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Movie Review: SPOTLIGHT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/04/2015
SPOTLIGHT | © 2015 Open Road

Rating: R Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci, Brian D’Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery Writers: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, based on the book BETRAYAL by the investigative staff of the Boston Globe Director: Tom McCarthy Distributor: Open Road Release Date: November 5, 2015 SPOTLIGHT harks back to ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, the 1976 feature film about Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward (played by Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (played by Dustin Hoffman) digging into the story of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel, which ultimately toppled the presidency of Richard Nixon. While the action in […]Read On »


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Movie Review: OUR BRAND IS CRISIS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/31/2015
Our Brand is Crisis | © 2015 Warner Bros

Rating: R Stars: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy, Zoe Kazan, Dominic Flores, Reynaldo Pacheco, Louis Arcella Writer: Peter Straughan, inspired by the documentary by Rachel Boynton Director: David Gordon Green Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: October 30, 2015 “Inspired” by Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary of the same name, OUR BRAND IS CRISIS explores what happens during and after a political campaign in Bolivia is run by American consultants. The fictional film, directed by David Gordon Green and scripted by Peter Straughan, is often insightful and thought-provoking. Unfortunately and perhaps ironically, this […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 11 – “The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves”

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 10/29/2015
David Boreanaz in the BONES - Season 11 - "The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves" | ©2015 Fox/Adam Taylor

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Boyd, Betty White, Bryan Klugman, Tyler Francavilla, Erin Cahill, Tom Lenk, Paul Johansson Writer: Gene Hong, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Randy Zisk Network: Fox Network, Thursdays @ 8 PM Airdate: October 22, 2015 For those not up on mammalian taxonomy, a coy-wolf is the offspring that results when a coyote mates with a wolf. Sounds fascinating, right? Alas, none of the creatures named in the title of the BONES Season 11 episode “The Carpals in the Coy-Wolves” […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 11 – “The Loyalty in the Lie” – SEASON PREMIERE

By RACHEL REITSLEFF 10/08/2015
Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz in BONES - Season 11 | © 2015 Fox/Brian Bowen Smith

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Boyd, Patricia Belcher, Pej Vahdat, Kim Raver Writer: Jonathan Collier, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Randy Zisk Network: Fox Network, Thursdays @ 8 PM Airdate: October 1, 2015 The BONES writing team had their work cut out for them at the start of Season 11. Never mind keeping it fresh, the end of Season 10 had Brennan (Emily Deschanel) leaving her job as head of the forensics team at the Jeffersonian and Booth (David Boreanaz) exiting his job […]Read On »


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Dee Wallace chats about BUPPALAPALOO – her new therapeutic teddy bear – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/06/2015
BuppaLaPaloo Bear logo | ©2015 Dee Wallace

Dee Wallace is primarily known to the world as an actress – above all as the mom in E.T., but also as the mother in CUJO, a reporter investigating werewolves in THE HOWLING and more recently recurring as the Blutbad (werewolf) mother of Monroe (series regular Silas Weir Mitchell) on GRIMM and as Willie Sterling on THE WHISPERS.  However, Wallace has many other aspects to her life. In addition to being a mother, she’s been a dancer, a teacher and is still a practicing life coach. Now Wallace is adding toy creator and children’s book author to her resume with […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE MARTIAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/02/2015
THE MARTIAN movie poster | ©2015 20th Century Fox

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Michael Cena, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, Aksel Hennie, Benedict Wong Writer: Drew Goddard, based on the novel by Andy Weir Director: Ridley Scott Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Release Date: October 2, 2015 Director Ridley Scott is an acknowledged master of the visual arts, but the words “charming” and “intentionally funny” don’t usually spring to mind to describe his works, especially those set largely in outer space (ALIEN and PROMETHEUS are not generally cited as sources of warm fuzziness). THE MARTIAN changes […]Read On »


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Blu-ray and DVD reviews this week – September 15, 2015

By PETER BROWN 09/16/2015
FURIOUS 7 | © 2015 Universal Home Entertainment

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies: FURIOUS 7 – The big title of the week is FURIOUS 7, which made a huge splash at the box office in ways probably not a lot of people suspected. But given the popularity of the series and the sad death of Paul Walker maybe there was […]Read On »


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Z FOR ZACHARIAH: Composer Heather McIntosh survives with the last woman on Earth – Interview in Z FOR ZACHARIAH

By DANIEL SCHWEIGER 09/07/2015
Z FOR ZACHARIAH soundtrack | ©2015 Varese Sarabande Records

With female driven, YA dystopian fiction being all the rage at the multiplex, one of the genre’s first, unintended entries was a 1973 post-nuke diary written by a sixteen year-old survivor named Ann Burden. As penned by MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF N.I.M.H. author Robert C. O’Brien, (and posthumously completed by his wife and daughter), the award winning book Z FOR ZACHARIAH details the the life of Ann and her beloved dog Faro in a radiation-free Shangri La. located somewhere in rural America, She’s settled into a comfortable, if yearning existence since her family vanished years ago seeking civilization. […]Read On »


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Movie/DVD/VOD Review: DARK WAS THE NIGHT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/03/2015
DARK WAS THE NIGHT movie poster | ©2015 Image Entertainment / RLJ Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kevin Durand, Lukas Haas, Bianca Kajlich, Ethan Khusidman Writer: Tyler Hisel Director: Jack Heller Distributor: Image Entertainment/RLJ Entertainment Release Date: Blu-ray/DVD/VOD, September 1, 2015 DARK WAS THE NIGHT makes no pretense of reinventing the wheel. It is a straightforward, slow-burn monster in the woods story. What elevates it, apart from the strong performances of leads Kevin Durand and Lukas Haas, is the sense of certainty demonstrated by director Jack Heller and writer Tyler Hisel, demonstrating that sometimes all a story needs is to be told well. When a logging company starts harvesting in a previously untouched […]Read On »


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Blu-ray and DVD Reviews for the Week of August 25, 2015

By PETER BROWN 08/25/2015
THE WALKING DEAD Season 5 | © 2015 Anchor Bay Home Entertainment

Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies: ALOHA – ALOHA came under fire for a variety of reason and it took the hit at the box office by underperforming and only bringing in an opening weekend of $10 million. Directed by Cameron Crowe, who previously directed ALMOST FAMOUS, JERRY MAGUIRE and a host of […]Read On »


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