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30 Things Learned From Scott Derrickson’s Audio Commentary on the ‘Black Phone 2’ 4K

December 23, 2025 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

The action jumps ahead four years for Black Phone 2 as siblings Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) and Finn (Mason Thames) battle The Grabber (Ethan Hawke), who has returned from a frozen Hell, at a snowed-in Christian camp.

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Filed Under: Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Arianna Rivas, black phone 2, C. Robert Cargill, Demián Bichir, ethan hawke, Jeremy Davies, Madeleine McGraw, Mason Thames, Miguel Mora, scott derrickson

Blu Review: Beast of War (2025)

December 9, 2025 by Joe Lipsett Leave a Comment

Shark movies are a dime a dozen, so when one comes around that actually works, it’s worth celebrating. That would be Aussie horror film Beast of War (2025), which despite a certain amount of narrative familiarity and tropey characters, still manages to impress, in large part because the shark in question is animatronic and it looks freaking amazing.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Joel Nankervis, Kiah Roache-Turner, Mark Coles Smith, Sam Delich, shark, well go usa

40+ Things Learned From Rob Zombie’s Audio Commentary on ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ 4K SteelBook

October 24, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

After debuting his feature film debut, House of 1000 Corpses in 2003, Rob Zombie delivered his follow-up, featuring the continuing adventures of the Firefly family, in 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects.

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Filed Under: Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Bill Moseley, E.G. Daily, house of 1000 corpses, ken foree, Leslie Easterbrook, Matthew McGrory, P.J. Soles, rob zombie, Rosario Dawson, Sheri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig, the devil's rejects, tyler mane, William Forsythe

4K SteelBook Review: ‘Daybreakers’ (2009)

September 21, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Unorthodox vampire film Daybreakers gets its day in the sun with a brand new 4K SteelBook release from Lionsgate.

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Filed Under: Horror Film Reviews, Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Claudia Karvan, daybreakers, ethan hawke, Michael Dorman, Sam Neill, SteelBook, the Spierig Brothers, vampires, Willem Dafoe

4K Review: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’

September 20, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

A blonde woman rapelling down a cliffside (r) as an angry flying dinosaur opens its beak at her

Gareth Edwards takes over the reins for Jurassic World Rebirth which brings Scarlett Johansson into the franchise.

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Filed Under: Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: Audrina Miranda, David Koepp, Ed Skrein, Gareth Edwards, Jonathan Bailey, Jurassic World Rebirth, Luna Blaise, Mahershala Ali, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Philippine Velge, Rupert Friend, scarlett johansson

4K Steelbook Review: ‘Clown In A Cornfield’ (2025)

September 8, 2025 by Joe Lipsett

Earlier this year, Eli Craig‘s adaptation of Adam Cesare‘s bestselling YA novel, Clown In A Cornfield was finally released. Now it’s available to own on 4K.

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Filed Under: Physical Media Reviews Tagged With: adam cesare, Alexandre Martin Deakin, Austin Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Carter Blanchard, Eli Craig, Katie Douglas, slasher, Will Sasso

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The 411 on me

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

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> Bloody Disgusting
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> Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr

Recent Posts

  • Film Review: ‘Anaconda’ (2025)
  • 30 Things Learned From Scott Derrickson’s Audio Commentary on the ‘Black Phone 2’ 4K
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