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Movie Review: WE BURY THE DEAD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/29/2025
WE BURY THE DEAD movie poster | ©2025 Vertical

Rating: R Stars: Daisy Ridley, Brenton Thwaites, Mark Coles Riley, Matt Whelan, Chloe Hurst, Kym Jackson Writer: Zak Hilditch Director: Zak Hilditch Distributor: Vertical Release Date: January 2, 2026 Technically, WE BURY THE DEAD is a zombie movie. That is, it has decomposed corpses that come back to life and sometimes make alarming movements. However, at the risk of being spoilerish but to make sure audience members know what they will and won’t be getting, it should be said WE BURY THE DEAD is not a zombie movie in the conventional sense, as it doesn’t much depict trying to survive […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ANACONDA

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/25/2025
ANACONDA movie poster | ©2025 Sony Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior, Selton Mello, John Billingsley Writers: Tom Gormican & Kevin Etten, based on ANACONDA written by Hans Bauer and Jim Cash & Jack Epps Jr. Director: Tom Gormican Distributor: Sony/Columbia Release Date: December 25, 2025 The reason so many people love bad horror movies is that, when those movies are terrible enough, they can be wondrously hilarious. The problem is, of course, that it’s very hard to parody something that’s already essentially funny. Gilding the lily can kill the plant, as it were. The new ANACONDA takes place […]Read On »


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Movie Review: IS THIS THING ON?

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/22/2025
IS THIS THING ON | ©2025 Searchlight Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Bradley Cooper, Sean Hayes, Scott Icenogle, Ciarán Hinds, Christine Ebersole, Blake Kane, Calvin Knegten Writers: Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett & Mark Chappell, story by Will Arnett & Mark Chappell & John Bishop Director: Bradley Cooper Distributor: Searchlight Pictures Release Date: December 19, 2025 After directing and starring in two big musical dramas, 2018’s pop-rocker A STAR IS BORN and 2023’s Leonard Bernstein biopic MAESTRO, Bradley Cooper has taken on a smaller-scale, more dialogue-driven project with IS THIS THING ON? IS THIS THING ON? still revolves around performance, but this time, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MANOR OF DARKNESS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
MANOR OF DARKNESS movie poster | ©2025 Ridder Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kim Spearman, Louis James, Sarah Alexandra Marks, Rui Shang, Stuart Wolfe-Murray, Stacey O’Shea, Glenn Salvage, Sorcha Verey Writer: Blake Ridder Director: Blake Ridder Distributor: Ridder Films Release Date: December 9, 2025 (digital, VOD) MANOR OF DARKNESS begins promisingly, with David Engellau’s HALLOWEEN-esque score accompanying us over a cursed-looking forest landscape, culminating in the isolated title estate. Lucas (Stuart Wolfe-Murray) is painting something in the basement. He looks up, reacts in horror, and something oozes through the door lock. We then cut to Laura (Kim Spearman) and her bedridden mother (Stacey O’Shea), who needs surgery. Laura’s job […]Read On »


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Movie Review: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/19/2025
AVATAR: FIRE AND ICE movie poster | ©2025 20th Century Studios

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, Jack Champion, David Thewlis, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Gionvanni Ribisi, Brendan Cowell, Jemaine Clement, Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Bailey Bass, Laz Alonso, Filip Geljo, Duane Evans Jr. Writers: James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, story by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver & Josh Friedman & Shane Salerno, based on characters created by James Cameron Director: James Cameron Distributor: 20th Century Studios Release Date: December 19, 2025 The original 2009 AVATAR was a […]Read On »


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SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR: Actress Claudia Black discusses new gladiator spin-off – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/14/2025
SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR Key Art - Season 1 | ©2025 Starz

Starz’s new series SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR premieres Friday, December 5, with new episodes dropping on both cable and streaming platforms on Fridays thereafter. It is a speculative follow-up to the SPARTACUS trilogy of series that ran on the premium network 2010-2013. All are created by Steven S. DeKnight. SPARTACUS told the story of the rebel slave leader in ancient Rome. One of his opponents was the former Syrian gladiator Ashur, played by Nick E. Tarabay. SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR imagines a world where Ashur, still portrayed by Tarabay, survives the events of SPARTACUS and founds his own gladiator school, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEAD MAN’S WIRE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
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: INFLUENCERS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
INFLUENCERS movie poster | ©2025 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant, Georgina Campbell, Lisa Delamar, Jonathan Whitesell, Veronica Long, Dylan Playfair Writer: Kurtis David Harder Director: Kurtis David Harder Distributor: Shudder Release Date: December 12, 2025 (Shudder) While INFLUENCERS does not pick up immediately after the end of 2023’s INFLUENCER, it’s extremely helpful to watch the earlier film before diving into the sequel. In both, the main characters are Madison White (Emily Tennant) and influencer-hating fraudster CW (Cassandra Naud). INFLUENCERS fills us in to the required degree on their previous individual and shared histories, but INFLUENCER gives us more nuance and a greater […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DUST BUNNY

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 12/12/2025
DUST BUNNY movie poster | ©2025 Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate

Rating: R Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Sophie Sloan, Sigourney Weaver, Sheila Atim, David Dastmalchian, Rebecca Henderson Writer: Bryan Fuller Director: Bryan Fuller Distributor: Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate Release Date: December 12, 2025 Written and directed by Bryan Fuller in his feature directorial debut, DUST BUNNY has the magical aesthetic of a Disney fantasy, or perhaps the Fuller-created TV series PUSHING DAISIES. The environments are richly and whimsically decorated; a child uses a wheeled metal hippopotamus like a gondola around the apartment where she lives. But this isn’t one of those projects where we come away “humming the sets,” to borrow a Broadway expression. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT movie poster | ©2025 Cineverse

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Rohan Campbell, Ruby Modine, Mark Acheson, David Lawrence Brown, David Tomlinson, Sharon Bajer Writer: Mike P. Nelson, based on a screenplay by Michael Hickey, based on a story by Paul Caimi Director: Mike P. Nelson Distributor: Cineverse Release Date: December 12, 2025 The new SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, directed and scripted by Mike P. Nelson, gives credit to the 1984 original of that title, which was directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. with a screenplay by Michael Hickey, based on a story by Paul Caimi. Filmmaker Nelson takes pains to recall elements of the earlier SILENT […]Read On »


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