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[He Said/She Said] ‘The Wretched’ Digs Up Squelching Effects And Mean Thrills

May 1, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

A naked woman stands crookedly in front of a window

In He Said/She Said, critics Joe and Valeska dissect a film in a back and forth email exchange. Previously, we were confined to close quarters for a battle to the death with Kirill Sokolov’s Why Don’t You Just Die?

This time, we’re spending the summer at the Canadian cottage, though the flowers are decaying and we seem to keep forgetting family members. It’s time to check out the Pierce Brothers predatory witch film, The Wretched.

Spoilers follow…

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Filed Under: He Said/She Said Tagged With: Azie Tesfai, Blane Crockarell, Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce, Jamison Jones, John-Paul Howard, Judah Abner Paul, Kevin Bigley, Piper Curda, Zarah Mahler

Amazon’s ‘Upload’ from Greg Daniels [Review]

April 22, 2020 by Joe Lipsett

Nathan (Robbie Amell) gives his Angel Nora (Andy Allo) 5 stars in the air

What if, after you died, you could “upload” your consciousness into a computer and spend the rest of eternity in a goosed-up residential palace filled with amenities? What if the quality of that living space was entirely based on how much money you or your family had in real life? And what if your afterlife became just another endless slog of capitalist interactions? [Read more…]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: Allegra Edwards, Amazon, Andy Allo, Elizabeth Bowen, Greg Daniels, Jessica Tuck, Kevin Bigley, Owen Daniels, Rhys Slack, Robbie Amell, Zainab Johnson

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

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