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Archives for October 2022

[Blu Review] Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Is A Spectacle

October 27, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A man (Steven Yuen) standing next to a horse in a glass cage in the desert

Jordan Peele‘s third feature is an ode to spectacle, the fleeting fame of Hollywood and the POC who are churned up and forgotten by the system like Jean Jacket’s victims.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: brandon perea, daniel kaluuya, Jacob Kim, Jordan Peele, Keke Palmer, Michael Wincott, nope movie, Steven Yuen, Terry Notary

[Blu Review] ‘Bullet Train’ Offers Relentless, Interminable Action

October 25, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

Brad Pitt wearing a hat on a bisexual-lit train

With Brad Pitt‘s latest Bullet Train now available on 4K, Blu and DVD, let’s take a look at director (and former Pitt stuntman) David Leitch‘s action film.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Movies Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Andrew Koji, Bad Bunny, Brad Pitt, Brian Tyree Henry, Channing Tatum, David Leitch, Joey King, Karen Fukuhara, Logan Lerman, Masi Oka, Michael Shannon, Sandra Bullock, Zazie Beetz

Review: Jan Grows Defiant as ‘A Friend of the Family’ Jumps Ahead

October 13, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

Mckenna Grace as 13 year old Jan Broberg, sitting on the front doorstep

Phase one of the Broberg saga concludes as A Friend of the Family initiates a time jump.

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Filed Under: A Friend of the Family Tagged With: Anna Paquin, Austin Stowell, Bree Elrod, Colin Hanks, Hendrix Yancey, jake lacy, Mckenna Grace, Nick Antosca, peacock

Preview: Soho Horror Film Festival 2022

October 11, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

Running from November 11-13 in Brixton, London (in-person) and November 17-20 (virtual), Soho Horror Film Festival returns for its largest, most diverse and transgressive lineup to date.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, Queer, Soho Horror Film Festival Tagged With: film festival, Queer Horror, soho fest 2022, soho horror film festival

Review: Preying on the Broberg Family in Episodes 1-4 of Nick Antosca’s ‘A Friend of the Family’

October 6, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A man (l) and a pre-teen girl (r) eat ice cream on the hood of a car

Arguably one of the most bizarre true crime kidnapping stories ever told has been adapted by Nick Antosca into a Peacock limited series, A Friend of the Family.

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Filed Under: A Friend of the Family, TV Tagged With: Anna Paquin, Austin Stowell, Bree Elrod, Colin Hanks, Hendrix Yancey, jake lacy, Lio Tipton, Nick Antosca, Patrick Fischler, peacock, Philip Ettinger

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I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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