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Review: ‘Bros’ Is A Delightful Gay Rom Com

September 30, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A shirtless Luke Macfarlane perches over a seat Billy Eichner

Although it’s debatable whether Bros is the first – or just the latest – wide release mainstream gay rom-com, the Billy Eichner film certainly has mass appeal as a genuine crowd-pleaser.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Billy Eichner, Bowen Yang, Debra Messing, Dot Marie Jones, Eve Lindley, Jim Rasch, Luke Macfarlane, Miss Lawrence, Nicholas Stoller, Ts Madison

David Cronenberg’s ‘Crimes of the Future’ [Blu Review]

September 26, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A woman in a white shirt examines a man in black on a reclining chair

After a long eight year absence, David Cronenberg finally debuted a new film in 2022: Crimes of the Future. Here’s a review of the film, now out on DVD, Blu and 4k.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: crimes of the future, David Cronenberg, Don McKellar, Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, Scott Speedman, Tassos Karahalios, Viggo Mortensen

TIFF Review: Kiersey Clemons Shines in True Crime Comedy ‘Susie Searches’

September 10, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A girl with braces and headphones smiling at the camera

A gentle comedic thriller in the spirit of Tragedy Girls, Susie Searches is a true crime tale of a socially awkward aspiring star that features a lot of wry commentary.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Toronto International Film Festival Tagged With: Alex Wolff, David Walton, Isaac Powell, Jim Gaffigan, Ken Marino, Kiersey Clemons, Lisa Tirone King, Rachel Sennott, Sophie Kargman, William Day Frank

Review: ‘Barbarian’ Delivers Scares and Gore

September 7, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A woman stares down a dark flight of stairs

A double-booked Air BnB is the inciting incident in Barbarian, a twisty thriller that delivers the scares and gore.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Bill Skarsgård, Georgina Campbell, Justin Long, Zach Cregger

Review: Netflix’s ‘The Gray Man’ Is A Paint By Numbers Action Flick

July 14, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A dark haired man (L) holds a blonde man (right) at gunpoint

There’s a moment in The Gray Man when an assassin, instructed to kill a sleeping Ryan Gosling, favours a knife instead of a gun because they’re on a plane. Naturally, anyone who watches movies knows that a) a gun will inevitably make an appearance and b) a hole will be shot in the side of the plane.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Alfre Woodard, Ana de Armas, anthony russo, Billy Bob Thornton, chris evans, joe russo, Netflix, ryan gosling

Katey Sagal Shines In Blumhouse’s Repetitive ‘Torn Hearts’ [Film Review]

May 20, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A brunette woman with a bloody cut on her right cheek

Ambition, insecurity and the fear of abandonment intersect in Torn Hearts, a new thriller from Blumhouse Television and EPIX set in the world of Nashville’s country music scene.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Abby Quinn, Alexxis Lemire, Blumhouse, brea grant, Epix, Joshua Leonard, Katey Sagal, Rachel Koller Croft, Shiloh Fernandez

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

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> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

Recent Posts

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