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‘Mary and George’ Gets Off to a Funny, Horny Start [Review w/ Gayly Dreadful]

April 3, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Mary (Julianne Moore) walks with her second son, George (Nicolas Galitzine)

Terry and Joe check out the premiere of Starz’s new historical sex comedy, Mary & George.

Spoilers follow for the first episode…

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Queer, Queer TV, TV Tagged With: crave, Dimitri Gripari, Julianne Moore, Khalil Ben Gharbia, Laurie Davidson, mary & george, Nicholas Galitzine, Sean Gilder, STARZ, Tony Curran

Korean Horror Film ‘Exhuma’ Is An Enthralling Supernatural Slasher Hybrid [Review]

March 31, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Kim Sang-duk (Choi Min-sik) crouches in front of a tombstone being read by Mr Ko (Yoo Hae-jin)

Writer/director Jae-hyun Jang‘s immensely popular Korean horror film, Exhuma, takes a relatively simple premise about a team of paranormal investigators and spins it into a tale about history and class.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Horror, Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Choi Min-sik, Jae-hyun Jang, Kim Go-eun, Kim Jae-cheol, korean, Lee Do-hyun, Yoo Hae-jin

‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ is Big, Dumb, Action Fun [Review]

March 28, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Following in the footsteps of its 2021 predecessor Godzilla vs Kong, the latest MonsterVerse film finds director Adam Wingard returning to helm yet another story about titans battling each other.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Movies Tagged With: Adam Wingard, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Fala Chen, Godzilla, Jeremy Slater, Kaylee Hottle, King Kong, Kong, Rachel House, Rebecca Hall, Simon Barrett, Terry Rossio

Blu Review: ‘Jennifer 8’ Is A Gorgeous “Woman In Danger” Thriller

January 29, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Berlin (Andy Garcia) stares at Helena (Uma Thurman)

There’s just something that hits different about a “woman in danger” film. Perhaps it’s the fact that the subgenre was once extremely popular in the early-to-mid 90s and is now basically an endangered species?

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Andy Garcia, Bruce Robinson, conrad hall, Graham Beckel, Kevin Conway, Lance Henriksen, thriller, Uma Thurman

‘Sebastian’ Continues the Storied Tradition of Sex Work in Queer Cinema [Sundance Review]

January 25, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

A close-up of Max (Ruaridh Mollica)'s face

Sex work and queer cinema have a long and storied history.

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Filed Under: Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Sundance Tagged With: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Jonathan Hyde, Leanne Best, LGBT, LGBTQ, Mikko Mäkelä, queer, Ruaridh Mollica

‘Mean Girls’ Goes Musical for 2024 [Review]

January 10, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Three girls sit in a classroom

Get in loser, Mean Girls is back…in musical form.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Angourie Rice, Arturo Perez Jr., Auliʻi Cravalho, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Busy Phillips, Christopher Briney, Jaquel Spivey, lindsay lohan, mean girls, musical, Samantha Jayne, Tim Meadows, Tina Fey

Another Time Jump Reduces ‘Fellow Travelers’ To CliffsNotes [TV Review w/ Gayly Dreadful]

December 8, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A black man leans against a wall in front of a police cruiser on fire

Each week Joe and Terry discuss the most recent episode of Showtime’s adaptation of Fellow Travelers, alternating between our respective sites. 

Spoilers follow for Episode 7 “White Nights”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Fellow Travelers, Reviews w/ Gayly Dreadful Tagged With: Allison Williams, Brittany Raymond, fellow travelers, Jelani Alladin, Jonathan Bailey, Jude Wilson, Matt Bomer, Noah J. Ricketts, Showtime

In “Promise You Won’t Write,” A Despicable Storyline Ruins Hawk [‘Fellow Travelers’ Review w/ Gayly Dreadful]

November 24, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Each week Joe and Terry discuss the most recent episode of Showtime’s adaptation of Fellow Travelers, alternating between our respective sites. 

Spoilers follow for Episode 5 “Promise You Won’t Write”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Fellow Travelers, Reviews w/ Gayly Dreadful, TV, TV - Current Coverage Tagged With: Allison Williams, Chris Bauer, Jelani Alladin, Jonathan Bailey, Linus Roache, Matt Bomer, Matt Visser, Mike Taylor, Noah J. Ricketts, Will Brill

Blu Review: ‘Saw X’

November 21, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A man (Isan Beomhyun Lee) is seated in a chair with long plastic tubes attached to his eyes

John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is back in a prequel that establishes his relationship with mentee Amanda (Shawnee Smith) to great effect.

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Filed Under: Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Anthony Stabley, Charlie Clouser, Josh Stolberg, Joshua Okamoto, Kevin Greutert, Nick Matthews, Octavio Hinojosa, Paulette Hernández, Peter Goldfinger, Renata Vaca, saw x, shawnee smith, Steven Brand, Synnøve Macody Lund, Tobin Bell

BITS Review: ‘Dark Visions’ Offers A Variety of Canadian Horrors

November 21, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A skull sitting in bloody snow next to the words "Blood in the Snow Film Festival"

Blood in the Snow, a film festival dedicated exclusively to Canadian horror, returns for another year of fresh terrors.

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Filed Under: Blood in the Snow, Horror Film Festival Coverage Tagged With: Blood In The Snow Film Festival, canadian horror, horror shorts, jean yoon, Julian Richings

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

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