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YELLOWJACKETS SEASON 2 REVIEW
BUZZ, BUZZ everybody! After a stellar first season that came outta nowhere, Showtime’s mega smash hit Yellowjackets returns for its much anticipated second season. Following the exploits of a high school girl’s soccer team that crashed in the Canadian wilderness in 1996 to a national tournament and were stranded for nineteen months, this season sees our girls (and the few men left) dealing with the harsh bitterness of winter as food becomes scarce, tensions and hunger rise, a weird cult is forming around one of the girls, and one of them has a baby on the way. Oh, and the devolving into cannibalism too. Meanwhile, back in the present day, many of their adult counterparts aren’t doing much better since they now deal with grown-up problems like covering up the murder of one’s extramarital lover, a fugue state dormant personality, more cults, and nosy daughters. Needless to say, this season has a lot going on. So it’s a good thing Rose, Sarah Jane, Jordan, and Neil are here to tell you if they and the wilderness are happy with how the sophomore season shaped out.
CREATED BY: Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson
STARRING: Melanie Lynskey, Sophie Nélisse, Tawny Cypress, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Ella Purnell, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Jack DePew, Christina Ricci, Samantha Hanratty, Juliette Lewis, Sophie Thatcher, Simone Kessell, Courtney Eaton, Lauren Ambrose, Liv Hewson, Kevin Alves, Andres Soto, Sarah Desjardins, Alexa Barajas, Nia Sondaya, Jane Widdop, Luciano Leroux, Mya Lowe, Jenna Burgess, Rukiya Bernard, Aiden Stoxx, Alex Wyndham, Nicole Maines, Elijah Wood, François Arnaud, John Reynolds
YOUR REVIEWERS
Rose Mattox (Screener Squad)
Originally hailing from Austin then Houston, Rose has been an avid movie and TV fanatic pretty much since birth. She spends spending her days watching Star Trek reruns, 60’s spy fiction, and Audrey Hepburn movies with her beloved minion (see: dog Riley). She also occasionally dabbles in comedy, screenwriting, as well as graphic and interior design. Rose has been contributing to One of Us since 2019 as a member of the Screener Squad, as well as making regular appearances on Eye on the Prize during awards season. She can be found on Twitter at @nightattheopera.
Sarah Jane (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Sarah Jane was born and raised in Southern California but currently calls Austin, TX her home. She’s seen over 5,700 movies so far with zero plans on stopping. She has a penchant for all things exploitation, and she loves Godzilla with all her heart. Her favorite films are Deep Red, Le Samourai, and Miller’s Crossing. When she isn’t watching movies, she’s busy herding her four cats, her husband, and her 11-year-old kiddo. She’s been a contributor to TalkFilmSociety, Daily Grindhouse, FThisMovie!, Looper, and the Austin Chronicle. You can find her on Twitter and Letterboxd at @fookthis.
Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)
Born with a comic book in one hand, a camera in the other, and in front of the television as WrestleMania played out, Jordan Worth Cobb was thus birthed into this crazy world. A Digital Filmmaking major from the University of Central Arkansas, Jordan has done it all in film from directing, writing, editing, and producing in addition to skills involved in film and TV criticism, journalism, and years of podcasting experience. On any given day, her ADHD riddled brain bounces focus from film to pro wrestling to TV to superheroes to noir to video games to espionage and yes, even to sports. She played little league you know. For more of this eccentric nerd, you can follow her on Twitter here and read her original writings on Deepest Corners of My Notebook.
Neil Anderson (Screener Squad)
I first got hooked on movies when I saw Star Wars at a drive-in theater as a kid. Growing up in a small, rural town meant not having access to a lot of movies. In college, that all changed. I couldn’t get enough. I love it all — flicks, films, movies, and cinema. I still have that wide-eyed wonder of that kid watching movies from the back of a pick-up truck at the drive-in.
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