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‘Freakier Friday’ Review – Fewer Laughs, Same Big Heart

August 7, 2025 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

The 2003 remake of Mary Rodger’s 1972 YA novel Freaky Friday was an unparalleled success. How does its new 2025 sequel fare?

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Chad Michael Murray, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jordan Weiss, Julia Butters, lindsay lohan, Lucille Soong, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, manny jacinto, mark harmon, Nisha Ganatra, Rosalind Chao, Sophia Hammons, Vanessa Bayer

‘Materialists’ Interrogates The Cost of Love [Review]

June 11, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

After delivering one of the single best love films of the last decade (Past Lives), expectations are high for Celine Song‘s sophomore directorial effort.

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Marvel’s Thunderbolts* Brings Surprising Depth to the Superhero Genre [Review]

April 30, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

After a few years of (slightly) diminishing returns – in terms of both box office and audience satisfaction – Marvel’s latest entry, Thunderbolts* looks to turn the tide.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: David Harbour, florence pugh, Geraldine Viswanathan, hannah john-kamen, Jake Schreier, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Marvel, Sebastian Stan, the new avengers, thunderbolts, wyatt russell

Jack Quaid Enters His Action Era with ‘Novocaine’ [Review]

March 13, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

A brown haired man in a leather jacket points a gun directly at the camera

Jack Quaid has made a name for himself playing mild-mannered, slightly geeky characters in a number of texts (The Boys, 2022’s Scream and even this year’s Companion), so it should come as no surprise that he handily anchors action movie Novocaine playing…a mild-mannered, slightly geeky assistant bank manager.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Amber Midthunder, Betty Gabriel, Dan Berk, Jack Quaid, jacob batalon, Matt Walsh, Ray Nicholson, Robert Olsen

‘Werewolves’ Is Fun When It Stops Being Serious [Review]

December 5, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

A werewolf howling to the left, with a yellow stoplight behind

A super moon turns people into wolves for one night only in director Steven C. Miller‘s horror action film.

Yes, folks “it’s werewolves meets The Purge.”

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Horror, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Frank Grillo, Ilfenesh Hadera, Kamdynn Gary, Katrina Law, Lou Diamond Phillips

‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Is Dumb, Silly Fun [Review]

October 24, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

At what point does a bad film become good? It is possible to acknowledge that a narrative barely makes any sense, yet still find it enjoyable? If Tom Hardy dresses in a tuxedo, does that automatically put him in contention to be James Bond?

These are the questions that one thinks while watching Venom: The Last Dance (aka Venom 3)

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Movies Tagged With: andy serkis, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Kelly Marcel, Rhys Ifan, Stephen Graham, tom hardy, venom

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

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