Micah Bloomberg – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE – Review by Nadine Whitney

October 22, 2025October 23, 2025 Nadine Whitney Curtis Hanson, maika monroe, mary elizabeth winstead, Micah Bloomberg, Michelle Garza Cervera, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle.

Women’s domestic thrillers and horror films have a long history with literature and cinema, and they require a story that is inventive with the tropes and ideas in the genre to make them memorable and distinct from a Lifetime movie. Michelle Garza Cervera’s direction and the two primary performances tip The Hand that Rocked the Cradle towards a sleeker production. However, there’s no complete escape from the low rent tawdriness of the script. The Hand that Rocked the Cradle is eminently forgettable, and that’s for the best.

Festivals Reviews

SANCTUARY (TIFF 2022) – Review by Ulkar Alakbarova

September 19, 2022October 23, 2025 Ulkar Alakbarova Christopher Abbott, margaret qualley, Micah Bloomberg, Sanctuary, Zachary Wigon

Has a thought such as ‘stop the world I want to get off’ crossed your mind while watching a specific film? A film that you have no clue what it’s about; neither its concept nor what it tries to tell you? The film that you have no words to describe. I will tell you what I planned to write about Zachary Wigon’s Sanctuary – this is just a phenomenal film that you won’t be able to not tell your friends about. So just go and watch it. End of review. But as a film critic, I should probably do better than that.