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‘Before I Change My Mind’ Is A Quiet Gem [Review]

May 28, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

In the first scene of writer/director Trevor Anderson‘s feature debut, a new student arrives at school and refuses to sit on either the “girl” side or the “boy” side of a PE sex education class.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Inside/Out Film Festival, Queer Film Reviews Tagged With: Dominic Lippa, Fish Griwkowsky, Joshua Carter, Kaitlyn Haugen, Lacey Oake, Matthew Rankin, Milana Bochinska, Rohan Khare, Trevor Anderson, Vaughan Murrae

‘Runs In The Family’ Is A Delightful Father/Son Road Trip Movie [Review]

May 26, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

With a log line like “An Indian father takes his transgender son on a road trip across South Africa to rescue his son’s long-lost mother from a rehab clinic”, Runs in the Family already sounds like a good time.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Inside/Out Film Festival, Queer Film Reviews Tagged With: Ace Bhatti, Diaan Lawrenson, Earl Gregory, Gabe Gabriel

‘Golden Delicious’ Is A Busy, Albeit Charming, Coming Out Story

May 25, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Coming out stories are a common feature of LGBT cinema, so it’s hard to make a contemporary film stand out. Golden Delicious, the feature film debut from director Jason Karman and screenwriter Gorrman Lee, doesn’t do much to shake up the formula, though it has enough charm and emotion to satisfy. 

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Frameline LGBT Film Festival, Inside/Out Film Festival, Queer Film Reviews Tagged With: Cardi Wong, Chris Carson, Claudia Kai, Gorrman Lee, Hunter Dillon, Jason Karman, Jesse Hyde, Leeah Wong, Parmiss Sehat, Ryan Mah, Zavien Garrett

‘Ghosted’ Is A Tired Action Rom Com Stereotype [Review]

April 21, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Chris Evans (L) in a grey t-shirt walks next to Ana de Armas (R) in a black jumpsuit

What do you get when you combine star power, stunts, romance, and an Apple TV+ budget?

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: adrien brody, Amy Sedaris, Ana de Armas, Apple TV, chris evans, Dexter Fletcher, Lizze Broadway, marwan kenzari, mike moh, Tate Donovan

‘How To Blow Up A Pipeline’ is an Essential, Timely, and Incendiary Tour de Force [Review]

April 5, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

There’s an economy of storytelling to How To Blow Up a Pipeline, which wastes no time jumping right into the meat of the story.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Ariela Barer, Daniel Goldhaber, Forrest Goodluck, Jake Weary, Jayme Lawson, Jordan Sjol, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Marcus Schribner, Sasha Lane

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Exists To Introduce A Familiar Villain [Review]

February 17, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

The MCU enters Phase 5 with Peyton Reed‘s trilogy-capper Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which (re)introduces the main villain/ongoing threat for the next batch of films.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Ant-Man, Evangeline Lily, Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, Marvel, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Peyton Reed

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The 411 on me

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

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

Recent Posts

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