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Infestation: SXSW 2026 – Beast Race
BEAST RACE MOVIE REVIEW The director of the legendary City of God returns for his first Portuguese language film since that one, teaming up with two other directors for Beast Race. Set in a post-climate disaster Rio de Janeiro, the city has come under the control of the very rich who host a violent race for the poor. Called a
Infestation: SXSW 2026 – I Love Boosters
March 25, 2026
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Chris Cox, Drew Tinnin, Festival, film, Infestation, Martin Thomas, Movie Review, podcast, SXSW
I LOVE BOOSTERS MOVIE REVIEW Writer/Director Boots Riley made his bizarre debut in 2018 with the enormously popular Sorry to Bother You. There’s been much anticipation for his second film I Love Boosters and for fans of his socialist surrealism there’s plenty to like here. Keke Palmer plays Corvette, the leader of a group of women who regularly shoplift high-end
Screener Squad: She Dances
SHE DANCES MOVIE REVIEW She Dances stars Steve Zahn as Jason, a divorced father who owns a successful whiskey distillery with his best friend and business partner, Brian (Ethan Hawke). They’re in the middle of negotiations to sell their company for a lot of money, when Jason receives a call from his ex-wife Deb, (Rosemarie DeWitt). A family emergency has
Screener Squad: The Mortuary Assistant
March 23, 2026
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film, horror, Kate Chambers, Lewayne White, Marco Noyola, Movie Review, podcast, Screener Squad
THE MORTUARY ASSISTANT MOVIE REVIEW Based on the video game of the same name, The Mortuary Assistant stars Willa Holland as Rebecca, a young woman with a troubled past who has just completed her training as a mortician. One night, her boss, the mysterious Mr. Delver (Paul Sparks), asks her in to come in and cover for him. It seems
Hollywood Royalty: Mini Ep. 5: The Towering Inferno
HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: MINI EP.5: THE TOWERING INFERNO For our next minisode foray into the Faye classics of the 60s and 70s, we take the scenic elevator up to the promenade room for 1974’s The Towering Inferno. Irwin Allen’s big-budget action spectacular about a San Francisco high-rise that becomes engulfed in flames remains a hallmark in the disaster movie genre. Besides
Infestation: SXSW 2026 – Normal
March 20, 2026
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Action, Chris Cox, Festival, film, Infestation, Movie Review, podcast, SXSW, Wright Sulek
NORMAL MOVIE REVIEW A decade ago if you told me that Bob Odenkirk was going to have a rebirth as a brutal action movies star, I would have assumed you were talking about a Mr. Show sketch that I must have forgotten about. But here we are, first with the Nobody series, and now he teams up with director Ben

