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Blu Review: ‘Barbie’

October 24, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

The year’s highest grossing film finally arrives on physical media.

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Filed Under: Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Hari Nef, Jacqueline Durran, Katie Spencer, Margot Robbie, ryan gosling, Sarah Greenwood

‘Bad Things’ Is More Than Just a Homage to ‘The Shining’ [Tribeca Review]

June 9, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman in a yellow shirt

The last time Stewart Thorndike made a horror film, it was 2014’s Lyle, a lesbian take on Rosemary’s Baby. That’s a reductive description since the film is much more than an extended homage, but the log line certainly makes it an easy sell for genre fans. 

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Queer, Tribeca Tagged With: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Jared Abrahamson, LGBT, LGBTQ, Queer Horror, Rad Pereira, Stewart Thorndike

Review: Transparent returns with sharp writing and lived-in performances

December 11, 2015 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Amazon

After more than a year, the Pfefferman clan returns for a new season with 2×01 ‘Kina Hora’. Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Transparent, TV, TV - Internet, TV Review Tagged With: Alex MacNicoll, Amazon, Amy Landecker, Bashir Naim, Gaby Hoffman, Hari Nef, Jay Duplass, Jeffrey Tambor, Jenny O'Hara, Judith Light, Kathryn Hahn, Kiersey Clemons, Melora Hardin, Season Premiere, Tig Notaro

The 411 on me

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

Words:
> Bloody Disgusting
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> 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)

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