Joe Lipsett

Roofman (2025) Review – A True Crime Crowd Pleaser There’s an easy going charm to Roofman, the true crime film based on the real life exploits of Jeffrey Manchester.

I found #roofman to be an utterly charming romantic dramedy.

Does it wind up doing character rehabilitation for a career criminal thanks to Channing Tatum’s great lead performance? Maybe…but I can’t be mad because his easygoing chemistry with Kirsten Dunst is delightful.

Caught this at Sundance a few years back and it absolutely destroyed me.

Glad it’s finally available for folks to check out!

Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies

So hey, the first anniversary of my book, Films for all Seasons, is next week! There are a couple of ways you can join in on the celebration! Way number one: Order my book on bookshop.org, which is offering free shipping today!

Sports Gays are so last week.
It’s time for @conrad-esq.bsky.social and I to go cruising…..

@jennferatu.bsky.social and I were surprised at how early Hooper and TCM show up in the season!

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.

In which I ask the question: why does no one on the show remember that Ed’s mother is DEAD?!

(But also: well done, Addison Rae, for nailing your guest spot)

That blink and you miss it Kevin Bacon cameo was fun, though

Lord. Episode 7 of MONSTER S03 truly said “here’s what’s going on for the distracted people who were watching while scrolling on their phones”.

Juuuust a few

If folks are watching S03 of MONSTER and think you might be missing key details, @jennferatu.bsky.social and I have a helpful primer to get you up to speed!

Ethan Hawke is guaranteed to get awards recognition for this role, but it’s also just a great film!

@conrad-esq.bsky.social and I kick off our TIFF mini-recaps with BLUE MOON (PS Patrons get these a week early)

It’s a scary season tradition: I tell @joelipsett.bsky.social I don’t like scary things, he hand-picks a text that I will find value in, I act surprised that I liked something scary, lather rinse repeat.

I enjoyed this one EXCEPT for the creature’s head. Tune in to find out why.

So much to say about this one!
(Tomorrow)

@jennferatu.bsky.social and I have thoughts about these depictions!

@jennferatu.bsky.social and I are kicking off daily episodic drops as we make our way through MONSTER S03

@jennferatu.bsky.social and I are ready to dig in as we begin daily episodic drops each day this week!

After Podcast Episode · Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr · 2019-08-27 · 1h 15m

Oh man, this led to one of my fave HKHS episodes ever!

It’s wild how racists are just out there telling on themselves at every opportunity

Something Wicked This Way Comes Podcast Episode · Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr · 2019-10-22 · 1h 6m

Since it’s available to stream again, why not listen to @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social discuss SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES?

A woman with the upper body of a human and the torso down of a snake wrapped in a red ribbon

Well, this should be interesting…

Jayro Bustamante’s “La Llorona” Weeps for a Shattered World [Murder Made Fiction Podcast] The legend of La Llorona is fairly straightforward. A mother scorned by her thoughtless husband seeks an unthinkable revenge. Hoping to cut him to the emotional bone, she drowns their children in the ...

ICYMI: @jennferatu.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social wrapped up a month of La Llorona texts with Guatemalan film LA LLORONA (2019).

Read more on @bloody-disgusting.com and listen via @bloodyfm.bsky.social

‘Match’ Review – An Uneven Tubi Exploitation Thriller Match, the latest film from director Danishka Esterhazy (The Slumber Party Massacre remake, Killer Body Count) doubles down on the meaning of its title. On the surface, it’s very clearly about protago...

MATCH is out today on Tubi and the exploitation film has several interesting elements, but an extremely unsatisfying ending holds it back.

Check out my review of the new Danishka Esterhazy film over on @bloody-disgusting.com

‘Match’ Review – An Uneven Tubi Exploitation Thriller Match, the latest film from director Danishka Esterhazy (The Slumber Party Massacre remake, Killer Body Count) doubles down on the meaning of its title. On the surface, it’s very clearly about protago...

MATCH is out today on Tubi and the exploitation film has several interesting elements, but an extremely unsatisfying ending holds it back.

Check out my review of the new Danishka Esterhazy film over on @bloody-disgusting.com

@jennferatu.bsky.social and I are ready to kick things off!

Killing Faith movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert Its minor sins are easy to forgive for such a bold, idiosyncratic anti-Western as this, the kind we don't often get.

Color me impressed by the bleak, horror-coded weirdness of Ned Crowley's low-budget supernatural Western KILLING FAITH -- which feels like the closest thing we'll get to a Blood Meridian movie, at least in spirit, for some time.

For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/kill...

This has always been my least favourite HELLRAISER, so a re-evaluation was long overdue.

Do I still detest it? Listen tomorrow!

It is indeed!

a man in a black tank top is laying down in the grass ALT: a man in a black tank top is laying down in the grass

This afternoon’s movie is brought to you by young Al Pacino

You could kill someone with this tome! 😂