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Movie Review: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/08/2024
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER movie poster | ©2024 Lionsgate

Rating: PG Stars: Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Molly Belle Wright, Beatrice Schneider, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez, Matthew Lamb, Essek Moore, Kirk B.R. Woller, Ewan Mathys Wood, Mason Nelligan, Kynlee Heiman, Lauren Graham Writers: Ryan Swanson and Platte F. Clark & Darin McDaniel, based on the novel by Barbara Robinson Director: Dallas Jenkins Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: November 8, 2024 “The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.” So begins THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, based on Barbara Robinson’s 1971 book, which was previously adapted as a 1983 telefilm. Narrated by the adult Beth (Lauren Graham), THE BEST […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DEVON

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
DEVON movie poster | ©2024 Cineverse

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Lauren Carlin, Steven Entienne, Rotisha Geter, Tara Rule, Hank Santos, Sabrina Aiezza, Xavier Aiezza, Zack Carpinello Writer: Jenni Farley Director: Jenni Farley Distributor: Cineverse Release Date: November 12, 2024 (digital, VOD) DEVON was shot at Spring City’s Pennhurst Asylum, originally (per Wikipedia) an institution known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic. It opened in 1918 and was closed in 1987. Mistreatment of patients resulted in the legal Pennhurst Doctrine. These days, in reality, the establishment is used for “haunted house” tours and, in the case of DEVON, as the setting for […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DRIVE BACK

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
DRIVE BACK movie poster | ©2024 Dark Sky Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Whit Kunschik, Zack Gold, Jim Tuck, Madonna Young Magee, Robert Louis Stephenson Writer: Jon Sarro Director: Cody Ashford Distributor: Dark Sky Films Release Date: November 8, 2024 (theatrical, VOD, digital) The title of DRIVE BACK appears once in the film, scrawled on the reverse side of a road sign. It has several meanings, but the most immediate is, “Turn back, don’t go this way.” Of course, the warning is neither seen nor heeded. In the opening, nine-year-old Reid is sitting in a tree, drawing on his sketchpad. He is startled by the sound of rifle fire. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ELEVATION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
ELEVATION movie poster | ©2024 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: R Stars: Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin, Maddie Hasson, Danny Boyd Jr., Rachel Nicks, Shauna Earp, Tyler Grey Writers: John Glenn & Jacob Roman & Kenny Ryan Director: George Nolfi Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: November 8, 2024 Several people, part of a small community after a monster-driven extinction event, must leave the safety of their settlement to obtain supplies and answers. So goes ELEVATION, which boasts Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin and Maddie Hasson in the leads. This was hardly a new premise when the first A QUIET PLACE was released in 2018, but that’s perhaps what springs most immediately […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE GUTTER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/01/2024
THE GUTTER movie poster | ©2024 Magnolia Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Shameik Moore, D’Arcy Carden, Paul Reiser, Susan Sarandon, George Basil, Rell Battle, Chelsea Devantez, Earthquake, Jay Ellis, Kim Fields, Nelson Franklin, Jackée Harry, Langston Kerman, Adam Pally, Rob Scheer Writer: Yassir Lester Directors: Isaiah Lester & Yassir Lester Distributor: Magnolia Pictures Release Date: November 1, 2024 (theatrical, VOD) Directed by Isaiah Lester & Yassir Lester from Yassir Lester’s script, THE GUTTER is a very broad comedy about the meteoric rise of young bowler Walt (Shameik Moore). It also has a lot of race-based jokes. At first, Walt knows nothing about bowling, except that there’s an open […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ABSOLUTION

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
ABSOLUTION movie poster | ©2024 Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rating: R Stars: Liam Neeson, Yolanda Ross, Frankie Shaw, Daniel Diemer, Javier Molina, Jimmy Gonzales, Josh Drennen, Deanna Nayr Tarraza, Terrence Pulliam, Ron Perlman Writer: Tony Gayton Director: Hans Petter Moland Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films Release Date: November 1, 2024 Because ABSOLUTION stars Liam Neeson as a low-level gangster, we know that violence will eventually occur in the film. However, ABSOLUTION is only secondarily a crime-action film. Mostly, it’s a character study of a man facing mental decline, attempting to come to terms with his past and figure out what to do with the rest of his future. Director Hans […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HE NEVER LEFT

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
HE NEVER LEFT movie poster | ©2024 Epic Pictures/Dread

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Colin Cunningham, Jessica Staples, James Morris, Sean Hunter, David E. McMahon, Charla Bocchicchio, William McAllister, Jake Watters Writer: James Morris, story by James Morris & Michael Ballif & Colin Cunningham Director: James Morris Distributor: Epic Pictures/Dread Release Date: November 1, 2024 (theatrical), November 5, 2024 (VOD) At the beginning of HE NEVER LEFT, an onscreen set of titles informs us that the small town of Larsen City has been plagued by murders and disappearances at the hands of a masked killer. In 1997, he stopped … but the community never truly healed … We then see […]Read On »


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Movie Review: VENOM: THE LAST DANCE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 10/25/2024
VENOM: THE LAST DANCE movie poster | ©2024 Sony/Columbia/Marvel

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Stephen Graham, Rhys Ifans, Alanna Ubach, Clark Backo, Cristo Fernández, Peggy Lu, Hala Finley, Dash McCloud Writer: Kelly Marcel, story by Kelly Marcel & Tom Hardy, based on the Marvel Comics by Todd McFarlane and David Michelinie Director: Kelly Marcel Distributor: Sony/Columbia/Marvel Release Date: October 25, 2024 Who is VENOM: THE LAST DANCE for? It’s certainly for fans of Tom Hardy, who is back as Eddie Brock and the voice of his alien symbiote Venom. It’s even more for those who enjoy watching all sorts of CGI monsters battle it out […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MADS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
MADS movie poster | ©2024 Capella Film/Shudder

Rating: TV-MA Stars: Lucille Guillaume, Laurie Pavy, Milton Riche, Yovel Lewkowski, Sasha Rudakowa, Vincent Pasdermadjian Writer: David Moreau Director: David Moreau Distributor: Capella Film/Shudder Release Date: October 18, 2024 (Shudder) MADS is made to look as though it was shot in one continuous take. We know it wasn’t, of course, as it moves from day to night, indoors to outdoors and back again, and through multiple neighborhoods. The conceit does keep us on our toes, though. We’re somewhere in France, where Romain (Milton Riche) is celebrating his eighteenth birthday by getting high on a snortable drug of unknown provenance, at […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CONCLAVE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
CONCLAVE movie poster | ©2024 Focus Features

Rating: PG Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Brian F. O’Byrne, Isabella Rossellini, Sergio Castellitto, Carlos Diehz, Balkissa Maiga Writer: Peter Straughan, based on the novel by Robert Harris Director: Edward Berger Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: October 25, 2024 Just in time for the American presidential election comes the political thriller CONCLAVE. People who love this genre but are about to weep at what’s happening in the U.S. may be reassured on hearing that the politics here surround the election of the new Catholic Pope in the Vatican, after the previous one dies unexpectedly. Indeed, this […]Read On »


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