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TV Review: THE HAUNTED SEASON – Season 1 – “The Occupant of the Room”

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/02/2025
THE HAUNTED SEASON | ©2025 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Don McKellar, Ben Petrie, Delphine Roussel Writer: Kier-La Janisse based on the story by Algernon Blackwood Director: Kier-La Janisse Network: Shudder Airdate: December 1, 2025 (Shudder) “The Occupant of the Room” is the second episode of the first season of Shudder’s anthology series THE HAUNTED SEASON. Producer/director/screenwriter Kier-La Janisse brings us one episode per year in the tradition of telling scary stories around the Christmas tree. Based on the Algernon Blackwood story of the same title, the 2025 offering “The Occupant of the Room” is set in the French Alps in 1936. Due to a reservations […]Read On »


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NCIS: SYDNEY: Actress Olivia Swann on Season 3 of the Aussie spin-off – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Olivia Swann as NCIS Special Agent Captain Michelle Mackey in NCIS: SYDNEY - Season 3 | ©2025 CBS/John Tsiavis

NCIS: SYDNEY is now in its third season on CBS Tuesday nights, with episodes, and the two previous seasons, thereafter available on Paramount Plus. How does this series differentiate itself from all the other iterations of the venerable NCIS franchise? Well, for starters, as implied in its title, NCIS: SYDNEY is shot and takes place in Sydney, Australia, where members of the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service team up with officers of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to solve maritime crimes. For another thing, the other versions of NCIS don’t have bad guys being eaten by crocodiles, as happened in […]Read On »


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THE ARTIST: Actor Mandy Patinkin on new mini-series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE ARTIST key art | ©2025 thenetworkstream

THE ARTIST is a new miniseries that has its premiere on Thursday, November 27, on the new and free streaming platform thenetwork.stream. Created, written and directed by Aram Rappaport (who also founded thenetwork.stream), THE ARTIST combines historical figures and fictional characters in the first decade of the twentieth century. We know at the outset that wealthy Norman Henry, played by Mandy Patinkin, is murdered at a party in his upstate New York mansion. The story, shown largely in flashback, is narrated by Henry’s aggrieved wife Marian (Janet McTeer). Their social circle includes the inventor Thomas Edison (Hank Azaria), the French […]Read On »


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Movie Review: 100 NIGHTS OF HERO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
100 NIGHTS OF HERO movie poster | ©2025 IFC

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E. Grant, Felicity Jones, Safia Oakley-Green, Markella Kavenagh Writer: Julia Jackman, based on the graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg Director: Julia Jackman Distributor: IFC Release Date: December 5, 2025 Based on the graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg and scripted and directed by Julia Jackman, 100 NIGHTS OF HERO takes a comedy/fantasy approach to a story set in a world where the rules resemble those of THE HANDMAID’S TALE. We see from the start that we’re on another planet, as there are three moons of various sizes […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ROSEMEAD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ROSEMEAD movie review | ©2025 Vertical

Rating: R Stars: Lucy Liu, Lawrence Shou, Jennifer Lim, Madison Hu, James Chen, Eleven Lee, Orion Lee Writer: Marilyn Fu, additional writing by Eric Lin, inspired by Frank Shyong’s LOS ANGELES TIMES article Director: Eric Lin Distributor: Vertical Release Date: December 5, 2025 (New York), December 12, 2025 (Los Angeles), January 9, 2026 (wide) Rosemead the city is a little working-class suburban community bordering the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County. Many of the residents are immigrants from China and Taiwan or Chinese-Americans. ROSEMEAD the movie takes place in its title hamlet, but what it depicts could transpire in […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MAN FINDS TAPE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
MAN FINDS TAPE movie review | ©2025 Magnet Releasing

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kelsey Pribilski, William Magnusson, John Gholson, Brian Villalobos, Nell Kessler Writers: Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman Directors: Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman Distributor: Magnet Releasing Release Date: December 5, 2025 MAN FINDS TAPE is a tale of literally knockout found footage – as in, the tapes sometimes render viewers suddenly unconscious. Written and directed by Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman, MAN FINDS TAPE is a fairly lively mix of horror subgenres: the one indicated in the title, a seemingly cozy small town with dark secrets, and another that adds a welcome spark of amusing insanity to […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WICKED: FOR GOOD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/21/2025
WICKED:_FOR_GOOD_©_2025_Universal

Rating: PG Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum Writers: Winnie Holzman and Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox, based on the stage musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire Director: Jon M. Chu Distributor: Universal Release Date: November 21, 2024 WICKED: FOR GOOD is the second half/conclusion of 2024’s WICKED, aka WICKED: PART 1. Both films are based on the stage musical WICKED, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, which has been playing […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HAMNET

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
HAMNET movie poster | ©2025 Focus Features

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, Olivia Lynes, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Noah Jupe, David Wilmot, Justine Mitchell Writers: Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, based on the novel HAMNET by Maggie O’Farrell Director: Chloé Zhao Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: November 26, 2025 Over four hundred years after his death, William Shakespeare remains the most lauded playwright in the English language and HAMLET is arguably his most revered play. Written and first performed sometime between 1599 and 1601, HAMLET’s title character shares a name with Shakespeare’s only son Hamnet (Hamnet and Hamlet were considered […]Read On »


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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt on new PBS docuseries

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/18/2025
George Washington Crossing the Delaware; By: Emanuel Leutze; 1851 from | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | ©2025 PBS

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION is a twelve-hour, six-part documentary series about the founding of the United States, premiering on PBS Sunday, November 16 and running through Friday, November 21. It will be available in 4K on PBS and the PBS app. Directed and produced by the prolific Ken Burns and his frequent collaborators Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt, and written by Geoffrey C. Ward, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION delves deep into many aspects of the American colonies’ efforts to break ties with England. Burns, Botstein and Schmidt come together for a Zoom press conference to answer questions about THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE RUNNING MAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 11/15/2025
THE RUNNING MAN movie poster | ©2025 Paramount Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Katy O’Brian, Martin Herlihy, Colman Domingo|}Writers: Michael Bacall and Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright, based on the novel by Stephen King Director: Edgar Wright Distributor: Paramount Release Date: November 14, 2025 THE RUNNING MAN is based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, but it also draws inspiration from the 1987 feature film adaptation that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger (who makes what could be termed a prop cameo in the new film). Writers Michael Bacall & director Edgar Wright (for those wondering why Bacall gets two writing credits, the […]Read On »


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