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Movie Review: THE LIFE OF CHUCK

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 06/06/2025
THE LIFE OF CHUCK | ©2025 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Benjamin Pajak, Jacob Tremblay, Cody Flanagan, Mark Hamill, Annaliese Basso, The Pocket Queen, Mia Sara, Carl Lumbly, Q’orianka Kilcher, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Kate Siegel, Samantha Sloyan, Matthew Lillard, David Dastmalchian, Harvey Guillén, Heather Langenkamp, Nick Offerman (voice) Writer: Mike Flanagan, based on the short story by Stephen King Director: Mike Flanagan Distributor: Neon Release Date: June 6, 2025 There are certain things that work better in different mediums. Interior monologues, for example, are usually best on the page, whereas dancing is generally better seen than described. This works to the advantage […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DANGEROUS ANIMALS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
DANGEROUS ANIMALS movie poster | ©2025 IFC/Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston, Ella Newton, Rob Carlton, Liam Greinke Writer: Nick Lepard Director: Sean Byrne Distributor: IFC/Shudder Release Date: June 6, 2025 (theatrical) There are now enough criminals-obsessed-with-sharks movies for these to qualify as a moderately well-populated subgenre. DANGEROUS ANIMALS emerges at the top of this particular food chain – and even if it were just a serial killer movie, it would still be good. We are introduced to Tucker’s Encounters battered but functioning dive cage boat, moored off a beach on the Australian Gold Coast, the big city in the background. Heather (Ella […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BALLERINA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
BALLERINA movie poster | ©2025 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Norman Reedus, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ava Joyce McCarthy, Juliet Doherty, Sharon Duncan-Brewster Writer: Shay Hatten, based on characters created by Derek Kolstad Director: Len Wiseman Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: June 6, 2025 “From the world of John Wick” is featured prominently in the advertising for BALLERINA. Since Keanu Reeves is listed in the cast, one might first assume this phrase simply indicates that Reeves will show up as John Wick, which he does. However, this turns out to mean something more. Whether we’ve contemplated […]Read On »


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LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION: Actors Gina Bellman and Christian Kane on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/31/2025
Christian Kane and Gina Bellman in LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION | ©2021 Electric Entertainment

LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION is now available in its (so far) three-season entirety on Prime Video. The series is a sequel to the original LEVERAGE (2008-2012), both created by Chris Downey & John Rogers and executive-produced by Dean Devlin. Both series focus on a team of (mostly) reformed criminals who use their diverse skills to pull con jobs (complete with a wide variety of fake identities) on big-money, big-power villains who are shafting individuals. The third season of LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION sees original LEVERAGE regulars Gina Bellman and Christian Kane back for their eighth seasons as, respectively, expert role player Sophie Devereaux and […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BRING HER BACK

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/30/2025
BRING HER BACK movie poster | ©2025 A24

Rating: R Stars: Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Sally Hawkins, Jonah Wren Phillips, Mischa Heywood, Sally-Anne Upton, Stephen Phillips Writers: Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman Directors: Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou Distributor: A24 Release Date: May 30, 2025 BRING HER BACK begins with a jolting sequence in a filthy room, where people are being tortured and murdered. A woman with a video camera calmly wanders through the chaos, recording the goings-on. We gradually find out what bearing this has on the main action in BRING HER BACK. We meet young step-siblings Piper (Sora Wong) and Andy (Billy Barratt) at a bus […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MAULER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
MAULER movie poster | © 2025 One Tree Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kate Noel, Sebastian Betancur, Skyy Perdomo, Sarah Silverson, Jayden Stith, Michael Sullivan, Lamarr Mattison, Nathan Cuevas, Spencer Frankenberger, Liz Cuevas, Adam Arabshahi, Tanya Champoux, Breck Cuddy Writer: Terence Bernie Hines Director: Terence Bernie Hines Distributor: One Tree Entertainment Release Date: May 20, 2025 (digital, VOD) It’s hard to know quite what to make of MAULER. The low-budget horror comedy is self-referential enough to name-check most of its cinematic influences, but it seldom gets either really funny or scary. On the plus side, writer/director Terence Bernie Hines keeps things genuinely unpredictable, with a couple of actual surprises. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TIM TRAVERS & THE TIME TRAVELERS PARADOX

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
TIM TRAVERS & THE TIME TRAVELERS PARADOX movie poster | ©2025 Disrupt Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Samuel Dunning, Felicia Day, Joel McHale, Danny Trejo, Keith David. Simson Snead Writer: Stimson Snead Director: Stimson Snead Distributor: Disrupt Entertainment Release Date: May 30, 2025 TIM TRAVERS & THE TIME TRAVELERS PARADOX treads a fine line. On the one hand, its heated and heady debates about the nature of time travel and the universe itself are discussions that the viewer can’t actually join. On the other hand, Tim Travers (Samuel Dunning) is presented as a snobbish jerk. We’re not sure if we want to spend time with even one of him, much less all the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TO LIVE AND DIE AND LIVE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
TO LIVE AND DIE AND LIVE | ©2025 Cinema Street

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Amin Joseph, Skye P. Marshall, Omari Hardwick, Cory Hardrict, Maryam Basir, Dana Gourrier, Travina Spencer, Ismail Abdul-Aziz, Jeryl Prescott, Roger Guenveur Smith Writer: Qasim Bashir Director: Qasim Bashir Distributor: CinemaStreet Pictures Release Date: May 30, 2025 Dramas about troubled filmmakers are probably not the favorite genre of most filmgoers (and perhaps even filmmakers themselves). TO LIVE AND DIE AND LIVE is broadly in this category, but since the protagonist, Muhammad Abdullah (Amin Joseph), spends most of his time dealing with other issues, that aspect is in the background. We meet Muhammad as he arrives at the […]Read On »


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PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF: Filmmaker Matt Wolf on his two part HBO film – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/24/2025
PEE-WEE AS HIMSELF movie poster | ©2025 HBO

Pee-wee Herman was a character so beloved that people often confused him with his creator/portrayer, the late Paul Reubens (1952-2023). Pee-Wee is an exuberant childlike persona who can be selfish and bratty, but is unafraid of being bold and encountering the odd and the weird. Reubens first developed Pee-Wee when he was part of the Groundlings improvisational troupe in the 1970s, then centered a stage show around the character. In 1985, he wrote and starred in the feature film PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE, which gave a major launch to not only Reubens’s career, but that of the movie’s director, Tim Burton. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 05/23/2025
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING movie poster | ©2025 Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Greg Tarzan Davis, Angela Bassett, Henry Czerny, Janet McTeer, Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Shea Whigham, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss Writers: Christopher McQuarrie & Erik Jendresen, based on the TV series created by Bruce Geller Director: Christopher McQuarrie Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: May 23, 2025 Given that 2023’s most recent entry of this franchise was entitled MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE, we might reasonably expect the new film to be MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING […]Read On »


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