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AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH MOVIE REVIEW
James Cameron has constantly been pushing the needle throughout his career in terms of visual F/X. If there’s a new Cameron movie, you can be sure you’re going to see some digital work that is the newest and shiniest thing out there. With the third in his Avatar series, Avatar: Fire and Ash, he takes his mad skills and shows off with new underwater mocap tech developed for the film amongst other tweaks to make the most impressive looking film in the series to date. Of course, some would say, that the world of Avatar is already getting stale and repetitive and wish for him to go make a different movie, but our crew didn’t see all eye-to-eye on that one. The story follows Jake (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) and their family and new Metkayina clan allies as they encounter a new aggressive Na’vi tribe called the Ash People who have allied with the military and Quaritch (Stephen Lang), who now has a Na’vi body of his own. Suffice it to say, much blowing up of stuff ensues along with lots more space whales, family drama, an impressive performance by Oona Chaplin as the leader of the Ash People, and Na’vi spiritual stuff. Chris, Wright, and Nathan disagree about the quality of tale-telling but all celebrate how Avatar: Fire and Ash looks in their review. Listen if you enjoy hearing Chris be a hero for truth and justice as Nathan and Wright flail to defend some crapola. WRIGHT EDIT: Listen if you enjoy hearing Chris be a boring stick in the mud while Wright and Nathan defend this classic tale for our times.
DIRECTED BY: James Cameron
STARRING: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Cliff Curtis, Britain Dalton, Trinity Bliss, Jack Champion, Bailey Bass, Kate Winslet, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Jemaine Clement, Filip Geljo, Duane Evans Jr., Dileep Rao, Matt Gerald, David Thewlis
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)
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 and theater 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).
Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, One Man’s Trash, 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.
Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
Nathan Flynn is the resident goofball of OneofUs.Net, often found overly caffeinated, slightly stoned, and ready to unleash the hottest takes imaginable. As the resident Letterboxd Lunatic, his movie opinions are as bold as his love for Top Gun: Maverick — a film he considers less of a movie and more of a religion. When he’s not passionately defending his latest cinematic obsession, Nathan manages a comedy club in downtown Austin, where he’s somehow avoided being heckled… so far. Around here, he’s usually the punching bag, but hey, someone’s gotta do it.
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