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Screener Squad: Salem's Lot SALEM’S LOT MOVIE REVIEW Let the right one in this fall season and commune with Bradly, Drew, and Melina as they partake in a midnight mass of vampire cinema forged from the mind of Stephen King at the pique of his spooky scary powers. Written and directed by Gary Dauberman, Salem’s Lot is a modern re-telling of Nosferatu that also happens to take place in the long away time of bell bottoms and Disco Fever, the 70’s. Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman) is a writer suffering a terrible block. For inspirations sake, he returns to his childhood home in Salem’s Lot.… Read More »Screener Squad: Salem’s Lot read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Brothers BROTHERS MOVIE REVIEW Israel Zangwill once said “It takes two men to make one brother”. Step aside Gyllenhaal and Maguire. Retire and move on Devito and Schwarzenegger. This time around the actors playing siblings are Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage in a film directed by Max Barbakow and written by Etan Cohen and Macon Blair, Brothers. As children, twin brothers Moke and Jady watched their mother put pedal to the metal and speed out of their lives followed by a dozen cop cars blaring their sirens and flashing their colours. The two grew up looking out for each other as… Read More »Screener Squad: Brothers read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: The Deliverance THE DELIVERANCE MOVIE REVIEW Doth mine ears hear banjo music…? Wait, that’s the other one. If you’re in the mood to hear a bunch of film geeks riff on the funniest horror movie 2005 had to offer, then you’re in the right place. Just in time for Halloween! Single mother Ebony, played by director Lee Daniels regular Andra Day, and her family move into a new house, only to find themselves menaced by horrors both of this world and the next. Will she be able to save them– and herself? Listen to Rose, Frank, and Neil commiserate over their shared… Read More »Screener Squad: The Deliverance read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft TOMB RAIDER: THE LEGEND OF LARA CROFT SERIES REVIEW Back in 1996, Core Design released a Playstation game that since has spawned 18 sequels across dozens of consoles and PC, mobile games, and even themed Pachinko machines! In the early 2000’s, Paramount produced two Tomb Raider films starring the Oscar winning box office sensation Angelina Jolie (Ron Howard: They were not giant hits). In 2018 Warner Brothers produced a rebooted Tomb Raider film starring the Oscar winning box office sensation Alicia Vikander (Ron Howard: It was not a hit). Finally after over 25 years of global (but not theatrical) success.… Read More »Screener Squad: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft read more on One of Us

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Digital Noise Episode 347: ...Featuring John Gholson DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 347: …FEATURING JOHN GHOLSON If John becomes a big star, what are we gonna do? Gotta retitle the podcast. Sorry Wright, it might be confusing to fans for the eps you’re on. This week John and Chris look at two battles against the gods upgraded to 4k, two french crime films from a master of the genre, and about four too many Spanish gothic films in one set. All this and much more. 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 347: …Featuring John Gholson read more on One of Us

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Trash in the Can: The Kiss TRASH IN THE CAN: THE KISS Get ready to lose your head over an escalator! Alan Galinsky joins us for a movie that can’t decide if it’s about voodoo, parasites, or vaguely European lesbian incest. Come for the rubber cat puppet and stay for the most shocking “Recycling” segment we’ve ever had. We watched 1988’s The Kiss!   YOUR HOSTS �� Wright Sulek (Screener Squad, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Trash in the Can, Audio Editor) Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then… Read More »Trash in the Can: The Kiss read more on One of Us

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Highly Suspect Reviews: Venom: The Last Dance VENOM: THE LAST DANCE MOVIE REVIEW Unbelievably, Venom: The Last Dance is the third film in the series to get made, starring Tom Hardy in the dual roles of Eddie Brock and his charming but homicidal alien symbiote Venom. This time he’s on the run from nearly everybody. The law wants him because after the events of the last film it is believed that he is responsible for the death of a policeman, Mulligan (Stephen Graham). The military want him (at least the military working out of Area 51) because they have basically retooled their whole thing just to deal… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Venom: The Last Dance read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: The Platform 2 THE PLATFORM 2 MOVIE REVIEW “Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger” – Maxim Gorky. Netflix presents The Platform 2. Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia and starring Milena Smit and Hovik Keuchkerian. The Platform 2 is a pre-re-Sequel that further explores the atrocities people are willing to commit in order to rise above their class and punish those beneath their station. Perempuán (Smit) is trapped on the 24th level of a pit. Imprisoned with her on level 24 is Zamiatin (Hovik). Both have pasts that imply the pit is a… Read More »Screener Squad: The Platform 2 read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Goodrich GOODRICH MOVIE REVIEW What if you were so into your life’s work that the life you were living happened as if you were on the outside looking in? What if you were SO into your work that you’d often step away from the outside looking in completely? Written and directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Goodrich is a slice of life story about a man whose excuses come first, and family comes second. Andy Goodrich (Michael Keaton), whose career as an art dealer has sidelined his life, has just discovered that his beloved wife and partner has checked herself into rehab. His… Read More »Screener Squad: Goodrich read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Wolfs WOLFS MOVIE REVIEW George Clooney and Brad Pitt star in this movie you might’ve seen a trailer for a few months back. Unless you live in New York or Los Angeles, and knew about the singular week it was actually in theaters. Now, the only way you’re watching this snappy action-comedy thriller is with that rare Apple Plus subscription. These two handsome and endlessly charismatic leading men play handsome and charismatic fixers in the seedy (and yet still fabulous) underworld of New York City. Wolfs is written and directed by Jon Watts as an excuse for its two leads to… Read More »Screener Squad: Wolfs read more on One of Us

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Highly Suspect Reviews: Smile 2 Smile 2 Movie Review The saying “a smile is worth a thousand words” doesn’t even begin to describe the horror in Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 hit Smile. Smile 2 takes place 6 days after where the last film left us and we’re following the lone survivor of the Smile entity, Joel (Kyle Gallner). Since he has a very limited amount of time before the entity takes over his body and makes him kill himself, he tries to murder a criminal in front of another so the curse can be lifted. Of course it doesn’t go as planned and… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Smile 2 read more on One of Us

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Highly Suspect Reviews: We Live In Time WE LIVE IN TIME MOVIE REVIEW Who knew that what the world needed right now is the ridiculous amount of charisma of Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in a romance? Directed by John Crowley (Brooklyn, Boy A), We Live In Time tells the story of Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield) and how their car crash-cute goes from sweeping romance to a devastatingly bittersweet end. Since their story is told in non-linear fashion, we find out very quickly that Almut has cancer and now has to deal with the fact that she may not live long enough to do everything she’s… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: We Live In Time read more on One of Us

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Highly Suspect Reviews: Saturday Night Saturday Night Movie Review In the midst of its 50th season on television, Saturday Night Live is without question a staple in American comedy. It’s hard to imagine that the comedy juggernaut was almost an impressive disaster right up until it aired on October 11th, 1975. Saturday Night, directed by Jason Reitman, tells the story of the ninety minutes before the first episode aired and the complete chaos behind the scenes. Led by Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle), we watch him traverse through a bloated show, an unruly cast, a disinterested crew, and an executive (Willem Dafoe) praying for him to… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Saturday Night read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: Azrael AZRAEL MOVIE REVIEW Some time after the Rapture, we find civilization in disarray and no one can speak. Azrael follows the titular character (Samara Weaving) and her partner Kenan (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), as they escape imprisonment from a female-led community of religious zealots. As she’s recaptured, she is due to be sacrificed by an evil entity, but as luck would have it, she makes a narrow escape. Directed by E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills) and written by Simon Barrett (You’re Next, The Guest), Azrael takes the silent approach to a “chase/horror/thriller” with beautifully shot scenery and compelling physical acting. Since we follow… Read More »Screener Squad: Azrael read more on One of Us

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Screener Squad: His Three Daughters HIS THREE DAUGHTERS MOVIE REVIEW Spooky Scary Fall is upon us and nothing brings about the fall of all things like the number one undisputed King of Horror, Death. Vincent is going to die. From writer director Azazel Jacobs comes a Netflix feature length awards season prospect His Three Daughters. Vincent’s three daughters from two separate marriages must gather as one family to see him off peacefully with respect and dignity as the end of his battle with cancer nears. Katie (Carrie Coon) must always be in control or else. She butts heads with the doctor, the guests, and especially… Read More »Screener Squad: His Three Daughters read more on One of Us

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Highly Suspect Reviews: Megalopolis MEGALOPOLIS MOVIE REVIEW Once heralded as one of the most gifted filmmakers of all time, Francis Ford Coppola has finally achieved his nearly 40 year dream in releasing his epic vision, Megalopolis. The film is jam packed full of incredible actors and some problematic ones. It is led by Adam Driver who plays Cesar Catilina, an architect who’s trying to build a utopia in the fictional city, Megalopolis. With pushback from Mayor Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) and jealous cousin Clodio (Shia LaBeouf), Cesar struggles to work through politics and his own grief to achieve his dreams. Yet, a shining light comes… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Megalopolis read more on One of Us

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Highly Suspect Reviews: Joker: Folie à Deux Folie à Deux Movie Review The Clown Prince of Crime has taken on Batman, the Justice League, and the Gotham Police time and time again, but his newest foe…musicals? Joaquin Phoenix is back in his Oscar winning performance as Arthur Fleck in Joker: Folie a Deux. Todd Phillips’ approach to the 2019 film was an even grittier take on the character pulling from various sources primarily from Scorsese films and it paid off big time. This time around with the anticipated sequel, Phillips wanted to deconstruct the character even further and turn the film into a full blown jukebox musical.… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Joker: Folie à Deux read more on One of Us