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‘The Black Demon’ Needs More Shark, Less Family Drama [Review]

April 28, 2023 by Joe Lipsett

Paul Sturges (Josh Lucas) looks on as a storm approaches the beach

The Black Demon opens with a scroll outlining its mythical namesake, suggesting that the film is more than a simple creature feature.

It’s…not.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Boise Esquerra, Carlos Cisco, Fernanda Urrejola, Jorge A. Jimenez, Josh Lucas, Julio Cesar Cedillo, megalodon

‘The Forever Purge’ Takes One Last Shot at American Patriotism [Review]

June 30, 2021 by Joe Lipsett

After five films and two seasons of television, it’s the end of the road for The Purge franchise (for now).

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews Tagged With: Ana de la Reguera, Blumhouse, Cassidy Freeman, James DeMonaco, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin, Tenoch Huert, the forever purge, the purge, Will Patton

The Firm recap – 1×01/02: ‘Pilot’ / ‘Chapter 2’

January 9, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of NBC

The Firm is an NBC show based on the 1993 film starring a pre-couch jumping Tom Cruise (the film itself is an adaptation of the 1991 novel by John Grisham). Interestingly enough, the television series is not a remake, but a sequel to the events of the film. So how does  Mitch McDeere (now played by Josh Lucas) find himself once againworking for an evil corporation?

Let’s break it down after the break… [Read more…]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Callum Keith Rennie, Josh Lucas, Juliette Lewis, Molly Parker, NBC, Tricia Helfer

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

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