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PBS MASTERPIECE: MOONFLOWER MURDERS: Creator and writer Anthony Horowitz on new mystery mini-series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/15/2024
MASTERPIECE: MOONFLOWER MURDERS key art | ©2024 PBS/ Eleventh Hour Films

The six-episode MOONFLOWER MURDERS premieres on PBS MASTERPIECE on Sunday, September 15. This is a sequel to 2022’s series MAGPIE MURDERS. Both are adapted from bestselling mystery novels of the same titles by Anthony Horowitz, who also wrote all the teleplays, and serves as one of the series’ executive producers. In MAGPIE MURDERS, present-day London book editor Susan Ryeland (Lesley Manville, Oscar-nominated for her performance in 2017’s PHANTOM THREAD) searched the unpublished manuscript of one of her authors, Alan Conway (Conleth Hill of GAME OF THRONES), for clues to his murder. At the same time, we saw the story of Alan’s […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SPEAK NO EVIL

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/13/2024
SPEAK NO EVIL movie poster | ©2024 Universal Picturesl

Rating: R Stars: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough, Kris Hitchen, Motaz Malhees Writer: James Watkins, based on the screenplay by Christian Tafdrup & Mads Tafdrup Director: James Watkins Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: September 13, 2024 Anyone who saw the original 2022 Danish horror thriller SPEAK NO EVIL is bound to wonder what a big-studio English-language remake would be like. This is because big studios do not make movies entirely like the original 2022 Danish horror thriller SPEAK NO EVIL. This is not a matter of quality or integrity. Contrary to popular […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HERE AFTER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
HERE AFTER movie poster | ©2024 Paramount

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Connie Britton, Freya Hannan-Mills, Giovanni Cirfiera, Tommaso Basili, Babetida Sadjo Writer: Sarah Conradt Director: Robert Salerno Distributor: Paramount Pictures Release Date: September 13, 2024 (theatrical, digital) On the positive side, HERE AFTER isn’t what we might expect from its set-up. It has some mythologically interesting notions that it expresses clearly. It also doesn’t turn into an exorcism story (not that there’s something wrong with those, except that it would be predictable in this situation). But the film has a couple of problems that prevent it from fulfilling the potential of its originality. We’re in contemporary Italy. Claire […]Read On »


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Movie Review: REBEL RIDGE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
REBEL RIDGE movie poster | ©2024 Netflix

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, Dana Lee, James Cromwell Writer: Jeremy Saulnier Director: Jeremy Saulnier Distributor: Netflix Release Date: September 6, 2024 (Netflix) REBEL RIDGE presents us with the not entirely unfamiliar movie scenario of a highly skilled former U.S. Marine who comes into conflict with a corrupt small-town police force. Where REBEL RIDGE diverges from what we might expect is that it’s much more a conspiracy thriller than an action film, although it has a couple of impressive set pieces. No one could reasonably call this […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WINEVILLE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
WINEVILLE movie poster | ©2024 Dark Star Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Carolyn Hennesy, Brande Roderick, Texas Battle, Casey King, Christie Chaplin, Chris Schellenger, Keaton Cadrez, Duncan Anderson, Seneca Palliota, Will Roberts Writer: Richard Schenkman, story by Brande Roderick & Richard Schenkman Director: Brande Roderick Distributor: Dark Star Pictures Release Date: September 6, 2024 (theatrical); September 10, 2024 (physical media) WINEVILLE is set in the ‘70s, with a news reference to Jimmy Carter’s presidency at the start. The movie also feels like one of the wild low-budget indie horror offerings of that era, with plot elements that just won’t crop up elsewhere. Pretty blonde Missy (Christie Chaplin) is […]Read On »


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THE OLD MAN: Executive producers Warren Littlefield and Dan Shotz on Season 2 – Exclusive interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/12/2024
Jeff Bridges as Dan Chase in THE OLD MAN - Season 2 | ©2024 FX / Kurt Iswarienko

In THE OLD MAN, which has its second-season premiere on FX Thursday, September 12 (with episodes available the following day on Hulu), Jeff Bridges stars as Dan Chase. In Season 1, Dan was a retired CIA agent suddenly being pursued by both his own former colleagues and unknown attackers. In Season 2, Dan must team up with CIA Assistant Director Harold Harper, played by John Lithgow, to find the missing agent Angela Adams, aka Emily Chase (Alia Shawkat), Dan’s daughter and Harold’s protégé, Emily has been kidnapped and taken to Afghanistan. THE OLD MAN was adapted for television by Jonathan […]Read On »


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THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING: Actor Paul Campbell on new rom com mystery movie – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/10/2024
Aimee Garcia is Birdie Case and Paul Campbell is Alden in THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING | ©2024 Hallmark

When it’s time to publicize THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING, actor Paul Campbell is committed. How committed? Campbell’s character, amateur sleuth Alden Case, loves disguises and alter egos. When Campbell appears on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries panel at the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour, he is introduced, by name, as “Paul Campbell.” With a flourish, Campbell indicates his fake moustache. “I think you mean Saul Campbell!” But, when asked a question, he cannot lie. ““I have to come clean. It was me the whole time, Paul Campbell.” Fellow panelists feign astonishment. “I had no idea,” […]Read On »


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Movie Review: BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 09/06/2024
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE movie poster | ©2024 Warner Bros.

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, Willem Dafoe Writers: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar, story by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and Seth Grahame-Smith, based on characters created by Michael McDowell & Larry Wilson Director: Tim Burton Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: September 6, 2024 Back in 1988, when supernatural comedies that invented whole other worlds were still a novelty (GHOSTBUSTERS had already arrived in 1984), BEETLEJUICE felt fresh and inventive. The second feature film from director Tim Burton, who had previously helmed 1985’s PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE, BEETLEJUICE introduced […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DON’T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
DON'T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS | ©2024 Quiver Distribution

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Bella DeLong, Amber Janea, Daryl Tofa, Ana Zambrana, Crystal Lake Evans, John Bucy, Jarrett Brown Writer: Andy Fickman Director: Andy Fickman Distributor: Quiver Distribution Release Date: September 6, 2024 (theatrical, VOD) DON’T TURN OUT THE LIGHTS begins with ominous music over a drone shot of a camper traveling on a forest road. Superimposed over this is what appears to be a little girl’s birthday party, with wrapped presents, colorful cupcakes and a balloon arch in a public park. However, when we see a little girl, she is not near the celebration, but rather standing by herself, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE DEMON DISORDER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
THE DEMON DISORDER key art | ©2024 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Christian Willis, Dirk Hunter, Charles Cottier, John Noble, Tobie Webster Writers: Steve Boyle & Toby Osborne Director: Steve Boyle Distributor: Shudder Release Date: September 6, 2024 (Shudder) THE DEMON DISORDER treats demonic possession as a hereditary physical disease. It mixes Cronenbergian levels of body horror with family drama that has elements of both tragedy and dark humor. We’re in rural Australia. We start with views of a rundown house behind a chain-link fence. The place is occupied, though, by two adult Reilly brothers. Alcoholic Jake (Dirk Hunter) is the eldest; troubled youngest Phillip (Charles Cottier) is […]Read On »


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