• About
  • End of Year ‘Best Of’ Lists
    • ‘Best Film’ Lists
      • Film – 2017
      • Film – 2016
      • Film – 2015
      • Film – 2014
      • Film – 2013
      • Film – 2012
      • Film – 2011
    • ‘Best TV’ Lists
      • TV – 2017
      • TV – 2016
      • TV – 2015
      • TV – 2014
      • TV – 2013
      • TV – 2012
      • TV – 2011
  • Archived TV Recaps & Reviews
    • Canadian TV
      • Being Erica
      • Between
      • Bitten
      • Lost Girl
      • Orphan Black

Queer.Horror.Movies

The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett

  • Queer
    • Horror Queers
    • Inside/Out Film Festival
    • Queer TV
      • American Horror Story
      • In The Flesh
      • Lost Girl
      • Pose
      • Sense8
      • Transparent
  • Horror
    • He Said/She Said
    • Horror Film Festival Coverage
      • Boston Underground Film Festival
      • Fantasia Film Festival
      • Hexploitation Film Festival
      • Horror-on-Sea
      • MidWest Weirdfest
      • Spring of Horror
      • Toronto After Dark
    • Horror Film Reviews
      • He Said/She Said Film Reviews
    • Horror TV
      • American Horror Story
      • Ash vs Evil Dead
      • Into The Dark
      • iZombie
      • Kingdom
      • Penny Dreadful
      • Scream
      • The Outsider
    • Horror Writing For External Websites
  • Movies
    • Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast
    • Film Reviews
      • Christmas Films
    • Film Festivals
      • Toronto International Film Festival
  • Podcasts
    • Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast
    • Horror Queers
    • XOXO Horror Podcast
    • Guest Appearances
  • Live Appearances

‘Pretty Little Liars’ Hits A Soft Reset for S02: ‘Summer School’ [Review]

May 9, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

After a somewhat satisfying, albeit uneven first season of teen slasher antics, Max’s Pretty Little Liars reboot (revamp?) returns for a second season: Summer School.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Pretty Little Liars, TV Tagged With: Alex Aiono, Annabeth Gish, Antonio Cipriano, Ava Capri, Bailee Madison, Ben Cook, Chandler Kinney, Charlie McElveen, Elias Kacavas, hbo max, Jordan Gonzalez, Maia Reficco, Malia Pyles, Mallory Bechtel, max, Noah Alexander Gerry, Zaria

‘The Fall Guy’ Is A Delightful Ode to Stuntmen [Review]

May 3, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) in a white tank top and sunglasses, leaning against a wall

It’s no secret that The Fall Guy, the new film from director – and former stuntman – David Leitch (Bullet Train) is campaigning hard for the Oscars to introduce an award for stunt performers.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, David Leitch, Drew Pearce, Emily Blunt, Hannah Waddingham, ryan gosling, Stephanie Hsu, Teresa Palmer, Winston Duke

Tennis Is Sex in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ [Review]

April 25, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Let’s get this out of the way immediately: Challengers is hot.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Movies Tagged With: Atticus Ross, josh o'connor, Justin Kuritzkes, Luca Guadagnino, mike faist, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Trent Reznor, zendaya

‘Civil War’ Explores The Dehumanizing Effects of Violence [Review]

April 11, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

Lee Smith (Kirsten Dunst) lit by headlights in orange light

Writer/director Alex Garland returns for his fourth feature, Civil War, which focuses on American journalists caught in the middle of a domestic war.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Alex Garland, Cailee Spaeny, Civil War, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Wagner Moura

‘Monkey Man’ Delivers Visceral Action and Familiar Plot [Review]

April 6, 2024 by Joe Lipsett

A tank top wearing man wearing a monkey mask poses against boxing rings

Dev Patel comes out swinging with his directorial debut, Monkey Man (2024).

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: Ashwini Kalsekar, Blumhouse, Dev Patel, Makarand Deshpande, monkey man, Pitobash, Sharlto Copley, Sikandar Kher, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vipin Sharma

‘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.

[Read more…]

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?

[Read more…]

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.

[Read more…]

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

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • 269
  • Next Page »

The 411 on me

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

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
> /Film
> Consequence
> The Spool
> Anatomy of a Scream
> Grim Journal
> That Shelf

Podcasts:
> Horror Queers
> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

Recent Posts

  • ‘Materialists’ Interrogates The Cost of Love [Review]
  • Serial Killer Meets Sharks in Sean Byrne’s ‘Dangerous Animals’ [Review]
  • 4K Review: ‘What Lies Beneath’ (2000)

Copyright © 2025 · Metro Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in