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Archives for February 2026

Review: The Pitt Season 02 Episode 8 “2:00 P.M.”

February 26, 2026 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

The Pitt goes analog under threat of a cyberattack and it looks…kinda like old school E.R.

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Filed Under: The Pitt, TV, TV - Current Coverage Tagged With: Fiona Dourif, Gerran Howell, hbo max, Irene Choi, Isa Briones, Katherine LaNasa, Kristin Villanueva, Lucas Iverson, Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball, Shabana Azeez, Shawn Hatosy, Taylor Dearden, The Pitt

Review: The Pitt Season 02 Episode 7 “1:00 P.M.”

February 19, 2026 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

The temperature is rising on The Pitt season two as a cool room is set up to combat the July 4th heat. But it’s a new patient storyline that propels the show to new heights.

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Filed Under: The Pitt, TV, TV - Current Coverage Tagged With: Brittany Allen, Fiona Dourif, Gerran Howell, hbo max, Isa Briones, Katherine LaNasa, Laetitia Hollard, Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball, Sepideh Moafi, Shabana Azeez, Shawn Hatosy, Supriya Ganesh, Tina Ivlev, Uta Briesewitz

[Film Review] Queer Religious Horror ‘Diabolic’ Has A Messy Story and Great FX

February 19, 2026 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

A new queer horror film about the trauma experienced by someone who escaped from the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS)? Yes please!

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Daniel J. Phillips, diabolic, Elizabeth Cullen, John Kim, Mia Challis, Mike Harding, Queer Horror, Ticia Madsen

Review: The Pitt Season 02 Episode 6 “12:00 P.M.”

February 13, 2026 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

Noah Wyle steps behind the camera to direct the first emotionally devastating episode of The Pitt‘s second season.

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Filed Under: The Pitt, TV, TV - Current Coverage Tagged With: Ernest Harden Jr, Fiona Dourif, Gerran Howell, hbo max, Isa Briones, Katherine LaNasa, Laetitia Hollard, Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball, Sepideh Moafi, Shabana Azeez, The Pitt

Review: The Pitt Season 02 Episode 5 “11:00 A.M.”

February 6, 2026 by Joe Lipsett

As The Pitt hits the 1/3 mark of its second season, the show continues to plant the seeds of disaster.

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Filed Under: The Pitt, TV Tagged With: Ernest Harden Jr, Gerran Howell, Irene Choi, Isa Briones, John Lee Ames, Katherine LaNasa, Lucas Iverson, Meta Golding, Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball, Sepideh Moafi, Taylor Dearden, The Pitt

Genres Collide in Charli XCX’s ‘The Moment’ [Review]

February 5, 2026 by Joe Lipsett

You don’t need to know who Charli XCX is in order to understand The Moment. While there are undoubtedly Easter Eggs hidden in the film for devoted fans of the singer’s work, the genre mash-up still works reasonably well as a standalone text.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Aidan Zamiri, Alexander Skarsgård, Bertie Brandes, Charli XCX, Jamie Demetriou, Kylie Jenner, Rachel Sennott, Rosanna Arquette, the moment

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