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: LONGLEGS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/12/2024
LONGLEGS movie poster | ©2024 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Nicolas Cage, Michelle Choi-Lee, Lauren Acala, Kiernan Shipka, Ava Kelders, Carmel Amit Writer: Osgood Perkins| Director: Osgood Perkins Distributor: Neon Release Date: July 12, 2024 LONGLEGS succeeds at being admirably scary, leavened by some very funny moments. Mixing FBI procedural thriller with supernatural chiller, writer/director Osgood Perkins has made a film that feels something like a hybrid of 1991’s THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and 1982’s HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH. (The latter isn’t a spot-on comparison, but it’s close as far as the magical mechanisms.) We get quite a […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ARCADIAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/12/2024
ARCADIAN movie poster | ©2024 RLJE Films / Shudder

Rating: R Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall Writer: Mike Nilon Director: Benjamin Brewer Distributor: RLJE Films/Shudder Release Date: April 12, 2024 In ARCADIAN, centralized civilization is already nearing its end when Paul (Nicolas Cage) is running through back alleys. The sky is full of smoke, sirens are wailing somewhere, and there are crucified bodies in the background. Paul finds a lone crying baby and comforts the child. Fifteen years later, Paul is far from this urban catastrophe. He is now the father of two teen sons, Joseph (Jaeden Martell) and Thomas (Maxwell Jenkins). Since Thomas is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 07/28/2023
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL | ©2023 RLJE Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Nicolas Cage, Joel Kinnaman Writer: Luke Paradise Director: Yuval Adler Distributor: RLJE Films Release Date: July 28, 2023 In SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL, Nicolas Cage, one of the film’s producers, plays the unnamed Passenger. The Passenger is one of only two main characters in a thriller that takes place largely in a car. Cage is onscreen for most of the movie, giving a performance that can be objectively described as intense, even by his standards. Without much around him that’s complicated or flashy, the performance seems larger than it might in another context. Despite the possibilities […]Read On »


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Movie Review: RENFIELD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/14/2023
RENFIELD movie poster | ©2023 Universal Pictures

Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Shohreh Agdashloo, Brandon Scott Jones, Adrian Martinez Writer: Ryan Ridley, story by Robert Kirkman Director: Chris McKay Distributor: Universal Release Date: April 14, 2023 There have been innumerable takes on Dracula and those who surround him. In many versions of the tale, including Bram Stoker’s original novel, Dracula’s primary henchman is Renfield. RENFIELD, told from that character’s point of view, omits his time in the lunatic asylum and instead has him as Dracula’s (Nicolas Cage) primary facilitator, arranging for things like meals (i.e., murder victims), lodging, and transportation. In return, Renfield (Nicholas […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 04/22/2022
THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT Poster | ©2022 Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Tiffany Haddish, Paco León, Neil Patrick Harris, Lily Sheen, Alessandra Mastronardi, Ike Barinholtz Writers: Tom Gormican & Kevin Etten Director: Tom Gormican Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: April 22, 2022 THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT, at first description, sounds like something this reviewer would take pains to avoid. Personal confession: I do not normally enjoy fare in which famous people play fictional versions of themselves. This is mainly because usually, in these kinds of projects, whatever can go wrong tonally does. The creative team may pull punches to make the protagonist […]Read On »


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Movie Review: VALLEY GIRL (2020)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/08/2020
VALLEY GIRL (2020) Movie Poster | ©2020 Orion Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Jessica Rothe, Josh Whitehouse, Chloe Bennet, Ashleigh Murray, Jessie Ennis, Mae Whitman, Logan Paul, Alicia Silverstone, Judy Greer Writer: Amy Talkington, story by Andrew Lane and Wayne Crawford Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg Distributor: Orion Classics Release Date (VOD and drive-ins): May 8, 2020 VALLEY GIRL is the latest movie to get partly tripped up by its title. If it were called anything except VALLEY GIRL, it would be easier to accept on its own terms. But somehow it was decided that using the name for a film very unlike the 1983 original, thereby inviting apples to cucumbers […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/18/2018
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE movie poster | ©2018 Sony/Columbia/Marvel

Rating: PG Stars (voices): Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, Zoe Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Kathryn Hahn, Liev Schreiber, Chris Pine Writers: Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman, story by Phil Lord, based on characters created by Brian Michael Bendis & Sara Picelli, Steve Ditko & Stan Lee, David Hine and Fabrice Sapolsky Director: Bob Persichetti & Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman Distributor: Sony/Columbia/Marvel Release Date: December 14, 2018 Even for the possibly slightly SPIDER-MAN-weary amongst us (seriously, how many times can this specific superhero franchise be sequelized/rebooted […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SNOWDEN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/16/2016
SNOWDEN | © 2016 Open Road

Rating: R Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Rhys Ifans, Nicolas Cage, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Olyphant Writers: Kieran Fitzgerald & Oliver Stone, based on the books by Anatoly Kucherena and Luke Harding Director: Oliver Stone Distributor: Open Road Release Date: September 16, 2016 SNOWDEN, per its title, dramatizes the story of Edward Snowden, played here by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Moving between the years 2004 and 2013, the film uses a pivotal set of interviews as a framing device. Snowden starts out as a conservative young aspiring military man who gets recruited into the NSA. Snowden’s computer skills earn […]Read On »


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MATADOR star Nicky Whelan talks the new El Rey series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/20/2014
Nicky Whelan stars as Annie Mason in MATADOR | © 2014 El Rey Network

El Rey’s action/adventure series MATADOR is in its first season Tuesdays at 9 PM and already renewed for next year. In the show, DEA agent Tony Bravo (Gabriel Luna) is recruited by the CIA to infiltrate the criminal organization run by Andres Galan (Alfred Molina) – by posing as a soccer player and joining the L.A. Riot team owned by Galan. Nicky Whelan plays Tony’s CIA handler Annie Mason. The Australian actress, who was a regular on the last season of SCRUBS and in Season 3 of FRANKLIN & BASH and can currently be seen in Crackle’s Web series CHOSEN, […]Read On »


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