Screener Squad: Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver REBEL MOON PART 2: THE SCARGIVER REVIEW Round 2! Zack Snyder is back with the second part of his sci-fi “epic”, Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver. We last left Kora (Sofia Boutella) and her band of mighty warriors on the titular rebel moon, Veldt. They are welcomed by the thankful villages saving them from the tyrannical empire known as the “Realm”. Kora and Gunnar (Michiel Huisman), grow closer and the rest of the returning cast (Djimon Hounsou, Bae Doona, Staz Nair, Elise Duffy) acclimate to their new home. Yet, evil rises once again as slain villian from part 1,… Read More »Screener Squad: Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver read more on One of Us

Screener Squad: Parasyte: The Grey PARASYTE: THE GREY SERIES REVIEW My skin is not my own! You know the quote, but how do you know it? It’s like the word Ewok; sometimes we just know stuff. Or perhaps the alien inside you shared the knowledge with you in a dream. Parasyte The Grey is a live-action Netflix miniseries adapted from the world of popular anime Parasyte the Maxim. Jeong (Jeon So-Nee) Is brutally attacked at a party only to wake up with fatal wounds healed and memory of the incident a hazy fog. During her assault you see that the invasion of earth was happening… Read More »Screener Squad: Parasyte: The Grey read more on One of Us

Highly Suspect Reviews: Challengers CHALLENGERS MOVIE REVIEW Who knew a movie about tennis could be so sexy?! Only genre-jumping Luca Guadagnino could bring a fresh take on a sports movie with Challengers. Zendaya plays tennis prodigy, Tashi, who develops a relationship with two rising stars in the game, Art (Mike Faist) and Patrick (Josh O’Connor), which ultimately becomes a steamy affair between the three in a decades long story. After a tragic accident that leaves Tashi as Art’s new coach, we follow Art’s rise to stardom and Patrick’s fall from grace. As the story moves forward, we witness Art’s current losing streak in the… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Challengers read more on One of Us

Screener Squad: The Greatest Hits THE GREATEST HITS MOVIE REVIEW We all have those special songs that take us back to a moment in time. We can hear a track, and suddenly, we’re with our first love, or driving across our home town, or hanging with those friends we’ve lost touch with. Imagine listening to those songs didn’t just figuratively take you back in time. Imagine you could pop on a song and literally leap back to that time and place to relive it, and possibly even alter it? That is the premise of The Greatest Hits. Harriet (Lucy Boynton from Sing Street) discovers certain… Read More »Screener Squad: The Greatest Hits read more on One of Us

Screener Squad: Mars Express MARS EXPRESS MOVIE REVIEW In 1940, The Three Laws of Robotics were formulated by Isaac Asimov in his “Robot” series. And since then, these fictional guidelines intended to govern the behavior of robots and artificial intelligences have been used to explore ethical and moral dilemmas surrounding robots’ interactions with humans. They have allowed other storytellers to explore the very nature of what it means to be human, from Blade Runner to iRobot to Ghost in the Shell, and countless other films and series. Mars Express is no exception. In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera… Read More »Screener Squad: Mars Express read more on One of Us

Screener Squad: Arcadian ARCADIAN MOVIE REVIEW It’s a gamble when you watch a Nic Cage film. You never know if it’s going to be a good movie or not, but the man never phones it in. No matter the quality of the overall film, you’ll still get Cage at full Cage. The real gamble is choosing to watch a movie on Shudder. While they are the go-to streaming service for horror and thrillers, you can expect them to be more rough around the edges than not. Which brings us to Arcadian. Cage plays a father of two teenagers in a post-apocalyptic world overrun… Read More »Screener Squad: Arcadian read more on One of Us

Screener Squad: Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM SEASON 12 After 24 years and 12 seasons, the other show about nothing has come to an end. This creation of Larry David gave us the cringiest of comedy as Larry navigated his life and relationships in Los Angeles, often revolving around his incessant need to speak his mind without filter. The series gave us truly hilarious moments like a pants tent, the Producers, a misunderstanding holy war, the most finely crafted cursing on television, the discovery of perfect Palestinian chicken, the proper exploitation of the carpool lane and soliciting a hooker, and guest star after guest… Read More »Screener Squad: Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 read more on One of Us

Highly Suspect Reviews: Abigail ABIGAIL MOVIE REVIEW Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have directed several films together, often referring to themselves and their team of collaborators as Radio Silence. Having hit the ground running with arguably the best segment in the original V/H/S “10/31/98”, they went out to become a big hit with 2019’s Ready or Not and then Scream (2022) and Scream VI. With Abigail, they return to Ready or Not‘s comedic horror tone as well setting it again in a big creepy mansion. The story follows a group of criminals who have been hired to abduct a little girl from her rich… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Abigail read more on One of Us

Highly Suspect Reviews: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE MOVIE REVIEW If anyone is going to make a World War 2 movie look cheeky and fun then Guy Ritchie is your bloke. Ritchie returns to the big screen after last year’s somber The Covenant with The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Based on a true story, the film follows a group of unhinged, some would say mad, highly skilled soldiers assigned to take down a U-Boat stronghold off the coast of Africa in 1942. The unsanctioned mission is led by Gus March-Phillips (Henry Cavill), who recruits his old mates (Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare read more on One of Us

Trash in the Can: Raising Heroes TRASH IN THE CAN: RAISING HEROES A bear and a twink face off against the mob! Do we have your attention? Good because this movie couldn’t keep ours. Baylor Johnson returns for a deeply 90s indie flick that echoes early Tarantino, but with a Kevin Smith physique. We watched 1996’s Raising Heroes!   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 he’s had his hand in… Read More »Trash in the Can: Raising Heroes read more on One of Us

Digital Noise Episode 338: Sick With the Color of Fear DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 338: SICK WITH THE COLOR OF FEAR Chris and Wright stick their noses into the pile of home releases and come up with a look at the very best of the ‘viral plague’ thrillers now in 4k, a weirdly meta-martial arts movie from last year, a HK sorta-version of The Frighteners, two singing-and-dancing IP retakes that actually deliver the goods, and 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 opinions here are our own. PLEASE USE OUR IMAGE LINKS TO… Read More »Digital Noise Episode 338: Sick With the Color of Fear read more on One of Us

Highly Suspect Reviews: Civil War CIVIL WAR MOVIE REVIEW Director/Writer Alex Garland is known for his not exactly optimistic but deeply intelligent sci-fi films, like Ex-Machina and Annihilation. It seemed surprising for him to veer so distinctly political with his latest, Civil War, and very near future at that. Needless to say, there has been no small amount of ‘why in hell would I want to see this movie?’ sentiments loudly expressed online. Many feel that the film appears to be taking advantage of the current heightened tensions in the US and is irresponsible. As it turns out, Chris, Wright, Eric, and Mike thought that… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Civil War read more on One of Us

Screener Squad: 3 Body Problem 3 BODY PROBLEM SERIES REVIEW Move over Newton, that three body problem of yours isn’t just for discussing the moon’s motion about the earth under the influence of the sun anymore. Hugo winning Sci-Fi masterpiece The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu has been adapted into a netflix series titled 3 Body Problem by the Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Our five main characters are all top of the class Oxford graduates of science. Not just any plain jane geeks in lab coats, they are sexy, flirty, and love to party. Saul (Jovan Adepo) considers himself… Read More »Screener Squad: 3 Body Problem read more on One of Us

Screener Squad: Masters of the Air MASTERS OF THE AIR SERIES REVIEW War, huh, good god ya’ll. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing… except when the people behind Band of Brothers make another WWII series, this time focusing on the Mighty Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces. Okay maybe war still is good for nothing, but this series (like it’s predecessors) shows the ultimate costs of war. Being an airmen was basically a death sentence. You could be the best, most highly trained wing in your group, but one lucky flak hit and you’re done. Not only that, your plane was… Read More »Screener Squad: Masters of the Air read more on One of Us

Screener Squad: Shirley SHIRLEY MOVIE REVIEW Shirley Chisholm was a trailblazer in so many ways. She became the first black woman to be elected to US congress back in 1966, back when being an old wrinkly white man was the preferred look of US politics. She’s eventually convinced to run for the Democratic nomination for the ’72 Presidential election. Needless to say, she’s going to have some hurdles to climb being a black woman, the first in US Presidential politics. All that being said, her story is more interesting than today’s movie. Shirley, with the title role being played by Regina King, is… Read More »Screener Squad: Shirley read more on One of Us

Digital Noise Episode 337: Digital Warriors Have Come Out To Play DIGITAL NOISE EPISODE 337: DIGITAL WARRIORS HAVE COME OUT TO PLAY John and Chris take on their stack with aplomb and yet don’t see eye to eye on everything this week. From a stack of very different Hong Kong films that range from Police Academy variants to the HK version of Dead Heat, to a gathering of British horror legends that doesn’t quite work out. From a French take on the failures of the Warren Report, to an upgrade to a legendary Warrior cult classic. We got a lot to tell you about this week. All titles were sent to… Read More »Digital Noise Episode 337: Digital Warriors Have Come Out To Play read more on One of Us

Highly Suspect Reviews: Sting STING MOVIE REVIEW From cult filmmaker Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood, Nekrotronic) comes Sting, the charming story of a girl and her beloved pet; A pet that happens to be a giant, man-eating spider from outer space. Charlotte (Alyla Browne) is a precocious 12 year old living in an old New York City apartment building with her extended family and eccentric neighbors. Between bonding with her comic book artist stepfather Ethan (Ryan Corr) and exploring the network of air ducts that run through the building, Charlotte seems to have a pretty good life, even if she has the usual pre-teen angst over… Read More »Highly Suspect Reviews: Sting read more on One of Us