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WOLF MAN MOVIE REVIEW
The early excitement over the new Wolf Man movie had less to do with there being a new reboot of the Universal classic monster, The Wolf Man, and more with the writer/director Leigh Whannell. As a writer he created the Saw and Insidious franchises with James Wan. As a director, he took the steam out of the first Venom film’s release by making a somewhat similar but MUCH better film with 2018’s Upgrade. Most importantly, in 2020, he took his first stab at a Universal movie monster reboot with his highly lauded The Invisible Man. So Leigh taking on another classic monster was highly anticipated. And maybe that’s why Wolf Man seemed like such a let down to Chris, Wright, Alan, and Marco because expectations were high. This version follows Blake (Christopher Abbott) and his wife Charlotte (Julia Garner) as they take a trip with their daughter to the mountains of Oregon. Blake’s father, long missing, has been declared deceased, and he talks his family into going with him up to the old homestead to pack up some things, largely out of an attempt to heal a growing rift between him and his wife. They’re not even there yet when a titular creature jumps in front of their U-haul, causing it to spectacularly crash. A narrow escape still leaves Blake wounded by the wolf dude and they manage to get to Blake’s old house and seal themselves in against it. But Blake’s not looking so good and, well, you can guess how this is gonna go. In fact your reviewers pretty much out-guessed Wolf Man every step of the way, while still giving Whannell some points for some of his creative transformation ideas. Check out their review and see if you agree.
DIRECTED BY: Leigh Whannell
STARRING: Christopher Abbott, Zac Chandler, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger, Ben Prendergast, Leigh Whannell
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others). You can also check out Chris in his videocast, along with Martin Thomas and Danni Danger, that One Of Us does with our friends at Bell of Lost Souls: Crossover Event. He also regularly guests on the video game website Rage Select. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.
Alan Galinsky (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)
Born and raised in Texas, Alan Galinsky is a lifetime movie fan. As a youth, he would rent multiple movies every weekend and go to the theater for the latest releases, and that pace has remained steady. When Alan isn’t watching movies, you can find him talking about movies. When he’s not talking about movies, you can find him playing music in the band Delicate Boys.
Marco Noyola (Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Audio Editor)
By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.
“You don’t need to follow me. You don’t need to follow anybody!”
Wright Sulek (Da Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
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. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.
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