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[Blu Review] Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Is A Spectacle

October 27, 2022 by Joe Lipsett

A man (Steven Yuen) standing next to a horse in a glass cage in the desert

Jordan Peele‘s third feature is an ode to spectacle, the fleeting fame of Hollywood and the POC who are churned up and forgotten by the system like Jean Jacket’s victims.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: brandon perea, daniel kaluuya, Jacob Kim, Jordan Peele, Keke Palmer, Michael Wincott, nope movie, Steven Yuen, Terry Notary

‘Candyman’ Is Stunningly Powerful and Evocative [Film Review]

August 25, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

It’s been nearly thirty years since Tony Todd first appeared as Candyman in an underground parking garage, seductively urging graduate student Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) to “be my victim.”

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Brian King, Candyman, Clive Barker, Colman Domingo, Jordan Peele, Michael Hargrove, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Nia DaCosta, Rebecca Spence, Teyonah Parris, Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen, Win Rosenfield, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

[Lovecraft Country Review w/ Gayly Dreadful] ‘Whitey’s On The Moon’ Has Bad Pacing And Great Music Cues

August 23, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

Each week Joe and Terry discuss the most recent episode of HBO’s Lovecraft Country, alternating between our respective sites. 

Spoilers follow for episode 2 “Whitey’s On The Moon”… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Lovecraft Country, Reviews w/ Gayly Dreadful Tagged With: Abbey Lee, Courtney B. Vance, HBO, Jamie Chung, Jamie Neumann, jj abrams, Jonathan I. Kidd, Jonathan Majors, Jordan Patrick Wilson, Jordan Peele, Jurnee Smollett, Matt Ruff, Michael Kenneth Williams, Misha Green, Sonya Winton, Tony Goldwyn

The 411 on me

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

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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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