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IT: WELCOME TO DERRY: Co-creators and cast talk about the new Stephen King series – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/02/2025
IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Key Art | ©2025 HBO

Stephen King’s novel IT was originally published in 1986. It was first adapted as a television miniseries in 1990, then made into a two-film duology, 2017’s IT and 2019’s IT: CHAPTER TWO. Both films were directed by Andy Muschietti, with his sister Barbara Muschietti as one of the producers. IT is set in Derry, Maine, where a nameless, shapeshifting monster surfaces every twenty-seven years to prey on the town’s denizens, especially its children. All iterations of IT follow the seven preteens of their self-titled Losers Club who band together to defeat it. When they don’t entirely succeed, they return to […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HAMNET

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/21/2025
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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Movie Review: LAST DAYS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/12/2025
LAST DAYS movie poster | ©2025 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Sky Yang, Radhika Apte, Ken Leung, Toby Wallace, Marny Kennedy, Claire Price, Ciara Bravo, Naveen Andrews Writer: Ben Ripley, based on the OUTSIDE MAGAZINE article “The Last Days of John Allen Chau” by Alex Perry Director: Justin Lin Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: October 24, 2025 LAST DAYS is directed by Justin Lin from the screenplay by Ben Ripley, based on the OUTSIDE MAGAZINE article “The Last Days of John Allen Chau” by Alex Perry. We know from the start that something catastrophic has happened to John from the news reports of tragedy that open the film. […]Read On »


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MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE: Filmmaker Shoshannah Stern on new documentary – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/27/2025
MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE key art | ©2025 PBS

When Marlee Matlin won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in 1986’s CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD, she became the first Deaf person to receive an Oscar for acting. Before and since, Matlin has had an extraordinary career as a performer, producer and author. Now director/producer Shoshannah Stern has made a documentary, MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE, for PBS’s AMERICAN MASTERS. The documentary premiered on October 14 and is now available on all PBS streaming platforms. Stern is a Deaf actress and series creator. A native Californian, Stern has been in films including […]Read On »


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Movie Review: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/10/2025
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN movie poster | ©2025 Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez Writer: Bill Condon, based on the stage play musical book by Terrence McNally, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, based on the novel by Manuel Puig Director: Bill Condon Distributor: Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate Release Date: October 10, 2025 The new musical film KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, directed and scripted by Bill Condon, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, is based on the stage musical of the same name, which ran on Broadway 1993-1995 with a script by Terrence McNally and score by Kander and Ebb, which […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SHELL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/03/2025
SHELL movie poster } ©2025 Paramount PIctures / Republic Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson, Arian Moayed, Este Haim, Elizabeth Berkley, Kaia Gerber, Peter MacNicol, Randall Park, Ziwe, Brandon Keener Writer: Jack Stanley Director: Max Minghella Distributor: Republic Pictures/Paramount Release Date: October 3, 2025 THE SUBSTANCE was hardly the first cautionary horror tale about the perils of attempted self-improvement in Hollywood, but it may be what springs to mind while watching SHELL. SHELL is a much more conventional horror thriller than THE SUBSTANCE, which has its pros and cons. It doesn’t keep us on our toes too much about where it’s going and it’s not nearly as visually […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE SMASHING MACHINE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
THE SMASHING MACHINE movie poster | ©2025 A24

Rating: R Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten Writer: Benny Safdie Director: Benny Safdie Distributor: A24 Release Date: October 3, 2025 THE SMASHING MACHINE is a fact-based drama about the life and career of mixed martial arts fighting star Mark Kerr. This follows the 2022 HBO documentary about Kerr, THE SMASHING MACHINE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EXTREME FIGHTER MARK KERR. What sets the new SMASHING MACHINE apart from other narrative features covering mixed martial arts, boxing, wrestling, and other full-contact one-on-one sports is not so much the approach of writer/director Benny Safdie to the material. Instead, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: PLAINCLOTHES

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/19/2025
PLAINCLOTHES movie poster | ©2025 Magnolia Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia, Christian Cooke, Gabe Fazio, Amy Forsyth, John Bedford Lloyd, Darius Fraser, Alessandra Ford Balazs Writer: Carmen Emmi Director: Carmen Emmi Distributor: Magnolia Pictures Release Date: September 19, 2025 There are a lot of coming-out stories in movies (and TV series and plays and books and songs and other artistic expressions). PLAINCLOTHES is a new and very good one, not because it entirely fulfills the promise of its concept (it doesn’t), but because it is so astute about the details of human connection. Set in mid-1990s Syracuse, NY (the 1996 pop song […]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: SHAMAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/08/2025
SHAMAN movie poster | ©2025 Well Go USA Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Sara Canning, Daniel Gillies, Jett Klyne, Humberto Morales, Alejandro Fajardo, Mercy Lema, Segundo Fuérez Writer: Daniel Negret Director: Antonio Negret Distributor: Well Go USA Entertainment Release Date: August 8, 2025 Set and shot in Ecuador, SHAMAN pits Catholicism against indigenous religion. Married American missionaries Candice (Sara Canning) and Joel Williams (Daniel Gillies) have moved with their young son Elliot (Jett Klyne) to a small Ecuadoran village. They are involved here in teaching, putting up buildings and helping grow crops. Along with Father Meyer (Alejandro Fajardo), Candice and Joel are also active in proselytizing and converting the locals. […]Read On »


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