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‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow Lock Horns in Dark Dementia Thriller

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Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during Fantastic Fest 2024. IFC Films opens “The Rule of Jenny Pen” in select theaters Friday, March 7, with a Shudder premiere on March 28. When recommended a beach-read by a roommate he doesn’t want, the academic Judge Stefan Mortensen (Geoffrey Rush) scoffs, “All those books say the same thing.”   10 years after Julianne Moore won her Oscar for “Still Alice,” moviegoers could argue something…

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‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow Lock Horns in Dark Dementia Thriller

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during Fantastic Fest 2024. IFC Films opens “The Rule of Jenny Pen” in select theaters Friday, March 7, with a Shudder premiere on March 28. When recommended a beach-read by a roommate he doesn’t want, the academic Judge Stefan Mortensen (Geoffrey Rush) scoffs, “All those books say the same thing.”   10 years after Julianne Moore won her Oscar for “Still Alice,” moviegoers could argue something…

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‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’: John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush Face Off in Exclusive Interview

John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush go head-to-head in this exclusive interview uncovering the horrors in their new film 'The Rule of Jenny Penn.'

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‘The Rule Of Jenny Pen’ (IFC Films/ Shudder) Non-Spoiler Review – A Lackluster Attempt At Elderly Hell

Prison films were all the rage in the 1950s through the 1970s. Cool Hand Luke (1967) starring Paul Newman and Escape from Alcatraz (1979) starring Clint Eastwood remain two of the genre’s most known examples. With his psychological horror mystery-thriller via IFC Films and Shudder, co-writer, executive producer, and director James Ashcroft attempts to craft his own prison film, set in a nursing home in New Zealand to weird effect. Prison films a…

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