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‘Watcher’ Is A Beautiful, But Predictable Thriller [Sundance Review]

January 23, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman stares throw a wrought iron gate

A woman-in-danger thriller set in a foreign locale? This is catnip!

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Burn Gorman, Chloe Okuno, Karl Glusman, Maika Monroe, Zack Ford

Riley Stearns’ ‘Dual’ Is A Dark, Wry Cloning Satire [Sundance Review]

January 23, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A red headed woman sits facing her double in a tight enclosed room

What would you do if you had to fight your double to the death in order to survive? That’s the intriguing, albeit deceptive, logline of writer/director Riley Stearns‘ latest film.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Aaron Paul, Karen Gillan, Riley Stearns, Sundance Film Festival, Theo James

[TIFF Review] ‘A Banquet’ Is A Captivating Domestic Horror Film

September 13, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

A woman holds down a teenage girl in bed

Ruth Paxton has created a domestic nightmare based around grating sensory experiences.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Toronto International Film Festival Tagged With: Jessica Alexander, Kaine Zajaz, Lindsay Duncan, Ruby Stokes, Ruth Paxton, Sienna Guillory

Adrien Brody’s ‘Clean’ is no ‘John Wick’ [Tribeca Review]

June 23, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

What happens when you take the race and class politics of a 70s & 80s Charles Bronson revenge thriller and cross it with a touch of John Wick? You get Paul Solet’s Clean.

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Filed Under: Tribeca Tagged With: adrien brody, clean, Glenn Fleshler, Mykelti Williamson, paul solet, rza, tribeca 2021

‘My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To’ [Tribeca Review]

June 21, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

The opening of My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To perfectly sets the stage for the nightmare to come.

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Filed Under: Tribeca Tagged With: Ingrid Sophie Schram, Jonathan Cuartas, Owen Campbell, Patrick Fugit, tribeca 2021

Solving ‘Ultrasound’s Puzzle is Half the Fun [Tribeca Review]

June 18, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

Ultrasound throws its audience into the deep end with a triptych of stories that are destined to cross paths.

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Filed Under: Tribeca Tagged With: Breeda Wool, Chelsea Lopez, Conor Stechschulte, Rob Schroeder, ultrasound, Vincent Kartheiser

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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
> /Film
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> Anatomy of a Scream
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> That Shelf

Podcasts:
> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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