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Our Austin, TX team of critics and close friends go see theatrical release early screenings in person and then gather together, often with the assistance of a bit of whiskey, to record podcast reviews. If you’re looking for a dead-serious scholarly treatise on new films, this is not what you want. If you want some seriously funny folks with an extensive knowledge of the medium giving you the low-down, Highly Suspect Reviews is your one-stop shop for movie reviews.
Practical Magic 2 movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews – Practical Magic 2

September 11, 2026 / , , , , , ,
PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 MOVIE REVIEW After 28 years, you would think that a beloved cult classic like Practical Magic would receive a worthy follow up but such is the curse of the…legacy sequel! Practical Magic 2 initially starts after the sudden death of Gary (Aiden Quinn’s character from the original) where Sally (Sandra Bullock) makes Gillian (Nicole Kidman) promise to
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Hope movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews: Hope

September 9, 2026 / , , , , , , , , , ,
HOPE MOVIE REVIEW South Korea’s film industry has been unpredictable and kind of amazing at points, especially with some of their genre offerings. One of the best giant monster films of the last 20 years, The Host, showed they know how to deliver rampaging beastie cinema. Now with Hope, another bizarre creature is wreaking death and destruction on a town.
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Onslaught movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews: Onslaught

August 31, 2026 / , , , , , , , , ,
ONSLAUGHT MOVIE REVIEW The director of You’re Next and The Guest goes back to the action/horror style of his earlier works with Onslaught. The film follows Celeste (Adria Arjona) a super pissed-off single mom and ex-marine now managing a rundown trailer park in the middle of nowhere. Who should interrupt this existence of creeping despair but three psychotic super-soldiers set
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The Dog Stars movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews: The Dog Stars

August 27, 2026 / , , , , , ,
THE DOG STARS MOVIE REVIEW Is just surviving after an apocalyptic pandemic enough? This is the question that Ridley Scott’s new film poses. Based on the book by Peter Heller, The Dog Stars follows Hig (Jacob Elordi), a civilian pilot. He and his ex-marine friend Bangley (Josh Brolin) have holed up outside Denver in an abandoned bush air base in
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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews: Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

August 26, 2026 / , , , , , , , , ,
BUTTHOLE SURFERS: THE HOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUTT MOVIE REVIEW Legendary music journalist Michael Azerrad said about his iconic book Our Band Could Be Your Life, “The most surprising and rewarding chapter to write was the Butthole Surfers chapter. I’d always thought of them as a bunch of drug-addled reprobates – which maybe they were – but it turned out
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Insidious: Out of the Further movie review

Highly Suspect Reviews: Insidious: Out of the Further

August 20, 2026 / , , , , , , , ,
INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER MOVIE REVIEW Coming in at entry number six is Insidious: Out of the Further, facing the ultimate horror franchise hurdle: how do you keep malevolent spirits scary after six movies? Quick recap: Generally, ghosts suck, mainly in their attempts to mess with humans and gain entry to our world. Previous films mainly focused on possession
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