The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett
How do you solve a problem like Jigsaw? Following the disastrous 2017 attempt to reboot the Saw franchise, writers Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger make a second attempt to restart the engine of the longest running horror franchise of the 21st century.
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Courtesy of Lionsgate
Cabin In The Woods is the new horror film from Buffy, The Vampire Slayer collaborators Joss Whedon and Drew Godard. Expectations (and hype) are high after well-received festival screenings and the pedigree of the behind the scenes talent (which includes A Nightmare On Elm Street‘s Heather Langenkamp?!).
In the interest of those people who have seen the film and those who haven’t, I’m going to do an unconventional thing: I’ve written two reviews. The first half of the following piece is for people who want a quick review to decide whether or not to see the film. The second half is for people who have seen the finished product.
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Courtesy of Lionsgate Films
The Hunger Games, the smash literary phenomenon, about a dystopian future in which 24 children fight to the death gets the big screen treatment as Lionsgate aims to kick-start a new franchise. So how does the film fare?
Let’s bitch it out…(Mild Spoilers ahead)