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Tommy Lee Royce Makes A Bold, Exciting Escape on ‘Happy Valley’ [Review]

June 13, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

It was inevitable that Happy Valley would pit Sgt. Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) against convicted felon Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton), but who knew that the set-up would be so dramatic?

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Filed Under: Happy Valley, TV, TV Review Tagged With: Alec Secareanu, Amit Shah, Charlie Murphy, Con O’Neill, Derek Riddell, Jack Bandeira, Mark Stanley, Mollie Winnard, Oliver Huntingdon, Rhys Connah, Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, Susan Lynch

The Surprising Sweetness at the Center of Amazon Freevee’s Prank Docuseries ‘Jury Duty’ [TV Review]

April 3, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

There’s a finite number of reality TV premises, most of which have been thoroughly explored. While Jury Duty, Amazon Freevee’s new series, isn’t exactly breaking the mold, the comedy – which hails from the producers of The Office –feels like a slightly fresh take on a familiar idea.

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Filed Under: TV, TV Review Tagged With: Amazon, freevee, James Marsden, jury duty, reality tv

‘Wolf Pack’ Features Pretty People and Shallow Storylines [TV Review]

January 26, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Sarah Michelle Gellar enters a hospital in blue lighting

Is the new werewolf series from the team behind Teen Wolf, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, worth howling about?

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Filed Under: Queer TV, Teen Wolf, TV Review Tagged With: Armani Jackson, Bella Shepard, Chloe Rose Robertson, Edo van Belkom, James Martinez, Jeff Davis, MTV, paramount+, Rodrigo Santoro, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tyler Lawrence Gray

High Concept Series ‘Extraordinary’ Serves Up Safe and Familiar Comedy [Review]

January 25, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A red headed woman looking confused

What would you do if everyone in the world had a superpower except you? That’s the premise of Hulu’s new comedy series Extraordinary.

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Filed Under: TV, TV Review Tagged With: Bilal Hasna, Disney, Emma Moran, Hulu, Luke Rollason, Máiréad Tyers, Ned Porteous, Safia Oakley-Green, Siobhan McSweeney, Sofia Oxenham

Review: Alan Gains A Second Patient In A Tense Episode Of ‘The Patient’

September 13, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A bearded man (Steve Carell) in dark close-up

Dr. Alan Strauss (Steve Carell) has his work cut out for him as he tries to distract a serial killer while keeping a second hostage calm on the latest episode of ‘The Patient.’

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Filed Under: The Patient, TV, TV Review Tagged With: Alex Rich, Andrew Leeds, Cassandra Relynn, Disney, Domhnall Gleeson, Hulu, Laura Niemi, Steve Carell, Tim Ransom

Review: Complications Arise in ‘The Patient’ Episode 3, “Issues”

September 6, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A young man (L) and a woman (R) sit facing a man (we see only the back of his head)

The mysterious person upstairs is revealed in an episode of Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg’s ‘The Patient’ that quickly escalates the proceedings above the pedestrian.

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Filed Under: The Patient, TV, TV Review Tagged With: Andrew Leeds, Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Laura Niemi, Linda Emond, Renata Friedman, Steve Carell

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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

  • ‘Materialists’ Interrogates The Cost of Love [Review]
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