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Movie Review: THE SUBSTANCE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/19/2024
THE SUBSTANCE final poster | ©2024 Mubi

Rating: R Stars: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Robin Greer Writer: Coralie Fargeat Director: Coralie Fargeat Distributor: MUBI Release Date: September 20, 2024 “Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You. Only better in every way. You’ve got to try this product: The Substance. It changed my life.” So goes the pitch for the stuff alluded to by the title of THE SUBSTANCE. Technically, it’s several different substances that all need to be used as directed for the desired result – and to avoid undesired results. Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is an Oscar-winning performer who has […]Read On »


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PBS MASTERPIECE: MOONFLOWER MURDERS: Creator and writer Anthony Horowitz on new mystery mini-series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/15/2024
MASTERPIECE: MOONFLOWER MURDERS key art | ©2024 PBS/ Eleventh Hour Films

The six-episode MOONFLOWER MURDERS premieres on PBS MASTERPIECE on Sunday, September 15. This is a sequel to 2022’s series MAGPIE MURDERS. Both are adapted from bestselling mystery novels of the same titles by Anthony Horowitz, who also wrote all the teleplays, and serves as one of the series’ executive producers. In MAGPIE MURDERS, present-day London book editor Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville, Oscar-nominated for her performance in 2017’s PHANTOM THREAD) searched the unpublished manuscript of one of her authors, Alan Conway (Conleth Hill of GAME OF THRONES), for clues to his murder. At the same time, we saw the story of Alan’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: REBEL RIDGE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/13/2024
REBEL RIDGE movie poster | ©2024 Netflix

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, Dana Lee, James Cromwell Writer: Jeremy Saulnier Director: Jeremy Saulnier Distributor: Netflix Release Date: September 6, 2024 (Netflix) REBEL RIDGE presents us with the not entirely unfamiliar movie scenario of a highly skilled former U.S. Marine who comes into conflict with a corrupt small-town police force. Where REBEL RIDGE diverges from what we might expect is that it’s much more a conspiracy thriller than an action film, although it has a couple of impressive set pieces. No one could reasonably call this […]Read On »


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THE ROOKIE: Actors Alyssa Diaz, Melissa O’Neil and Lisseth Chavez give the scoop on Season 6 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/14/2024
Alissa Diaz in THE ROOKIE - Season 6 - "Punch Card" | ©2024 ABC/Raymond Liu

ABC’s series THE ROOKIE is now on Tuesday nights in its sixth season, available the next day on Hulu, and has been renewed for a seventh. The show’s title character, John Nolan (Nathan Fillion), started the series as a fortyish LAPD rookie, and has since become a training officer for other rookies. While Fillion receives top billing, THE ROOKIE has evolved into an ensemble dramedy, in which all of the regular characters get substantial storylines. Therefore, when THE ROOKIE does a presentation during ABC’s portion of the Television Critics Association (TCA) Winter 2024 press tour, the whole ensemble cast is […]Read On »


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ELSBETH: The cast and creators talk the new COLUMBO-like procedural – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/13/2024
ELSBETH Key Art - Season 1 | ©2024 CBS

If you have been missing COLUMBO these many years, ELSBETH is here to fill the void. Once more, here’s a series where we see a murder committed at the outset. It’s just that instead of Peter Falk playing a rumpled police detective who solves the crime, we now have Carrie Preston reprising her Emmy-winning role as Elsbeth Tascioni. Previously a Chicago lawyer who was a recurring character on CBS’s THE GOOD WIFE and its Paramount Plus spinoff THE GOOD FIGHT, Elsbeth has moved to New York City to be a civilian oversight observer with the NYPD in ELSBETH. Like Columbo, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CIVIL WAR

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/12/2024
CIVIL WAR movie poster | ©2024 A24

Rating: R Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Maura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Nelson Lee, Evan Lai, Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons Writer: Alex Garland Director: Alex Garland Distributor: A24 Release Date: April 12, 2024 Writer/director Alex Garland’s CIVIL WAR depicts a second intra-state conflict within the U.S., but it comes at present-day politics from an oblique angle. Take away the familiar scenery and a couple of musings by the characters, and this tale of combat photojournalists could be set pretty much anywhere that heavily armed people are fighting with one another. At the White House, the U.S. President (Nick Offerman) is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DAMAGED

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
DAMAGED movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Cassel, Gianni Capaldi, Laura Haddock, John Hannah, Kate Dickey, Brian McCardie Writers: Koji Steven Sakai, Gianni Capaldi, Paul Aniello, story by Paul Aniello & Gianni Capaldi Director: Terry McDonough Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: April 12, 2024 The notion of Samuel L. Jackson as a Chicago homicide detective in Edinburgh, Scotland is full of potential. DAMAGED doesn’t play with those possibilities in the way we might expect. Still, as a serial killer thriller, it’s decently intriguing until it becomes unglued in the third act. When a young woman is followed home from her synagogue […]Read On »


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RESIDENT ALIEN: Actor Corey Reynolds on Season 3 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/03/2024
Corey Reynolds as Sheriff Mike Thompson in in RESIDENT ALIEN - Season 3 - "Homecoming" | ©2024 Syfy/James Dittiger

RESIDENT ALIEN has its Season 3 finale on Wednesday, April 3, on USA and Syfy, and streams on Peacock. Previous seasons are available on Netflix. In the science-fiction comedy series, adapted by Chris Sheridan from the Dark Horse Comics, an extraterrestrial has assumed the identity of Dr. Harry Vanderspiegle (Alan Tudyk) in the small town of Patience, Colorado. Corey Reynolds plays Patience’s sheriff, “Big Mike” Thompson. This isn’t Reynolds’s first series regular role as a representative of law enforcement. From 2005 through 2012, he played LAPD Detective David Gabriel on THE CLOSER, which earned him three SAG nominations. Reynolds, who […]Read On »


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NIGHT COURT: Actress Lacretta gives the scoop on Season 2 of NBC’s reboot – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/05/2024
NIGHT COURT - Season 1 Key Art | ©2023 NBC

The original NIGHT COURT ran on NBC for nine seasons, from 1984 through 1992. The half-hour comedy, created by Reinhold Weege, starred Harry Anderson as Judge Harry T. Stone, who presided over Manhattan’s night court. NIGHT COURT returned on NBC and Peacock last year, developed by Dan Rubin, as essentially a sequel to the earlier series. Now on Tuesday nights in its second season, the new NIGHT COURT stars Melissa Rauch as the Honorable Abby Stone, daughter of the late Harry Stone, who has her father’s old judicial seat. John Larroquette reprises his role as lawyer Dan Fielding. However, many […]Read On »


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THE ROOKIE: Actor Nathan Fillion gives the scoop on Season 6 – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/27/2024
Nathan Fillion in THE ROOKIE | ©2024 ABC/Nino Muñoz

On “The Hammer,” the second episode of THE ROOKIE’s sixth season, airing on ABC Tuesday, February 27, the series celebrates its hundredth episode. It is directed by series creator Alexi Hawley. Nathan Fillion’s character, LAPD Officer John Nolan, started THE ROOKIE as the oldest newcomer on the force. He’s now a training officer with a rookie of his own – Celina Suarez (Lisseth Chavez) – and a big group of LAPD colleagues who have become dear friends. In “The Hammer,” is supposed to marry firefighter Bailey Nune (Jenna Dewan). This being THE ROOKIE, and there actually being a cop superstition […]Read On »


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