The curated portfolio of film journalist 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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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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After seven (long) years, writer/creator Sally Wainwright brings back her acclaimed UK police drama, Happy Valley.
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Each week Joe and Terry discuss the most recent episodes of Apple TV’s Silo, alternating between our respective sites.
Spoilers follow for Episode 4, “Truth.”
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An unexpectedly moving finale brings the story full circle as Simone (Betty Gilpin)’s quest – and Mrs. Davis – comes to an end.
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A slight episode tees up the finale of limited series Mrs. Davis as the show sends Simone (Betty Gilpin) into the belly of the beast.
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Each week Joe and Terry discuss the most recent episodes of Apple TV’s Silo, alternating between our respective sites.
Spoilers follow for episode 1 “Freedom Day” and episode 2 “Holston’s Pick”.
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Expect mommy issues, hall passes and grief discussions aplenty in an episode that sets up the season one (series?) finale.
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The Black Demon opens with a scroll outlining its mythical namesake, suggesting that the film is more than a simple creature feature.
It’s…not.
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Mrs. Davis returns with “A Great Place To Drink To Control Your Drink” – which deprioritizes the central characters in order to spin a yard with surprising emotional complexity.
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