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Archives for July 2023

Episode 3 of HBO’s ‘Last Call’ Is Busy, But Brimming with Humanity [Review w/ Gayly Dreadful]

July 25, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Each week, Terry and Joe discuss HBO’s true-crime docuseries Last Call. 

Spoilers follow for Episode 3…

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Filed Under: Queer TV, Reviews w/ Gayly Dreadful Tagged With: Anthony Caronna, Bea Hanson, HBO, Howard Gertler, last call, Matt Foreman

Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ Is A Bland, No Fun Ride [Review]

July 25, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, LaKeith Stanfield, and Owen Wilson

Twenty years after Eddie Murphy brought the Disney attraction to life, LaKeith Stanfield takes the reins as the star of Haunted Mansion, a new take on an old story that feels both stale and forgettable right out of the gate.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Danny DeVito, Disney, Haunted Mansion, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto, Justin Simien, LaKeith Stanfield, Own Wilson, Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish

‘Oppenheimer’ Is A Visual Spectacle [Review]

July 21, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

There comes a point in Oppenheimer where audiences may just wonder: is there a single white male actor working in Hollywood that isn’t in this movie?!

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Alden Ehrenreich, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dylan Arnold, Emily Blunt, florence pugh, Jason Clarke, Ludwig Göransson, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Tony Goldwyn

‘Barbie’ Is A Sharp, Funny, Feminist Blockbuster [Review]

July 19, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

It should surprise no one that Barbie, based on the famous Mattel doll, is a very funny and witty film.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Barbie, Connor Swindells, Emerald Fennell, Emma Mackey, Greta Gerwig, Kate McKinnon, Margot Robbie, Mattel, Michael Cera, Ncuti Gatwa, Noah Baumbach, Rhea Perlman, ryan gosling, Simu Liu

‘Last Call’ Episode 2 [Review w/ Gayly Dreadful]

July 17, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Each week, Terry and Joe discuss HBO’s true-crime docuseries Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York. 

Spoilers follow for Episode 2…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Queer TV, Reviews w/ Gayly Dreadful Tagged With: Anthony Caronna, Bea Hanson, Ceyenne, Howard Gertler, last call, Matt Foreman

‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ [Review]

July 12, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

It’s the beginning of the end as Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise debut Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Cary Elwes, Christopher McQuarrie, Esai Morales, Hayley Atwell, Henry Czerny, Mission: Impossible, Pom Klementieff, Rebecca Ferguson, Shea Whigham, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames

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

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