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TV Review: THE HAUNTED SEASON – Season 1 – “The Occupant of the Room”

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/02/2025
THE HAUNTED SEASON | ©2025 Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Don McKellar, Ben Petrie, Delphine Roussel Writer: Kier-La Janisse based on the story by Algernon Blackwood Director: Kier-La Janisse Network: Shudder Airdate: December 1, 2025 (Shudder) “The Occupant of the Room” is the second episode of the first season of Shudder’s anthology series THE HAUNTED SEASON. Producer/director/screenwriter Kier-La Janisse brings us one episode per year in the tradition of telling scary stories around the Christmas tree. Based on the Algernon Blackwood story of the same title, the 2025 offering “The Occupant of the Room” is set in the French Alps in 1936. Due to a reservations […]Read On »


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Movie Review: 100 NIGHTS OF HERO

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
100 NIGHTS OF HERO movie poster | ©2025 IFC

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E. Grant, Felicity Jones, Safia Oakley-Green, Markella Kavenagh Writer: Julia Jackman, based on the graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg Director: Julia Jackman Distributor: IFC Release Date: December 5, 2025 Based on the graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg and scripted and directed by Julia Jackman, 100 NIGHTS OF HERO takes a comedy/fantasy approach to a story set in a world where the rules resemble those of THE HANDMAID’S TALE. We see from the start that we’re on another planet, as there are three moons of various sizes […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ROSEMEAD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
ROSEMEAD movie review | ©2025 Vertical

Rating: R Stars: Lucy Liu, Lawrence Shou, Jennifer Lim, Madison Hu, James Chen, Eleven Lee, Orion Lee Writer: Marilyn Fu, additional writing by Eric Lin, inspired by Frank Shyong’s LOS ANGELES TIMES article Director: Eric Lin Distributor: Vertical Release Date: December 5, 2025 (New York), December 12, 2025 (Los Angeles), January 9, 2026 (wide) Rosemead the city is a little working-class suburban community bordering the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County. Many of the residents are immigrants from China and Taiwan or Chinese-Americans. ROSEMEAD the movie takes place in its title hamlet, but what it depicts could transpire in […]Read On »


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Movie Review: MAN FINDS TAPE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
MAN FINDS TAPE movie review | ©2025 Magnet Releasing

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Kelsey Pribilski, William Magnusson, John Gholson, Brian Villalobos, Nell Kessler Writers: Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman Directors: Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman Distributor: Magnet Releasing Release Date: December 5, 2025 MAN FINDS TAPE is a tale of literally knockout found footage – as in, the tapes sometimes render viewers suddenly unconscious. Written and directed by Peter Hall & Paul Gandersman, MAN FINDS TAPE is a fairly lively mix of horror subgenres: the one indicated in the title, a seemingly cozy small town with dark secrets, and another that adds a welcome spark of amusing insanity to […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WICKED: FOR GOOD

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/21/2025
WICKED:_FOR_GOOD_©_2025_Universal

Rating: PG Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum Writers: Winnie Holzman and Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox, based on the stage musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire Director: Jon M. Chu Distributor: Universal Release Date: November 21, 2024 WICKED: FOR GOOD is the second half/conclusion of 2024’s WICKED, aka WICKED: PART 1. Both films are based on the stage musical WICKED, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, which has been playing […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HAMNET

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
HAMNET movie poster | ©2025 Focus Features

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, Olivia Lynes, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Noah Jupe, David Wilmot, Justine Mitchell Writers: Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, based on the novel HAMNET by Maggie O’Farrell Director: Chloé Zhao Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: November 26, 2025 Over four hundred years after his death, William Shakespeare remains the most lauded playwright in the English language and HAMLET is arguably his most revered play. Written and first performed sometime between 1599 and 1601, HAMLET’s title character shares a name with Shakespeare’s only son Hamnet (Hamnet and Hamlet were considered […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE RUNNING MAN

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/15/2025
THE RUNNING MAN movie poster | ©2025 Paramount Pictures

Rating: R Stars: Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Katy O’Brian, Martin Herlihy, Colman Domingo|}Writers: Michael Bacall and Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright, based on the novel by Stephen King Director: Edgar Wright Distributor: Paramount Release Date: November 14, 2025 THE RUNNING MAN is based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, but it also draws inspiration from the 1987 feature film adaptation that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger (who makes what could be termed a prop cameo in the new film). Writers Michael Bacall & director Edgar Wright (for those wondering why Bacall gets two writing credits, the […]Read On »


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Movie Review: NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T | ©2025 Lionsgate

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, Rosamund Pike, Morgan Freeman Writers: Michael Lesslie and Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese and Seth Grahame-Smith, story by Eric Warren Singer and Michael Lesslie, based on characters created by Boaz Yakin & Edward Ricourt Director: Ruben Fleischer Distributor: Lionsgate Release Date: November 14, 2025 NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T brings back the original Four Horsemen of stage magicians from the 2013 NOW YOU SEE ME – Jesse Eisenberg as team leader J. Daniel Atlas, Woody Harrelson as hypnotist Merritt McKinley, Isla […]Read On »


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Movie Review: KEEPER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN
KEEPER movie poster | ©2025 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Rossif Sutherland, Birkett Turton, Eden Weiss Writer: Nick Lepard Director: Osgood Perkins Distributor: Neon Release Date: November 14, 2025 With KEEPER, the studio has gone out of its way to request no spoilers. Fair enough. Therefore, we’ll try to keep to just with what’s in the trailer and the first few minutes of the film. KEEPER starts with a quick montage of several attractive women who are in relationships that are at first promising and descend into atrocity. We only see the women; whoever they’re interacting with has the camera’s point of view. We meet […]Read On »


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Movie Review: LAST DAYS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/12/2025
LAST DAYS movie poster | ©2025 Vertical Entertainment

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Sky Yang, Radhika Apte, Ken Leung, Toby Wallace, Marny Kennedy, Claire Price, Ciara Bravo, Naveen Andrews Writer: Ben Ripley, based on the OUTSIDE MAGAZINE article “The Last Days of John Allen Chau” by Alex Perry Director: Justin Lin Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Release Date: October 24, 2025 LAST DAYS is directed by Justin Lin from the screenplay by Ben Ripley, based on the OUTSIDE MAGAZINE article “The Last Days of John Allen Chau” by Alex Perry. We know from the start that something catastrophic has happened to John from the news reports of tragedy that open the film. […]Read On »


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