CUSTOM movie poster | ©2025 The Movie Partnership

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Abigail Hardingham, Rowan Polonski, Brad Moore, Samantha Steel, Jon M. Chandler Writer: Tiago Teixeira Director: Tiago Teixeira Distributor: The Movie Partnership Release Date: August 19, 2025 (VOD, digital) The title of CUSTOM has two meanings here. The first is commercial, as in made to order. The second refers to ritual. Young working-class English couple Harriet (Abigail Hardingham) and Jasper (Rowan Polonski) are expanding their professional horizons. She’s a photographer, he’s a videographer, and they met in an arts collective. However, their income has left something to be desired, so – using the stage names Flower and […]Read On »


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