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DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS MOVIE REVIEW
Welcome to January, or as the industry likes to call it “dump month.” Basically this time of year, studios release their lower budget fair that may not do well during Summer or Holidays, but hey… studio needs to make some money back, or leave it to die so it can be a write-off. Regardless, this time of year can produce some gems that normally would have been covered up by something bigger at the box office. This year has already produced a favorite for us, it’s called Destroy All Neighbors. There’s blood, gore, puppets, prog-rock… everything one needs to have a good time, right? Jonah Ray Rodrigues stars as Will, a dude that always gets into his own way, paired up against Vlad (played by Alex Winter) who seems a bit off. There’s plenty of character actors that pop their heads in (hopefully not off) like Kumail Nanjiani and Thomas Lennon. Plus the special effects are on point and the puppets… so many puppets! Don’t take our word for it (Mike, Lewayne, and Chad), do yourself a favor and check out this movie on Shudder.
DIRECTED BY: Josh Forbes
STARRING: Jonah Ray, Kiran Deol, Randee Heller, Pete Ploszek, DeMorge Brown, Jon Daly, Thomas Lennon, Ryan Kattner, Christian Calloway, Alex Winter, Madara Jayasena, Franco Vega, Chase Kim, Kumail Nanjiani, Phil Hendrie, Deanna Rooney
YOUR REVIEWERS
Chad Halvorsen (Screener Squad)
Chad Halvorsen currently resides in Milwaukee, WI, where he produces and edits commercials, films, and everything in between. He was always a fan of film/television growing up, spending days in the Summer, making (terrible) home movies with his brothers. Little did he know that passion would carry on into adulthood. Since 2006, Chad has worked for several agencies in various departments. Shooting, producing, editing, production management, directing, and when forced to, writing copy. In 2015, Chad decided to take the big leap and become a freelancer. Since then, he’s produced content for Lyft, AT&T, Target, and Discovery Network. His passion lies in entertaining people, making them feel better, even for a moment. All the pain and suffering of this business is worth it, if even just one person views his work. Chad is a frequent podcaster, most notably posing as a co-host for the podcast “The Film Illogical Society.”
Mike J. McAllister (Screener Squad, Staff Writer, Head Video Editor)
Mike J. McAllister is a filmmaker, editor, writer and animator. He is also a film junkie, dog lover and Surge-aholic (Hi, Mike). He grew up in a small town in Western Pennsylvania, where he earned the reputation as the “human IMDb” and was on a first-name basis with every video store clerk in town. He later studied film in Pittsburgh. He has since written several unproduced screenplays and TV pilots. He has also produced a number of short films, some of which have appeared in festivals across the country. He is a ninja with Final Cut Pro and is armed with a mind full of mostly useless pop-culture trivia. He also enjoys animation, MST3K, classic video games and being the “music geek” among his friends (which really just means he buys vinyl and listens to music that doesn’t come from an anime soundtrack). He resides in Austin, Texas, and can be followed on the Instamagrams at @ohheyitsmikejm.
Lewayne White (Screener Squad)
Lewayne’s earliest memories are of watching movies and reading comics, which instilled in him a sense of wonder, a vivid imagination, and unrealistic expectations. It also means he spends a lot of time watching movies, writing scripts for them, and trying to get them made. He lives in the middle of middle America after landing there as a child, and has remained there mainly because he hates packing.
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