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Review: Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

December 16, 2025 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

James Cameron returns with his third Avatar film, subtitled Fire and Ash, which acts as a direct sequel to The Way of Water (for better and worst).

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Movies Tagged With: avatar, david thewlis, Giovanni Ribisi, Jack Champion, james cameron, Oona Chaplin, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldaña

‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ Episode 8 Review

December 15, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

With the end (of S01) of IT: Welcome to Derry, another threat by Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) has been successfully thwarted. 

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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Andy Muschietti, Bill Skarsgård, Chris Chalke, IT: Welcome to Derry, Jason Fuchs, Joshua Odjick, Kimberly Guerrero, Madeleine Stowe, pennywise, Sophia Lillis

Review: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Episode 4

December 12, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) are back front and center in another time-spanning episode of Heated Rivalry.

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Filed Under: Heated Rivalry, TV Tagged With: Calan Potter, Christina Chang, Connor Storrie, crave, Dylan Walsh, HBO, Heated Rivalry, Hudson Williams, jacob tierney, Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova, Rachel Reid, Sophie Nelisse

Blu Review: Beast of War (2025)

December 9, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Shark movies are a dime a dozen, so when one comes around that actually works, it’s worth celebrating. That would be Aussie horror film Beast of War (2025), which despite a certain amount of narrative familiarity and tropey characters, still manages to impress, in large part because the shark in question is animatronic and it looks freaking amazing.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Joel Nankervis, Kiah Roache-Turner, Mark Coles Smith, Sam Delich, shark, well go usa

‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 7 Review

December 7, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

IT: Welcome to Derry picks up where last week’s cliffhanger left off: it’s time for the notorious fire at the Black Spot.

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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, Andy Muschietti, Arian S. Cartaya, Bill Skarsgård, Blake Cameron James, Clara Stack, James Remar, Jovan Adepo, Kimberly Guerrero, Madeleine Stowe, Matilda Lawler, pennywise, Taylour Paige

Review: ‘Heated Rivalry’ Episode 3

December 5, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

A week after the Internet melted down over the two episode premiere of Heated Rivalry, the show makes the bold decision to sideline Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) to highlight the budding romance between another pair of men.

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Filed Under: Heated Rivalry, Queer TV Tagged With: Connor Storrie, François Arnaud, HBO, Heated Rivalry, Hudson Williams, Robbie G.K.

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The 411 on me

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

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> Bloody Disgusting
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> That Shelf

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> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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