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FORGOTTEN ISLAND MOVIE REVIEW
Some friendships last forever. Others come with an expiration date, a magical portal, and a flying demon straight out of Filipino folklore. DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island follows lifelong best friends Jo (H.E.R.) and Raissa (Liza Soberano), two young women preparing to go their separate ways after graduating high school. But one last adventure sends them through a mysterious portal to Nakali, a fantastical island populated by creatures from the Filipino legends they grew up hearing. With a questionable weredog as their guide, mythical monsters around every corner, and an escape plan that might erase every memory of their friendship, the girls discover that growing up can mean losing more than just your childhood. From the filmmakers behind Puss in Boots: The Last Wish comes a colorful celebration of Filipino mythology, friendship, and the bittersweet business of letting go. Felix, Dom the Movie Nerd, and T.C. cross the Einstein-Rosen Bridge to the One Of Us island oasis to discuss whether this is an unforgettable animated adventure or one best left lost to memory.
DIRECTED BY: Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado
STARRING: H.E.R., Kailey Crawford, Liza Soberano, Kayla Tenuel, Dave Franco, Manny Jacinto, Jenny Slate, Lea Salonga, Dolly de Leon, Jo Koy, Ronny Chieng, Kevin McCann, Amielynn Abellera, Januel Mercado, Eugene Cordero, Tania Gunadi, Eric Bauza, Nico Santos, Harvey Guillén, Wagner Moura, Sophia Laforteza
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.
R.Felix Finch (Screener Squad)
A native of Sacramento, California, and having spent his post-pubescent years in Virginia, Nevada, Texas, and New York, Felix now finds himself pursuing his Juris Doctor at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Nothing is more calming to Felix than the comfort of Chaos, as his time in professional wrestling and on other podcasts has demonstrated, and Felix brings a love for the most absurd outings in the realms of cinema, finding his escape in things such as the overly complex world of Jupiter Ascending and perusing the unbelievably low-budget offerings of Tubi, which Felix is fully convinced is a Psi-Op. In addition to finding Felix here on OneOfUs.net, you can Check him out on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube sharing his life in Law School as “TheBrokeLawStudent.”
Dominic Rizzi (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, NY, Dom “the Movie Nerd” Rizzi fell in love with film at a young age. After majoring in film in both community college and achieving a Bachelor’s degree in film from SUNY Oswego, Dom went on to start his own podcast Talkin’ TV during Covid before studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Relentlessly passionate about everything related to film, Dom has shot and produced several short films, as well as having written several scripts. Working at a liquor store by day, Dom has continued to pursue his passion for cinema in any capacity he can, because to follow his dreams, in the words of Shia LaBeouf pre-descent into insanity, “just do it.”
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