Movie Review: THE NEW BOY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/23/2025
THE NEW BOY movie poster | ©2025 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid, Deborah Mailman, Wayne Blair Writer: Warwick Thornton Director: Warwick Thornton Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: May 23, 2025 THE NEW BOY is an odd film. On the one hand, it is filled with quiet and sincere wonder, delight and sorrow. It is a story of culture clash among individuals who don’t fit entirely into the worlds they come from, with a bit of magic. It is also convincingly measured in its depiction of life in an isolated Catholic orphanage in Australia during WWII and physically handsome to boot. On the other hand, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BLACK BAG

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/14/2025
BLACK BAG movie poster | ©2025 Focus Features

Rating: R Stars: Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke, Marisa Abela, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris, Pierce Brosnan, Gustaf Skarsgård Writer: David Koepp Director: Steven Soderbergh Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: March 14, 2025 The title of BLACK BAG refers not to a physical object, but rather to the catch-all phrase spies use when there’s a topic they can’t discuss with each other. This can be an issue when spies are romantically involved with one another, such as devotedly married George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) and Kathryn St. Jean (Cate Blanchett). The two work in different departments at MI-6, the British equivalent […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BORDERLANDS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/09/2024
BORDERLANDS movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Edgar Ramírez, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Jack Black (voice), Janina Gavankar, Benjamin Byron Davis, Gina Gershon Writers: Eli Roth and Joe Crombie, screen story by Eli Roth, based on the videogame BORDERLANDS created by Gearbox Software, published by 2K Director: Eli Roth Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: August 9, 2024 It seems hard to get adaptations of videogames right. It’s certainly not impossible – look no further back than THE LAST OF US – but they seem trickier to bring to film or TV than other types of source material. This […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NIGHTMARE ALLEY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/16/2021
NIGHTMARE ALLEY movie poster | ©2021 Searchlight Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, David Strathairn, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman, Richard Jenkins, Holt McAllany, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Beaver Writers: Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan, based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham Director: Guillermo del Toro Distributor: Fox Searchlight Release Date: December 17, 2021 NIGHTMARE ALLEY is a beautifully-made, hypnotic Depression-era thriller. William Lindsay Gresham’s novel was previously adapted for the big screen in 1947, with Tyrone Power in the lead. This time around, Bradley Cooper essays the role of Stanton “Stan” Carlisle, the antihero at the center of […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DON’T LOOK UP

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/08/2021
DON'T LOOK UP Movie Poster | ©2021 Netflix

Rating: R Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Melanie Lynskey, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet Writer: Adam McKay, story by Adam McKay & David Sirota Director: Adam McKay Distributor: Netflix Release Date: December 10, 2021 DON’T LOOK UP plays something like a gentler modern DR. STRANGELOVE. Instead of nuclear war, Earth is threatened with destruction by a giant comet. While this is an act of nature rather than of human aggression, never fear – greed and stupidity will find a way to make things worse. When University of Michigan doctoral astronomy student […]Read On »


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MRS. AMERICA: Actress Margo Martindale on new miniseries – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/26/2020
Margo Martindale as Bella Abzug in MRS. AMERICA | ©2020 FX/Pari Dukovic

MRS. AMERICA is a nine-episode miniseries, streaming on FX on Hulu, about the battle over the Equal Rights Amendment. Created by Dahvi Waller, MRS. AMERICA is set in the 1970s, when what seemed like a simple constitutional amendment – the ERA guaranteed “equal legal rights for all American citizens, regardless of sex” – was turned into a political flashpoint by far-right activist Phyllis Schlafly, played by Cate Blanchett. Margo Martindale plays real-life Democratic politician Bella Abzug (1920-1998), a U.S. congresswoman for New York who was one of the founders of the National Women’s Political Caucus. Martindale, who was won three […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/22/2019
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD | ©2019 DreamWorks Animation

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Jay Baruchel, America Ferrara, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harington Writer: Dean DeBlois, based on the novels by Cressida Cowell Director: Dean DeBlois Distributor: Universal/DreamWorks Animation Release Date: February 22, 2019  The first HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON film was released in 2010; its sequel came out in 2014. Based on a series of novels by Cressida Cowell, they were charming tales of a boy and his dragon, plus interspecies cooperation, with exciting action and some scary threats. Now, to round off the story, here’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: OCEAN’S 8

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/08/2018
OCEAN'S 8 movie poster | ©2018 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Richard Armitage, James Corden Writers: Gary Ross & Olivia Milch, story by Gary Ross, based on characters created by George Clayton Johnson & Jack Golden Russell Director: Gary Ross Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: June 8, 2018 OCEAN’S 8 might be called a spinoff rather than a sequel of the OCEAN’S 11 franchise. The Ocean here is Debbie (Sandra Bullock), sister of Danny Ocean (the character played in the earlier films by George Clooney). Newly paroled from a five-year prison stint, Debbie […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from Marvel Studios’ THOR: RAGNAROK World Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 10/12/2017
Chris Hemsworth at the World Premiere of Marvel Studios’ THOR: RAGNAROK

Marvel Studios’ held the world premiere of THOR: RAGNAROK at the El Capitan Theatre on October 10th. It was a huge premiere closing down Hollywood Boulevard with fans lining the street and the screams as the stars arrived were deafening! Chris Hemsworth is back as Thor in this brand-new, action-filled adventure. Joining Chris on this night were the stars of the film, which included: Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Jeff Goldblum, Rachel House, Clancy Brown, Ray Stevenson, Kevin Feige (Producer), Taika Waititi (Director), Eric Pearson (Screenwriter), Christopher L. Yost (Writer) and Brad Winderbaum (Producer, Executive, […]Read On »


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GOTHAM: Cory Michael Smith on the enigma of being the Riddler- Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/23/2015
Cory Michael Smith in GOTHAM - Season 2 | ©2015 Fox/Nicole Rivelli

When we first met Cory Michael Smith’s character Edward Nygma in GOTHAM, Mondays at 8 PM on Fox, he was a shy morgue worker with a fondness for riddles and a crush on female coworker Kristen Kringle (Chelsea Spack). Hard-working detectives Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) don’t worry about Ed and young Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) doesn’t really register Ed’s existence. Then Edward finds that Kristen’s cop boyfriend Officer Dougherty is abusing her, one thing leads to another and Ed finds that he’s that startled perpetrator of a bloody murder. He begins to see and hear […]Read On »


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