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Archives for June 2023

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Is An Exhaustive Homage To The Games [Review]

June 13, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

After thirty years, countless games, and even a few films, Mario and Luigi get the animated Hollywood treatment with The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023).

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Aaron Horvath, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Chris Pratt, Fred Armisen, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Matthew Fogel, Nintendo, Seth Rogen

Tommy Lee Royce Makes A Bold, Exciting Escape on ‘Happy Valley’ [Review]

June 13, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

It was inevitable that Happy Valley would pit Sgt. Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) against convicted felon Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton), but who knew that the set-up would be so dramatic?

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Filed Under: Happy Valley, TV, TV Review Tagged With: Alec Secareanu, Amit Shah, Charlie Murphy, Con O’Neill, Derek Riddell, Jack Bandeira, Mark Stanley, Mollie Winnard, Oliver Huntingdon, Rhys Connah, Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, Susan Lynch

‘The Seeding’ Is Gorgeous, But Predictable [Tribeca Review]

June 12, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Who doesn’t love a movie that begins with a child wandering in the desert, eating a human finger?

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Tribeca Tagged With: barnaby clay, Kate Lyn Sheil, Scott Haze, the seeding

‘You’ll Never Find Me’ Is A Twisty Puzzle Film [Tribeca Review]

June 10, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Puzzle films are always fascinating – and challenging – films to review.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Tribeca Tagged With: Brendan Rock, Duncan Campbell, Indianna Bell, Jordan Cowan, Josiah Allen

‘Bad Things’ Is More Than Just a Homage to ‘The Shining’ [Tribeca Review]

June 9, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman in a yellow shirt

The last time Stewart Thorndike made a horror film, it was 2014’s Lyle, a lesbian take on Rosemary’s Baby. That’s a reductive description since the film is much more than an extended homage, but the log line certainly makes it an easy sell for genre fans. 

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Queer, Tribeca Tagged With: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Jared Abrahamson, LGBT, LGBTQ, Queer Horror, Rad Pereira, Stewart Thorndike

A Tense Conversation Is The Centerpiece of ‘Happy Valley’ S03E03 [TV Review]

June 5, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

The epic confrontation between sisters Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) and Clare (Siobhan Finneran) teased in last week‘s episode has finally arrived and…it’s brutal.

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Filed Under: Happy Valley, TV Tagged With: Amit Shah, Charlie Murphy, Jack Bandeira, James Norton, Oliver Huntingdon, Patrick Hawkins, Sally Wainwright, Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran

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

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> Bloody Disgusting
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> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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