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THE PENGUIN SERIES REVIEW
Set just one week after the events of 2022’s The Batman, The Penguin follows Oz Cobb (Colin Farrell) trying to collect what little is left in his nightclub, The Iceberg Lounge. He’s caught by Carmine Falcone’s son Alberto Falcone (Michael Zegen), but through a fit of rage Oz kills Alberto. Now with the new mob boss’ blood on his hands, Oz has to hide the body quick. He encounters a desperate kid, Vic (Rhenzy Feliz), who’s trying to steal the Penguin’s tires, but Oz takes sympathy on Vic and has him help hide the body. As Oz returns to the Falcone mansion to discuss business and Alberto’s whereabouts, we’re introduced to Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti), Alberto’s sister. Sofia and Oz have a tumultuous history to say the least. As these two characters strive for power in Gotham’s underworld, what unfurls is an epic crime story with rich and complex characters. The performances by Farrell and Milioti are absolutely stunning as they disappear into their characters. Even Feliz’s Vic gets to shine versus all these heavyweights in this series. Lauren LeFranc’s storytelling and writing in this spin-off series is something to behold as well as she takes this character from The Batman and gives him so much depth while getting to explore trauma in insightful ways. Wright, Jordan, and Ryan gush over how much they loved this series and how it may be one of the best TV series of 2024.
CREATED BY: Lauren LeFranc
STARRING: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Zegen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Theo Rossi, James Madio, Michael Kelly, Mark Strong, Berto Colón, Joshua Bitton, David H. Holmes, Daniel J. Watts, Ben Cook, Jayme Lawson, Scott Cohen, Aleksa Palladino, Craig Walker, Robert Lee Leng, Tess Soltau, Marié Botha, Jared Abrahamson, Nadine Malouf, Con O’Neill, Louis Cancelmi, Nico Tirozzi, Owen Asztalos, Ade Otukoya, Aria Shahghasemi, François Chau, Rhys Coiro, Emily Meade, Peter McDonald
YOUR REVIEWERS
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.
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.
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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