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PARISH: Executive producers and writers Eduardo Javier Canto and Ryan Maldonado on new AMC crime drama – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/30/2024
PARISH - Season 1 key art | ©2024 AMC

In the new series PARISH, premiering Sunday, March 31 on AMC and AMC+, Giancarlo Esposito (one of the show’s executive producers) stars as Gracian “Gray” Parish. Gray has a loving wife, Ros (Paula Malcomson), and a rebellious teen daughter, Makayla (Arica Himmel). All of them, in their own ways, are mourning the loss of Gray and Ros’s son Maddox (Caleb Baumann), who was killed a year ago. Owner of a financially-strapped New Orleans car service, Gray is trying to make ends meet. He serves as one of his own drivers. It’s not long before we learn that Gray used to […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/29/2024
GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE movie poster | ©2024 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle Writers: Terry Rossio and Simon Barrett and Jeremy Slater, story by Terry Rossio & Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett Director: Adam Wingard Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: March 29, 2024 Although both of the main characters have their origins in film rather than printed matter, GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE feels more like an old-school mainstream comic book than most movie releases from Marvel or DC. The good guys are very good, the bad guys are very bad, warnings on computer systems frequently have double exclamation points, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ASPHALT CITY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ASPHALT CITY movie poster | ©2024 Roadside Attractions

Rating: R Stars: Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Raquel Nave, Kali Reis, Michael C. Pitt, Katherine Waterston, Mike Tyson Writers: Ryan King and Ben Mac Brown Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Distributor: Roadside Attractions/Vertical Entertainment Release Date: March 29, 2024 ASPHALT CITY opens with chaos, as paramedics arrive to deal with what turns out to be a shooting in the Manhattan subway system. Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan) is new to the job. He is riding with paramedic veteran Gene Rutkovsky (Sean Penn). They are on the night shift. Rutkovsky is tough but a good teacher, and can usually keep his cool […]Read On »


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Movie Review: IN THE LAND OF SAINTS & SINNERS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
IN THE LAND OF SAINTS AND SINNERS movie poster | ©2024 Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rating: R Stars: Liam Neeson, Kerry Condon, Jack Gleeson, Sarah Greene, Desmond Eastwood, Niamh Cusack, Conor MacNeill, Seamus O’Hara, Colm Meaney, Ciarán Hinds, Michelle Gleeson, Anne Brogan, Mark O’Regan Writers: Mark Michael McNally & Terry Loane Director: Robert Lorenz Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films Release Date: March 29, 2024 Movies set in 1974 now qualify as period pieces. So it is with IN THE LAND OF SAINTS & SINNERS. The opening titles inform us that we’re in Northern Ireland, where decades of unrest have led to armed conflict. This refers to the sectarian strife between Protestant and Catholic paramilitary groups, which […]Read On »


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RESIDENT ALIEN: Creator Chris Sheridan gives the scoop on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/24/2024
A Baby Alien in RESIDENT ALIEN - Season 3 - "Here Comes My Baby" | ©2024 Syfy/James Dittiger

Season 3 of RESIDENT ALIEN airs Wednesday nights on Syfy and streams on Peacock, with previous seasons available on Netflix. Extraterrestrial Harry (Alan Tudyk) has just discovered that the love of his life, Blue Avian alien Heather (Edi Patterson), has given his DNA to the hostile Grey aliens. Harry is miserable and angry, and maybe not as focused as his human friend Asta (Sara Tomko) and his ally General Wright (Linda Hamilton) would like him to be on the immediate problem of saving the Earth from the Greys. Chris Sheridan developed RESIDENT ALIEN for television based on the graphic novels […]Read On »


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QUEENS: Executive producer Vanessa Berlowitz and showrunner Chloe Sarosh talk about shaping the new docuseries

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
An African elephant calf walks amongst the herd in QUEENS | ©2024 National Geographic / Robbie Harman

The seven-part nature documentary series QUEENS is now streaming in its entirety on both National Geographic and Disney+. Narrated by Angela Bassett, each episode focuses on matriarchal animal societies in different environments. QUEENS is also primarily made by women filmmakers. Executive producer Vanessa Berlowitz has been with QUEENS since its inception; Chloë Sarosh is the showrunner and a writer on the project. Berlowitz, an Emmy winner for FROZEN PLANET, co-founded Wildstar Films after working with the BBC’s Natural History Unit for twenty-five years. Sarosh has been a producer on other docuseries, including EARTH FROM SPACE and NATURE’S WEIRDEST EVENTS. During […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/22/2024
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL movie poster | ©2024 IFC Films/Shudder

Rating: R Stars: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, Josh Quong Tart, Michael Ironside (voice) Writers: Colin Cairnes & Cameron Cairnes Directors: Colin Cairnes & Cameron Cairnes Distributor: IFC Films/Shudder Release Date: March 22, 2024 (theatrical); April 19, 2024 (Shudder) Sometimes, it works just fine if a movie indicates at the start how it’s going to finish. Such is the case with LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL, an almost perfect example of how to construct horror movie tension in a contained environment. LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL takes the form of a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CABRINI

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
CABRINI movie poster | ©2024 Angel Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Cristiana Dell’Anna, David Morse, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Federico Ialapi, Virginia Bocelli, Rolando Villazón, Giancarlo Giannini, John Lithgow, Jeremy Bobb, Liam Campora, Patch Darragh Writer: Rod Barr, story by Rod Barr & Alejandro Monteverde Director: Alejandro Monteverde Distributor: Angel Studios Release Date: March 8, 2024 In addition to the obligatory “based on a true story,” CABRINI begins by informing us that, “Between 1889 and 1910, over two million Italians immigrated to the United States.” The opening crawl goes on to say that, in America, the Italian immigrants were discriminated against, thought to be mentally backward due to their […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SLEEPING DOGS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SLEEPING DOGS movie poster | ©2024 The Avenue

Rating: R Stars: Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Marton Csókás, Thomas M. Wright, Harry Greenwood, Tommy Flanagan, Pacharo Mzembe, Lynn Gilmartin, Paula Arundell Writers: Adam Cooper & Bill Collage, based on THE BOOK OF MIRRORS by E.O. Chirovici Director: Adam Cooper Distributor: The Avenue Release Date: March 22, 2024 SLEEPING DOGS is based on a novel, THE BOOK OF MIRRORS by E.O. Chirovici. Without reading the source material, it’s impossible to know whether the book has the same meta problem as the movie. Directed by Adam Cooper, from a screenplay by Cooper & Bill Collage, SLEEPING DOGS is a cold case […]Read On »


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Movie Review: GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 03/21/2024
GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE movie poster | ©2024 Sony Pictures/Columbia Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Kumail Nanjiani, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Bill Murray, Celeste O’Connor, James Acaster, Logan Kim, William Atherton, Patton Oswalt Writers: Gil Kenan & Jason Reitman, based on the 1984 film GHOSTBUSTERS, directed by Ivan Reitman, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis Director: Gil Kenan Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: March 21, 2024 When GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE arrived in theatres in November of 2021, it was something of a tonal oddity. Yes, all of the original Ghostbusters eventually showed up, but it felt less like GHOSTBUSTERS and more like a […]Read On »


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