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Movie Review: HENRY JOHNSON

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/09/2025
HENRY JOHNSON movie poster | ©2025 1993

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Evan Jonigkeit, Chris Bauer, Dominic Hoffman, Shia LaBeouf Writer: David Mamet, based on his play Director: David Mamet Distributor: 1993 Release Date: May 9, 2025 (theatrical, VOD) As a playwright and a filmmaker, David Mamet sometimes includes action, but his passion is clearly for dialogue that works like a lathe, going back and forth over the same thing until it has completely shaped what he wants to form. This is the case with HENRY JOHNSON, which Mamet directed from the screenplay he adapted from his stage play of the same name. Following a three-act structure with […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BETRAY: THIRST

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
BETRAY: THIRST movie review | ©2025 Filmhub

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kenon Walker, Everett Anderson, Bre Hassan, Jessica Jai Johnson, Sherika Woodard, Michael Gordon III, Wyndie Oliver, Kenneth Farmer, Zakary Taylor, Amy Taylor, John Dylan Atkins, Chloe Howard, Prince Djae Writer: Jaron Lockridge Director: Jaron Lockridge Distributor: FilmHub Release Date: May 6, 2025 (digital) Directed and written by Jaron Lockridge, BETRAY: THIRST could be described as an “erotic thriller,” but it’s a lot more reflective and less soapy than its logline would suggest. A drama about a married lawyer who has an affair with an also-married client, BETRAY: THIRST contemplates the moral weight of the situation, as […]Read On »


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ELSBETH: Actress Carrie Preston on Season 2 – Exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/08/2025
Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni in ELSBETH - Season 2 | ©2025 CBS/Mary Ellen Matthews/

CBS’s ELSBETH is about to wrap up its second season on Thursday nights, with all episodes then streaming on Paramount+. The series, a ratings hit, was renewed for a third season back in February. Created by Michelle King & Robert King, ELSBETH is a spinoff of THE GOOD WIFE and the GOOD FIGHT, centering on Elsbeth Tascioni, played by Carrie Preston. On the previous two series, Elsbeth was a recurring character, a quirky Chicago lawyer. Preston won a Guest Actress Emmy for THE GOOD WIFE. ELSBETH finds our protagonist in New York City, working with the NYPD. In theory, Elsbeth […]Read On »


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PBS FRONTLINE: ANTIDOTE: Director – producer James Jones on new documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/05/2025
Director and producer James Jones from PBS FRONTLINE: ANTIDOTE | ©2025 PBS

The title of the feature-length documentary ANTIDOTE, which premieres on PBS FRONTLINE on Tuesday, May 6, refers broadly to truth being the remedy for lies and tyranny. More specifically, the film chronicles the targeting by Vladimir Putin’s spies of Bulgarian journalist Christo Grozev, head of investigations with THE INSIDER and former lead Russia investigator for the international journalism collective Bellingcat. Bellingcat – its name refers to “belling the cat,” i.e., doing something dangerous in order to warn others – was founded by Eliot Higgins in 2014. The organization is dedicated to fact-checking and open-source intelligence. They are headquartered in Amsterdam, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE SURFER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/02/2025
THE SURFER movie poster | ©2025 Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions

Rating: R Stars: Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Finn Little, Rahel Romahn, Nic Cassim, Alexander Bertrand, Rory O’Keefe, Justin Rosniak, Miranda Tapsell, Brenda Meaney, Patsy Knapp Writer: Thomas Martin Director: Lorcan Finnegan Distributor: Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions Release Date: May 2, 2025 Every film deserves to be evaluated on its own merits. However, with certain filmmakers, and those actors who have enough clout to choose and shape their own projects, it’s hard not to have certain expectations. This is the case with films starring Nicolas Cage. Cage appears in a lot of movies that encompass multiple genres, playing characters who are miserable and/or […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ROSARIO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ROSARIO movie poster | ©2025 Variance Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Emeraude Toubia, José Zúñiga, Diana Lein, Emilia Faucher, Paul Ben-Victor, David Dastmalchian, Constanza Gutierrez, Nick Ballard, Luna Baxter, Guillermo Garcia Writer: Alan Trezza Director: Felipe Vargas Distributor: Variance Films Release Date: May 2, 2025 In case one was wondering, Palo Mayombe is a real belief system. A quick Google search turns up a description of it as “the dark side of Santeria.” Palo Mayombe looms large in ROSARIO, which begins with the onscreen information: “The path of Palo is one of sacrifice. As with all religions, in Palo there exists light and darkness.” The onscreen information then […]Read On »


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Movie Review: A DESERT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
A DESERT movie poster | ©2025 Dark Sky Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: David Yow, Kai Lennox, Sarah Lind, Zachary Ray Sherman, Ashley B. Smith, Rob Zabrecky, S.A. Griffin Writers: Joshua Erkman & Bossi Baker Director: Josh Erkman Distributor: Dark Sky Films Release Date: May 2, 2025 A DESERT is a slow-burn, sun-drenched film noir. We start out following photographer Alex Clark (Kai Lennox) as he travels through California’s Yucca Valley, taking pictures of abandoned housing projects, derelict buildings, and even freight trains with skeletal cars. On a phone call to his wife Sam (Sarah Lind) from a rundown motel, Alex says the work isn’t depressing him – on […]Read On »


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NCIS: ORIGINS – Actor Caleb Foote discusses Season 1 of the CBS spin-off series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/27/2025
Caleb Foote as Bernard “Randy” Randolf in NCIS: ORIGINS - Season 1 | ©2025 CBS/Art Streiber

In CBS’s NCIS: ORIGINS, which airs Mondays and then streams on Paramount Plus, Caleb Foote plays Special Agent Bernard “Randy” Randolf. As the series opens in 1991, Randy is part of the Naval Investigative Service (not yet the Naval Criminal Investigative Service) at Camp Pendleton, where he serves as a mentor to young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stovell). Foote’s Randy was originally a recurring character, but Foote was promoted to series regular by Season 1, Episode 14. Foote has previously been a regular on MADE FOR LOVE and THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT; other credits include AMERICAN HORROR STORY and AMERICAN […]Read On »


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Movie Review: UNTIL DAWN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 04/25/2025
UNTIL DAWN movie poster | ©2025 Sony /Screen Gems

Rating: R Stars: Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Ji-young Yoo, Odessa A’zion, Belmont Cameli, Peter Stormare, Maia Mitchell Writers: Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman Director: David F. Sandberg Distributor: Sony/Screen Gems Release Date: April 25, 2025 While this isn’t technically part of the plot, the characters in UNTIL DAWN, a feature film adaptation of the 2015 PlayStation video game, come pretty close to realizing they are characters in a video game. In the film, directed by David F. Sandberg from a screenplay by Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman, we meet a young woman we’ll later learn is Melanie (Maia Mitchell), being […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE DEATH OF SNOW WHITE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE DEATH OF SNOW WHITE movie poster | ©2025 Atlas Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Sanae Loutsis, Chelsea Edmundson, Tristan Nokes, Meredith Binder, Ali Imauri, Colin Miller, Dillon Moore, Jeremy Hallam, Michael DeSanto II, Risa Mei, Eric Pope, Kelly Tappan, Tyler McKenna Writers: Jason Brooks & Naomi Mechem-Miller, based on the story by the Brothers Grimm Director: Jason Brooks Distributor: Atlas Entertainment Release Date: April 18, 2025 On the one hand, THE DEATH OF SNOW WHITE has clearly been made with a lot of love and thought put into its creation. On the other hand, tonally and to a lesser extent stylistically, it is all over the place. There’s so much […]Read On »


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