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‘Heated Rivalry’ Review: Episodes 1 & 2

November 27, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Trot out a sexy sporting metaphor because the Internet’s favourite gay hockey show has finally arrived.

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Filed Under: Heated Rivalry, Queer TV, TV Tagged With: Christina Chang, Connor Storrie, crave, hbo max, Heated Rivalry, Hudson Williams, Rachel Reid

‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 5 Review

November 23, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

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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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, and Blake Cameron James, Arian S. Cartaya, Bill Skarsgård, Chris Chalke, Clara Stack, HBO, IT: Welcome to Derry, James Remar, Joshua Odjick, Jovan Adepo, Madeline Stowe, Miles Ekhardt, Stephen Rider, Taylour Paige

‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 4 Review

November 16, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

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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Filed Under: IT: Welcome to Derry, TV Tagged With: Amanda Christine, Blake Cameron James, Chris Chalke, James Remar, Joshua Odjick, Jovan Adepo, Kimberly Norris Guerrero, Stephen Rider, Taylour Paige, welcome to derry

‘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

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

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> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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