Movie Review: THE SURFER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/02/2025
THE SURFER movie poster | ©2025 Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions

Rating: R Stars: Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Finn Little, Rahel Romahn, Nic Cassim, Alexander Bertrand, Rory O’Keefe, Justin Rosniak, Miranda Tapsell, Brenda Meaney, Patsy Knapp Writer: Thomas Martin Director: Lorcan Finnegan Distributor: Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions Release Date: May 2, 2025 Every film deserves to be evaluated on its own merits. However, with certain filmmakers, and those actors who have enough clout to choose and shape their own projects, it’s hard not to have certain expectations. This is the case with films starring Nicolas Cage. Cage appears in a lot of movies that encompass multiple genres, playing characters who are miserable and/or […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NOCEBO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/04/2022
NOCEBO movie poster | ©2022 RLJE Entertainment

Rating: Not rated Stars: Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier, Billie Gadson Writer: Garret Shanley Director: Lorcan Finnegan Distributor: RLJE Entertainment Release Date: November 4, 2022 (theatrical); November 22, 2022 (on demand and digital) NOCEBO is a remarkably good horror film that pulls off two difficult tasks. First, it successfully keeps us engrossed and in suspense as to exactly what will happen, even when we work out what’s happening and why. Second, it plays with our sympathies to a degree that is seldom achievable. When we meet Christine (Eva Green), she’s happy in everything. She’s in a loving marriage with […]Read On »


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Movie Review: VIVARIUM

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 03/27/2020
VIVARIUM movie poster | ©2020 Saban Films

Rating: R Stars: Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, Eanna Hardwicke, Senan Jennings Writer: Garret Shanley Director: Lorcan Finnegan Distributor: Saban Films Release Date: March 27, 2020 VIVARIUM begins with the spectacle of a young cuckoo chick shoving other baby birds of another species out of a nest so that it can get the other chicks’ parent’s food all to itself. This beginning is in one way a literal representation of what we’re about to see, but in another way, it’s inexact. We meet good-hearted elementary school teacher Gemma (Imogen Poots) and her landscaper boyfriend Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) as they’re […]Read On »


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