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Movie Review: TRAUMATIKA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/12/2025
TRAUMATIKA movie poster | ©2025 Saban Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Rebekah Kennedy, Ranen Navat, Emily Goss, Susan Gayle Watts, AJ Bowen, Sean O’Bryan, Sean Whalen, Paxton Carville Writers: Pierre Tsigaridis & Maxime Rancon Director: Pierre Tsigaridis Distributor: Saban Films Release Date: September 12, 2025 TRAUMATIKA is a movie about demonic possession that arguably has too much going on for its own good. We get four time periods, or five, if we count returning to one of them. TRAUMATIKA starts in 1910 Egypt, where a distraught man roams the sand dunes with a small statue of Volpaazu, “creator of evil,” which he buries in the sand. The […]Read On »


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Movie Review: RABBIT TRAP

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
RABBIT TRAP movie poster | ©2025 Magnet Releasing

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot, Nicholas Sampson Writer: Bryn Chainey Director: Bryn Chainey Distributor: Magnet Releasing Release Date: September 12, 2025 RABBIT TRAP is being described as “folk horror.” That’s arguably a misclassification. It is more precisely a near-modern-day fairytale, propelled by folklore and a sense of wonder about magic, nature, and our senses. The film starts by telling us, “The Shadow has been gifted many names. Goblin, demon, fairy. Your forgotten child.” It goes on to say that nature provides music. To illustrate this, we see a man, who we will soon learn is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE MAIN IN MY BASEMENT movie poster | ©2025 Andscape/Hulu

Rating: R Stars: Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Jonathan Ajayi, Brian Bovell, Mark Arnold, Tamara Lawrance, Gershwyn Eustache Jr., Pamela Nomvete, Shellia Kennedy Writers: Walter Mosley and Nadia Latif, based on the novel by Walter Mosley Director: Nadia Latif Distributor: Andscape/Hulu Release Date: September 12, 2025 (theatrical), Hulu/Disney+ (later in fall 2025)  Having the real actor Willem Dafoe in your basement would arguably be a little odd but, so long as he wasn’t there against his will, probably agreeable. Having a character of the type frequently played by Dafoe in your basement would be something else altogether. This is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE CONJURING: LAST RITES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/05/2025
THE CONJURING: LAST RITES movie poster | ©2025 Warner Bros. / New Line Cinemas

Rating: R Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mia Tomlinson, Ben Hardy, Elliot Cowan, Rebecca Calder, Steve Coulter, Madison Lawlor, Orion Smith, Beau Gadsdon, Kila Lord Cassidy, Molly Cartwright, Tilly Walker Writers: Ian Goldberg & Richard Naing and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, story by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan, based on characters created by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes Director: Michael Chaves Distributor: Warner Bros./New Line Release Date: September 5, 2025 THE CONJURING: LAST RITES is probably (never say never when there’s still money to be made) the final movie in THE CONJURING franchise. This is no small thing, since […]Read On »


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Movie Review: TWINLESS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
TWINLESS movie poster | ©2025 Republic Pictures

Rating: R| Stars: Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Aisling Franciosi, Chris Perfetti, François Arnaud, Tasha Smith, Lauren Graham Writer: James Sweeney Director: James Sweeney Distributor: Republic Pictures Release Date: September 5, 2025 It’s probably best to go into TWINLESS not knowing too many details. We’re in Portland, Oregon. Roman (Dylan O’Brien) has just lost his identical twin brother Rocky (also O’Brien in flashbacks). Both grieving, Roman and his mother Lisa (Lauren Graham) fight ferociously. At a support group specifically for people who have lost identical twins, Roman meets Dennis (James Sweeney, who also wrote and directed). Dennis is sweet-natured and gay. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE CUT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE CUT movie poster | ©2025 Republic Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Orlando Bloom, Caitríona Balfe, John Turturro, Gary Beadle, Claire Dunne, Eric D. Smith, Adonis Anthony, Mohammed Mansaray, Ed Kear Writer: Justin Bull, story by Mark Lane Director: Sean Ellis Distributor: Paramount/Republic Pictures Release Date: September 5, 2025 Anyone on a diet and exercise program, no matter how restrictive and/or punishing, is bound to feel better about it after watching THE CUT. At first, THE CUT seems like it’s going to be a standard sports redemption story, notable mainly for an air of sincerity that makes it feel like director Sean Ellis and writer Justin Bull, working from […]Read On »


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THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB: Actress Cara Horgan on the PBS British mystery series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/03/2025
Jo Martin as Suzie Harris, Samantha Bond as Judith Potts, and Cara Horgan as Becks Starling in THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB - Season 2 | ©2025 PBS

THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB is now in its second season Sunday nights on PBS, with episodes thereafter available on all PBS platforms, including Prime Video. Created by Robert Thorogood, based on his series of mystery novels, THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB centers around three diverse women in the small – and real-world – town of Marlow in Buckinghamshire, England. Cara Horgan plays Becks Starling, wife of the town vicar (Niall Costigan), who teams up with retired archaeologist Judith Potts (Samantha Bond) and dog-walker Suzie Harris (Jo Martin) to solve killings in their outwardly tranquil community. This causes consternation in Detective Sergeant […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE TOXIC AVENGER (2025)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 08/29/2025
THE TOXIC AVENGER movie poster | ©2025 Bloody Disgusting

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Peter Dinklage, Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Luisa Guerreiro, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Jonny Coyne, Julia Davis, Spencer Wilding, David Yow, Sunil Patel, Shaun Dooley Writer: Macon Blair, based on the screenplay THE TOXIC AVENGER by Lloyd Kaufman & Joe Ritter Director: Macon Blair Distributor: Bloody Disgusting Release Date: August 29, 2025 Troma Entertainment was launched in 1974 by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. However, the company became famous in 1984 when its founders co-directed THE TOXIC AVENGER, with a screenplay by Joe Ritter from Kaufman’s story. The movie became legendary for its matchup of absurd broad […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE ROSES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE ROSES movie poster | ©2025 Searchlight Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kate McKinnon, Andy Samberg, Ncuti Gatwa, Sunita Mani, Zoë Chao, Jamie Demetriou, Delaney Quinn, Ollie Robinson, Hala Finley, Wells Rappaport, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilow Writer: Tony McNamara, based on the novel THE WAR OF THE ROSES by Warren Adler Director: Jay Roach Distributor: Searchlight Pictures Release Date: August 29, 2025 Many romantic comedies are undone when the audience can’t believe that the main characters genuinely love each other. While not technically a romcom – it’s officially a dark comedy – THE ROSES suffers from an unusual opposite problem, which is that we never […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CAUGHT STEALING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
CAUGHT STEALING movie poster | ©2025 Sony

Rating: R Stars: Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Griffin Dunne, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Benito Martinez Ocasio, Nikita Kukushkin, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Carol Kane Writer: Charlie Huston, based on his novel Director: Darren Aronofsky Distributor: Sony/Columbia Pictures Release Date: August 29, 2025 Opening super-titles on CAUGHT STEALING inform us that it’s 1998, we’re on New York’s Lower East Side and it’s 4 AM. This means we’re just in time to watch twentysomething bartender Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) demonstrate deft social skills as he clears the rowdy crowd out of the dive where he works. Hank then heads back […]Read On »


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