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Joe Lipsett

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Affection (2025) 90% 3.5/5 EDIT “While the film feels slightly drawn out, Jessica Rothe's dedication to the role, particularly its physical demands, are impressive” – Queer.Horror.Movies. May 8, 2026 Full Review Hokum (2026) 88% 3/5 EDIT “The film never reaches the highs of Oddity (despite at least one banger of a sequence), but McCarthy's vision as a director is always compelling. ” – Horror Queers Podcast May 8, 2026 Full Review Mortal Kombat II (2026) 68% 2.5/5 EDIT “Dumb fun and plenty of fan service carry this passable action comedy that has a slightly better narrative than its predecessor, but still mostly consists of repetitive action sequences strung together” – Queer.Horror.Movies. May 8, 2026 Full Review Blue Film (2025) 91% 4.5/5 EDIT “Moore and Birney are exceptional in Tuttle's dissection of sex, sexual assault, repression, and internalized homophobia. Challenging, controversial, and confronting, this two-hander won't be for everyone, but it is one of the best of the year” – The Queer Gaze (Podcast) May 8, 2026 Full Review Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975) 2/5 EDIT “A well researched film that actually focuses on Elizabeth Short, but still doesn't entirely satisfy. It's often pretty boring” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting May 6, 2026 Full Review Deep Water (2026) 73% 3/5 EDIT “More melodrama disaster film than shark movie, Eckhardt is a reliably dull lead. Still, the film has a few surprises and the crash sequence is fantastic.” – Horror Queers Podcast May 6, 2026 Full Review I Am Number Four (2011) 32% 2.5/5 EDIT “A soft recommend. Pettyfer and Agron have zero chemistry (but great hair!) in a film that's much more interested in action setpieces than characters or lore. Teresa Palmer steals the show as Six.” – Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr Podcast May 6, 2026 Full Review Like Minds (2006) 44% 3/5 EDIT “Gregory J Read's feature debut is a wild ride; it's filled with way more bizarre stuff than expected, despite also being surprisingly slow and melancholic” – Horror Queers Podcast May 6, 2026 Full Review Thrash (2026) 43% 3/5 EDIT “Not a good movie, but a fun movie. From terrible foster parents who just won't die to one of the most hilarious lines of dialogue we've heard in quite some time, Thrash is just so silly and dumb.” – Horror Queers Podcast May 1, 2026 Full Review One Hour Photo (2002) 82% 3/5 EDIT “Williams is a marvel in this exquisitely shot film. One only wishes that the final motivation were better incorporated; as it stands, it's treated as a twist that undermines the balance between character study and thriller that Romanek was going for.” – Horror Queers Podcast Apr 29, 2026 Full Review Mother Mary (2026) 72% 4/5 EDIT “The film that won’t be for everyone, but David Lowery’s sapphic pop melodrama is atmospheric, gorgeous, and well performed. Michaela Coel carries the whole first act and she’s riveting.” – Queer.Horror.Movies. Apr 24, 2026 Full Review The Happening (2008) 17% EDIT “Even if Shyamalan's best comedy is in on the joke, the atrocious lead performances from Wahlberg and Deschanel render this nearly unwatchable. Some decent deaths, though” – Horror Queers Podcast Apr 24, 2026 Full Review An Early Frost (1985) 3/5 EDIT “A well-meaning consideration of the early days of the AIDS pandemic, albeit one mostly told from the point of view of straight people (and how they're affected)” – The Queer Gaze (Podcast) Apr 24, 2026 Full Review Dark Waters (2019) 89% 3/5 EDIT “Well made but exhausting, Todd Haynes' film boasts a cool blue color palette that matches the long, grim battle to hold DuPont accountable. Ruffalo is great; Hathaway is wasted” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Apr 21, 2026 Full Review Faces of Death (2026) 68% 2.5/5 EDIT “A soft recommend. Hearing Mazzei and Goldhaber discuss the film is better than watching it as the result is a bit muddled and familiar” – Horror Queers Podcast Apr 21, 2026 Full Review Hive (2026) 3/5 EDIT “The messaging is a little heavy handed and repetitive at times, but thanks to its candy-colored production design, evocative sound design, grotesque scabby yellow make-up, and prowling camerawork, Hive is a solid watch. ” – Bloody Disgusting Apr 20, 2026 Full Review The Mummy (2017) 15% 1.5/5 EDIT “The failure of the Dark Universe begins and ends with a Tom Cruise vanity project. He's not the worst part, though; that honor belongs to Jake Johnson's American Werewolf in London impersonation.” – Horror Queers Podcast Apr 17, 2026 Full Review Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026) 47% 2/5 EDIT “Excessively familiar and repetitive (at worst), and surprisingly slight and shallow (at best), Lee Cronin has essentially just remade Evil Dead Rise (to lesser effect)” – Queer.Horror.Movies. Apr 17, 2026 Full Review The Mummy (1932) 90% 3/5 EDIT “The Universal monster film with arguably the best female character. Karloff is obviously the star here and the make-up effects are amazing, but the film's short runtime really hurts its most interesting ideas” – Horror Queers Podcast Apr 15, 2026 Full Review They Will Kill You (2026) 65% 3/5 EDIT “Narratively it's pretty shallow, but between Zazie Beetz's commanding lead performance and Kirill Sokolov's visual antics, this is a fun, entertaining watch.” – Horror Queers Podcast Apr 14, 2026 Full Review Erin Brockovich (2000) 87% 4/5 EDIT “Julia Roberts shines in an adaptation that makes paperwork compelling and a court case that never goes to trial.” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Apr 14, 2026 Full Review Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare (2026) EDIT “A solid, albeit slightly uneven doc chronicling the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and near nuclear meltdown in Japan. ” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Apr 13, 2026 Full Review Wild (2018) 93% 3/5 EDIT “Félix Maritaud delivers a "brave" central performance, though Camille Vidal-Naquet's gritty (verging on trauma porn) depiction of sex work feels pretty judgey, despite claims to the contrary” – The Queer Gaze (Podcast) Apr 9, 2026 Full Review Slither (2006) 87% 4/5 EDIT “A delightfully gross horror comedy with broad appeal to non-horror fans, provided they can get past the ooey gooey nasty FX” – Horror Queers Podcast Apr 8, 2026 Full Review Silkwood (1983) 78% 3.5/5 EDIT “Nichols and Ephron sink into the interpersonal drama surrounding Karen Silkwood's (likely) murder, taking their time to ensure audiences invest in the characters, not just the corporate espionage ” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Apr 7, 2026 Full Review
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