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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Is An Exhaustive Homage To The Games [Review]

June 13, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

After thirty years, countless games, and even a few films, Mario and Luigi get the animated Hollywood treatment with The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023).

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Aaron Horvath, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Chris Pratt, Fred Armisen, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Matthew Fogel, Nintendo, Seth Rogen

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 Seeding’ Is Gorgeous, But Predictable [Tribeca Review]

June 12, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Who doesn’t love a movie that begins with a child wandering in the desert, eating a human finger?

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Tribeca Tagged With: barnaby clay, Kate Lyn Sheil, Scott Haze, the seeding

‘You’ll Never Find Me’ Is A Twisty Puzzle Film [Tribeca Review]

June 10, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Puzzle films are always fascinating – and challenging – films to review.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Tribeca Tagged With: Brendan Rock, Duncan Campbell, Indianna Bell, Jordan Cowan, Josiah Allen

‘Bad Things’ Is More Than Just a Homage to ‘The Shining’ [Tribeca Review]

June 9, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman in a yellow shirt

The last time Stewart Thorndike made a horror film, it was 2014’s Lyle, a lesbian take on Rosemary’s Baby. That’s a reductive description since the film is much more than an extended homage, but the log line certainly makes it an easy sell for genre fans. 

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Queer, Tribeca Tagged With: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Jared Abrahamson, LGBT, LGBTQ, Queer Horror, Rad Pereira, Stewart Thorndike

A Tense Conversation Is The Centerpiece of ‘Happy Valley’ S03E03 [TV Review]

June 5, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

The epic confrontation between sisters Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) and Clare (Siobhan Finneran) teased in last week‘s episode has finally arrived and…it’s brutal.

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Filed Under: Happy Valley, TV Tagged With: Amit Shah, Charlie Murphy, Jack Bandeira, James Norton, Oliver Huntingdon, Patrick Hawkins, Sally Wainwright, Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran

“The Relic” Exposes Juliette’s Emotional Side [TV Review w/ Gayly Dreadful]

June 2, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Each week Joe and Terry discuss the most recent episodes of Apple TV’s Silo, alternating between our respective sites. 

Spoilers follow for Episode 6, “The Relic”.

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Filed Under: Reviews w/ Gayly Dreadful, Silo, TV Tagged With: Apple TV, Chinaza Uche, Common, Ferdinand Kingsley, Harriet Walter, Rebecca Ferguson, Rick Gomez, Sonita Henry, Tanya Moodie, Tim Robbins

‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Is A Triumph [Review]

June 1, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A visual development image featuring Pavitr Prabhakar, aka Spider-Man India, Gwen Stacy and Miles Morales fighting The Spot in the city of Mumbattan on Earth-50101 - a kaleidoscopic hybrid of Mumbai and Manhattan

Accusations that superhero movies are derivative, unoriginal, or uninspired are firmly quashed with the release of Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson‘s Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Brian Tyree Henry, Christopher Miller, daniel kaluuya, David Callaham, Hailee Steinfeld, Issa Rae, Jason Schwartzman, Karan Soni, Luna Lauren Vélez, oscar isaac, Phil Lord, Shameik Moore, Shea Whigham

‘Happy Valley’ S03E02 Sets The Stage For An Epic Showdown [TV Review]

May 29, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

After a busy (re)introduction to the world of Halifax and Sgt Catherine Cawood (Sarah Lancashire) last week, Happy Valley continues to lay out the foundation for the series to come, including one epic cliffhanger.

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Filed Under: Happy Valley, TV Tagged With: Amit Shah, Con O’Neill, Derek Riddell, James Norton, Mark Stanley, Mollie Winnard, Rhys Connah, Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, Susan Lynch

‘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

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The 411 on me

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

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
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> The Spool
> Anatomy of a Scream
> Grim Journal
> That Shelf

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

Recent Posts

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