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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 3 Review

November 10, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Three kids on bikes in a cemetery at night

IT: Welcome to Derry delivers a “get the gang together” episode for its third installment.

Spoilers ahead…

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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, Arian S. Cartaya, Blake Cameron James, Chris Chalk, Clara Stack, IT, Jovan Adepo, Taylour Paige, welcome to derry

‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ Episode 2 Review

October 31, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

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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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, Blake Cameron James, Chris Chalk, Clara Stack, James Remar, Jovan Adepo, Kimberly Guerrero, Peter Outerbridge, Stephen Rider, Taylour Paige

‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ Episode 1 Review

October 26, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Four pre-teens sit and stand in a dark movie theater

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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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, Andy Muschietti, Chris Chalk, Clara Stack, IT, Jack Molloy, Jason Fuchs, Jovan Adepo, Mathilda Lawler, Mikkal Karim-Fidler, pennywise, stephen king, welcome to derry

40+ Things Learned From Rob Zombie’s Audio Commentary on ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ 4K SteelBook

October 24, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

After debuting his feature film debut, House of 1000 Corpses in 2003, Rob Zombie delivered his follow-up, featuring the continuing adventures of the Firefly family, in 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects.

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Filed Under: Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Bill Moseley, E.G. Daily, house of 1000 corpses, ken foree, Leslie Easterbrook, Matthew McGrory, P.J. Soles, rob zombie, Rosario Dawson, Sheri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig, the devil's rejects, tyler mane, William Forsythe

‘This Is Not A Test’ Review – Adam McDonald’s Zombie Film Is Stuck in the Past [TADFF]

October 20, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Writer/director Adam McDonald is back with a new zombie film, This Is Not A Test (2025).

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Filed Under: Horror Film Festival Coverage, Horror Film Reviews, Toronto After Dark Tagged With: Adam McDonald, canadian horror, Carson McCormac, Chloe Avakian, Corteon Moore, Courtney Summers, froy gutierrez, Joelle Farrow, Luke Macfarlane, olivia hoult, zombie, Zombies

Roofman (2025) Review – A True Crime Crowd Pleaser

October 9, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

A man in a white t-shirt sits at a table in front of a partially obscured Toys "R" Us mural, drinking water from a coffee carafe

There’s an easy going charm to Roofman, the true crime film based on the real life exploits of Jeffrey Manchester.

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Toronto International Film Festival Tagged With: Channing Tatum, Derek Cianfrance, Jeffrey Manchester, Kirsten Dunst, Kirt Gunn, LaKeith Stanfield, Molly Price, Peter Dinklage, Roofman, tony revolori, true crime

4K SteelBook Review: ‘Daybreakers’ (2009)

September 21, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Unorthodox vampire film Daybreakers gets its day in the sun with a brand new 4K SteelBook release from Lionsgate.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Claudia Karvan, daybreakers, ethan hawke, Michael Dorman, Sam Neill, SteelBook, the Spierig Brothers, vampires, Willem Dafoe

4K Review: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’

September 20, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman rapelling down a cliffside (r) as an angry flying dinosaur opens its beak at her

Gareth Edwards takes over the reins for Jurassic World Rebirth which brings Scarlett Johansson into the franchise.

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Filed Under: Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Audrina Miranda, David Koepp, Ed Skrein, Gareth Edwards, Jonathan Bailey, Jurassic World Rebirth, Luna Blaise, Mahershala Ali, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Philippine Velge, Rupert Friend, scarlett johansson

Cons and Heists of TIFF 2025: ‘Tuner,’ ‘Fuze,’ ‘Carolina Caroline,’ ‘Little Lorraine’

September 13, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

One of the common narrative tropes that turned up at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival were films centered around con artists and heists. 

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Filed Under: Film Reviews, Toronto International Film Festival Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Adam Carter Rehmeier, andy hines, auden thorton, Daniel Roher, David McKenzie, dustin hoffman, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Havana Rose Liu, j balvin, Jon Gries, joshua close, Kyle Gallner, Kyra Sedgwick, leo woodall, rhys darby, Sam Worthington, Samara Weaving, Stephen Amell, Stephen McHattie, Steve Lund, Theo James

4K Steelbook Review: ‘Clown In A Cornfield’ (2025)

September 8, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Earlier this year, Eli Craig‘s adaptation of Adam Cesare‘s bestselling YA novel, Clown In A Cornfield was finally released. Now it’s available to own on 4K.

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Filed Under: Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: adam cesare, Alexandre Martin Deakin, Austin Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Carter Blanchard, Eli Craig, Katie Douglas, slasher, Will Sasso

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

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