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Film Review: The Invitation (Fantasia Film Festival)

August 4, 2015 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of Drafthouse Films

The Invitation is a textbook example of how to create tension using actors and mise-en-scene.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fantasia Film Festival, Horror Film Festival Coverage, Movies Tagged With: Fantasia Film Festival, John Carroll Lynch, Logan Marshall-Green, Michiel Huisman

Game Of Thrones 5×09 review: ‘The Dance Of Dragons’

June 8, 2015 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of HBO

We’ve hit the penultimate episode of HBO’s Game Of Thrones and things are heating up. For some character, I mean that quite literally.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Game of Thrones, TV Tagged With: Alexander Siddig, Carice van Houten, Emilia Clarke, HBO, Iain Glen, Indira Varma, Jerome Flynn, Joel Fry, Kerry Ingram, Liam Cunningham, Maisie Williams, Michiel Huisman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Stephen Dillane, Toby Sebastian

Orphan Black review – 3×02: ‘Transitory Sacrifices Of Crisis’

April 26, 2015 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of BBC America

The boy clones make an aggressive (unsanctioned) move as Orphan Black continues to lay the foundation for the season ahead.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Orphan Black, TV Tagged With: Ari Millen, BBC America, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard, Kristian Bruun, Kyra Harper, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Michiel Huisman, Skyler Wexler, Tatiana Maslany, Tom McCamus, Zoé De Grand Maison

Game Of Thrones review – 5×01: ‘The Wars To Come’

April 13, 2015 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of HBO

After a long winter, Game Of Thrones returns to pick up the pieces after last season’s bloody climax.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Game of Thrones, TV Tagged With: Aidan Gillen, Carice van Houten, Ciarán Hinds, Conleth Hill, Daniel Portman, Emilia Clarke, Eugene Simon, Gwendoline Christie, HBO, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Michiel Huisman, Natalie Dormer, Peter Dinklage, Season Premiere, Sophie Turner, Stephen Dillane

Orphan Black review – 2×10: ‘By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried’

June 22, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of BBC America

It’s the end of another season of BBC America’s banana-pants crazy sci-fi actioner Orphan Black and the twists are piling up.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Orphan Black, TV Tagged With: Ari Millen, BBC America, Dylan Bruce, Evelyne Brochu, Jordan Gavaris, Josh Vokey, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Michelle Forbes, Michiel Huisman, Season Finale, Skyler Wexler, Tatiana Maslany, Zoé De Grand Maison

Orphan Black review – 2×07: ‘Knowledge Of Causes, And Secret Motion Of Things’

June 1, 2014 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of BBC America

We interrupt this week’s scheduled airing of Orphan Black to bring you an epic screwball comedy set in a rehab center.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Orphan Black, TV Tagged With: BBC America, Dylan Bruce, Evelyne Brochu, Inga Cadranel, Jordan Gavaris, Kristian Bruun, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Matt Frewer, Michael Mando, Michelle Forbes, Michiel Huisman, Skyler Wexler, Tatiana Maslany

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

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