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SPACEMAN MOVIE REVIEW
When you see that the director, cinematographer, and composer from Chernobyl have gotten back together to work on a feature film about a lonely cosmonaut on a solo space mission toward a mysterious cosmic body that has suddenly appeared just beyond Jupiter, and a story about a man who, in his loneliness not only must face his past, his fears, and his trauma, but does so in the presence of an alien life form who boards his ship in an attempt to befriend him, you would rightly think you’ll be in good hands with this film. However, when that film is a straight to Netflix movie, that might be a red flag for you. And when you see that Adam Sandler stars in it, that might also give you caution. However, do take a moment to remember that Adam Sandler has turned in some rather extraordinary dramatic performances in Uncut Gems, Punch Drunk Love, and a half dozen other movies in his career. When the Sandman takes on a serious project, he often impresses. Add to this cast list Paul Dano and recently Academy Award nominated Carrie Mulligan, your intrigue might start outweighing your worry. Well that’s exactly what the Screener Squad sat down to discuss with Wright, T.C., and Ryan gathered in the One Of Us satellite orbiting above us all.
DIRECTED BY: Johan Renck
STARRING: Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano, Kunal Nayyar, Isabella Rossellini, Lena Olin
YOUR REVIEWERS
T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)
T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.
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 acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox.
Ryan Aleck Hill (Screener Squad, Video and Audio editor)
Ryan is a Washington D.C. based filmmaker & video editor who loves watching and talking about movies more than just about anything. He currently works at a creative agency as a director of photography/video editor, and does freelance video editing for Anthony Fantano/TheNeedleDrop. He also has a YouTube channel (Downhill Media) where he works on a weirdo art explainer series called “Artsplained” with his partner Michelle. He was a part of the Spill.com community way back in the day, where he was cursed with an obsession for movies. In an effort to break the curse, he shows up on the Screener Squad podcast every once in a while and edits for One Of Us. Chris Cox claims that this is the only way it can be broken. You can follow him on Twitter but you’ll probably regret it.
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