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Review: Jan Grows Defiant as ‘A Friend of the Family’ Jumps Ahead

October 13, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

Mckenna Grace as 13 year old Jan Broberg, sitting on the front doorstep

Phase one of the Broberg saga concludes as A Friend of the Family initiates a time jump.

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Filed Under: A Friend of the Family Tagged With: Anna Paquin, Austin Stowell, Bree Elrod, Colin Hanks, Hendrix Yancey, jake lacy, Mckenna Grace, Nick Antosca, peacock

Review: Preying on the Broberg Family in Episodes 1-4 of Nick Antosca’s ‘A Friend of the Family’

October 6, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A man (l) and a pre-teen girl (r) eat ice cream on the hood of a car

Arguably one of the most bizarre true crime kidnapping stories ever told has been adapted by Nick Antosca into a Peacock limited series, A Friend of the Family.

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Filed Under: A Friend of the Family, TV Tagged With: Anna Paquin, Austin Stowell, Bree Elrod, Colin Hanks, Hendrix Yancey, jake lacy, Lio Tipton, Nick Antosca, Patrick Fischler, peacock, Philip Ettinger

Quick Take review – Fargo 1×10: ‘Morton’s Fork’

June 18, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of FX

The biggest surprise of the year, FX’s Fargo, comes to a bloody, climatic close.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Allison Tolman, Billy Bob Thorton, Bob Odenkirk, Colin Hanks, Fargo, FX, Keith Carradine, Martin Freeman, Series Finale

Quick Take review – Fargo 1×06: ‘Buridan’s Ass’

May 21, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of FX

As the show moves into the second half of the season, the darkest episode yet takes place in a white-out.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Allison Tolman, Billy Bob Thorton, Colin Hanks, Fargo, FX, Martin Freeman, Oliver Platt, Russell Harvard

Happy Endings recap – 2×16: ‘Cocktails and Dreams’

March 2, 2012 by yellowwait

Courtesy of ABC

Sex dreams can be fun, but when you dream about someone you know, you usually wake up feeling dirty and maybe a little curious. Last night’s episode of Happy Endings had a few of our friends experiencing some of those awkward situations involving Dave (Zachary Knighton). And it was all set to the awesomeness that is ‘Baker Street’ by Gerry Rafferty. How did the gang cope with these nightmares on Baker Street? Let’s dish. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Happy Endings, TV Tagged With: Adam Pally, Casey Wilson, Colin Hanks, Damon Wayans Jr., Elisha Cuthbert, Eliza Coupe, James Wolk, Zachary Knighton

The 411 on me

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

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> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

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