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Highly Suspect Reviews: Love Hurts LOVE HURTS MOVIE REVIEW It was so great to see the return of actor Ke Huy Quan in the sublime Everything Everywhere All At Once in 2022. Having retired from acting for a very long time, Quan is known to Americans for his roles as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Data in The Goonies. I swear I teared up watching interviews with him after the success of EEAAO, seeing how grateful he was for a chance to return and all the goodwill directed at him. And honestly…he deserves much better than Love Hurts. I… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Love Hurts read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Star Wars: Skeleton Crew STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW SERIES REVIEW The One Of Us Jedi Counsel of Melina, Marco, and T.C. gather to discuss the newest entry into the Star Wars franchise and are gleefully pleased to see that building an entire series around the Amblin Entertainment model that gave us The Goonies, E.T., and the entire kids on (speeder) bikes subgenre can in fact inject some new and wonderful life into the galaxy far, far away. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew follows Wim, Fern, Neel, and KB: four kids from the hidden planet of At Attin who, after discovering an abandoned spaceship, find themselves… Read More »Screener Squad: Star Wars: Skeleton Crew read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Back in Action BACK IN ACTION MOVIE REVIEW Homer Simpson once said “Well, guess what, cool people! Parents are supposed to be lame. That’s so their kids have something to rebel against and be cool long enough to get married and have kids for whom they are lame. It’s nature’s way.” Netflix presents the espionage action comedy Back in Action featuring Jamie Foxx and the return of comedy bombshell and Charlie’s Angel, Cameron Diaz. Matt (Foxx) and Emily (Diaz) are the proud parents of two teens named Alice (McKenna Roberts) and Leo (Rylan Jackson). Matt and Emily have dull family movie nights in… Read More »Screener Squad: Back in Action read more on One of Us

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Highly Suspect Reviews: Heart Eyes HEART EYES MOVIE REVIEW In continuing the ever-meta-ning of the horror-comedy genre, as we go deeper into the rabbit-hole of self-referentialism and winking at the audience, some of the entries have become absurdly lazy. Fortunately, one of the brightest lights in the field, Christopher Landon, is one of the writers of Heart Eyes and if you’ve seen his previous films (Freaky, Happy Death Day(s)) then it should be an incentive to give this new film a chance, as his fingerprints are all over it. Directed by another one-to-watch Josh Ruben (Werewolves Within), this rom-com that happens to have a slasher… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Heart Eyes read more on One of Us

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The Gathering: Season 4 Episode 5 THE GATHERING: SEASON 4 EPISODE 5 The party-podcast for our Brown Coat and above subscribers is here again! And this was a really good one. Chris and/or Wright lead 4 different discussions: Movies coming out in 2025/David Lynch In Memoriam/Thoughts on the Oscar Noms/The Nathan Flynn Game. A giant cast of regulars to the Gathering podcasts, and some new voices (special welcome to Melina and T.C. visiting from out of town) all join in to contribute. If you’re a Brown Coat or above subscriber, click here to check out the organized chaos. Please think about becoming a paid subscriber to… Read More »The Gathering: Season 4 Episode 5 read more on One of Us

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Digital Noise Episode 351: John and Chris Up All Night DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 351: JOHN AND CHRIS UP ALL NIGHT John and Chris do a record-length show (for them) but in their defense, the box-sets this week, which are sizable, were covered at length. From the first four forays into hell, to some b-sides of J-horror. From a beloved modern Halloween classic, to one of the weirdest Chuck Conners movies ever. We’ve got a lot to cover this week so settle in with a hot toddy. All titles were sent to Digital Noise by the distribution companies in question for the purpose of review. No other compensation was involved. The… Read More »Digital Noise Episode 351: John and Chris Up All Night read more on One of Us

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Trash in the Can: Blackbird TRASH IN THE CAN: BLACKBIRD As fascism spreads across the globe, we look to the hero Dublin deserves, but not the one it needs right now. Or ever really. Lord of the Dance himself, Michael Flatley, whose acting can best be described by his last name, stars in this Bond pastiche he also wrote and directed. Guest Christian Remde joins us for a surprisingly fun vanity project paid for by stiff-armed dancing. We watched 2018’s Blackbird!   YOUR HOSTS   Wright Sulek (Da Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad) Wright hails from the… Read More »Trash in the Can: Blackbird read more on One of Us

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Highly Suspect Reviews: Presence PRESENCE MOVIE REVIEW Certainly writer David Koepp seems like a safe bet for a haunted house film (if you’ve never seen it, Stir of Echoes is great) but Steven Soderbergh as director? As one of our critics put it, “He just wanted to shoot an entire movie like his buddy Spike Jonze shot Beastie Boys videos”. The story follows a family who’ve just moved into a beautiful and old home. The point of view is entirely from the ‘presence’ which lives in the house, following the characters around, and occasionally interacting with the environment. At first, the ghostly nature is… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Presence read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL MOVIE REVIEW From Aardman studios and presented by Netflix, the stop motion sensation from across the pond is back in Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. The feature length film is a sequel to the original classic Wallace and Gromit adventure The Wrong Trousers. A diamond thief penguin named Feathers McGraw was thwarted by Wallace and Gromit from commiting the biggest blue diamond heist in history and is sentenced to solitary confinement behind bars, also known as the zoo. Feathers McGraw thinks only of revenge on the inventor Wallace (Ben Whitehead) and his expressive… Read More »Screener Squad: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Dune Prophecy DUNE PROPHECY SERIES REVIEW In 2021 a charismatic film maker named Denis Villeneuve began his quest in the box office, left dry and deserted by the ravages of the pandemic. By 2024, WB studios beared witness, as he rode the mighty sandworm of financial success. The studio that brought about the recently successful film spin-off The Penguin continued to taste the waters of the monetary crossover universe by releasing Dune Prophecy on Max. Showrunners Diane Ademu-John and Alison Schapker present a prequel to the Dune films, set 10,000 years in the past when the first war with the machines led… Read More »Screener Squad: Dune Prophecy read more on One of Us

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Highly Suspect Reviews: Wolf Man WOLF MAN MOVIE REVIEW The early excitement over the new Wolf Man movie had less to do with there being a new reboot of the Universal classic monster, The Wolf Man, and more with the writer/director Leigh Whannell. As a writer he created the Saw and Insidious franchises with James Wan. As a director, he took the steam out of the first Venom film’s release by making a somewhat similar but MUCH better film with 2018’s Upgrade. Most importantly, in 2020, he took his first stab at a Universal movie monster reboot with his highly lauded The Invisible Man. So… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Wolf Man read more on One of Us

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Digital Noise Episode 350: Some Weird Cool Stuff DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 350: SOME WEIRD COOL STUFF Wright and Chris record a Digital Noise episode so long that it should be nominated for Best Picture this year. From a criminally underseen classic in the vein of the Coen Brothers (but not by them), to a Spanish classic where a dog plays Tommy Lee Jones. From the a top three film from one of the best stunt performers in the history of film, to a duo of films by one of the most uniquely strange voices in bad horror filmmaking. We’ve got such sights to show you. So come and… Read More »Digital Noise Episode 350: Some Weird Cool Stuff read more on One of Us

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The Best Films of 2024 Part Two THE BEST FILMS OF 2024 PART TWO Our best of 2024 film list continues with double the speed and that many more films for us to gush about. Come sit around the round table with the One Of Us Austin crew and see if we can turn you on to some stuff you may have missed.   YOUR REVIEWERS   Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss) Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled… Read More »The Best Films of 2024 Part Two read more on One of Us

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The Best Films of 2024 Part One THE BEST FILMS OF 2024 PART ONE This more accurately should be titled, the best films of 2024 that we haven’t already talked about (largely). Because we are not talking about Anora, The Brutalist, or The Substance here. We did those reviews. We’re primarily talking about the other greatest films that we didn’t get to put a review out for with the Austin crew. So listen to Chris, Wright, Ben, Frank, Jason, Marco, and Mike as they list some of the best stuff from 2024, some of which you might not even know about.   YOUR REVIEWERS   Christopher Lawrence… Read More »The Best Films of 2024 Part One read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Maria MARIA MOVIE REVIEW “An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I’ve left the opera house” – Maria Callas Angelina Jolie is the titular character Maria in this new Netflix film about Maria Callas, the world’s greatest opera singer as she lives the last days of her life in 1970’s Paris. Her house maid Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher) and Ferruccio (Piefrancesco Favino) do what they can to persuade her to see a doctor and… Read More »Screener Squad: Maria read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Oh, Canada OH, CANADA MOVIE REVIEW Misery may love company but its infatuation with Paul Schrader could move mountains and ignite the stars. Hot off the conclusion of his loner weirdo trilogy (First Reformed, The Card Counter, and The Constant Gardener), Paul Schrader is moving in a different direction by adapting one of esteemed author Russell Banks final publications, “Foregone” into the film Oh Canada. Leonard Fife (Richard Gere) is a prestigious documentarian suffering terminal illness. He has requested that an old student of his named Malcom (Michael Imperioli) document his final days. Leonard, in his own words, wants to set the… Read More »Screener Squad: Oh, Canada read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: DanDaDan DANDADAN SERIES REVIEW Ken ‘Okarun’ Takakura (Natsuki Hanae) is a socially awkward misfit with an Agent Mulder brain. If the truth is out there, he wants to find and befriend a couple of aliens while learning and adapting their ways. Momo Ayase (Shion Wakayama) is the granddaughter of a powerful medium with passed down psychic power that puts the fear of god into all the creepy crawling bumps in the night. The two think the other’s hobbies and beliefs are complete bunk, but during a heated altercation, these two high school kids bet that the other wouldn’t last in their… Read More »Screener Squad: DanDaDan read more on One of Us