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Joe Lipsett

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Toronto, ON, Canada

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THE BRIDE! (2026) 59% 2.5/5 EDIT “The maximalist, over the top, everything and the kitchen sink approach is apt to doom Gyllenhaal’s film to cult classic status. Still, credit to Maggie Gyllenhaal for taking such a big, bold, audacious swing. You can’t say that she played it safe” – Queer.Horror.Movies. Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Thesis (1996) 85% 4.5/5 EDIT “Amenábar's game changing Spanish thriller is stylish, prescient, and incredibly well-crafted. From the casting of Ana Torrent to the culpability of the audience, this feels like a proto-Scream...nearly half a year before that film debuted.” – Horror Queers Podcast Mar 5, 2026 Full Review The Lodger (1927) 96% 4/5 EDIT “Hitchcock delivered tension and atmosphere, even in his early silent era. The shot of Ivor Novello entering the house is understandably iconic (it doesn't hurt that the lead is incredibly beautiful).” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Mar 5, 2026 Full Review The Muppet Show (2026) 98% EDIT “A very fun return to form in the mode of the classic series. Host Sabrina Carpenter is a perfect host and all of her interactions with Miss Piggy are divine” – Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast Mar 3, 2026 Full Review Scream 7 (2026) 31% 2/5 EDIT “The first act is solid, then the energy lags and ill-advised plot mechanics derail the back half. The lack of commentary on the genre is shocking for a Scream film ” – Horror Queers Podcast Mar 3, 2026 Full Review 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Starring a powerhouse trio of Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, and John Gallagher Jr., the spiritual sequel is a tense potboiler that could easily work as a play.” – Horror Queers Podcast Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) 20% 2.5/5 EDIT “A light recommend. The film is nowhere near as bad as it was made out to be; it's just safe because films were defanged in the wake of Columbine. Helen Mirren and Marisa Coughlan are the MVPs” – Horror Queers Podcast Feb 25, 2026 Full Review The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026) 18% 0.5/5 EDIT “Beyond disappointing. Not only does Chapter 3 fail to pay off the two previous films, it doesn't even offer rising action or a climax. A colossal disappointment and waste of time” – Horror Queers Podcast Feb 24, 2026 Full Review Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer (2017) EDIT “Watchable, but not good. Lead actors are ok, but the screenplay's disinterest in exploring the race, class, or celebrity aspects of the case is frustrating.” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Feb 24, 2026 Full Review Predators (2025) 97% 4/5 EDIT “A fine tuned, extremely relevant dissection of the purported good that shows such as To Catch A Predator claim to offer. The doc is extremely self-reflexive about its own goals, which is a welcome change from other true crime texts” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Feb 23, 2026 Full Review Foxcatcher (2014) 88% 3/5 EDIT “Overall solid, but not great. Carrell and Tatum are doing undeniably good work, but the screenplay is too languid and the ending too abrupt to satisfy. Also: the Oscar-nominated prosthetics are distracting to the point of being bad.” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Feb 19, 2026 Full Review Diabolic (2025) 64% 2.5/5 EDIT “Diabolic is a mixed bag: some of the acting is extremely dicey and the narrative stumbles badly in the back half, but lead Elizabeth Cullen and the surprisingly bloody last act makes it a soft recommend ” – Queer.Horror.Movies. Feb 19, 2026 Full Review The Witch (2015) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Robert Eggers' dedication to period accuracy is perfectly matched by spot-on performances in a slow burning chiller focused on the religious hysteria surrounding female power” – Horror Queers Podcast Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Team Foxcatcher (2016) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “There's a clear bias from executive producer Nancy Schultz (widow of Dave) and the lack of inclusion from Mark Schultz, but overall the doc does a good job of capturing du Pont's paranoid decline in advance of the murder.” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Feb 17, 2026 Full Review Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) 43% 3/5 EDIT “A bad adaptation of Riordan's second Percy Jackson book, but a reasonably entertaining film. Lerman feels like he's sleepwalking through the role, though, instead of settling in to make it his own.” – Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast Feb 17, 2026 Full Review The Perfect Neighbor (2025) 99% 3.5/5 EDIT “A timely doc about the dangers (and racism) of Stand Your Ground laws. The strongest selling feature is how director Geeta Gandbhir uses police body cam for additional commentary” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Doppelganger (1993) 4/5 EDIT “A "see it to believe it" early 90s curiousity. Every creative decision Nesher makes is bizarre, though the film is never boring and the ending has at least two WTF reveals. Barrymore is actually quite good and grounded, though” – Horror Queers Podcast Feb 11, 2026 Full Review If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Devastating, difficult, and necessary. Rose Byrne is every bit as good as you've heard” – Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network Feb 10, 2026 Full Review I, Tonya (2017) 90% 4/5 EDIT “Great performances, whip smart editing, savvy fourth wall breaking and one hell of a soundtrack make a star of Robbie and confirm Gillespie is an incredibly exciting director” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 93% 3.5/5 EDIT “McAdams and O'Brien play off each other well in a film that works better as a comedy than a thriller. A solid pairing with Raimi's Drag Me To Hell. ” – Horror Queers Podcast Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Whistle (2025) 62% 3.5/5 EDIT “Whistle finds comfort in its familiarity, using the audience’s awareness of these kinds of characters and plots to quickly dispense the necessary exposition and get right to the good stuff (like its very mean and memorable deaths).” – Bloody Disgusting Feb 6, 2026 Full Review Grizzly Night (2026) 50% 2.5/5 EDIT “A soft recommend. The intentions are earnest and the bear looks great, but the hair and costuming is questionable and, though based in fact, the decision to divide the narrative between victims means the characters don't pop ” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Feb 6, 2026 Full Review Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story (1994) 4/5 EDIT “Considering it came out less than four months after "the incident", it is wild how clever, knowing, and informed this made-for-TV film is. It's shocking how contemporary and progressive this feels” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Tamara (2005) 34% 3/5 EDIT “This oh-so-2000s text is extremely messy, but occasionally fun. Dewan is having a blast as the resurrected succubus, even if none of the other character relationships make any sense.” – Horror Queers Podcast Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Sphere (1998) 12% 2.5/5 EDIT “This Michael Crichton adaptation starts well, but between the insufferable title cards and the poor treatment of women and mental illness, Sphere overstays its welcome. A slog” – Horror Queers Podcast Feb 5, 2026 Full Review
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