Movie Review: SOVEREIGN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/29/2025
SOVERIGN movie poster | ©2025 Briarcliff Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Nick Offerman, Jacob Tremblay, Dennis Quaid, Martha Plimpton, Thomas Mann, Nancy Travis, Jade Fernandez, Chris Greene Writer: Christian Swegal Director: Christian Swegal Distributor: Briarcliff Entertainment Release Date: July 11, 2025 (theatrical, VOD) SOVEREIGN begins with the words “inspired by true events.” Those interested in the facts surrounding Jerry Kane, played here by Nick Offerman, and his son Joe, portrayed by Jacob Tremblay, can easily find information about those events online. The movie, written and directed by Christian Swegal, begins with a 9-1-1 call from an upset witness, reporting a shootout involving “some guys” and two police officers. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LIFE OF CHUCK

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/06/2025
THE LIFE OF CHUCK | ©2025 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Benjamin Pajak, Jacob Tremblay, Cody Flanagan, Mark Hamill, Annaliese Basso, The Pocket Queen, Mia Sara, Carl Lumbly, Q’orianka Kilcher, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Kate Siegel, Samantha Sloyan, Matthew Lillard, David Dastmalchian, Harvey Guillén, Heather Langenkamp, Nick Offerman (voice) Writer: Mike Flanagan, based on the short story by Stephen King Director: Mike Flanagan Distributor: Neon Release Date: June 6, 2025 There are certain things that work better in different mediums. Interior monologues, for example, are usually best on the page, whereas dancing is generally better seen than described. This works to the advantage […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/23/2025
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING movie poster | ©2025 Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Greg Tarzan Davis, Angela Bassett, Henry Czerny, Janet McTeer, Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Shea Whigham, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss Writers: Christopher McQuarrie & Erik Jendresen, based on the TV series created by Bruce Geller Director: Christopher McQuarrie Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: May 23, 2025 Given that 2023’s most recent entry of this franchise was entitled MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE, we might reasonably expect the new film to be MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING […]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: ORIGIN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/08/2023
ORIGIN movie review | ©2023 Neon

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Emily Yancy, Finn Wittrock, Victoria Pedretti, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Isha Blaaker, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Connie Nielsen, Blair Underwood, Myles Frost, Nick Offerman, Suraj Yengde Writer: Ava DuVernay, inspired by the book CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS by Isabel Wilkerson Director: Ava DuVernay Distributor: Neon Release Date: December 8, 2023 (New York, Los Angeles); January 19, 2024 (wide release) ORIGIN is a respectful chronicle of both author Isabel Wilkerson’s nonfiction book CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS, and of Wilkerson’s life and research surrounding her writing of the project. Director/screenwriter […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DUMB MONEY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/15/2023
DUMB MONEY movie poster | ©2023 Sony/Columbia

Rating: R Stars: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen, America Ferrara, Vincent D’Onofrio, Myha’la Herrold, Talia Ryder, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Kate Burton, Clancy Brown, Rushi Kota, Larry Owens, Dane DeHaan, Larry Owens, Andrea Simons Writers: Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo, based on the book THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK by Ben Mezrich Director: Craig Gillespie Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: September 15, 2023 Most people heard something about the Game Stop stock market saga while it was occurring, primarily in 2020 and 2021. But what exactly happened? DUMB MONEY aims to enlighten us. Keith “Roaring Kitty” Gill […]Read On »


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DEVS: Stephen McKinley Henderson on the science fiction miniseries – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/21/2020
Stephen McKinley Henderson as Stewart in DEVS |©2020 FX/Miya Mizuno

DEVS is a miniseries written and entirely directed by Alex Garland. All eight episodes are now streaming on FX on Hulu. DEVS concerns a mysterious tech company called Amaya. Amaya employee Lily (Sonoya Mizuno) rightly believes there is something suspicious about her boyfriend/co-worker Sergei’s (Karl Glusman) death. When Lily begins to investigate, she is on track to learn what it is that Amaya is actually doing. Stephen McKinley Henderson plays Stewart, one of the key associates of Amaya founder Forest (Nick Offerman). Henderson, originally from Missouri, has an extensive stage and screen career that includes the films LINCOLN, MANCHESTER BY […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/12/2018
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE movie poster | ©2018 20th Century Fox

Rating: R Stars: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Chris Hemsworth, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, Nick Offerman Writer: Drew Goddard Director: Drew Goddard Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Release Date: October 12, 2018 After a brief prologue, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE starts out like the set-up to a joke, with an out-of-the-way motel standing in for a bar. A priest (Jeff Bridges), a singer (Cynthia Erivo), a vacuum cleaner salesman (Jon Hamm), and a really cranky young woman (Dakota Johnson) all walk into the El Royale. This is not a comedy, though the crime drama has its […]Read On »


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Exclusive Photos from the KONG: SKULL ISLAND Los Angeles Premiere

By SUE SCHNEIDER 03/10/2017
Tom Hiddleston at the Los Angeles Premiere of KONG: SKULL ISLAND

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures presented the Los Angeles Premiere of KONG: SKULL ISLAND March 8, 2017 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Closing Hollywood Boulevard down with fans lining the street and in bleachers at the beginning of the red carpet. Walking the carpet were the stars of the film, which included Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Tian Jing, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, Shea Whigham, Will Brittain, Eugene Cordero, Henry Jackman (Composer), Thomas Tull (Producer), and Jordan Vogt Roberts (Director). Joining the stars were guests, which […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE LEGO MOVIE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 02/07/2014
THE LEGO MOVIE | © 2014 Warner Bros

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Banks, Morgan Freeman, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day Writers: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, story by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman and Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, based on Lego Construction Toys Directors: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: February 7, 2014 THE LEGO MOVIE, which takes a host of Lego figures, vehicles, structures and environments and deposits them in a story in 3D animation, has some very good jokes. It also has a message that gets repeated in various forms throughout […]Read On »


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