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Movie Review: THE NAKED GUN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/01/2025
THE NAKED GUN movie poster | ©2025 Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston, Kevin Durand, CCH Pounder Writers: Dan Gregor & Doug Mand & Akiva Schaffer Director: Akiva Schaffer Distributor: Paramount Release Date: August 1, 2025 As the saying goes, comedy is hard. As a less concise saying might go, comedy honoring a previous comedy that was released thirty-seven years ago, in the style of that earlier film but still funny for modern audiences, is harder. Rather remarkably, the new iteration of THE NAKED GUN – not a remake, but rather a sequel to the earlier films – mostly succeeds. In […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE A-FRAME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE A-FRAME movie poster | ©2025 Dark Star Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Johnny Whitworth, Dana Namerode, Nik Dodani, Laketa Caston, Phillip Andre Botello, Larissa White, J. Barrett Cooper Writer: Calvin Lee Reeder Director: Calvin Lee Reeder Distributor: Dark Star Pictures Release Date: July 25, 2025 (theatrical), August 5, 2025 (digital) How do you make curing cancer play as sinister? Writer/director Calvin Lee Reeder handily accomplishes this in THE A-FRAME. Donna Walker is a young pianist who has been diagnosed with cancer in one hand. Her doctor (J. Barnett Cooper) wants to amputate as soon as possible to prevent the cancer’s spread, but Donna is desperately searching for alternatives, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LIZZIE BORDEN GAME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE LIZZIE BORDEN GAME movie poster | ©2025 Breaking Glass Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Airisa Durand, Jason Brooks, Naomi, Charlie Dae, Steve Larkin, Chynna Shurts, Laura Ellen Wilson Writer: Calvin Morie McCarthy Director: Calvin Morie McCarthy Distributor: Breaking Glass Pictures Release Date: August 1, 2025 (digital) THE LIZZIE BORDEN GAME is a riff on the BLOODY MARY/CANDYMAN-style invocation of a spirit, achieved by chanting into a mirror. In this case, the familiar rhyme about Lizzie Borden, accused and then acquitted of killing her father and stepmother with an axe, provides the ritual words. After two young sisters unfortunately play the game and get the exact result you’d expect, three months […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TOGETHER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/30/2025
TOGETHER movie poster | ©2025 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Damon Herriman Writer: Michael Shanks Director: Michael Shanks Distributor: Neon Release Date: July 30, 2025 What do we need out of a committed relationship and what are we willing to give up to get it? These questions are often asked in films (and television and plays and books and songs and articles and so on), but they are usually not posed as they are in TOGETHER. Written and directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks (not to be confused with the STARGATE SG-1 actor of the same name), TOGETHER starts with a search for […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SOVEREIGN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/29/2025
SOVERIGN movie poster | ©2025 Briarcliff Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Nick Offerman, Jacob Tremblay, Dennis Quaid, Martha Plimpton, Thomas Mann, Nancy Travis, Jade Fernandez, Chris Greene Writer: Christian Swegal Director: Christian Swegal Distributor: Briarcliff Entertainment Release Date: July 11, 2025 (theatrical, VOD) SOVEREIGN begins with the words “inspired by true events.” Those interested in the facts surrounding Jerry Kane, played here by Nick Offerman, and his son Joe, portrayed by Jacob Tremblay, can easily find information about those events online. The movie, written and directed by Christian Swegal, begins with a 9-1-1 call from an upset witness, reporting a shootout involving “some guys” and two police officers. […]Read On »


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RESIDENT ALIEN: Adapter, executive producer and showrunner Chris Sheridan on the fourth season – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Chris Sheridan, Showrunner / Executive Producer and Alan Tudyk at The London West Hollywood on June 5, 2025 for the Season 4 premiere of RESIDENT ALIEN | ©2025 Syfy | Todd Williamson

In Season 4 of RESIDENT ALIEN, on USA and Syfy Friday nights and streaming on Peacock (with the other seasons thereafter), extraterrestrial Harry Vanderspiegle (Alan Tudyk) has had to deal with being stuck full-time in his human body. His human best friend Asta (Sara Tomko) and her best friend D’Arcy (Alice Wetterlund) have had to deal with dilemmas posed by Harry’s condition, trying to hide a baby from the kidnapping Grey aliens, and not knowing what to do about the baby’s frantically searching parents, Kate (Meredith Garretson) and Ben (Levi Fiehler). Deputy Liv (Elizabeth Bowen) is delighted to have her […]Read On »


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THE INSTITUTE: Actors Ben Barnes and Joe Freeman on new Stephen King series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/27/2025
THE INSTITUTE - Season 1 Key Art | ©2025 MGM+

Season 1 of THE INSTITUTE, based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, is currently airing Sunday nights on MGM Plus and thereafter available on the network’s on-demand and streaming platforms. Joe Freeman stars as Luke Ellis, a genius-level teen who also has telekinetic abilities. Because of the latter, he is kidnapped by the Institute, which continuously gathers adolescents and children with telekinetic or telepathic abilities for mysterious purposes. At the same time, former big-city police officer Tim Jamieson, played by Ben Barnes, takes a job with a small-town police department as a “night knocker” (someone who makes sure […]Read On »


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SHARK WEEK: Shark expert and journalist Kinga Philipps on ATTACK OF THE DEVIL SHARK and more – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/26/2025
ATTACK OF THE DEVIL SHARK key art | ©2025 Discovery Channel

Journalist and shark expert Kinga Philipps became the first solo woman host of a Discovery Channel SHARK WEEK show in 2020 with TIGER QUEEN. Among her many achievements is being an ambassador for the organization Waves for Water, which provides clean water for those in need. This year, Philipps is part of three SHARK WEEK productions. DANCING WITH SHARKS and CAUGHT: SHARKS STRIKE BACK both premiered earlier this week on Discovery Channel and are now available on demand and on Discovery and Hulu’s streaming platforms, while ATTACK OF THE DEVIL SHARK premieres Saturday, August 26. DANCING WITH SHARKS features DANCING […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE HOME

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/25/2025
THE HOME movie poster | ©2025 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Pete Davidson, John Glover, Bruce Altman, Mary Beth Peil, Jessica Hecht, Victor Williams, Mugga, Ethan Phillips, Adam Cantor, Matthew Miniero, Jagger Nelson, Marilee Talkington Writers: James DeMonaco & Adam Cantor Director: James DeMonaco Distributor: Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate/Miramax Release Date: July 25, 2025 Writer/director James DeMonaco is probably best known for creating THE PURGE franchise. While his new film THE HOME, co-written with Adam Cantor, is significantly different in many ways, it shares with THE PURGE a certain philosophy about how privilege can easily lead to predation. We meet Luke (Matthew Miniero) and his eleven-year-old brother Max (Jagger Nelson) […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ET TU

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ET TU movie poster | ©2025 Buffalo 8 Productions

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Malcolm McDowell, Antwone Barnes, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Rachel Alig, Brennan Keel Cook, Jaclyn Mofid, Trevor James, Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh Writer: Max Tzannes Director: Max Tzannes Distributor: Buffalo 8 Productions Release Date: July 25, 2025 (VOD) ET TU is a very dark theatrical horror comedy that succeeds in large part because writer/director Max Tzannes and his leading man Lou Diamond Phillips understand the value of quiet exasperation. While the film revolves around Shakespeare, this is not THEATER OF BLOOD – although there winds up being quite a lot of blood in the theatre. Phillips plays […]Read On »


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