The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett
Shark movies are a dime a dozen, so when one comes around that actually works, it’s worth celebrating. That would be Aussie horror film Beast of War (2025), which despite a certain amount of narrative familiarity and tropey characters, still manages to impress, in large part because the shark in question is animatronic and it looks freaking amazing.
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IT: Welcome to Derry picks up where last week’s cliffhanger left off: it’s time for the notorious fire at the Black Spot.
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A week after the Internet melted down over the two episode premiere of Heated Rivalry, the show makes the bold decision to sideline Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) to highlight the budding romance between another pair of men.
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With only three episodes of IT: Welcome to Derry left, we get more backstory on Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Bill Skarsgård)…courtesy of his daughter?!
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Trot out a sexy sporting metaphor because the Internet’s favourite gay hockey show has finally arrived.
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Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) makes his debut on IT: Welcome to Derry in an episode that takes the action into the sewers below “Neibolt Street”.
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It’s another week in Derry and as the show inches towards the halfway point, it’s still mostly unclear where the narrative is heading.
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IT: Welcome to Derry delivers a “get the gang together” episode for its third installment.
Spoilers ahead…
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IT: Welcome to Derry is back for episode two, “The Thing in the Dark”, which basically takes the inferred racism from the premiere and makes it explicit. Spoilers follow…
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The IT prequel series has arrived on HBO, but before Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) makes his grand return, Welcome to Derry‘s first episode establishes its storytelling foundation and defies a few expectations. Spoilers follow…
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