Movie Review: DEAD MAN’S WIRE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/14/2025
DEAD MAN'S WIRE movie poster | ©2025 Row K Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Colman Domingo, Al Pacino, Myha’la Writer: Austin Kolodney Director: Gus Van Sant Distributor: Row K Entertainment Release Date: December 12, 2025 (theatrical limited), January 9, 2026 (theatrical wide) Although the events in the “based on a true story” DEAD MAN’S WIRE play as pretty absurd at times, archival news footage suggests that the real incident may have been even crazier than what’s in this movie. A 2018 documentary about the case, DEAD MAN’S LINE, is available on Amazon, but viewers of this narrative feature won’t need to search even that far […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE RUNNING MAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/15/2025
THE RUNNING MAN movie poster | ©2025 Paramount Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Katy O’Brian, Martin Herlihy, Colman Domingo|}Writers: Michael Bacall and Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright, based on the novel by Stephen King Director: Edgar Wright Distributor: Paramount Release Date: November 14, 2025 THE RUNNING MAN is based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, but it also draws inspiration from the 1987 feature film adaptation that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger (who makes what could be termed a prop cameo in the new film). Writers Michael Bacall & director Edgar Wright (for those wondering why Bacall gets two writing credits, the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/23/2024
DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS | ©2024 Focus Features

Rating: R Stars: Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Bill Camp, Joey Slotnick, C.J. Wilson, Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal Writers: Ethan Coen & Tricia Cooke Director: Ethan Coen Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: February 23, 2024 DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS has the unmistakable cadence of a Coen Brothers movie, even though on this one, Ethan Coen is directing solo and co-wrote the script with Tricia Cooke, rather than sibling Joel, his usual collaborator. The film succeeds in being at once super-raunchy, somewhat sweet, occasionally very violent, and often so light that it threatens to float away. We begin in late […]Read On »


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Movie Review: RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/30/2023
RUBY GILLMAN: TEENAGE KRAKEN movie poster | @2023 DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Jane Fonda, Colman Domingo, Blue Chapman, Will Forte, Annie Murphy, Liza Koshy, Ramona Young, Eduardo Franco, Jaboukie Young-White, Sam Richardson Writers: Pam Brady and Elliott DiGiuseppi & Kirk DeMicco Director: Kirk DeMicco; co-director, Faryl Pearl Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: June 30, 2023 Most of us have already seen some (or many) versions of the story told in RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN. We can, however, safely guess that this is the first with (per the title) a teen Kraken as the main character. A Kraken, for those unfamiliar with the mythology surrounding […]Read On »


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Movie Review: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/14/2018
IF BEALE STREET COLD TALK | © 2018 Annapurna Pictures

Rating: R Stars: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parrish, Michael Beach, Aunjanue Ellis, Ebony Obsidian, Dominique Thorne, Brian Tyree Henry, Finn Wittrock Writer: Barry Jenkins, based on the novel by James Baldwin Director: Barry Jenkins Distributor: Annapurna Pictures Release Date: December 14, 2018 IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK opens with an onscreen quote from the late James Baldwin, who wrote the novel on which the film is based. The actual Beale Street, he tells us, is located in New Orleans. His father, and Louis Armstrong, and jazz, all came from there. Metaphorically, Baldwin continues, all black […]Read On »


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