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‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Episode 5 Review

November 23, 2025 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 2 Review

October 31, 2025 by Joe Lipsett 1 Comment

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

Dexter review – 8×11: ‘Monkey In A Box’

September 16, 2013 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Showtime

It’s not easy reviewing a show that you’ve grown to hate. You try to remain objective, but often it becomes a case of “waiting to be disappointed.” For the greater part of ‘Monkey In A Box’ I hoped that Dexter would prove me wrong. Inevitably it didn’t.

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Filed Under: Dexter, TV Tagged With: Aimee Garcia, C.S. Lee, Darri Ingolfsson, David Zayas, Desmond Harrington, James Remar, Jennifer Carpenter, Kenny Johnson, Michael C. Hall, Sam Underwood, Sean Patrick Flannery, Showtime, Yvonne Strahovski

Dexter review – 8×07: ‘Dress Code’

August 12, 2013 by Joe Lipsett

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Dexter continues to plod towards its series finale. While ‘Dress Code’ is better than last week’s reboot, it’s still thuddingly obvious and unsatisfying.

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Filed Under: Dexter, TV Tagged With: Bethany Joy Lenz, C.S. Lee, Charlotte Rampling, David Zayas, Desmond Harrington, Dora Madison Burge, James Remar, Jennifer Carpenter, Michael C. Hall, Sam Underwood, Sean Patrick Flannery, Showtime, Yvonne Strahovski

Dexter review – 8×04: ‘Scar Tissue’

July 22, 2013 by Joe Lipsett

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After last week’s breakdown, Dexter (Michael C. Hall) enlists Dr. Vogel (Charlotte Rampling) to fix Deborah (Jennifer Carpenter) before it’s too late. The question is whether she’s already too far gone?

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Filed Under: Dexter, TV Tagged With: Aaron McCusker, Bethany Joy Lenz, Charlotte Rampling, David Zayas, Desmond Harrington, James Remar, Jennifer Carpenter, Michael C. Hall, Sean Patrick Flannery, Showtime

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

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