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[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

‘Wildland’ is a Slow Burn Family Crime Drama [Film Review]

August 31, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

A woman sits on a couch with three men and a teen girl (far left)

Comparisons to filmmaker David Michôd’s Australian crime thriller Animal Kingdom are inevitable when discussing Danish director Jeanette Nordahl’s debut feature. Both films feature a matriarch with a powerful, manipulative grip over her crime syndicate family and both films explore how the familial empire ultimately crumbles.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Besir Zeciri, Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingeborg Topsøe, Jeanette Nordahl, Joachim Fjelstrup, Sandra Guldberg Kampp

‘Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings’ Is A Welcome Addition to the MCU [Review]

August 30, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) grips a baton in front of a temple

Phase 4 of Disney and the MCU continues with Shang-Chi and The Legends of the Ten Rings.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Awkwafina, Benedict Wong, Disney, Florian Munteanu, Marvel, Meng’er Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Simu Liu, Tony Leung, Yuen Wah

Netflix’s ‘He’s All That’ is Surprisingly Fun and Frivolous [Review]

August 27, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

She’s All That is an iconic late 90s YA text. So what happens when you remake it for Netflix for contemporary audiences?

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Isabella Crovetti, Kourtney Khardashian, Mark Waters, Matthew Lillard, Netflix, Netflix original, Peyton Meyer, R. Lee Fleming Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, remake, Tanner Buchannan, Tik Tok

‘Black Widow’ Is A Solid Mid-Tier Marvel Film [Review]

June 30, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

After a long delay, Disney’s Black Widow (and Phase 4 of the MCU) is finally ready to make its debut.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: black widow, Cate Shortland, David Harbour, Disney, Eric Pearson, florence pugh, Marvel, rachel weisz, Ray Winstone, scarlett johansson, William Hurt

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

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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

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

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