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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Delivers The Spectacle [Review]

December 16, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A group of tall blue people in loincloths argue

13 years after delivering the highest grossing film of all time, James Cameron is back with the sequel to Avatar, entitled The Way of Water. Is there still life (and money) to be found on Pandora?

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: avatar, Bailey Bass, Brendan Cowell, Britain Dalton, Edie Falco, Jack Champion, james cameron, Jemaine Clement, Kate Winslet, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldaña

‘Spoiler Alert’ Will Make You Cry [Review]

December 7, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

Two men pose for a picture in front of a christmas tree

A beautifully rendered gay love story that tugs on both the heartstrings, as well as your funny bone, to ensure that smiles and waterworks flow by the credits? Why it might just be a Christmas miracle…

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: ben aldridge, Bob Irwin, Dan Savage, David Marshall Grant, jim parsons, michael ausiello, Michael Showalter, sally field, spoiler alert, Tara Summers, tv line

Disney’s ‘Willow’ Struggles to Chart Its Own Path [TV Review]

November 30, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

Warwick Davis as Willow, holding a walking stick in the forest

It’s not every day that an iconic (cult) 1988 fantasy film gets a Disney+ sequel series…

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Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Amar Chadha-Patel, Dempsey Bryk, Disney, Ellie Bamber, Erin Kellyman, George Lucas, Joanne Whalley, Jonathan Kasdan, Ralph Ineson, Ruby Cruz, tony revolori, Val Kilmer, Warwick Davis, Willow

[Review] ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Best When It’s About Grief

November 11, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A group of Wakandas sit around a throne

There’s a burning question at the center of the latest MCU entry, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: how to move forward without T’Challa / Chadwick Boseman?

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Angela Bassett, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Dominique Thorne, Joe Robert Cole, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lake Bell, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler, Tenoch Huerta, Winston Duke

[Blu Review] Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Is A Spectacle

October 27, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A man (Steven Yuen) standing next to a horse in a glass cage in the desert

Jordan Peele‘s third feature is an ode to spectacle, the fleeting fame of Hollywood and the POC who are churned up and forgotten by the system like Jean Jacket’s victims.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: brandon perea, daniel kaluuya, Jacob Kim, Jordan Peele, Keke Palmer, Michael Wincott, nope movie, Steven Yuen, Terry Notary

[Blu Review] ‘Bullet Train’ Offers Relentless, Interminable Action

October 25, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

Brad Pitt wearing a hat on a bisexual-lit train

With Brad Pitt‘s latest Bullet Train now available on 4K, Blu and DVD, let’s take a look at director (and former Pitt stuntman) David Leitch‘s action film.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Movies Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Andrew Koji, Bad Bunny, Brad Pitt, Brian Tyree Henry, Channing Tatum, David Leitch, Joey King, Karen Fukuhara, Logan Lerman, Masi Oka, Michael Shannon, Sandra Bullock, Zazie Beetz

Review: Jan Grows Defiant as ‘A Friend of the Family’ Jumps Ahead

October 13, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

Mckenna Grace as 13 year old Jan Broberg, sitting on the front doorstep

Phase one of the Broberg saga concludes as A Friend of the Family initiates a time jump.

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Filed Under: A Friend of the Family Tagged With: Anna Paquin, Austin Stowell, Bree Elrod, Colin Hanks, Hendrix Yancey, jake lacy, Mckenna Grace, Nick Antosca, peacock

Preview: Soho Horror Film Festival 2022

October 11, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

Running from November 11-13 in Brixton, London (in-person) and November 17-20 (virtual), Soho Horror Film Festival returns for its largest, most diverse and transgressive lineup to date.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, Queer, Soho Horror Film Festival Tagged With: film festival, Queer Horror, soho fest 2022, soho horror film festival

Review: Preying on the Broberg Family in Episodes 1-4 of Nick Antosca’s ‘A Friend of the Family’

October 6, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A man (l) and a pre-teen girl (r) eat ice cream on the hood of a car

Arguably one of the most bizarre true crime kidnapping stories ever told has been adapted by Nick Antosca into a Peacock limited series, A Friend of the Family.

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Filed Under: A Friend of the Family, TV Tagged With: Anna Paquin, Austin Stowell, Bree Elrod, Colin Hanks, Hendrix Yancey, jake lacy, Lio Tipton, Nick Antosca, Patrick Fischler, peacock, Philip Ettinger

Review: ‘Bros’ Is A Delightful Gay Rom Com

September 30, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A shirtless Luke Macfarlane perches over a seat Billy Eichner

Although it’s debatable whether Bros is the first – or just the latest – wide release mainstream gay rom-com, the Billy Eichner film certainly has mass appeal as a genuine crowd-pleaser.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Billy Eichner, Bowen Yang, Debra Messing, Dot Marie Jones, Eve Lindley, Jim Rasch, Luke Macfarlane, Miss Lawrence, Nicholas Stoller, Ts Madison

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

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